Provincial Affairs Reporter for @CBCSask. @CAJ National Director - Saskatchewan region, Data, politics & #cdnfoi. Cat dad. He/him. DMs open
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A #BLM protest in Bristol, U.K., has pulled down a statue of Edward Colston, a 17th-century slave trader, dragged it through the streets and thrown it in the river.
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Do you know how amazing it is to have an Asian basketball player on the Raptors, while they’re in the NBA Finals wear this shirt? Representation matters
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PM Justin Trudeau announces $37B in child care deals with 11 provinces and territories.
The provinces not on the list? Saskatchewan and Alberta
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Just in: New Brunswick has identified no new cases for 14th straight day. Total number of cases remains at 118. All 118 have recovered at this time! #NewBrunswick #COVID19
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Catholic church officials say they tried their best but could only raise a fraction of $25M promised to residential school survivors.
In the meantime, they built a new $28.5 million church in Saskatoon. Via @WarickCBC #SKpoli
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According to @flightradar24 a plane just flew in a heart shape over the #Portapique area. #NovaScotiaStrong #novascotia
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Shortly after I took this photo I was called a racial slur while attending Canada Day celebrations in Wascana Park.
I can not explain to you how upsetting and hurtful it is to be reduced to a slur.
Do better. Be better.
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Former Niagara cop sexually abused 11 women. He'll serve 18 months of house arrest
The judge said, a year and a half of house arrest was appropriate given his "long record of service to the community" as a police officer for over 28 years.
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.@DimitriNeonakis's latest piece of sky art is in honour of George Floyd.
Neonakis flew more than 330 nautical miles over #NovaScotia to create the pattern.
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The man heckling MPP @GurratanSingh is Stephen Garvey of the National Citizens Alliance, a far-right political party that rejects Canadian multiculturalism.
Garvey is running in the federal election in the riding of Cumberland-Colchester in Nova Scotia.
Wow. Incredible vid captures Brampton MPP @gurratansingh & NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s brother, facing down a racist hater spewing Islamophobia at #Muslimfest2019. “I condemn your racism.”
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A strongly worded statement from Brandon University on Theo Fleury, who it awarded an honorary degree in 2015.
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The premier was just asked about debunking and pushing back on COVID-19 conspiracy theories:
Moe's response was to say he's not sure about the science behind using horse dewormer against COVID-19.
Let's just be clear. Don't use horse dewormer against COVID-19. #COVID19SK
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And the award for the worst ethics in journalism goes to: @NicoHines and @thedailybeast thedailybeast.com/articles/2…
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If you think anti-Asian racism isn’t present in Canada then I’d encourage you to read up on the recent spike of targeted crimes against the Asian community and also look at the history of this country.
Japanese internment camps and the head tax are just a few examples.
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association does not mince words on the announcement that Premier Scott Moe will invoke the notwithstanding clause
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A sitting MPP urges people to call into Ottawa emergency lines despite police asking people not to tie up critical infrastructure.
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Oh boy does Rolling Stone have the story for you
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Just because you don’t like the questions being asked doesn’t mean it’s bad journalism to ask them.
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BREAKING: New Brunswick has continued its streak of 0 new COVID-19 cases. 15 days without a new infection. #NewBrunswick #COVID19
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🧵: Some personal and professional news
Today is my last day covering the Maritimes and working for @globalhalifax and @Global_NB after nearly four years.
I won’t say where I’m off to next but I want to say that working and living here has been such an enormous honour
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BREAKING: Federal Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says that a public inquiry will be held into the Nova Scotia Shooting.
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You haven’t really experienced covering a pandemic until you receive messages from readers accusing you of *checks notes* being a Chinese sleeper agent living in Canada to spread “fake news.”
Emergencies can bring out the best and worst in people.
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.@andersoncooper is in Sask (photo from his Instagram)
He looks to be doing some coverage out at Cowessess First Nation.
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Video of the Tittle Bridge collapse near Canso, N.S., has been sent to Global News. It is pretty shocking. #novascotia
Full story here: globalnews.ca/news/7150678/s…
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I’m #Halifax, N.S. the city is coming up on the 3 year anniversary of a mass protest that saw calls for a statue of the city’s founder, Edward Cornwallis, to be removed.
Cornwallis led an extermination campaign against the province’s Mi’kmaq inhabitants
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It would be prudent for people who haven’t covered/are unfamiliar with Nova Scotia to not attempt to extrapolate tonight’s result and apply it to the upcoming federal election.
