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ICYMI: Jan. 6-12

ICYMI: Jan. 6-12

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Jeremy Appel
Jan 13, 2025
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Does TikTok have a future?

Does TikTok have a future?

Jeremy Appel and Rachel Gilmore
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Jan 11
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New report debunks Alberta Energy Regulator's tailings spills data

New report debunks Alberta Energy Regulator's tailings spills data

Jeremy Appel
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Jan 6
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At the Progress Report, I continued my series of exclusive stories on the big bucks publicly funded health providers are shelling out to private nursing agencies, revealing that Covenant Care is paying nearly $110 an hour to hire private registered nurses at its continuing care facilities. This is more than double the hourly wage of its most senior in-house RNs, but the Catholic health-care provider admits it doesn’t know how much of it is pocketed by the agencies.

In my latest piece for Jacobin, I wrote about how the cast of Liberals lining up to replace soon-to-be former prime minister Justin Trudeau and shift the party rightwards represent a narrowing of the range of Canadian political debate.

For Alberta Native News, I reported on Edmonton’s inaugural Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives conference.

Big Shiny Takes has returned from an almost three-month hiatus to talk to Eiynah (@NiceMangos) about Jordan Peterson’s free advice for the Jews.


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