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Casandra Fletcher is executive director of the One Straw Society. This Sunshine Coast, British Columbia elder uses the power of local food to build her community’s health and resilience. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/02/o...

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Trenton McIntyre helps people across Canada plan for the climate emergencies coming their way. This 30-year-old from Victoria, BC, works at My Climate Plan, a non-profit with a mission to create a climate-safe, affordable future for everyone. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/05/26/o...

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As director at Nunavut Nukkiksautiit Corporation (NNC), 32-year-old Heather Shilton is passionately committed to ensuring communities drive the clean-energy transition. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/05/20/o...

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Juliana Janot knows she is one of billions helping to protect the people and places we love. @nationalobserver.com

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Don’t look away. This is what Libya’s migrant detention facilities look like. This is what Trump is doing. Amnesty International called Libya’s migrant detention centers a “hellscape,” where beatings and sexual violence are rampant and there are many reports of trafficking and even slavery.

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Then they came for the trade unionists…

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“Oh Canada Our home on native land” never felt better to sing

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Imagine if you were one of billions doing a billion good things every day to make the world safer and better. Good news! You are! And here is another.

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Hugely important for Canada too. The BC Climate Solutions Council has heard lots about shortages of workers to install heat pumps, especially in rural communities. It can't only be BC. Not only is this one govts can fix, if they don't building decarobnization will be unnecessarily stymied.

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Meanwhile, in Canada…

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Distractions abound amongst Trump and his sycophants.

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When Greyhound has better policies than a lot of universities.

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A government under seven (7) different investigations for corruption just introduced a bill that would bring more corporate money into politics. This is not normal. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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A co-worker of mine (who is a judge), traveled by train from Montana to North Dakota for work this week. The train made a stop in Havre, MT, where ICE agents—armed and dressed in full military-style tactical gear—boarded the train.

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People want institutions to stand up www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

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Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.

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'The time for declaring one thing on coal while doing another is over. ' Read the insightful commentary by @drmelissalem.bsky.social 👉: www.timescolonist.com/opinion/comm... @timescolonist.bsky.social

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Maya Colombani believes nature and people are more beautiful together. As chief sustainability and human rights officer for L'Oréal Canada, she has helped the company become a world leader in sustainable development in the cosmetics industry. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/014/...

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Bigots don't belong on the ballot. Pierre Poilievre - expel Aaron Gunn. #Debate2025 #Elxn2025 #cdnpoli #elxn45 bsky.app/profile/lead...

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Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act. Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes? Staffer: a DL and birth certificate. Me: The documents don’t match Staffer: Then a marriage certificate. Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too? Staffer: No Me: See the problem?

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Calgary Confederation and Calgary Centre are toss up ridings, says 338 Canada! Get your friends & family in #yycConfed and #yycCentre to vote for @coreyhogan.ca or @lindsayluhnauyyc.bsky.social respectively. We need real representation in a #MarkCarney government! #yyc #cdnpoli #Canada #Alberta 🇨🇦

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BC Conservatives under fire for letter backing Aaron Gunn... www.thespec.com/news/canada/... #CdnPoli 🇨🇦 #MapleMAGA #PierrePoilievreIsLyingToYou🤥 #NeverPoilievre 🚫 #NeverVoteConservative 🚫🗳️

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Far-right politician Matt Gaetz has endorsed Pierre Poilievre A vote for Poilievre is a vote for Trump

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When it comes to housing, as with most things, Pierre Poilievre just wants to cut. Mark Carney, on the other hand, clearly wants to build -- and use the government's heft to do it. #cdnpoli

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Never has a leader so unironically expressed the sentiment “The beatings will continue until the morale improves” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/u...

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As a criminal defense attorney, the vast majority of my cases were NOT immigrants. So let's stop pretending immigrants are the problem when there's a 34-count convicted felon sitting in the White House. The hypocrisy is outrageous.

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United States Disappeared Tracker: 1214 and growing. public.tableau.com/app/profile/...

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He literally tweeted: This is a great time to BUY! Just hours ago. And then he paused tariffs. He’s literally committing crimes in front of the entire world. 😳

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Enough said.

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Jesus, this is bleak. Like, I appreciate that the data is being tracked? But whew.

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Building a mass movement (instead of a subculture) will require a lot of cringe, so get comfortable with it

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“I think this is the first time a politician in Canada has crossed that line to officially say they want to interfere to control research topics,” says Madeleine Pastinelli, president of the university professors’ union in the province of Quebec. “It could be a very terrible time for us.”

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Ulwiana Mehta-Malhotra keeps clothing out of landfills and helps students stay hopeful. This 18-year-old from North Vancouver inspires highschool students to trade fast fashion for thrift shops and clothes swaps.

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Guess he wasn't so senile after all! 😅🤣😂

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"We are the guardrails now" – the Raging Grannies (including my mom!) - at Hands Off protest in Madison

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Canada sees you too.

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Bell Media re Rachel Gilmore Your lily livered Trump quisling decision makers should be fired. Giving in to pressure from Trump’s tactic follower built a campaign based on rage is not Ok. Canadians need you to do better. Independent media decision making is pillar of democracy. Reinstate her

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This brought me to tears. Thank you, Karyn, for your incredibly generous and kind words. ❤️

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A big deal.

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Yes. Definitely.

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Conservative writer for @nationalreview.bsky.social has zero affection for Rumeysa Öztürk but slams her arrest and detention. Let’s uplift conservatives when they oppose outrageous Trump actions.

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More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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This is truly shocking.

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Be better America.

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"People likely aren’t aware that what they are seeing on Meta platforms in Canada isn’t journalism." thelogic.co/news/canada-...

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