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A reminder that it’s ok to not enjoy Mother’s Day.
I know I’ve not been the biggest fan since my mother died.
Kind thoughts to everyone else who struggles every year on the second Sunday of May.
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A Saskatoon woman is facing one count of uttering threats after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was threatened with death or bodily harm on social media, RCMP say.
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Let’s 👏🏼 make 👏🏼 Nova 👏🏼 Scotia 👏🏼 a 👏🏼 unit 👏🏼 of 👏🏼 measurement 👏🏼 #leadersdebate2019 #cdnpoli
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More than 300 people showed up at the legislature in Regina to rally against changes to Saskatchewan’s sex education curriculum and pronoun policy.
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CBC Sports' @Devin_Heroux (and Saskatchewanian) is set to receive a medal for 'top-quality, enthusiastic and empathetic sports coverage'
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A Halifax mayoral candidate would appear to be violating Section 155(1)(a)(i) of the Nova Scotia Municipal Elections Act.
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I'm the newspaper reporter. I'm the hotel clerk. I'm the combination newspaper reporter/hotel clerk.
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From the story:
“Reached early Saturday morning, Nova Scotia RCMP said they were unaware of the incident.”
Several local fire departments were called to the scene around midnight and were still working to contain the blaze around 4 a.m. local time.
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As if 2020 couldn't get any worse. Theodore Tugboat, an icon of the Halifax Harbour, has been put up for sale by Ambassatours Gray Line. #halifax
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If Nova Scotia politicians and health officials could stop tweeting photos of their feet we’d all get through this weekend so much easier.
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The province of Nova Scotia has confirmed that no cabinet ministers travelled during the holidays.
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This was a wild exchange in the Saskatchewan legislature today. The speaker gave a verbal reprimand to Minister Jeremy Harrison
Ty Thiessen 🌾🇨🇦🍁
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An update from the Poilievre campaign by @EvanDyerCBC
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In one day Canada has seen the first Black Canadian chosen as Speaker of the House of Commons and the first First Nations premier in a provincial election.
Representation matters
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The same man who flew a heart-shaped pattern over Portapique after the shooting has now flown over Truro, N.S., spelling out the name Dylan, the three-year-old who officials continue to search for after going missing last week. That man’s name is Dimitri Neonakis.
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Well, you could really hear the boos when Mark Carney took part in that coin toss #GreyCup
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I tweeted about Cortland Cronk and now I think the population of New Brunswick has declared war on the New York Times
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If every cabinet minister could tweet a photo of themselves holding a current edition of their local newspaper this would make the next few days a whole lot easier for all of us.
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Everyone else triples the amount of garlic cloves listed on the recipe, right? It’s not just me?
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Nova Scotia has endured a month of experiencing one hellish tragedy after another.
You’re my adopted home. I wish this pain would stop. No single place deserves this much hurt.
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This is getting a lot of RT's but it's a photoshop. We were there as they papered over the actual billboard. None of the letters were whited out or vandalized.
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I love Halifax. I love the East Coast. Thank you for being my home and making me into the journalist I never thought I could be.
It’s not goodbye forever. It’s just a goodbye for now.
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Two days after Brian Jones wrote a column about public sector workers it appears he's out as a columnist for the St. John's Telegram.
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Darren Fisher
Never check your inbox. Sometimes people call you racial slurs and other times, like today, you get called a minority hire.
Slurs are worse but I'd like to talk about countering imposter syndrome and the concept of being hired just because you're a minority in media.
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"We've charted our own path" - Premier Scott Moe
"We have the highest death rate in the country" - @SLangeneggerCBC
"If you look at the entirety of the pandemic that's simply not true" - Moe
"We have the highest death rate in the country right now" - @SLangeneggerCBC
#SKpoli
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CBC News and @IJFMedia have internal documents showing the Sask government knew COVID was spreading at an "exponential" rate in the fall of 2021, days before publicly declining to re-introduce measures doctors said were urgently needed to stop the spread
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Ottawa mayor Jim Watson responds to a number of Sask. MPs and a Senator posing for photos in support of the trucker protest in Ottawa.
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It took less than 30 minutes for all six polls to come in for Regina Walsh Acres.
CBC projects NDP Candidate Jared Clarke has been elected in the Regina Walsh Acres
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I don't know what to say after today.
