Breckyn Lagoutte

Breckyn Lagoutte is the 2025/26 Opinion Editor and previously served as the 2024/25 Deputy Opinion Editor. She is going into her third year, studying Political Science and English. She enjoys reading, golfing, travelling, and hanging out with her friends.

OpinionHelen Zhang

Breckyn Lagoutte2 weeks ago

Alberta’s measles outbreak is the cost of 20 years of anti-vaccine misinformation

You know things are bad when diseases from medieval paintings start to make a comeback. Next thing you know, Alberta…
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OpinionLeah Hennig

Breckyn Lagoutte3 weeks ago

Alberta votes, Ontario decides: Why disenfranchisement runs deep

Alberta’s relationship with federal elections is like shouting into a hurricane: loud, passionate, and entirely ignored by the people holding…
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OpinionLeah Hennig

Breckyn Lagoutte4 weeks ago

Danielle Smith blurs the border between Canadian and U.S. conservatism

When Alberta Premier Danielle Smith flew to Florida to hang out with Ben Shapiro, she didn’t just pack her suitcase.…
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OpinionSupplied

Breckyn LagoutteApril 25, 2025

Trading the Mountie for a maybe: Alberta’s risky police makeover

If Alberta’s government had a badge for every time it picked a fight with Ottawa, it could start its own…
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OpinionRachel Narvey

Breckyn LagoutteApril 4, 2025

Canada’s future may lie in the CANZUK alliance

Much like how earthquakes split the ground in the movie San Andreas, the tariffs from the United States (U.S.) are…
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OpinionMartin Bendico

Breckyn LagoutteApril 3, 2025

The arts are being left in the dust

Walking through the Humanities Centre at the University of Alberta is a bit like stepping onto the set of a…
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OpinionOlivia DeBourcier

Julia WadleyBreckyn LagoutteDaria MalinNavi SahotaMarch 19, 2025

Group Commentary: Campus creatures

Campus is beginning to warm up and with that comes more creatures roaming around. Sure, the geese might attack you…
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OpinionAlberta Newsroom

Breckyn LagoutteMarch 17, 2025

Danielle Smith’s silence is not leadership

If political scandals were a cooking show, Premier Danielle Smith just tried to serve Albertans a half-baked investigation with a…
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OpinionLily Polenchuk

Breckyn LagoutteMarch 4, 2025

Bite the Ballot: Vice-president (external)

If you’ve ever wondered what happens when three students go toe-to-toe over government lobbying, student transit, and the fate of…
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OpinionGabriella Menezes

Breckyn LagoutteMarch 1, 2025

Abbasi defends, Munoz falters, and Goetz remains stalled in the VPX race

The University of Alberta Students’ Union (UASU) vice-president (external) (VPX) race at the Indigenous Students’ Union (ISU) forum on February…
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