Duane Bratt
@DuaneBratt
Mount Royal University Political Science Prof, retired lacrosse coach (now I coach coaches!), Husband, and Dad to 2 adult children and 1 grandchild
Great piece by @jobearon in @TheHubCanada today. "The Hockey Canada sexual assault trial verdict is a just legal outcome—but that’s not the end of the story" thehub.ca/2025/07/24/joa…
Read the judge’s full decision in Hockey Canada sexual-assault trial theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…
All five players found not guilty in Hockey Canada sexual-assault trial theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…
The hockey players may have been found not guilty according to the law. But what happened was still very wrong. They were not innocent.
thehub.ca/2025/07/24/tre… Trevor is not censoring himself for sitting on the Alberta Next panel.
New development on the AHS procurement scandal. Now intimidation (paid by???) of the lead reporter on the file. Chilling and criminal.
From our editor in chief: “Any attempt to interfere with legitimate newsgathering is an attack on the public’s right to know,” he said. “The Globe and Mail will continue to pursue this story.” #ableg #abpoli
Lets be clear what the above post is about: This isn’t about jurisdiction. Mutual aid WAS happening—but not at the level needed. The town couldn’t escalate it. The feds couldn’t. Only the province could activate a larger response which I was told had been urgently requested!…
With a heavy heart I asked other disaster managers that worked the #JasperWildfire straight up why mutual aid from Edmonton and larger departments like St Albert and Red Deer was not requested (I was with EFRS at the time and know for a fact we had trucks ready to go... Trucks…