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Matt Jones, one of the UCP’s Gang of Four health ministers, actually admits there’s a capacity problem in Alberta’s hospitals! albertapolitics.ca/2026/01/matt...
Matt Jones, one of the UCP’s Gang of Four health ministers, actually admits there’s a capacity problem in Alberta’s hospitals! - Alberta Politics
More than anything, yesterday’s press conference about how the Alberta Government proposes to fix the horrific mess in this province’s hospital Emergency Rooms where patients can wait up to 72 hours t...
albertapolitics.ca
January 16, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Matt Jones, one of the UCP’s Gang of Four health ministers, actually admits there’s a capacity problem in Alberta’s hospitals! albertapolitics.ca/2026/01/matt...
"The APP has claimed three separate meetings with the U.S. State Department ... 'Every level is supportive of Alberta sovereignty,' Dennis Modry said of the claimed meetings with the State Department."
What Alberta separatist leaders are telling supporters at secession petition events
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What Alberta separatist leaders are telling supporters at secession petition events
At a Red Deer event, Alberta Prosperity Project touts alliance with the Parti Quebecois, and claims it has support from the U.S. State Department
edmontonjournal.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:49 AM
"The APP has claimed three separate meetings with the U.S. State Department ... 'Every level is supportive of Alberta sovereignty,' Dennis Modry said of the claimed meetings with the State Department."
QA workers with Keywords fighting since 2022 have finally secured a collective agreement with the employer 🫡
Today’s news story from @kimsiever.bsky.social
Edmonton video game testers ratify first contract
The collective agreement includes wage increases, various leaves of absence, and health benefits.
albertaworker.ca/news/edmonto...
Edmonton video game testers ratify first contract
The collective agreement includes wage increases, various leaves of absence, and health benefits.
albertaworker.ca/news/edmonto...
Edmonton video game testers ratify first contract
The collective agreement includes wage increases, various leaves of absence, and health benefits.
albertaworker.ca
January 16, 2026 at 2:45 AM
QA workers with Keywords fighting since 2022 have finally secured a collective agreement with the employer 🫡
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Alberta orders judge-led inquiry into death of man waiting for care in hospital
It’s also rolling out new system where physicians will be triaging, and even treating, people in emerg waiting rooms.
From @reportrix.bsky.social and me today:
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/health/alber...
It’s also rolling out new system where physicians will be triaging, and even treating, people in emerg waiting rooms.
From @reportrix.bsky.social and me today:
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/health/alber...
Alberta orders judge-led inquiry into death of man waiting for care in hospital
EDMONTON - Alberta’s government has ordered a judge-led inquiry into the death of a man who waited for hours for care in an Edmonton hospital.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
January 16, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Alberta orders judge-led inquiry into death of man waiting for care in hospital
It’s also rolling out new system where physicians will be triaging, and even treating, people in emerg waiting rooms.
From @reportrix.bsky.social and me today:
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/health/alber...
It’s also rolling out new system where physicians will be triaging, and even treating, people in emerg waiting rooms.
From @reportrix.bsky.social and me today:
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/health/alber...
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Haven’t been on here in ages… but today I’m back to share my family’s story about being stuck in the emergency dept at an Alberta hospital for more than 90 hours. The UCP is fiddling while the system burns.
@picardonhealth.bsky.social
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@picardonhealth.bsky.social
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Senior with influenza waited 90 hours in Edmonton emergency department, family says
Patients are languishing for days in makeshift waiting areas to receive care
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Haven’t been on here in ages… but today I’m back to share my family’s story about being stuck in the emergency dept at an Alberta hospital for more than 90 hours. The UCP is fiddling while the system burns.
@picardonhealth.bsky.social
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@picardonhealth.bsky.social
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You won't find much public information about Prolife Alberta leader Murray Ruhl. We did some extensive digging and found he has an alternate online life as a traditionalist Catholic blogger. Read our joint investigation with @xtramagazine.com
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January 14, 2026 at 2:15 PM
You won't find much public information about Prolife Alberta leader Murray Ruhl. We did some extensive digging and found he has an alternate online life as a traditionalist Catholic blogger. Read our joint investigation with @xtramagazine.com
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New from me: the Alberta lawyer leading the charge for separatism had a law society hearing today over his COVID-era correspondence with government and public health officials — some of whom he threatened with prosecution for “crimes against humanity” edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
Alberta separatist lawyer threatened 'war crimes,' 'murder' charges over COVID vaccine, law society claims
Separatist lawyer Jeffrey Rath is challenging claims he breached professional conduct rules by writing to government officials during the COVID-19 pandemic — but admits he used "overly aggressive" lan...
