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Handweaver, spinner, knitter, gardener, bookbinder, dog-person, cat-person. Reader of cookbooks. Team Canada 🇨🇦 Vive le Canada! Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦🌻

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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I'll be teaching twenty Gr 3 students this fall. This partial back-to-school order would cost $290.38 through my school board and $668.98 at Staples. #DougFord loves talking tough about protecting us from Tr*mp, but he's taking $60M out of public education and handing it to an 🇺🇸 company. #OntEd
A chart of school supplies showing the price difference between ordering through the school board or ordering from Staples.A chart of school supplies showing the price difference between ordering through the school board or ordering from Staples.

The total for the school board is $290.38.
The total for Staples is $668.98.
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Sue Gowans @sueinnovates.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Remember when Ford said he wasn't going to touch the Greenbelt?
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
“Trump hinted at a future conflict with Mexico in particular in an interview with Fox News Saturday morning.” “Something is gonna have to be done with Mexico,” said the convicted felon: newrepublic.com/post/204884/...
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After Venezuela Attack, Trump Says Something Must Be Done About Mexico
Donald Trump is hinting at a military conflict with Mexico next.
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
U.S. Southern Command chief General Laura Richardson just said the truth out loud: The U.S. focus in Latin America isn’t “democracy” — it’s controlling oil, lithium, gold, and rare earth minerals. Venezuela, with the largest oil reserves and key strategic resources, is the main target. #cdnpoli
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barbclarkross.bsky.social @barbclarkross.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
We had Baltimore orioles at the feeder this morning. First sightings this year.
A Baltimore oriole feeds at the grape jelly dish in the orange feeder that hangs in a plum tree which is just showing it’s blossoms.A Baltimore oriole perched on a branch amongst the blossoms of a plum tree.
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Brian Platt @brianplatt.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Helpful list from the CBC on which ridings remain too close to call. Liberals would need to flip 4 of these without losing any other seats in order to get to a majority. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
"I'm not informed about the issues." Talk to people you trust. "Trump is joking." He's absolutely not. “The polls say...” The polls don't matter. "The parties are all the same." They're absolutely not. “It doesn’t matter who wins." It matters very much to someone you care about. #CanadaVotes
Eight hands each hold a piece of the Canadian flag that they are dropping into a slot which is supposed to be a ballot box? I don't know. It's weird. Please vote.
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Marit Stiles @maritstilesndp.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
The NYT just dropped a bombshell: a foreign spa company with one location and no cash landed a 95-year sweetheart deal—based on misleading claims and a secretive, preferential process. This gov't was elected to protect Ontario. Do the right thing. Cancel the deal. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/w...
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European Spa Company Therme Misrepresented Itself in an Effort to Expand Into Canada
A Times investigation shows Therme, a European firm, exaggerated its track record in securing a deal with Ontario, and government auditors found that the process had been unfair and opaque.
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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 08/04/2025
in case you're wondering, "what's the harm in claiming an extinct species has been brought back from the dead" when it most certainly has not, our interior secretary is already using it to justify taking animals off the endangered species list
The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is to work with others to “conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.”

The Department of the Interior is excited about the potential of “de-extinction” technology and how it may serve broader purposes beyond the recovery of lost species, including strengthening biodiversity protection efforts and helping endangered or at-risk species.

The Endangered Species List has become like the Hotel California: once a species enters, they never leave. In fact, 97 percent of species that are added to the endangered list remain there. This is because the status quo is focused on regulation more than innovation.

It’s time to fundamentally change how we think about species conservation. Going forward, we must celebrate removals from the endangered list - not additions. The only thing we’d like to see go extinct is the need for an endangered species list to exist. We need to continue improving recovery efforts to make that a reality, and the marvel of “de-extinction” technology can help forge a future where populations are never at risk.

Since the dawn of our nation, it has been innovation – not regulation – that has spawned American greatness. The revival of the Dire Wolf heralds the advent of a thrilling new era of scientific wonder, showcasing how the concept of “de-extinction” can serve as a bedrock for modern species conservation.

The Dire Wolf revival carries profound cultural significance as it embodies strength and courage that is deeply encoded within the DNA of American identity and tribal heritage.

Breakthroughs of this nature will inspire leading minds and future generations of innovators to chase the impossible, capture it, and unleash its potential!

