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Justice reporter @edmontonjournal / @edmontonsun . Courts, crime, policing & corrections. U.S. expat via Olympia, Vancouver, northern B.C. DMs open. Also on bsky.

Edmonton, Alberta
Joined January 2011
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Jonny Wakefield
1 year
My latest longread is on the Bilodeau trial and the killing of Morris Cardinal and Jacob Sansom. A father and son chased down and killed two MΓ©tis hunters in northeast Alberta. Fear, family and history are all parts of the story
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Jonny Wakefield
5 years
Spotted on the underpass on 97 Street: a real live tweet.
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6 years
Oh my god Scott Moir holding a beer screaming at the refs I love Canada I feel this country in my bones
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4 years
New from me: A strange purple smoke is emanating from Edmonton's dump and we don't know why. #yeg
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1 year
BREAKING: Alberta farmer Anthony Bilodeau has been sentenced to life in prison with no parole for at least 13 years for killing MΓ©tis hunters Jacob Sansom and Maurice Cardinal. He was convicted of manslaughter and 2nd degree murder, respectively, for his role in the mens’ deaths.
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Jonny Wakefield
3 years
Just learned there’s an Edmonton-area cat rescue that has a senior kitty mascot named Grandpa Garth who hangs out with all the kittens and we must protect him at all costs!
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I don't want to pile on here, but living 30 minutes south of Edmonton and being really into the after work drinks lifestyle? Yeah, that's going to be absolutely horrible.
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4 years
Hello it’s true! I am a Canadian citizen now! A lot to process by thank you all for the kind words!
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3 years
BREAKING: Bradley Barton has been found GUILTY of killing Cindy Gladue. Just just delivered its verdict.
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Jonny Wakefield
3 years
BREAKING: Pastor James Coates' bail review application has been dismissed. He will remain in custody.
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5 years
Some personal news: she said yes, and I have control over a train for the next 35 minutes!
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2 years
NEW: around 40 defence lawyers are picketing the Edmonton courthouse in support of improved legal aid funding.
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2 years
β€œThink of all the dead pine beetles.” β€” Alberta cold snap affirmation
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2 years
Parents are visiting this week. It’s their first time driving up from Washington. Text from mom:
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3 years
Personal news: we got married! Devyn (wife) is the greatest! People came from all over and were very lovely! And yes some of these were taken in a Plus 15.
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Jonny Wakefield
1 year
Reminder that Tyler Shandro's law society hearing resumes in two weeks.
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Jonny Wakefield
2 years
Edmonton personality trait: person who refuses to see first run movies anywhere besides the city centre mall landmark because they’re irrationally invested in its survival
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7 years
Look at these excellent dogs from yesterday's pride parade.
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Jonny Wakefield
3 years
Prediction: I bet some things are going to happen in Alberta tomorrow.
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Jonny Wakefield
3 years
Starting to think it's a bad sign that our telephone network has basically been surrendered to scammers. I'm consistently getting three calls a day from people mirroring my phone number, threatening me with arrest.
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Jonny Wakefield
4 years
Oh, Edmonton.
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4 years
There is a damn brass band playing on the roof of the starlight room this rules.
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6 months
How concerned should I be about a +6 C high in Edmonton Alberta Canada on Nov. 28
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Jonny Wakefield
4 years
City hasn't gotten back to me, but looks like this happens with waste-to-energy plants. From a similar incident in New Jersey: "The pink color ... is a rare occurrence that can happen when a load of trash is combusted that contains amounts of iodine"
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Jonny Wakefield
1 year
From the inbox: 400 lawyers sign letter supporting Indigenous cultural competency requirement for Alberta lawyers. Comes days after 50 lawyers signed a petition asking the Law Society to repeal the rule that brought in such education.
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Jonny Wakefield
1 year
Alberta Justice Minister Tyler Shandro's law society conduct hearing is set to begin any minute now. I'll tweet updates. #ableg
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Jonny Wakefield
5 years
There should be a public art installation that’s just good tweets written on a wall.
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11 months
Had my first encounter with the City of Edmonton’s new single use items bylaw and now my Wendy’s is in a Dollarama bag
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Jonny Wakefield
7 years
Const. Mike Chernyk on the ice at the Oilers season opener. Scars still visible on the side of his head. Man.
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Jonny Wakefield
1 year
EPS just released these photos of constables Brett Ryan and Travis Jordan, who were killed in the line of duty last night.
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Jonny Wakefield
1 year
News: Former Alberta Justice Minister Jonathan Denis charged with professional misconduct
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Jonny Wakefield
4 years
I love Edmonton’s river valley, in part, because of weird stuff like this. It has no markings, emits a fetid odor, and is generally dread-inducing. Cool!
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1 year
@wrythink Like I am fully willing to concede that Edmonton is not everyone's cup of tea, but you weren't actually living in Edmonton?