edmontonjournal.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:34 AM
New from me: the Alberta lawyer leading the charge for separatism had a law society hearing today over his COVID-era correspondence with government and public health officials — some of whom he threatened with prosecution for “crimes against humanity” edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
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Photojournalist Amber Bracken spoke with CBC Edmonton this morning about our case against the RCMP: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Stay in the loop about our fight here: thenarwhal.ca/press-freedom/
Stay in the loop about our fight here: thenarwhal.ca/press-freedom/
The Narwhal’s press freedom case against the RCMP, explained
Stay informed about The Narwhal and Amber Bracken’s lawsuit against the RCMP as we fight for press freedom in B.C. Supreme Court
thenarwhal.ca
January 14, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Photojournalist Amber Bracken spoke with CBC Edmonton this morning about our case against the RCMP: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Stay in the loop about our fight here: thenarwhal.ca/press-freedom/
Stay in the loop about our fight here: thenarwhal.ca/press-freedom/
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Canada Post agreement with union to be finalized this week, expert says ratification likely
Canada Post, union, still working out final details before vote on contract
Crown corporation says back-and-forth after tentative agreement with union before Christmas almost complete with fine tuning on ‘a single item.'
www.thestar.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Canada Post agreement with union to be finalized this week, expert says ratification likely
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The Tyee spoke with our editor in chief, Carol Linnitt, about The Narwhal's press freedom case against the RCMP for arresting photojournalist Amber Bracken. thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...
The Narwhal Is Suing the RCMP. Stakes Are High for Journalism | The Tyee
The judge’s ruling could reinforce the right of journalists to report from inside police ‘exclusion zones.’
thetyee.ca
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
The Tyee spoke with our editor in chief, Carol Linnitt, about The Narwhal's press freedom case against the RCMP for arresting photojournalist Amber Bracken. thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...
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Alberta has four health ministers, and there’s not been a chirp from any of them about the mess in the province’s Emergency Rooms. albertapolitics.ca/2026/01/albe...
Alberta has four health ministers, and there’s not been a chirp from any of them about the mess in the province’s Emergency Rooms - Alberta Politics
Ever since emergency medicine physicians in Edmonton called last Friday for Alberta to declare a state of emergency about the catastrophic condition of the city’s hospital Emergency Rooms, the only so...
albertapolitics.ca
January 13, 2026 at 6:36 AM
Alberta has four health ministers, and there’s not been a chirp from any of them about the mess in the province’s Emergency Rooms. albertapolitics.ca/2026/01/albe...
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Today’s news story from @kimsiever.bsky.social
Edmonton LRT workers approve first contract
The 2.5-year collective agreement includes annual wage increases and all sorts of benefits.
albertaworker.ca/news/edmonto...
Edmonton LRT workers approve first contract
The 2.5-year collective agreement includes annual wage increases and all sorts of benefits.
albertaworker.ca/news/edmonto...
Edmonton LRT workers approve first contract
The 2.5-year collective agreement includes annual wage increases and all sorts of benefits.
albertaworker.ca
January 12, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Today’s news story from @kimsiever.bsky.social
Edmonton LRT workers approve first contract
The 2.5-year collective agreement includes annual wage increases and all sorts of benefits.
albertaworker.ca/news/edmonto...
Edmonton LRT workers approve first contract
The 2.5-year collective agreement includes annual wage increases and all sorts of benefits.
albertaworker.ca/news/edmonto...
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Who could strike in 2026?
We round up the biggest collective agreements set to expire this year:
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We round up the biggest collective agreements set to expire this year:
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Who Could Strike in 2026?
An overview of the biggest collective agreements set to expire this year
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January 12, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Who could strike in 2026?
We round up the biggest collective agreements set to expire this year:
pressprogress.ca/who-could-st...
We round up the biggest collective agreements set to expire this year:
pressprogress.ca/who-could-st...
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One tiny supervised consumption site in a hospital had more visits than the virtual supervised consumption app launched via sole-source contracts & advertised for 4 years.
