Taylor Lambert

Fuzzy memories and hard facts: An SC accuser's claims against Epstein, Trump examined An alleged victim of Jeffrey Epstein gave FBI agents true accounts of her time growing up in SC. Claims she made about Donald Trump remain unsubstantiated.

Breaking: SC newspaper verifies portions of Trump accuser's story. Textbook journalism. Local journalism. Support your local news outlets. www.postandcourier.com/news/epstein...

Alberta Chiefs Call for End to UCP Government | The Tyee Grand Chief Joey Pete say Danielle Smith’s government has created ‘unsafe conditions’ for First Nations people.

“A responsible government requires independent democratic oversight and a transparent legislative process. The UCP has obstructed and failed to meet these basic requirements to govern,” reads a news release from the Assembly of Treaty Chiefs.

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ANALYSIS | Danielle Smith says court 'skewed' to Liberal donors, but UCP picks have political ties just as often | CBC News CBC analysis suggests about one-fifth of federally named judges match with Liberal donor lists. About as many judges picked by the province likely gave to UCP.

When Danielle Smith claimed 80% of federally picked judges had donated to Liberals, that was way higher than any figure I'd researched.
I dug into it. Could confidently write here:
"It is not true. The single media source Smith got that fact from has since corrected it."
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Trans Journalists Association Stylebook and Coverage Guide The Transgender Journalists Association’s Stylebook and Coverage Guide is a tool reporters, editors, and other journalists can use to improve news coverage of trans people and the stories that affect ...

Hey Canadian media ... "born as a biological male" is not the move when you're reporting on what happened in Tumbler Ridge.

Here's is the @transjournalists.org Style Guide if you are covering this story today

styleguide.transjournalists.org

The Tumbler Ridge shooting is already fuelling anti-trans hate in Canada | Xtra Magazine Bad actors on the right are leaping to connect the shooter’s trans identity to the violence

"An entire community is mourning a horrific loss in Tumbler Ridge this week ... And the dangerous links being made to trans people at large will have resounding and dangerous impacts in the months and weeks to come," writes @melwoods.me

Edmonton sees record increase in frostbite amputations, despite innovative treatment | CBC News Advocates call for more support and changes to policy as new data shows frostbite numbers increased again in Edmonton last winter, with the majority performed on people without housing.

Edmonton's frostbite amputations went up, again.

It's a new record high, again.

More than half of patients were unhoused, again.

And frostbite diagnoses not only reached a new high, but had the biggest single-year increase in the AHS data I have, going back to 2011.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

“The increase in both frostbite diagnoses and amputations are a direct result of co-ordinated, concerted efforts to increase awareness and early intervention of frostbite and cold exposure, improving outcomes for vulnerable Albertans,” said the statement.

Alberta Minister of Assisted Living and Social Services Jason Nixon says rising frostbite amputations on his watch are a sign of the system working as intended.

Another important frostbite story by @taylorlambert.ca
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Edmonton sees record increase in frostbite amputations, despite innovative treatment | CBC News Advocates call for more support and changes to policy as new data shows frostbite numbers increased again in Edmonton last winter, with the majority performed on people without housing.

Edmonton's frostbite amputations went up, again.

It's a new record high, again.

More than half of patients were unhoused, again.

And frostbite diagnoses not only reached a new high, but had the biggest single-year increase in the AHS data I have, going back to 2011.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Calgary police withhold evidence of brutality as final UofC protest charges fall New documents reveal Calgary Police Service suppressed evidence of brutality by officers at the University of Calgary on May 9, 2024. Among this was camera footage from senior officers that should hav...

In which I pay Calgary police $250 for the privilege of seeing them beat me into concussion, for them to decide months later not to hand it over.

Their reason?

The evidence could influence a public body’s opinion of the beating.
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Striking Alberta teachers forced back to work by fast-tracked legislation, notwithstanding clause | CBC News Bill 2 passed early Tuesday morning after a long night for lawmakers in the provincial legislature. Premier Danielle Smith’s government introduced the legislation the day before.

At 2 a.m., the Alberta legislature passed a bill that will force 51,000 teachers back to work, impose a four-year contract and use the notwithstanding clause to stave off a legal challenge and suspend teacher bargaining at the local level. It includes fines for Ts and the ATA if they defy it. #AbLeg

Province to abandon My Recovery Plan amid Auditor General snooping Alberta's Ministry of Mental Health and Addiction is quietly terminating its contract with a personal data-harvesting app and replacing it with a publicly-owned 'bed availability dashboard.' The move ...

SCOOP
Alberta's Ministry of Mental Health and Addiction is quietly shelving a personal data-harvesting app developed through sole-sourced contracts starting in 2021.
The move coincides with reported scrutiny of ministry spending by the Auditor General. 1/🧵
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Alberta government altering course on expense disclosure policy | CBC News At a cabinet meeting held Tuesday, a decision was made to change course on plans to alter the Alberta government's expense disclosure policy.

