Eva Ferguson
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Former Calgary Herald writer, editor for 38 years. Now retired and adventuring across Alberta and BC.
Calgary, Alberta
Joined November 2011
An appalling, unjust, law drives teachers back to work. The most dangerous precedent Alberta has seen In many years. Column. https://t.co/GxJzRvokWJ
#abed #ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg #cdnpoli
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Braid: The teachers' strike will be a monster that could affect a million families https://t.co/RH3EJxcEuF
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Air Canada, the airline oligopoly and the abused consumer
theglobeandmail.com
Customer service goes out the window when consumers have few alternatives
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In doctors’ offices across the country, the Trump administration’s position on vaccines is influencing conversations—"in some cases toward hesitancy, and in others toward haste as people fear that shots will soon be harder to get,” @katherinejwu reports:
theatlantic.com
Pediatricians’ advice on vaccination hasn’t changed. What happens when the government’s does?
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Satellite data sheds light on Russia’s modern-day gulags for Ukrainian children
theglobeandmail.com
A Canadian-funded effort is tracking the movements of Ukrainian children taken during wartime
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Emily Maitlis is a UK journalist and broadcaster who I have admired and respected for a long time. Here she absolutely nails it. Disinformation kills people. So by definition the Truth will help you stay alive. Journalism matters. 🎥 TikTok - https://t.co/GKICrCe9Qq
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April 6, 2018 is a day the Humboldt Broncos organization, along with the rest of the hockey world, will never forget. Today and every day, we remember and pay tribute to all 29. Always in our thoughts - we play for them. 💚💛 #onceabroncoalwaysabronco
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Trump promised to end inflation and “‘make America affordable again,’” writes @AnnieLowrey. “That is not happening. Worse, the White House’s early policies are making it more likely that the country’s cost-of-living crisis will endure for years to come”:
theatlantic.com
Everything is going to be a little more expensive now.
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In @nytopinion "There are many good reasons to accommodate budding dictators, and only one reason not to: Anticipatory obedience is a key building block of their power," our columnist @mashagessen writes.
nytimes.com
The voluntarily surrender of the public’s power is how autocracies are built.
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Clashing with consecutive finance ministers shows Trudeau’s disregard for policy
theglobeandmail.com
There is now serious friction about the soundness of the Prime Minister’s policy decisions with two consecutive finance ministers
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Chrystia Freeland resigns as Finance Minister, will leave Trudeau’s cabinet https://t.co/QhIriOW0jv
theglobeandmail.com
The issue of the Prime Minister’s future is not closed, MP says, after caucus meeting in which party members urged Trudeau to step down
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“In a country where more than half of adults have literacy below a sixth-grade level, ambient information, however thin and wrong, is more powerful than actual facts.” Nathan Heller writes about Trump’s victory and the ambience of information.
newyorker.com
For years, Democrats have sought to win elections by micro-targeting communities with detailed facts. What if the secret is big, sloppy notions seeded nationwide?
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Google exempt from Online News Act for five years, must pay news outlets $100M: CRTC https://t.co/G6Uk08pdpv
cp24.com
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has granted Google a five-year exemption from the Online News Act, ordering it to pay $100 million to Canadian news outlets within 60...
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Washington Post becomes the second major U.S. newspaper to decline to endorse a presidential candidate
theglobeandmail.com
The publisher of the Post, Will Lewis, wrote in a column that the decision was actually a return to a tradition the paper had years ago of not endorsing candidates
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“Bill Hay lived a remarkable hockey life that reflected the very best of our sport.” Remembering a longtime Calgary resident who had a major impact in hockey, both as an NHL player and later an exec ... https://t.co/HLi9oEEp3H
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New from me: New developments will double Canmore's population in 20 years. What kind of community will be left when it's done? https://t.co/PeGoA3LyjP
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the Venn diagram of the “why isn’t the media covering this?” people and the people who complain about paywalls/refuse to pay for news is so often just a circle
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The creeping desert eroding local news: “There are fewer eyes, and sometimes none, on local councils, police, sports & artistic events. The decisions that people in power make are scrutinized less, if at all.” https://t.co/g31LjQICm0
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With an infectious smile and joyous style of play, Johnny Gaudreau was 'Johnny Hockey' - as appropriate of a moniker as any in the history of the sport. @MichaelFarber3 on the light that Gaudreau brought to the game and the lives of anyone he encountered: https://t.co/9fdj8H2fg8
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