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@afeltracco.bsky.social
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Tilts at windmills, bakes cookies, news junkie. Workinh on a better 🌎 for my kids. Rural Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Semafor @semafor.com · 30/09/2026
Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
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Bessma Momani @bmomani.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
My latest op-Ed: The Americans don’t have a monopoly on any item that Canadians cannot live without. We’re a resource rich & still industrious country w/ no shortage of talent or grit. We aren’t landlocked, we aren’t an island, & we have no shortage of friends & allies opencanada.org/canadas-gord...
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Canada's Gordie Howe Hat Trick - Open Canada
Canada says enough. No more bad deals, no more waiting on a partner that can't be trusted.
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Shannon Proudfoot @sproudfoot.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
<taps sign>
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 20/08/2026
There is no functional difference between people looking for rampant voter fraud and ghost hunters.
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David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 17/06/2026
The CBC's loss of hockey broadcast rights in Canada is a national disgrace. It's a blow to national, and personal, connections at the worst possible time. www.davidmoscrop.com/p/who-owns-h...
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Who Owns Hockey Night In Canada?
The CBC's loss of broadcast rights is a blow to national, and personal, connections at the worst possible time.
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Doug Johnson 🇨🇦 @smikooman.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Canada is a Global Influencer (in a good way) 🇨🇦😊 Canada still No. 1 positive influencer as America stumbles. 80% say Canada is the country/organisation most likely to have a positive influence on world affairs, topping list for the 10th year running.
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Disinformation, hacking seen as top threats; Reputation of America drops
The 2025 World Affairs report from Ipsos and the Halifax International Security Forum.
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madison @beastlibrarian.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
early on in my career I hated working with people who had totally given up. now I’m like “oh! that’s why they feel this way.” the field just beats you down. I have more empathy for those people now. the bureaucracy and the stupidity and administration. I don’t begrudge anyone for giving up anymore!
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 16/10/2025
The other word for objections to diversity, equity, and inclusion is "racism"
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Let's cheer the Canadian women dominating world rugby. They had to crowd source to raise the money to even get into the tournament. Nobody took them seriously. They crushed the New Zealand giants. They are going into the finals. Come on fellow Canucks - is the real miracle team. So proud.
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dharmalee3❌👑 @dharmalee3.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Since Donald Trump is freaking out about Bruce Springsteen calling this the most corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration, it would be a shame if this video was shared even more widely....
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Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Falling into rabbit holes? How smart people (and others?) fall for conspiracy theories - with @donie.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/05/07/p...
cnn.com
Analysis: How smart people fall for conspiracy theories | CNN Politics
Who falls into the rabbit hole of conspiracy theories and how can you reach them? That’s the topic of a three-episode season of CNN’s new narrative podcast series “The Account.”
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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
I love the internet
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Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦 @tammyschirle.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
I like maps
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Mary Hart 🇨🇦 @citymice4.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Now this made me tear up. There is much to be done is this world. We’ve got lots of work ahead of us.
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Laura Babcock 🇨🇦 @laura-babcock.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Assume Poilievre will win and get out and vote for Carney like our country depends on it because if does #ElbowsUpCanada #CanadaElection2025 #Easter2025 🇨🇦💪🏻 #CanadaSky
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afeltracco.bsky.social @afeltracco.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
It is demoralizing to live in Haldimand Norfolk with this federal elected official as our representative. She will be re-elected. And we will continue to be worse off for it.
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Canada needs to reinvest in science and universities, pronto
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Ariel Troster @arieltroster.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
This article sums up what the stakes are in this election for queer and trans folks. It is hard to maintain a cordial relationship with anyone who would support a party that denies trans people’s existence and previously voted to try to annul marriages like mine. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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FIRST PERSON | I promised my American wife Canada was safe for queer couples. I'll vote to keep it that way | CBC News
Kiva-Marie Belt and their wife have made their home in Canada, but have seen anti-transgender sentiment on the rise in the U.S. spilling over to this country. That’s why acceptance and inclusion of tr...
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Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Interesting to hear this now. "When the economic levers go, the political independence is sure to follow," - John Turner youtu.be/gyYjRmM7RDY
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CBC Archives: Betting On Free Trade 1988 | CBC
YouTube video by CBC
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Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
This makes me sad and mad. But it should also convince us that we do much more to stand up for independent free media & against far-right, disinformation, rage farming outlets & the politicians that enable them. Ultimately it’s about our democracy.
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Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
“In your place” “smackdown” These creeps are really going to try and “Daddy Trump is taking off his belt” Poilievre, aren’t they? If my candidate were polling “Yikes No” with women I’d simply not highlight the times the guy who took 1h40m of questions from Jordan “Women B Chaos” Peterson did this.
A picture of Poilievre at a podium and a tweet that reads: Pierre Poilievre dismisses a follow-up question from CTV's Judy Trinh on the Modi connection story by labeling her as a protestor as he moves on to another question in French. It is retweeted with: He ain’t Carney. So be prepared to be put in your place. #ctvsmackdown
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 10/04/2025
It could be better: for example, by including an unequivocal apology and an offer to put the art back up.
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Dick Zoutman @dickzoutman.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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A nationwide study of risk factors for long COVID and its economic and mental health consequences in the United States - Communications Medicine
Kim identifies risk factors for long COVID and links long COVID to higher instances of job loss, financial hardship, and anxiety and depressive symptoms. Lost earnings due to long COVID among working-...
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 08/04/2025
China continues trolling the US with new videos. Here’s one - “US sweatshop factory”
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Is #COVID19 quietly sabotaging our immune systems? by @nicktsergas.ca www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/04/06/i... #LongCOVID
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Is COVID quietly sabotaging our immune systems?
Experts are increasingly coalescing around the view that COVID has weakened our immune systems, leaving us vulnerable to other infections
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 05/04/2025
COVID didn’t end. Its story just stopped being told. canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/04/04/c... by @flannerydean.bsky.social 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
canadahealthwatch.ca
COVID didn’t end. Its story just stopped being told.
A new story, rooted in the way we live now, would necessitate the telling of present-day truths.
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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 05/04/2025
A little much needed Friday humor. 🐧
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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
What happened to @rachelgilmore.bsky.social is not just about CTV caving to Conservative pressures. There’s a larger issue: #cdnmedia are pushing out any female voices, voices of colour and Indigenous voices that aren’t centre-right or right. Even then there is very little representation
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afeltracco.bsky.social @afeltracco.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Stopped watching CTV news when they fired Lisa Laflamme. Seems like there is no reason to go back.
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afeltracco.bsky.social @afeltracco.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
WTAF
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afeltracco.bsky.social @afeltracco.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Welcome to Canada @timothysnyder.bsky.social Hope you find a good and supportive community here for your important work. And enjoy the universal Healthcare.
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 22/03/2025
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American Democracy is not in Decline, it's Dead
One of the reasons the insurrectionist assault at the U.S.
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Brooklin Wallis @handle.invalid · 21/03/2025
WARNING: The WRCSB is voting Monday on a motion that would ban pride flags, slogans, and symbols from being hung or shown (even on a sticker!) on school property. Even teacher's personal flags would not be allowed. Please show up on Monday to show support!!!
RED ALERT

