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Anne Panke

@arocc.bsky.social
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Rebel-nerd 2.0 🇨🇦 semi-caffeinated sentient potato 📕 hoarder of books & small joys 🌟 staring into the abyss but making it fashion 👁️ awake-ish, aware-ish, weird on purpose…

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Anne Panke @arocc.bsky.social · 27m
Soooo important to have a doctor who won’t dismiss your symptoms and concerns, too: I would likely not have had to have such aggressive treatment, had my male doctor not dismissed me a year before breast cancer diagnosis…. GET CHECKED. SELF REFER ASAP
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No One Told Me I Was at High Risk for Breast Cancer | The Walrus
It took years to learn just how vulnerable I was
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SAG-AFTRA @sagaftra.org · 36m
Happy 91st birthday, Dame #JulieAndrews! 🎈 With a career spanning over 8 decades, the 43rd SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement recipient captured our hearts and hasn't let go. Her shining talent and impact on our industry is incomparable. #BOTD
Julie Andrews smiling as she rests her elbow on a podium holding her SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award.
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Kate Armstrong @brainchain.ca · 4h
Since it’s International Poetry Day, a reminder that the U of T’s Canadian Poetry Online is a great site if you want to dig deep into #CanLit canpoetry.library.utoronto.ca/index_poet.htm
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Canadian Poetry Online | University of Toronto Libraries | Contemporary Canadian Poets
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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 3h
Doug Ford has a 31% approval rating, the lowest in Canada. Thirty one is still pretty high, to be honest. What will it take to get this deeply corrupt character out of office and out of our lives, Ontario? #OnPoli #DougFordIsCorrupt
An egg-shaped plastic toy from the 70s called a Weeble. It has blond hair, vacant eyes, and a derpy grin. It’s holding a lollipop instead of a Tim Horton’s egg sammich but in every other way resembles Canada’s least popular premier, Doug Ford.
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Niigaan Sinclair @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I’ll be co-anchoring the CBC coverage of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation alongside Adrienne Arsenault live from Parliament Hill - tune in on CBC News Network or CBC Gem at 11 am EST (10 am CST for you Manitobans)! See you then 🙂
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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
On the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we acknowledge and reflect on the deep intergenerational harm residential schools have caused to Indigenous families and communities. Art by Elaine Landry #OrangeShirtDay #EveryChildMatters #TruthAndReconciliation
A handprint on an orange background. The handprint is broken into segments, inside of which are different symbols representing elements of Indigenous culture, including animal paw prints, landscapes with trees, and other images drawn from nature. There is a large black eagle feather on the left side of the handprint, and bird silhouettes appear in the upper left hand corner of the image. The words EVERY CHILD MATTERS appear at the bottom of the piece.
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Trish 🇨🇦 Sorry! 🍁 @trishly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Thug ford fixed ontario healthcare www.cp24.com/local/toront...
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Wait times increasing for some medical procedures outsourced to for-profit clinics in Ontario: report
Outsourcing surgeries and imaging to private for-profit clinics has not resulted in a drop in wait times for most procedures, according to a new study released Monday.
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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 30/09/2026
Where does Canada actually stand on truth and reconciliation? Former special interlocutor Kimberly Murray speaks with Sean Carleton and Niigaan Sinclair about government funding shifts, systemic delays, and the rising tide of denialism: ow.ly/Pzby50ZSWJk
On the left: Photo of the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, displaying an orange overlay which reads Every Child Matters. On the right: text that reads “Under Carney, Canada is cooling on reconciliation. Three experts on the need to keep challenging denialism.”
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Ontario Federation of Labour @oflabour.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Remembrance without action is not reconciliation. This September 30, we honour Survivors & the children who never came home & unite with Indigenous workers & communities fighting for sovereignty, justice, land, & water. Read the OFL's full statement: Truth Demands Action. ofl.ca/national-day...
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Jaye @jaybird54.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My 3rd Substack article, inspired by a follower who commented they had no desire to find anything beautiful during these dark times. I understand the despair, but I refuse to let this administration steal all my joy. We need little sparks of light to keep going. open.substack.com/pub/jayetayl...
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I Refuse to Surrender My Joy
I’m fighting for our democracy—and I will keep finding reasons to hope, laugh, and love.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’m reaching out to environmental groups and advocates now to get the expert read on all this, but as I understand things now, I’m appalled.
