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Tom Kitten's mom, policy analyst and researcher at National Farmers Union, organic farmer, birdwatcher, fiddle player...
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Tell Prime Minister Carney and other federal leaders you want a non-nuclear, clean, affordable, and safe renewable future. And that you oppose direct taxpayer-funded investments in new nuclear reactors. #cdnpoli #canpoli #onpoli #abpoli #nbpoli #skpoli stop-smrs.weebly.com/renewablesno...

This essay by @andycraig.bsky.social in @theunpopulist.net on our constitutional omni-crisis needs to be widely read.

protectourforest.home.blog/2025/05/23/n... Communities protecting their forests in Saskatchewan.

No going back: The fight to save Saskatchewan's forests. Via @larissagkurz.bsky.social and Kayle Neis. leaderpost.com/feature/no-g...

🚨 Happening Tomorrow! 🚨

She is consolidating control over the province while Albertans aren’t paying attention. Power is being centralized, and critical health and social services are being dismantled. Alberta is on a dangerous path toward kleptocracy. #cdnpoli Albertans, the future of your province is yours to reclaim.

The creeping authoritarianism of the UCP in Alberta.

Canada Post should end daily d... www.cbc.ca/news/busines... Canada Post is a public service. Only a moron could recommend it duplicate for-profit couriers and abandon home delivery service.

open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... History about how the US civil rights movement worked to overturn the racist school segregation law. I highly recommend Heather Cox Richardson's Substack.

Knock-knock ... who's there?

open.substack.com/pub/dougaldl... This is a must read for #SKpoli and #canpoli Best explanation of equalization payment system and its necessity I've read.

Rather than protect wetlands, Saskatchewan's new drainage policy will speed up the declines of wetlands and birds, writes Trevor Herriott. leaderpost.com/opinion/lett...

My response to Peter Mackinnon's op ed that called for the government to shut down anti-racism training at the U of S.

"This could severely impact the public trust if Canadians thought that important decisions like whether or not you were eligible for a public benefit was entirely decided by a glorified chatbot." www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

ICE agents use no warrants, arrest whoever they wish, cover their faces, and refuse to identify themselves; they are above the law. The US is a police state

Smith has unleashed the children of the Creator. Her and her government will pay dearly for the betrayal of our First Nations.

I love how the female Mallard's plumage blends in with the rippled reflections of the dry cattails along this creek.

The cost of entering agriculture is now so prohibitive that PEI is at risk of losing a generation of farmers. A guaranteed income could make the difference between success and giving up. www.peicanada.com/island_farme...

NFU's Phil Mount explains all the ways that supply management is, in fact, not a barrier to interprovincial trade in the dairy industry: "Dairy products move freely all across Canada,” he says. The system enables collaboration across provincial borders. πŸ₯›πŸ„ www.manitobacooperator.ca/livestock/da...

I keep hearing Mr. Kurek say he is "temporarily" resigning his seat. Very strange. Does he think he'll get it back after the by-election? What do you make of this? #canpoli

this is legitimately evil

First Nations groups fight Hudson's Bay Company sale of thousands of cultural and ceremonial items. Hear more on APTN News Brief:

My baby's feet are cold!