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very funny that they stripped her awards for being American and not for allegedly pretending for decades to be Indigenous, the thing people are actually upset about

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There are perennial warnings that America is coming for Canada's freshwater and 99 times out of 100 you can ignore it as alarmism not grounded in fact. This is what "coming for our water" would look like in reality, and not just alarmism. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/w...

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Russia’s assault targeted several regions across Ukraine, using nearly 70 missiles and almost 200 drones, Volodymyr Zelensky said on X, adding that the “massive” attack was “directed against infrastructure that ensures normal life.”

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada has come to see President Trump’s “51st state” talk as part of an aggressive strategy to take over his country.

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A lot of the details in this NY Times story are previously reported but this part - this part! - is new. It's either wild freelancing from an unconfirmed nominee; a vicious negotiating squeeze; or Canada is in severe peril with the threat coming from Washington. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/w...

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Buffy Sainte-Marie stripped of Polaris Music Prize, Juno Awards and Canadian Music Hall of Fame induction www.thestar.com/entertainmen...

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Trump told Mr. Trudeau that he did not believe that the treaty that demarcates the border between the two countries was valid and that he wants to revise the boundary. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/w...

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How Trump’s ‘51st State’ Canada Talk Came to Be Seen as Deadly Serious www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/w...

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Donald Trump’s threats seem to be stirring a kind of patriotic resolve in Canada that is showing itself in everything from widespread scorn for Wayne Gretzky’s visits to Mar-a-Lago to a rekindled affection for Justin Trudeau.

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Next in our Growing Indigenous Storytellers Fellowship speaker series: Duncan McCue, award-winning broadcaster, educator & author of 'Decolonizing Journalism': A Guide to Reporting in Indigenous Communities'! @duncanmccue.bsky.social 📅 Thu, Mar 13, 1-1:45pm CT 🔗 Register: zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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As a cat mom this is important: Avian Flu can be fatal to cats Can come from dairy or raw food, or dead birds or hunted birds Can be transmitted from humans to cats Keep your cat indoors!

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Easy to lose this in the noise of the day, but the prime minister of Canada just said the US president, leader of the global hegemon, wants to soften us up economically so he can annex us. That is one of the most remarkable statements, and realities, in our history.

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Canadian PM Trudeau announces 25% retaliatory tariffs on some US goods in response to new Trump levies, escalating a global trade war cnn.it/4knZFo6

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Trudeau: "They're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin- a lying, murderous, dictator. Make that make sense. Canadians are reasonable and we are polite. But we will not back down from a fight...Canada will be implementing 25% tariffs against $155b of American goods."

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Having served as a Moscow correspondent in the early days of Putin's reign, this reminds me of how the Kremlin took over its own press pool and made sure that only compliant journalists were given access.

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Buffy Sainte-Marie's Order of Canada terminated by Governor General www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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Trump is not joking about making Canada the 51st state, Justin Trudeau warns in hot mic comments www.thestar.com/politics/don...

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Ford seen on video saying he was '100% happy' Trump won U.S. election — until tariff threat www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Breaking News: Stocks on Wall Street fell, following a global slump, as President Trump’s sweeping tariffs sent shock waves through markets.

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As President Trump this weekend opened what could become a global trade war, a growing number of countries, including America’s closest allies, are forging their own economic partnerships without the United States. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/b...

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"I want to speak directly to Americans," says Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. "This is a choice that will harm Canadians...but will have real consequences for you."

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NEW: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces 25% tariffs on $155-billion worth of U.S. goods, including $30b as of Tues, followed by further $125b in 21 days. Includes beer, wine and bourbon; fruit and fruit juices; vegetables; perfume, clothing, shoes, furniture, sports equipment, lumber, plastic

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Emily Kassie and Julian Brave NoiseCat’s “Sugarcane” joins podcasts by @duncanmccue.bsky.social (“Kuper Island”) and @conniewalker.bsky.social (“Stolen: Surviving St. Michael’s”) in showing who and what Indian residential / boarding schools failed to obliterate, and the unfathomable damage they did.