The data show that one site probably reverses more overdoses in one year than the app has been involved within in 4 years.
The data show that one site probably reverses more overdoses in one year than the app has been involved within in 4 years.
January 12, 2026 at 11:13 PM
One tiny supervised consumption site in a hospital had more visits than the virtual supervised consumption app launched via sole-source contracts & advertised for 4 years.
The data show that one site probably reverses more overdoses in one year than the app has been involved within in 4 years.
The data show that one site probably reverses more overdoses in one year than the app has been involved within in 4 years.
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Incredible – Minister Rick Wilson told CBC in November he was closing the Royal Alex Hospital supervised consumption site because it wasn't being used enough.
In 2024, drugs were consumed at the site 1,212 times – 55% more than the total DORS app sessions. DORS still has an operating contract.
In 2024, drugs were consumed at the site 1,212 times – 55% more than the total DORS app sessions. DORS still has an operating contract.
SCOOP 🧵
The DORS app was supposed to keep people safe while using drugs at home. But in 4 years, it has activated just 51 ambulances.
The app isn't used 41% of days.
Meanwhile, the AB govt is dismantling the option that works: supervised consumption. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/overdose-app...
The DORS app was supposed to keep people safe while using drugs at home. But in 4 years, it has activated just 51 ambulances.
The app isn't used 41% of days.
Meanwhile, the AB govt is dismantling the option that works: supervised consumption. 1/
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Overdose app falters as Alberta government accelerates war on supervised consumption
Launched to government fanfare on sole-source contracts, the Digital Overdose Response System app is barely used most days and has registered just 51 ambulance dispatches over four years –– around 0.1...
drugdatadecoded.ca
January 12, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Incredible – Minister Rick Wilson told CBC in November he was closing the Royal Alex Hospital supervised consumption site because it wasn't being used enough.
In 2024, drugs were consumed at the site 1,212 times – 55% more than the total DORS app sessions. DORS still has an operating contract.
In 2024, drugs were consumed at the site 1,212 times – 55% more than the total DORS app sessions. DORS still has an operating contract.
Amber Bracken, a journalist who was illegally arrested by the RCMP while trying to report on protests against Coastal GasLink in 2021, is finally getting her day in court.
Trial begins for journalist suing RCMP for arrest at pipeline protest camp near Prince George, B.C. | CBC News
Photojournalist Amber Bracken and The Narwhal say RCMP violated Charter rights when they unlawfully arrested and detained Bracken at a Coastal GasLink pipeline protest camp on Wet’suwet’en territory i...
www.cbc.ca
January 13, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Amber Bracken, a journalist who was illegally arrested by the RCMP while trying to report on protests against Coastal GasLink in 2021, is finally getting her day in court.
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SCOOP 🧵
The DORS app was supposed to keep people safe while using drugs at home. But in 4 years, it has activated just 51 ambulances.
The app isn't used 41% of days.
Meanwhile, the AB govt is dismantling the option that works: supervised consumption. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/overdose-app...
The DORS app was supposed to keep people safe while using drugs at home. But in 4 years, it has activated just 51 ambulances.
The app isn't used 41% of days.
Meanwhile, the AB govt is dismantling the option that works: supervised consumption. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/overdose-app...
Overdose app falters as Alberta government accelerates war on supervised consumption
Launched to government fanfare on sole-source contracts, the Digital Overdose Response System app is barely used most days and has registered just 51 ambulance dispatches over four years –– around 0.1...
drugdatadecoded.ca
January 10, 2026 at 4:57 PM
SCOOP 🧵
The DORS app was supposed to keep people safe while using drugs at home. But in 4 years, it has activated just 51 ambulances.
The app isn't used 41% of days.
Meanwhile, the AB govt is dismantling the option that works: supervised consumption. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/overdose-app...
The DORS app was supposed to keep people safe while using drugs at home. But in 4 years, it has activated just 51 ambulances.
The app isn't used 41% of days.
Meanwhile, the AB govt is dismantling the option that works: supervised consumption. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/overdose-app...
Alberta senator Paula Simons is urging the federal government to take some action regarding the X/Grok situation. X Corp's generative AI, Grok, has been producing and distributing non-consensual pornographic images of women—and even child sex abuse material—for months.
A proliferation of sexual deepfakes on X has prompted other countries to investigate Grok, the platform’s AI software, but, so far, Ottawa remains silent.
