Cam Tait @camtait Twitter profile

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Cam Tait

@camtait

3 months

I am dedicating my Game 7 #Stanleycup finals in the memory of my friend Joe Moss

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5 years

He was born in High River. She is from Philadelphia. Today, in New York, the couple celebrates their 50th wedding anniversary. Congratulations, Glen and Ann Sather. @NHLbyMatty @TSNBobMcKenzie @byterryjones @EdmontonOilers

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6 months

Thank you to the @EdmontonOilers and @RogersPlace for the accessible seating in the press box

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4 years

#joeymoss

TAIT: Joey Moss refused to be limited by living with a disability

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11 months

Please don’t worry about me. I’ll beat this. Diagnosed this morning with Covid

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3 months

A few comments, negative, saying Connor McDavid was wrong for not accepting the Conn Smythe Award last after Game 7. Respectfully, I disagree. McDavid was the last person on the ice, supporting his teammates and probably wanted to get in the room to be with them. #Leadership

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3 months

I'm dedicating my Oilers tweets tonight in the memory of Robin Brownlee

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4 years

@TracyAllardUCP I expect your resignation Monday. Here’s why @Edmontonsun @RachelNotley @MarieFrRenaud @jkenney #publicembarassment

TAIT: No more trust nor respect for Tracy Allard

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@camtait

11 months

I’ll be ok. Day 11 in hospital but with friends like you there ain’t nothing we can’t handle @sports1440 . @JasonGregor

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@JasonGregor

11 months

A @sports1440 injury update. @camtait is still in hospital with pneumonia, but he is feeling much better and should return to the show next week. He is very appreciative to all who reached out.

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4 years

MY AISH questions 1. We are in the middle of a COVID with many moving pieces. Why have an AISH review now? 2. Could I please get a quote from the Premier’s Council on the advice they gave on an AISH review? 3. What is the annual Premier’s Council budget?

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8 months

TAIT: John Short was an inspiration to many in Edmonton sports FYI @JasonGregor @BrynMightyMouth @KellyHrudey @RonMacLean_ @CCpxpSN @simmonssteve @FriedgeHNIC @hnicsimmer @MJForbes @SportsnetSpec @rcamcole #RIPJohn

TAIT: John Short was an inspiration to many in Edmonton sports

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@camtait

6 years

Thirty four years ago today I started full time at @edmontonjournal Thank you to everyone for all their help to me along the way. #yeg

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@camtait

3 months

For @TSNRyanRishaug @JasonGregor @Avry @DerekVanDiest @SportsnetSpec @jimmathesonnhl @FriedgeHNIC @DNBsports @FriedgeHNIC - thank you

TAIT: A special thank-you from a veteran Oilers beat scribe and rookie Stanley Cup Final reporter

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Cam Tait

@camtait

2 years

To my friends with disabilities : hearing whispers of Alberta Health Services cutbacks on home care services. Crafting a Sunday column around the issue. If you have concerns or comments pls email cam @camtait .com by 12 noon MST Saturday., My reporter sense tells me ...

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@camtait

4 years

TAIT: Kenney doesn't give a damn about disabled Albertans @Edmontonsun @MarieFrRenaud @RachelNotley @zacharyweeks H #abled . .

TAIT: Kenney doesn't give a damn about disabled Albertans

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Cam Tait

@camtait

5 years

Fourty years ago today I had my first story printed in The Edmonton Journal. Thank you, my friends.

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@camtait

4 years

If you are an Albertan you OWE it to yourself to listen to @LukaszukAB on #RealTalk Thank you, Thomas, for your honesty, and more importantly, courage

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Cam Tait

@camtait

24 days

Thank you for a great 45 years in newspaper. Let's make it to 50 -- and help people who need it the most

TAIT: Reflecting on 45 years in journalism

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6 years

My friend Joe

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3 years

TAIT: A Father's Day gift of companionship from a daughter @steeletalk @CKNW @JlynNye @GordSteinke @CCpxpSN @MJForbes #FathersDay #family #Dementia

TAIT: A Father's Day gift of companionship from a daughter

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@camtait

5 months

A sincere (bottle of rum full) of gratitude to my media colleague, and, more importantly, great pal @TSNRyanRishaug who, for the first time in 45 years, is helping to ask questions at @EdmontonOilers press conferences. Thank you. pal! #StanleyCupPlayoffs

