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Lisa Johnson @reportrix.bsky.social · 1d

Maren Aukerman, an education professor at the University of Calgary, says the Alberta government's nearly 200-page "tool kit" hops from one topic to another without context and barely aligns with the provincial curriculum.

"It is incoherent." www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...

'A big mess': Expert, parents criticize Alberta tool kit for students during strike

EDMONTON - An education expert is criticizing online lessons the Alberta government has curated for students during a provincewide teachers strike as "incoherent."

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Matt Scace @mattscace.bsky.social · 2d

Alberta’s decades-old practice of partly funding private schools is coming under fresh scrutiny as public schools sit empty with teachers on strike for the third day this week. #ableg #abpoli

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

Alberta private-school funding under fresh scrutiny amid historic teachers’ strike

Funding for private education isn’t a topic at the bargaining table, but a petition has reignited debate over it

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Matt Scace @mattscace.bsky.social · 3d

Don't. Leave. Me. Hanging.

[email protected]

#ableg #abpoli

Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 3d

The Globe's new man in Calgary wants to chat. Don't leave him hanging!

Matt Scace @mattscace.bsky.social · 5d

Tips and letters can be sent to [email protected]. DMs are open — message me for Signal/WhatsApp details.
Let’s chat!

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Matt Scace @mattscace.bsky.social · 5d

Tips and letters can be sent to [email protected]. DMs are open — message me for Signal/WhatsApp details.
Let’s chat!

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Matt Scace @mattscace.bsky.social · 5d

Last week I ended my time with
@cdnpress.bsky.social a place where I found real joy in journalism next to some of the best in the industry. A special thanks to my editors and colleagues for pushing me to be better and making CP feel like home. I’ll miss it.

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Matt Scace @mattscace.bsky.social · 5d

Pals, some news: I’m thrilled to be starting today at @theglobeandmail.com as a reporter in the Calgary bureau. I can’t wait to get to work and share important stories with this ultra-talented team. They set an enormously high bar and I couldn’t be more excited to start.

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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 13d

www.thestar.com/news/canada/... via @mattscace.bsky.social

‘It’s not us anymore’: Renewables go from boom to bust in the wind capital of Canada

In a few short years, new rules and changing attitudes have delivered a sharp pivot away from wind projects.

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Drew Anderson @drewanderson.bsky.social · 23d

Alberta planning to use the notwithstanding clause. Some solid sleuthing by @reportrix.bsky.social #ableg #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Alberta looks to use notwithstanding clause on its 3 transgender laws: memo | CBC News

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's office has directed officials to invoke the Charter's notwithstanding clause in amending three laws that affect transgender people, says a leaked government memo obtai...

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Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · Sep 4

“Julie King-Yerex, co-owner of Magpie Books in Edmonton, said people have come into the shop ‘asking for our vicious compliance section.’ “

(By CP’s Aaron Souza) #Ableg #AbEd

Shopping the 'vicious compliance section': Stores see sales spike after Alberta book ban | CBC News

An Alberta government order banning some books from school libraries doesn't appear to be deterring people from reading them, say managers at several bookstores.

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Matt Scace @mattscace.bsky.social · Sep 2

NEW - The Alberta government is pausing its order for the removal of books with explicit sexual content from libraries. /via @jack-farrell.bsky.social @reportrix.bsky.social
lethbridgeherald.com/news/nationa...

CP NewsAlert: Alberta pauses ban on school library books with sexual content

EDMONTON — Alberta Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides says in an email to school boards that the government is pausing its order for the removal of

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Matt Scace @mattscace.bsky.social · Aug 27

The head of the Alberta Energy Regulator has cancelled an application hearing for a potential coal mine, a move that he acknowledged is “without precedent.”

www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

‘Without precedent’: Alberta Energy Regulator CEO cancels hearing for coal mine

The head of the Alberta Energy Regulator has cancelled an application hearing for a potential coal mine, a move that he acknowledged is “without precedent.”

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Alanna Smith @alannasmith.bsky.social · Aug 21

New documents paint a picture of how Alberta’s measles outbreak began w/ a handful of isolated cases and started to grow into what is now the worst in North America, as public-health measures to control spread in some cases proved ineffective. #ableg #cdnpoli @theglobeandmail.com

Internal documents show how Alberta’s measles outbreak began to spiral out of control

Records offer clearest picture yet of where cases popped up and how the province and one community impeded some health officials’ efforts to stop the spread

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Matt Scace @mattscace.bsky.social · Aug 19

From the Ashes of the Eaton Fire, Roses Bloom www.nytimes.com/card/2025/08...

