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Don't believe the emissions cap hype
Forcing the oil and gas facilities to reduce emissions by law is a step in the right direction, but the plan as presented is already less than promised…
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Assembly of First Nations delegates begin electing new national chief today
There are six candidates running to succeed the embattled Roseanne Archibald.
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Canadian-owned Cobre Panamá mine kiboshed
Mass protest and a Supreme Court ruling resulted in the shuttering of one of the world's largest copper mines. But what comes next?
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Who the hell is the Food Professor?
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I watched 7 hours of Danielle Smith's members-only AMAs so you don't have to
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Eyeless in Gaza
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What's going on with the Communist Party of Canada?
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Can't Stop Alberta ... From What Exactly?
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ICYMI: November 6 - December 2
What I produced and consumed this week.
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Nov. 29, 2023 AMA: Towards Pisraelastine
My Middle East peace plan.
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The Sovereignty Act Cometh
Premier Danielle Smith is invoking her signature piece of legislation to pressure the feds to renege on their clean electricity mandate for 2035.
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ICYMI: November 19-25
What I produced and consumed this week.
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How to Save the CPP from Danielle Smith and the UCP
Public Interest Alberta hosted a Nov. 23 town hall on how to stymie the premier's plans to blow up the Canadian Pension Plan, featuring a journalist…
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ICYMI: November 12-18
What I produced and consumed this week.
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City of Edmonton urges staff and councillors not to attend pro-Palestine rallies or discuss the conflict online
A Nov. 16 corporate security bulletin was drafted in response to a petition calling on the city to support a ceasefire and protestors confronting a…
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First Nation leaders criticize UCP government for lack of consultation on AHS restructuring
“Any move toward privatization will endanger First Nations communities already struggling with issues of poverty, chronic underfunding and lack of…
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Nov. 16, 2023 AMA: Writers in the Public Square
What can journalists due to affect change beyond writing what they know to be true?
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