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@camtait

9 months

Congratulations to @jasongregor and @sports1440 for raising $160,000-plus for the Month of Giving. So proud to be a tiny part of the station

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@camtait

5 years

OK. Due to no response let's try this again: Question to @RachelNotley @jkenney @SMandel_AB and @Dave_Khan : do you have any candidates with disabilities representing your party in the provincial election? I ask as an @edmontonsun columnist for Thursday's paper

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@camtait

11 months

Bored in hospital wondering if a Nanaimo bar fits snugly in a cream puff

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1 year

TAIT: Loss of wife and mother profoundly felt on Mother's Day weekend

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Cam Tait

@camtait

4 years

I have, and have had, a wonderful life as a person with a disability — and, it continues. I. Need. To. Make. This. Absolutely. Crystal. Clear: my comments on disability are NOT ABOUT ME. I am fighting for Albertans with disabilities,

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Cam Tait

@camtait

3 years

Sad news this morning with the passing of Gerry "Red" Blackwell, who was a. fixture around the Edmonton sports scene for years, especially in hockey and baseball. If you knew Red and have thoughts please share #RIPRed @byterryjones @jimmathesonnhl @EdmontonOilers @EdmOilKings

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Cam Tait

@camtait

4 months

My friend please retweet my invitation to honor my wife Joan's loving memory on this special day so more kids can become champions @CCpxpSN @Oil_Foundation @MJForbes @GenePrincipe @TSNRyanRishaug @steeletalk @JasonGregor @DerekVanDiest @DNBsports

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@camtait

11 months

In my 44-years of journalism this is perhaps one of the most important pieces I've ever written. Join Cam's Crusade to change how disabled patients are mistreated in hospitals: my personal story. Please retweet

TAIT: Alberta hospitals lacking when caring for people with disabilities

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Cam Tait

@camtait

3 years

For those who don't know I live with cerebral and do not, and never will, walk or run. No big deal. I say that as a preface: #JasonKenney has done for Albertans in need what I've done for jogging, speed skating, water skiing, diving, driver safety, and mountain climbing #COVIDAB

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Cam Tait

@camtait

6 years

Let’s celebrate Down Syndrome Day

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8 years

My first piece as a member of the @EdmontonOilers communications department @CCtsn @Bob_Stauffer @NHLbyMatty

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8 years

“I’ll meet you right by the Wayne Gretzky statue.” - Edmonton Oilers - Features. My Thursday story @edmontonoilers

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Cam Tait

@camtait

3 years

#COVID19AB I am so displeased with Kenney's announcement, especially the remove of masks for school kids. We have 2 grandsons in elementary school. I want them to come home laughing ... rather than a COVID diagnosed. Shameful, sir.

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@camtait

3 years

TAIT: Daryl McIntyre comes full circle Fyi; @1DarylMcIntyre @CarrieADoll @MJForbes @630CHED @630CHED @joshclassenCTV @Robin_Brownlee @BrynMightyMouth @itsaLewisThing #yeg #media

TAIT: Daryl McIntyre comes full circle

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Cam Tait

@camtait

1 year

I LOVE radio: our mind's theatre. And to hear Edmonton's oldest radio station #TSN1260 breaks my heart. @Edmontonsun column

TAIT: Loss of Edmonton's only sports radio station a sad day for the city

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@camtait

2 years

TAIT: Ben Stelter taught us to put life first FYI @KellyHrudey @hnicsimmer @RonMacLean_ @Bob_Stauffer @edmontonoilers @SportsnetSpec @BrynMightyMouth @ReidWilkins @MJForbes @ShayeGanam @edmontonoilers #RIPBen

TAIT: Ben Stelter taught us to put life first

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@camtait

5 years

TAIT: Trusted news anchor Daryl McIntyre signs off | Edmonton Sun ⁦ @DMcIntyreCTV ⁩ ⁦ @Edmontonsun ⁩ ⁦ @ctvedmonton ⁩ ⁦ @CarrieADoll ⁩

TAIT: Trusted news anchor Daryl McIntyre signs off

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Cam Tait

@camtait

4 years

Tim Dancy: The voice. The reporter. The smile. The laughter. The warm handshake . The friend. RIP

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Cam Tait

@camtait

3 months

Anybody else think there might be ice issues in Florida?

