Edmonton folks! I’m looking to interview a first-time buyer for a story i’m writing.

If this is you or someone you know, send me a DM for further details.

Thanks in advance!

Edmonton police emails, documents provide new information on Canada-first AI facial recognition bodycam pilot | CBC News Key details include a “critical fault” system outage, possible extension of pilot project and that facial recognition model was supplied by Corsight AI, a company whose technology has reportedly been ...

SCOOP: New details about the facial recognition bodycam project by Edmonton police — including that the AI model was provided by an Israeli company whose technology has reportedly been used for mass surveillance in Gaza.

www.cbc.ca/9.7157991

I wonder how many UCP ministers and MLAs have nannies/housekeepers/employees who are immigrants?

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A friendly reminder that feeling unsafe doesn’t mean we’re in actual danger.

If the sight of poverty makes you uncomfortable, because suspicious, please call for a stronger social safety net, not for increased policing.

Fraser called the actions of the EPS “reprehensible” and made it clear that he also felt threatened and that the police may have crossed the line into criminality. “The veiled threat that they may release more information about this matter if they are not happy about the sentence I impose comes dangerously close, and may actually cross the line, into an attempt to wilfully obstruct, pervert, or defeat the course of justice in a judicial proceeding,” Fraser said in his ruling.

A judge in this case said Edmonton Police may have crossed the line into criminality by attempting to bully him and the prosecutor on a plea deal. 1
Lawyers Group Wants a Criminal Probe of Edmonton's Top Cop via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/04...

This is not his first error of judgement followed by rationalization. There is no question, he should be removed.

“What does this episode say about the likely quality and professionalism of future decision-making? A single error of judgment can sometimes be corrected by forthright acknowledgment, reflection, and changed conduct. What is more concerning is an error of judgment followed by rationalization.”

A reminder that this weekend is a government holiday, with school closures, to mark a Christian holiday. But apparently it's only ideologically based when it's everyone else.

The pundit and columnist class meltdown from folks who have never supported the NDP honestly suggests to me that the NDP is doing something significant that’s worth paying attention to.

Those who defend power tend to screech the loudest when power is genuinely threatened.

The City’s four-year budget isn’t just about numbers—it’s about Edmontonians. See how we’re putting your feedback into action through our City Administration led ward budget engagements.

To learn more, check out the link below!

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Online Neo-Nazi Group Using Children’s Video Games For Recruiting And Propaganda A disturbing trend is emerging on Roblox, a platform with tens of millions of young users: online white supremacist groups are using children’s video games to recruit and spread propaganda. The “Blues...

On Roblox, extremists are turning play into propaganda. The “Blueshirts,” modeled on Patriot Front, stage virtual protests, harass players, and use Discord to coordinate hate campaigns targeting children.

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To be clear this the same chief that at the same time as this insane trip he decided to renew a battle against two wronged black men that EPS attacked when they answered the men's own call for help, because the actual accused was a white woman

#yeg @edmontonpolice.bsky.social

I haven’t been to Edmonton Police Commission in years but it appears seating for media has been completely eliminated and replaced with desks for police service civilian staff. This might be petty but seems not great!

Grief Support for Youth After Parental Substance Use Loss Free art-based grief support program for youth and adults who have experienced losses related to a parent's substance use. Builds emotional understanding and informs better system responses.

www.starlings.ca/griefsupport
“Grief & Glue is a creative space where youth explore feelings about a parent’s substance use through art, storytelling, and connection. It builds understanding, coping skills, and community, with support for caregivers and youth aged 10+.

It really pisses me off when any chair of city council,committee or commission says they hope they don’t butcher a speaker’s name. Every submission to speak has a place to phonetically spell your name to avoid this. It’s an unnecessary micro aggression with an easy fix. 😒

Thirty plus speakers at Edmonton Police Commission to present on Chief Warren Driechel's visit to Israel. First three are sharply against. Tense room.

Is the Chief in attendance?

