Mark Iype
@mniype
Deputy National Editor and Alberta Bureau Chief, The Globe and Mail. Former EIC of the Edmonton Journal; ME of Global Edmonton. I'd rather be sailing.
Are you in New Brunswick? Do you use freedom of information requests (or right to information requests, as it's called there)? Do you have a story to tell? Hoping to connect with some folks for an upcoming story on the system in the province.
ICYMI, huge energy news out east as Arthur Irving steps down as chairman of Irving Oil. Daughter Sarah is also leaving. This comes after the company began a sweeping strategic review in June. Scoop from @LindsayLeeJones #nbpoli #cdnecon #oott theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…
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
Hi, yes, g'morning. This is awkward. But targeting a reporter - hi! - with surreptitiously obtained photos and details of her tooling around town is an attack on the public's right to know. theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…
Only 4,700 of the 1.5 million bottles of children’s pain relief medication procured by Premier Smith from Turkey for $75M were ever distributed to community pharmacies – another indication the deal was costly and ineffective. #abpoli #ableg theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta…
Albertans should stick with CPP to help protect them from an unpredictable global economy, its investment board CEO says. Calling energy transition a “generational investment opportunity,” the fund’s aiming for more conventional and renewable energy #ableg theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…
Hey @BreakenridgeYEG maybe you could save some time and just update this front page from a few years ago. #Oilers
New investigation from me, @GregMercerGlobe + @davidmilstead: Artscape, one of Canada's biggest artist-support organizations, is in financial ruin. Many blame the pandemic. Artscape's own financials, & people close to it, tell a much different story. theglobeandmail.com/arts/article-a…
--> Alberta to replace both ethics commissioner and chief electoral officer #ableg #abpoli theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta…
BREAKING: The federal environment commissioner says Canada is on track to miss its 2030 emissions reductions targets theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…
Lots of interest in Take Back Alberta and David Parker today. Confused? Here's a thread of key stories, in chronological order. If you're new to TBA, the April story is a comprehensive primer.
Exclusive: B.C. clinicians who prescribe pharmaceutical alternatives to illicit drugs (“safer supply”), and ppl w/ lived and living experience (PWLLE) have provided feedback to PHO Dr Bonnie Henry. I’ll summarize the main themes in this thread. theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…
“For years, locals have complained about the stench from an abandoned facility in St. Mary’s NL—and how Ottawa hasn’t cleaned it up. Its former owner recalls how the business foundered on a mess of regulations”—The fight to clean up an abandoned fish sauce factory—in print today
This Newfoundland town’s old fish-sauce plant is a stinking, hazardous mess. But whose? theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…
Scoop with @alanna_smithh: We obtained the investigation into the ex-Banff Centre CEO's harassment complaint against its now-dismissed chair, which tells the inside story of a year and a half of tumult—including questions about its future as an arts centre theglobeandmail.com/arts/article-t…
The departure of key family members from leadership roles at Irving Oil, including owner and scion Arthur Irving, could herald a major shift for Atlantic Canada’s century-old oil refiner and retailer as it nears the completion of a formal strategic review theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…
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In wild energy news from out east, Arthur Irving has stepped down as chairman of Irving Oil, which owns Canada's largest oil refinery. His daughter Sarah has also resigned from the company. Scoop from my pal @LindsayLeeJones theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… #cdnecon #nbpoli #nlpoli
Uh, nope. You have to be invited via a motion to testify at a HoC committee meeting, and Smith wasn't. The invite was specifically for Ministers Jean and Neudorf - not the Alberta govt. You can't just sub in, even if you're the premier. theglobeandmail.com/business/artic… #ableg #cdnpoli
On Tuesday I accepted on behalf of the Government of Alberta an invitation to appear appear at the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development. Today they sent a letter rejecting my attendance. That was the fastest response we’ve ever received from the feds -…
For years I’ve been fascinated by the mystery and lore of giant squid 🦑 intermittently washing up on the shores of #Newfoundland. I finally wrote the story! theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…
Alberta eyes more than half of CPP’s assets as it preps to release a report making the case for a separate provincial plan - read the details from @KellyCryderman and me before tomorrow's announcement: #ableg #pensions theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…