Alexander Quon
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Provincial affairs reporter for CBC Saskatchewan. CAJ National Director, Saskatchewan Region, Data, politics & freedom of information requests. Cat dad. He/him.
Sask. Premier Scott Moe returns from D.C. trade mission where he met with with U.S. Cabinet officials
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Sask. Premier Scott Moe returns from D.C. trade mission where he met with with U.S. Cabinet officials | CBC News
Moe said all of the discussions were focused on how best to restart trade talks between Canada and the United States.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Sask. Premier Scott Moe returns from D.C. trade mission where he met with with U.S. Cabinet officials
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A reminder that HAF funding was approved unanimously by the previous city council.
Rashovich: I want to do this slower. When we accepted that HAF money there were people in my area who weren't happy about that b/c we changed zoning across the city. And if we're doing that again here… #yqrcc
November 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
A reminder that HAF funding was approved unanimously by the previous city council.
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“The fact that a governmental body can redact more than 1,000 pages of documents that are directly related to a major business’s activities in Texas is certainly problematic,” said Reid Pillifant, an attorney specializing in public records and media law.
NEW: Remember that story we broke a few months ago with
@propublica.org @texastribune.org?
We reported Texas Gov. Greg Abbott did not want to release his office's emails with #Elon #Musk. Well, we have an update. www.kut.org/politics/202... #txlege #FOIA #transparency #Texas
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We reported Texas Gov. Greg Abbott did not want to release his office's emails with #Elon #Musk. Well, we have an update. www.kut.org/politics/202... #txlege #FOIA #transparency #Texas
Gov. Abbott released 1,400 pages of emails about Elon Musk. Most are blacked out.
Abbott fought for months to keep secret emails between his office and Elon Musk. Now, hundreds of pages have been released.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:59 PM
“The fact that a governmental body can redact more than 1,000 pages of documents that are directly related to a major business’s activities in Texas is certainly problematic,” said Reid Pillifant, an attorney specializing in public records and media law.
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On Alberta, trans youth, and the Danielle Smith’s 2nd, 3rd and 4th Charter rights override in a month:
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ANALYSIS | Alberta's notwithstanding clause triple play on trans youth rights | CBC News
The Alberta premier's second, third and fourth uses of the constitution's nuclear option come after she repeatedly said trans policy bills struck balance on rights. Then it became clear the courts mig...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
On Alberta, trans youth, and the Danielle Smith’s 2nd, 3rd and 4th Charter rights override in a month:
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A North Rustico, P.E.I., man already under a terrorism peace bond is now facing what police say are the first terrorism charges ever laid in Atlantic Canada.
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P.E.I. man facing what police say are 1st terrorism charges laid in Atlantic Canada | CBC News
A North Rustico, P.E.I., man already under a terrorism peace bond is now facing what police say are the first terrorism charges ever laid in Atlantic Canada.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
A North Rustico, P.E.I., man already under a terrorism peace bond is now facing what police say are the first terrorism charges ever laid in Atlantic Canada.
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A perfect headline www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
J.D. Vance, Not That One, Gets 2 Years in Prison for Threatening the Vice President
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November 19, 2025 at 4:23 AM
A perfect headline www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
While diametrically opposed to the Liberal budget, sources say Conservative Party top brass don't want an election so soon after the last one. Via John Paul Tasker.
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How the Conservatives helped pass Carney's budget, avoiding an election | CBC News
Minutes before time ran out on Monday's budget vote, two senior Conservatives swooped into the chamber claiming their electronic voting app wasn't working and declared they wanted to vote against Prim...
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November 18, 2025 at 11:34 PM
While diametrically opposed to the Liberal budget, sources say Conservative Party top brass don't want an election so soon after the last one. Via John Paul Tasker.
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Alberta to invoke notwithstanding clause to shield 3 transgender bills from court challenges
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Alberta to invoke notwithstanding clause to shield 3 transgender bills from court challenges | CBC News
The Alberta government has tabled legislation that seeks to invoke the notwithstanding clause to shield a suite of bills that affects transgender youth and adults from legal challenges.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Alberta to invoke notwithstanding clause to shield 3 transgender bills from court challenges
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Canadian snowbirds say U.S. politics are ruffling feathers and changing their migration patterns
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Canadian snowbirds say political tensions with the U.S. are changing their migration patterns | CBC News
For decades, Canadians have flown south of the border in the winter, seeking a warm refuge from the cold and snow. But in the year since Donald Trump was re-elected, many say they're rethinking those ...
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November 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Canadian snowbirds say U.S. politics are ruffling feathers and changing their migration patterns
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Follow live updates as the Saskatchewan Roughriders parade down the Green Mile
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GREY CUP 2025: Follow live updates as Roughriders parade down the Green Mile | CBC
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November 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Follow live updates as the Saskatchewan Roughriders parade down the Green Mile
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A story relevant to Saskatchewan. Should one of Canada’s longest-serving female inmates be granted ‘mercy’?
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Should one of Canada’s longest-serving female inmates be granted ‘mercy’? | CBC News
Behind bars for murder since she was 15 years old, Serena Tobaccojuice has amassed a record of prison hostage-takings. A judge will sentence her this week for unlawfully confining two prison guards at...
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November 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
A story relevant to Saskatchewan. Should one of Canada’s longest-serving female inmates be granted ‘mercy’?
