@markusoff

Writer, editor, TV & radio talker, still on this app in spite of it all.

 Calgary
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Joined February 2010
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A Cree elder came to a museum one summer, asking to find where his brother was buried. Farmer showed up, too, with long-faded grave markers. Inside the long quest to remember the children of Red Deer residential school: macleans.ca/longforms/reside…

Finding David Lightning: The decades-long quest to locate an unmarked grave - Macleans.ca

In 1987, a Cree Elder went looking for his brother’s final resting place. His quest is now a beacon in the search for residential school graves.

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Keith Gerein@keithgereinOct 21
Terrible news for #Yeg Hopefully we will hear more about what happened.
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Kathleen Petty@kathleen_pettyOct 21
Alberta separatists lost the vote. They'll continue their fight inside Danielle Smith's party Analysis by @markusoff cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/a…

ANALYSIS | Alberta separatists lost the vote. They'll continue their fight inside Danielle Smith's...

After the referendum, the UCP leader hardened her support for a united Canada. Much of her base has other ideas.

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Julia Wong@JuliaWongCBCOct 20
When those first unofficial results started rolling out, there was silence here at the APP watch party and I heard someone say “uh oh.” Then, no reaction when CBC projected that the remain side had won the vote. I saw a couple people cross their arms.
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Kathleen Petty@kathleen_pettyOct 16
Danielle Smith has said no to a second referendum. But that decision might not be hers to make cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/d…

Danielle Smith has said no to a second referendum. But that decision might not be hers to make |...

The premier's pledge raises questions about the fate of the original citizen’s initiative petition — still mired in litigation — that called for the vote in the first place.

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Kathleen Petty@kathleen_pettyOct 15
Who else besides Danielle Smith is saying 'yes to the nine' in Alberta's referendum? Analysis by @markusoff cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/a…

ANALYSIS | Who else besides Danielle Smith is saying 'yes to the nine' in Alberta's referendum? |...

Alberta's premier put immigration and constitutional questions on the ballot as easy winners. UCP officials worry she might lose some of them.

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Jason Markusoff@markusoffOct 14
43,500 Ukrainians in Alberta with non-permanent migrant status. They'd be affected by Danielle Smith's referendum questions. Doubt they're explicit targets of the proposed crackdown on services for temporary residents, but they represent 1 in 7 of them. cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/u…

She fled Ukraine to safety in Alberta. Now, she’s worried about her place after the referendum |...

Ukrainians in Alberta fear what the outcome of the immigration questions in the referendum could mean for their standing in the province they now call home.

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Duane Bratt🇨🇦@DuaneBrattOct 14
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ANALYSIS | Who else besides Danielle Smith is saying 'yes to the nine' in Alberta's referendum? |...

Alberta's premier put immigration and constitutional questions on the ballot as easy winners. UCP officials worry she might lose some of them.

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43,500 Ukrainians in Alberta with non-permanent migrant status. They'd be affected by Danielle Smith's referendum questions. Doubt they're explicit targets of the proposed crackdown on services for temporary residents, but they represent 1 in 7 of them. cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/u…

She fled Ukraine to safety in Alberta. Now, she’s worried about her place after the referendum |...

Ukrainians in Alberta fear what the outcome of the immigration questions in the referendum could mean for their standing in the province they now call home.

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Dave Breakenridge@BreakenridgeYEGOct 12
Social media denizens after the drop in bot traffic
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Danielle Smith lavishes praise on Ottawa for how much it collaborated w/ province before naming new judges, days before Alberta’s referendum Q that proposes to constutionally overhaul judicial appointment system. (bonus, surely, that 1 new judge was her deputy justice min.)
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Kathleen Petty@kathleen_pettyOct 9
‘Not as long as I’m premier’: Danielle Smith rules out 2nd separation referendum if Albertans vote to remain cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/a…

‘Not as long as I’m premier’: Danielle Smith rules out 2nd separation referendum if Albertans vote...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith was definitive Friday when asked whether she’d commit to not holding another referendum on Alberta separation should a majority of Albertans vote to remain in Canada on...

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Jason Markusoff@markusoffOct 8
The timeline of western alienation may be long, but for so many Alberta separatists their trajectories really began in 2020 and 2021, with COVID. New by me: cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/a…

ANALYSIS | How anti-COVID activism injected life into Alberta's separatist movement | CBC News

They fought vaccines and public health restrictions. Over time, their push for freedom shifted to independence.

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"Polling ahead of the Oct. 19 referendum suggests the separatist cohort is a minority of residents now, just as the COVID policy critics and the vaccine-wary were in the minority then". Analysis by @markusoff cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/a…
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The timeline of western alienation may be long, but for so many Alberta separatists their trajectories really began in 2020 and 2021, with COVID. New by me: cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/a…

ANALYSIS | How anti-COVID activism injected life into Alberta's separatist movement | CBC News

They fought vaccines and public health restrictions. Over time, their push for freedom shifted to independence.

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Kathleen Petty@kathleen_pettyOct 7
First came the blockade. Then came separatism. Old tensions revived in Coutts cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/c…

First came the blockade. Then came separatism. Old tensions revived in Coutts | CBC News

This tiny town made international headlines when truckers angry at COVID-19 vaccine mandates blocked the border with the U.S. Many of those frustrated by how the convoy ended have found new purpose...

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Charlie Pinkerton@CharliePinkertoOct 7
NEW: Postmedia's ex-CEO alleged Premier Ford's then-top staffer used "leverage" over his son's company by promising funding to it, coupled with a favour — helping get the newspaper chain to run a letter from Ford to voters on the eve of the 2025 election. thetrillium.ca/news/politics…

Postmedia ex-CEO alleges Doug Ford’s office used ‘leverage’ over son’s company to get newspaper...

Premier Ford’s office calls the claims ‘categorically untrue and completely disconnected from reality’

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Andrew Leach 🇨🇦@andrew_leachOct 5
The Government of Alberta sure seems to think that separation is on the ballot on October 19th.
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Alex Boyd@alex_n_boydOct 2
I see this story, about the links between the top Alberta independence social media account and a well known separatist leader, is getting some attention here today. There have also been some common questions, so I'm going to add my 2 cents! cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/r…

It’s the biggest Alberta separatist account on the internet. It shares DNA with a movement leader |...

The account Rise of Alberta is anonymous and drives four times as much engagement as the next most popular account.

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Alexander Quon@AlexanderQuonOct 2
It's the biggest Alberta separatist account on the internet. It has links to a movement leader cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/r…

It’s the biggest Alberta separatist account on the internet. It shares DNA with a movement leader |...

The account Rise of Alberta is anonymous and drives four times as much engagement as the next most popular account.

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Kathleen Petty@kathleen_pettyOct 2
It's the biggest Alberta separatist account on the internet. It has links to a movement leader Rise of Alberta account drives 4 times as much engagement as next most popular cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/r…

It’s the biggest Alberta separatist account on the internet. It shares DNA with a movement leader |...

The account Rise of Alberta is anonymous and drives four times as much engagement as the next most popular account.

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