Matt Scace

"The public is entitled to the fruits of this process that has been conducted largely at their expense so that if they are asked to vote on Alberta independence, they have a tool that may help them make sense of the legal dimensions of the secession of Alberta from Canada."

The businessman at the heart of Alberta’s health care controversy An investigation into the businessman whose dealings with the government have come under scrutiny

Oh hey! A podcast on Sam Mraiche and his ties to the Alberta government! Including audio from when I asked Justice Minister Mickey Amery about his relationship to the businessman.

www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the... w @tomcardoso.bsky.social

Alberta ends procurement talks with two firms tied to businessman at centre of health care controversy The two companies owned in part by Sam Mraiche were in negotiations to build private surgical facilities

STORY: Alberta ends negotiations with two firms tied to Sam Mraiche, the businessman at centre of health care controversy
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... with @tomcardoso.bsky.social

Danielle Smith punts questions on health CEO’s election night appearance Alberta NDP uses revelations to reiterate calls for public inquiry into controversy

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith told reporters to ask her advisors how/why Sam Mraiche was hanging out with her inner circle, watching the 2023 election results roll in.

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... By @mattscace.bsky.social and Emma Graney

Who is Sam Mraiche? Inside Alberta’s health care controversy A Globe investigation into the provincial health agency’s dealings with a company whose contracts have come under scrutiny

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I am also on Signal, WhatsApp and not opposed to communicating telephonically.

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Who is Sam Mraiche? Inside Alberta’s health care controversy A Globe investigation into the provincial health agency’s dealings with a company whose contracts have come under scrutiny

On Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Sam Mraiche
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... w/ @tomcardoso.bsky.social @markmackinnon.bsky.social @hoserlibrarian.bsky.social

Questions swirl as Edmonton chief prosecutor and deputy out of jobs Edmonton's top Crown prosecutor and a deputy are out of their jobs, with little explanation being offered either publicly or to their former colleagues.

NEWS: Edmonton’s chief Crown prosecutor & a deputy are out of their jobs w/ little explanation. Source tells me Crowns are on edge, as it comes months after Edmonton police publicly slammed the Crown’s handling of a case — a move Danielle Smith said she supported edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/q...

Alberta plans to allow doctors to deliver public and private services Draft legislation would establish a model for medicine unlike any other in Canada

SCOOP: Alberta intends to allow doctors working in the public health care system to simultaneously offers services in a parallel private market, according to draft amendments obtained by The Globe and Mail
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Alberta UCP launches lawsuit against former caucus members United Conservative Party alleges Peter Guthrie, Scott Sinclair conspired to damage party’s reputation by using Progressive Conservative name

Alberta’s United Conservative Party has filed a lawsuit against two of its former MLAs, alleging they have conspired to damage the party’s reputation by using the Progressive Conservative name. #ableg #abpoli @carrietait.bsky.social @theglobeandmail.com

Opinion: Could a device implanted in my brain cure my depression? I was ready to find out Over the past 14 years, I’ve often fantasized about some scan revealing the locus of my mood disorder. Now, we were as close as we’d likely ever get

I got experimental brain surgery. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Alberta Auditor-General rushing health care probe after government denies term extension Doug Wylie said he offered to stay for two more years to wrap up major files including the health care investigation

Alberta's Auditor General is racing to finish his investigation into healthcare procurement after the UCP govt rejected his proposed contract extension.

He's done in April, 2026, and wants his probe wrapped then, too.

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Insufficient disclosure obscuring billions in Alberta oil sands liabilities, advocates say Shareholders of Canada’s largest oil and gas companies could face a shortfall of tens of billions of dollars tied to spent wells, oil sands mines

Insufficient disclosure obscuring billions in Alberta oil sands liabilities, advocates say. #ableg

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UCP MLA Scott Cyr says Wylie could always reapply for his job.

The five UCP MLAs on the committee pass the motion: Cyr, Lovely, De Jong, Dyck, Petrovic.

The four NDP MLAs on the committee vote it down: Sheppard, Miyashiro, Wright and Chapman.

Alberta students stage walkouts to protest province’s back-to-work order to teachers Between 200 and 300 students stood outside the legislature in Edmonton Thursday morning

Alberta students stage walkouts to protest province’s back-to-work order to teachers. With my pal @mattscace.bsky.social #ableg #abpoli @theglobeandmail.com

Alberta petition that could trigger separation referendum faces looming deadline Man behind petition hopes it never actually gets to a vote

Great glimpse inside Alberta's separation battle, from the Nah, We're Good perspective.

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... By @mattscace.bsky.social

Job opening. The Globe and Mail is seeking a Quebec-based reporter to team up with Eric Andrew-Gee.

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The report commissioned by the Alberta government into allegations of corruption in the health system is out and everyone should read the caveats spelled out by the retired judge at the outset to understand what's in there, and more importantly, what's not. #ableg

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'We'll be moving': Alberta transgender children, families brace for legal changes EDMONTON - Football decals plaster the walls of his bedroom. A San Francisco 49ers bedspread and a binder full of trading cards make it clear the seven-year-old loves sports.

People have words about Alberta Premier Smith enacting the notwithstanding clause to enforce bills that will affect their kids.

“We'll be moving if she enacts that. For the safety of our child,” says one parent.

People have words.

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'A big mess': Expert, parents criticize Alberta tool kit for students during strike EDMONTON - An education expert is criticizing online lessons the Alberta government has curated for students during a provincewide teachers strike as "incoherent."

Maren Aukerman, an education professor at the University of Calgary, says the Alberta government's nearly 200-page "tool kit" hops from one topic to another without context and barely aligns with the provincial curriculum.

"It is incoherent." www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...

Alberta private-school funding under fresh scrutiny amid historic teachers’ strike Funding for private education isn’t a topic at the bargaining table, but a petition has reignited debate over it

Alberta’s decades-old practice of partly funding private schools is coming under fresh scrutiny as public schools sit empty with teachers on strike for the third day this week. #ableg #abpoli

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Last week I ended my time with
@cdnpress.bsky.social a place where I found real joy in journalism next to some of the best in the industry. A special thanks to my editors and colleagues for pushing me to be better and making CP feel like home. I’ll miss it.

Pals, some news: I’m thrilled to be starting today at @theglobeandmail.com as a reporter in the Calgary bureau. I can’t wait to get to work and share important stories with this ultra-talented team. They set an enormously high bar and I couldn’t be more excited to start.

‘It’s not us anymore’: Renewables go from boom to bust in the wind capital of Canada In a few short years, new rules and changing attitudes have delivered a sharp pivot away from wind projects.

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Alberta looks to use notwithstanding clause on its 3 transgender laws: memo | CBC News Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's office has directed officials to invoke the Charter's notwithstanding clause in amending three laws that affect transgender people, says a leaked government memo obtai...

Alberta planning to use the notwithstanding clause. Some solid sleuthing by @reportrix.bsky.social #ableg #cdnpoli
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Shopping the 'vicious compliance section': Stores see sales spike after Alberta book ban | CBC News An Alberta government order banning some books from school libraries doesn't appear to be deterring people from reading them, say managers at several bookstores.

“Julie King-Yerex, co-owner of Magpie Books in Edmonton, said people have come into the shop ‘asking for our vicious compliance section.’ “

(By CP’s Aaron Souza) #Ableg #AbEd

NEW - The Alberta government is pausing its order for the removal of books with explicit sexual content from libraries. /via @jack-farrell.bsky.social @reportrix.bsky.social
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