Crawling bugs and half-baked enforcement: Alberta’s restaurant inspections a recipe for foodborne illness — Investigation Lax inspections, excessive violations and poor transparency in Alberta's restaurant inspection system is a recipe for foodborne Illness

Since Jan, I've been part of a team inc EJ colleagues, @lillebuen.bsky.social & his MacEwan U j-students working on a series re: how food service venues are inspected in AB
We uncovered shocking findings re: the state of the system, inspection frequency, & recurring violations.
Part 1 out today
#yeg

The @edmontonjournal.com teamed with students from
@macewanu.bsky.social's journalism program on a six-month investigation looking at issues with the food inspection system. #yeg #yegfood

Crawling bugs and half-baked enforcement: Alberta’s restaurant inspections a recipe for foodborne illness — Investigation Lax inspections, excessive violations and poor transparency in Alberta's restaurant inspection system is a recipe for foodborne Illness

Impressive, stomach turning investigation by @matthewblack.ca and MacEwan U into Edmonton/Alberta’s archaic food safety inspection regime (including more details on the Tres Carnales debacle). 250 YEG restaurants went at least two years between inspections edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

What to watch for in the Edmonton Oilers' season-opener tonight Will Stuart Skinner start the season off strong? How will Trent Frederic mesh playing on a line with Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl?

What to watch for in the Edmonton Oilers' season-opener tonight

#LetsGoOilers #NHL

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Creeping Into the Kitchen: Restaurants a ‘perfect’ breeding ground for roaches More than 180 food establishments in Edmonton over a 38-month period had signs of a cockroach infestation, health inspection data shows.

More than 180 food establishments in Edmonton over a 38-month period had signs of a cockroach infestation, health inspection data shows.

Crawling bugs and half-baked enforcement: Alberta’s restaurant inspections a recipe for foodborne illness — Investigation Lax inspections, excessive violations and poor transparency in Alberta's restaurant inspection system is a recipe for foodborne Illness

According to the data obtained and analyzed during this investigation, more than 250 food establishments across Edmonton went at least two years without seeing an inspector.

Creeping Into the Kitchen: Restaurants a ‘perfect’ breeding ground for roaches More than 180 food establishments in Edmonton over a 38-month period had signs of a cockroach infestation, health inspection data shows.

Mike Hajar, an Edmonton-based pest control technician, said cockroach infestations do not start in the kitchen. “People bring them in either with groceries or clothing.”

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'Glorified spreadsheet': Alberta's restaurant inspection website needs major overhaul, expert says The website that publishes Alberta’s food safety inspections is 20 years obsolete, an expert says

Alberta’s food safety inspection records became publicly accessible only after an Edmonton Journal investigation in 2006 exposed how the inspection system was failing to enforce safety standards.

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Creeping Into the Kitchen: Restaurants a ‘perfect’ breeding ground for roaches More than 180 food establishments in Edmonton over a 38-month period had signs of a cockroach infestation, health inspection data shows.

More than 180 food establishments in Edmonton over a 38-month period had signs of a cockroach infestation, according to health inspection data.

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"Health inspectors visited five times over the summer and saw evidence of cockroaches at each visit. Yet the restaurant was allowed to stay open. At one point, a customer saw a staff member step on a cockroach, sweep it under a floor mat, the inspector’s report reveals."

Crawling bugs and half-baked enforcement: Alberta’s restaurant inspections a recipe for foodborne illness — Investigation Lax inspections, excessive violations and poor transparency in Alberta's restaurant inspection system is a recipe for foodborne Illness

According to the data obtained and analyzed during this @edmontonjournal.com / @macewanu.bsky.social investigation, more than 250 food establishments across Edmonton went at least two years without seeing an inspector. #yeg

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As Americans watch their freedom and democracy crumble around them, we, as Canadians, must actively fortify our democracy and freedoms to avoid being dragged into their authoritarian darkness as well.

Opinion: U of A's response to Charlie Kirk comments erodes academic freedom This case cannot be separated from the broader landscape of academic freedom currently under strain in Canada and beyond.

"Over the past few months, people in Canada have watched in astonishment as the various pillars of American democracy have gradually crumbled ... including freedom of speech and academic freedom, are now under constant attack."

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Central Alberta man who killed intruder at oil and gas site sentenced to 10 years in prison In the early morning hours of June 20, 2022, Dustin Lemay-Storms grabbed a rifle and a headlamp and stepped out of his trailer. He headed toward an oilfield lease site where moments before a bright bl...