THE WCDSB IS TRYING TO BAN PRIDE FLAGS

PACK THE ROOM AND STAND UP FOR QUEER YOUTH

Please show up to 35 Weber Street, Kitchener on Monday, March 24th at 5:30pm to voice your opposition to this

move

TO DELEGATE, EMAIL STEPHANIE.MEDEIROS@WCDSB.CA BY MONDAY AT 9AM
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
powerful detailed account of ICE captivity "To put things into perspective: I had a Canadian passport, lawyers, resources, media attention, friends, family and even politicians advocating for me...Imagine what this system is like for every other person in there" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
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MissFit @missfit2.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
"There is no such thing as a COVID infection without consequence." No, it’s not just a cold. www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
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Beyond long COVID — how reinfections could be causing silent long-term organ damage | CBC Radio
Scientific evidence is painting an unsettling picture: COVID infections, even if mild or asymptomatic, may be causing long-term cellular and organ damage, as well as increasing your risk of developing...
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Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦 @tammyschirle.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Appreciating George, and everyone else in the US that takes this seriously and speaks up. But I won't be visiting the US any time soon, at least not until this mess gets cleaned up. Sorry.
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afeltracco.bsky.social @afeltracco.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Crazy proud of how the vast majority of Canadians from coast to coast to coast are standing up for the True North Strong and Free. Never prouder to be Canadian.
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🇨🇦 Kari Raymer Bishop @kariraymerbishop.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Elbows up, Canada. Here we go.
Canadian flag, with the words ELBOWS UP, CANADA
HERE WE GO
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Dr. Jen Irwin @drjenirwin.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
While there’s no magic bullets N95s come pretty darn close. Being “airborne aware” & wearing an N95 provides superb shield against measles, flu, covid, RSV, & few other bits making up the current ‘stew of nasties’. Don’t give haters the power to deny yourself/your kids/your loved ones safe air.
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CyKoore @cykoore.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
I heard somebody call Wayne Gretzky "The Great Once". I thought it was hilarious and had to share.
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mark d jarvis @markdjarvis.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
If Orr and Gretzky don’t like criticism there is a simple solution: get in front of a camera and say they believe in a strong independent 🇨🇦 and Trump is wrong to threaten that. They cld have done that any point before or after the tournament. They could do it tomorrow. 🤷‍♂️
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Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Vaccination should be mandatory. And I'm not sure where there's any debate to that.
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Vicky Forster @vickyyyf.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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US measles outbreak claims two lives
One of the deaths was an unvaccinated child in Texas, as the disease has infects more than 120 people.
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Also, and I can’t believe I have to say this, NPR and CBC, but annexing sovereign countries isn’t a “proposal.” Not Poland, not Iraq, not Canada - no “proposals” in any of these cases. It’s not a grant application, it’s a violation of international law and an abomination.
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Ontario School Safety @onschoolsafety.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
🏫 All kids deserve clean air. 🧑‍🏫 All educators deserve clean air. 🧑‍💼 All school staff deserve clean air. 🚌 All bus drivers deserve clean air. It’s time to prioritize clean air in schools and on school buses in Ontario. Everyone deserves to breathe clean air. #OntEd #Vote #OnPoli #CleanTheAir
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Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
"The burden of PCC [Long COVID] and the pandemic will shape the next half century, and it is in everyone’s interest that our postsecondary institutions start working now to limit these harms": theconversation.com/we-can-and-m...
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We can, and must, do more to protect students in higher education from the risks of post-COVID condition
Postsecondary students are particularly vulnerable to repeated COVID-19 infections, putting them at risk for post-COVID condition, or long COVID. Campuses can take action to protect them.
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Flavio Volpe, C.M. @flaviovolpe.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Great to talk to Heather Hiscox on CBC about my next trip to DC. “Instead of pleading our case in DC, defend your case. They know the numbers, they’re ignoring the numbers. Everytime we go there & say ‘please listen to us’, they’re sitting there saying ‘you’re weak’”. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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🌼Peace2Day🌼 @peace2day.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
And to you and all in community here 🫶 "Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope." - Maya Angelou #HappyValentinesDay 🩷
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