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Cam Tait

@camtait

8 years

To all who were so kind with your comments about my new role with @EdmontonOilers

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Cam Tait

@camtait

7 years

Monday, February 4, 1985: my first day as a full-time staff writer at the Edmonton Journal. For the past four years I've been at the Edmonton Sun and am closing in on 5,000 published pieces.Thank you, editors, colleagues, cab drivers, and people who have shared their story.

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Cam Tait

@camtait

6 years

Jim Taylor was a wonderful friend, mentor, best sportswriter this county has ever produced, introduced me to martinis, and is the sole reason my book was published; what an honor to have Jim as a co-author. He passed away Monday. RIP, my dear friend

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@camtait

7 years

A pleasure to meet @EdmontonOilers anthem singer Robert Clark earlier today #Oilers

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Cam Tait

@camtait

11 months

This player should be banned from playing hockey for life. Entire league board needs to resign immediately. We don’t do this in Edmonton. Do we?

Robin Brownlee

@Robin_Brownlee

11 months

Eight games for purposely slicing an opponent's neck with your skate? That's not enough. That's not close to enough. That is as close to trying to kill someone on the ice as you can get. What a farce this is.

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@camtait

7 years

@Leah_McRorie @RicMcIver @jkenney @PC_Alberta Retards? Really ... in 2017? How very shameful!

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Cam Tait

@camtait

7 months

I'm asking to ask ... and. retweet -- to ask again, my friends like @CarrieTait @KellyCryderman @SportsnetSpec @JasonGregor @KellyHrudey @steeletalk @ShayeGanam @BrynMightyMouth @ryanjespersen @petermansbridge @FriedgeHNIC @RachelNotley @Editwithmouse @Editwithmouse @MJForbes .

David Foster FDN

@DavidFosterFDN

8 months

We're excited to share Cam Tait's first post of 2024, "The Year of The Ask". In it, Cam provides valuable advice as we embark on a new year on how to speak with friends and family about why it is important to become an organ donor. Read now:

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@camtait

4 years

With all due respect, Minister, celebrating is the furthest thing you, and your callous government should do today. A year ago I wrote this. Please, Minister: what has changed? I think your government has put the disabled community at tremendous risk

TAIT: Time to get day for people with disabilities off ferris wheel

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@camtait

7 years

#taiton8 iin Thursday's @Edmontonsun A Thank you note to @sunterryjones @Sun_Tychkowski @BreakenridgeYEG @rcamcole

Cam Tait: Open letter to Terry Jones

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Cam Tait

@camtait

8 years

Memories of the Wayne Gretzky statue in Edmonton? Please email ctait @edmontonoilers .com. @EdmontonOilers

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Cam Tait

@camtait

5 years

I find it too bad TV sports reporters these days ask long-winded questions that ramble. With all due respect, you are not the show. The players are. Please, do your privileged job as journalists ...and check your egos at the door.

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Cam Tait

@camtait

9 years

Overwhelmed at @Audreysbooks to see our book displayed so close To the front door. Audreys reopens Saturday http://t.co/myRwj0vSww

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@camtait

5 years

Very, very sad news hearing of Walt Buehler's passing Saturday evening. Walt was the sound engineer for decades for @EdmontonOilers radio broadcast. Walt is the gentleman on the right

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3 years

FYI @AdrianaLaGrange @charlesadler @RachelNotley @MarieFrRenaud @zacharyweeks @TheSpinDoctor @GordSteinke @ShayeGanam @steeletalk #FathersDay2021 TAIT: Inspired by father to rally for causes like special needs education

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Cam Tait

@camtait

6 years

Very very classy, and even more compassionate

Oilers Foundation

@Oil_Foundation

6 years

Net proceeds from tonight's @EdmontonOilers 50/50 will go to support the victims & families affected by the @HumboldtBroncos tragedy.

