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trevorrobb.bsky.social
@trevorrobb.bsky.social
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Assistant managing editor at the Edmonton Sun and Edmonton Journal. Send news tips: [email protected]. AEW fan #WrestleSky 🤼‍♂️
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Latest from @jonnywakefield.bsky.social — Behiels is in the final stages of a Police Act hearing for leaking case files to a journalist about Abdullah Shah, the convicted mortgage fraudster and alleged drug dealershot to death outside his home in 2022.

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Edmonton police chief seeks to fire detective who admitted leaking documents, making corruption claims
Is Daniel Behiels a whistleblower, or a loose cannon?
edmontonjournal.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
trevorrobb.bsky.social
Smith pointed to her government’s support for Edmonton’s LRT system, Downtown event park, and post-secondary institutions.

“It’s a unique culture. We’re tailoring solutions to Edmonton that might not exist in other parts of the province." #ableg #abpoli

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UCP members gather in Edmonton seeking to improve party's local fortunes
'We just have to do the work of identifying the issues that matter more,' party leader and Premier Danielle Smith said
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November 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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"Unfortunately, the government seems to have forgotten — or is practising selective amnesia — as to why the Royal Alex facility was developed in the first place. The UCP’s decision now risks going back to more of those hazardous situations." #ableg #abpoli #yeg
November 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
trevorrobb.bsky.social
Excellent read here from @keithgerein.bsky.social — UCP ideological myopia costs Edmonton another safe consumption site, at the worst possible time #ableg #abpoli #yeg

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Keith Gerein: UCP ideological myopia costs Edmonton another safe consumption site, at the worst possible time
Alberta's UCP government has an ongoing campaign against supervised drug consumption sites and the latest victim is at Edmonton's Royal Alex.
edmontonjournal.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Between April 1, 2024, and March 31, 2025,  the advocate’s office recorded 60 youth deaths and nine serious injuries among young people who had received child intervention services within the two years preceding their death.

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'Gap in assessments': Alberta's child and youth advocate calls for better intervention — Edmonton Journal
Annual report highlights service gaps, substance-use risks, and missed assessments in the deaths and serious injuries among children connected to Alberta's intervention system
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November 28, 2025 at 5:38 AM
trevorrobb.bsky.social
The death of a 19-month-old girl, Eliza, was highlighted in a new report which found child intervention did not properly address safety concerns. #abpoli #ableg

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'Gap in assessments': Alberta's child and youth advocate calls for better intervention
Alberta's child and youth advocate urges for better intervention assessments, underscores need for transitional programs
edmontonjournal.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Statement from B.C. Coastal First Nations: “There is no technology that can clean up an oil spill at sea or in a salmon river, and there is nothing in this MOU that overrides our inherent constitutional authority." #cdnpoli #abpoli #bcpoli

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'A great day for Alberta': Smith, Carney sign memorandum of understanding on West Coast pipeline
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney agree to memorandum of understanding for new oil pipeline through northern B.C.
edmontonjournal.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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#BREAKING Smith, Carney sign memorandum of understanding on West Coast pipeline #abpoli #cdnpoli #bcpoli

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Smith, Carney sign memorandum of understanding on West Coast pipeline
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney agree to memorandum of understanding for new oil pipeline through northern B.C.
edmontonjournal.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
trevorrobb.bsky.social
"Post pandemic, we’ve seen general inflation grow to its highest level since the 1970s. The cost of everything has gone up, including the cost to deliver health care." #abpoli #ableg #abhealth

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Health care spending growing faster than economy, $9,597 per Albertan this year: report
Health care spending grew by 3.9 per cent in the province in 2025 at the same time inflation and a burgeoning population were galloping.
edmontonjournal.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM
trevorrobb.bsky.social
"As medical students dreaming of giving back to Alberta, we are scared for the future of our province. This government has a clear agenda to privatize health care, and they are showing no signs of slowing down." #abpoli #ableg #abhealth

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Opinion: Patients will pay the price with public-private surgery plan
Splitting an already dwindling health-care workforce between two systems means those relying on the public system will pay the price.
edmontonjournal.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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From @jonnywakefield.bsky.social — Minister blames 'human error' after NDP's Edmonton Police Commission FOIP turns up no records #abpoli #ableg #yeg