Latest from @jonnywakefield.bsky.social — Central Alberta man who killed intruder at oil and gas site sentenced to 10 years in prison

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Yes, McDavid thought long and hard about leaving the Edmonton Oilers Oilers captain Connor McDavid discusses stunning new contract extension

Yes, McDavid thought long and hard about leaving the Edmonton Oilers

#LetsGoOilers #NHL

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'People see me as a human being, not a politician': Jennifer Rice raises more funds than any other current councillor She has been the subject of controversy over the past four years, but says she's popular 'because I represent the people'

'People see me as a human being, not a politician': Jennifer Rice raises more funds than any other current councillor #yeg #yegcc

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Lockout looming after Day 1 of Alberta teachers' strike The Teachers’ Employer Bargaining Association issued a lockout notice for teachers that starts next Thursday.

“The government’s lockout was expected, as it’s a response to teachers going on strike. The Alberta Teachers’ Association and government officials remain in talks.”

#ableg #abpoli #abed

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Edmonton Election 2025: Advance polls open Tuesday, what to know before voting Advance polls open this week in Edmonton for Alberta's Oct. 20 municipal election, but that's only one of three ways to cast a ballot.

Edmontonians can vote at one of the 12 advance polling stations — one per riding — from Oct. 7 to Oct. 11, noon to 8 p.m.

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Track coach who abused Edmonton teens in '70s sentenced to six years in prison A one-time star of the Canadian track and field world was led away to begin a prison sentence Monday nearly 50 years after he sexually abused three young athletes under his care.

Latest from @jonnywakefield.bsky.social — A one-time star of the Canadian track and field world was led away to begin a prison sentence Monday nearly 50 years after he sexually abused three young athletes under his care.

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Tychkowski: McDavid puts his money where his mouth is with shockingly-low contract Connor McDavid and the Oilers avoided going to sudden death with his future when the two sides agreed to a two-year, $12.5 million contract

McDavid puts his money where his mouth is with shockingly-low contract

#LetsGoOilers #Oilers #yeg

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Thousands rally at Alberta legislature on cusp of Monday teachers' strike

#yeg #ableg #abpoli #abed

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An amazing rally for public education. 20,000+ Albertans with one united message for Danielle Smith:

Pay the teachers.
Fund the schools.
Remind your discriminatory policies.

It is time to put the PUBLIC back in public education.

'Not guaranteed': Alberta students home schooled during strike may face return shut out Alberta students who enrol in home schooling programs during strike may not be able to return to their school.

“If families choose to enrol their children in a home education program during the teachers’ strike, they would no longer be registered at their public, separate or francophone school."

#ableg #abpoli #abed

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'Lose situation': Premier Smith nudges union as Alberta teachers' strike nears Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on Saturday said there is no indication the teachers' strike set to launch Monday will be averted.

“In theory, I like my job, but the way it is right now, it’s untenable. I teach seven blocks a day with 30 kids in a class. So that’s like 210 kids that I am interacting with every day. One person, me."

#ableg #abpoli #abed
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How to get out the municipal vote? Polls show lots of people are undecided and unfamiliar with who is even running In 2021, 37.6 per cent of eligible voters cast ballots in the municipal election. Will more of us care in 2025?

How to get out the municipal vote? Polls show lots of people are undecided and unfamiliar with who is even running #yeg #yegcc

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'Costs to society': Talks go down to wire as Oct. 6 Alberta teachers' strike looms With picket lines looming Monday, Oct. 6, talks resumed Friday between the Alberta Teachers’ Association and the Government of Alberta.

As of Friday afternoon, all of the education support staff represented by Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) had been instructed to go to work on Monday.

#ableg #abpoli #abed

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Well I guess that settles it. Talks have resumed but "the strike has not been averted." Alberta teachers are primed to walk off the job Monday, Oct. 6.

#ableg #abpoli #abed #yeg #yyc

📸 Photos by David Bloom — Edmonton Hawrelak Park rehabilitation project 'on time and on budget' #yeg

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Edmonton Election 2025: Mayoral poll suggests wide open race on nomination day Monday Final candidate gets his papers in just four minutes ahead of Monday's noon deadline

This poll had Walters in front. But main takeaway seems to be most people are undecided edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

So far what I’ve been able to conclude from the polling in this race is ?????????????