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
‘Get the f**k off there’: MPs, Senators call on government to abandon X/Twitter following wave of ‘Grok porn’
A proliferation of sexual deepfakes on X (formerly Twitter) has prompted other countries to investigate Grok, the platform’s AI software, but, so far, Ottawa remains silent.
www.hilltimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Alberta senator Paula Simons is urging the federal government to take some action regarding the X/Grok situation. X Corp's generative AI, Grok, has been producing and distributing non-consensual pornographic images of women—and even child sex abuse material—for months.
If you've been meaning to sign the petition to stop public funding from going to private schools, petitioners will be collecting signatures in Edmonton tomorrow.
January 9, 2026 at 1:06 AM
If you've been meaning to sign the petition to stop public funding from going to private schools, petitioners will be collecting signatures in Edmonton tomorrow.
On the 24th, public health advocates Friends of Medicare will be hosting a town hall at the Parkdale Church in Calgary to discuss Alberta's worsening health care crisis. Dr. Paul Parks, an ER doctor from Medicine Hat and former Alberta Medical Association president, is listed as the key speaker.
An Urgent Conversation: Public Health Care in Calgary
www.friendsofmedicare.org
January 9, 2026 at 12:51 AM
On the 24th, public health advocates Friends of Medicare will be hosting a town hall at the Parkdale Church in Calgary to discuss Alberta's worsening health care crisis. Dr. Paul Parks, an ER doctor from Medicine Hat and former Alberta Medical Association president, is listed as the key speaker.
A quarter of all lobbying in Alberta last year was run through three big agencies: Alberta Counsel, which is packed with former Kenney-era conservative electeds; Canadian Strategy Group, which also boasts many ex-politicians but from the PC era; and the conservative-aligned Global Public Affairs.
Beyond Local: 3 firms accounted for 25% of lobbyist registrations in Alberta
While more than 500 organizations and consultant lobbyist firms appeared in the provincial registry in 2025, three well-connected firms accounted for about 25 per cent of all lobbying efforts.
www.rmoutlook.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:25 AM
A quarter of all lobbying in Alberta last year was run through three big agencies: Alberta Counsel, which is packed with former Kenney-era conservative electeds; Canadian Strategy Group, which also boasts many ex-politicians but from the PC era; and the conservative-aligned Global Public Affairs.
An anonymous activist claiming to hail from Edmonton, Alberta has put up a new website tracking which Alberta MLAs are supporting the Alberta separatist movement. The website, clearly in opposition to separatism, links out to local recall campaigns against those MLAs.
Is My MLA a Separatist? | Alberta Watch
albertawatch.ca
January 9, 2026 at 12:00 AM
An anonymous activist claiming to hail from Edmonton, Alberta has put up a new website tracking which Alberta MLAs are supporting the Alberta separatist movement. The website, clearly in opposition to separatism, links out to local recall campaigns against those MLAs.
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Doctors working in Edmonton’s major hospitals are calling on the Alberta government to declare a state of emergency because there is no more room to safely accept patients. #ableg @theglobeandmail.com
Edmonton doctors call on Alberta government to declare state of emergency as hospitals overflow
Call follows deaths of three patients in Grey Nuns Community Hospital emergency on Dec. 22
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Doctors working in Edmonton’s major hospitals are calling on the Alberta government to declare a state of emergency because there is no more room to safely accept patients. #ableg @theglobeandmail.com
"That lawyer, identified in court records made public Tuesday as Bryan Ward, has acted a number of times for Sam Mraiche, an Edmonton-based medical equipment entrepreneur whose companies are at the centre of a procurement controversy that has roiled Alberta politics for the past year."
NEW: A podcaster accused of harassing a former AHS director said he was hired by an Edmonton lawyer, court docs show. That lawyer has ties to Sam Mraiche, who owns companies at the centre of Alberta's procurement controversy.
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Podcaster accused of harassing former AHS board member says he was hired by Edmonton lawyer, court records show
Legal documents identify Bryan Ward, who has acted for Sam Mraiche on multiple occasions, as the lawyer
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:22 AM
"That lawyer, identified in court records made public Tuesday as Bryan Ward, has acted a number of times for Sam Mraiche, an Edmonton-based medical equipment entrepreneur whose companies are at the centre of a procurement controversy that has roiled Alberta politics for the past year."