Alex Boyd
@alex_n_boyd
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National misinformation + politics reporter, @TorontoStar. Based in Alberta. Find me over at @alexboyd.bsky.social
Calgary, Alberta
Joined September 2011
Signing in for the day at the Toronto Star, where I have been tasked with watching issues with voting and polls. Will be posting over at BS*y, come say hi!
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West of Centre - Slalom skiing with Danielle Smith @planetjanetyyc @alex_n_boyd and Corey Hogan. Lot's of topics and a great chinwag. #abpoli #cdnpoli
https://t.co/C8W5grIbfs
cbc.ca
On the West of Centre podcast, the federal Liberal’s pivot on immigration while Alberta calls for even larger cuts. And Danielle Smith is slalom skiing her way through both leading Albertans and...
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The Russians had money. The Canadian had far-right influencers. The U.S. Department of Justice says it has a criminal case. By @alex_n_boyd
https://t.co/jFuLgCUCxT via @torontostar
thestar.com
A U.S. indictment alleges that two Russians helped funnel millions of dollars into a media company in order to spread misinformation that would benefit Moscow.
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In Venezuela, a group of media outlets are generating an "AI-anchored news show" in order to "shelter their real-life journalists from a crackdown launched by strongman Nicolas Maduro's government."
cnn.com
While journalists in much of the world see artificial intelligence as a threat to their livelihoods, in Venezuela – where showing your face on a news report can conceivably land you in jail – many...
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In a little over two weeks 6 Indigenous people have died after interactions with police, including a 31-year-old man from Clearwater River Dene Nation who was struck and killed by a police vehicle near Buffalo Narrows.
ckom.com
The man was struck on a grid road located in a rural area. He was declared dead by EMS on the scene.
- Hoss Lightening, Wetaskewin, AB, shot & killed by RCMP -Tammy Bateman, struck & killed by a WPS vehicle - Steven “Iggy” Dedam, Elsipogtog FN, NB shot & killed by RCMP - Danny Knife, Ahtahkakoop FN, SK, shot & killed by RCMP - Jason West, shot & killed by Windsor Police
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Elsipogtog First Nation in NE New Brunswick is in mourning this week after the sudden death of community member Iggy Dedman. This is the 4th police involved death of an Indigenous person in just 9 days. A brief 🧵: According to Elsipogtog FN's Indige Watch & Kopit Lodge..
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Jordan Peterson’s new online school promises to dispense with ‘woke nonsense.’ I enrolled — and here’s what I learned, @alex_n_boyd reports. https://t.co/4T8X0tY7v9 Find out more at https://t.co/xofn4ZIXij
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A crucial read, from @alex_n_boyd / @calvi_leon: A 'serial pooping problem' or something else? What's really behind the rumours about people defecating at Wasaga Beach https://t.co/5djfb9juDM via @torontostar
thestar.com
When a local resident accused immigrants of defecating in the sand at the longest freshwater beach in the world, everyone from racist trolls to Stephen Colbert hopped on the story
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Who really posted those awkward tweets praising a Pierre Poilievre rally? Here's what might be going on. By @alex_n_boyd
https://t.co/GrlP8iMbEn via @torontostar
thestar.com
At a time when bot-generated tweets are increasingly recognized as being able to sway public opinion, researchers are curious why a set of recent ones in support of the Conservative
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Who really posted those awkward tweets praising a Pierre Poilievre rally? Here’s what might be going on, @alex_n_boyd reports. https://t.co/K810aREDjZ
#cdnpoli #CPC Find out more at https://t.co/xofn4ZJv7R
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My mother, who speaks fondly of working the front desk during college summers, (plus daytripping to the dump to watch bears eat garbage) is very relieved.
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Lots of rumours were flying about this one but ownership confirms the historic Jasper Park Lodge has suffered some damage but remains mostly "standing and intact." Phew.
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Some small blessings. Looks like all of the Jasper trail horses escaped the fire safely, thanks to a convoy of volunteers with trailers.
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RT @Lindsay_Warner: Brace yourself. This is a tough image to see of Jasper- Maligne Lodge. Same eyewitness say PetroCan/ Brightspot were hi…
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I covered, and was part of, the Fort McMurray evacuation in 2016. I covered the evacuation this past May. This kind of chaos and disorder during a crisis is unimaginable to me.
Crawling out of town. It’s been smoky all day ash started appearing 9p. In retrospet, should have left then. In a lodge full of tourists we didn’t get a heads up from staff. Most of us weren’t sure what to do. Language barriers, unfamiliar with protocols. Staff MIA #Jasper
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