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Video Journalist CBC Calgary, she/her — explains things on YouTube and enjoys telling stories about municipal issues, science, nature and life 🏔 [email protected] https://linktr.ee/Helenipike
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Last year, Alberta declared an early start to wildfire season — Feb 20th — this year things are on track to begin March 1. New from me: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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NEW: There’s now a call for Danielle Smith to remove Adriana LaGrange as health min from within her own cabinet. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

submitted 9 days ago • 15 comments

Hey, Calgary reporter pals: The media room at McDougall is mic'd up. We don't have to stand at the mic. And at pressrs, we don't have to stand at a mic. That just gives govt the power to cut us off. We can police ourselves. Just scrum like we used to. We can do this. They are not the boss of us.

submitted 10 days ago • 12 comments

A follow up story from the Globe and Mail. This type of journalism illustrates the importance of paying for news, supporting outlets that do good work. If you don't have money for a subscription, libraries have newspaper subscriptions. Support libraries too! www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

submitted 12 days ago • 7 comments

This must be Dante’s Purgatory, right???

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

😂

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Wild that the US broadcast is seeing the Ontario election ads 😂

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

I am looking for an expert who might be able to tell me about the population makeup of various Alberta municipalities. I have data, but wanting someone who can say why certain areas have certain demographic splits -- any ideas?

submitted 17 days ago • 2 comments

Watching the GamePlan item at the #yyccc committee -- way more speakers than expected talking abt how important recreation investment is. Here's a dive I did when the Inglewood pool discussion was ongoing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmq8...

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Today is the day Eau Claire Market comes down -- and if you are bundled up at home...maybe you are feeling nostalgic. Come take a trip down memory lane with me: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DKP...

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I wanted to know what it would cost to clear snow in Calgary the way it's done in Montreal, or Ottawa -- where there are different levels of service (sidewalkds done by the city, even residential snow removal) here's what I found out: youtu.be/sYCQeaF0Ccc

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

🧵 I don’t usually take social media comments as a signal of what the populous thinks ; but it was interesting to watch the discourse online of Trudeau’s speech on Canada’s tariff retaliation plan. It seemed to play positive — with many happy he’s standing up for Canada

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A true crime mystery solved, the key? A tip from Alberta to uncover what happened to Sharon Kinne. A U.S. woman who disappeared before standing trial for the murder of her husband — and skipped out on serving time in a Mexican prison for another killing youtu.be/SHWlQzvOFTI?...

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

It feels like there’s absolutely no way to opt out or abstain from AI use? 🤖 Like all the searches people do on Google now, is that getting run through AI? How can you lower your climate footprint anymore?

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

I have no one to talk to about this but, you guys: The Green Line really said new year, new me. But is this a comeback era or is this plan destined to flop?

submitted 25 days ago • 2 comments

Oh ok thanks

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

So people are already trying to find the JFK files/declassified records after Trump's latest executive order (thanks Google Trends) but if you read the document...those might take a while. Step 1: Review the records and then present a plan for the full and complete release

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New from me: Can tax tools help Calgary’s housing crisis? youtu.be/I1-nr7AVvos

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Is anyone researching how voters who are not on social media see their politicians vs those who are? It strikes me that in the last 5-10 years politicians increasingly are speaking directly to social media, instead of relying on mainstream media to relay their message.

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

On Danielle Smith, Doug Ford and the oil-drum-shaped hole in the Team Canada approach: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... by me

submitted 38 days ago • 9 comments

What happens if Trump’s tariff targets oil? What can the industry do? Remember: Alberta is tied to the industry — for better or worse, for boom and for bust. youtu.be/J5Srf4IxN8I

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Today I saw my first cybertruck. Sigh.

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

Albertans love their trucks, but does that love extend to the ones that don't run on fuel? My latest video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS7I...

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