New: The Alberta government is reversing course on changes to its expense disclosure policy.

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Alberta government changes expense disclosure policy, removes eight years of records | CBC News Key changes to Alberta’s expense disclosure policy mean that the receipts of senior government officials, including the premier, will no longer be public.

I reported on those changes last week — which proved to be controversial and included no longer requiring public disclosure of receipts and removing thousands of historical records that were previously public.

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Alberta government altering course on expense disclosure policy | CBC News At a cabinet meeting held Tuesday, a decision was made to change course on plans to alter the Alberta government's expense disclosure policy.

New: The Alberta government is reversing course on changes to its expense disclosure policy.

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Premier’s Office spent nearly $20K on PragerU fundraiser gala Disclosures show that the Premier's Office spent nearly $20,000 to support a fundraiser by far-right American organization PragerU

SCOOP: Alberta taxpayers paid almost $20K for Premier Danielle Smith to speak alongside Ben Shapiro at a PragerU fundraiser in March, according to travel expense disclosures.

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Alberta government changes expense disclosure policy, removes eight years of records | CBC News Key changes to Alberta’s expense disclosure policy mean that the receipts of senior government officials, including the premier, will no longer be public.

I happened to notice that the Alberta govt quietly changed its expense report disclosure policy on Aug. 1, hours before a long weekend.

The changes were significant — receipts no longer had to be publicly disclosed, and 8 years of expenses had been 'undisclosed.'

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Alberta government changes expense disclosure policy, removes eight years of records | CBC News Key changes to Alberta’s expense disclosure policy mean that the receipts of senior government officials, including the premier, will no longer be public.

I happened to notice that the Alberta govt quietly changed its expense report disclosure policy on Aug. 1, hours before a long weekend.

The changes were significant — receipts no longer had to be publicly disclosed, and 8 years of expenses had been 'undisclosed.'

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.

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G7 fortress summit keeps protesters—and reality—at a safe distance My dispatch from the designated demonstration zones at the Kananaskis G7.

G7 fortress summit keeps protesters—and reality—at a safe distance
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'I'm A Bad Boy': The Stephen Carter Story Podcast Episode · Sprawlcast · 2022-07-20 · 57m

I highly recommend the audio version, with Carter's words in his own voice.

Apple Pods: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/i...

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1kCV...

‘I’m a bad boy’: The Stephen Carter story | The Sprawl For better or worse, he's altered Alberta politics.

From 2022: my profile of Stephen Carter
for @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social

www.sprawlcalgary.com/the-strategi...

This chart shows the total number of extra duty hours and shifts each year.

I got 2020-2024 through FOIP; EPS then shared two prior years of shifts to demonstrate that the increase is simply a return to pre-pandemic levels.

Private contracts for Edmonton police rose sharply over last five years: data | CBC News Edmonton police are performing more extra duty work for private contractors, according to new data. The police say the program is working well, but one criminologist worries about the line between pub...

New from me - Edmonton police officers got paid nearly $4m last year for private contract work.

Those gigs are arranged through the EPS extra duty program, where clients can hire uniformed cops outside of their regular shifts.

STORY: www.cbc.ca/1.7526704

Liberal Star Candidate Helped Shut Down Pro-Palestine Encampment “Hogan’s nomination signals that the Liberal Party intends to continue supporting the genocide.”

NEW: The Liberal's newly acclaimed candidate for Calgary Confederation was involved in the University of Calgary's decision to immediately call the cops on its pro-🇵🇸 encampment.

www.readthemaple.com/liberal-star...

Amarjeet Sohi devrait être candidat aux élections fédérales Radio-Canada a appris que le maire d’Edmonton Amarjeet Sohi devrait se présenter sous la bannière libérale aux prochaines élections fédérales

NOUVEAU | Radio-Canada a appris que le maire d’Edmonton, Amarjeet Sohi, devrait se présenter sous la bannière du Parti libéral du Canada aux prochaines élections fédérales.

Un retour en #polcan pour l'ancien ministre

Avec les infos de Laurence Martin.

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DynaLife insolvent less than 90 days into contract for lab services, government documents show | CBC News Documents obtained by CBC News show that a private medical testing company contracted by the Alberta government became insolvent and requested an additional $70 million in funding, which was denied. D...

I got Alberta Health documents that show Dynalife was involvent and asked for an extra $70m less than 90 days into a contract to provide lab services across the province.

Dynalife's owners asked the government to buy the company, which it did, for nearly $100m.
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*insolvent, gah

DynaLife insolvent less than 90 days into contract for lab services, government documents show | CBC News Documents obtained by CBC News show that a private medical testing company contracted by the Alberta government became insolvent and requested an additional $70 million in funding, which was denied. D...

I got Alberta Health documents that show Dynalife was involvent and asked for an extra $70m less than 90 days into a contract to provide lab services across the province.

Dynalife's owners asked the government to buy the company, which it did, for nearly $100m.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...