Edmonton's campus radio, CJSR, has a new political panel show: Pivot Points, which airs at 5pm on Wednesdays. See the archives for the premiere episode with our old friend Jeremy Appel!

Pivot Points

A weekly current issues and news panel centred in Alberta’s capital city, hosted by CJSR. Bringing together locals “in the know” with honesty and curiosity.This show is for folks, who:are exc…

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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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Alberta separatist, anti-coal petitioners question verification processes edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...

Alberta separatist, anti-coal petitioners question verification processes

Corb Lund is challenging his petition's rejection in court, while separatist Mitch Sylvestre wants a legislative review of the process.

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A data centre freeze north of Calgary comes just as Edmonton power producer hails Meta deal edmontonjournal.com/business/alb...

A data centre freeze north of Calgary comes just as Edmonton power producer hails Meta deal

Alberta power producer took a victory lap over its data centre deal with Meta. Local politicians to the south put up a stop sign.

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Speech for we, but not for thee, says UCP:

Jeremy Appel 🍉@readtheorchard.org · 6d ago

NEW collab with @lilypolenchuk.bsky.social: Alberta's Ministry of Advanced Education removed references to the government's stated commitment to campus free speech from talking points about pro-Palestine encampments. www.readtheorchard.org/p/alberta-mi...

Opinion: The Star's Richard Warnica was not sure what he was expecting when he asked Doug Ford to comment on his own comments about Alberta separatism at a press conference in Calgary earlier this month, but Richard says he certainly wasn’t expecting Ford to undo his belt.

Richard Warnica: I went back to Alberta to see who is winning the independence debate. It isn’t who you think

In Alberta, the independence movement is a significant force. But at the Calgary Stampede, few prominent Albertans wanted to talk about it.

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Whether the Water Not Coal verification calls were fair or not continues to remain unclear—and what Elections Alberta and Corb Lund are saying about them isn't lining up.

Elections Alberta disputes Corb Lund's claims about Water Not Coal calls

What actually happened on those Water Not Coal petition verification calls? Only 384 Albertans can tell us, because Elections Alberta and Corb Lund's stories aren't lining up.

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People who have money have a disproportionate ability to silence their critics — especially in Alberta. But several journalists (including me) are joining forces with digital media creators, writers, civil society, unions, academia and lawyers to try to change that. Here's how.

We often talk about how a lack of grocery store options in Canada affects consumers, but concentration impacts local producers too — and thus our agency over the food system. In my latest, i write about the opportunities a public grocer presents for both food security and sovereignty.

A Bagful of Reasons to Create Public Grocers | The Tyee

Shoppers would save, local food would flourish and more, say advocates.

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Trisha Estabrooks to announce her candidacy for the Edmonton-Strathcona Alberta NDP tomorrow at noon, at Frank's Pub on 99th St. This is the constituency that Naheed Nenshi is leaving to run in Calgary, and a juicy prize: win this nomination and you're probably an MLA for a decade.

A sordid list of grifters, liars, and political opportunists. But an important list nonetheless.

Tracking who's who in the Alberta separation referendum debate

A list of pro-Canada and Alberta independence supporters in the October 19, 2026 referendum

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Secessionist third parties advertising during Alberta’s referendum have fundraised more than $366,000. Here’s a breakdown of where the money’s coming from. zurl.co/An9vM

NEW: I went through Elections Alberta donation data and found that sitting public appointees to university boards of governors have donated about $107K to the UCP. open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...

Public appointees to Alberta university boards have donated $107K to the UCP

They've contributed little more than $2K to the NDP, by way of contrast.

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Entrada Resources' spill in Clearwater County continued for over a year before a farmer found it. The AER says Entrada neglected their duty to inspect the pipeline annually, which would have caught it.

AER fines oil company almost $438K for leak that went undiscovered for 15 months | CBC News

The Alberta Energy Regulator has fined a Calgary-based oil and gas company nearly $438,000 for an oil emulsion leak in western Alberta that, it estimates, lasted more than a year.

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Beyond their immediate impact on the victims and their families, these murders also had a dramatic effect on the politics of policing in Edmonton.

Jonny Wakefield@jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 4w ago

New from me: the man accused of murdering two men in Edmonton’s Chinatown four years ago took the stand at his trial today and described the lead up to the killings, including being transported to the city by RCMP in breach of a court order edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

☀️ Great to see plug-in solar gaining momentum in Canada with Edmonton City Councillor Michael Janz's motion to find pathways to make it possible!

She used to speak for Alberta’s health ministry. Now she’s pitching to ministry heads on behalf of the tobacco and pharmaceutical giants and healthcare companies. zurl.co/t1EHU

The closures include 660 NewsRadio, a significant news source for people living in and around Calgary. Alberta's traditional media continues to wither.