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Jonny Wakefield
1 year
Still shaking after hearing this. Janice was a titan. A generous colleague and a mentor who you absolutely hated to get scooped by. She broke so many stories & fought to make sure our institutions are transparent. A huge loss for her family and this city.
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Jonny Wakefield
2 years
News: Alberta courts will keep mandatory masking rules after the province dropped almost all COVID-related health measures. The three chief justices say this is because of the "unique position of the courts," which mandate appearances by "vulnerable segments of the population."
@KingsBench_AB
Court of King's Bench of Alberta
2 years
Court attendance is often compulsory, even for vulnerable segments of the population. Consequently, Alberta's Courts are maintaining access restrictions, mandatory face masking, social distancing, courtroom capacity limits and vaccination policies: #ABQB
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Jonny Wakefield
4 years
Love having cats cause sometimes you turn around in your chair and see this.
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Jonny Wakefield
1 year
Weeks after an election that saw him lose his seat by 25 votes, Tyler Shandro is back before the law society today for a hearing on his conduct towards members of the public when he was health minister. Here's where things left off. I'll tweet highlights.
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3 years
Just landed in Vancouver, huge honour to be allowed to drive the SkyTrain. I’m rusty but I’ll try my best.
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Jonny Wakefield
7 years
Update on the naked crash in Nisku. It was also a kidnapping? What. The. Heck. #yeg
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Jonny Wakefield
1 year
NEWS: Multiple sources tell me the Law Society of Alberta special meeting has voted AGAINT repealing a rule used to require lawyers undergo Indigenous education.
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Jonny Wakefield
2 years
BREAKING: Alberta’s highest court has unanimously dismissed the case of Annette Lewis, a terminally ill transplant patient seeking to be re-added to the wait list despite her refusal to take a COVID shot. More to come.
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3 years
News: charges in another "hate-motivated" crime in Edmonton. EPS have charged a 32-year-old woman with assault with a weapon following an incident Tuesday at Southgate LRT. Complainant in the case is a Black woman wearing a hijab. #yeg
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Jonny Wakefield
5 years
This RCMP post has ClickHole energy.
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2 years
save us katy perry
@katyperry
KATY PERRY
2 years
one of my favorite sounds ever is the sound of a crisp new newspaper being read over breakfast for an hour or so… The popping out of it, the folding, the scribbling on the crossword… I hope it never goes out of fashion in our digital world. It is too romantic. πŸ—žοΈβ™₯️
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6 years
This morning, while sitting in court, I realized I am wearing two different shoes. If you are a size seven and we attended a social occasion together recently, please get in touch.
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Jonny Wakefield
5 years
As of this month, I’ve lived in Canada for ten years. I came to this country a small American child, now I can kind of play hockey and am marrying a Canadian. Cool!
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Jonny Wakefield
1 year
News: climate protester Casey Hatherly (who goes by the first name Ever) was briefly in Edmonton court today after being arrested for crashing the Junos stage topless. Here she is talking about why she did what she did (some brief language in here)
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News: the Alberta human rights tribunal has ordered Edmonton police to pay more than $80k to two black men pepper sprayed & told they were lucky they hadn’t been shot after trying to report a crime in 2017. HRT found the men’s treatment was discriminatory.
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Jonny Wakefield
2 years
Remote Canadian province
@TheEconomist
The Economist
2 years
A remote Canadian province luxuriates in the global supply crunch
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Jonny Wakefield
2 years
Just in: disturbing release from EPS. After a standoff, police searched a taxi cab and a home in SE Edmonton and found high-powered rifles with silencers and EPS/other first responder uniforms. Also turned up an improvised explosive device.
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Jonny Wakefield
4 years
Just got a date for my Canadian citizenship ceremony! πŸ˜ŽπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‘©πŸΌβ€βš–οΈπŸπŸ₯ŒπŸŽ©πŸ¦ŒπŸŒ²β„οΈπŸ€©πŸ•ΊπŸ»
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7 years
Edmonton's Somali community has released a joint statement on attacks: "this individual has no place in our community." #yeg
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7 years
Guys. Today I crossed the border and became a Canadian permanent resident.
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9 months
New from me: 2 Black men who tried to report a crime to Edmonton police β€” but instead ended up pepper sprayed, handcuffed and told they were lucky they hadn’t been shot β€” were victims of racial discrimination, the Alberta Human Rights Tribunal has found.
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Jonny Wakefield
3 years
Breaking: Judge Robert Shaigec has dismissed Pastor James Coates' Charter application in its entirety. β€œThe argument that James Coates was forced to either forsake his conscience or secure his liberty has been answered … religious freedoms are subject to the rule of law.”
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Jonny Wakefield
4 months
I really was not expecting the premier of British Columbia to respond to this news by ... absolutely roasting MBAs.
