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.
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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
News: Lawyers for Edmonton’s police chief are fighting an Alberta Human Rights Tribunal decision that found two Black men pepper sprayed and forced to the ground while attempting to report a crime were victims of racial discrimination. edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/e...
NEW: Part 2 of my series on Edmonton police Taser use, including a look at EPS procedure documents.
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NEW: Part 2 of my series on Edmonton police Taser use, including a look at EPS procedure documents.
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NEW: Here's the first story in my two-part series on Edmonton police Taser use.
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A chart titled 'Annual use of Tasers by Edmonton police.' Trends for use of probes and stun mode have trended upwards since 2009.
A chart titled 'Estimated ages of people Tasered by Edmonton police.' It shows most people were between ages 26 and 40. But there were also seniors and minors Tasered.
A chart titled 'Risk factors cited by Edmonton police officers in Taser incidents.' The top category is 'dispatched event type' (740), followed by 'weapons' (442), 'other exigent circumstances' (382), 'subject mentally unstable' (360), 'subject drug intoxication (330), 'observed criminal offence' (316), 'subject alcohol intoxication' (315), 'history of violence' (194), 'criminal history' (185), 'previous police dealings' (168), 'fortification' (34), 'gang affiliate' (21), and 'none' (9).
Through an access to information request, I got all control tactics reports involving Tasers for 2023 and 2024.
An officer has to fill out one of these reports after they use force. They capture only basic info about an incident, not a narrative. But they provide a high-level view of EPS Taser use.
NEW: Here's the first story in my two-part series on Edmonton police Taser use.
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There is a race to the bottom going in with Freedom of Information laws across the country, at every level of government.
A couple of years ago, British Columbia tripled processing fees, justifying it by saying that Alberta charged the same fee.
Scoop: A group representing Edmonton surgical hospitalists sent a letter to Ministers LaGrange and Jones last month warning that the decision to cancel their contracts as of April 1 will result in "immediate, unavoidable surgical cancellations" and strain to the system.
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You may also remember this story from 2024, about surgery disruptions at the Royal Alex and the suspension of in-patient surgery at the OSC.
That situation remains unresolved.
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Scoop: A group representing Edmonton surgical hospitalists sent a letter to Ministers LaGrange and Jones last month warning that the decision to cancel their contracts as of April 1 will result in "immediate, unavoidable surgical cancellations" and strain to the system.
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Breaking: SC newspaper verifies portions of Trump accuser's story. Textbook journalism. Local journalism. Support your local news outlets. www.postandcourier.com/news/epstein...
“A responsible government requires independent democratic oversight and a transparent legislative process. The UCP has obstructed and failed to meet these basic requirements to govern,” reads a news release from the Assembly of Treaty Chiefs.
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When Danielle Smith claimed 80% of federally picked judges had donated to Liberals, that was way higher than any figure I'd researched.
I dug into it. Could confidently write here:
"It is not true. The single media source Smith got that fact from has since corrected it."
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Hey Canadian media ... "born as a biological male" is not the move when you're reporting on what happened in Tumbler Ridge.
Here's is the @transjournalists.org Style Guide if you are covering this story today
styleguide.transjournalists.org
"An entire community is mourning a horrific loss in Tumbler Ridge this week ... And the dangerous links being made to trans people at large will have resounding and dangerous impacts in the months and weeks to come," writes @melwoods.me
Edmonton's frostbite amputations went up, again.
It's a new record high, again.
More than half of patients were unhoused, again.
And frostbite diagnoses not only reached a new high, but had the biggest single-year increase in the AHS data I have, going back to 2011.
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“The increase in both frostbite diagnoses and amputations are a direct result of co-ordinated, concerted efforts to increase awareness and early intervention of frostbite and cold exposure, improving outcomes for vulnerable Albertans,” said the statement.
Alberta Minister of Assisted Living and Social Services Jason Nixon says rising frostbite amputations on his watch are a sign of the system working as intended.
Another important frostbite story by @taylorlambert.ca
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Edmonton's frostbite amputations went up, again.
It's a new record high, again.
More than half of patients were unhoused, again.
And frostbite diagnoses not only reached a new high, but had the biggest single-year increase in the AHS data I have, going back to 2011.
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In which I pay Calgary police $250 for the privilege of seeing them beat me into concussion, for them to decide months later not to hand it over.
Their reason?
The evidence could influence a public body’s opinion of the beating.
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At 2 a.m., the Alberta legislature passed a bill that will force 51,000 teachers back to work, impose a four-year contract and use the notwithstanding clause to stave off a legal challenge and suspend teacher bargaining at the local level. It includes fines for Ts and the ATA if they defy it. #AbLeg
SCOOP
Alberta's Ministry of Mental Health and Addiction is quietly shelving a personal data-harvesting app developed through sole-sourced contracts starting in 2021.
The move coincides with reported scrutiny of ministry spending by the Auditor General. 1/🧵
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New: The Alberta government is reversing course on changes to its expense disclosure policy.
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I reported on those changes last week — which proved to be controversial and included no longer requiring public disclosure of receipts and removing thousands of historical records that were previously public.
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New: The Alberta government is reversing course on changes to its expense disclosure policy.
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SCOOP: Alberta taxpayers paid almost $20K for Premier Danielle Smith to speak alongside Ben Shapiro at a PragerU fundraiser in March, according to travel expense disclosures.
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I happened to notice that the Alberta govt quietly changed its expense report disclosure policy on Aug. 1, hours before a long weekend.
The changes were significant — receipts no longer had to be publicly disclosed, and 8 years of expenses had been 'undisclosed.'
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I happened to notice that the Alberta govt quietly changed its expense report disclosure policy on Aug. 1, hours before a long weekend.
The changes were significant — receipts no longer had to be publicly disclosed, and 8 years of expenses had been 'undisclosed.'
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...