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ICYMI: July 20-26 - by Jeremy Appel
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (104+ words) ICYMI: July 20-26 readtheorchard.org At Canada’s National Observer, I covered Toronto-based Thomson Reuters’ $125-million USD contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to use Thomson Reuters’ detailed database of American residents’ personal information to assist in a crackdown…...
Mark Carney, CEO of Canada Inc.
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (232+ words) In June 2025, Prime Minister Mark Carney nixed the Digital Services Tax, which would have charged American tech giants just 3% of their Canadian revenue for the privilege of doing business here. The prime minister explicitly pitched this rollback as a goodwill…...
Trisha Estabrooks launches campaign to be next Edmonton-Strathcona MLA
1+ week, 3+ day ago (720+ words) The day after Alberta NDP leader and Edmonton-Strathcona MLA Naheed Nenshi announced that he plans to run for a Calgary seat in the 2027 provincial election, the former two-term chair of the Edmonton Public School Board (EPSB) announced her intention to…...
Edmonton Police Commission doesn't want to talk about Israel
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1079+ words) The body ostensibly tasked with providing civilian oversight to the Edmonton Police Service (EPS) isn’t interested in hearing criticism of Chief Warren Driechel’s February trip to Israel. On Thursday, the Edmonton Police Commission (EPC) held its first meeting since this…...
Regulations won't halt Alberta's march to 2-tiered health care, says legal analysis
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1179+ words) Regulations won’t fix Alberta’s legislation enabling physicians to work in both publicly funded and privately insured practice, according to a new legal analysis presented on Parliament Hill. Lawyer Emma Phillips publicly shared her findings via video feed at a Tuesday…...
Postmedia’s Decade of Pushing Canada’s Politics to the Right
2+ week, 3+ day ago (1671+ words) This piece was originally published in Ricochet. More than half of Canadian daily newspapers are owned by Postmedia, giving the MAGA-aligned newspaper chain enormous influence over the flow of information and how current events are perceived across the country. In…...
Public appointees to Alberta university boards have donated $107K to the UCP
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1805+ words) Sitting public appointees to Alberta university boards of governors have donated nearly $107,000 combined to the ruling UCP since 2019, according to an analysis of Elections Alberta financial disclosures. These appointees include a former Cabinet minister who lost his seat in the…...
Water Not Coal readies for referendum campaign
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1058+ words) Country singer Corb Lund arrived at Elections Alberta’s Edmonton office in a horse trailer Wednesday to drop off what he estimates are 200,000 petition signatures to put banning new coal mining in the Rocky Mountains on October’s growing referendum ballot. According…...
Nisga’a Nation says it wasn’t consulted on pipeline proposals
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (941+ words) This story was originally published in Alberta Native News. Nisga’a Nation in northwestern B.C. says it hasn’t been consulted on proposed routes for a new tar sands pipeline that pass through its modern Treaty lands. On June 1, the CBC reported…...
Premier announces referendum on whether to have an independence referendum
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (1001+ words) This story was originally published in Alberta Native News. Hours after NDP MLAs’ proposal to engage in consultation with First Nations before proceeding with an independence referendum was voted down in committee, Premier Danielle Smith announced a referendum on whether…...