WATCH: Calgary “hunger strikers” caught eating

How much of this so-called "hunger strike" is real?

Keean Bexte

They called it a hunger strike. Then the food came out.

International students in northeast Calgary have been attracting sympathetic media coverage by claiming they are on a “hunger strike” over the expiration of their temporary work permits.

But after the speeches, interviews, and carefully staged press event were over, video circulated showing people at the protest gathered around trays of food and eating a large meal.

That raises an obvious question:

How much of this “hunger strike” is actually real?

At least some of the protesters presented as part of this supposedly desperate demonstration appear to have had no problem eating once the media spectacle was finished.

The legacy media has repeated the protesters’ claims almost entirely at face value. They describe temporary residents facing the expiration of their permits as victims who have been unfairly denied the ability to remain in ...

Corey Morgan

"I suspect somebody may be taking a one-way plane trip to Poland if he ever is compelled to release where his funding has come from and what he is doing with it."

“I find those comments despicable, there’s no other way to say it,” Lukaszuk said on Friday.

With Alberta inching closer to a fall referendum, Premier Danielle Smith is wondering out loud about how third-party advertising spending is being reported and tracked.

“Forever Canadian is the one I see the most signs up and for some reason, the elections officials have said that they don’t have to disclose where they’re getting their money from,” Smith said in an interview with Global News on Thursday, as the premier was meeting with her provincial counterparts in P.E.I.

“That’s a bit surprising to me and surprise to others. I suppose we’ll see what kind of contributions there are, also spending limits as well.”

Her comments aren’t sitting well with Thomas Lukaszuk who represents the Forever Canadian ...