Sean Amato
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journalist. news hunter. proud Indigenous canadian. ballpark traveller.
Edmonton, Alberta
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The party that racked up $207,000 in leadership race fines - and had 6 MLAs vacation against pandemic health guidance - had a rule-breaking dinner at the
#SkyPalace
. Premier’s spokesperson responds calling Albertans “hall monitors.”
#ableg
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South African soldier dance in
#yeg
. 300 ready for
#ymmfire
. One of the coolest things I've ever seen.
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The High Level Bridge is lit for Joey Moss tonight - green & gold, orange & blue - the colours of the teams he loved and the fans, players, staff that loved him.
#yeg
#RIPJoeyMoss
@ctvedmonton
@EdmontonOilers
@EdmFootballTeam
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They’re searching my grandfather’s residential school. Treaty 8. Shores of Slave Lake. He took me there. Told me stories. I think about him a lot. This process is very saddening and confusing. But he’d want the truth known, whatever it is.
#yeg
#TruthAndReconciliation
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Had a fire & some bannock with family today. I’m only 35. But being native wasn’t “cool” as a kid. We were teased. It was easier to hide it. But that is changing. Canada is getting better. I’m proud. We teach the kids to be proud too now.
#NationalDayofTruthandReconciliation
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Breaking: Fan video of musician
#Meatloaf
collapsing at a concert in Edmonton, AB. Taken by EMS.
#yeg
@ctvedmonton
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The owner of this Spruce Grove Tempo says the sign is in response to carbon taxes, which increased Jan 1st. He’ll take it down tomorrow, but doesn’t regret it. “NDP snowflakes can buy elsewhere. Liberals too,” he says.
@ctvedmonton
#yeg
#ableg
#abpoli
#cdnpoli
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This is the largest gathering/rally/vigil I can ever remember seeing at
#AbLeg
in
#yeg
.
#QuebecShooting
@ctvedmonton
#QuebecMosqueAttack
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This lie by the Justice Minister puts working journalists like me at risk. Media companies are already removing decals, hiring security, and refusing to cover high-risk events. This is a dangerous thing for him to stand by - I have police reports to prove it.
#ableg
#yeg
#yyc
On Facebook, Alberta Justice Minister Kaycee Madu says new COVID-19 restrictions were necessary to avoid overwhelming Alberta's hospital system.
"That’s what the NDP, the media and the federal Liberals were looking for and want. We simply couldn’t allow that to happen."
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The
@DorchesterRev
should not be sharing photos of stolen Indigenous children in an effort to minimize what happened to them. Many kids were beaten, some were murdered. Those posts are vile, hurtful, and incredibly disrespectful to survivors and families like mine.
#yeg
#ableg
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We’re outta there. All good. Aside from the usual “fake news” & “Trudeau lover” we were told that we’re “going to hell” & we’re both “pu$$ies” amd “wimps”. But Ed worked in the Remand for 30+ years so I’m pretty sure he woulda been my Bodyguard and carried me out like Whitney.😂
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Help is on the way, Calgary. 30
@CityofEdmonton
plows are now headed towards
#yycsnow
. And they all have
@EdmontonOilers
flags.
@ctvedmonton
@CTVCalgary
#yeg
#yyc
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#BREAKING
Choas in Edmonton right now. Several ambulances. Reports of vehicle hitting pedestrians.
@ctvedmonton
#yeg
#yegdt
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A seriously sad, stressful, scary night in
#yeg
. If you see an
@edmontonpolice
Officer give em a handshake, hug, high-five. Rough night.
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For the first night in my career, journalists in Edm no longer have access to fire & police radio.
This is because of a system upgrade - but the result is we can no longer effectively cover breaking news in
#yeg
.
RT - if you think it’s important for residents to be informed.
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*parked, working just off Whyte. Woman gets me to roll down my window...
Her: Excuse me, are you an Uber?
She was serious. 😂
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*it’s worth noting, as I did in a previous tweet, that one member of the church apologized and said the people insulting us were not members of their community. But I also didn’t hear anyone ask the aggressive people to stop insulting us, including over a megaphone.
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Yeah, that’s a big load.
Alberta’s heaviest highway vessel move ever is now on the road. It left 51ave/93st around 9:30pm, headed for the Lamont area.
@ctvedmonton
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Wow. Apparently Edmonton is so dangerous the police can't even figure out how to safely meet in public.
#yeg
The May 16 public meeting will be online only due to safety considerations, and can be attended via Zoom:
Members of the public can still participate by requesting to speak at the meeting and agreeing to the guidelines:
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.
@EdmRiverhawks
announce a crowd of 5,000+ tonight. They’ve built something cool here in this beautiful lil park.
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Excited to announce that after 14 years, I have decided to leave CTV News Edmonton. So many miles, some big scoops, countless important stories. Thank you to all my colleagues past and present, anyone who trusted me with their story, and everyone who watched, read & followed.
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Started a new job today! I’ve joined CityNews as a National Reporter, based at the Alberta Legislature. I’ll be filing for TV & web. Very excited to be part of a great team and a company that’s investing in journalism.
