The Orchard
Jeremy Appel, Dave Cournoyer, TheBreakdownAB, Jake Landau, Jeremy Wildeman, Muhannad AyyashNews and analysis from an unabashedly progressive perspective, focusing on the intersection of politics, media and corporate power
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Class action launched in response to separatists' voter data leak
David Parker speaks at the April 29, 2026, launch of the Centurion Project in Edmonton. Parker is personally named in a class action lawsuit that’s been initiated over improperly obtained voter data.
A retired lawyer in rural Alberta has...
ICYMI: June 22-28
At Alberta Native News, I wrote about First Nations’ calls for the RCMP to investigate Premier Danielle Smith for treason for her dealings with separatists and for her executive director Bruce McAllister to resign for racist remarks he made...
SCOOP: Edmonton police chief visited illegal West Bank settlements during Israel trip
Edmonton Police Service Chief Warren Driechel appears on a November 2025 episode of the Quiet Professional podcast. (YouTube/Screenshot)
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- Edmonton Police Service Chief Warren Driechel visited the illegal West Bank settlements...
ICYMI: June 15-21
I was in Toronto this past week visiting family and friends, so I didn’t have a chance to complete any stories, but I do have a pretty big story you’ll have to stay tuned for in the coming days.
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I made Ben Mulroney quite ma...
ICYMI: June 8-14
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Edmonton-based journalist interested in politics, the media and corporate power. Author of Kenneyism: Jason Kenney’s Pursuit of Power (Dundurn, 2024).
\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\udf3e\ud83c\udfd4️ Dave Cournoyer has been writing and podcasting about Alberta politics and elections since he founded Daveberta in 2005. He frequently shares his thoughts about Alberta politics on CBC, CTV and QR Calgary radio.
Local AB Web Series on AB Politics. Alleged Media Magnate. Reluctant journalists. Locally crowd funded. content available everywhere you listen to podcasts & YouTube!
Freelance writer and former political organizer, writing about all the things that exhaust me every day.
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