Former journalist by way of words, photos, and data. Now I do the exact same thing elsewhere.
Joined April 2017
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29 Nov 2022
"Democratic countries that veer into anocracy do so not because their leaders are untested and week... but because their elected leaders--many of whom are quite popular--start to ignore the guardrails that protect their democracies." - Barbara F. Walter, How Civil Wars Start
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Some data regarding the water levels of Calgary's only current source of water: the Glemore Reservoir has dropped by almost 5% in total capacity over the past five days, going from 94.8% to 89.9% since January 3.
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25 Oct 2025
In an emergency meeting tonight, the leaders of almost all of Alberta’s public and private unions unanimously agreed to send a message to Premier Danielle Smith, warning her not to use the Notwithstanding Clause against striking teachers. See full text of the statement below 💥👇
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24 Sep 2025
We’ve lost Dr. Darren Markland — Dr. Dagly. A brilliant physician, a truth-teller during COVID, and an inspiration who lived fully on his own terms. My condolences to his family, friends, colleagues & patients. Edmonton will miss him dearly. 💔
I think we all know now how much he meant.
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18 Aug 2025
CUPE president Mark Hancock says union will not obey back to work order. I asked him if he’s prepared to go to jail over Air Canada flight attendants’ strike.
“So be it” he said.
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2 May 2025
BREAKING - Canadian PM Mark Carney confirms that King Charles will deliver the Canadian throne speech on May 27th #cdnpoli
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28 Apr 2025
No BS, no talking heads, just the results and the news. The @LiveWireCalgary election results map is back.
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15 Apr 2025
Alberta introduces Bill 53, the Compassionate Intervention Act, which will allow for the forced treatment of drug users who the provide say are a serious danger to themselves or the public.
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10 Apr 2025
Alberta NDP claims a leaked email from Alberta Health shows that the government is impeding the AG's health care scanda report.
The email tells employees to redirect the AG to lawyers should they be contacted by the AG.
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7 Apr 2025
The long awaited plans for the new Olympic Plaza have been released with many new design elements. But fan favourite activities like winter skating will be a part of the new plaza as well.
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19 Mar 2025
We've obtained multiple documents to show the many many ways that UCP government has intervened in major health procurement decisions, even if Danielle Smith says it's all an AHS internal issue: cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/a…
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13 Mar 2025
The Government of Alberta's statement of defence related to the AHS matter has been filed. As this matter is now before the courts, we refer you to the facts contained in that document if you have any further questions. We will resolutely defend against the unproven allegations raised in this matter.
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21 Feb 2025
Vous ne pouvez pas prendre notre pays — et vous ne pouvez pas prendre notre sport.
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21 Feb 2025
You can’t take our country — and you can’t take our game.
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21 Feb 2025
And tonight all Albertans can unabashedly be fans of Connor McDavid! Congratulations to Team Canada! #ourgame #ournation #ourCanada #4Nations #GoCanadaGo
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13 Feb 2025
NEW: Ward 8 Coun. Courtney Walcott is not running for re-election, he announced in an op-ed for @LiveWireCalgary.
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12 Feb 2025
It is entirely impossible to describe how ethically compromised this is for a news organization.
The world *I* live in is even using a brush to remove a piece of trash from a photo is a fireable offence. Using an AI generated image is so far beyond that to mislead the public.
11 Feb 2025
Cutline for the image on this news article from the Western Standard:
"A rendering of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith"
"AI Image generated by Grok."
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12 Feb 2025
Anyway not the only times that the Western Standard has used AI images, not even close.
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13 Jan 2025
581 units in four-to-five-storey buildings are being proposed in an area that, according to the Local Area Plan, could accommodate up to 12 storeys. #yyc #yyccc #calgary
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11 Jan 2025
NEW: “The politics of the job are the part I never fit comfortably. For me, I don’t enjoy that part of it,” Coun. Spencer said. #yyc #yyccc #calgary
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