Matthew Scace

Tumbler Ridge shooting highlights rural northern B.C.’s mental health deserts Residents reported significant barriers to accessing supports and services long before tragedy struck

Spoke w/ a Tumbler Ridge mom whose kid received psychiatric care alongside shooter in Prince George. She described Tumbler prior to the shooting as a "mental health desert," where access to supports are often long waits and hundreds of kms away.
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Smith pins Alberta deficit on Ottawa’s immigration policies, but the budget doesn’t Provincial Finance Minister Nate Horner said he didn’t have the numbers on how newcomers impacted Alberta’s bottom line

From me last week: Smith pins Alberta deficit on Ottawa’s immigration policies, but the budget doesn’t #ableg #abpoli

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Alberta immigration trends and Danielle Smith's rhetoric: a visual timeline.

Alberta Premier defends fall referendum plans Danielle Smith stumbles when asked about costs of providing health care and education to newcomers; NDP says referendum proposals designed to inflame

Premier Danielle Smith said she doesn't know how much newcomers cost Alberta’s health care and education systems, despite scheduling a referendum to ask whether social services to those residents shd be limited b/c of cost

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Province broke its own access to information laws in withholding Alberta Next survey results The Alberta government wrongly withheld hundreds of pages of results from its Alberta Next surveys an adjudicator has ruled.

Last week, I learned an adjudicator had sided with me in 5 inquiries re: the province refusing to release results of its Alberta Next surveys

GOA published the multiple choice results in Dec but has been ordered to give me 213 pages of open-answer replies that haven't yet been shared
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Alberta health authority destroys remaining pediatric drugs imported during 2022 shortage Pediatric medicine was due to expire soon, prompting authority to abandon donation plans

SCOOP: Alberta Health Services destroyed roughly half of the children's medication imported from Turkey, paying $718,000 to dispose of the hazardous waste.

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Alberta cuts access to health care for some temporary workers, raising concerns in the Bow Valley | CBC News Alberta has stopped offering provincial health coverage to some people on working holiday and young professional visas, a change that came into effect earlier this year without a public announcement. ...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has mused about cutting or limiting public services for temporary residents. It turns out that already happened last month with public health insurance www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #AbLeg #AbHealth

Smith says Alberta will withhold funding for judges without more input on selection EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith says her government will withhold funding to support new judicial appointments in Alberta if the federal government doesn't give the province a say on who

The Alberta government didn't volunteer a timeline for its ultimatum, released today but sent more than a week ago, and the federal justice ministry's statement focused almost entirely on the general importance of an independent judiciary. From me today: www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...

In which colleague Dave Ebner notes that Albertans have been named to the Supreme Court in five of the past seven openings for Western Canada. And more— #ableg #abpoli

Death of premature Alberta baby with measles was not made public for months, documents show Alberta has the highest rate of cases per capita of any province or territory, and has been under scrutiny for its response

A premature baby in Alberta who contracted #measles in utero – the province’s only death linked to the current outbreak – died last July, but health officials did not make the public aware until October, documents obtained by @theglobeandmail.com show. #ableg

Amid a wave of Canada-wide unity, Alberta’s separatism movement pushes back Alberta separatists are taking their message on the road, campaigning across the province for an independence referendum

Be wary of the notion that Alberta's independence movement is growing. But due to changes by the UCP gov't, a referendum might happen anyway, activating a full-fledged independence campaign.

My dispatch on the separatists' divorce pitch: #ableg #cdnpoli

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Alberta seeks court dismissal for lawsuit challenging opioid-prescribing rules Judge granted injunction in 2023 that exempted woman from rules, allowing her to continue using prescribed hydromorphone at home

The Alberta government is asking the court to dismiss a lawsuit that challenged the province’s opioid-prescribing rules on the basis of Charter violations. #ableg #abpoli

a woman in a black dress is smiling with #schitts creek written in the corner Alt: A Gif from Schitt’s Creek of Catherine O’Hara as Moira, dressed in black and blowing us a kiss. May her memory be for a blessing.

I never met Catherine O’Hara. I have no charming Catherine O’Hara anecdote. I can’t even explain why the news of her death hit me so hard. But I know her memory will be a blessing to all who knew and loved her work, and the joy she brought to Canada and the world.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford asking Alberta Premier Danielle Smith "to stand up and say enough is enough" to those leading Alberta's sovereignty movement as they meet with U.S. officials, saying you're either with Canada or not with Canada.

Alberta justices emphasize independence in rare statement after remarks by Danielle Smith They spoke out after the Alberta Premier said she wished she could ‘direct’ judges

Worth noting: A court representative said the statement was constructed of several weeks. Though the Premier's "direct" remarks were her most recent, this follows months of statements by Ms. Smith aimed at the courts. #ableg #abpoli

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Alberta chief justices pen rare statement defending judicial independence They spoke out after Premier Danielle Smith said she wished she could ‘direct’ judges

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listen to the whole clip - where he says also that the consequences of speaking all that’s on his mind would be too great for him as a foreigner living in the United States right now

Screencap of the Globe editorial, listing Canadian military personnel who died in Afghanistan.

Screencap of the Globe editorial, listing Canadian military personnel who died in Afghanistan.

Screencap of the Globe editorial, listing Canadian military personnel who died in Afghanistan.

The Globe's editorial this morning is a list of all the Canadian military personnel who died in Afghanistan.
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I can't stress enough how important it is to not become inured to this. But also, in service of that, take care of yourself.

Braid: Trump lies about Canada's role in Afghanistan; our troops were in the thick of battle Afghanistan combat killed 158 Canadians. Many hundreds more were wounded

"The remarks hit many of us at the Herald like a physical punch. Our dear friend Michelle Lang, a wonderful person and one of the best reporters ever to walk into that newsroom, was killed in Afghanistan by a roadside bomb on Dec. 20, 2009."
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Bessent pushes Albertan independence from Canada: "Albertans are very independent people. There's a rumor they may have a referendum on whether they want to stay in Canada or not. People are talking. People want sovereignty. They want what the US has got."

Carney stands behind Greenland, criticizes Trump without naming him in blunt Davos speech Middle powers must band together and stop pretending rules-based international order is still functioning, PM says

Prime Minister Mark Carney says middle powers must stop pretending the rules-based international order is still functioning, and instead build coalitions to survive in a new era where great powers prey on smaller countries to take what they want.
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Why the flu is so bad this year This year’s dominant variant is a mutation of influenza A called Subclade K

Always love joining our amazing Decibel team! On today's episode, we chat about why this flu season has been so intense. @theglobeandmail.com #cdnhealth

Preventable deaths, ‘near-misses’ caused by overcrowding in Alberta emergency rooms, documents show Physicians in Edmonton’s major hospitals recently called on the province to declare a formal emergency due to overcrowding

At least six preventable deaths and more than 30 “near-misses” occurred in Alberta emergency departments since the beginning of the year because of overcrowding, according to documents obtained by @theglobeandmail.com. #ableg #abpoli

Alberta Law Foundation board members ousted, staff resign in wake of controversial justice bill Moira Vane says she and another lawyer were told the Law Society of Alberta is removing them from the board of the Alberta Law Foundation.

NEWS: the entire staff of the Alberta Law Foundation has resigned in the wake of Bill 14, which gives the justice minister more say in how the independent org operates. This is according to a board member who says she was ousted by the law society for speaking out edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/a...