Jason Markusoff
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I write and yak for CBC in Calgary. DMs open, Signal, WhatsApp, and such
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When you look at the totality of all the Alberta institutions and programs Danielle Smith has begun to reinvent or reshape⊠itâs a lot. And a lot of risk. By me:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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ANALYSIS | Danielle Smith reworking Alberta's everything, everywhere all at once | CBC News
The premier makes no apologies for an ambitious reform agenda. But the more a government dismantles and rebuilds, the more risk there is for road bumps, growing pains and outright mistakes.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/danielle-smith-ambition-analysis-1.7416708
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Will Oremus
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finding some amazing deals here at the party store
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Make a Bond film casual Licence to Chill
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Speaking on behalf of all the haters, I believe we did indeed have a happy Christmas
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André Picard @picardonhealth
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Best wishes and thanks to all the healthcare workers, first responders and support staff working on Christmas and during the holiday season. Here's to a happy, healthy 2026.
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You there, boy! What day is this? (Wrong answers only)
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Yâknow, watching Itâs a Wonderful Life right to the end is making me want to be a bit more like George Bailey. Which is why Iâm trying to lead the whole crowd in singing Auld Lang Syne on Christmas Day. Now why is everyone looking at me funny? Clarence?!
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Junius on Winnipeg opening Portage and Main w/o the feared traffic chaos.. Mayors need fight status quo bias cause future hard to predict and pessimists not always right. Plus, thereâs a cost to doing nothing. So just try something. City can always backtrack
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
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Globe editorial: Cities need to overcome the fear of the first step in change
Critics will always claim the sky is about to fall. Those predictions too often get in the way of reforms
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/article-cities-reform-change-winnipeg-portage-main-toronto-bike-lanes/
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"Until then we'll have to muddle through somehow" â this remains the most perfect Christmas lyric for contemporary times, even though Frank Sinatra killed the Judy Garland original lyric to "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" nearly 70 years ago.
macleans.ca/culture/its-...
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It's the perfect pandemic Christmas songâbut we don't sing the right version - Macleans.ca
A 76-year-old classic captures our moment like nothing in the holiday canon. But you want the original lyricsânot that treacly Frank Sinatra version.
https://macleans.ca/culture/its-the-perfect-pandemic-christmas-song-and-it-came-out-76-years-ago/
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"10:30 A.M. Send another overdue notice to the impish man who checked out 'Tom Sawyer' months ago and listed last known address as 'Heaven.' Men like this are why Iâm a single spinster."
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A Day in the Life of Mary Hatch in the Alternate Bedford Falls
7:00-8:30 A.M. Wake up whenever I wantâno kids! 9 A.M. Open library, feeling refreshed and ready for the day. 10:30 A.M. Send another overdue notic...
https://buff.ly/P2QuBAQ
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Itâs interesting that Global TV made international news and its comms and PR team hasnât been able to pull together a statement in two days - is so far just letting CBS speak for them.
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...
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CBS issues takedown orders for 60 Minutes segment âmistakenly publishedâ by Global
The news report features Venezuelan men who say they were tortured in an El Salvador prison
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film-and-tv/television/article-cbs-takedown-orders-60-minutes-global/
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Jonny Wakefield
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Bonkers story from
@matthewblack.ca
: Lawyers for a former AHS board member claim a self-described political fixer, along with an indy publisher, have been paid to smear their client in an effort to discredit & dissuade him from testifying in the wrongful dismissal suit from the agencyâs former CEO.
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Former AHS board member claims podcasters paid to smear him ahead of Mentzelopoulos testimony
Lawyers for a former Alberta Health Services board member claim a political fixer and a publisher have been paid to smear their client.
https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/former-ahs-board-member-claims-podcasters-paid-smear-mentzelopolous-testimony
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Anna Mehler Paperny
21 days ago
Periodic reminder that governmental obfuscation is not just a burr for journos: It runs counter to the public interest. It makes for an ill-informed population with less trust in institutions. The people who work for you don't want you to have information you own. Be mad about that.
