David Boles

Rural AB Affairs Reporter with the St. Albert Gazette.
YYC born, YEG living.
Italian kid, lifelong Leafs & Juventus FC fan.

[David Boles @DavidJBoles]

Day 1 = ✅️

Pleased to join the St. Albert Gazette as the Rural Alberta Affairs Reporter.

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

A true giant in journalism, Jon Snow has spent his life asking difficult questions and telling important stories.

Now, in sharing his Alzheimer’s diagnosis, he is helping others feel less alone and raising awareness of a condition that affects so many families.

[David Boles @DavidJBoles]

Imagine being from Spain and the first place you see in America is Chattanooga, Tennessee.

[Patrick MacCoon @PMacCoon]

The Spain national football team has arrived in downtown Chattanooga for the FIFA World Cup

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Quite the telling non-answer in front of his party leader & premier, who has explicitly said her UCP government supports Alberta being in a united Canada.

[Courtney Theriault @cspotweet]

Minister Devin Dreeshen is asked how he would vote in the fall referendum.

He doesn't actually answer, but instead says the feds need to do more to make the case for the country to stay together.

[David Boles @DavidJBoles]

@worldhockeyrpt Genuinely, great question fellas.
I support this team and I'm not sure why, given their propensity to do dumb things like try & trade an absolute dawg like Matthew Knies.

[Courtney Theriault @cspotweet]

Here are the highlights of Alberta's new rail master plan.

https://t.co/HFTP7zrcYd

[David Boles @DavidJBoles]

Flames legend Mark Jankowski, thank you sir. 🫡

[David Boles @DavidJBoles]

@UTD_Seth001 Yeah, I speak French. He never said anything you claim he did in the clip.

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My story from yesterday: Alberta merging health care number, proof of citizenship with driver's licence

https://t.co/z5hv3qoujL

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Certified ball knower @Jackie_Redmond.
She gets it.

[Nick Alberga @thegoldenmuzzy]

Part of me wants Vegas to win the Cup solely to hear Mitch Marner finally elaborate on his "dark times" comment.

@Jackie_Redmond isn't having it. She's tired of the Leafs fan bashing and the constant gaslighting of Toronto.

Why does everything in hockey always come back to the Leafs? 🤷‍♂️🍿

[CFChris. @EmenaIo]

This Cole Palmer penalty against his former club 🥶

[David Boles @DavidJBoles]

Faith > Thriller.

Thank you for your time.

[David Boles @DavidJBoles]

Faith > Thriller.

Thank you for your time.

[City of Edmonton @CityofEdmonton]

On June 4, the 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group will be training in the River Valley (Exercise MOUNTAIN RAM 2026). You may see military personnel in fitness gear or uniform. No weapons, routine training only.

Expect temporary congestion at Rundle Park (N), Dawson Park & Hermitage Park. No road/park closures.

Thanks for your patience! 🍁

[David Boles @DavidJBoles]

@JSJamato Look forward to seeing what's next, boss. Congrats on 21 years of hard work & exceptional journalism.

[David Boles @DavidJBoles]

@tavkniesnythews @LeafsPapi_ @RegularguysTB @Ozoon_CA Respectfully, no.
In nine years, Ehlers managed to win more than two rounds there. Hell, the Jets did that all alone in 2018. I spent time there when they did it, the town was on fire. Outside of Montreal, 'Peg might have the best hockey atmosphere in the sport.

[David Boles @DavidJBoles]

@LeafsPapi_ @Ozoon_CA Nik Ehlers also won more than two playoff rounds in nine years in Winnipeg.

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The best PxP man in puck.
Well deserved honour, @CCpxpSN.

Congrats, sir.
Look forward to many more years of continued excellence from you and @hnicsimmer.

[Sportsnet @Sportsnet]

A well-deserved honour 🎙️

Sportsnet's Chris Cuthbert receives the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award for outstanding contributions as a hockey broadcaster 🏆

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Latest from me: Heavy rain causing problems in Alberta's rivers

https://t.co/BRYJqMqFV1

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"Enough with the 'experts'!" says a prominent Alberta lawyer in response to the premier's office saying financial, legal and other experts in their field will be assisting in detailing the costs associated with running a potentially independent Alberta.

[Eva Chipiuk, BSc, LLB, LLM @echipiuk]

Enough with the “experts”!

For years, Canadians were told to simply defer, comply, and stop asking questions and look where that has left us.

A healthy democracy cannot function by sidelining citizens while unelected experts, insiders, and institutions make decisions behind closed doors.

What about the people who actually live with the consequences of those decisions?

When do citizens get a meaningful say?

And most importantly, when do we get accountability from the so-called “experts” and public officials who shut down businesses, destroyed livelihoods, coerced people into taking a novel medical intervention, and then abandoned or dismissed those who were harmed?

Are citizens simply expected to stay silent, look the other way, and pretend none of this happened?

That is not accountability. That is institutional cowardice. And then those same institutions wonder why public trust has collapsed. Trust is not maintained through censorship, coercion, or moral lectures. It is earned through honesty, transparency, accountability, and the courage to admit when harm was done.

Expertise has a role. But so do transparency, accountability, open debate, and democratic participation. A free society is not built on blind deference. It is built on an informed and engaged public.