ICYMI: June 16-22
Your weekly roundup.
Shannon Phillips
Shannon Phillips announced a couple weeks ago that she’s resigning her Lethbridge-West seat effective July 1, citing the growing toxicity of political discourse, not just in Alberta but internationally. We spoke about how media amplifies and bolsters far-right narratives but also sometimes combats them, Lethbridge police officers’ harassment campaign aga…
I reported on a June 19 Law Enforcement Review Board hearing for the Progress Report, in which it was revealed that a Calgary cop who repeatedly used the n-word and threatened to shoot his colleague who reported him to the Professional Standards Section was able to plead guilty to using inappropriate language before getting promoted. That cop’s name—Const. Fuhrman.
On the Progress Report podcast, Duncan and I spoke about the Alberta NDP leadership race, which wraps up at the end of this week. We made predictions and disclosed who each of us want to win.
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