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9 years

I met SpiderMable @ edmonton oilers game. My hero! http://t.co/p1adrJGAqk

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Cam Tait

@camtait

5 years

I, finally, figured out why I never made the NHL ... I knew, in 1976 -- my draft year -- I should HAVE applied for that JP Arena Zamboni job.

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Cam Tait

@camtait

2 years

TAIT: Thanks for believing in me, Mom and Dad @CarrieTait @MJForbes @KellyHrudey @BrentIndyJones

TAIT: Thanks for believing in me, Mom and Dad

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@camtait

5 years

An absolutely brilliant piece of writing from @JasonGregor on the courage of @CoreyGraham and his wife Nicole. A must read

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@camtait

5 years

Happy birthday Hunter From Nic and Cam #letsgooilers

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Cam Tait

@camtait

7 years

I'v been appointed to a 2nd term on the Premier's Council on the Status of Persons with Disabilities. An honour, but a bigger responsibility

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Cam Tait

@camtait

2 years

MY news today. Looking so forward to sharing family stories and helping them when they need it the most . Ideas? ctait @davidfosterfoundation .com Thanks, David, for the opportunity #davidfosterfoundation #OrganDonation #BeADonor

David Foster FDN

@DavidFosterFDN

2 years

We are very excited to announce that Cam Tait @camtait , of the Edmonton Sun, will be coming on board as a feature writer for the David Foster Foundation. Visit to read Cam’s first post!

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Cam Tait

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6 years

Thanks to my good friend ⁦ @GarrettTurta ⁩ for this special moment #greycup

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Cam Tait

@camtait

7 years

Joey. And, O'Canada @Edmontonsun @TSN_Sports @CCtsn @ReidWilkins @rcamcole @RonMacLeanHTH @PremiersCouncil

Loud and Proud | Edmonton Oilers

Cam Tait writes about Joey Moss and the singing of O Canada at Oilers games

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Cam Tait

@camtait

8 years

I'm wondering if I interviewed Donald Trump, would he make fun of my haircut?

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@camtait

5 years

I'm worried, folks: @JustinTrudeau found out about my drinking problem. So, he's banning plastic straws. Kinda...sucks

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Cam Tait

@camtait

5 years

I am thrilled to have a new Ambassador role, with OEG and will be at tonght's @EdmontonOilers game in Section 120. If you're at the game, please come say hi. Go Oilers!

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Cam Tait

@camtait

9 years

As a person with a disability I am hopeful the new NDP government will work with us to give Albertans with disabilities all we ask: a chance

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@camtait

4 years

Note to @jkenney -- in your 1:45 statement you used the term "severely handicapped" a term not used since the 1970's. Alas, AISH needs a new name. Words can evoke pity and helplessness -- or empowerment and dignity. I encourage you, sir, to use "people with disabilities ." Thanks

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1 year

@Edmontonsun column on my buddy @kevinkarius the captain of Crooked Lake, Sask, and who has done great work for Easter Seals, and @JasonGregor and the @Sports1440 gang

TAIT: 'Time for something new': Sports 1440 goes live Tuesday morning

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@camtait

5 years

Just watched 29 Forever on @TSN_Sports Every emotion re-lived from #HumboldtStrong I cried over the loss for every family involved, but was truly moved by people who are carrying on. Rivetting. Wonderful job done by @TSNRyanRishaug #hockeyfamily

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@camtait

9 months

What makes something you do for the first time, even more special, is when you do it with someone else: I've been attention #Oilers press conferences since 1980. Never asked a question in a group setting. Thanks, @TSNRyanRishaug for being my wingman Friday night, reading my

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@camtait

4 years

COLUMN: @MarieFrRenaud @RachelNotley @Edmontonsun #notfair #AbLeg

TAIT: Parents of kids with disabilities deserve better

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Cam Tait

@camtait

8 years

A piece on longtime @EdmontonOilers staff member Brian Ross' battle with cancer @CCtsn @rcamcole @Bob_Stauffer

"You don't know how tough you are..." | Edmonton Oilers

It seems impossible to still feel lucky when you have been diagnosed with terminal cancer. But not if you're Brian Ross.

www.nhl.com

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Cam Tait

@camtait

7 years

My assistant Alysson Good and I shared some time with Premier @RachelNotley Tuesday morning. Thank you, Premier, for your time #ableg .

