As the only (I think?) local reporter in Tumbler Ridge, Trent Ernst has been heroically covering the tragedy unfolding in his town. Most of his reporting is happening on Facebook, which you can find here, along with links to his Patreon. www.facebook.com/tumblerridge...

The small-town paper in Tumbler Ridge is going to need support. This is its front page right now. Their subscription page is here: www.patreon.com/tumblerridge...

Live on YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/-SIOpuE...

Premier David Eby speaks with media after 10 killed, including shooter, in Tumbler Ridge. “I know that one of the things we do best is look after each other, and I’m asking British Columbia’s to look after the people of Tumbler Ridge tonight.”

A few years ago, my colleague @amandafollett.bsky.social wrote this portrait of Tumbler Ridge, a former coal mining town. thetyee.ca/News/2020/11...

Tumber Ridge is not just idyllic but resilient. It has seen mines open and close and reopen. It has embraced wind energy, made unprecedented dinosaur discoveries, hosts epic adventures and reinvented itself through tourism. Thinking of everyone there as the town faces the unimaginable days ahead.

Just took a brief rabbit-hole trip to my insane fake-live-tweeting of the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics to mark the 25th anniversary of the Games. x.com/calgary88live I look at it now, and it mainly makes me nostalgic for when Twitter wasn't a cesspool.

'Potentially' is doing some heavy lifting there

I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what

I grew up with the Washington Post, wrote editorials for the Washington Post and published a column there for more than 15 years. To watch its owners destroy it, seemingly deliberately, in just a year and a half is devastating.

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

906 days. That's how long Meta's been blocking news in Canada. Doesn't matter if the outlet is based in Canada, the U.S. or Germany – we can't read it. Small non-profit or legacy newspaper. Can't read it. Posts made before Aug. 1, 2023? Nope. But disinformation, AI-generated spam, that'll pass.

Plus, she spoke for about a solid minute in French! Maybe not quite passably, but decently?

I wondered how Danielle Smith in her speech at CPC convention would handle her chumminess and accord with Mark Carney. Simple. Don’t mention him, talk about Trudeau and Guilbeault, the historical villains. And the crowd loved it. Repeated standing ovations.

Alberta's separatists are currently drawing the attention of Quebec media and one aspect highlighted by Journal de Montréal is that two of the movement's prominent figures, Mitch Sylvestre and Jeffrey Rath, are Franco-Albertans. www.journaldequebec.com/2026/01/31/d...

Alberta separatism: at this federal Conservative party gathering, it's a rather sensitive subject (even if people are happy to talk about it, and even sign pro-independence petitions). www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Amber Bracken is one of Canada’s greatest photojournalists, and for the RCMP to mistake observers for participants, arrest her and prevent her from doing her vital work is a deeply dangerous precedent. This case is important for all of us.

Carol Linnitt, co-founder and editor-in-chief, provides an update on The Narwhal’s court case against the RCMP. Amber Bracken finished cross-examination late Jan. 28. It took more than 12 hours. To learn more about the trial visit www.thenarwhal.ca/press-freedom

I mean, at least when RCMP arrested photographer Amber Bracken covering a protest, the Trudeau gov didn’t direct it or gloat

A rough field guide to Alberta conservative political conventions, and why Poilievre’s will be more convention-al than the wilder UCP weekends. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Liberal Leader Mark Carney, viewed more positively than negatively in ALBERTA. Yes, the province consumed with a petition to leave Canada largely because of the Liberals. Abacus poll:

So I emailed the business unit about this, they did some research and.... yep. Frozen juice from concentrate is gone www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

The leader of the separatist citizen initiative campaign is a UCP constituency president and a large number UCP members support Alberta separatism. This is a big part of Smith’s political base.

A reminder that Albertan independence is not popular Pollara found Albertan independence at 19% Ipsos found it at 28% Research Co found it at 31% (Which I covered below) All had strong majorities against independence Read it here: canadianpolling.substack.com/p/albertan-i...

"Treason": BC Premier Eby reax to Financial Times report that separatists w/ Alberta Prosperity Project met w/ Trump officials 3x since April and will again next month seeking $500b line of credit to “bankroll the province” if independence referendum passes www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable. Biden himself said they were fabricated! www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

A rough field guide to Alberta conservative political conventions, and why Poilievre’s will be more convention-al than the wilder UCP weekends. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

“in theater” is a crazy way to describe minneapolis

In honor of Anton Chekhov’s birthday, I’m just going to leave this right here.

Objectively a good name for a snowplow though

Leger has the Liberals out to a 9-point lead over the Conservatives now. The spring election speculation is not going away any time soon. leger360.com/wp-content/u...

Applebaum means this literally lol it is hanging above a picture with his granddaughter

Comes a few weeks after Danielle Smith derided courts as "gatekeepers" getting in way of democracy, and used legislation to quash judge's ruling on validity of separatist referendum. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The front page of Alberta Courts website is now joint statement by chief justices of all three court levels, proclaiming the importance of judicial independence. albertacourts.ca

Is it a good sign when local newspapers are doing tear gas explainers

I spent the most formative years of my political life reading headlines like this seemingly every week.

It was the NBA cancelling games that got everyone’s attention on COVID.

In a way, Trumpworld’s new hunger for Alberta is a big blow to the province’s separatist campaign: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... by me

He’s coming after Canada’s natural penguin preserves, and I say we just give them all to him if he drops today’s threats along with the auto and steel tariffs.

when you thought you ordered a JD Vance interview but it was off some drop-shipping site based in Turkey

incredible work by the Forward who found the one Jew in Greenland so they could work the Jewish angle on the Greenland story (spoiler alert: he does not want Trump to take over Greenland)

The “don’t take down history” crowd is awfully silent.

The Save-On Foods guy is running to lead the BC Conservatives??

Calling him “Mr. Dilbert” is what sets the Onion apart.

Holy actual fuck.

I need you to see what is going on on Murdoch Mysteries these days

I truly hope you or your loved ones are not among the people who are suffering or experiencing a worse outcome while waiting for care in an Alberta ER and/or hospitals. However, if you are/were, please consider sharing your experience - use the form at the bottom of this story. #AbHealth #AbLeg

China smiles cunningly, content in the knowledge that its stealth turbine technology is working as planned

At a CAJ event not long ago, I wandered into the Indigenous reporting breakout group. I was the only non-Indigenous journalist there. Dan welcomed me with (literal) open arms and then proceeded to make fun of me for the rest of the hour. An absolutely lovely person.