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Ojibway, Ajijak Ndodem Bawating Ndonjibaa Grandmother, Auntie, Sister. Zaagi’idiwin ❤️
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Okay, Trump and Zelensky are taking quite a bit of oxygen on here but DID YOU KNOW Quebec jails hundreds of people for minor shit and that its prisons are the deadliest in Canada? @bigmedicine.bsky.social and I investigated: therover.ca/quebecs-inju...

Here is my latest reflection. The attack on President Zelenskyy shattered the last of our wishful thinking. Many countries hoped that if they fawned over him, he would pick on someone else. Now we know: that we either stand up or get dragged into the abyss. charlieangus.substack.com/p/the-washin...

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Join Deputy Chief Bear Copenace and Judy Da Silva on Tuesday, February 25th at 11 am, at Queen's Park for a Vigil to honour #GrassyNarrows community members. RSVP - freegrassy.net/doug-ford-co... FordNation has been invited. Will he be there? #FreeGrassy

It just occurred to me to check the election results and yeah, here we are again. Anyway, I just made a big f****** donation but please go and learn what is happening up north. Sign up for the newsletter & share. This is important. Follow: @freegrassy.bsky.social you.leadnow.ca/petitions/no...

This is serious, Musk can and will interfere. That is a given. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Eagle’s partner returns with food for her

I just found this clip and it’s 🔥🔥🔥! Listen to Fareed Khan’s speech in its entirety. Starts around 4:00. It is absolutely essential listening. He does not mince words. It’s particularly impactful starting at 6:00. www.cpac.ca/headline-pol...

icymi: Bored with war alone, white people now fighting with money too

BREAKING: Canada defeats the USA to take home the #4Nations  Championship 🇨🇦🇺🇸 Canadian PM Justin Trudeau tweeted: “You can’t take our country — and you can’t take our game.”

Canada buys 500,000 doses of #H5N1 #AvianInfluenza vaccine for those most at risk. Risk to the general public of acquiring the virus remains low, Public Health Agency of Canada says. www.cbc.ca/news/health/... via @cbcnews.ca

Trump's DOJ has erased a report from its website that lays out its own recommendations for tackling violence against Indigenous women www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...

'I view the conduct as extremely serious involving racism directed towards Indigenous women' Judge finds RCMP breached charter rights during arrests at Wet'suwet'en pipeline blockade www.cbc.ca/news/indigen... #bcpoli #cdnnews

A Delta flight carrying ~80 passengers from Minnesota appears to have crash landed at Toronto Pearson Airport. No casualties reported as of this time. Numerous photos and videos have been released showing passengers safely exiting the plane, which flipped upside down. At least 8 people injured.

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Orcas swimming under the northern lights of Norway.

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Captain Canada’s health care quick fix:

New from @policyalternatives.ca: While most of the rest of the country is expanding its home-building workforce, #Ontario is actually losing residential construction workers. By @ricardotranjan.bsky.social @rromard.bsky.social #onpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Interesting how some Canadians can strongly identify their own “sovereignty” but then apply it in abstract terms or not at all when it comes to First Nations. The hypocrisy of asserting sovereignty over these lands while denying it to the people who’ve been here since time immemorial. Brutal.

Debwewin 🙌 Truth

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Trump's threatened ethnic cleansing of Palestine pushes the world into dangerous new territory. He is launching a direct attack on international law. Will Canada stand up to the gangster or be complicit in a crime against humanity? Here's my latest: charlieangus.substack.com/p/trump-and-...

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We should tell Trump this is our new Fentanyl Czar.

SCOOP: Kash Patel took $25,000 from a production company with ties to Russia propaganda activity to appear in an anti-FBI docuseries. He did not respond to questions about this. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

JUST IN: Federal judge, Carl Nichols, GRANTS the plaintiffs' request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) of the planned administrative leave for thousands of USAID employees.

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In November, W̱SÁNEĆ Hereditary Chiefs called for a moratorium on commercial fishing of Pacific herring after noticing a decline in their territories. Instead, the federal fisheries department has upped the allowable harvest for 2025. @sevawood.bsky.social reports 🎣 thenarwhal.ca/wsanec-chief...

When Bezos shut down Amazon’s massive fulfillment centre in Quebec, it wasn’t just 1,700 employees who were affected. There are also thousands of subcontractors, many of whom are immigrants, who lost their livelihoods. Read about it in @therovermedia.bsky.social therover.ca/amazons-queb...

“Musk is an odious figure and, now, as a servant of the Trump administration, is part and parcel of an executive branch coup. And yet, Ford has reinstated the deal with Musk that he’d been, quite wisely, if belatedly, set to cancel.”

The only immigrant trying to destroy the country.

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Sandhill Cranes standing (some on one leg) on the frozen lake. In the mornings, around 20 will fly in from their roosting grounds to gather along the lakeshore and forage for food which includes seeds, berries, and roots.

This summer will mark the 35th anniversary of Canada’s violent siege of Kanehsatà:ke and Kahnawà:ke – commonly called the Oka Crisis. Ellen Gabriel became a spokesperson for her community that summer and says it’s time to reclaim the narrative.

Canadian MP Charlie Angus: He choked. The market started to tank, and suddenly, he said, “Oh, didn’t you guys already have a plan to deal with the border back in December? I love that—I’ll take that.” This is Mr. Art of the Deal.

A Tufted Titmouse perched over the nature trail that I needed to cross. The payment required for crossing: a peanut

BTW, if you're into Buy Canadian remember that basically all mainstream print media in Canada... Isn't Choose @thetyee.ca @thenarwhal.ca hell, even @thebeaverton.com

From the frigid temperatures of Missoula, Montana, to sunny West Palm Beach, Florida—people are starting to stand up to Trump’s inhumane deportations, and his cruel treatment of immigrants. This is just one of the ways folks are starting to fight back.