Janet French
@jantafrench.bsky.social
Provincial affairs reporter, CBC Edmonton 📻📺📝👩💻 Mildly obsessive about reporting on education. #AbEd Bikes. Knitting. Parenting. Books. Plants. Did I mention bikes? 🚴🏽♀️🚲
😱Former Saskatchewan NDP leader Ryan Meili now has a band with current and former members of the Sheepdogs, Slow Down, Molasses, the Deep Dark Woods and The Fjords. It’s like Broken Social Scene, within #yxe city limits blueumbrellamusic.ca *obsessed*
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Alberta is a massive beneficiary of brain drain from other parts of Canada. To the tune of $100B. The social and economic union pays immense dividends. Trevor Tombe brings the receipts. thehub.ca/2026/07/02/t...
The biggest financial transfer in Canada that nobody talks about
Why Alberta and B.C. are Canada’s biggest brain drain beneficiaries
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4 years ago, Fernando Bórquez, Javiera Figueroa and their 3 yo son Silvetre moved to Calgary from Chile to be temporary foreign workers. Silvestre finished Grade 1, and dad says his English writing is better than his Spanish. But fed. immigration rules changed. #Ableg www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Hundreds of undocumented Alberta students at risk of losing free access to school | CBC News
Hundreds of children and teenagers already attending Alberta schools could be ineligible to enrol in September as their families’ immigration status hangs in limbo.
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#yegfunicularstatus Still down for maintenance, unfortunately. Wish I’d known that in advance.
More change in Alberta health leadership, with little explanation from officials - by @jenleecbc.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #AbLeg #AbHealth
Alberta health system 'rudderless,' doctor says, as latest AHS leader departs | CBC News
Another key health leader in Alberta is out, more than two years after the provincial government launched its health system overhaul, sparking fresh frustrations and worries among frontline staff.
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A new poll suggests a vast majority of Albertans agree that privacy law should apply to political parties. This, after nearly 3 million Albertans’ personal information was exposed from a copy of the voters’ list www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #AbLeg
Poll suggests 84% of Albertans want privacy law to cover political parties and candidates | CBC News
At least four in five Albertans agree that the privacy law applying to businesses should also apply to political parties, suggests a new Ipsos poll, conducted for a B.C. privacy advocacy organization.
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#yegfunicularstatus it’s Wednesday, which raises the question of whether it is the second Wednesday after a waxing crescent moon, or a Wednesday two fortnights after the last funicular maintenance Wednesday, and I honestly can’t keep track. Anyway, both elevator and funicular worked today, BUT …
More than four months after the government promised triage liaison physicians would “immediately” begin work in some of Alberta’s busiest ERs, they’re nowhere to be found www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #AbLeg #AbHealth
Still no triage liaison physicians in Alberta ERs, 4 months after province's pledge | CBC News
More than four months after pledging that emergency physicians would soon begin roles monitoring waiting room patients, the Alberta government’s promised triage liaison physicians aren’t yet on the jo...
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#yegfunicularstatus Mercifully, both lifts are working - a welcome monsoon reprieve
kings-printer.alberta.ca/Documents/Or... Alberta’s cabinet has made official the referendum question about having a binding referendum on separation #AbLeg
NEW: UCP MLA who promoted the separatist petition quietly quit his parliamentary secretary post last month, but will not disclose why. Premier Smith has strived to say her caucus and cabinet support staying in Canada. Jason Stephan has been the lone public outlier. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... by me
Danielle Smith's constitutional adviser quit post after promoting separatist petition | CBC News
UCP MLA Jason Stephan quietly stepped down in April as parliamentary secretary for constitutional affairs, after being appointed last year.
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#yegfunicularstatus Elevator and funicular were running.
We also spoke with Treaty Six Grand Chief Joey Pete tonight. He says while the premier says this approach to a referendum may not violate Justice Leonard's ruling, the Alberta government is still showing a "total disregard to First Nations." #Ableg
Edmonton mayor Andrew Knack has issued a statement on the referendum referendum (no, that's not a typo), calling it "reckless" by the provincial government. Excerpt: "Premier Smith and the UCP Government's separatist agenda is catastrophic for Edmontonians, Albertans, and all Canadians... " #AbLeg
Alberta will hold an October referendum on whether or not to have a binding referendum on separatism. Smith says she will vote to remain in Canada #Ableg www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... For clarity: this is a referendum about having a referendum, not a separation referendum.
Alberta to hold fall referendum on whether to have binding referendum on separating from Canada | CBC News
Premier Danielle Smith says Albertans will be able to vote in the fall on whether they want the province to hold a binding referendum on separating from Canada
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I’m at the special select legislative committee meeting to continue hearing what they will do with the Forever Canadian petition to propose Alberta remain a part of Canada. The premier also has a video address scheduled for 6:45 pm. #ableg Follow along on our live page www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta legislative committee debating pro-Canada petition ahead of premier's address | CBC
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Ok so the committee meeting for the Forever Canada petition has taken a surprise turn. After hearing from proponent Thomas Lukaszuk, Minister Nate Glubish made a motion to recommend the legislature send the petition and committee report to the lt-gov for the purpose of calling a referendum Oct 19
NEW: Both Finance Minister Nate Horner and Hospital Minister Matt Jones have posted letters on their X accounts saying they won't be running for election again and are leaving Alberta cabinet. #AbLeg
Janet French@jantafrench.bsky.social · 3mo agoAlberta's government will have a cabinet shuffle tomorrow. No official details here about who's in and who's out. #AbLeg
Alberta's government will have a cabinet shuffle tomorrow. No official details here about who's in and who's out. #AbLeg
What would Alberta election results look like if we applied 2023 votes to the majority and minority electoral boundaries commission recommendations? A data team worked it out: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... - this comes as the Opposition accuses the government of trying to gerrymander the maps #AbLeg
CBC News mapped proposals of Alberta boundary changes to last election results | CBC News
The debate around Alberta's electoral boundaries commission is far from over and is certain to animate Alberta’s legislature for months to come. In the meantime, CBC News' elections unit and data jour...
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#yegfunicularstatus Elevator and funicular were working at 9 am today #yeg
2025: Alberta passes law to prohibit any public bodies from selling personal information for any reason. 2026: Alberta passes law to exempt itself from that law if it sells its newish online casino Play Alberta. @jantafrench.bsky.social reports: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta's privacy watchdog concerned incoming law allows Crown to sell customers' personal information | CBC News
Alberta’s information and privacy commissioner says newly passed legislation allowing a Crown corporation to sell users’ personal information to a private company sets a “concerning precedent.”
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The heated issue of redrawing Alberta's electoral boundaries is now before a legislative committee, where there is now scrapping about procedure. That may sound process-y. But questions of alleged political influence in drawing electoral boundaries are worthy of your attention. #AbLeg
All-party committee seeks judicial chair to lead effort to redraw Alberta electoral boundaries | CBC News
It will be the third such attempt since last year to redraw the boundaries, after a formerly independent process became a political football.
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#YegFunicularStatus three days in a row! Elevator and funicular working smoothly. 2 bikes, 3 people in funicular. Me to bikeless man: “You forgot your bike.” Man: “I’m from Guelph.” #excuses #yeg