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ICYMI: July 21-27

ICYMI: July 21-27

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Danielle Smith advisor who advocated publicly funded well cleanup faces ethics complaint

Danielle Smith advisor who advocated publicly funded well cleanup faces ethics complaint

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Elsewhere

  • At the Progress Report, I wrote about new documents that shed additional light on the Edmonton Police Service’s steroid scandal from a decade ago, in which interim chief Warren Driechel was implicated, by the way.

  • I did a spot on Nora Loreto’s Daily News podcast to talk about how three-quarters of the UCP’s Alberta Next panel consists of party MLAs and donors.

  • On the Progress Report podcast, Jim and I spoke to NDP MLA and former health minister Sarah Hoffman about Alberta’s North America-leading measles infection rate. We lighten things up near the end to discuss Sarah’s stand-up comedy side gig.


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