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NEWS: Edmonton’s chief Crown prosecutor & a deputy are out of their jobs w/ little explanation. Source tells me Crowns are on edge, as it comes months after Edmonton police publicly slammed the Crown’s handling of a case — a move Danielle Smith said she supported edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/q...
Questions swirl as Edmonton chief prosecutor and deputy out of jobs
Edmonton's top Crown prosecutor and a deputy are out of their jobs, with little explanation being offered either publicly or to their former colleagues.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
NEWS: Edmonton’s chief Crown prosecutor & a deputy are out of their jobs w/ little explanation. Source tells me Crowns are on edge, as it comes months after Edmonton police publicly slammed the Crown’s handling of a case — a move Danielle Smith said she supported edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/q...
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Chief Augustine says the jacket is adorned with a medal presented to him for the Order of Canada, along with the King Charles III Coronation Medal, the Queen Elizabeth Platinum Jubilee Medal and also features a rich representation of his family's story.
Chief's jacket adorned with family history missing from airport
A Mi'kmaw hereditary chief is pleading for help to find a jacket adorned with honours and family history that was lost in the Montreal airport.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Chief Augustine says the jacket is adorned with a medal presented to him for the Order of Canada, along with the King Charles III Coronation Medal, the Queen Elizabeth Platinum Jubilee Medal and also features a rich representation of his family's story.
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Wouldn't look outta place in Riderville, regardless of year.
November 16, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Wouldn't look outta place in Riderville, regardless of year.
You could hear some boos during the coin toss.
Did carney just get booed at the grey cup game or was that just weird sound mixing?
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
You could hear some boos during the coin toss.
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Traveling with Max on the subway often leads to interesting conversations, and today I learned the woman I sat next to had read my Jennifer Pan article published in Toronto Life in 2015 while living in rural Virginia.
November 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Traveling with Max on the subway often leads to interesting conversations, and today I learned the woman I sat next to had read my Jennifer Pan article published in Toronto Life in 2015 while living in rural Virginia.
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A man was found with two heavily sedated orange-fronted parakeets in his underwear as he crossed the border from Mexico in October, U.S. prosecutors said. He was indicted on a federal smuggling charge on Friday.
Man Who Stuffed Parakeets in His Pants Faces Smuggling Charge
The man was found with the heavily sedated birds in his underwear as he crossed the border from Mexico in late October, federal prosecutors said.
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November 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
A man was found with two heavily sedated orange-fronted parakeets in his underwear as he crossed the border from Mexico in October, U.S. prosecutors said. He was indicted on a federal smuggling charge on Friday.
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“That bird was big, you know, it wasn't a songbird.” A strong candidate for today's most Northern news story: a raven flies into a Whitehorse grocery store.
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A shopping trip turned into an unexpected spectacle for some Yukoners on Thursday when a large raven stopped in at a local grocery story.
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November 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
“That bird was big, you know, it wasn't a songbird.” A strong candidate for today's most Northern news story: a raven flies into a Whitehorse grocery store.
Regina Street Team managers dismissed, more changes to come
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Regina Street Team managers dismissed, more changes to come | CBC News
Rob Kraushaar, the program co-ordinator, and Jason Knudsen, the outreach program manager, are no longer with the team.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Regina Street Team managers dismissed, more changes to come
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The Immigration Department has banned only one member of the controversial Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap from entering Canada, it told CBC News in a statement, contradicting a Liberal MP's claim in September that none of them would be let in.
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Immigration Department says only 1 Kneecap band member barred from entering Canada, contradicting Liberal MP | CBC News
The Immigration Department only took a decision to ban one member of the controversial Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap from entering Canada, it told CBC News, contradicting a public claim from a Liberal MP...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The Immigration Department has banned only one member of the controversial Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap from entering Canada, it told CBC News in a statement, contradicting a Liberal MP's claim in September that none of them would be let in.
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The Regina Police Service just sent out this news release in case anyone is wondering how the police are preparing for this Grey Cup.
November 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Regina Police Service just sent out this news release in case anyone is wondering how the police are preparing for this Grey Cup.
The Power Broker by Robert Caro
The Night of the Gun by David Carr
The Night of the Gun by David Carr
Prompt: if you had to performatively display two books that you wanted the NYT writer profiling you about your career ending scandal to notice, what would they be?
November 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The Power Broker by Robert Caro
The Night of the Gun by David Carr
The Night of the Gun by David Carr
Just in: A jury delivered its guilty verdict in the trial of a man accused of killing Misha Pavelick nearly two decades ago.
The man, whose identity is protected under a publication ban, was found guilty of second-degree murder
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The man, whose identity is protected under a publication ban, was found guilty of second-degree murder
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Jury convicts man in 2006 death of Misha Pavelick at Sask. campground | CBC News
A man has been found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Misha Pavelick, 19, who was fatally stabbed during a graduation party at a campground.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Just in: A jury delivered its guilty verdict in the trial of a man accused of killing Misha Pavelick nearly two decades ago.
The man, whose identity is protected under a publication ban, was found guilty of second-degree murder
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The man, whose identity is protected under a publication ban, was found guilty of second-degree murder
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Granite Curling Club holds the hammer in dispute over new apartment complex: parking www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #wpgpoli
Granite Curling Club must be satisfied with parking plan for new apartment complex to be built: ruling | CBC News
Winnipeg’s plans to build an apartment complex on a parking lot can only proceed if the neighbouring Granite Curling Club is satisfied with the number of parking spots it would receive, the municipal ...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Granite Curling Club holds the hammer in dispute over new apartment complex: parking www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #wpgpoli