Rogers cuts 230 jobs, closes radio stations in Vancouver, Calgary, Halifax and Kitchener | CBC News

Telecom giant says its eliminating 230 jobs across Rogers Sports & Media, with 80 jobs gone as six radio stations are closed across Canada.

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A white supremacist march in Aldersyde over the weekend—that's about 15 minutes southeast of Okotoks, for the city folk—serves as a grim reminder that this filth still continues to plague the province. These men appear to be Second Sons, affiliated with Jeremy MacKenzie and Diagolon.

From the alberta community on Reddit: wtf am I seeing? Alderside Alberta

Explore this post and more from the alberta community

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NDP's Nenshi supportive of public cash for Alberta pipeline, wants honesty from Smith Plus Indigenous Relations Minister Rajan Sawhney says ownership stake up for grabs for First Nations groups is 10%. From me today: ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/ndps-ne...

NDP's Nenshi supportive of public cash for Alberta pipeline, wants honesty from Smith

Alberta's Opposition NDP leader says Premier Danielle Smith's plan for a new pipeline has his support, but he's calling on her to be honest about how much taxpayers could be on the hook for it.

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Our team has new qualitative research out in the Journal of Urban Health. The paper describes life in #yeg's central business district for people who use drugs. cc: @gsalvalaggio.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

🛢️💸Oil pipelines continue to suck up a lot of oxygen in Alberta politics and there will be a lot to unpack as this project moves forward. Today I wrote about the cost of the project and how governments are almost certainly going to get stuck with the bill. daveberta.substack.com/p/tmxl-alber...

TMXL: Alberta is getting a new pipeline but who's going to pay for it?

Publicly-owned Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission and Trans Mountain Corporation to build pipeline to the Pacific Coast

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Just a few days ago, Lund's anti-coal campaign enjoyed broad public support and his petition victory was about to greatly inconvenience the Smith government. To turn out to have fumbled the entire petition drive is a dramatic reversal.

Courtney Theriault@ctheriault.bsky.social · last mo.

Anti-coal mining petition led by musician Corb Lund fails, coming up 5600 signatures short after Elections Alberta verification count. www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

Petro-nationalism prevents the Alberta NDP from criticizing the project; Carney's concession to Smith prevents them from arguing against her separatist-coddling strategy. They're pinned.

The Breakdown AB@thebreakdownab.bsky.social · last mo.

Nenshi and the Alberta NDP have responded to Smith's pipeline announcement... With support. No mention of the taxpayer liability or the climate impact. The cultural shift of the NDP to a more centrist position is pretty clear. Will that boost their appeal? #abpoli #ableg

This is a major gift from Carney to Smith—it vindicates her strategy of using the threat of separation to gain leverage.

Jack Farrell@jack-farrell.bsky.social · last mo.

We're about 30 minutes away from PM Carney and Premier Smith giving their much-hyped pipeline announcement. Comes after Carney signed sweeping deal with Eby to clear the way this morning. This will catch you up ahead of the show: www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/b-c...

Two days before Danielle Smith announces a pipeline funded or backed by Alberta taxpayers? Will it be federally backed as well?

Rachel Gilmore@rachelgilmore.bsky.social · last mo.

This is what the entire video is intended to couch. It’s the only part that matters. “We can’t afford to restrain the growth of an important part of our energy mix, oil and gas, to meet a short term goal,” Carney said. “Our emissions will be higher in the next few years”

Even though North American citizens have increasingly rejected or imposed moratoriums on data centres in their communities, the Smith government hasn’t said a word about the liabilities. Enter Brad Stelfox, the province’s most prominent land use ecologist. Andrew Nikiforuk writes. #abpoli

Exposing Alberta’s Wilful Blindness to AI Centre Harms | The Tyee

The UCP refuses to tally risks to nature and people. This expert did it for them.

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From the inbox: there's now a proposed class action in the Alberta voter data breach. Alberta gov, chief electoral officer, David Parker, Centurion Project and Alberta Republican Party named as defendants.

NEW: Alberta separatist leader David Parker has been named in a new class-action lawsuit on behalf of 2.9 million Albertans whose personal information is alleged to have been doxxed through the Centurion Project's voter mobilization app

Progress Alberta welcomes the announcement that the Edmonton Police Service will be formalizing their previously arbitrary media policy, but police transparency in Edmonton still has a long way to go.

This legal win against the Edmonton Police Service is a step forward for accountability

In 2026, Progress Alberta secured a win in the courts that will increase transparency at the Edmonton Police Service. But there's a lot of work left to do, writes Jim Storrie.

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