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Carrie Tait

@carrietait.bsky.social

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Reporter in The Globe and Mail's Calgary bureau. Loves: The Riders, the Oilers, the farm, mountains, snow. Dislikes: Daylight Saving(s) Time, raccoons, gophers, the search for New Twitter

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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · Mar 20

Hi. My DMs are open. My email follows The Globe's pattern. I'm on Signal and WhatsApp, via my cell. Reach out for the number. Come say hi. We protect our sources.

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paulseesequasis @paulseesequasis.bsky.social · 1h

active in New York’s midcentury art scene and embraced by fellow Abstract Expressionists, yet he’s rarely in canonical histories today.’

‘The Magical City: George Morrison’s New York’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, until May 31, 2026.

hyperallergic.com/1047487/geor...

George Morrison Painted a Different Picture of Abstract Expressionism

The Ojibwe artist was active in New York's midcentury art scene and embraced by fellow Abstract Expressionists, yet he’s rarely in canonical histories today.

hyperallergic.com

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paulseesequasis @paulseesequasis.bsky.social · 1h

Landmark exhibition finally honors George Morrison (Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa), ‘it also introduces the museum-going public to an artist who has long been sequestered because of his ethnicity. The Ojibwe artist was

The vibrant colors of George Morrison (Grand Portage Chippewa), "The Red Sky" (1955), oil on canvas; Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota Duluth (© George Morrison Estate, unless otherwise noted)

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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 2h

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

Matt Scace @mattscace.bsky.social · 1d

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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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 2h

Heyo! Guess what!? The Globe has a new reporter in Calgary!

Tell @mattscace.bsky.social all your secrets!

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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 13h

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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 13h

Waaaait. The fans on the field - the ones the TV wouldn't show - were clothed.

I thought there was a half decent reason to cut away.

Not, say....

"We don't want to glorify getting tackled by a bunch of baseball security guards!"

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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 13h

Wait. Teams replenish their challenges in the 8th? What kinda rule is that.

Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 13h

Actually loling

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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 14h

Ok but can you at least appreciate using the Grey Cup as a Moment In Time?

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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 14h

I don't need any more unnecessary stress in my life. Riders-Oilers combo is enough, thanks.

Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 14h

So glad I am not emotionally invested in the Jays (yet).

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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 14h

Oh cmon, show the fans in the field. Baseball is only so entertaining.

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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 15h

15-foot curling rings would obvs be known as mansions.

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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 15h

I will always be amused by the fact baseball fields and fences aren't standardized.

Imagine if the height of basketball hoops varied by venue.

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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 1d

Incremental AHS update: Raymond Wyant has submitted his interim report, according to govt. Deadline for final report remains Oct 15. Govt "remains committed to releasing the final report following its delivery."
Note: Govt did not answer q about *when* exactly that would be.

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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 2d

Alberta teachers’ strike begins, affecting around 700,000 students

About 51,000 teachers walk off the job after province’s offer rejected by 90 per cent of union members

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 2d

Doesn't seem like enough.

Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 2d

Forgive me, just returning to the bandwagon. Quick q: How many relievers do the Jays have?

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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 2d

Srsly, Patrick White is such a fantastic story-finder and teller.

Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 2d

This story is delightful. Blue Jays content for people who don't care about sports. Or do! Something for everyone! www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/baseb...

Blue Jays reach a franchise record: more than 800,000 hot dogs consumed

The celebrated loonie dog night brings fans from far and wide to get their team over the finish line

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 5d

Alberta records first measles death -- an infant -- since outbreak www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By @alannasmith.bsky.social

Alberta records first measles death since outbreak

Premature baby who contracted disease in utero has died, first death associated with provincial outbreak of nearly 2,000 cases

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 8d

Hi, thanks for reading and reaching out. Can you send me a dm? Thanks, Carrie.

Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 9d

SCOOP: Two senior Alberta Health Services procurement officials were also briefly directors in a numbered company linked to MHCare, a supplier that has been awarded $$$ in business, The Globe and Mail has found

By @tomcardoso.bsky.social, @hoserlibrarian.bsky.social and friend

Alberta health officials were also directors at a company linked to a supplier

Corporate filings reveal further links between Alberta Health Services procurement staff and private firms

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 9d

I pick up more grease than diesel. But...yes. We are on the same page.

Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 9d

That is the fanciest description of harvest dust I have ever heard. I love it.

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