Jonny Wakefield
@jonnywakefield.bsky.social
Edmonton Journal/Sun reporter on the justice beat. International curling correspondent emeritus. American who moved to Canada, stray cat re-homer and (hopefully not totally insufferable) distance runner.
Anyone have any experience with lacquering? I pulled out our old built-in kitchen ironing board (thanks people from the 50s?) and the wood is marvellous. I wanna preserve it and hang it on a wall but I worry just slapping lacquer on it will destroy the label
Day 2 of the Heritage Festival has ended early because of extremely high winds. edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
High winds shut down Edmonton Heritage Festival in its return to Hawrelak Park
Environment Canada warns winds could gust up to 90 kilometres an hour through Edmonton, providing a risk to attendees of the Edmonton Heritage Festival
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Edmonton Journal@edmontonjournal.com · 3d ago"The tents are not in good condition and have been blowing away. For those at the park, please evacuate immediately" edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
Again very depressing how many beloved summer events are being ruined by scary weather. If you’re an organizer I’m sure you’re wondering if you can continue like this
Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦@senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 4d agoWell. We are now evacuating Hawrelak park, in advance of what is shaping up to be a monster storm. Full credit to ETS, for running a calm and efficient evacuation with a zillion buses. Take care, #yeg.
"We’re just trying to get some attention from council and make it very clear this is a multi-party issue and one that very, very few people in the county support." edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
Protesters to take aim at planned Meta data centre north of Edmonton this weekend
Albertans concerned about plans for a 13-billion data centre in Sturgeon County will register their opposition at a protest in Morinville
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if I ever taught film criticism lesson one would be “you being smarter than the movie is not interesting to anyone”
Few things funnier than the little victory song my roomba plays after he somehow traps himself in the bathroom with the door closed, gets stuck under a chair, then has to be carried to his docking station because he can’t find it on his own, like hell yeah lil buddy you did it
I did not know that Wikipedia how incredibly depressing
Elon Musk's company xAI is suing Minnesota over the state's first-in-the-nation law that bans "nudification" technology on websites and apps.
Elon Musk's xAI sues Minnesota over its first-in-the-nation law banning 'nudification' technology
Elon Musk’s company xAI is suing Minnesota over the state’s first-in-the-nation law that bans “nudification” technology on websites and apps.
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About 6 or 7 years ago the city produced a report and held public consultations about “daylighting” mill creek. The last few hundred metres of the creek had been diverted through a culvert decades ago in preparation for a freeway that (thankfully) never got built. Those plans were abandoned …
Jonny Wakefield@jonnywakefield.bsky.social · last wk.Insane. www.reddit.com/r/Edmonton/c...
Traffic tip: Don't go around the Low Level or MacDonald bridges right now.
I think we’ve fully crossed the threshold from “this weather is annoying” to “this weather is genuinely alarming”
Morgan Laidler@morganlaidler.bsky.social · last wk.Severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for the Edmonton area down to Calgary and from the foothills to the Saskatchewan border. #yegwx #abstorm
That’s fun. We sat at the edge with our hazards for a while to help direct people to the off ramp. Then we went through it because our truck is tall enough.
Central Edmonton after the freak thunderstorm. Passed half a dozen blocks/intersections like this on the way home
Jeez, from the post Malone show in Edmonton
Northern Gander@northerngander.bsky.social · 2w agoThis one is a little more chaotic.
It's still raining out there. #yegwx #yeg But as of 10PM Blatchford got another 15mm. That would push July close to 230mm. And 2026 overall will be around 620mm, which takes over as Blatchford's 5th most on record. public.tableau.com/shared/BPHF9...
Post Malone encountering the usual Edmonton summer typhoon
Not a huge ball knower but LeBron ending his career in Philly is weird right
Seems not great that 90 per cent of Edmontons billboards are gambling ads now
Did they forget about the Mad Trapper? "On Jan 4, 1932, a posse of 9 men, 42 dogs and 40 pounds of dynamite, went back to Johnson’s cabin...to bring this fugitive in...the dynamite was thrown into the structure and a massive explosion ripped the roof clean off with one of the walls caving in."
The Largest Manhunt In Canada’s History – The Story of the Mad Trapper - Tundra North Tours
"Albert Johnson, known as the Mad Trapper of Rat River, was a murderer and a fugitive from the largest manhunt in the history of Canada, leading a posse of Mounties through the Arctic on a six week, w...
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RCMP said this is the first time they ever intentionally set fire to a home during a standoff. Never heard of any other police services doing this either.
Jimmy Thomson@jameswsthomson.com · 2w agoI’d call it unbelievable if it weren’t so very very believable
“Spanish blend of sturdiness and star dust” ok I think I’m officially burned on European soccer announcers, see you guys in four years
Group stage: what a beautiful world and bountiful world we live in, anything is possible if we work together Final: maybe humanity really is irredeemable
