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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 1h

Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 9h

Listen to this interview with Tim Cartmell. He supported party politics and big money in municipal politics. He gets big corporate money, far more than any other candidate. Then he interprets obvious questions about whether he will be influenced by big money as an accusation that he is corrupt.

Lauren Boothby @laurby.bsky.social · 2d

Watch the story here edmonton.citynews.ca/video/2025/1...

Big money in Edmonton mayor's race? Donations scrutinized and defended

Interim financial disclosures for Edmonton mayor's race show one candidate received significantly more money than others, including from corporate donors. Candidates defend and scrutinize the role of ...

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 1d

Story makes no mention the fact that the CEO of the Carney govt’s Major Projects Office is the former CEO and board chair of TransAlta Pipelines.

timethiefmedia - Canadian forever🍁conservative never @timethiefmedia.bsky.social · 1d

Alberta's premier, a shill for the O&G industry and MAGA ally, says she is preparing to make her next bitumen pipeline to the West Coast pitch. British Columbians are on the boil for those she called Canadian for refusing to agree to the oil risk to the marine environment.
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Major Projects Office CEO hopes to make decision on pipeline to B.C. coast 4-5 months after submission | CBC News

The CEO of Canada’s newly formed Major Projects Office says she hopes that it would take between four and five months to issue a decision on a bitumen pipeline to the West Coast.

www.cbc.ca

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 2d

Hearing about major layoffs at Alberta Innovates and Innotech. Tod that 70 staff got walking papers.

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks @matthewblack.ca but the investigation was the idea of, and was led by, Karen Kleiss. It was Karen's idea to create a searchable public database, which resulted in the auditor general telling the province they should to. Karen Unland edited the project.

Matthew Black @matthewblack.ca · 2d

And these are all built on an investigation led by @charlesrusnell.bsky.social nearly two decades ago which prompted the results of food service venue inspections to be made public
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 3d

This is great investigative journalism.

Martin Z. Olszynski @molszyns.bsky.social · Sep 10

They desperately want Albertans to forget the very well-documented ‘hustle in the oil patch’: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Hustle in the oil patch: Inside a looming financial and environmental crisis

Just a few years after the boom, energy companies are shedding distressed wells for next to nothing. It’s a brisk trade in junk assets — and it’s going virtually unchecked by regulators. Who will pay ...

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Carl Meyer @meyer.bsky.social · 3d

A decade ago, Mark Carney gave a speech pointing out how biz and political leaders had no day-to-day incentive to address climate change, yet it was up to governments. Today, Carney is leading one, but finds himself consumed with responding to the many crises of the day thenarwhal.ca/mark-carney-...

How Mark Carney is complicating Canada’s climate progress | The Narwhal

From cancelling the carbon tax to pausing the EV mandate, Mark Carney’s government is making sweeping changes to Canada’s environmental rules

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 3d

“Anti-immigration is always a cheap and available tactic for populist governments.”

'Shameless': How the Alberta Next Panel Blamed Immigrants via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

‘Shameless’: How the Alberta Next Panel Blamed Immigrants | The Tyee

Divisive scapegoating, including showing a slanted video, fits the populist playbook, says an expert.

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 3d

Blaming immigrants is not new in Alberta. My latest for The Tyee.
'Shameless': How the Alberta Next Panel Blamed Immigrants via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

‘Shameless’: How the Alberta Next Panel Blamed Immigrants | The Tyee

Divisive scapegoating, including showing a slanted video, fits the populist playbook, says an expert.

thetyee.ca

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 4d

Also, I'm happy to report that this story published in August effectively ended the attacks by former police commission chair John McDougall on several city councillors. It will be interesting to see how or if the Ontario judge references McDougall's post commission behaviour.

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 4d

The report from a review by an Ontario judge into alleged dysfunction between Edmonton city council and the police commission has been delivered to Public Safety Minister Mike Ellis.

'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 · 4d

Via @brettmckay.bsky.social theijf.org/alberta-bord...

Alberta border patrol has made just 4 arrests for illegal immigration or drug trafficking in border zone, data shows

Critics are raising concerns about efficiency and cost, but province says it remains committed to border patrol plan

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 5d

Hell of a thing to put next to a statue of Joan of Arc. (h/t David Pilling)

Fire extinguisher next to a statue of Joan of Arc

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4d

Chills…

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 5d

If you are wondering whether Demetrios Nicolaides can effectively manage the potential teacher's strike, this story provides relevant context. BTW he posted this photo on his Facebook page. thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 5d

Chilling summation of Trump's campaign against dissent.

Andrew Perez @andrewperez.bsky.social · 5d

In the next issue of Rolling Stone magazine, @swin24.bsky.social and I go deep on Trump’s war on speech, the left, and any and all dissent.

Read it here and come follow our work at @zeteo.com, where we work now! www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

'They Need to Suffer': Inside Trump's War on Dissent

Donald Trump, Stephen Miller, and the rest of the administration are waging a furious crackdown on dissent following Charlie Kirk's assassination.

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 6d

How many trips is this now for Todd Loewen? His claim that Alberta is a world leader in wildlife conservation is laughable.

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 6d

ICYMI - Parker owe $112,500 in fines and should be prosecuted for failing to file financial statements two Elections Alberta. But it appears nothing is being done. Why not? They won't say.
Parker Vows He and Take Back Alberta Will Escape Punishment via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Parker Vows He and Take Back Alberta Will Escape Punishment | The Tyee

Elections Alberta ordered fines and prosecution in February. But authorities have not acted.

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks. I have a story coming next week that will interest you.

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 7d

Candidates in the upcoming Edmonton municipal election should be asked if they think it's an appropriate use of public money for the Edmonton Police Service to maintain a unit to monitor the social media of critics, including journalists.
thetyee.ca/News/2024/08...

Edmonton Police Tracked a Critic’s Social Media | The Tyee

Internal documents show a special unit branded a defence lawyer ‘anti-police’ and closely monitored his online statements.

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 7d

Beeber's ad at the bottom of the page says he is a voice that can be trusted - did he pay for the ad or did his employer give him the space for free or at a cut rate? This is the obvious sort of conflict of interest questions that arise.

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 7d

This is the best - by far - analysis of the Alberta Next panel, and the impetus for it that I have read. It was so good it caused me to subscribe to @thelineca.bsky.social. Via Jen Gerson

www.readtheline.ca/p/jen-gerson...