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pixelatedboat aka âmr blueskyâ
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I have to say I think it was a mistake putting Barry White in charge of CBS News. Great singer but heâs no journalist, and heâs been dead for 20 years
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Matthew Hay Brown
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INSIDE EL CECOT (GIFT LINK) The Post's reporting on the Salvadoran prison where the Trump administration sent migrants deported from the United States, based on interviews with 16 former detainees
wapo.st/3KUUv6n
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âWelcome to hellâ: Inside the megaprison where the U.S. deported migrants
Interviews with 16 former detainees of El Salvadorâs Terrorism Confinement Center offer the most complete view yet of conditions inside the notorious prison.
https://wapo.st/3KUUv6n
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Anna Bower
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I donât think Grynbaum is on here but someone please correct me if Iâm wrong. Hereâs his story for the Times:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
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â60 Minutesâ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It âPolitical.â
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/business/60-minutes-trump-bari-weiss.html
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Anna Bower
5 days ago
Per NY Timesâs Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsiâs email to her â60 Minutesâ colleagues in full:
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sky
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No one at the rap battle will wait for me to type my prompts
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This is what happens when CBC gives a bar trivia nerd its Alberta political podcast for a week: I quizzed
@alexboyd.bsky.social
@faliceemo.bsky.social
& Janet Brown on the exhausting year that was 2025:
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...
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The Quiz Show
Podcast Episode · West of Centre · 2025-12-19 · 50m
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/west-of-centre/id1496639620?i=1000742069425
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Goddamn them all I was told We'd cruise the seas for Maduroâs nose gold We'd bomb no boats Shed no tears Now I'm a broken man on a West Palm Beach pier The last of Marcoâs privateers
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Anna Mehler Paperny
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Curious what the panel means by âlimiting eligibility for social services to citizens, permanent residents and individuals with an immigration permit." Excludes undocumented people, presumably, but what about refugee claimants who are covered by federal health care but may need social assistance?
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The province receives recommendations from panels all the time, and premier & gov't take or leave ideas as they please. But this is different. This panel was *chaired* by Premier Danielle Smith.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Alberta Next panel recommends referendums on immigration, leaving Canada Pension Plan | CBC News
An Alberta panel aimed at finding ways the province can strengthen its autonomy has offered up seven recommendations, including options for referendum topics.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-next-panel-recommends-referendums-on-immigration-leaving-canada-pension-plan-9.7023661
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Three years after firing Deena Hinshaw and one measles crisis later, Alberta has finally hired a permanent chief medical officer of health. Unlike past fill-ins, she's actually a public health doc. Vivien Suttorp, lead MOH for Alberta Health Services in Lethbridge-Medicine Hat zone for 17yrs.
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Alberta is allowing Corb Lund and the indĂ©pendatistes to reapply under the old fee if itâs done within the 30-day transition to the new law, a spokesperson confirmed. But this will make it pricier for anyone to force a referendum question on, say, renaming the justice minister Doris Daymery.
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10 days ago
The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story. Holy. Shit.
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Now a pizza company is publicly calling out
#Toronto
âs long-delayed ârapidâ transit lines for slow delivery. (A+ trolling, by the way)
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After all my years guesting on Kathleen Petty's podcast, this is my co-punditting debut on a panel with her! We went on Front Burner to break down the iiiiiiiinteresting year in Alberta politics.
www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
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Albertaâs very interesting year | Front Burner | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen
Itâs been almost a year since Alberta Premier Danielle Smith met with U.S. president-elect Donald Trump. He was on the brink of a trade war. Since then, a lot has happened, from a renewed push for a s...
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/209-front-burner/episode/16188080-albertas-very-interesting-year
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Courtney Theriault
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And then there were... honestly, I've lost count. Justice Minister Mickey Amery and Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk are the latest MLAs to have recall petition approved against them.
www.elections.ab.ca/two-new-reca...
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A woman was charged with sending a threatening email to ex-justice minister Jon Denis. Courts learned somebody had faked the email through a Czech website. Quite the story from
@robsonfletcher.com
& Meghan Grant
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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She was accused of threatening a former Alberta justice minister, others â until a spoofed email came to light | CBC News
A Calgary woman accused of sending five emails that threatened former Alberta justice minister Jonathan Denis, his mother and several of his friends has seen those charges dropped after evidence was r...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/andrea-petzold-spoofed-emails-jonathan-denis-family-friends-9.7009130
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Daniel Swain
10 days ago
Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.
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Andrea Woo
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Vanity Fair has released a series of portraits of Trumpâs inner circle, including these extreme close-up shots, which are⊠interesting.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
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The Narwhal
12 days ago
More than 600 pages of records show Alberta officials delayed a coal mine pollution study â and seemingly stopped the lead scientist from speaking publicly
thenarwhal.ca/alberta-stal...
