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duncankinney.bsky.social @duncankinney.bsky.social · Sep 11

how can you be so confidently wrong about so many huge issues all at the same time? it's truly a talent

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · Aug 11

My latest for @thetyee. Former police commission chair enaged in online bullying, harassment campaign against city councillors.

'Unleashing': Politicians Say Ex-Police Watchdog's Insults Go Too Far via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

‘Unleashing’: Politicians Say Ex-Police Watchdog’s Insults Go Too Far | The Tyee

‘I was getting scared,’ says one Edmonton councillor assailed online by John McDougall.

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · Aug 11

A sample of the posts by former Edmonton Police Chair John McDougall in an ongoing online campaign against Edmonton city councillors he didn't consider pro-police.

'Unleashing': Politicians Say Ex-Police Watchdog's Insults Go Too Far via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

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The Progress Report @theprogressreport.ca · Jun 22

Pitching to a crowd of about 150 at his campaign launch on Friday, Edmonton city councillor Michael Janz vowed to fight back against a UCP takeover of city council—and to stand on matters of principle even when they don't poll well.

In a fiery campaign launch at his alma mater, Edmonton's Michael Janz promises to keep pushing the Overton window

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Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦 @daveberta.bsky.social · Jun 21

Former Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer has filed his notice of intent to run in the October municipal election. He’s expected to formally announce his candidacy for Mayor of Edmonton next week.

Jaffer was the MP for Edmonton Strathcona from 1997 to 2008 and now runs a restaurant on Whyte Ave.

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âpihtawikosisân @apihtawikosisan.bsky.social · Apr 29

How I hate Canadian elections, and Canadian colonialism.

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duncankinney.bsky.social @duncankinney.bsky.social · Apr 28

and the people running the campaigns? soulless, cynical hacks who need to be shot into the sun.

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duncankinney.bsky.social @duncankinney.bsky.social · Apr 28

and jagmeet singh and the ndp seem to revel in their failure and incompetence. in a time when they should be gaining seats it looks like they'll be lucky to hold onto official party status.

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duncankinney.bsky.social @duncankinney.bsky.social · Apr 28

it's cold comfort that it looks like the snivelling loser who wore a suit to his undergrad poli sci classes won't be prime minister. however, mark carney is the perfect embodiment of the soulless, technocratic, uber-capitalist Liberal party I hate.

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duncankinney.bsky.social @duncankinney.bsky.social · Apr 28

cannot say enough how much i despise the leaders and the senior leadership of canada's three major political parties. whatever the result tonight we all lose.

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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · Apr 19

I see nothing in the Liberal Party platform that could improve safety for people who use drugs, but plenty to make their lives more difficult & dangerous.

Reads to me like doubling down on drug war failures: more cops w/ more powers, harm reduction unmentioned. Alberta model goes federal.

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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · Apr 16

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The Alberta government is going full MAGA with its Compassionate Intervention Act, which will strip people who use drugs of due process and force them into months-long medical incarceration.
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Alberta to eliminate due process for people who use drugs

The Alberta government is going full MAGA with its Compassionate Intervention Act, which will strip people who use drugs of due process and force them into months-long medical incarceration.

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Angela Welz @heartforward.bsky.social · Apr 17

4,000+ youth forced into withdrawal under PChAD (2016–2024). How many died after release without a treatment plan? #ableg is expanding involuntary care for adults without showing outcomes.
Danielle Smith said “let’s just give it a try” .. um, let’s not.
We need data, not deaths
#careisnotforced

Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · Apr 16

A question that's apparently never been asked or answered in Alberta:

How many kids are forced into withdrawal from drugs under the PChAD Act every year?

Data from 2016-2024, showing unique individuals & total admissions (i.e. many are forced in multiple times per year): 1/

Table showing PChAD unique patients and admissions from 2016-2024 in Alberta. Numbers of unique patients fluctuate between 365 and 496 while admissions fluctuate between 507 and 668.

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Tom Engel @tomengel7.bsky.social · Apr 16

"to mark the transfer of power from McFee to interim co-chiefs Warren Dreichel & Devin Laforce, which was followed by a reception in McFee’s honour."

Seems to reflect poorly on the interim chiefs too.
#Police
www.theprogressreport.ca/exclusive_ep...

EXCLUSIVE: EPS couldn't find volunteers for ceremony honouring Dale McFee, so it paid overtime

The Edmonton Police Service had such difficulty finding volunteers for a ceremony honouring outgoing chief Dale McFee that it had to pay officers overtime and ask EPS lawyers to participate, according...

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duncankinney.bsky.social @duncankinney.bsky.social · Apr 15

amazing

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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · Apr 15

NEW: The Edmonton Police Service had such difficulty finding volunteers for a February ceremony honouring outgoing chief Dale McFee that it had to pay officers overtime, according to documents obtained through FOIP.

www.theprogressreport.ca/exclusive_ep...

EXCLUSIVE: EPS couldn't find volunteers for ceremony honouring Dale McFee, so it paid overtime

The Edmonton Police Service had such difficulty finding volunteers for a ceremony honouring outgoing chief Dale McFee that it had to pay officers overtime and ask EPS lawyers to participate, according...

www.theprogressreport.ca

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · Apr 15

This story leaves out critical context. The issue is not that the UCP govt is merely funnelling interview requests from Alberta's Auditor General through a lawyer. The issue is that the lawyer or a senior ministry official must be present when civil servants are interviewed. 1

Statement from Health Minister Adriana LaGrange: It said it's standard for public servants to "either have legal counsel present, or ministry senior staff present when participating in interviews."
"This is not about impeding the investigation," It said.

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duncankinney.bsky.social @duncankinney.bsky.social · Apr 15

have you considered that you're a bad person and a bad writer?

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duncankinney.bsky.social @duncankinney.bsky.social · Apr 6

Canada's latest white supremacist/Nazi org is going away from the irony poisoned Diagolon name to the much more up front SS Canada.

Canadian Anti-Hate Network @antihate.ca · Apr 3

OUR LATEST: Diagolon Founder Brings New "Nationalist" Organization Into Public For the First Time

For months, Diagolon has promised a new, more selective, members-only organization called Second Sons Canada. A group of them were spotted in Halifax over the weekend.

www.antihate.ca/diagolon_fou...

Diagolon Founder Brings New "Nationalist" Organization Into Public For the First Time

For months, Diagolon has promised a new, more selective, members-only organization called Second Sons Canada. A group of them were spotted in Halifax over the weekend.

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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · Mar 9

On March 27, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith will be speaking alongside Ben Shapiro at PragerU’s east coast gala.

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Trapdinawrpool @trapdinawrpool.bsky.social · Mar 9

Our two choices for PM are an imbecile and a bankster yet the NDP is so incompetent that they are losing ground

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duncankinney.bsky.social @duncankinney.bsky.social · Mar 7

just an interesting factoid. i was arrested and charged in October 2022.

duncankinney.bsky.social @duncankinney.bsky.social · Mar 3

CASE UPDATE: I finally have a court date! The judge couldn't make a scheduled week of pre-trial in December which delayed everything
April 28 - May 2 is pre-trial applications
September 22 - 26 is pre trial applications
Nov. 27 is jury selection
December 1 - 12 is the trial

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · Mar 4

Nate Pike Reposts 'The Breakdown' After New Ruling via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/03...

Nate Pike Reposts ‘The Breakdown’ After New Ruling | The Tyee

The Alberta scandal tracker no longer faces an injunction. A legal expert explains why.

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · Mar 3

NEW: Moments ago, an Alberta Court terminated an injunction against Alberta politics podcast The Breakdown which led it to stop publishing

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