@RobShaw_BC
Rob Shaw
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. @Dave_Eby slams @Bell for cutting local news today. Calls the company a "corporate vampire" - sucking up news outlets for profit and shutting them down. Wants Ottawa to prevent this in the future.
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Jonny Wakefield
5 years
Let us pause to consider this old Raptors logo.
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Jonny Wakefield
4 months
New from me: last year, a man calling himself Mac appeared on a β€œcarnivore” YouTube channel, thanking viewers for raising ~$63k to help him & his wife pay for cattle feed Mac, it turns out, is Don MacIntyre, an ex-Alberta MLA convicted of child sex abuse
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Jonny Wakefield
3 years
Not a good night for Mike Nickel's endorsees, either. Of the 6 who got the nod, not one won. Nakota Isga β€”David Olivier 2nd Anirniqβ€”Ali Haymour 4th Tastawiyiniwakβ€”Jon Dziadyk 2nd Deneβ€”Tricia Velthuizen 2nd O-day’minβ€”Tony Caterina 5th Papastewβ€”Tarcy Schindelka 6th
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3 years
Breaking: the RCMP Integrated National Security Enforcement Team has charged an Alberta man who was posting extremist content online and had a cache of guns and explosives. They believe Kelvin Benjamin Maure was a a "threat to critical infrastructure, the police and the public."
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Jonny Wakefield
2 years
Really tremendous stuff
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1 year
Hmm I’m not sure the Canadian Space Agency will be winning any Irish friends with this one.
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Jonny Wakefield
3 months
The RCMP, interestingly, was "strongly opposed," for public perception reasons. "It would create a greater divide within the area that is unnecessary and frankly display the holes in the justice system.” I don't recall seeing this sort of thing in past parole decisions.
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Jonny Wakefield
4 years
RCMP dash-cam footage shows officer tackling chief during arrest. RCMP statement from 6 days ago: β€œMr. Adam was placed under arrest & resisted. They were trying to effect an arrest & there was enough resistance that the members did use additional force.”
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Jonny Wakefield
3 years
New from me: in the past year, Edmonton has seen a spate of physical & verbal attacks against Muslim women. Mayor Amarjeet Sohi says addressing hate-based violence is his top priority. A close look at the attacks reveals a really complicated picture.
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Jonny Wakefield
3 years
News: an Edmonton court has awarded a $60k defamation judgment against Ezra Levant. Some background from the trial, which I covered:
@KingsBench_AB
Court of King's Bench of Alberta
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An #ABQB judge awarded $60,000 in damages to Dr. Farhan Chak, ruling he succeeded in his defamation claim against former Sun Media TV host Ezra Levant and the defendants failed to make out a justification defence. Read the full decision at: #albertacourts
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Jonny Wakefield
3 years
Classic Edmonton moment: 1. trying to turn east on 61 Ave. 2. realizing you can’t turn east on 61 Ave. because of the sinkhole 3. being forced to turn around at McDonald’s Island 4. getting McDonald’s
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Jonny Wakefield
5 years
Oh wow this NYT opinion piece on how Canada is Good has all the hits
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Jonny Wakefield
2 years
Feeling cute? *Don’t* delete later. A message from the Government of Canada πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦
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Jonny Wakefield
6 years
I hadn't seen these yet: CP photos of the scene of the crash involving the Humboldt Broncos bus. Absolutely unbelievable. #HumboldtBroncos
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Jonny Wakefield
4 years
This I did not know: "Alberta now has the dubious distinction of having the largest workplace COVID-19 outbreak in North America, stemming from the Cargill meat-packing plant in High River."
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Jonny Wakefield
5 years
Extremely good CBC poll.
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Jonny Wakefield
5 years
Hey guys, win or lose we can’t lose sight of the real impact of this raptors team: the generation of 28 year old dudes they’ve inspired to maybe try playing rec basketball sometime
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UPDATED: Edmonton police officer who kicked Indigenous teen’s head won’t be charged despite scathing ASIRT decision. Pacey Dumas's lawyer, a former EPS in-house counsel, is calling it a "cover up."
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Jonny Wakefield
3 years
Spotted at the auto wrecker outsider Lamont. I will be thinking about this forever.
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Jonny Wakefield
3 years
New: Edmonton police are facing a $400+k lawsuit from an Indigenous youth who claims an officer kicked him in the head during an arrest. Pacey Dumas has spent 2021 with a hole in his skull. MDs removed a section to relieve pressure on his swelling brain.
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5 years
This is NUTS.
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Jonny Wakefield
3 years
Wow, this letter. "Since your election, you have spent more physical time managing your business in Texas than being physically present in our Region."