#abpoli
#ableg
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Alberta officials stalled coal mine pollution study | The Narwhal
An Alberta government scientist was prevented from speaking publicly about his coal mine pollution research, emails show
https://thenarwhal.ca/alberta-stalled-coal-mine-pollution-study/
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Justin McElroy đšđŠ
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the OneBC staffers are letting it all hang out on the fun site
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Looks like Alberta separatists will be gathering petition signatures from mid-January to mid-May next year. Winter Olympics are in February. While many Albertans are cheering on Team Canada, some will be campaigning to break the team apart.
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Jeremy Klaszus
12 days ago
Calgary city council is way off in the weeds on blanket rezoning. Not voting on repealing on blanket rezoning today, but on whether or not to start the process (for March '26 hearing + decision). Repetitive amendments, numerous councillors trying to put their stamp on a repeal.
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Whatâs even more impressive is that they were all Stephen King adaptations
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Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama. Us: Across your entire career? Reiner: In a 6 year period. Us: That sounds- Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
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Ahmed El Ahmed A good guy without a gun
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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Video shows bystander tackling and disarming Bondi Beach gunman
The New South Wales Premier said the man, seen in video taking down a gunman at the attack on the Jewish community in Australia, was a âgenuine hero.â
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/12/14/video-bystander-tackle-bondi-beach-gunman/
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HalfBC it is, then.
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The details of this Hanukkah attack on Jewish Australians are gruesome, horrifying. Children sheltering and unable to find their parents. It's heartbreaking
www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
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At least 12 dead in terror attack at Bondi Beach after mass shooting
At least 12 people are shot dead and 29 injured at Bondi Beach after two gunmen opened fire on a packed crowd at a Jewish festival.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/at-least-12-dead-in-terror-attack-at-bondi-beach-after-mass-shooting-20251214-p5nnkr.html
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14 days ago
Pardon me, but *holy shit*
chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
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As a judge shot down Alberta separatistsâ referendum bid, Danielle Smith gov raced to give them a second chance. Now theyâre confident Albertans will vote on leaving Canada this fall, after UCPâs legislative boost.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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ANALYSIS | Alberta separatists reapply for referendum question, boosted by new UCP bill | CBC News
The Danielle Smith government made it easier last spring for an independence petition to succeed. Then they removed more hurdles this month.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-separatism-referendum-bill-14-analysis-9.7014578
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15 days ago
To give you a sense of how big a departure this year, the government doesn't do this for wanted criminals.
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Adam Radwanski
15 days ago
If another MP crosses the floor and the Liberals get the slimmest possible majority, how much pressure is there on Carney to appease any caucus member who threatens to resign over anything, from policy disputes to not being in cabinet?
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Scott Horton
15 days ago
25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Floridaâand thus the contest for the presidencyâby 700 votes.
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Ashamed that itâs only now, in my grey-hair years, that I realize that Sam the Eagle and Miss Piggy are voiced by Frank Oz, who also voiced Yoda.
youtu.be/KNYI3iINXrQ?...
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Sam the Eagle versus Alice Cooper
YouTube video by TheDancingChinchilla
https://youtu.be/KNYI3iINXrQ?si=Uq-ienOcmRNAmZ0V
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Pipeline is most unpopular in QuĂ©bec, but thatâs a relative term. 27% oppose, 37% support.
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16 days ago
He says guards assaulted him. The jail lost the footage.
www.thestar.com/news/investi...
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This former inmate says he was assaulted by guards. Maplehurst lost the security camera footage that could corroborate his claims
A lawyer described it as a suspicious pattern for the Ontario jail, which was recently criticized for losing footage of abusive mass strip searches.
https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/this-former-inmate-says-he-was-assaulted-by-guards-maplehurst-lost-the-security-camera-footage/article_55f91717-e6af-4be5-8785-276d09905aca.html
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As someone who has experienced both Peterson Academy (one week) and an accredited Alberta university (5 years, oops) it is striking to me that Albertan officials were discussing "transferability." The most rigorous testing PA did is an AI-generated multiple choice quiz.
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Jordan Petersonâs School Isnât Accredited. Smith Offered Albertaâs Help | The Tyee
The premier met with the controversial psychologist and tried to help his business, finds a Tyee investigation.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/12/10/Jordan-Peterson-School/
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