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High Level Bridge in Edmonton is red & white tonight in honour of
#TeamCanada
and its record setting 29 medal performance at
#Pyeongyang2018
#Olympics2018
#yeg
@ctvedmonton
@CityofEdmonton
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I share this as a tribute to a great man, who endured more than most of us can imagine. And so maybe some people will understand better. We need to shut up about this as a political issue. Listen to survivors. Truly hear their stories. And just give them love. That’s it. ❤️
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Unreal movement on this smoke cloud right now. Hard to capture its magnitude. Massive.
#ymmfire
#ymm
@ctvedmonton
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The High Level Bridge in Edmonton is blue, red, yellow & green for the Ethiopian flag and red & white for the Canadian flag tonight to honour victims of the
#EthiopianAirlineCrash
.
#yeg
#Ethiopia
The latest from
@ctvedmonton
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When my papa got his residential school survivor cheque, he bought a boat. We all chuckled. It seemed kinda frivolous. No…he bought it cause he never had a boat growing up, or much of a family life, and he wanted to give all of his kids better childhood memories.
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Called 911 at work again tonight. What appeared to be a horribly impaired and dangerous driver turned out to be a man in his 70s reported missing and ill by his family earlier tonight.
@edmontonpolice
Officers there in 7 mins!
#yeg
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If you don’t like free news - don’t watch, don’t read, don’t listen, don’t share, decline an interview. Fair response.
But abusing working professionals - who are just trying to make a living - is gross and wrong and it won’t stop us anyway! ✊🏼
#yeg
#yegmedia
#ableg
If anyone is interested in what it was like being a journalist at yesterdays protest... here’s some raw footage:
#YEG
#AbLeg
#YEGprotest
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So someone called EPS about a guy “impersonating” a police officer on Ray Gibbon Dr.
Turns out it’s a legit (off-duty) RCMP Officer in an antique cruiser having car trouble.
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#yegtraffic
#stalbert
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@cmcdavid97
scores and this is the loudest I've ever heard any sports facility ever. 2-0
@EdmontonOilers
in 3rd.
@ctvedmonton
#EDMvsSJS
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Just spoke to a couple camping in the South Common Walmart lot. They tell me they were having sex in their motorhome when
@edmontonpolice
surrounded it with guns drawn. Someone had called in a “weapons complaint”. The couple then told me some jokes I best not repeat.
#yeg
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@EdmontonOilers
fans partying so hard you can literally see and hear the walls of
@RogersPlace
shaking in the press room.
@ctvedmonton
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Edmonton landmarks are blue & green this week to honour and thank frontline
#HealthCareWorkers
battling to save lives amid the
#COVID19
pandemic.
#yeg
@CityofEdmonton
Alberta now has 301 confirmed cases.
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The decorative lights on the High Level Bridge in Edmonton are dark tonight in support of
#BlackOutTuesday
, a social media movement in support of
#BlackLivesMatter
and
#GeorgeFloyd
.
@ctvedmonton
#yeg
#yegcc
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High Level Bridge is alternating red, white & blue for
#VegasStrong
and red & white for
#YegStrong
tonight.
#yeg
#las
#Vegas
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The High Level Bridge in Edmonton is red & white tonight in honour of Canadian icon Gord Downie.
#RIPGordDownie
#yeg
@ctvedmonton
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More than 10,000 gathered in
#yeg
to watch the
@EdmontonOilers
play in SJ, exactly 1,914km away from
@RogersPlace
.
#EDMvsSJS
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Getting pounded by sporadic, but large chunks of hail in west
#yeg
right now.
Bigger hail than my Dad saw in Mill Woods on Black Friday, he says.
#abstorm
#yegwx
@ctvedmonton
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#BREAKING
The vehicle that crashed into a police roadblock in
#yeg
has what appears to be an ISIS flag in the front seat.
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The High Level Bridge in Edmonton is shining brilliant red & white tonight in support of
#TorontoStrong
.
@ctvedmonton
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What a night to be an
@EdmontonOilers
fan. They're partying at the
@OfficialGretzky
statue.
#yeg
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Mural Update: It’s done!
@OKUDART
signed off on his latest work, a 6 storey tall mural in
#yeg
at 10:28pm tonight. The artists wrapped up just as the sun set, they’re now hanging out with some people who came to watch.
@ctvedmonton
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The High Level Bridge is red & white tonight in celebration of Edmontonian - now international soccer champion -
@AlphonsoDavies
.
@ctvedmonton
#yeg
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Well, after 9ish years it’s my last regular late-night shift
@ctvedmonton
. Not going too far. Just weekdays. I’ll be writing more for our digital team and reporting occasionally on TV. Excited for a new challenge. Thanks for following!
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He got yelled at by riggers and environmentalists at the same time. Love him, or hate him, you gotta give
@JustinTrudeau
credit for showing up and calmly taking the heat.
#cdnpoli
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It’s over. The
@longest_game
wrapped up at 7:09pm. 251 hours, 9 minutes after it started. Organizer Brent Saik, “the money we raised will save the lives of some kids”.
@ctvedmonton
#yeg
@albertacancer
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#BREAKING
Scary scene on Jasper Ave in Edmonton just now. A person was on a balcony screaming for help with the suite on fire beside them.
@EdmontonFire
crews rescued them with a ladder truck.
#yeg
#yegtraffic
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