i'm blown away by the response to the update. i wanted to ask everyone about an idea i've been thinking about. would anyone be interested in a deep dive on how edmonton got two separate monuments to nazi collaborators? i could put it on a substack. let me know in the replies.

@duncankinney.bsky.social · 4w ago

CRIMINAL CASE UPDATE: Yes, my criminal case for alleged mischief to the statue of a Nazi who participated in the Holocaust and a "war memorial" to the 14th Waffen SS Division here in Edmonton is still ongoing with my trial set to start on Oct. 19. But an update!

i've recorded more than $7k in donations. i'm overwhelmed. thank you so much. this means so much.

@duncankinney.bsky.social · 4w ago

Ok, before the update, I still really need your help. Here's the link to the GoFundMe for my legal defense fund. I have burnt through all of my savings fighting this case and we're not even to trial yet so anything you can donate would be appreciated. www.gofundme.com/f/duncan-kin...

I donated because this kind of police harassment should not be happening in Canada. It shouldn't be happening anywhere, but it feels especially embarrassing to be happening, right out in the open, in Canada.

@duncankinney.bsky.social · 4w ago

Ok, before the update, I still really need your help. Here's the link to the GoFundMe for my legal defense fund. I have burnt through all of my savings fighting this case and we're not even to trial yet so anything you can donate would be appreciated. www.gofundme.com/f/duncan-kin...

NEW from me: I took a deep dive for @ricochetmedia.bsky.social into the American hedge fund-owned Canadian newspaper chain that’s pushing anti-trans, pro-genocide and climate science denial narratives down our throats. ricochet.media/media/dumpst...

‘Dumpster fire’: Postmedia’s decade of pushing Canada’s politics to the right

Canada’s largest newspaper chain has amplified conservative grievance politics — creating fertile ground for MAGA-style ideas, Alberta separatism, and an increasingly polarized political landscape

ricochet.media

CRIMINAL CASE UPDATE: Yes, my criminal case for alleged mischief to the statue of a Nazi who participated in the Holocaust and a "war memorial" to the 14th Waffen SS Division here in Edmonton is still ongoing with my trial set to start on Oct. 19. But an update!

CRIMINAL CASE UPDATE: Yes, my criminal case for alleged mischief to the statue of a Nazi who participated in the Holocaust and a "war memorial" to the 14th Waffen SS Division here in Edmonton is still ongoing with my trial set to start on Oct. 19. But an update!

andrew knack being cool and good for once

Andrew Knack@andrewknack.bsky.social · 5mo ago

My official statement about Edmonton’s Police Chief’s decision to travel to Israel.

EXCLUSIVE: Edmonton police have replaced their secret surveillance plane with a multimillion dollar “luxury flying SUV” www.theprogressreport.ca/eps-new-surv...

Edmonton police have replaced their secret surveillance plane with a multimillion dollar “luxury flying SUV”

Edmonton's new surveillance aircraft cost millions more than comparable planes bought by other police in Canada.

theprogressreport.ca

My latest for @thetyee. Former police commission chair enaged in online bullying, harassment campaign against city councillors. 'Unleashing': Politicians Say Ex-Police Watchdog's Insults Go Too Far via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

‘Unleashing’: Politicians Say Ex-Police Watchdog’s Insults Go Too Far | The Tyee

‘I was getting scared,’ says one Edmonton councillor assailed online by John McDougall.

thetyee.ca

Pitching to a crowd of about 150 at his campaign launch on Friday, Edmonton city councillor Michael Janz vowed to fight back against a UCP takeover of city council—and to stand on matters of principle even when they don't poll well.

In a fiery campaign launch at his alma mater, Edmonton's Michael Janz promises to keep pushing the Overton window

In a fiery campaign launch at his alma mater, Edmonton's Michael Janz promises to keep pushing the Overton window

theprogressreport.ca

Former Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer has filed his notice of intent to run in the October municipal election. He’s expected to formally announce his candidacy for Mayor of Edmonton next week. Jaffer was the MP for Edmonton Strathcona from 1997 to 2008 and now runs a restaurant on Whyte Ave.

How I hate Canadian elections, and Canadian colonialism.

cannot say enough how much i despise the leaders and the senior leadership of canada's three major political parties. whatever the result tonight we all lose.

