Taylor Lambert
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Investigative journalist at CBC Edmonton • Author of Darwin's Moving & other fine-ish books • he/him • taylorlambert.ca Tips welcome! Contact me securely on Signal: https://signal.me/#eu/uX+mBaJwF75zOw0nJ1vWbuHW4iZmjOPIWgaSTWlXkvIC05g03+hNyKap2dVjMcF7
NEW: I attended today's protest against Meta's proposed hyperscaler data centre in Sturgeon County. People are not pleased. open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...
Guillotines, Dinosaur Costumes and Broken Trust: Alberta's Data Centre Revolt Begins
Critics warn of fossil gas reliance, power price hikes and wasted water as officials approve massive Meta facility with scant public debate.
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SCOOP: I attended the launch of David Parker’s Centurion Project last night. I happened to step outside when an Elections Alberta investigator and the cops arrived. open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...
SCOOP: Elections Alberta investigating separatists for accessing electors list
An elections watchdog investigator showed up with police to the April 29 launch of David Parker's Centurion Project to follow up on a cease-and-desist letter.
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SCOOP: New details about the facial recognition bodycam project by Edmonton police — including that the AI model was provided by an Israeli company whose technology has reportedly been used for mass surveillance in Gaza. www.cbc.ca/9.7157991
Edmonton police emails, documents provide new information on Canada-first AI facial recognition bodycam pilot | CBC News
Key details include a “critical fault” system outage, possible extension of pilot project and that facial recognition model was supplied by Corsight AI, a company whose technology has reportedly been ...
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SCOOP: New details about the facial recognition bodycam project by Edmonton police — including that the AI model was provided by an Israeli company whose technology has reportedly been used for mass surveillance in Gaza. www.cbc.ca/9.7157991
Edmonton police emails, documents provide new information on Canada-first AI facial recognition bodycam pilot | CBC News
Key details include a “critical fault” system outage, possible extension of pilot project and that facial recognition model was supplied by Corsight AI, a company whose technology has reportedly been ...
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News: Lawyers for Edmonton’s police chief are fighting an Alberta Human Rights Tribunal decision that found two Black men pepper sprayed and forced to the ground while attempting to report a crime were victims of racial discrimination. edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/e...
Edmonton police chief challenging $80k human rights ruling in case of Black men pepper sprayed after reporting crime
Lawyers for Edmonton's police chief are fighting an Alberta Human Rights Tribunal decision that found two Black men pepper sprayed and forced to the ground while attempting to report a crime were vict...
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NEW: Part 2 of my series on Edmonton police Taser use, including a look at EPS procedure documents. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
What are the policies guiding Taser use in Alberta? The answers aren't easy to find | CBC News
Police data and policy documents about how and when officers use Tasers are not always easy to get. Experts say that needs to change.
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NEW: Part 2 of my series on Edmonton police Taser use, including a look at EPS procedure documents. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
What are the policies guiding Taser use in Alberta? The answers aren't easy to find | CBC News
Police data and policy documents about how and when officers use Tasers are not always easy to get. Experts say that needs to change.
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NEW: Here's the first story in my two-part series on Edmonton police Taser use. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
As old as 75, as young as 12: Reports detail how Edmonton police use Tasers | CBC News
Incident reports obtained by CBC News shed new light on the circumstances where police use electric weapons, including details about the people they shock.
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NEW: Here's the first story in my two-part series on Edmonton police Taser use. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
As old as 75, as young as 12: Reports detail how Edmonton police use Tasers | CBC News
Incident reports obtained by CBC News shed new light on the circumstances where police use electric weapons, including details about the people they shock.
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There is a race to the bottom going in with Freedom of Information laws across the country, at every level of government. A couple of years ago, British Columbia tripled processing fees, justifying it by saying that Alberta charged the same fee.
Tu Thanh Ha@tuthanhha.bsky.social · 6mo agoThe Ontario government will introduce legislation that would exempt the Premier, cabinet ministers and their offices from having to respond to freedom of information requests, allowing them to keep documents and emails about their decision-making secret. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Scoop: A group representing Edmonton surgical hospitalists sent a letter to Ministers LaGrange and Jones last month warning that the decision to cancel their contracts as of April 1 will result in "immediate, unavoidable surgical cancellations" and strain to the system. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Edmonton physicians warn province of ‘immediate, unavoidable' surgery disruptions over changes to compensation | CBC News
In a letter obtained by CBC News, hospitalists warned two ministers last month about the potential impacts to surgery schedules and patient care if their compensation is cut on April 1.
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Scoop: A group representing Edmonton surgical hospitalists sent a letter to Ministers LaGrange and Jones last month warning that the decision to cancel their contracts as of April 1 will result in "immediate, unavoidable surgical cancellations" and strain to the system. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Edmonton physicians warn province of ‘immediate, unavoidable' surgery disruptions over changes to compensation | CBC News
In a letter obtained by CBC News, hospitalists warned two ministers last month about the potential impacts to surgery schedules and patient care if their compensation is cut on April 1.
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Breaking: SC newspaper verifies portions of Trump accuser's story. Textbook journalism. Local journalism. Support your local news outlets. www.postandcourier.com/news/epstein...
Fuzzy memories and hard facts: An SC accuser's claims against Epstein, Trump examined
An alleged victim of Jeffrey Epstein gave FBI agents true accounts of her time growing up in SC. Claims she made about Donald Trump remain unsubstantiated.
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“A responsible government requires independent democratic oversight and a transparent legislative process. The UCP has obstructed and failed to meet these basic requirements to govern,” reads a news release from the Assembly of Treaty Chiefs. thetyee.ca/National/202...
