Elections Alberta issues nearly 600 cease and desist letters to individuals who accessed Alberta's electors list without authorization. The fallout is intensifying scrutiny on actors linked to Alberta separatist circles and how voter data is being used nefariously. We get into the story (46:00) with an all-star panel of award-winning journalists - Amber Bracken, Jana Pruden, and Danielle Paradis - in our feature interview presented by Mercedes-Benz Edmonton West. 

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6:00 | Amber kicks off our Real Talk Round Table with an update on her (and The Narwhal's) lawsuit against the RCMP. We discuss the challenges journalists face today, and whether or not the industry should require a professional designation. We tackle the Alberta voter data breach (46:00), Jana's coverage of the Regina Police (Robert Semenchuk) privacy breach (51:00) and discuss Alberta separatists doxxing former premiers Jason Kenney and Rachel Notley. Jana helps us understand why sexual assault charges were stayed against disgraced spiritual leader John deRuiter (56:30). 

1:04:30 | Amber tells us what she plans to accomplish as a 2027 Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. Dani shines a light on efforts to remove Indigenous land claims through Alberta sovereignty (1:10:00). We touch on plans to demolish Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, site of one of Canada's deadliest mass shootings (1:14:45). 

1:31:30 | Real Talkers are FIRED UP as separatists exploit election laws to obtain and publicize Alberta’s voters list, exposing the personal information of nearly three million people. Gillian, Robert, Janice, Alberta Maverick, Jason, Marie, Scott, Brendan, Josef, Crystal and Kimm take centre stage in this edition of The Flamethrower proudly presented by the DQs of Northwest Edmonton and Sherwood Park. 

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