Matt Scace

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

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.”

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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.

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.
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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

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

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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...

“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...

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

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."

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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.

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

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

"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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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

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.

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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...

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

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Their Water Taps Ran Dry When Meta Built Next Door

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...

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

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Alberta to ban explicit sex books in school libraries starting Oct. 1 EDMONTON - Alberta's education minister says sexually explicit content must be gone from school library shelves as of Oct. 1, but the move is not about book banning.

Deleted a post that included early reporting on AB gov’s new rules on sexually explicit content in school libraries. The province has clarified books with info on puberty, menstruation and non-sexual topics will be accessible.

The latest here.

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The very courageous six-year-old learning to ride a bike for the very first time Brienne Glasgow’s quest to complete the childhood rite-of-passage offers a lesson on getting back in the saddle

I don't understand: I clicked on a link and it made me...happy? www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article... via Ann Hui

YouTube video by Nike Breaking4 Live: Faith Kipyegon vs. the 4-Minute Mile | Nike

If anyone wants approximately four minutes of very exciting sportsing, Faith Kipyegon is about to try to be the first woman to break the four minute mile www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZNH...

Deaths from opioid overdoses fell last year, but worsened in some provinces The death toll remains ‘incredibly high,’ an expert says, increasing between 20 and 100 per cent in some communities

Fewer Canadians died from opioid overdoses last year, new national data show, but a regional breakdown paints a complicated picture of the drug toxicity crisis that eased in some provinces but worsened in others. @theglobeandmail.com

Alberta panel member says ask Premier Smith about idea to cut aid to… National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

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Immigration, pension: A look at survey questions put forward by Alberta Next panel The Alberta Next panel, chaired by Premier Danielle Smith, is holding town halls this summer to get feedback on how the province should stand up to Ottawa while building a “strong and sovereign Albert...

@jack-farrell.bsky.social compiled questions from the six surveys, which offers a fairly clear image of where the province's head will be at this summer.

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Danielle Smith’s Alberta Next survey asks whether province should withhold social services for immigrants The Alberta premier is touring the province this summer to consult on potential referendum topics

From yesterday, after the lights went out on the province's panel announcement: Danielle Smith’s Alberta Next survey asks whether province should withhold social services for immigrants. W/ @jack-farrell.bsky.social @reportrix.bsky.social #ableg #abpoli

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Alberta Next survey asks if province should withhold social services for immigrants CALGARY - Whether Alberta should withhold social services from immigrants is among the issues Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is tabling for debate this summer when she travels the province to

Despite what the Premier said today, sure seems like the panel knows exactly what it plans to workshop this summer.

From @mattscace.bsky.social today: Alberta Next survey asks if province should withhold social services for immigrants

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Greenhouse gas emissions from Alberta's oilsands have also continued to set new records.

They hit 86.5 megatonnes in the latest National Inventory Report.

(By comparison: Quebec's *total* emissions were 78.9 megatonnes that year.)

One dead, three hurt after rockfall hits hiking group at Banff National Park LAKE LOUISE — A rockfall at a popular hiking trail in Banff National Park killed one person and sent three to hospital Thursday, as rescue crews searched for others who might be missing.

A rockfall at a popular hiking trail in Banff National Park killed one person and sent three to hospital Thursday, as rescue crews searched for others who might be missing.

From me and @mattscace.bsky.social.

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Trump claims Russian invasion of Ukraine wouldn't have happened if Russia had still been in the G8 - and bizarrely blames Obama and Justin Trudeau for that decision. (Stephen Harper was the Canadian PM when Russia was kicked out over its illegal annexation of Crimea...)

The government has declined an interview request with preventative health Min. LaGrange. Since this story was published, her office acknowledged receipt of CP's questions, but no responses yet, including about the possibility of health care workers having to pay for their own COVID shot.

Most Albertans will have to pay for COVID-19 shots starting this fall, province says | CBC News Alberta's government says residents who are not immunocompromised or on social programs will soon have to pay to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

You may have missed this because it was announced via a press release at 4:30 p.m. on Friday:

The provincial government plans to start making Albertans pay for their COVID-19 vaccines, starting this fall.

Leaders should ignore Trump outbursts at G7 summit: Former PM Chrétien CALGARY - Former prime minister Jean Chrétien says dignitaries attending next week's G7 leaders summit in Alberta should avoid engaging the "crazy" from U.S. President Donald Trump.

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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith faces raucous, angry town hall on province's coal policy | CBC News About 500 people, dressed in cowboy hats, belt buckles, and jeans, packed a community hall in Fort Macleod, Alta., for an event marked by heckling, competing applause and placards.

June 1976: Alberta 'Coal Development Policy' adopted

June 2020: UCP government rescinds it

Feb. 2021: UCP reinstates it

June 2021: AER rejects Grassy Mountain project

March 2022: UCP orders "no new applications" for coal

Sept. 2023: AER accepts new applications for Grassy Mtn

June 2025:

Alberta Premier grilled on province’s coal policy at rowdy, angry town hall The premier and her ministers were shouted down on several occasions as they defended changes to the coal policy

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and three of her ministers got an earful on Wednesday night from southern Alberta locals at a rowdy, hours-long town hall to discuss the province’s coal policy.

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