@TownSlaveLake
Town of Slave Lake
3 years
Slave Lake Town Council wrote an open letter to MLA @PatRehnUCP expressing their displeasure with his performance as MLA for Lesser Slave Lake and the lack of proper representation for our Region. #abpoli @Alberta_UCP @jkenney #LesserSlaveLake
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3 years
Well, cast the ol’ ballot. My first U.S. vote was in the 2008 presidential election, aged 18. My first Canadian vote was … this … one.
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Jonny Wakefield
7 years
Is it because the earth is round
@nationalpost
National Post
7 years
Why Canada would be directly in the way of a North Korean nuclear war
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Jonny Wakefield
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News: Pacey Dumas, the Indigenous man who had to have a section of skull removed after being kicked in the head by an EPS officer, has begun the process of launching a private prosecution after the Alberta Crown declined to try the case. #yeg
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Jonny Wakefield
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Quite the quote from @RuralMA prez on Alberta's move to close small town victim services agencies in favour of regional hubs. "We just continue to be exhausted by the movement of this government to want to go down this path. It makes no sense.”
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Jonny Wakefield
4 years
I would like to request the removal of β€œI’ll Be Home For Christmas” from all grocery store holiday playlists for the duration of the pandemic.
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Jonny Wakefield
3 years
New from me: Albert Bandura, perhaps the most famous academic to ever come out of Alberta, has died at 95. A 2002 study found he was the fourth most-cited psychologist EVER, one spot behind Freud.
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5 years
A grade six student wrote a letter to the editor today, endorsing the very sensible position that you should not climb Mount Everest.
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Jonny Wakefield
4 years
The Crown hits different after you’ve sworn an oath to the main character.
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Jonny Wakefield
3 years
New from me: I wrote 4,000 words on the GraceLife Church controversy, how we got here, and why you need to look to Southern California to fully understand what's happening here. The story is in print this weekend. #COVID19AB #ableg
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Jonny Wakefield
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β€’ CPS officer tips over a man handcuffed to a wheelchair β€’ Steps on his foot, kicks him in the face, jokes about it β€’ Won't have a criminal record after a judge granted conditional discharge. Judge noted officer was "going through a difficult divorce."
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Jonny Wakefield
2 months
God, more sad media news. The Whitehorse Star β€” whose motto (Illegitmus non carborundum β€” don’t let the bastards grind you down) is the best in journalism β€” is closing.
@WhitehorseStar
The Whitehorse Star
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After 124 years, we’re calling it an era It is with heavy hearts that today, we announce the impending closure of the Whitehorse Star, a trusted source of news and information in our community for 124 years
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Jonny Wakefield
3 years
Have they considered unloading the Suez boat and portaging it
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UPDATED: An Edmonton police constable who fatally shot an unarmed man will not face criminal charges despite Alberta’s police watchdog concluding there were grounds to believe the officer committed a β€œculpable homicide.”
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Jonny Wakefield
4 years
NEWS: Edmonton public schools trustee @CJohner has resigned over comments she made yesterday about refugee children and violence, during a debate about school resource officers. From @EPSBNews :
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Jonny Wakefield
4 months
Exclusive: A retired Edmonton police officer accused of falsifying arrest reports and warrant documentation allegedly had $80,000 cash in his work locker at the time of his initial arrest, court documents obtained by Postmedia state.
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Jonny Wakefield
5 years
I have obtained a searchable version of the Mueller report and can confirm it does not contain the word "Edmonton."
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Jonny Wakefield
3 years
This week Poundmaker’s Lodge Treatment Centre hosted a gathering for survivors of the Edmonton Indian Residential School, which once stood on its grounds. George Muldoe, 79, showed reporters where he was ordered to dig a grave in 1958. Was really tough hearing his stories.
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Jonny Wakefield
1 year
Just infuriating what Jessica is having to deal with here.
@ctvedmonton
CTV Edmonton
1 year
A message from Jessica Robb: On Sunday night, a very personal and vulnerable moment unfolded as I reported live on air.
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7 years
"The shootout is a universally beloved means of ending international hockey tournaments."
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Jonny Wakefield
1 year
Quite the quote from the Smith ethics commish report. Politicians involving themselves in prosecutions "is the 1st step toward the type of judicial system often found in a non-democratic or pseudo-democratic country where members of & friends of those in power are shielded..."
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Jonny Wakefield
2 years
1:51:38 half marathon! How I look: How I feel:
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Jonny Wakefield
4 years
A bunch of bison escaped a trailer in Hythe. If they make it across the B.C. border, they're free, it's the law
@JunkerAnna
Anna Junker
4 years
In some extremely Alberta news, bison jimmied their way out of a trailer and are now on the loose. #ab
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Jonny Wakefield
2 years
The use of "criminal organization" is interesting. Obviously we have too little info at that point to figure out what that means β€” e.g. was this an organization that existed before, or something more ad hoc?
@RCMPAlberta
RCMP Alberta
2 years
Alberta RCMP make arrests at Coutts Border Blockade:
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