Alberta Chiefs Call for End to UCP Government | The Tyee
Grand Chief Joey Pete say Danielle Smith’s government has created ‘unsafe conditions’ for First Nations people.
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When Danielle Smith claimed 80% of federally picked judges had donated to Liberals, that was way higher than any figure I'd researched. I dug into it. Could confidently write here: "It is not true. The single media source Smith got that fact from has since corrected it." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ANALYSIS | Danielle Smith says court 'skewed' to Liberal donors, but UCP picks have political ties just as often | CBC News
CBC analysis suggests about one-fifth of federally named judges match with Liberal donor lists. About as many judges picked by the province likely gave to UCP.
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Hey Canadian media ... "born as a biological male" is not the move when you're reporting on what happened in Tumbler Ridge. Here's is the @transjournalists.org Style Guide if you are covering this story today styleguide.transjournalists.org
Trans Journalists Association Stylebook and Coverage Guide
The Transgender Journalists Association’s Stylebook and Coverage Guide is a tool reporters, editors, and other journalists can use to improve news coverage of trans people and the stories that affect ...
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"An entire community is mourning a horrific loss in Tumbler Ridge this week ... And the dangerous links being made to trans people at large will have resounding and dangerous impacts in the months and weeks to come," writes @melwoods.me
The Tumbler Ridge shooting is already fuelling anti-trans hate in Canada | Xtra Magazine
Bad actors on the right are leaping to connect the shooter’s trans identity to the violence
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Edmonton's frostbite amputations went up, again. It's a new record high, again. More than half of patients were unhoused, again. And frostbite diagnoses not only reached a new high, but had the biggest single-year increase in the AHS data I have, going back to 2011. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Edmonton sees record increase in frostbite amputations, despite innovative treatment | CBC News
Advocates call for more support and changes to policy as new data shows frostbite numbers increased again in Edmonton last winter, with the majority performed on people without housing.
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Alberta Minister of Assisted Living and Social Services Jason Nixon says rising frostbite amputations on his watch are a sign of the system working as intended. Another important frostbite story by @taylorlambert.ca www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Edmonton's frostbite amputations went up, again. It's a new record high, again. More than half of patients were unhoused, again. And frostbite diagnoses not only reached a new high, but had the biggest single-year increase in the AHS data I have, going back to 2011. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Edmonton sees record increase in frostbite amputations, despite innovative treatment | CBC News
Advocates call for more support and changes to policy as new data shows frostbite numbers increased again in Edmonton last winter, with the majority performed on people without housing.
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In which I pay Calgary police $250 for the privilege of seeing them beat me into concussion, for them to decide months later not to hand it over. Their reason? The evidence could influence a public body’s opinion of the beating. drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...
Calgary police withhold evidence of brutality as final UofC protest charges fall
New documents reveal Calgary Police Service suppressed evidence of brutality by officers at the University of Calgary on May 9, 2024. Among this was camera footage from senior officers that should hav...
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At 2 a.m., the Alberta legislature passed a bill that will force 51,000 teachers back to work, impose a four-year contract and use the notwithstanding clause to stave off a legal challenge and suspend teacher bargaining at the local level. It includes fines for Ts and the ATA if they defy it. #AbLeg
Striking Alberta teachers forced back to work by fast-tracked legislation, notwithstanding clause | CBC News
Bill 2 passed early Tuesday morning after a long night for lawmakers in the provincial legislature. Premier Danielle Smith’s government introduced the legislation the day before.
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SCOOP Alberta's Ministry of Mental Health and Addiction is quietly shelving a personal data-harvesting app developed through sole-sourced contracts starting in 2021. The move coincides with reported scrutiny of ministry spending by the Auditor General. 1/🧵 drugdatadecoded.ca/province-to-...
Province to abandon My Recovery Plan amid Auditor General snooping
Alberta's Ministry of Mental Health and Addiction is quietly terminating its contract with a personal data-harvesting app and replacing it with a publicly-owned 'bed availability dashboard.' The move ...
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New: The Alberta government is reversing course on changes to its expense disclosure policy. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta government altering course on expense disclosure policy | CBC News
At a cabinet meeting held Tuesday, a decision was made to change course on plans to alter the Alberta government's expense disclosure policy.
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New: The Alberta government is reversing course on changes to its expense disclosure policy. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta government altering course on expense disclosure policy | CBC News
At a cabinet meeting held Tuesday, a decision was made to change course on plans to alter the Alberta government's expense disclosure policy.
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SCOOP: Alberta taxpayers paid almost $20K for Premier Danielle Smith to speak alongside Ben Shapiro at a PragerU fundraiser in March, according to travel expense disclosures. www.theprogressreport.ca/premier-prag...
Premier’s Office spent nearly $20K on PragerU fundraiser gala
Disclosures show that the Premier's Office spent nearly $20,000 to support a fundraiser by far-right American organization PragerU
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I happened to notice that the Alberta govt quietly changed its expense report disclosure policy on Aug. 1, hours before a long weekend. The changes were significant — receipts no longer had to be publicly disclosed, and 8 years of expenses had been 'undisclosed.' www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta government changes expense disclosure policy, removes eight years of records | CBC News
Key changes to Alberta’s expense disclosure policy mean that the receipts of senior government officials, including the premier, will no longer be public.
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I happened to notice that the Alberta govt quietly changed its expense report disclosure policy on Aug. 1, hours before a long weekend. The changes were significant — receipts no longer had to be publicly disclosed, and 8 years of expenses had been 'undisclosed.' www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta government changes expense disclosure policy, removes eight years of records | CBC News
Key changes to Alberta’s expense disclosure policy mean that the receipts of senior government officials, including the premier, will no longer be public.
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