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clnzjay 🌱 🐶 🇨🇦 @clnz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The deal will be finalized Sept. 30th. Cc: @charlieangus104.bsky.social provides the contact info to let our government know we don't want the Trump family involved in our defence industry or making money from it. Not sure if it can be stopped, but we should try to keep them out! #ElbowsUp 🇨🇦
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Ernesto @ernest33141.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#JackSmith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort." @57kev.bsky.social @jaybird54.bsky.social
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nothing to celebrate here. It's a sad day. Combined, LNG Canada Phases 1 & 2 will have downstream carbon emissions roughly equivalent to TOTAL annual domestic emissions for all of BC. Phases 2 will only result in about 240 more permanent jobs. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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LNG Canada to move forward with Phase 2 expansion project in Kitimat, B.C. | CBC News
LNG Canada says its multibillion-dollar Phase 2 expansion in Kitimat, B.C., is going forward, in a move that could double exports of liquefied natural gas from the northern coastal facility to oversea...
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 28/09/2026
ICYMI: @propublica.org has a Chrome and Firefox plugin that allows you to grab your data from FanDuel and DraftKings. If you use it, you can upload your data to us to help us to continue investigating how these sites induce people to keep betting. projects.propublica.org/sports-betti...
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Help ProPublica Report on Sports Betting by Sending Us Your App Data
If you’ve bet on sports with FanDuel or DraftKings, you can help ProPublica understand how these apps respond to their users’ betting behavior. Use our browser extension to download your betting histo...
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Anne Panke @arocc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You can respond to the Competition Bureau’s Questions of Interest here: competition-bureau.canada.ca/en/how-we-fo...
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Competition Bureau investigates minimum advertised pricing policies in grocery sector
The Competition Bureau has launched an investigation into the use of minimum advertised pricing policies in the grocery sector, rules that can prevent retailers from advertising their lowest prices.
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Michelle Manus @michellemanus.com · 26/09/2026
I've got books on sale! When Nyx Fortuna becomes the Guardian of a Waystation between worlds, she discovers the universe is far more populated—and magical—than she ever could have imagined. And that her place in it may not be what she thought... Buy Direct: payhip.com/b/GUeEk Retailer links in 🧵
Promotion of a sale for the first three books in the Nyx Fortuna series by Michelle Manus. Top text reads: Start the series sale! The covers of the first three books are shown, along with pricing showing all 3 books are normally $7.99 each. Book 1 is now 0.99, Book 2 is now 2.99, and Book 3 is now 4.99. Bottom of the graphic shows 5 stars, and a review blurb that says "I loved this book so much...I'm diving into book two now! What are you waiting for??" - My World...In Words and Pages
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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The spectral are getting louder, more insistent, more prevalent, and our literature, our cinema, reflect this.” Tara Badstubner explores why recent ghosts are (actually) haunting us. buff.ly/u4ZreSL
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Why Ghosts Are Haunting Us in 2026 (For Real)
Several years ago, when COVID was still a bruising force in our lives, scaring us spitless, I took a COVID test, got the requisite negative result, and trekked to upstate New York for a writer’s re…
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Purchase with Purpose @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🚨 Meta blocked President Lula’s Facebook page and campaign ads two weeks before the election While also failing to block 87% of disinformation ads targeted against him. A handful of companies shouldn't have this much power over a country's democracy.
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Meta Blocks President Lula’s Facebook Page and Campaign Ads
The page is now back online, but Lula's electoral coalition says Meta's actions harmed the president’s campaign.
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Anne Panke @arocc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Truth.
These are the Cornell administrators who thought expelling two Chi Phi frat members, and giving the remaining 5 lesser sanctions including writing essays was sufficient punishment for horrific sexual violence.
These men's response to frat bros drugging and sexually assaulting a woman for hours is how we end up with Trumps, Kavanaughs and Hegseths.
Period.
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Anne Panke @arocc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What a despicable point of view….
motherjones.com
Palantir’s co-founder thinks we should be less judgmental about that deadly Iran school strike
The AI-assisted attack at the start of Donald Trump's war killed more than 150 people, mostly children.
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Joshua Keep @jekeep.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"An American think tank published proposals to weaken Canadian unity, including supporting and financing the province’s sovereigntist party, the Parti Québécois... and to “weaponize” reconciliation between Canada and First Nations to “slowly nudge” the country on a path toward the end of history."
globalnews.ca
Federal intelligence agency contacted amid U.S. interference allegations in Quebec election | Globalnews.ca
As Quebec's election enters its final stretch, U.S. interference allegations prompted a CSIS contact and calls for from party leaders for transparency.
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Anne Panke @arocc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“If you take away one thing from me, you are the expert…No one in the world has devoted the time, the thought, the effort, the energy to that craft more than teachers…with expertise comes intuition…that intuition becomes wickedly sharp and very highly accurate.” EdTech is a problem; school is not
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Truth For Teachers | The digital delusion: Is classroom tech hurting how kids learn?
“My toaster has undergone more safety and efficacy testing than any piece of ed tech that’s been put in front of our kids in the past 20 years.” That’s according to Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath, a neurosc...
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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
From @justinling.ca who sat in on some of the foreign policy focus groups, a similar caution If anything, Canadians want to engage more with the world now. They don’t want to hunker down and focus on ourselves www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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Justin Ling: Mark Carney may appeal to vast swathes of the country, but there are some things about Canadians he doesn’t seem to get
Rather than merely address global policymakers and CEOs, the prime minister needs to talk to more everyday voters.
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Anne Panke @arocc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Dear American friends, please don’t let this news make you complacent. You NEED to get out & vote, even if things are looking hopeful. Republicans tend to vote consistently, and more frequently than Dems. If you show up, it can shift the balance. 🤞
axios.com
House Republicans on track to lose majority
Cook now projects Democrats are most likely to gain between five and 15 seats
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Anne Panke @arocc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
When David Suzuki begins to lose hope, you know that we’re deeply in trouble…
torontolife.com
International superstar Mark Carney gets an F from a Canadian icon - Toronto Life
Environmental activist and national treasure David Suzuki is not impressed
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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#MorningVibe dravonrangel.com teaches us the meaning of “woke”. They weaponized ‘woke’ because awake people ask questions, recognize patterns, remember history, and feel another’s pain. Get woke, stay woke. It’s go time.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“And that, my friends, is the new climate denialism to a tee, with an Orwellian spin on ‘sustainability’ and utter defeatism with respect to how to jointly tackle the affordability and climate crises.”
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Liberals🇨🇦🇺🇦 @saynotobs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Ford is a POS! #TheFordCriminalFamily #FollowTheMoney #NeverVoteConservative #FordIsCorrupt #FordFailedOntario #TheFordCorruptionIsEndless.
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middle class workers @ryanlindsay.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Despite increasing debt more than any other Premier in history, nearly $600 billion, Ford still screwed everything up. While he focuses on private jets, fancy hotel stays, Ferris wheels and luxury spas, families are paying more & getting less from schools, hospitals & services they count on. #onpoli
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23/09/2026
Jim Crow was on the ash heap of history. Then came the Roberts Court. Our September + October cover story: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 23/09/2026
TORONTO: free appearance alert! October 17th I’ll be at the Toronto Shitshow with the brand new Effin’ Birds: 100 Postcards box, all formats of my 2027 calendars, and more great gift options. Plus you can buy a VIP ticket with timed entry that includes an Effin’ Birds pin and book! eatf.art/toss
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2026 Toronto Sh!t Show
SKIP THE LINE + GET EXCLUSIVE PERKS! Follow on Instagram for live updates! @torontoshitshow
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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
fuck this guy
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Anne Panke @arocc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“The FAO estimates that the government’s education spending plan will be about $900 million below the amount required to maintain existing programs and commitments by 2027-28.” Consistent underfunding is intentional; privatization comes next.
readthemaple.com
Doug Ford Is Eroding Ontario’s Public Schools
The deterioration of schools is the result of his government’s political choices
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John Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
'The deterioration of conditions in Ontario schools is not simply an unfortunate backdrop to union negotiations. It is the predictable result of political choices about the size and quality of the public sector.' www.readthemaple.com/doug-ford-is...
readthemaple.com
Doug Ford Is Eroding Ontario’s Public Schools
The deterioration of schools is the result of his government’s political choices
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Rogerman @rogerman99.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Elect a conservative, get swindled story 1,476,835. Wonder if Siscoe's buddy Ross supplied unbilled services "in kind", which would really make this story spicy, during the first Mayoral campaign? #onpoli thepointer.com/article/2026...
thepointer.com
Man who helped Mat Siscoe get elected netted $65K in municipal contracts, FOI reveals
Man who helped Mat Siscoe get elected netted $65K in municipal contracts, FOI reveals.
