Meghan Grant
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CBC Calgary courts & crime reporter. Maritimer. Prosecco pusher. [email protected]
calgary
Joined April 2010
Today is day 1 of our Lethbridge launch. Come say hi and be part of our live radio audience at the Lethbridge public library main branch 😁
TOMORROW: Be part of our live audience in Lethbridge as @CBCHomestretch with @chrisdelatorre and @CBCJenny go live on location at @LethLib (Main Branch). Hear from our new reporter @osrm3n, singer songwriter @ShaelaMillerAB and @MayorHyggen. Meet & greet with treats to follow.
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NEW: Alberta premier's office contacted Crown prosecution about Coutts cases: sources From @elisevonscheel + me https://t.co/5dEw1AxbWv
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Alberta Crown Prosecutors felt political pressure around their assessment and direction on cases stemming from the Coutts border blockades and protests, sources say. Some prosecutors worried about...
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NEW: Joanne Person, 63, had weapons, mischief charges withdrawn in court today Person lives in Coutts & hosted 3 of 4 men accused of conspiring to murder RCMP officers during border blockade Charges laid after raids on trailers on Person's property https://t.co/BN7KnHXPY3
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One of the protesters who was arrested and charged during the border blockades at Coutts, Alta., last winter has seen two of her charges withdrawn.
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A really great piece on JJ
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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NEW: 2nd Calgary JCCF lawyer charged in Manitoba judge surveillance case In July, Jay Cameron told the judge who was surveilled that he only learned of the PI hired by JCCF "weeks" earlier. Todays news suggests Winnipeg police don't believe that's true https://t.co/FowQD4wwn2
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Children of the 90s: can’t you just smell this photo?
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NEW: Lawsuit filed over story of Russian bribe plot targeting Nenshi 'frivolous,' say defendants Shane and Edith Wenzel launched $1-million lawsuit over story alleging their $ funded plot Now, Canadaland and Prem Singh have filed statements of defence https://t.co/w7QRmaQG1H
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The news outlet being sued after reporting about a failed plot to entrap Naheed Nenshi in a scandal when he was mayor of Calgary has filed a statement of defence. Canadaland says it only printed...
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Using only a restaurant, tell us where you went to college.
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I’d be so mad too
So, my wife and I were conducting a Jan 1 review of our 20-yr relationship & I asked if there was anything abt me that made her angry, & she said yes actually, she was still mad at me for preventing her from patting a wild wombat we encountered on a hike in Tasmania 12 years ago
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NEW: Alberta government increases legal aid hourly pay by 25% But groups representing lawyers has not yet said if this will end their job action https://t.co/BESQ8wlXoU
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After four months of legal aid job action, the Alberta government announced Wednesday it has increased the hourly tariffs for lawyers from $100 to $125.
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NEW: 'It doesn't feel good,' Calgary police chief says of data showing morale at all-time low The employee satisfaction survey results are out and some of the numbers are dismal Only 13% of employees say morale is 'good' at CPS https://t.co/VQ98cQokVw
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NEW: Calgary police officer with history of harassing women she views as romantic rivals sees most recent set of charges dropped Const. Jacki MacNeil previously pleaded guilty to offences related to harassment in both criminal court & under Police Act https://t.co/GbiJNO306M
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homemade bits n bites packages for each family member sent through the mail = my mother in law is better than your mother in law
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The only thing I have to say about the Toronto Life article is: Cactus Club’s falafel med bowl is very good* *ducks
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NEW: A Calgary police officer pushed over a homeless, handcuffed man who’d been placed in a wheelchair The officer then stepped on victim’s bare foot & kicked the man in the face Today judge released video of the assault & handed cop suspended sentence https://t.co/N3D9wymPsV
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NEW: Supreme Court upholds convictions of 2 Calgary men who killed landlord https://t.co/7RPm34nIfs
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