Sitemap - 2026 - The Orchard

ICYMI: Nov. 2-8

Manufacturing Petro-Populism with Abde Amr

ICYMI: Oct. 26 - Nov. 1

A Preview of the 2026 UCP AGM

Indigenous communities in Alberta voted disproportionately to remain in Canada

Why Unions Matter with Cole Rockarts

Discussing Dark Phoenix on The Breakdown

ICYMI: Oct. 19-25

The Gang Stops the Steal

The Cure for Separation Anxiety

Mitch Sylvestre Speech - Separatist Referendum Watch Party

ICYMI: Oct. 13-18

Your Morning Edmonton - 10/13/26

What happens if the independence side wins in Alberta?

Bad Energy with Joshua Frank

Alberta Transition Plan’s Unanswered Questions

ICYMI: Oct. 5-12

Alberta Primetime - 10/09/26

Will the real Danielle Smith please stand up?

What Danielle Smith and Bari Weiss Have in Common

Whose interests does Danielle Smith serve?

Buy my book!

UCP mulls trans bathroom ban, abortion, secession debates at 2026 AGM

ICYMI: Sept. 28 - Oct. 4

Following Kamloops discovery, new exhibit documents deaths at Montana Catholic boarding school

Transparency watchdog accuses federal lobbying commissioner of mass non-enforcement

Quebec's Election with Nora Loreto (Pt. 2)

How Corporate Regulatory Capture Led to Death at Cargill

ICYMI: Sept. 21-27

Why Biden Allowed Israel to Cross His Red Line

ICYMI: Sept. 14-20

Parkland report unpacks motives behind immigration referendum questions

Fossil fuel execs met by protestors at carbon capture conference

Alberta’s Populist Anti-Data Centre Revolt

ICYMI: Sept. 8-13

Saddle Lake proclaims itself ‘safe haven’ for transgender care

Keepers of the Water slams environmental exemption for Suncor’s tailings release

Landowners take AER to court for underfunded orphan well cleanup

ICYMI: Aug. 31 - Sept. 6

Nearly 1,000 Canadian communities hit by extreme weather in 2026, new figures show

ICYMI: Aug. 24-30

Danielle Smith’s Data Centre Spin Masterclass

ICYMI: Aug. 17-23

Canadian pension funds lack Indigenous rights-focused investment policies, study says

ICYMI: Aug. 10-16

What I Learned on My 20-Hour Odyssey at an Edmonton ER

ACFN chief joins B.C. First Nations to oppose new pipeline

The State of Things (Ft. Christy Somos)

Yaroslav Hunka's U of A endowment can be terminated, court rules

ICYMI: Aug. 4-9

Tide turns on unpaid flight attendant labour

There's a federal Green leadership race?

ICYMI: July 27 - Aug. 3

Guillotines, Dinosaur Costumes and Broken Trust: Alberta's Data Centre Revolt Begins

Alberta ministry removed campus free speech from encampment talking points

Unpacking the Combatting Hate Act with Shama Rangwala

ICYMI: July 20-26

Mark Carney, CEO of Canada Inc.

ICYMI: July 13-19

Trisha Estabrooks launches campaign to be next Edmonton-Strathcona MLA

Edmonton Police Commission doesn't want to talk about Israel

How the John Birch Society Shaped Modern Conservatism

Regulations won't halt Alberta's march to 2-tiered health care, says legal analysis

ICYMI: July 6-12

Postmedia’s Decade of Pushing Canada’s Politics to the Right

Public appointees to Alberta university boards have donated $107K to the UCP

ICYMI: June 29 - July 5

Class action launched in response to separatists' voter data leak

ICYMI: June 22-28

SCOOP: Edmonton police chief visited illegal West Bank settlements during Israel trip

ICYMI: June 15-21

ICYMI: June 8-14

Water Not Coal readies for referendum campaign

ICYMI: June 1-6

Nisga’a Nation says it wasn’t consulted on pipeline proposals

DeCyphering the Middle East

Headlines - 06/03/26

ICYMI: May 25-31

Referendum Madness

First Nations leaders back Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew’s stance on Treaty rights

Headlines - 05/26/26

ICYMI: May 19-24

Premier announces referendum on whether to have an independence referendum

Watch the Forever Canada Committee Meeting with Me

How U.S. Media Sold the Gaza Genocide

ICYMI: May 11-18

Roundtable focuses on Indigenous energy industry role

'Data is the new bison': Indigenous panel discusses the risks and rewards of AI

Court of King’s Bench quashes separatist referendum petition; premier pledges to appeal

Did NES’s Ontario Liberal leadership campaign get sabotaged?

ICYMI: May 4-10

I was barred from Danielle Smith’s Christian summit. I went anyway.

The Breakdown x The Orchard

Alberta Métis and First Nations criticize Red River self-government Treaty bill

ICYMI: April 27 - May 3

What the HELL is happening with Elections Alberta?

SCOOP: Elections Alberta investigating separatists for accessing electors list

Alberta Separatism's Stubborn Persistence

ICYMI: April 20-26

The Myth of Red Texas

Headlines - 04/21/26

ICYMI: April 13-19

Consolidation in the Canadian Resource Sector (Ft. Peter Nowak)

U of A taken to court for breaching Palestine encampment protestors' Charter rights

ICYMI: April 7-12

Court temporarily prohibits counting separatist referendum petition signatures

Chiefs raise concerns about collaboration between separatist and government lawyers

First Nations rally in Edmonton as court hears separatist petition arguments

Court of King's Bench hears Sturgeon Lake's separatist petition challenge

ICYMI: March 30 - April 6

Electoral boundaries final report reverses on proposed northern Indigenous riding

The Avi Lewis Era Begins. Now What?

How Avi Lewis Won a Convincing NDP Leadership Victory

ICYMI: March 23-29

The Avi Lewis-ing of the NDP

Lewis-adjacent slate sweeps NDP executive election

Jeremy and Nora Talk Politics

'Alliance of cowboys and Indians' takes on carbon capture megaproject

A Deep(ish) Dive into the Federal NDP Leadership Fundraising Numbers

ICYMI: March 16-22

Documents reveal deliberations that led to Christian nationalist Sean Feucht performing at the Alberta Legislature

"Unprecedented": Ecojustice slams AER’s conditions for hearing ethics complaint against board member

The Canadian government is fast-tracking permanent residency for recruits from these 'recognized foreign militaries'

ICYMI: March 9-15

Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation chief pens letter to PM opposing co-operation agreement with Alberta

Canadian government backtracks on using media subsidy criteria as accreditation

ICYMI: March 2-8

Assembly of Treaty Chiefs votes no-confidence in UCP government

ICYMI: Feb. 23 - March 1

CPP Investments dodges questions about fossil fuels and Israeli investments at Edmonton town hall

ICYMI: Feb. 17-22

Scotiabank divests from Elbit Systems

ICYMI: Feb. 9-16

ICYMI: Jan. 26 - Feb. 1

Here are the secret lists of banned books from Alberta's 2 largest school boards

ICYMI: Jan. 19-25

Ethics complaint dismissed against Smith advisor who supports publicly funded well cleanup

ICYMI: Jan. 12-18

ICYMI: Jan. 5-11

RCMP break into ACFN Chief Allan Adam’s home on Christmas Day