Former AHS board member obtains rare court order, alleging intimidation by podcasters

A former director on the board of Alberta’s health authority says he has been subject to a campaign of harassment and surveillance because of his role as a potential witness in a wrongful dismissal lawsuit tied to the province’s health procurement controversy, court records show.

Sandy Edmonstone, who served on the board of Alberta Health Services until January, obtained a rare court order allowing him to search and seize records and electronic devices from two podcasters, David Wallace and James Di Fiore, whom he alleges have disparaged and harassed him. Those derogatory comments are part of a co-ordinated campaign funded by someone or some people, Mr. Edmonstone alleges. The search-and-seizure order is necessary, Mr. Edmonstone successfully argued, to find evidence showing who is bankrolling the podcasters.