Joel Dryden
@joeldryden
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Journalist with @CBCCalgary on web (and sometimes radio/TV). Send me an email: [email protected]
Calgary, Alberta
Joined June 2009
CBC EXCLUSIVE: Alberta will bring in no-fault auto insurance to help curb premiums — but first, UCP to let companies jack rates up next year. (by me)
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One major reform the UCP will announce soon could slash drivers' premiums in future. But next year, companies will be allowed to charge much more, CBC News has learned.
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"When Sarah Rieger talks money, people listen." Thanks, @AvenueMagazine for including me alongside so many great Calgarians on this year's Top 40 Under 40 list. https://t.co/ATOIzyworU
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She is an award-winning journalist who aims to make financial literacy accessible to all.
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Alberta government 'deeply concerned' with Bloc Québécois supply management bill Story by @joeldryden
https://t.co/Yg6mnoHilL
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Though Bill C-282 has received cross-party federal support in Ottawa, Alberta's provincial government says it's not a backer of the Bloc Québécois legislation that aims to prevent Canada's supply-m...
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Proponents behind the project say they hope it could serve as an innovative prototype, while public health advocates are uneasy about its potential to reshape the landscape around privately delivered, publicly funded health care in Alberta. #ableg #abpoli
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Proponents behind a new health-care project say they hope it could serve as a prototype for other communities across Alberta struggling to serve residents amid a health-care crisis. But it has...
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Danielle Smith is touring the province getting an earful from UCP members. They want her to move fast on vaccine rights, Alberta Pension Plan. And last week, she got interrogated about chemtrails. by me:
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The premier, facing a leadership review this fall, is touring Alberta to hear what the UCP grassroots wants. Among the wishes: a pension plan and a crackdown on vaccines.
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The Ralph Klein government argued privatization would deliver a larger selection of liquor, stable consumer prices and establish a new base of small businesses. Did it deliver? #abpoli
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Alberta’s move to privatize liquor retailing was the first such move in the country. As Ontario’s LCBO battle concludes, Alberta mulls expanding access further into grocery and convenience stores.
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Calgary bedroom communities like Cochrane have been looking to grow in recent years — and that becomes complicated rather quickly when water is in high demand. Enter: the Girl Guides of Canada. https://t.co/bAlNqkRPDW
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Calgary’s bedroom communities like Cochrane and Okotoks have been seeking solutions to their water challenges over the past several years. Those are drawn into greater focus given recent urgent...
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'We are at risk of running out': Calgarians asked to use 25% less water than yesterday | CBC News
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The City of Calgary is urging residents to limit water use for the next few days as crews work to repair the major water main break that occurred Wednesday night.
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Over the month of May I stepped into the old market a few times, once with my old school film camera and again with @markusoff to mark the bitter end of Eau Claire Market and unpack what lead this loved place to a long-slated demolition
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What the 'inadvertent error' in the PBO's carbon tax analysis means, in as plain English as possible https://t.co/QUU0CdWzE4
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Everyone makes mistakes, even expert economists analyzing a high-profile public policy that may be the primary issue in the next federal election.
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Video alert 🔔@joeldryden has been covering all things water and drought — this is perhaps the most interesting mix… A look at how history shapes water use today…and music? https://t.co/qZHYY6AgXK
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Talked more about this on today's @FrontBurnerCBC w/@echaudaily
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Ties to early members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are evident everywhere in Magrath. And that's part of why any conversation around the future of Alberta’s water is more complicated than it might appear at first blush. #abpoli
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Strong community ties to early settlers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are evident everywhere in Magrath. And they're part of why any conversation around the future of Alberta’s...
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NEW: Senior UCP organizers are pushing Danielle Smith to change COVID vaccine policy, and party group is hosting speaker event to promote claim vaccines are unsafe, kill children. https://t.co/fmeYqgPbNP
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The United Conservative Party’s board is urging Premier Danielle Smith to reform COVID vaccine policy because the directors are worried about the safety of mRNA vaccines for kids, the party president...
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Head of Alberta Electric System Operator opposed wind/solar moratorium, said it would throw industry into “tailspin.” His cabinet-picked board chair said to “support the minister without reservation.” Great scoop and FOI work from @DrewPAnderson: https://t.co/ms8KyRTufs
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Emails show head of organization overseeing Alberta’s electricity grid found the government's renewables pause plans ‘very troubling’
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Summit registers are these notes you might think get lost to time..but @Katherine_Hanly compiled their contents into a dataset that illustrates how access to the Rockies is shifting. Solidifying the concept of climate change into something we can grasp
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Rise of the Emmas and the Olivia Supremacy: Colleague @lilydupu designed an incredible graphic to illustrate Alberta baby names over the years. For data going back to 1980 (the Jennifers!) and boy names (watch when Ethans overtake Matthew) visit: https://t.co/26EUArqFqL
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Danielle Smith says she may create new Alberta research programs to provide more ideological "balance" at universities. UCP has, after all, already created two companies to pump out the research it wants to see: https://t.co/UiEAMG9B5t
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The premier wants to do... something about what she argues is a lack of conservatism in post-secondary thought. It might include creating Alberta's own research programs, something the UCP has done...
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New details on the province's water-sharing agreements: Calgary, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Red Deer, along with other municipalities, industry, and irrigation districts, would all reduce water usage. Calgary has a presser scheduled later today: #abpoli
https://t.co/XUPaOlzRG8
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Alberta has concluded its negotiations with major water licence holders and is now outlining what it calls the largest water-sharing agreements in Alberta’s 118-year history.
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The M.D. of Pincher Creek has been dealing with a water crisis for months. It's cost more than $1 million. Now, time's ticking on a possible solution — but are bigger problems in the south ahead? The latest in our "When in Drought" series: #abpoli
https://t.co/042X1xJI9t
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The Municipal District of Pincher Creek has been dealing with a water crisis for months, which has already cost it more than $1 million. Now, time is ticking on a possible solution — but are bigger...
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