Carrie Tait
@carrietait.bsky.social
Reporter in The Globe and Mail's Calgary bureau. Loves: The Riders, the Oilers, the farm, mountains, snow. Dislikes: Daylight Saving(s) Time, raccoons, gophers, the search for New Twitter
Routine childhood vaccination coverage remains below level needed for population immunity, report finds. Coverage rates fell during the COVID-19 pandemic and have not rebounded, by @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
Routine childhood vaccination coverage remains below level needed for population immunity, report finds
Coverage rates fell during the COVID-19 pandemic and have not rebounded
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Separatist supporter and podcaster Jason Lavigne fact-checked The Globe and Mail's reporting, finds The Globe reported facts. He also provides more detail on the meetings the separatists had in DC: jasonlavigne.substack.com/p/explorator...
Exploratory Talks Are Not a Deal
What the record actually shows about Alberta Prosperity Project’s conversations with the U.S. State Department
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Alberta’s government paid land rent for some 480 delinquent oil and gas companies in 2025. @brettmckay.bsky.social reports for the Investigative Journalism Foundation. thetyee.ca/News/2026/10...
Alberta Companies Owe Millions in Unpaid Land Rent | The Tyee
Taxpayers covered lease payments for hundreds of oil and gas companies in 2025.
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Preemptive strike: I do not want to hear one peep outta y'all when winter starts this weekend. Thanksgiving exists so you know when to put on your winter tires. Weather forecasts also exist.
The teenager who perpetrated the deadly mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., spent at least six months planning for maximum carnage aided by a conspirator in Washington State who allegedly provided advice, money and technical assistance. Today's file: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Tumbler Ridge shooter was aided by conspirator in Washington State, authorities allege
A 30-year-old, who was arrested by U.S. police, allegedly provided advice, money and technical assistance to execute the killings, broadcast them online
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An update: the Edmonton public school board passed the motion to examine registration policies, and may make recommendations to align them with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (if that's in the board's authority). Timeline unclear: chair Saadiq Sumar says it won't rush this work. #AbEd
Janet French@jantafrench.bsky.social · 5d agoWe asked 10 Alberta school boards if they know how many students didn’t re-enroll this September because of students’ lapsed immigration paperwork. In many cases, no. They don’t have complete information. Here’s what we know about the current situation: #AbEd #AbLeg www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Oh, hey, look what I found! A pod from The Decibel on the relationship between some Alberta separatists and American Republicans. Enjoy! pod.link/thedecibel/e...
How some Alberta separatists are courting U.S. support
Listen to How some Alberta separatists are courting U.S. support from The Decibel wherever you get your podcasts!
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G'morning. If you spent the weekend soaking up bonus summer, here's what you missed --> www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By Grant Robertson, Nathan VanderKlippe, and friend
The elephant in the room
Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province
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Separtists would sell out Alberta to the Americans, @tylerdawson.bsky.social argues. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Alberta’s separatists would sell us out to the Americans
New reporting by The Globe and Mail detail the influence of Republican-aligned interests on the referendum campaign
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In the wake of The Globe's investigation, a Calgary MP calls for Canada to consider overhauling laws to address the kind of freelance negotiating trips Alberta separatists made to DC: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By Grant Robertson, Nathan VanderKlippe, and friend
Alberta separatists’ talks with GOP spark outcry, call for legislative change
Calgary Liberal MP says Canada needs to consider overhauling its laws to address the kind of freelance negotiating trips that separatist leaders have made to D.C.
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At the risk of sounding like a broken record... My DMs are open. Find me on LinkedIn. I am on Signal and WhatsApp. I can meet you wherever. Let's go for a walk am admire the changing colours.
waving lizard
ALT: waving lizard
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“The single most predictive factor in determining support for Alberta independence is not working in the energy industry, but the salience of religion in a person’s life” - pollster Janet Brown
Carrie Tait@carrietait.bsky.social · last wk.This is the story you gotta read to understand what is going on in Alberta. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By Eric Andrew-Gee
Howdy! Alberta separatists + American Republicans. Read all about it. --> www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By Nathan VanderKlippe, Grant Robertson, and friend.
The elephant in the room
Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province
theglobeandmail.com
This is the story you gotta read to understand what is going on in Alberta. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By Eric Andrew-Gee
A country with its elbows up faces separation threats on two fronts
In Alberta and Quebec, Canada’s national unity paradox hits home
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It's taken a minute but I'm excited to tell you about a new project and a new podcast (eventually). In many ways, Stolen: Surviving St. Michael’s was just the beginning…. More here: contactingconnie.substack.com/p/who-is-pro...
Who is protected by the destruction of Indian Residential School records?
“There’s not a single Indigenous person in Canada, who has not been touched by the legacy of Residential Schools.” - Justice Murray Sinclair, Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
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As Canada marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Pulitzer Prize and Peabody Award winning journalist @conniewalker.bsky.social shares her work digging into survivor testimonies—records that face the threat of imminent destruction contactingconnie.substack.com/p/who-is-pro...
Who is protected by the destruction of Indian Residential School records?
“There’s not a single Indigenous person in Canada, who has not been touched by the legacy of Residential Schools.” - Justice Murray Sinclair, Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
contactingconnie.substack.com
The funniest parts of the BC Conservative Party caucus saga is each of the parts.
Dave Cournoyer: "It is impossible not to interpret the Calgary-Shaw by-election results as a backlash by Calgary voters against Premier Danielle Smith’s Alberta separation referendum." daveberta.substack.com/p/wow-just-w...
Wow! Just wow. NDP’s Kyle Campbell wins Calgary-Shaw by-election.
South Calgary voters backlash against Danielle Smith’s separation referendum
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/wide-eye emoji Alberta NDP flip a UCP stronghold in byelection in Calgary. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
Alberta NDP wins by-election in longtime Conservative riding
Unofficial results showed the Opposition party snatched up Calgary-Shaw
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I recently started a new job as @cabinradio.ca’s Ottawa correspondent. In short order I flew to Yellowknife, met the team, drove to Wrigley and got a crash course in radio.
Amazon Prime Video cuts the last 15 to 45 seconds of each Law & Order episode and lemme tell ya, I can't take it anymore, it is enough to make me confess to
That DEALT WITH stamp looks exceptionally satisfying.
Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · last mo.Here is our draft definition of 'artificial intelligence' from 1981. It was written by a lovely human.
Ok, summer's over and my DMs are open. I am on Signal and WhatsApp. Drop me a line! Interests include, but are not limited to: separatism, AHS, recovery centres, Mraiche, Melewka, chartered surgical facilities, shopping for Canadian ski gear
Peggy Hill on the Phone in King Of The Hill
ALT: Peggy Hill on the Phone in King Of The Hill
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'An American litigation funder is threatening to call in more than $100 million in alleged debt from Alberta separatist leader and lawyer Jeffrey Rath and his firm, Global News has learned.' globalnews.ca/news/1204911...
Alberta separatist leader Rath faces $109M debt claim from US investors | Globalnews.ca
An American litigation funder is threatening to call in more than $100 million in alleged debt from Alberta separatist leader and lawyer Jeffrey Rath and his firm
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