The Department of the Interior looks forward to a vibrant future full of innovation that advances core missions such as wildlife conservation.
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
‘Hard and fast from every direction’: inside the group plotting Poilievre’s blitzkrieg of cuts #PierrePoilievre #Canada breachmedia.ca/inside-the-g...
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‘Hard and fast from every direction’: inside the group plotting Poilievre’s blitzkrieg of cuts ⋆ The Breach
Pierre Poilievre’s first days in government would rely on ‘the Mike Harris playbook’
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Peggy Boooooo!!!!! Blair @peggyjblair.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
I've been predicting this one for a while. The good news is that all the books published and sold through reboundpress.com are completely manufactured in Canada and are tariff free!
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Rebound Press // Shadow Play | Hungry Ghosts | Umbrella Man | Double Vision | Midnight in Havana | Capital Crimes
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barbclarkross.bsky.social @barbclarkross.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Very good, Aylmer Foods!
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Good Lord.
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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 12/03/2025
Hey folks a lot of you are sharing big blocks of text on coloured backgrounds with all sorts of big claims/news and yet providing no link to any actual source. This is how propaganda & disinformation spreads. Provide sources. It's absolutely critical And alt text because almost none of you are.
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Brent Bellamy @brentbellamy.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
My column: A Montreal company is building greenhouses on unused building rooftops. They now grow 200,000 vegetables per week. Their newest greenhouse is on a Walmart. If this was done just to Walmarts, Canada would cut its annual vegetable imports by 15%. www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
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Opinion: Finding food-security opportunity in growing tariff chaos
Donald Trump’s tariff roller coaster has been a stark wake-up call for Canadians, exposing an urgent need to diversify trade and reestablish local production and supply chains.
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barbclarkross.bsky.social @barbclarkross.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Am I the only person who thinks the fellow doing the English-French translation on CPAC sounds like Pierre Trudeau?
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TinAstina 🇺🇦☮️ @tinastina.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
In Denmark 🇩🇰 we have a massive movement boycotting everything from USA. Some of our shop chains are with us and marking products so that we can avoid US origin ones. Also, Canadian made products are high in our purchase list. We got this. 🇩🇰🇨🇦
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Anita Vandenbeld @anitavandenbeld.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
This handy website will help you to read labels to understand how to choose Canadian products. There is also a link to provincial websites to help you shop local. CHOOSE CANADA! inspection.canada.ca/en/food-labe...
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Peggy Boooooo!!!!! Blair @peggyjblair.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
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Help ReBound Press, a small Canadian mystery publisher, scale up! #CrowdSourcing #CanLit
As many of you know, I helped fundraise for, and settle, 200 Ukrainian refugees after the war started. (This was me: exhausted. Sometimes I’d get a call at 3 a.m. from one of my placements st…
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Meowshell @meowshell.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Having trouble being verified for the Liberal Leadership race? Solution 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 #Canada #cdnpoli
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Mark Bourrie @drmarkbourrie.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
I am going to get my act together and fully migrate to BlueSky. I want to use all social media to promote my book. There's no point doing this much work and let it be lost inall the noise. People need to know it exists, then make the choice of whether to buy and read it. I'm grateful for any shares.
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Bun Mom on Lake Ontario 🇨🇦😺 @bunmominontario.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
OMG, 25% only in Halton 😱
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Diane @dianeellison.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Dear Ontario - thanks to the hard work of another, here is a one-pager that certainly bears reflection concerning the upcoming election. It is important to vote with an accurate and informed perspective. www.westendphoenix.com/stories/doug...
Complete document in link above.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 21/02/2025
Instant mood enhancer
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barbclarkross.bsky.social @barbclarkross.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Whoopsie.
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barbclarkross.bsky.social @barbclarkross.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Just a little snowy today.
Scene of a very snow-covered yard showing high banks where snow has been shovelled and paths have been created for our elderly dog to exercise.  The snow is about a foot deep.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
So filled with Canadian Pride - Global news captured patriotic Canadians creating the Maple Leaf flag with ice and snow on Ellison Lake #BritishColumbia for Canada’s #FlagDay today February 15 #Canada #CanadianPride 🍁🇨🇦🍁 Full video here: globalnews.ca/video/110205...
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barbclarkross.bsky.social @barbclarkross.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Here’s a good suggestion,
This is a poster that says Made in Canada, Read in Canada to promote Canadian authors.
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Peggy Boooooo!!!!! Blair @peggyjblair.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Contact Ford's office and tell him you want him to cancel the Starlink contract.