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Minister blames 'human error' after NDP's Edmonton Police Commission FOIP turns up no records
Alberta's public safety minister is blaming "human error" after the department incorrectly stated it had no records of EPS's complaint.
edmontonjournal.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
trevorrobb.bsky.social
The Alberta government is seeking to toughen enforcement of food safety rules and modernize a system that has drawn complaints for its lack of transparency, reporting, and accountability, through new legislation introduced earlier this week. #ableg #abpoli

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'To the next level': Alberta cracking down on food safety after shortfalls exposed
An investigation published in October highlighted problems around reporting, enforcement, and accountability within the current system
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November 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Latest from @jonnywakefield.bsky.social — Judge acquits Edmonton man of grisly drug trade killing, but finds he extorted victim before her death #yeg

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Judge acquits Edmonton man of grisly drug trade killing, but finds he extorted victim before her death
Finding that while suspicion about his involvement may be "well placed," an Edmonton judge acquitted a man of breaking into a woman's home and killing her as part of a group of paid attackers.
edmontonjournal.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
trevorrobb.bsky.social
Finance Minister Nate Horner said at a Tuesday press conference that there is no extra funding at AIMCo to cover such a lawsuit and it would "fall on the backs of their taxpayers."

#abpoli #ableg

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Alberta tables legislation aimed at blocking $1.3 billion claim against AIMCo
Alberta has tabled a new bill that would shield the province from a $1.3 billion claim launched against AIMCo.
edmontonjournal.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
trevorrobb.bsky.social
NEWS: Edmonton-area cabinet minister among five latest Alberta UCP MLAs to face recall petitions #ableg #abpoli #yeg

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Edmonton-area cabinet minister among five latest Alberta UCP MLAs to face recall petitions
Two cabinet ministers and three more Alberta government UCP MLAs are the latest to face recall petitions, bringing the total to 14.
edmontonjournal.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Latest column from @keithgerein.bsky.social — "The biggest dark cloud on the way is obviously the proposed 6.4 per cent tax hike for 2026, which comes on the heels of 5.7 per cent and 8.9 per cent increases, respectively, in the last two years." #yeg #yegcc

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Keith Gerein: Despite another grim city budget, Edmonton may be closer to ending its financial funk
Mayor Andrew Knack and Edmonton city council will face tough decisions in debating another city budget with a proposed hefty tax hike
edmontonjournal.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Developer puts Downtown Edmonton BMO land up for sale, asking $6M #yeg #yegdt

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Developer puts Downtown Edmonton BMO land up for sale, asking $6M
For sale signs have gone up on the much-talked-about Downtown Edmonton site of the demolished Bank of Montreal building.
edmontonjournal.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
trevorrobb.bsky.social
NEWS: Alberta seeks to change existing drug coverage, allow physicians to work in public and private sectors

#ableg #abpoli #abhealth

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Alberta seeks to change existing drug coverage, allow physicians to work in public and private sectors
Alberta's government seeks to change existing drug coverage, while allowing physicians to work both in public and private sectors.
edmontonjournal.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
trevorrobb.bsky.social
Latest from @hillsyjay.bsky.social — 'Have some fun with it': Spruce Grove Saints mascot draws viral laughs for stare-down of penalized player #yeg

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'Have some fun with it': Spruce Grove Saints mascot draws viral laughs for stare-down of penalized player
Eric Weidman works as the Spruce Grove Saints mascot, and he's found a way to make players feel extra guilty when they take a penalty
edmontonjournal.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
trevorrobb.bsky.social
Hospital and Surgical Health Services Minister Matt Jones suggested once the standalone hospital is completed, the existing Stollery facility could be used to backfill acute care capacity from the neighbouring University of Alberta hospital. #yeg #abpoli
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Site selected for new stand-alone Stollery Children's Hospital in south Edmonton
The new site is currently a green space near the corner of 122 Street and 51 Avenue on the University of Alberta's south campus in Edmonton.
edmontonjournal.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Swerve is such a bad ass #AEWFullGear
November 23, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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Swerve is back but I’m still coping over Hangman #AEWFullGear
November 23, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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OH MY GOD WHAT!!? #AEWFULLGEAR
November 23, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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Triller TV with the $10 discount makes ordering PPVs a breeze. Let’s goooo! #AEWFullGear
November 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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I knew that this day was coming. The UCP had been warning for months that they were going to take away the rights of transgender people (not just children but adults too). I thought I was prepared. But I am still very angry that it has happened.
November 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM