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Annie M 🇨🇦

@anniepanda.bsky.social
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Playwright artsy lefty immigrant 🇨🇦 lover of streetcars, rugby league and the Allman Brothers. ❤️ science, all the science #ElbowsUp

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 3h
OP-ED: “Removing Toronto's bike lanes puts children's health at risk.” Actually, well documented evidence shows that EVERYONE is put at risk. And it costs EVERYONE. “The Ford government decision to tear up bike-lanes is bad for kids, families, cyclists, drivers, taxpayers & the planet.” And more.
torontotoday.ca
OP-ED: Removing Toronto's bike lanes puts children's health at risk
Two members of the volunteer group For Our Kids Toronto argue the Ford government's decision to tear up bike lanes is bad for kids, families, cyclists, drivers, taxpayers and the planet
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Annie M 🇨🇦 @anniepanda.bsky.social · 6m
If only Doug would forfeit a couple of weeks of Muskoka time and pop over to London, Paris or Amsterdam to check out how safe bike lanes are transforming those cities. I guess it might upset his six friends in Etobicoke.
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 3h
His infamous bother, the “crack smoking Toronto Mayor” Rob Ford, first popularized the lie about a #WarOnCars to divide urban/suburban voters and rage-farm. Now his brother Doug ramps up the real #WarOnWalking, biking and transit, weakening the city and costing everyone money and lives. #UrbanTruth
cbc.ca
Ontario will officially begin removing Toronto bike lanes on Tuesday | CBC News
Ontario will begin removing bike lanes from a stretch on Bloor Street W. in Etobicoke on Tuesday, the Ministry of Transportation says.
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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 10h
As mayor, do you think Brad Bradford would open all 100 library branches 7-days-a-week +expand hours? Expand school meals to 325,000 students saving families $900/yr? Fund eviction prevention programs & pass Renovictions Bylaw to help tenants stay housed? Mayor Chow DID! Keep it going!🗳️ #TOpoli
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Re-Elect Mayor Olivia Chow — Progress Toronto
Help re-elect Mayor Olivia Chow to build more affordable housing, get transit moving faster, and build a city that invests in our communities. Find out more about why we're supporting Olivia Chow's re...
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Negro Frolics @desmondcole.bsky.social · 16h
Two BC activists risked life in prison to challenge Canada's drug trafficking laws—and won For our latest podcast, DJ Larkin of @candrugpolicy.bsky.social joined me to break down a historic court ruling that paves the way for a safer supply of drugs in Canada breachmedia.ca/bc-activists...
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BC activists risked jail time to provide safe drugs—and won a historic court ruling ⋆ The Breach
The B.C. court decision could provide a pathway for “compassion clubs” that aim to reduce overdose deaths
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Isaac Callan @isaaccallan.bsky.social · 15h
Ontario will begin removing bike lanes from a stretch on Bloor Street W. on Tuesday, the Ministry of Transportation says. A notice of construction start says the work will occur on a 1.2 km section between Clissold and Royal York roads. #Topoli #OnPoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
cbc.ca
Ontario will officially begin removing Toronto bike lanes on Tuesday | CBC News
Ontario will begin removing bike lanes from a stretch on Bloor Street W. in Etobicoke on Tuesday, the Ministry of Transportation says.
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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
NEW: It’s been three years since the RCMP launched a criminal investigation into Premier Doug Ford’s Greenbelt land swap. A former Ontario attorney general says the Mounties should properly update the public on the status of the probe. www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
thestar.com
Three years later, RCMP says investigation into Doug Ford’s Greenbelt scandal is still ‘ongoing’
It has been more than 1,100 days since the Mounties launched their probe into Ford's $8.28-billion land swap on Oct. 10, 2023.
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Cathy Crowe, C.M. 🍁 @cathycrowe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Toronto Election 2026. Councillor candidates’ platform, or lack of, on #homelessness. cathycrowe.substack.com/p/toronto-mu...
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Toronto Municipal Election 2026
Councillor candidates’ platforms, or lack of, on homelessness.
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Joshua Hind @joshuahind.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Bradford supported these lanes as a Councillor, but never mind that. This isn't leadership, it's pandering to the petty complaints of ONE portion of the electorate to the exclusion of all others. In other words, it's Toronto politics as usual. So much for "Real Change".
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safestreetsto.bsky.social @safestreetsto.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Friendly reminder that over 15% of all trips are made by BIKE in several parts of Downtown Toronto - and these people VOTE! #BikeTO #TOPoli PS Very cool interactive map from @uoftcities.bsky.social @jeffallen.bsky.social made wtih #TTS data. schoolofcities.github.io/transportati...
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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Brad Bradford Is Going To Make Toronto Liveable Again (With Cops) youtu.be/6X_M_w3Nibg?...
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Brad Bradford Is Going To Make Toronto Liveable Again (With Cops)
YouTube video by Clare Blackwood
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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Oxford Street will be pedestrianized on October 26th with permanent elements to be completed next year. Here are the first renderings.
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Annie M 🇨🇦 @anniepanda.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Godfrey and Ford having a spat? Is this new?
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Annie M 🇨🇦 @anniepanda.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If only Ontario premier Doug Ford was sufficiently literate to do some critical reading.
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ugh. Alberta officials plan to override local planning and let the province rip out urban bike lanes. A loathsome idea, imported from Ontario.
cbc.ca
Councillor wants Calgary to pause new bike lanes ahead of upcoming provincial legislation | CBC News
With the province expected to take more authority over municipal bike lanes in the months ahead, one Calgary councillor wants the city to pause any new bike lane projects in the meantime.
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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I have a dear friend whose OSAP got pulled because of the Ford government and now they can't finish a course that would have helped their career and, by extension, their community. I really can't describe the level of vitriol I have for this fucker. He needs to go. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
cbc.ca
Liberals ask auditor general to investigate OSAP spending at private career colleges | CBC News
The Ontario Liberals are asking the auditor general to investigate provincial student financial aid spending at private career colleges.
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Annie M 🇨🇦 @anniepanda.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
How did Daniel Tate/IntegrityTO get my phone number?
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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It's interesting to me how UCP supporters blame the feds for everything in Alberta including, healthcare, education, our economy and any deficits incurred by the UCP The feds didn't steal the Heritage Fund or give O&G royalties away - successive conservative governments did that #ableg #abpoli
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
What a mess. “I have spent an entire career either in or around politics. I understood what this demand from the Premier's office meant...," Paul Godfrey said in the statement. The premier's office says the claims are "categorically untrue." #OnPoli
“On the morning of January 22, 2025 my son, Rob Godfrey, President and CEO of Keel Digital Solutions, approached me with a problem,” Paul Godfrey’s sworn declaration said.

The problem was that Patrick Sackville, the premier’s then-chief of staff, had communicated to Rob Godfrey that he would approve Keel Digital’s proposal for a new three-year agreement with the Ministry of Colleges and Universities, but “in the meantime, the Premier needed a favour from Postmedia,” it said.

“The Premier wanted to make his case to voters for calling an early election … (and) to publish a letter to voters in all Ontario Postmedia newspapers before he officially called the election,” continued Paul Godfrey in his declaration.

“It was understood that… if Postmedia did not print the letter to voters that Mr. Sackville would not be motivated to take the steps to ensure the three-year proposal was approved,” he alleged.

Sackville did not respond to a request for comment about the allegations on Tuesday.
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TheTrillium.ca @thetrillium.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Postmedia ex-CEO alleges Doug Ford’s office used ‘leverage’ over son’s company to get newspaper chain to publish pre-election letter
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Postmedia ex-CEO alleges Doug Ford’s office used ‘leverage’ over son’s company to get newspaper chain to publish pre-election letter
Premier Ford’s office calls the claims ‘categorically untrue and completely disconnected from reality’
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Jordyn Marcellus @jordynmarcellus.ca · 05/10/2026
Toronto-Danforth, Dianne Saxe spent the last four years in University-Rosedale benefitting the wealthiest homeowners at the expense of everyone else. She's not even good at that, though -- she lost numerous battles at council and barely did anything for constituents. Don't vote for Dianne Saxe!
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Glyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Oh, for the record, of the people who parked in front of the cafe. The number of them who actually came in and patronized was a big ol goose egg. Zero, zilcho, not a one. This, in spite of the roguishly charming barista working the counter.
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
And it won't even be customers spending money for the most part! Business owners whine about losing parking because they're the ones parking on the street!
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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"A new study looking at maternal data in Canada from 2012 to 2023 has found that Black Canadians face much higher risks of several complications during pregnancy, birth and post-partum compared to white Canadians" via @alexandramaej.bsky.social h/t @namshine.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
cbc.ca
After years of calls for data, study confirms Black Canadians face higher risk of maternal complications | CBC News
The most comprehensive study yet of maternal health in Canada has found that Black Canadians face a much higher risk of serious complications during pregnancy, labour, delivery and postpartum than whi...
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Deer My Friends Folks are askeen what I have bin doing lately to pertect Ontario and I have bin busy fighteen communism by tearing out bike lanes, putting up really big signs and scaring folks about Chinese spy cars. I have also bin doing thousands of photo opps because that pertects Ontario 1000%.
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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It makes me want to storm into Queen's Park with a giant white board and break down the numbers in front of Doug Ford and ask him where he would like his constituents to find room for things like retirement savings, down payment savings, etc. I'd probably be tackled by the Minister of Finance though
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Our education system is being intentionally and systematically underfunded to create a crisis. It's working. Please keep this story in mind when you hear Paul Calandra and Doug Ford talk about their govt's "historic investments in education." #OntEd #OnPoli
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davidhains.bsky.social @davidhains.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Happy 10th anniversary to all those who celebrate
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Annie M 🇨🇦 @anniepanda.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I love these big red guys.
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Annie M 🇨🇦 @anniepanda.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If only one of his spectacularly underperforming daughters & nephew had gone into a trade ... or anything ... that benefits the community ...
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Neville Park @nev.status.nevillepark.ca.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
Anyway after that I unwound with burnt marshmallow ice cream at Ed's. The end.
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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The buck stops at Queen's Park. Hospitals run a $70 million debt while Doug Ford spends $48 million ripping out bike lanes. We live in the stupidest timeline.
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Annie M 🇨🇦 @anniepanda.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
SAL is widely known to boil up a big ol' pot of lies when it suits her purpose. She's basically a one-person Opposites Day.
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Phil @philmarfisi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It truly boggles the mind that the Ontario Green Party is not 10x more popular than the OLP and ONDP
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Annie M 🇨🇦 @anniepanda.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Pret a manger >> Starbucks
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In many ways Mark Carney is proving to be an excellent Prime Minister for Canada at a critical time in our nation’s history. But he also might be the smartest man in the world to act really stupidly about #ClimateChange at a critical time in world history.
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Glyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Now Brad Bradford has the Bathtub Goat lady on his team. Man, the endorsements keep coming!
A Sue-Ann Levy tweet that reads: I was just out canvassing for Brad Bradford. Not one home supported Olivia Chowescu. They are concerned about what she’s done to ruin the quality of life in this city. They’re also worried about safety and high taxes.
No one thought she will continue to make the city “caring.”
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Annie M 🇨🇦 @anniepanda.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
London CBD
Shoredith, Londom, coffee shop frontage announcing you can "grab an iced coffee before your interview".
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Annie M 🇨🇦 @anniepanda.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I asked the garden raccoons.
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Now it is ten. Ten US states have made plugin solar affordable. zero Canadian provinces. Help me understand.
kqed.org
California Officially Legalizes Balcony Solar, Opening the Market to the New Technology | KQED
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation to make it simpler for Californians to install plug-in solar panels. Models that meet state standards are expected to be on sale in mid-2027.
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Annie M 🇨🇦 @anniepanda.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Surrounded by a mountain of Kleenex while flat out in bed lying on 159 little bits of Lego.
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Phil @philmarfisi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Head of tourism organization in country that has occasionally been locking up random tourists for weeks or months is shocked people aren't popping by for a visit
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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Which Toronto mayoral candidate will call for a line-by-line value for money audit of the police budget? www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Draganfly Drones is promoted as a Saskatoon success story. They are run out of Tampa, Florida with top Trump military appointees on the board. Don Jr is an investor. The PM committed to building a Canadian supply chain for our defence. This stinks. charlieangus.substack.com/p/stop-don-j...
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STOP DON JR FROM GETTING A CUT OF CANADA’S MILITARY BUDGET
Don Jr. has his fingers in a Canadian military contract obtained through Saskatoon-based Dragonfly Technologies.
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Alyce @fanofbooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Call them out every time. Letting them have their way has led to this. Smack that hand, it hasn’t the right to grope you.
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Corinne Green @ket.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
tears at this. so grateful for people who do right knowing they'll be done wrong. it doesn't always turn out like this. harm reductionists are the best fucking people and there is absolutely nothing stopping you from being one of them.
Justice Murray ended her ruling by addressing DULF’s founders directly, saying they did the public interest a service “at considerable personal cost.”

“You selflessly put yourselves to the side for this cost, and it’s something that most people wouldn’t do,” said Justice Murray. “I applaud you for what you’ve done. I think you should be very proud of yourselves, and it’s people like you who make a difference.”

Almost 17,000 people have died from drug toxicity in BC. Between January 2016 and March 2026, 57,509 people died from opioid toxicity in Canada
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Warm Up The Guillotine @fiverdrive.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Fantastic news, and a victory for both Canada's drug users and its harm reduction movement.
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EmmaaAAHH! 👻 ArkHell 💀 @emmaarkell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My second article for the day is about this morning's historic BC Supreme Court ruling in favour of the founders of the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF). The judge praised DULF's work, said a safe supply is necessary to save lives, and threw out charges of drug trafficking.
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SEAN ORR @seanorr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Incredible news
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Mike Vlasic @mikevlasic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So Diaper Don has banned Cdn booze, among other things. If only Carney & the premiers pushed harder at dropping provincial trade barriers. I'd love to buy some full-bodied wine from BC. Time to walk the talk. www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
cbc.ca
U.S. bans on Canadian booze hit producers on one of trade war's thorniest fronts | CBC News
As of Tuesday, some Canadian products, including dairy, motorcycles and alcohol, can no longer cross the border to the U.S. at all, thanks to an American import ban. It's the latest escalation in the ...
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