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Sue Gowans @sueinnovates.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Quebec has a 3 yr, 130M Starlink contract that expires Jun '25. They are exploring CDN options now. (Aside: article suggests that there would be no financial penalty for Ford to cancel the 100M ON Starlink contract because deployment had not yet begun). www.montrealgazette.com/news/provinc...
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barbclarkross.bsky.social @barbclarkross.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Puppy enjoying the snow today. She’s supervising the guy using the snowblower.
Husky/border collie dog wearing a fancy winter coat sits in about 10 inches of snow that fell overnight.
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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Building a global biotech powerhouse in Canada 🍁 U.S. scientists fleeing the chaos & uncertainty, we welcome you 🧬 www.nature.com/articles/d43...
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Building a global biotechnology powerhouse in Canada
Canadian biopharma companies are capitalizing on increased government investment stimulated by the recent pandemic to strengthen domestic capabilities and foster multinational partnerships that enhanc...
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Sandra Kelly @2020willbelit.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Please make plan to VOTE!! Your vote is crucial
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Colin D'Mello | Global News "PC Leader Doug Ford is asked about the cost of the 401 tunnel: Ford pivots to the cost of traffic ($56B / year, Ford says) So no dollar figure for now." #cdnpoli #peipoli #onpoli Big Surprise! #Transparency
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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
The Starlink deal should never have happened. It should have been cancelled after the Nazi salute. It should have been cancelled when Trump started a tariff war. People need to ask Doug why the Starlink deal is still on. 416-745-2859 doug.fordco@pc.ola.org 416-325-1941 premier@ontario.ca #OnPoli
Doug Ford wears a blue baseball cap. On it is a picture of Elon Musk giving the Nazi salute.
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barbclarkross.bsky.social @barbclarkross.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
The good people at Ontario Place for All have developed a spreadsheet listing what taxpayers in each riding in Ontario will owe for the construction of the Austrian Spa and everything that comes with it. Check your riding! ontarioplaceforall.com/vote/
ontarioplaceforall.com
Vote for Ontario
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hergreeneyes.bsky.social @hergreeneyes.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Wow. “The deal signed in August by Ford with Capitol Counsel (USA) included a stipulation the American company “devise a plan for the first 100 days of the new Congress and administration.”” Traitor is ACCURATE. Perfectly OK with the US company to dictate how to run the 🇨🇦 gov. #NeverConservative
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barbclarkross.bsky.social @barbclarkross.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Along with the taxpayer financial commitment, which has not been costed out publicly, there a whole bunch of red flags to this deal that are blinding Doug Ford.
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Michelle Bowman @bowman4ward2.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
🚨 Watch and share Doug Ford saying he was glad DT won … until the tariff threat www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... I hope it becomes available from a source conservatives trust.
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Ford seen on video saying he was '100% happy' Trump won U.S. election — until tariff threat | CBC News
PC Leader Doug Ford was captured on video after a news conference Monday saying he was happy that President Donald Trump had won the most recent U.S. election — that is until Trump responded with tari...
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barbclarkross.bsky.social @barbclarkross.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Remember that the 30-day reprieve count starts, it will end around March 4th. The Liberal Leadership elections is on March 9th and shortly after, we will have a new Liberal leader, a newly-sworn in PM and PMJT will step down. Whomever, you vote for needs to be able to hit the ground running!
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barbclarkross.bsky.social @barbclarkross.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Maybe we should start a list of independent newspapers across Canada who don’t have to follow the editorial decisions of their owners. Ontario communities are poorly supported by an independent print media.
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Heather e^-1/x^2 @heathermoandco.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
#DougFord needs to be held accountable for this backroom deal with Musk. Unfortunately, too many voters are gullible, ignorant & propagandized. bsky.app/profile/heat...
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Mark Gerretsen @markgerretsen.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Pass it on.
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barbclarkross.bsky.social @barbclarkross.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
This is what removing the gatekeepers and cutting red tape does to your food chain.
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Peggy Boooooo!!!!! Blair @peggyjblair.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Just a reminder that the crime fiction novels at reboundpress.com are not just written in Canada, but are also produced here. When you buy a book from reboundpress.com you're not just supporting the CDN authors but the Victoria typesetter, Edmonton graphic designer and Burlington printer.
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Rebound Press // Shadow Play | Hungry Ghosts | Umbrella Man | Double Vision | Midnight in Havana | Capital Crimes
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barbclarkross.bsky.social @barbclarkross.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
If you’re looking to grow native plants and trees, here’s a list of Ontario nurseries growing and selling them.
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