Kieran Leavitt
@kieranleavitt
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Not really on Twitter anymore. Email me if you need to get in touch or find me on Bluesky. Email: [email protected]
Edmonton, Alberta
Joined September 2011
The time has come to lift the veil on Alberta's newest publication - and my new journalistic home - allAlberta. We're a subscriber based local business news shop with reporters in Calgary and Edmonton. Check out our first issue, free for now, over at
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Want to work in the best newsroom in Nova Scotia? Check out allNovaScotia's job listing for a full-time position covering city hall, and don't hesitate to reach out to me if you have any questions.
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RT @EmmaLGraney: Danielle Smith’s government lied about reason for Alberta renewables pause, documents show. Good read here from @DrewPAnd….
thenarwhal.ca
The UCP government was prepping its rationale for the Alberta renewable energy moratorium well before provincial regulators weighed in
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Personal news:. After 5.5 yrs of covering Alberta, I’m leaving the Toronto Star. What an incredible ride it’s been. Thx to all who followed along, and to my great colleagues. I wish the paper all the success. That said, I’m staying in journalism in Edmonton. More on that soon :).
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As a former bartender who worked in a port city, I have a little experience with these creatures. Oh, you poor, poor Albertans. You have no idea what's coming.
WATCH: CTV News has confirmed a rat infestation at two Calgary recycling plants. @TeriFikowski reports. #yyc
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Of all Canadians, Albertans are both the most aware of the province’s idea to pull itself out of the Canada Pension Plan, and the most likely to be against it, according to new polling data. #ableg .
thestar.com
The province is exploring the idea of exiting the Canada Pension Plan and setting up its own.
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RT @althiaraj: META is not only blocking Canadians from accessing news organizations like the Toronto Star, it’s also blocking them from st….
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RT @alex_n_boyd: Unlike our colleagues south of the border, Canadian media outlets traditionally don't probe too deeply into the personal l….
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Just gotta love PR pitches that start with "Hi Leavitt!".
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Danielle Smith's original tweet from yesterday suggesting censorship by Meta - a suggestion that Meta indicates is false because her page was never suspended - remains up with 13,000 likes and more than 5,000 retweets. #ableg.
Happy to report, my page is able to post on Facebook again. This was the error that appeared on my page. I hope this is the last time it happens. #cdnpoli #abpoli
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Alberta’s Danielle Smith says she’s suspended on Facebook. The company says she’s not #ableg via @torontostar.
thestar.com
Meta says that the Alberta premier’s Facebook page is not suspended a day after Danielle Smith raised concerns about free speech over a supposed forced hiatus.
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Uhh. An admin on *300* pages? Like three zero zero?.
I also reached out to Facebook and they told me the same thing. There are no content restrictions on @ABDanielleSmith 's page. One of the several admins on her page was temporarily restricted because he was also an admin on 300 other pages, and probably tripped a spam filer.
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A concerning story about one of the country's largest media companies.
STORY: Bell cuts 1,300 jobs, shutters six radio stations: -The layoffs include a 6% cut at Bell Media. -Around 30% of positions being eliminated are current vacancies that won't be filled. -Management jobs are being cut by 6%. @CdnPressNews @CdnPressBiz.
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RT @CTVIanWhite: BREAKING: CTV News has learned the vote recount in Calgary-Acadia is complete and @albertaNDP candidate @DianaBatten_ win….
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It’s been 3 elections in a row for NDP Leader Rachel Notley. In this story I pose the question to New Democrats: does she stay or go?. And there’s a little inside information on who within the party could be eyeing the steering wheel. #ableg .
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RT @markusoff: Alberta had elected two Métis women previously, longtime MLAs Pearl Calahasen and Yvonne Fritz, but this is indeed a first.….
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RT @althiaraj: Want to come work us? Toronto Star One-Year Journalism Internship! #mediajobs #journalism #cdnpoli
jobs.smartrecruiters.com
Toronto Star One-Year Journalism Internship - 2023/2024 Come and join the program that gave so many of Canada’s journalists their start: the Toronto Star’s one-year internship. This is a ch...
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The reality of being a journalist - aside from all the glitz and glamour - is that you’re often editing 2000 word stories from your car in the parking lot of a Tim Hortons with fast food crumbs all over your shirt and running on little sleep. Really feeling like an “elite” today.
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We have the Edmonton donut ridings and now, thanks to the 2023 Alberta election, we have the Calgary Claw. #ableg
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