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Joan Faux @joantelferfaux.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Learn more about how & why to oppose for-profit water taking/bottling A terrific explainer by @nicollneedschange.bsky.social #onpoli
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Water is Life! End Water Profiteering!
Water Watchers is asking Ontarians to make their voices heard during the provincial review to demand No New Bottling Permits! Comments are being accepted until September 27 at 11:59 pm.
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Anne Panke @arocc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Never mind that unions began asking for meetings early last spring to discuss contracts, but were totally IGNORED…. 🙄
globalnews.ca
Ontario education unions promise ‘proportional response,’ schedule 3rd strike vote | Globalnews.ca
On Sunday, the Ontario School Board Council of Unions, a part of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, announced it would hold a strike vote in November.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it. It was effectively banned as it never aired again. I wonder why. MEDIA-OPOLY
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Glynn Stewart @glynnstewart.com · 21/09/2026
Buy these awesome books! It's Skyla's birthday and her cats have expensive tastes in crises!
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 19/09/2026
Every now and then I see myself referred to as an "AI Denier" and I want to be clear I acknowledge "AI" exists, it's just I think it's a massive energy drain, created from theft, implemented poorly for inappropriate tasks by loathsome tech executives who get hard at the idea of the rest of us dying
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Anne Panke @arocc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
RCMP investigations, destroying the FOI process, Therme Spa shadiness…. We really need to put a stop to the rampant corruption of Thug Ford.
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PETITION TO THE PREMIER OF ONTARIO
SIGN THE PETITION
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Anne Panke @arocc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I truly believe we can balance economic progress with environmental stewardship. Please consider signing
act.greenpeace.ca
Stop Federal Environmental Rollbacks in Canada
Nature is our home—not an economic zone. The federal government wants to streamroll ahead with major projects by weakening environmental protections. Tell them to protect the nature that sustains us, ...
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Canadian Loyalist 🇨🇦 @shakespearesgal.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Ford is right where he belongs … at the bottom. There must be a reason for that. He needs his *ss investigated, and pronto … #onpoli #cdnpoli
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Anne Panke @arocc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Still think it’s just a few “bad apples”? Nope. It’s “a coterie of allegedly corrupt officers who appeared to have little fear of being found out, given how openly they discussed the allegedly criminal behaviour with their colleagues.” The whole system is rotten.
thestar.com
7 takeaways from the stunning new Project South allegations
New information related to the Project South investigation was released Wednesday and it includes shocking allegations of police corruption and criminality by several Toronto officers.
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Anne Panke @arocc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Thug Ford, making the world better for no one, while lining his own pockets… 🙄
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Ontario Study Links Gambling Expansion to Surge in ER Visits for Problem Gambling
A recent study published in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine reveals a significant increase in gambling-related emergency room visits in...
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Waterloo Region Health Coalition @health-wrregion.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
$155M for Private Profit, $0 to Run Our Public MRIs at Night 😨 Dr. Lennox lays it on the line. 👍 #mri #health #onpoli
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Island Girl @judyspool.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Ontario - The Therme Spa will have cost Ontarians $85.7 Billion after the 95 year lease is done. The worst deal in the history of the province. Nina Deeb If the Province applies all the rent the tenant pays to the 2.237 billion debt, the balance owing at 95 years is $85.7 billion ⁦ #cdnpoli #onpoli
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TheTrillium.ca @thetrillium.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ontario parents say they’re still being asked to donate basic classroom necessities like soap, toilet paper, paper towels
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Ontario parents say they’re still being asked to donate basic classroom necessities like soap, toilet paper, paper towels
Hundreds of parents respond to The Trillium’s callout, confirming they’ve been asked to donate some combination of classroom materials and everyday necessities
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Wilderness Committee @wildernews.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“Once they’re in the system, we don’t check them unless there’s a complaint,” the former official told The Narwhal in an interview. “We had to accept what clients were proposing.” Effectively, Ontario has no endangered species oversight right now. #ONpoli
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'Essentially silenced': Ontario's endangered species team after Bill 5 | The Narwhal
‘We were essentially silenced’: current and former Ministry of Environment officials say they were powerless after Doug Ford killed the Endangered Species Act
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