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@camtait

4 months

I'm going to bed at 7 p.m. tonight the get ready for Round 2. Refresher: volunteering writing Oiler piece on my website during playoffs and asking readers to make small donation @Oil_Foundation Retweets greatly appreciated @SportsnetSpec @GenePrincipe

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@camtait

4 years

This is an absolute cash grab. Shame on you @RajanJSaw

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@camtait

6 years

TAIT: A letter to the Zwozdesky family | Edmonton Sun

TAIT: A letter to the Zwozdesky family

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Cam Tait

@camtait

5 years

As we conclude National Volunteer Week, please meet Mrs. B, the volunteer who shared three hours every Friday morning from 1966-1969. Mrs. B is the reason I can type today! THANK YOU

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Cam Tait

@camtait

3 months

It stings like hell, losing 2-1 in the Stanley Cup final. But ... I would not trade it for the journey this season, the friends I've made and how Edmonton has become a closer city. Hockey-wise: Oilers have nothing to bed ashamed of.

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Cam Tait

@camtait

2 months

Saying so long for now to my newspaper mentor Nick Lees. If you have any of your remembrances of the man known as Nick Danger please tweet me

Nick Lees, longtime Edmonton Journal columnist, dies at 81

edmontonsun.com

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Cam Tait

@camtait

2 years

The best part of. this pic is Greg Southam who snapped it. Greg took a shot of him and I, upside down, in a squeaky, shaky, uncoiled Ferris wheel in the late 90's. Helluva phototog @EJlensmen . Even a better friend

Edmonton Journal

@edmontonjournal

2 years

Postmedia columnist @camtait receives the Alberta Order of Excellence from Lt.-Gov. Salma Lakhani, on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022 in Edmonton. The award is the highest honour the province offers its citizens. 📸: Greg Southam/ @EJlensmen #yeg #ableg #PhotoOfTheDay

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@camtait

2 years

A very happy birthday to the one, and only, Mrs Bradley who came every Friday morning for 3 hours five 5 years to help me with hand exercises. She is the reason I opened my hands … and the sole reason I can type this note. Much love, Cameron

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@camtait

8 years

A storybook ending to Gretzky statue at Rexall Place - Edmonton Oilers - Features @edmontonoilers #oilers

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@camtait

3 months

Time to come home, fellas

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@camtait

2 years

Ben has never given up ... NEITHER will the @EdmontonOilers in Game 4 #Oilers #StanleyCupPlayoffs

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@NHL_On_TNT

2 years

Ben Selter is in the building in Edmonton ‼️ The Oilers are undefeated with Ben at the arena 🧡

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@camtait

7 years

One of the most kindest and funniest man I've ever met. #27Semenko #onceanoileralwaysanoiler

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@camtait

2 years

Terse email, Monday, from @AHS telling me not to share my home care concerns on Twitter. Gag order, anyone? If you have experienced the same, I want to hear from you. cam @camtait .com. And … what do you think? #ABLEG

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@camtait

3 months

But. There is hope: - Coach Kris Knoblauch's coaching - 97 and 29 are due for a SFC coming out party - Edmonton fans ... at home. - Nobody has lost a home game in this series

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Cam Tait

@camtait

10 years

Jim Taylor has co-written my autobiography with me to be released March 28. We're happy to share the covers http://t.co/Ap19jMBr4V

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@camtait

5 years

Never, since the first time I voted provincially in '79, have I been so nervous before a vote. As an Albertan living with a disability, i am seriously concerned about minority populations not being heard, and not supporting — and celebrating — everyone's unleashed potential.

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@camtait

2 years

ICYMI on the weekend ... very excited

David Foster FDN

@DavidFosterFDN

2 years

We are very excited to announce that Cam Tait @camtait , of the Edmonton Sun, will be coming on board as a feature writer for the David Foster Foundation. Visit to read Cam’s first post!

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7 years

Great piece from @KellyHrudey on Patrick Marleau before the big @hockeynight opener. Well done, my friend

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@camtait

7 years

OK. Enough is enough. I have to go for a walk. #Oilers

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@camtait

6 years

Friends: Thank you for the comments. Happy April Fool's Day! I'm not retiring because my best work is ahead of me. Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend.

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