I see nothing in the Liberal Party platform that could improve safety for people who use drugs, but plenty to make their lives more difficult & dangerous. Reads to me like doubling down on drug war failures: more cops w/ more powers, harm reduction unmentioned. Alberta model goes federal.

NEW The Alberta government is going full MAGA with its Compassionate Intervention Act, which will strip people who use drugs of due process and force them into months-long medical incarceration. drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-ends...

Alberta to eliminate due process for people who use drugs

The Alberta government is going full MAGA with its Compassionate Intervention Act, which will strip people who use drugs of due process and force them into months-long medical incarceration.

drugdatadecoded.ca

4,000+ youth forced into withdrawal under PChAD (2016–2024). How many died after release without a treatment plan? #ableg is expanding involuntary care for adults without showing outcomes. Danielle Smith said “let’s just give it a try” .. um, let’s not. We need data, not deaths #careisnotforced

Euan Thomson@drugdatadecoded.ca · last yr.

A question that's apparently never been asked or answered in Alberta: How many kids are forced into withdrawal from drugs under the PChAD Act every year? Data from 2016-2024, showing unique individuals & total admissions (i.e. many are forced in multiple times per year): 1/

"to mark the transfer of power from McFee to interim co-chiefs Warren Dreichel & Devin Laforce, which was followed by a reception in McFee’s honour." Seems to reflect poorly on the interim chiefs too. #Police www.theprogressreport.ca/exclusive_ep...

EXCLUSIVE: EPS couldn't find volunteers for ceremony honouring Dale McFee, so it paid overtime

The Edmonton Police Service had such difficulty finding volunteers for a ceremony honouring outgoing chief Dale McFee that it had to pay officers overtime and ask EPS lawyers to participate, according...

theprogressreport.ca

NEW: The Edmonton Police Service had such difficulty finding volunteers for a February ceremony honouring outgoing chief Dale McFee that it had to pay officers overtime, according to documents obtained through FOIP. www.theprogressreport.ca/exclusive_ep...

EXCLUSIVE: EPS couldn't find volunteers for ceremony honouring Dale McFee, so it paid overtime

The Edmonton Police Service had such difficulty finding volunteers for a ceremony honouring outgoing chief Dale McFee that it had to pay officers overtime and ask EPS lawyers to participate, according...

theprogressreport.ca

Canada's latest white supremacist/Nazi org is going away from the irony poisoned Diagolon name to the much more up front SS Canada.

Canadian Anti-Hate Network@antihate.ca · last yr.

OUR LATEST: Diagolon Founder Brings New "Nationalist" Organization Into Public For the First Time For months, Diagolon has promised a new, more selective, members-only organization called Second Sons Canada. A group of them were spotted in Halifax over the weekend. www.antihate.ca/diagolon_fou...

On March 27, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith will be speaking alongside Ben Shapiro at PragerU’s east coast gala.

Our two choices for PM are an imbecile and a bankster yet the NDP is so incompetent that they are losing ground

just an interesting factoid. i was arrested and charged in October 2022.

Nate Pike Reposts 'The Breakdown' After New Ruling via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/03...

Nate Pike Reposts ‘The Breakdown’ After New Ruling | The Tyee

The Alberta scandal tracker no longer faces an injunction. A legal expert explains why.

thetyee.ca

NEW: Moments ago, an Alberta Court terminated an injunction against Alberta politics podcast The Breakdown which led it to stop publishing

Here's what's in Edmonton's draft deal with province & Oilers Entertainment Group (OEG) for an event park and private development #yeg #yegcc #ableg edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

Here's what's in Edmonton's draft deal with province for OEG event park and private development

City documents show the total cost is expected to be $250 million — $208 million in construction and $42 million in land costs.

edmontonjournal.com

Oh no

Christopher Mims@mims.bsky.social · last yr.

"Wall Street is once again creating and selling securities backed by everything—the more creative the better...Data-center bonds are backed by lease payments from companies that rent out computing capacity." www.wsj.com/finance/inve...

Edmonton has returned to near-record EMS dispatches for opioid poisoning. It's an unmitigated massacre of unhoused people. Police allied w/ "downtown business recovery" & developers in the most vulnerable neighbourhoods, plus proponents of Alberta Model bear responsibility. Again: it's a massacre.