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Data journalist with CBC Calgary. Views my own and subject to change, especially in light of new evidence. 📧 robson.fletcher@cbc.ca

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robsonfletcher, to random
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“Post-recovery from COVID-19, the immune system undergoes reconstruction. However, the elevated interferon responsive genes in monocytes can still be found after 4 months since the infection, which implies that the immune system is not fully recovered after 4 months…”

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-48825-w

robsonfletcher, to Law
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Holy shit this story.

Police tried to extract a confession from this guy, and told him his father was dead when he actually wasn't.

Then they said they'd kill his dog:

"At one point during the interrogation, the investigators even threatened to have his pet Labrador Retriever, Margosha, euthanized as a stray, and brought the dog into the room so he could say goodbye. 'OK? Your dog’s now gone, forget about it,' said an investigator."

https://www.sbsun.com/2024/05/23/fontana-pays-nearly-900000-for-psychological-torture-inflicted-by-police-to-get-false-confession/

robsonfletcher, to Alberta
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A loon on Lake Edith in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.

#alberta #canada #jasper #parks #mountains #naturephotography

robsonfletcher, to microsoft
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So ... any suggestions on getting started with a Linux machine?

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/windows/windows-ai-feature-takes-screenshots-of-your-desktop-every-few-seconds-and-i-cant-imagine-wanting-that/

#microsoft #ai #privacy

robsonfletcher, to Alberta
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If you live in Alberta I have two questions for you:

Q1: In recent months, how easy or difficult has it been for you to meet your monthly expenses?

Q2: Would you be willing to speak with me about that for a story I'm working on for CBC News?

Please reply and/or DM!

#alberta #ableg #calgary #yyc #edmoton #yeg

robsonfletcher, to Canada
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A child has died from measles in Hamilton, Ontario.

It's the first measles death in the province since 1989.

The child was not immunized against measles.

🔗: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/measles-death-child-ontario-1.7207293

#canada #cdnpoli #ontario #hamilton #onpoli #measles #vaccines #publichealth

robsonfletcher, to Canada
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“The Speaker of the Saskatchewan Legislature has cut up his party membership card and accused some members in Premier Scott Moe's caucus of intimidating him to the point that he fears the government house leader is packing a handgun.”

cbc.ca/1.7207134

robsonfletcher, to Calgary
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This chart shows annual hours of smoke-filled skies in Calgary from 1953 to 2023.

As the first wildfire smoke of the 2024 season blew into the city this week, it's hard to convey the sadness it elicited in a lot of folks here.

There's a growing realization this is our new reality. And a genuine sense of mourning.

#calgary #alberta #canada #ableg #cdnpoli #climate #climatechange #wildfire #wildfires #smoke

robsonfletcher, to Calgary
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In 1999, hundreds of students set up tents on the University of Calgary campus to protest tuition hikes.

I've found limited info about it online.

Does anyone remember how long it lasted and how it ended?

Poverty Lane' tents rise, U o C tuitions may also Calgary Herald: Friday, March 26, 1999 More than 200 students occupying a tent "shanty town" at the University of Calgary will hit the sidewalks this morning to protest against an anticipated tuition hike. The university administration, in a last-minute move, relocated today's board of governors meeting off campus to nearby McMahon Stadium. The board will make the final decision on tuition fees. In a meeting Thursday, the planning and finance committee recommended a maximum increase this fall, for academic year 1999-2000. It would be the 10th year in a row of tuition hikes. Tent town protesters, who'll march to the board meeting to rally with other students, are "angry, frustrated and disbelieving," said Paul Galbraith, president of the students union. ... The tent town on campus grew to about 65 rainbow-hued tents by late Thursday afternoon, including a subdivision dubbed Poverty Lane. Ricardo Hoar, 19, a second-year computer science student, borrowed a friend's tent to join the protest. A guitar, pillows, books, sleeping bags and carton of strawberries were piled in his temporary abode. His parents told him not to get arrested. Two students union executives bunked in a hut of recycled plywood, its roof shingled with Ichiban noodle soup boxes. On the door, it says: This is not a home - yet.

robsonfletcher, to Calgary
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"Using shields, batons and flashbang explosives, Calgary police officers forcibly removed a group of protesters Thursday night from an encampment set up on the University of Calgary campus."

🔗: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/university-calgary-palestinian-protest-police-removal-1.7199937

robsonfletcher, to Alberta
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"If there was any doubt remaining that Alberta's nearly seven-month moratorium on renewable-energy projects was a political decision — made in the halls of power rather than in the offices of expertise — it was erased by internal documents released to the public last week."

