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The Charlebois Shuffle

Jeremy Appel
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August 25, 2023
The Charlebois Shuffle

I think I may have broken Sylvain “The Food Professor” Charlebois’ brain. In January, I wrote about a $60,000 grant the Dalhousie University academic received from the Weston Foundation in 2018, and how that might have played a role in his reflexive tendency to …

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Former Danielle Smith staffer hired by MaKami College to assist 'transition' from private to public institution

Jeremy Appel
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August 23, 2023
Former Danielle Smith staffer hired by MaKami College to assist 'transition' from private to public institution

Erika Barootes, a former staffer for Premier Danielle Smith, has a new job with MaKami College, a for-profit vocational school the government added to the province’s list of publicly subsidi…

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No, Eritrean protestors didn't disrupt a world peace soccer tournament in Edmonton

Jeremy Appel
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August 22, 2023
No, Eritrean protestors didn't disrupt a world peace soccer tournament in Edmonton

An Eritrean festival serving as a propaganda event for the east African country’s authoritarian government was shut down this weekend due to dissident-organized protests, but not before 80 Edmonton cops showed up at a soccer field in riot gear. But the notion that the protestors disrupted a soccer tournament “promoting world peace and an inclusive community,”

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