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ICYMI: September 3-9

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Sep 10, 2023
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How do we move forward from Alberta's renewable moratorium?

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September 9, 2023
How do we move forward from Alberta's renewable moratorium?

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s sudden, unprecedented decision to issue a seven-month moratorium on new solar, wind, geothermal and biomass power projects caught leaders in the fast growing industry and experts off guard a month ago. The Alberta Utilities Commission, which approves permits from power projects, solicited feedback from stakeholders, which returned in the form of

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For the Progress Report, I reported on Calgary harm reduction advocate

Euan Thomson
learning that local cops searched his name in their database twice in February — once after he promoted a protest of the Alberta Recovery Capital Conference and again after he filed an unrelated FOIP request. Police won’t say why, but maintain the searches were for “legitimate business purposes.”

Here’s Euan’s take on the situation:

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Have you been virtually frisked by Calgary Police?
Jeremy Appel is reporting that Calgary Police Service staff ran two database searches of my name in their S.E.N.T…
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2 years ago · Euan Thomson

In Alberta Jewish News, I wrote about Red Deer Catholic school board trustee Monique LaGrange — a distant cousin of Health Minister and former Red Deer Catholic trustee Adriana LaGrange — comparing the fight for 2SLGBTQ+ rights to Nazism. As Evan Balgord of the Canadian Anti-Hate Network says in the piece, “anybody even tangentially involved in education” ought to know the Nazis’ beliefs on 2SLGBTQ+ people.


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