My latest analysis for CBC, based on original reporting by @drewanderson for @thenarwhal

🔗 : https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-renewables-pause-moratorium-aeso-foip-1.7196943

robsonfletcher, to Canada
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New registrations of gas/diesel vehicles and electric vehicles in Canada* over the past seven years.

(* Data excludes three provinces because that's how data works in this country 🤷‍♂️)

Column chart showing new battery-electric and plug-in-hybrid vehicle registrations growing from about 20,000 in 2017 to nearly 200,000 in 2023

robsonfletcher, to Canada
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Canadian Army: We are adding this new tagline and camo-inspired icon to our branding. This will complement the traditional logo, not replace it.

Canada Proud: Can you believe the Army is replacing its traditional logo???

#x

@WeAreCanProud : The Canadian military has announced that they will be replacing their logo with whatever this is as part of a rebranding effort.

robsonfletcher, to Alberta
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"Alberta’s largest power generator has cancelled one proposed wind farm and put three other developments on hold, citing provincial rule changes to renewable developments and uncertainty around broader electricity market reforms."

https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/transalta-shelves-wind-project-due-to-provincial-buffer-zones

robsonfletcher, to Alberta
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The latest National Inventory Report on Canada's greenhouse gas emissions was just released.

Here's how Alberta's emissions from 1990 to 2022 break down, by economic sector.

robsonfletcher, to random
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I’m not gaining weight; I’m sequestering carbon.

robsonfletcher, to Canada
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In this photo, a Nova Scotia cabinet minister is being interviewed by the press.

Guess how many reporters are in the photo.

(Spoiler alert: It's one. The rest are comms staff.)

Great analysis by veteran reporter Jean Laroche on how journalism & politics have changed

🔗: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-politics-information-1.7183568

robsonfletcher, to Alberta
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Two years later, this story remains as wild as ever:

'Fixer says former Alberta justice minister hired him to get reporter's phone logs'

🔗 : https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/denis-alberta-justice-minister-former-fixer-phone-logs-reporter-1.6415532

robsonfletcher, to Alberta
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"'This announcement is politically motivated and not based in fact or clinical guidelines,' one council member wrote in a Feb. 2 email to two named AHS officials and other recipients..."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-ahs-transgender-policies-danielle-smith-1.7186280

robsonfletcher, to Alberta
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Calgary city councillor Dan McLean on proposed legislation that would allow the provincial government to repeal city bylaws and remove councillors from office:

“They always say the municipalities are like the children of the province, and sometimes parents have to spank their kids."

https://livewirecalgary.com/2024/04/26/bill-20-creates-calgary-worries-over-potential-provincial-overreach/

robsonfletcher, to Alberta
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Anyone recently move to Alberta? Or know anyone who has?

I'm looking to talk to recent newcomers (past year or two) for a CBC article about the job market here.

Please reply or DM!

robsonfletcher, to Alberta
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Last year saw the birth of the one and only baby on record in Alberta named 'Dude'.

I trust he abides.

You can look it up (and other quirk baby-name facts) with this little web app I made: https://www.albertababynames.com/

robsonfletcher, to Calgary
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Calgarians' submissions to city council on the blanket-rezoning proposal have been published and more than a few folks seem to think this is the work of the World Economic Forum...

Example #1: "This city is now run by a mayor and councillors who are simply disgusting demons following WEF agenda"

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robsonfletcher, to Alberta
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"Documents released under Alberta Freedom of Information laws confirm the United Conservative government was talking with the coal industry for years about relaxing a policy that protected the Rocky Mountains from open-pit mines.

The documents also show the province was talking about opening those landscapes to more development generally for at least seven months before letting the public in on its plans."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/judge-alberta-coal-documents-1.7175487

robsonfletcher, to Alberta
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I doubt it will but I sincerely hope this post somehow reaches Rudy Bruce, who was interviewed by CTV at the carbon-tax protest west of Calgary on Monday.

He (somewhat incredibly) admitted he hasn't done his taxes for the past seven years because he owes the government $4,000.

As a result, he hasn't received his carbon-tax rebates.

I hope he know those rebates can be claimed retroactively, and are worth $3,145, which would settle the majority of his tax debt.

A table showing the annual value of carbon-tax rebates for individual Albertans dating back to the first year the tax and rebates applied in the province: 2020/21: $444 2021/22: $490 2022/23: $539 2023/24: $772 2024/25: $900 Total: $3,145

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