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Ok here you go. Here's what I wrote to the CBC Ombudsman. - As an award-winning Canadian journalist, I am writing to express my profound disappointment regarding the upcoming radio program hosted by Ian Hanomansing, which aims to discuss the idea of Canada becoming the USA's 51st state. 1/

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~The St. Albert Gazette has been knocking it out of the park in exposing #UCPCorruption Timeline of how lobbyists with ties to UCP pushed coal policy rewrite The coal industry hired at least 14 UCP insiders to lobby for favourable policy changes www.stalbertgazette.com/local-news/t...

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Almost everyone in Denmark and the Netherlands has a family doctor. Timely access to a GP, primary care teams listed as some of the highlights. Here's what Canada can learn, by @stephaniedubois.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/radio/whitec... via @cbcnews.ca @casinoshiftmd.bsky.social

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The BC government's tepid leadership on safe supply collapsed this week in the face of a coordinated disinformation by right-wing politicians, police and private addiction service providers. @msthpetra.bsky.social, co-founder of Moms Stop the Harm, responds: drugdatadecoded.ca/bc-governmen...

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Annexation is against international law - there is no both sides of the issue. Are we now going to both sides the breaking of other laws? Like ‘What do you think of beating women? Home invasion? Murder?’ @ianhanomansing.bsky.social #CanadaSky www.lawnow.org/annexation-a...

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To take a break from the news, I need a distraction - How many of you are aware of the terms - "recursive island" or "recursive lake"? In the Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada there is an island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island within Yathkyed Lake

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The attacks on DEI are a pretext for a much more radical agenda of reversing the gains of the civil rights movement, an objective the Trump administration is pursuing with zeal. A Great Resegregation. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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What do Germans think about making Austria greater Germany, and what role can Poland play in this discussion? We’re taking calls from the most vocal German Nazi supporters.

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Frontiers | Decarbonizing Arctic shipping: governance pathways and future directions https://buff.ly/3QvFQxC 🦑🧪🌎

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Nevertheless, I still see million dollar homes for sale in Grand Isle, Louisiana which is right at sea level and already getting regularly inundated. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/o...

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How Trump is killing science in America @karenho.bsky.social www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...

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American scientists say their work is under attack and ask Canadians for help www.cbc.ca/news/science... @jaelabernstien.bsky.social @gretchentg.bsky.social 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁

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I'm now nationally certified as a GSAR and GSTL in Canada.

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As we watch DOGE eliminate critical government functions, I'm reminded of "A Libertarian Walks into a Bear." newrepublic.com/article/1596...

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Posting this for the benefit of our American 🇺🇸 friends. Slipped on ice and thoroughly buggered my leg. Ambulance to hospital. X-rays showed no break. MRI at 8 am yesterday revealed thigh quad muscle completely torn from knee. Surgery at 9:30 pm, home by 11:30 last night. Total cost to me: $ Zero. 🇨🇦

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Growing up, my family lived below the poverty line, and no one on either side had ever gone to university. Starting as a young adult, I’ve needed 13 surgeries and procedures over 3 decades to save my eye sight. Because I was born in Canada, I was able to earn an excellent education, and I can see.

submitted 33 days ago • 36 comments

I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes

submitted 5 days ago • 1064 comments

'Bike Lane' in Horseshoe Bay, West Vancouver dailyhive.com/vancouver/we...

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So one of the things that I think is lost on AI proponents is what I call the card catalog effect, a thing I shouldn’t call it because a lot of people probably have no experience with a card catalog.

submitted 5 days ago • 105 comments

Stop Investigate the source Find other trusted sources Trace claims and media Stop spreading of mis and disinformation.

submitted 6 days ago • 5 comments

I just found out that my first book 📗, LAB GIRL 🌱🌿🌳, was challenged by a parent and subsequently removed from the shelves of the library at Walworth High School in Elkhorn, Wisconsin. So I decided to write a 🧵 on book 📚 #censorship 🚫 in American 🇺🇸 schools 🚸 1/n

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This is Wab Kinew, the Premier of Manitoba 🇨🇦. He is by far the most popular politician in Canada. #Indigenous #Trilingual #Brilliant #SociallyAware #ChillAF😎

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go.bsky.app/97gPKEJ Sooooo many looking to connect with fellow Canadian resisters- had to make another Starter Pack! Happy to be working overtime alongside these Resisters! All vetted Follows! 🇨🇦 All Canadian proud! Keep building the Resistance! #KeepCanadaCanadian 🇨🇦 #CanadaStrongerTogether 🇨🇦

submitted 7 days ago • 12 comments

How long before Musk shuts off Teslas owned by people who publicly criticize him?

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I want to share this story again because I think stories are incredibly powerful. In it, @rjjago.bsky.social notes that Canadian nationalism could very well push some Indigenous Nations into the arms of Trump. rjago.substack.com/p/unceded

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If you read one thing today read our latest piece we just posted. This one is a very important one. Please consider reading and sharing it with your friends, family, and neighbors. And as always, please share your thoughts and ideas. I am also going to post all of the text here as a thread. 1/

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Skiing at Big White leads to unusual sightings

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Worked hard on this, and I hope it will be a useful resource for many. A beginner’s guide to Long COVID, with a discussion of mechanisms: www.thegauntlet.news/p/what-is-lo...

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Come out to the Comox Valley Farmers' Market at the Native Sons Hall from 9-1. We’ve brought hazelnuts, frozen berries and seed for your garden. The lettuce folks, Honey Grove Bakery Fireweed Farmstead and more are all here. #comoxvalley

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Indigenomics cheknews.ca/snuneymuxw-f...

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medicalxpress.com/news/2025-02...

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For those interested in disentangling from Google. cyberinsider.com/google-alter...

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Today I look at the powerful right-wing influencers who are calling for a violent invasion of Canada, a sentiment now being repeated by random social media commenters. 🧵 #cdnpoli thetyee.ca/News/2025/02...

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How a MAGA kid became a key player in B.C. politics and an architect of the modern Conservative Party of BC. My #longread today in @thetyee.ca takes a look at the controversial career of Angelo Isidorou #bcpoli thetyee.ca/News/2024/12...

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