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Rural Ontario is the Progressive Conservatives' base, but in Waterloo Region, Ford's push for industrial land has weakened his vote. @fatimabsyed.bsky.social and the Record now know why the region is buying farmland and even threatening expropriation: a Toyota plant. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-wilm...

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The experiences of the Black miners of Nova Scotia’s industrial past reveal hidden racial dynamics at play. Read more about Aderinola Olamiju's research — and the 'striking' similarities to modern-day attitudes toward immigrant labourers: thenarwhal.ca/nova-scotia-...

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Opinion: When it comes to transgender and non-binary human beings, some intolerant politicians seem endlessly fixated on trying to prove biology wrong, but they couldn't be further from the truth, writes Mel Woods.

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The four major parties running in the Ontario election have now released platforms, and three of them answered our survey on 8 big questions about the environment and energy. Here's how they'd address the issues — as well as some fun, confusing and strange pledges: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-elec...

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Made my @thenarwhal.ca debut today! In response to all of these conservatives blathering on about "biological reality," I wrote about clownfish, the TV show "Succession," and the uniquely beautiful—and uniquely human—experience of being trans. thenarwhal.ca/clownfish-se...

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Crave, your made in Canada streaming service that takes twice as long to download anything as the actual length of the program

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The Doug Ford govt will spend $1.3B funding 45 school building projects across Ontario—and not a single one in the Toronto District School Board, the biggest board, where the repair backlog is huge. @wencyleung.bsky.social with an important election story. thelocal.to/ontario-educ...

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🧵 Our special election issue, “7 Years of Doug Ford,” is now live. From health care to education, online gambling to the Greenbelt, this is the best collection of stories about how the lives of Torontonians have changed during Ford’s time as premier. thelocal.to/7-years-of-d...

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Doug Ford's government reversed its plan to cut into a swath of protected land around Toronto, but with an RCMP investigation still underway, @emmamci.bsky.social looks at how the Greenbelt scandal is quietly shaping the 2025 Ontario election. #onpoli thenarwhal.ca/ontario-elec...

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Is there a way to stop your eyes watering when it's -20 outside If no Is there a way to stop all the eye water causing a rash If no Is there a way to switch to a rash-free head when needed

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Big Tech is censoring abortion content! 🚨 Social media platforms are removing vital info on reproductive health. Have you been censored? Report it here: www.eff.org/uncensored. #StopCensoringAbortion

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Pics of multiple demonstrations of various sizes in the thread.

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In Ontario, adults born in the 1970s may only have had a single measles vaccine. The provincial health page says '70 to '76 www.ontario.ca/page/about-m.... The Guelph area public health site says to '78 wdgpublichealth.ca/your-health/.... When in doubt (or leaving the country), get a booster!

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This is my panic of the day for suuuuuuure ...

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This person gets it

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Romance author Uzma Jalaluddin takes the Moose Questionnaire 💓💓💓 The Ayesha at Last writer talks to @fatimabsyed.bsky.social about teaching climate science to high school students and awe-inspiring trips to the Bay of Fundy and Jasper National Park. thenarwhal.ca/moose-questi...

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I'm not sure why a bunch of people are reading this two-year-old story about a former Team Jamaica Olympic swim coach giving Black, Muslim and other racialized women free lessons in Waterloo. But I'm really proud of it, so yeah! Read it! thenarwhal.ca/swimming-les...

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This week's Moose Questionnaire is with Cree author David A. Robertson, whose new memoir is about taming the monsters of anxiety. One antidote is nature, especially water, especially the Black Water near his ancestral trapline. thenarwhal.ca/moose-questi...

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🧵Lately, I've been drawn to stories of people beating back the darkness, and fighting for a vision of a fair and just society. Today, I bring you one about midwives. (Spoiler alert: they're totally badass.) via @thelocal.to, photos by @chloeellingson.bsky.social thelocal.to/midwives-uni...

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The Fifth Estate is reporting on how anti-2SLGBTQ+ sentiment is affecting Canadian libraries and - something I'm so glad they looked into - how it's connected to attacks on libraries in the United States. www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...

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Ethylene oxide is an odourless gas used to sterilize medical equipment. It's also a carcinogen. And, according to a document obtained by @leahbortskuperman.bsky.social, Health Canada is unclear how much of the chemical companies are releasing into the air. thenarwhal.ca/ethylene-oxi...

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Everyone read Flannery's Narwhal debut! The Ontario govt touts its pandemic investments in school air quality, but where's the data on how effective it's been? Is it protecting students from wildfire smoke, car exhaust and other respiratory threats?

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Super fun to be edited by Nav! It took a minute but the Ethnic Aisle is running things!

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NEW: Meet two of the key lawyers fighting for trans people's lives against Trump's anti-trans attacks. Chase Strangio and Shannon Minter talk with Law Dork in a new video discussion. www.lawdork.com/p/trump-anti...

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😕😕😕

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Agricultural trade between Canada and the U.S. is worth US$70 billion. As tariff threats fly, @jsrutgers.bsky.social writes, farmers in Manitoba and Minnesota are trying stay optimistic as they worry about crop revenues dropping as the cost of fertilizer spikes. thenarwhal.ca/manitoba-far...

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Heck of a story: "A former senior geoscientist with the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission who analyzed the data, concluded the frequency of significant earthquakes will only increase as fracking expands in B.C.'s Peace River area." www.cbc.ca/news/climate...

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Come on, man.

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CBC: "Police in Ejaz Choudry death tried to keep their identities secret. Now we know who they are" www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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No, kids are NOT getting "surgically mutilated" en masse. Get the facts you need to know about gender-affirming surgery for young people ⬇️ xtramagazine.com/video/xtra-e...

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Musician, animal lover and self-proclaimed "dork" Neko Case has a new memoir out today. When we asked about her relationship with nature for the Moose Questionnaire, she had as many opinions as ever: yes to Braiding Sweetgrass, and a big no to PETA. thenarwhal.ca/moose-questi...

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I am a Neko Case superfan and I can't believe she's in The Narwhal, but I can because taking the time to talk to a tiny Canadian non-profit is exactly the kind of thing that makes her so cool.

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Reading my @theflytrapmedia.bsky.social comrade @katelynburns.com's sharp opinion piece on Trump's EO about the trans community has me thinking about how hard it is to be writing on trans issues while under constant, demoralizing attack. It's an experience a lot of marginalized journals are having.

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Doug Ford says Canada should flip the light switch off if President Donald Trump follows through on tariff threats. How will that impact the electricity grid Canada and the U.S. have shared for more than a century? @fatimabsyed.bsky.social explains: thenarwhal.ca/canada-us-el...

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ACT UP, 1990

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