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Edmonton-based national reporter for the Toronto Star. Email me: kleavitt@thestar.ca. DMs are open.

Edmonton, Alberta
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    Jun 18

    Some personal news: I’m back covering Alberta! For the last year or so I’ve been reporting on federal politics with the Star’s Ottawa bureau, which was great, but glad to be back. Don’t hesitate to get in touch: 587-596-4493 / kleavitt@thestar.ca. Reach out in confidence

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    Aug 12

    It’s not really a snap election if we’ve just spent the past 5 months talking about how it’s going to happen.

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  3. Aug 11

    Could the two Michaels be freed? This former ‘hostage diplomacy’ prisoner thinks there’s a chance

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  4. Aug 11

    Alberta says U.S. oil request ‘smacks of hypocrisy’ after it cancelled Keystone XL

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  5. Aug 10

    Could Olympics offer leverage against China’s ‘hostage diplomacy’?

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  6. Aug 10

    A ‘death knell’ for fossil fuels? What the UN’s alarming new climate report means for Alberta via

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  7. Aug 6

    ‘Why is Alberta being treated like a second-class province?’ Jason Kenney blasts Trudeau over child-care funding, COVID questions via

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  8. Aug 5

    Ottawa, Alberta clash over loosening of COVID restrictions — show us the science, feds say via

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  9. Aug 4

    Alberta’s Dr. Deena Hinshaw apologizes for ‘confusion, fear or anger’ around lifting of COVID-19 measures via

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  10. Aug 4

    I recently deleted Twitter from my phone and that has not only improved my mental health but I think improved how I do journalism as well. This platform does not lend itself to nuanced thinking and we live in too nuanced a time.

    100 per cent. Twitter does not represent anything more than the fringes these days, yet it is determining the agenda.
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  11. Aug 3

    Canada weighing options to get Facebook, Google to pay for journalism following first round of consultations via

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  12. Jul 29

    NEW: Canada proposes ‘digital safety commissioner’ to keep illegal content off Facebook, YouTube, Pornhub and other platforms via

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  13. Jul 28

    UCP MLA Devinder Toor and people connected to him have been slapped with $33,500 in fines from Elections Alberta for a bunch of infractions around accepting illicit contributions.

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    Jul 22

    Steve Allan’s report from the Alberta inquiry into the influence of foreign funding on anti-Alberta oil and gas campaigns is due next week. Environmental groups say the evidence against them is a strange mix of internet searches and social posts.

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    Jul 19

    The have now confirmed the review of Paul's party membership has been "suspended." That means the two threats to her leadership -- the membership review and the looming confidence vote -- have been eliminated.

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    Jul 15

    Manitoba NDP leader interrupts Indigenous reconciliation minister at swearing-in ceremony over comments suggesting residential schools were started with good intentions

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  17. Jul 15

    What a powerful moment.

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    Pretty exceptional cabinet intro: NDP leader Wab Kinew came up to new Indigenous Relations Minister Alan Lagimodiere to confront him on what he just said about the people who started residential schools having good intentions at the time
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  18. Jul 15

    Oh no -- I just realized that I've turned into an em dash guy. How long does this phase last? I plead for mercy during these trying times.

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    Jul 15

    The Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation, who shocked the world with the announcement of 215 unmarked graves six weeks ago, is set to publicly release their final report this morning.

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    Jul 14

    Pat Rehn is back in the UCP caucus. But will he be barred from running in future UCP nominations, like the premier said in January? Kenney’s office won’t say.

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    Jul 14
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    I have requested, but received only a list of names so far.

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