Alberta construction company alleges Sam Mraiche played hidden role in building of addiction sites Mraiche, who is central to the province’s health care procurement controversy, denies involvement

SCOOP: Two companies involved in building some of Alberta's addiction recovery centres are mired in litigation, including accusations of forgery on one side and allegations of intimidation involving Sam Mraiche, of MHCare
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By @tomcardoso.bsky.social and friend

Are involuntary treatment hospital rooms the solution Alberta needs? Euan Thomson, Writer at Drug Data Decoded and co-founder of EACH+EVERY, a national business coalition supporting humane and evidence-based drug policy.

Thanks @ctheriault.bsky.social for having me on to discuss new reporting on Alberta’s forced abstinence strategy, including today’s story by @brettmckay.bsky.social on hospital-based drug jails & last week’s fraudulent AB govt study on consumption sites.

Full conversation:
pca.st/episode/c7ed...

Edmonton Muslim groups demand answers on police chief's Israel trip More than two dozen groups representing Muslims in Edmonton signed an open letter about their disappointment in Edmonton Police Service Chief Warren Driechel's February trip to Israel, demanding answe...

More than two dozen groups representing Muslims in Edmonton signed an open letter about their disappointment in Edmonton Police Service Chief Warren Driechel's February trip to Israel, demanding answers to their questions or his resignation edmonton.citynews.ca/video/2026/0...

Centre of Recovery Excellence using health information of people who use drugs to undermine their safety The Alberta government's Crown corporation has published its first study using personal health numbers of people accessing supervised consumption sites. While its findings fail to hold up, it offers ...

hey check it out the two doctor experts most responsible for driving the Alberta Recovery Model donate thousands of dollars to the UCP

drugdatadecoded.ca/centre-of-re...

Appalling. The police commission approving this trip needs serious scrutiny as well. #yegcc

*company with entirely male C-suite who promoted their bro over the women with master’s degrees and told the most senior woman in the office to learn her place* “Happy International Women’s Day to all the strong capable women out there”

Posting about it is one thing. Doing it in the first place is another.

This should be a huge fucking wake-up call to every level of government playing footsie with fascists and their pals in ‘law enforcement.’
These people are by far the biggest threat to public safety - not protesters, not encampment dwellers, not people using drugs. Fascists.

Forced treatment doesn’t create recovery.
It creates resistance.
I’ve worked in the private recovery industry.
The clients who were forced into it didn’t recover.
They relapsed, they disappeared, and some died.
Support people. Don’t control them!

‘Alberta model should be the Canadian model’: Barrie mayor praises Alberta on how provinces handle homelessness

Barrie Ontario’s mayor is Alex Nuttall and he apparently likes seeing unhoused people lose their limbs to frostbite amputations, and other horrors.

In case you need it
Email officeofthemayor@barrie.ca
Phone 705-792-7900

"We can help": How Recovery Alberta facilitated consumption site closures by Ministry (Part 1) "No other sites shutting down," Recovery Alberta leaders told staff in late 2024, as the Red Deer site closure was announced. A year later, the Royal Alex Hospital site was closed. New documents revea...

SCOOP(s)
The Playbook for closing supervised consumption sites.

Far too many ledes in this story, and it’s already in two parts. (One was even a CBC headline this morning.)

Please read & share - this one cost dozens of hours and $378 in FOIP fees!
drugdatadecoded.ca/we-can-help-...

Officer who dropped Justin Bone in Edmonton in violation of court order testifies in murder trial The trial for the man accused of fatally beating two men in Edmonton’s Chinatown continued on Friday.

i don't think edmonton should ever forget that the 2022 chinatown murders were a direct consequence of RCMP cops choosing to dump justin bone in the city in violation of a court order

City Council’s priorities are completely out of whack. They can’t clean streets, can’t tow vehicles, and are making it harder for small businesses to survive, all while handing out millions of dollars to the billionaire owner of a hockey club. Absolutely shameful.