From the Ashes of the Eaton Fire, Roses Bloom

As Altadena continues to recover from the devastating wildfires in January, roses have bloomed amid the charred ruins. “It just shows these are damn tough plants,” one longtime rose curator said.

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Matt Scace @mattscace.bsky.social · Aug 5

New: Alberta regulations meant to keep old coal mines from polluting streams and lakes are failing, suggests a study by government scientists. One of the authors, a former Alberta government scientist, says the paper speaks to “regulatory inaction.”

www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Alberta’s coal mine reclamation regulations failing to protect water, fish, scientists say

High levels of contaminants are damaging aquatic life and their ecosystems, study says

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Alex Boyd @alexboyd.bsky.social · Jul 29

Oh wow. Under an "unprecedented" new visa program, 280 Tuvaluans selected by ballot will be allowed to resettle in Australia every year before the whole country is submerged by rising water levels caused by climate change.
www.wired.com/story/the-fi...

The First Planned Migration of an Entire Country Is Underway

The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu could be submerged in 25 years due to rising sea levels, so a plan is being implemented to relocate its population to Australia.

www.wired.com

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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · Jul 25

In what world is okay for a group of men to assume that an inebriated stranger is their sexual plaything?
Our world, unfortunately.
I wrote about the Hockey Canada trial in today's @thestar.com

www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Here’s what we need to tell young women — and young men — about life and safety after Hockey Canada trial

Young women are always taught about how to keep safe - but as the Hockey Canada trial shows, the law is only one framework

www.thestar.com

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Lisa Johnson @reportrix.bsky.social · Jul 24

“The PC Alberta name, logo and goodwill were being used by people with no right to it,” says UCP. “You can't own ‘progressive’ and you can't own ‘conservative,'" says Guthrie. More details from what’s come to light on this particular #ableg fight: www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/alb...

Alberta's United Conservatives call in lawyers in Progressive Conservative name fight

EDMONTON - Alberta’s governing United Conservative Party has brought in its lawyers to challenge a rogue splinter group in a fight over resurrecting the province's legacy Progressive Conservative part...

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Matt Scace @mattscace.bsky.social · Jul 24

When locals on the far west side of Jasper, Alta., returned to their homes last August, they suddenly felt a great distance away from their small mountain town. Some have taken to calling the area the "Republic of Stone Mountain."

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...

Luck and a rooftop sprinkler saved a Jasper home and its neighbours from wildfire

JASPER, ALTA. - When locals on the far west side of Jasper, Alta., returned to their homes last August, they suddenly felt a great distance away from their small mountain

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Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · Jul 21

Jasper mayor stands by report that criticizes Alberta government’s wildfire response.

globalnews.ca/news/1129735...

Jasper mayor stands by report that criticizes Alberta government’s wildfire response | Globalnews.ca

The Mayor of Jasper, Alta. is standing by a report that criticizes the UCP government's response to a wildfire that ravaged much of the town last summer.

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Matt Scace @mattscace.bsky.social · Jul 21

Special s/o to my uber-talented colleague Darryl Dyck for these photos @cdnpress.bsky.social

Matt Scace @mattscace.bsky.social · Jul 21

"It was really hard for us to go back there," Chasmer said of Jasper, where she has conducted field research since 2021. "But I think that we can learn so much from this fire."

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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · Jul 21

Hi, yes, g'morning. This is awkward.

But targeting a reporter - hi! - with
surreptitiously obtained photos and details of her tooling around town is an attack on the public's right to know.

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Globe and Mail reporter targeted by online campaign, photographed surreptitiously in public settings

An anonymous X account posted photos of Alberta reporter Carrie Tait and described her movements as she reported on a health authority controversy

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Matt Scace @mattscace.bsky.social · Jul 14

Alberta has surpassed *the United States* in confirmed measles cases, after 30 new cases were diagnosed over the weekend. More to come via @jack-farrell.bsky.social @cdnpress.bsky.social

rdnewsnow.com/2025/07/14/c...

CP NewsAlert: Alberta surpasses U.S. in confirmed measles cases with more than 1,300

EDMONTON - Alberta has surpassed the United States in confirmed measles cases, after 30 new cases were diagnos...

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Matt Scace @mattscace.bsky.social · Jul 14

After Meta broke ground on a $750 million data center on the edge of Newton County, Ga., the water taps in Beverly and Jeff Morris’s home went dry. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/t...

Their Water Taps Ran Dry When Meta Built Next Door

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Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · Jul 14

New polling from Pollara on trust in news media among Canadians.

www.pollara.com/wp-content/u...

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