Matthew Black
@matthewblack.ca
📰 Postmedia Alberta legislature reporter (Edmonton Journal/Sun) | Works with 📊 data & 📃 documents | 🎓 UBC & UAlberta (2x) | Profile pic by my 3 y/o daughter
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And here's @keithgerein.bsky.social with his take on what we've learned from the three-part series
"An archaic consumer protection system built more for the protection of businesses and the convenience of the system itself, rather than the needs of the public"
#yeg
"An archaic consumer protection system built more for the protection of businesses and the convenience of the system itself, rather than the needs of the public"
#yeg
Keith Gerein: Alberta's malnourished restaurant inspection system has become indigestible
Alberta must make upgrades to its restaurant inspection system to improve transparency for diners and impose stricter enforcement on bad eateries
edmontonjournal.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
And here's @keithgerein.bsky.social with his take on what we've learned from the three-part series
"An archaic consumer protection system built more for the protection of businesses and the convenience of the system itself, rather than the needs of the public"
#yeg
"An archaic consumer protection system built more for the protection of businesses and the convenience of the system itself, rather than the needs of the public"
#yeg
And here's a sidebar by a pair of excellent @macewanu.bsky.social students about how an Alberta Avenue eatery revived what had been a notoriously unclean and infested location
#yeg
#yeg
North Edmonton eatery shows how restoring a ruined restaurant is possible
A Mexican restaurant on Edmonton's north side is attempting to overcome the bad reputation of a former establishment that occupied the space
edmontonjournal.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
And here's a sidebar by a pair of excellent @macewanu.bsky.social students about how an Alberta Avenue eatery revived what had been a notoriously unclean and infested location
#yeg
#yeg
We reviewed 53K inspections reports from a 38-month period:
-Fewer than 1 in 4 inspections found no food safety violations
-Nearly 40% of inspections found a recurrent violations that had been identified in a prior visit.
-In 2024, over 2K venues had at least one critical violation
#yeg
-Fewer than 1 in 4 inspections found no food safety violations
-Nearly 40% of inspections found a recurrent violations that had been identified in a prior visit.
-In 2024, over 2K venues had at least one critical violation
#yeg
October 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
We reviewed 53K inspections reports from a 38-month period:
-Fewer than 1 in 4 inspections found no food safety violations
-Nearly 40% of inspections found a recurrent violations that had been identified in a prior visit.
-In 2024, over 2K venues had at least one critical violation
#yeg
-Fewer than 1 in 4 inspections found no food safety violations
-Nearly 40% of inspections found a recurrent violations that had been identified in a prior visit.
-In 2024, over 2K venues had at least one critical violation
#yeg
Reposted by Matthew Black
This work was done through @lillebuen.bsky.social's investigative journalism class, with key contributions from the Journal's @keithgerein.bsky.social and @matthewblack.ca. Big thanks to @njgriffiths.bsky.social for his help with the data journalism side of things.
October 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This work was done through @lillebuen.bsky.social's investigative journalism class, with key contributions from the Journal's @keithgerein.bsky.social and @matthewblack.ca. Big thanks to @njgriffiths.bsky.social for his help with the data journalism side of things.
And these are all built on an investigation led by @charlesrusnell.bsky.social nearly two decades ago which prompted the results of food service venue inspections to be made public
www.pressreader.com/canada/edmon...
#yeg
www.pressreader.com/canada/edmon...
#yeg
October 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
And these are all built on an investigation led by @charlesrusnell.bsky.social nearly two decades ago which prompted the results of food service venue inspections to be made public
www.pressreader.com/canada/edmon...
#yeg
www.pressreader.com/canada/edmon...
#yeg
And, here's a second sidebar about the hopelessly outdated AHS food service venue inspection website/database which was built before the iPhone and Instagram existed, at a time when Connor McDavid was still in elementary school
#yeg
#yeg
'Glorified spreadsheet': Alberta's restaurant inspection website needs major overhaul, expert says
The website that publishes Alberta’s food safety inspections is 20 years obsolete, an expert says
edmontonjournal.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
And, here's a second sidebar about the hopelessly outdated AHS food service venue inspection website/database which was built before the iPhone and Instagram existed, at a time when Connor McDavid was still in elementary school
#yeg
#yeg
Two of the excellent @macewanu.bsky.social j-students pulled together this sidebar on how restaurants can be a "perfect" breeding ground for cockroaches.
Inspection data showed more than 180 Edmonton food establishments had signs of a cockroach infestation over a 38-month period
#yeg
Inspection data showed more than 180 Edmonton food establishments had signs of a cockroach infestation over a 38-month period
#yeg
Creeping Into the Kitchen: Restaurants a ‘perfect’ breeding ground for roaches
More than 180 food establishments in Edmonton over a 38-month period had signs of a cockroach infestation, health inspection data shows.
edmontonjournal.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Two of the excellent @macewanu.bsky.social j-students pulled together this sidebar on how restaurants can be a "perfect" breeding ground for cockroaches.
Inspection data showed more than 180 Edmonton food establishments had signs of a cockroach infestation over a 38-month period
#yeg
Inspection data showed more than 180 Edmonton food establishments had signs of a cockroach infestation over a 38-month period
#yeg