Jana G. Pruden
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Feature writer at The Globe and Mail. Co-creator and host of In Her Defence podcast. Believer in facts, truth, journalism.
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My dog got into with a porcupine the other night and the vet let me keep the quills, so I used some of them to make a commemorative collar.
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Offering kids the choice of candy or a potato this year because I saw a meme about it. And honestly it’s super funny to see their reactions.
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Clancy is totally fine/ has learned nothing/ would 100 per cent do it all again tonight.
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Update: A little girl just chose the potato “for my dad.”
(I let her take a candy, too, for being so cool.)
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Top school days as a kid in the 80s:
-Scholastic book fair day
-Hot dog day
-The day the janitor throws all the balls off the roof of the school
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A father -- of a toddler who was *seriously* torn between the potato and candy -- said he heard a kid running down the street say, "I just got a potato!" and then wasn't sure if they should come to the house or not.
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Absolutely no deliberation with that girl. Just, “potato” and grabbed it. Like there wasn’t even a choice to be made.
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Also -- as an aside -- when did kids get so polite? Good work parents, your children are lovely.
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A child comes to the door.
They say, “I don’t normally come back to a house twice. But could I please have another potato?”
…
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I feel like our final spud ended up in the right hands.
Happy Halloween, Twitter friends! Thanks for following along.
🍫🥔
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One girl picked it, held it above her head like an upraised jewel, and yelled, "POTATO!"
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A little girl, given the choice between candy and a potato, thought for a moment, and then chose a candy.
When I told her she could take a second candy, she immediately chose the potato.
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Two more potatoes gone! At this point I’m more worried about running out of potatoes than candy.
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A cat just ran into my office and jumped up on my desk. I am at home. We don’t have a cat.
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Another toddler, going *straight for the potato.* (Though she was repeatedly saying "apple," so there may have been a bit of confusion.) Her parents had to pry it out of her hands to take a candy for her.
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The toddler initially took the potato, then tried to also take candy, then dropped his bag, then tried to grab a bunch of candy, then tried to take the potato again.
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A bunch of girls came to the door after a long lull. One grabbed the potato fast. The others screamed. "I want a potato!" one said. "Can I have a potato?" And then they took their candy and went running down the driveway screaming "Potato! Potato!"
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@PeggySueShannon
Thank you. We've been watching him really closely. I'm sorry to hear about your dog. That's awful.
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Child is attacked by a coyote, saved by his snowsuit, and
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She also told me they grew a carrot this summer that “looks like a bunny but also the devil.”
Some interpretations of that by the ai image generator:
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When your dog suddenly looks like a world weary detective in a film noir.
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Hey
@netflix
, do you want to credit my writing (that you’ve copied word for word) in this description of your new documentary?
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My 72-year old mother has gone (alone) to a bar in Winnipeg to watch the
@Raptors
game. She says, “I don’t really understand basketball but it’s fun to get into the action.”
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BREAKING: RMCP say Myles Sanderson has been located and taken into police custody near Rosthern, SK
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Things I learned today: Calgary has a lone little wave, and people surf on it. The world’s smallest surf beach?
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BREAKING: RCMP say suspect Damien Sanderson is deceased, suffered injuries not appearing to be self-inflicted. Myles Sanderson still on the run, and may be injured. More to come...
@globeandmail
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A point of clarity for those saying Colin Thatcher has "done his time" and "paid [his] debt to society." People convicted of murder are sentenced to life, and are serving that sentence even out on parole.
The intentional taking of a life is time never finished, a debt never paid.
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One in eight Canadian women may have an unrecognized brain injury related to domestic violence, or 4,500 concussed women for every concussed NHL player.
Jaw-dropping story by
@mollyhayes
on an unacknowledged and under-studied aspect of domestic violence.
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Today I was at a press conference when I learned I’d been nominated for a National Newspaper Award, something I have wanted/ worked toward/ hoped for/ dreamed of/ for about 20 years. I can honestly barely believe it.
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My dad noted there aren't any greetings cards for getting vaccinated, so I made some
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"Yaroslav Hrytsiuk went to his high school on Tuesday morning to say goodbye."
@Colinfreeze
on one young man leaving Canada to fight in Ukraine.
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And that day you got to play with the parachute in gym.
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@7SummersFishing
Haha, so funny! I saw it on the Internet somewhere, so I assume there are a few potato houses out there this year.
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My journalism students had all their final features printed on a scarf for me, and melted my cold, dead heart.
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Cold weather conversation topics:
-How cold it is
-Other times when it was this cold
-Other times when it was even colder than this
-Whether or not windchill really counts
-Various places you have had frostbite
-The best kind of longjohns
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Matthew McKnight was a popular figure in the Edmonton bar scene.
Then 21 young women accused him of sexual assault. He went to trial on 13 charges.
This is the story of that trial, one of the longest and most intense things I’ve ever covered.
#longreads
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The back door was open a crack for the dogs. I was working, heard a bunch of calamity and clatter in the hall, and then suddenly there’s this cat on my desk. (The most affectionate and lovely cat.)
