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We found that influencers now drive over 1/2 of political content and nearly 2/3 of all online engagement in Canada. They're not just lifestyle or entertainment figures anymore, with many actively shaping public debate, framing key political events, and mobilizing audiences.
Figure 5. Monthly post volume across platforms (Jan. 2024–July 2025).

ALT Figure 5. Monthly post volume across platforms (Jan. 2024–July 2025).

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Alberta's plan to vastly expand silica exploration and mining has environmentalists worried. We've got the details in our latest. zurl.co/cjTQT #Alberta #environment #mining
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“Smith has been kind of cute about dangling that possibility of separation and then backing away from it. And you know, this really does just confirm that it's a negotiating tactic, not a plan,” Smith is just playing the separatists. Lol! #abpoli theijf.org/alberta-is-flirti…

Alberta is flirting with separatism. But documents show the province isn’t planning for it

Internal records suggest province hasn’t researched economic impacts of Alberta exiting confederation

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Danielle Smith has repeatedly invoked the idea of Alberta independence, but documents show it is not an economic scenario the province is seriously considering.. zurl.co/ATsA2 #abpoli #Alberta
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New from me: a man who sold an assault rifle to an undercover police officer investigating his ties to an Edmonton-area right wing extremist group has been sentenced to 4-1/2 years in prison edmontonjournal.com/news/cri…

Alberta man linked to right-wing extremist group gets 4-1/2 years for selling automatic rifle

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Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time bbc.com/mediacentre/2025/new… via @BBC The AI failings "are systemic, cross-border, and multilingual, and we believe this endangers public trust."
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Mark Dorin@mark_dorin4 Oct 2025
Alberta’s Mature Asset Strategy has 21 recommendations. Energy Dept. Chief of Staff @Vitormarciano told us at Warburg that only certain recommendations were accepted but the Premier mandated on Oct. 2 that the entire strategy be implemented. How do we trust what we’re told?
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BREAKING: In a big turn of events today in sipiwiyiniwak - Thu Parmar went from losing by 6 votes, to winning by more than 600 in the recount. Better Edmonton's Darrell Friesen tells me he will NOT be asking for another recount. #yeg #yegvote
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CBC's Fifth Estate just released its investigation into millions of dollars in Canadian tax-deductible charitable donations being used to subsidize the Israeli army and illegal settlements. This is why the issue should be of concern to everyone. 🧵 /1 youtube.com/watch?v=-4eOsVAx…
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Brett McKay@seeingread17 Oct 2025
Developers used networks of companies to funnel money to Edmonton council candidates theijf.org/developers-used-n…

Developers used networks of companies to funnel money to Edmonton council candidates

Analysis of corporate records shows connections between several companies funding local political campaigns

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As Edmonton voters prepare to go to the polls Oct. 20, the Investigative Journalism Foundation analyzed financial disclosures and corporate records to see if all campaign donors are following the rules. Read what we found in our story. zurl.co/pzelL #abpoli
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What happens when a celebrated scientist is accused of fabricating results to promote his patented product? We’ve obtained a leaked investigation report into misconduct at UBC, and we’re making the findings public for the first time. theijf.org/ubc-misconduct #bcpoli #science #CBC
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The IJF has pulled all contribution data from Edmonton council candidates' financial disclosures into a searchable database. Find contributors, filter for corporate donors and explore the data before you vote on Oct. 20. zurl.co/rlCHA #abpoli

Search Edmonton election candidates’ campaign contributions

Public database lets users explore campaign finances, see major funding sources and look up contributors

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It was touted as the answer to what Premier Danielle Smith called the "leaky" U.S. border, but how effective has Alberta's new border patrol been? Here’s what we found about the number of arrests this $29 million team has made so far. zurl.co/K8YCO #abpoli #border
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Alberta is stepping in to kill Canmore’s “vacancy tax” after developers lobbied the government to intervene. This is the third example we found where the building industry association petitioned the province to override municipal affordable housing policies. theijf.org/alberta-set-to-in… #abpoli #housing
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FYI, this new thing -- Trending Politics -- appears to be tied to Jeff Ballingall's Mobilize Media Group. Ballingall was hired as Poilievre's new "image" guy in May and founded Canada Proud. Trending Politics' editor worked for Pierre Poilievre's office as a "correspondence assistant" up until July. Something to be aware of, since it seems to be attempting to brand itself as non-partisan.
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@TrendPolCa1 Oct 2025
NEW: Conservative leader @PierrePoilievre tells the @cantbcensored podcast what he would have done differently as PM.
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Doug Ford’s ‘common-sense conservation’ is a fast track to extinction, experts warn. The Ontario government has gutted protections for endangered species to pave the way for a ‘wild west’ of unchecked development. New from @XavierRicherVis: ricochet.media/climate/doug-… #onpoli

Doug Ford’s 'common-sense conservation' is a fast track to extinction, experts warn

With Bill 5, the Ontario government has gutted protections for endangered species and wetlands, dismantling decades of work to pave the way for a ‘wild west’ of unchecked development

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Interesting reporting here on the Oilers 50/50 raffles
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@IJFMedia26 Sep 2025
Replying to @IJFMedia
IJF reporter Brett McKay explains more.
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The charity in charge of the Edmonton Oilers 50/50 raffles paid more than $81 million over four years to Win50, a sports betting and gaming company controlled by the Oilers Entertainment Group, according to audited financial statements obtained by the IJF. #abpoli #hockey
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When you buy an Edmonton Oilers 50/50 ticket, how much money ends up with charity? Check out our investigation to find the answer. zurl.co/5aL6i #abpoli #hockey

Oilers 50/50 raffle has paid $81M to company owned by hockey group over 4 years, documents reveal

Financial statements show percentage of ticket sales available for charity has declined since raffle moved online

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