There are still so many questions and few answers.
My heart goes out to everyone in Portapique, N.S. and across the province. Take care of one another. Hug your loved ones if you can.
We'll get through this together.
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Heads up to any family members affected by the crash. If you’re heading to The humbolt/Saskatoon area @CanaltaHotels is offering free accommodations tonight. @GlobalSaskatoon @GlobalRegina #PrayersForHumboldt
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Regina police say they never told the Sask. Party that property damage at a campaign office was gunshots and the first police officer to respond to the scene arrived hours after Scott Moe's initial comments Tuesday #SKpoli
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At the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport conference in New Orleans, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick's pronoun policies are referenced as anti-trans policies in Canada.
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Having family suddenly die during a pandemic is a nightmare.
It’s also a reminder to hold your loved ones close and to keep the good memories in your mind.
I’ll be offline for awhile. Take care.
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2020 has been a painful year for Nova Scotia, including the loss of the Chief William Saulis and its six crew members.
@DimitriNeonakis has taken to the sky after every tragedy in an attempt to provide solace and comfort to the region.
Here’s his latest piece of sky art.
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Nova Scotia is reporting no new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. There are now 11 active cases in the province.
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Star Blanket Cree Nation Chief Michael Starr and Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu are holding a news conference at Star Blanket Cree Nation this morning, announcing that the drinking water advisory for the nation is being lifted for the first time in 17 years.
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Saskatchewan Federation of Labour chartered seven buses full of protestors to the provincial legislature. At least a few hundred people here now. #skpoli
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Over the first two days of early voting in Saskatchewan, 119,406 people have cast a ballot.
That's more than the entire five-day early voting period in the 2011 and 2016 general elections
It's also the equivalent of 27 per cent of the votes cast in the 2020 election #SKpoli
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BREAKING: Nova Scotia implements 14-day isolation period for anyone crossing the border from New Brunswick to Nova Scotia.
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In the 6 days since Sask. announced a proof of vaccination policy, it has administered more than 19,000 doses.
That's thousands more than any 6 day period back to the beginning of August.
More important: 10,000+ of the doses were first shots. @CBCSask #COVID19SK
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This is impressive because I don’t think I know 22 people well enough to be able to convince them to all come over at the same time and break public health orders.
22 people were fined $1,000 last night for violating the Health Protection Act for attending some kind of late night gathering in the south end.
#Halifax @globalhalifax
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Absolutely howling at the phrase "engage in the sex"
Hello. Some of you might be wanting to engage in the sex this weekend. Please be safe & #BeCOVIDwise:
- stick to sexual partner(s) you live with (or consider virtual sex)
- wash your hands before/after sex
- use a condom
- avoid kissing/sex if you’re sick
SexItSmart.ca
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.@CH_Cartoon has an editorial cartoon this morning that probably captures the mood of a lot of Nova Scotians.
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NEW: Nova Scotia and New Brunswick have confirmed with Global News that they will each be receiving approximately 1,950 doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine next week.
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.@CBCSask spoke with 3 experts. All say Premier Scott Moe's comments on vaccines not stopping transmission of COVID-19 are wrong and misinformed.
I unpack the base rate fallacy and why Moe's misunderstanding goes beyond that one issue. #SKPoli #COVID19SK
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Yesterday someone came up to me during city council and told me that my coverage is what made him realize he had to go to city hall to present his views on parking minimums.
I’ll be riding that high for a while. Thank you to everyone who reads, listens or watches local news
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Is there a sign that’s more ignored than the “do not climb on” one next to the wave on the Halifax Waterfront?
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I wrote two stories involving vaccines in one day so my inbox is a very calm and rational place at the moment.
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A reminder that journalism isn’t a race to see who can get a story first.
It’s about getting it right.
If it takes some time to get it right that is ok.
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The moment the Saskatchewan legislature was cleared this afternoon as calls for "Ceasefire now" rained down on MLAs.
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I know I promised I’d stay off this website but I just want to say thank you to everyone who has reached out over the past 24 hours wishing me the best and hoping I’m ok.
Journalists aren’t supposed to be part of the story but covering this topic is hard.
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Did no one check the acronym for this?
As of today, TTC Fare Inspectors will now be known as Provincial Offences Officers. These employees will also be wearing new uniforms. You can spot them in grey shirts and a Provincial Offences Officer vest.
To learn more, visit: bit.ly/4m1MeKu
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