ICYMI: May 26 - June 1

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Jeremy Appel

Jun 02, 2024

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Indigenous-led parliamentary petition asks feds for Parole Board reforms

Jeremy Appel

May 31, 2024

Indigenous-led parliamentary petition asks feds for Parole Board reforms

This piece was originally published in Alberta Native News. The Métis Nation of Alberta (MNA) has launched a petit…

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Breaking Down Kenneyism

Jeremy Appel

May 30, 2024

I went on The Breakdown on May 29 to talk to Nate Pike about the ways Jason Kenney is emblematic of modern conservatism and what makes him unique. We also talked a lot about how Kenney paved the way to Danielle Smith’s premiership and shouldn’t be rehabilitated in any fashion.

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Report Shows Disproportionate Impact of Opioid Crisis on First Nations in Alberta

Jeremy Appel

May 29, 2024

Report Shows Disproportionate Impact of Opioid Crisis on First Nations in Alberta

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For Alberta Native News, I reported on Métis National Council president Cassidy Caron declining to run in September’s election after just one term at the helm.

MacEwan University communications professor Roberta Laurie wrote a flattering review of Kenneyism in this month’s Alberta Views, in which she called my book the “definitive political biography of former Alberta premier Jason Kenney.”

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