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"But the most disturbing thing...is most Canadians and most people in the world don't know that story ... people are going to be talking about it now. Hopefully, it will empower the survivors to tell their story." Oscar best documentary nomination for Sugarcane!! 🙌🏻 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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It’s wonderful to see an important documentary like Sugarcane get global recognition with an Oscar nomination. Thank you to Chief Sellars, of the Williams Lake First Nations for meeting with me this week and for sharing your stories with the world through cinema.

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A documentary that follows an investigation into abuse and missing children at a residential school near Sugar Cane reserve in Williams Lake, B.C. has been nominated for an Oscar. Thrilled for Julian, Emily and team! www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/entertainmen...

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Exile. Imprisonment. The end of elections. We know what tyranny looks like once it’s underway. But how does it start? www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/o...

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"Settler colonization... has relied on myths like the Savage Indian to justify the displacement of Indigenous peoples, ease colonial guilt." Jesse Wente, @conniewalker.bsky.social, and @duncanmccue.bsky.social talk to @chrisbeaver.bsky.social about Indigenous narrative sovereignty on NDN POV

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Mr. Biden also commuted the life sentence for Leonard Peltier, the Native American activist who was convicted of killing two F.B.I. agents in 1975 on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/u...

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Hi pals. Today I wrote about the unsettling mismatches between what climate models say should be happening and what is actually happening. We're pushing the Earth past the limits of our physical understanding. This is a gift link: www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...

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On Sept. 9, 2021, nine-year-old Baeleigh Maurice was walking her scooter across a street when she was hit by a truck driven by Taylor Kennedy. Kennedy admitted to vaping marijuana and micro-dosing magic mushrooms the day before.

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The EPA has urged farmers to use sewage sludge as fertilizer, but was warned decades ago that the sludge carried toxic “forever chemicals” that have been linked to causing birth defects, cancer and more.

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Posting extended one more week until Dec 18 - see below for link 👇🏽

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A medical mystery in a remote town in the Democratic Republic of Congo led to the discovery of alarming changes in the mpox virus and, eventually, to a global health emergency. “There are so many things about this virus we don’t know,” said one doctor in Kamituga.

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W H E W

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A good article but really undersells a primary reason why people would take the effort to stack all these bones: they were piled near railroads so that the bones could be loaded up and shipped back East to be ground into phosphorus fertilizer for Eastern plantations.

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Truth, reconciliation, democracy: Connie Walker's career connects them all. In 2024, alone, she won a Pulitzer, a Peabody and a Columbia-Dupont Prize for her podcast, "Stolen: Surviving St. Michael's." www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/... via @cbc-news.bsky.social @conniewalker.bsky.social #journalism

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Was just listening to @conniewalker.bsky.social on CBC ideas about how these employment records have been so difficult to access. This sounds like very welcome progress, although it will be heartbreaking for survivors.

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The retired priest, 93, pleaded guilty to state charges of first-degree rape, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated crime against nature... The charges came after allegations surfaced that the Archdiocese of New Orleans had known about accusations against him for decades. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/u...

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I need some podcast recommendations. I am looking for shows that tell a whole story over the course of a season & do so w/journalistic integrity & don’t draw it out. Some I’ve listened to & loved: Slow Burn, Harsh Reality, Scamanda, anything/everything by @conniewalker.bsky.social, Hooked, etc.

submitted 97 days ago • 8 comments

Paging all Canadian journalists! The best deal on the internet right now — in my biased opinion — is a brand-new edition of the Canadian Association of Journalists' mentorship program! This holiday season, give yourself the gift of a mentor! (We have 30!!) APPLY BY FRIDAY! caj.ca/programs/men...

submitted 97 days ago • 3 comments

Amazing job alert- work with Duncan and team to launch a new Indigenous journalism program at Carleton!

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Student & early career journalists, some amazing mentors in this year’s CAJ mentorship program — @conniewalker.bsky.social, @rachelpbrowne.bsky.social, not to mention @thenarwhal.ca’s own @writermjs.bsky.social & @drewanderson.bsky.social. Apply by Dec 6: caj.ca/programs/men...

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