Steph Chambers
@hoserlibrarian.bsky.social
News researcher with The Globe and Mail, Canada’s national newspaper. She/her.
Super honoured!
Alanna Smith@alannasmith.bsky.social · 3mo agoThrilled and honoured to be part of @theglobeandmail.com team nominated for a Michener Award for our reporting into Alberta’s health procurement controversy. With pals @carrietait.bsky.social @tomcardoso.bsky.social @markmackinnon.bsky.social @hoserlibrarian.bsky.social
Very proud to be part of this Globe and Mail investigative reporting
Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦@senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 3mo agoA wonderful evening at the Danish Embassy, celebrating Alberta journalism excellence. @carrietait.bsky.social and @markmackinnon.bsky.social were on hand, to receive an award to the @theglobeandmail.com for fearless investigative reporting of the CorruptCare scandal. #abpoli #ableg
You heard about an Alberta scandal. Something procurement, health, political pressure, podcasters, a fixer, court battles, Turkish tylenol. You're very wtf. Here is the explainer for you. The Alberta health care procurement controversy, explained www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
The Alberta health care procurement controversy, explained
A look at the people, companies and government agencies involved in the Alberta Health and Alberta Health Services story
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I should be old /jaded enough not to be bothered by guys hyuck-hyucking about being forced to acknowledge women who just won a gold medal. But I’ll be damned if that one hasn’t been under my skin all day. At the very least, I don’t want to hear about the loneliness thing anymore. Go improve.
icymi: Who Is Sam Mraiche? www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... w/ @tomcardoso.bsky.social @markmackinnon.bsky.social @hoserlibrarian.bsky.social @alannasmith.bsky.social
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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On Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Sam Mraiche www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... w/ @tomcardoso.bsky.social @markmackinnon.bsky.social @hoserlibrarian.bsky.social
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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Two men convicted of fraud over allegations from the $300-million redevelopment of Toronto’s St. Michael’s Hospital. My colleagues first uncovered the procurement issues of this project a decade ago. Investigative journalism is a long-term commitment. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Two men convicted of fraud in connection with St. Michael’s Hospital redevelopment
Verdict marks the culmination of a process that began in 2015, when Bondfield was awarded the $300-million project
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SCOOP: Two senior Alberta Health Services procurement officials were also briefly directors in a numbered company linked to MHCare, a supplier that has been awarded $$$ in business, The Globe and Mail has found By @tomcardoso.bsky.social, @hoserlibrarian.bsky.social and friend
Alberta health officials were also directors at a company linked to a supplier
Corporate filings reveal further links between Alberta Health Services procurement staff and private firms
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My favourite drama so far this year is the misprint of the 2025 national mahjong league cards. It is wholesome, civilized and much needed small potatoes and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed all of the mahjong Facebook group grousing.
SCOOP: Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's fmr chief of staff lived in a home owned by a sister of Sam Mraiche, a businessman whose dealings w Alberta Health Services are subject to multiple investigations. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... w @tomcardoso.bsky.social @hoserlibrarian.bsky.social
Former chief of staff to Alberta Premier lived in home owned by Sam Mraiche’s sister
Businessman’s dealings with the provincial health authority are subject to multiple investigations
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Become the 51st state? Finally found the hill I would for real die on.
This Pantone brown colour of the year is giving 1970s bargain bin L'eggs pantyhose shade and I mean this in a good way. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/s...
Pantone’s 2025 Color of the Year Is Mocha Mousse
Is this shade of dusty brown a repudiation of “Brat” green?
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Poynter's MediaSmart teen fact-checking network is now in Canada and seeing applicants. Ages 13-18 to fact-check popular posts appearing in their social media feeds & create a minimum of 2 fact-checking videos between January and June 2025. Deadline to apply is Dec 15 mediasmarts.ca/teen-fact-ch...
Teen Fact-Checking Network
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A ton of Toronto restaurants in the top 100. BC has 15 and AB has 16. And Beaver Valley's Flesherton ON, population <600, cracks the list! www.cp24.com/local/toront...
These Toronto restaurants cracked OpenTable's top 100 list for Canada
Toronto has the highest number of top-rated restaurants in the country, according to a new ranking put out by OpenTable.
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"It is a better game." The Economist comes down on the side of the CFL compared to NFL. www.economist.com/culture/2024...
Canadian v American football: can you catch the difference?
This weekend’s Grey Cup, the Canucks’ “Super Bowl”, gives Canadian football a chance to shine
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I have written about my own experiences of having my gender (cis but non-conforming) policed in bathrooms. The only goal here is humiliation of someone who is different. www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/o...
Opinion | Ron DeSantis Knows That the Best Place to Humiliate People Is in the Bathroom (Published 2023)
Restrooms have long been porcelain crucibles for our fears and anxieties, which is why the right knows they are good sites for humiliating trans people.
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I am finding it quite unbearable to watch Sarah McBride bear the grotesque attack of her colleagues with so much grace. I know it is what we have been taught to expect of trailblazers, but I am increasingly struggling to accept this.
Sandra M. Gilbert dies at 87. Don't know if it is as ubiquitous now, but Gilbert & Gubar's 'Madwoman' was a massive lit crit text even in the 90s when I was at uni. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/b...
Sandra M. Gilbert, Co-Author of ‘The Madwoman in the Attic,’ Dies at 87
A poet, scholar and literary critic, she turned a feminist lens on 19th-century writers like Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë, creating a feminist classic.
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Security of Canadian water treatment plants called into question as cyberattack threats mount www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Security of Canadian water treatment plants called into question as cyberattack threats mount
Questions remain about Durham Region incident and how prepared Canadian water utilities are for the sudden barrage of cyberattacks now striking the industry worldwide
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Trump is running a transition that’s a master class in how to normalize corruption, immorality, and narcissism. Forget a team of rivals. He wants a team of outlaws just like him. My new piece at @thebulwark.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-cabi...
Trump’s Putting Together a Team of Outlaws
It’s a cabinet in his image: narcissistic, corrupt, and dangerous to America.
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B.C. teen diagnosed with bird flu in critical condition, with source of virus likely to remain unknown: The Fraser Valley teen does not have any connection to poultry farms, where a highly pathogenic version of avian flu has decimated flocks at 24 sites in B.C.
B.C. teen diagnosed with bird flu in critical condition, with source of virus likely to remain unknown
The Fraser Valley teen does not have any connection to poultry farms, where a highly pathogenic version of avian flu has decimated flocks at 24 sites in B.C.
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