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A German Shepherd just ran into the grocery store and a bunch of humans surrounded him and got him outside, and now I have so much more respect for how hard it would have been for the Littlest Hobo to actually get anything done.
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But honestly she is the most beautiful cat you’ve ever seen, right?
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I got special permission from the warden to drop off a copy of the newspaper to Helen Naslund in prison so she could see the story.
I’m very grateful the request got approved, because Helen has no internet access and the printout I mailed won’t arrive for several days.
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That’s right, sometimes in Edmonton we order you to wear a fanny pack.
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Incredibly horrid and disturbing accounts of racist violence and harassment, including of children, being chronicled by
@ShaunKing
.
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When you buy a busted typewriter out of someone’s barn the day before Halloween, you pretty much have to do a Haunted Typewriter thing in the yard, right?
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Anyone who believes media are capable of vast, coordinated conspiracies has never heard a bunch of reporters on a conference call. (We can't even get it together to all mute our phones.)
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Today, I met a 94-year-old woman who was shopping for a green dress to wear to a St. Patrick’s Day party with some young people. She told me she’s going to dance. She said, “I always figure if I’m alive, I better act alive.”
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Extremely concerned tonight to learn of the arrest of my friend and colleague
@photobracken
, who I know to be one of the most ethical, responsible and fearless journalists in the business.
I worry about her as a friend, and also for what this means about press freedom in Canada.
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Well, after a beautiful day together I let her out of the house, and she jumped onto the fence and scampered away.
I did this because, let’s face it, she’s probably someone’s cat and if you love something set it free etc.
But will she come back and live with us? Stay tuned…
🐈
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There is a strong link between violence against women and mass murder. Our failure to address the crisis of misogyny and domestic violence puts everyone at risk. From
@lizrenzetti
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This week my uncle -- in questioning the strange new toothpaste flavour my aunt had purchased -- discovered he's been using the dog's toothpaste.
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I mean, I know I’ve been at home for a really long time. But still.
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The woman is me!
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I‘ve always wanted to do the thing where you spell a message with the first letter of every paragraph. Anyway, here’s
@nickeagland
’s last piece for the Vancouver Sun, after having taken a buyout.
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I was watching a murder trial this morning when I found out I'd been nominated for a National Newspaper Award for a feature I wrote about the trial of a man charged with 13 sexual assaults on women in Edmonton.
Now that I've stopped jumping up and down, a little thread.
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Going through some old files and came across this important infographic. Still accurate.
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People around the country were outraged when Helen Naslund was sentenced to 18 years in prison for killing her abusive husband.
Over months, Helen and her family have bravely opened their lives to me, in the hope their story can help someone else.
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This winter I met an amazing man with an amazing brain, and I wrote this feature about him.
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My new feature, on a strange and disturbing case I’ve been covering for nearly five years. With powerful digital treatment from the amazing team at the
@globeandmail
#truecrime
#longreads
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Canada has the largest population of Ukrainians in the world, outside Ukraine and Russia.
The reaction today: Shock, horror, disbelief.
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Just sitting here with my grandparents, getting to know my family
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A newspaper editor, on what it takes to become a reporter, circa 1911. Things have changed and yet they haven’t.
(And yes, that passage is double highlighted and starred.)
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Quote tweet for freezies.
okay twitter. i need to know the truth. what are these ACTUALLY called
retweet for otterpops
like for ice pops
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Holy smokes!!!
I am so incredibly moved and honoured by this recognition.
We received 82 entries in Written Feature, far more than any other category. And our judges’ winner is…
@jana_pruden
of The Globe and Mail
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Remember when you carried this brick around just to listen to one album (and the radio.)
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How multiple acts of racism led to the creation of a stalwart piece of Canadian pop culture.
This should be turned into a heritage moment.
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I will never forget, and always be grateful for, the days I spent with David Milgaard writing this profile of him several years ago. His openness and vulnerability, and his desire to help others, was so profound.
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I’m at a store where a woman tried to pay with money from her bra and the cashier wouldn’t take it, and now the woman is telling everyone else in the store, “They don’t take boob money!”
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Today I looked closely at a newspaper print scarf made in China, and found one of my own stories.
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Makers of Scrabble tile bag honoured for other work
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Seeking name suggestions EVEN IF SHE'S JUST VISITING it feels rude not to call her something
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It is very, very hard to write an obituary for a good friend, who was gone so suddenly. I hope
@cbcjanjohnston
would have liked it.
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Bookshelf ideas for people who don't actually read books.
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I’m at a dinner party and need to share the unbelievable and almost unbearable cuteness of this kitten
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A guy just called me "Kittycat" then asked for a sip of my coffee, so things are actually feeling pretty normal here in downtown Edmonton.
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Just learned my mother mailed me a bunch of kielbasa from Winnipeg, so apologies if everyone else's Christmas parcels arrive smelling like garlic sausage.
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