Stephen Cook

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I listened to all three days of former justice minister Kaycee Madu's law society hearing. Here's a rundown of some of what Madu had to say about his 2021 phone call to EPS Chief Dale McFee just minutes after getting a traffic ticket: cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…

Last year in Edmonton, 302 homeless people died. That's up eight times what it was pre-pandemic (37 in 2019). It's part of an overall alarming increase in homeless deaths across Alberta (124 in 2019 to 787 in 2023). cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…

Why are we still here? Just to suffer?

Last month an entire apartment building in Ritchie was evacuated due to high carbon monoxide levels and 7 people went to the hospital. Yamilé López was among them. She's now calling for CO alarms to be mandatory in all Alberta residences. cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…

I found out why Boyle Street Community Services suddenly vacated its longtime downtown home last year. cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…

Since November 20, the U of A Sexual Assault Centre has offered reduced services because of concerns surrounding volunteer and staff safety following the termination of former director Samantha Pearson. On January 23, three more staff were let go. thegatewayonline.ca/2024/02/more-u…

*taps mic* hello hello. Today we launch This Is Edmonton, part of a new slate of hyperlocal podcasts from @CBC. I'm excited to continue local podcasting with new colleagues by my side! cbc.ca/mediacentre/pr…

@jonnywakefield Uber Eats has it reopening on Thursday. But, to employ our industry's top cliché, only time will tell...

I have it on good authority the McDonald's in City Centre Mall has closed

I fundamentally do not believe some people understand what the press is or what it does

thinking about the forbidden word

How Edmonton's zoning renewal could be a boon for newcomers cbc.ca/news/canada/ed… #yeg #yegcc

@Gnarlywhale You are being tested.

Some residents of the Dene Tha' First Nation in northern Alberta have been forced to leave their homes as a wildfire moves closer to the community. cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…

New third-party #ableg report says Albertans could see lower contributions and higher benefits with a provincial pension plan, but that would rely entirely on it starting with a pot of $334 billion – more than half the assets of the Canada Pension Plan. youtu.be/xPldI713SrQ?li…

I suppose now is a good time to remind Twitter that I'm the only full-time news reporter left at my newspaper that was sold by Gannett in December (and in 2015, they had a 30-person newsroom staff and the town it's located in has a population of 30,000ish).

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 edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/pri…

Broadcasting to northern Alberta and NWT as most of our colleagues have been evacuated. Full coverage on @CBCEdmonton including this interview with Yellowknife’s Mayor. #yeg #NWTWildFire

This is false and obviously so to anyone working in news or politics. The Canadian Press is a news service subscribed to by many news organizations, just like AP in the U.S. Competing outlets independently choose whether to carry a given CP story. No collusion or co-ordination.

The raid by police on a local US newspaper office and homes of reporters is deeply disturbing. Local news providers are essential in holding power to account - and they must be able to report freely, without fear of authorities’ overreach. theguardian.com/us-news/2023/a…