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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 3h
🚨The Canadian government wants to make it easier for companies to keep wages low and harder for workers to push back, by weakening the right to strike and collectively bargain. Not on our watch. Send a message to the government now. share.canadianlabour.ca/s/MNIzs39E
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Tell the government: Protect our right to strike!
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Join me in calling on the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board to protect our retirement savings with a credible climate plan, responsible investments, and respect for Indigenous rights. Add your name: win.newmode.net/shiftaction/... #cdnpoli #pensions #Climate #Investing
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New/Mode | Make your voice impossible to ignore
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 23/09/2026
The Trump admin already forced many people to drop their health insurance coverage after they let the ACA tax credits expire. Now they’re kicking hundreds of thousands MORE people off their health care involuntarily. It’s an outright attack on us all.
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Trump officials cut 760,000 enrollees from ACA, claiming fraud
Vice President JD Vance’s anti-fraud task force concluded that the people were wrongly signed up for the government health care program.
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
CUPE will defy Bill C-39’s unconstitutional limits on the right to strike if passed cupe.ca/news/cupe-wi...
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CUPE will defy Bill C-39’s unconstitutional limits on the right to strike if passed
The national executive board of Canada’s largest union, CUPE, has passed a unanimous resolution vowing to defy the Liberal government’s Bill C-39 limiting the constitutional right to strike if it is p...
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Unions Slam Liberals' Federal Labour Code Changes via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Unions Slam Liberals’ Federal Labour Code Changes | The Tyee
The Canadian Labour Congress says the legislation would let Ottawa break strikes.
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Gutting Canadians’ Charter rights will not make us stronger against Trump: CUPE cupe.ca/news/gutting...
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Gutting Canadians’ Charter rights will not make us stronger against Trump: CUPE
Canada’s largest union, CUPE, says new federal legislation tabled Monday is a direct attack on Canadians’ Charter rights and freedoms, and is calling on the federal government to halt the legislation ...
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Airport privatization will cost passengers and workers cupe.ca/news/airport...
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Airport privatization will cost passengers and workers
The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) is warning the federal government against handing control of Canada’s major airports over to private investors, saying privatization will mean higher cost...
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/w...
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Trump’s Canadian Tariffs Tear at Bond Between Twins Towns in Ontario and Michigan (Gift Article)
A 50 percent U.S. tariff on Canadian steel is crippling a major Ontario mill, driving mass layoffs and rupturing a century of cross-border life with Michigan.
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Why Do Workers Keep Dying on the Job? via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Why Do Workers Keep Dying on the Job? | The Tyee
On a day celebrating workers’ achievements, researcher Sean Tucker explains how we can prevent workplace fatalities.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
It is all hands on deck moment for Canada. Some Canadian companies like Chapman's are stepping up. Meanwhile other companies like Loblaws are undermining the boycott to make a buck. Name and shame them. @meidascanada.ca youtu.be/zIRbE3oMEwM?...
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ALL HANDS ON DECK FOR CANADA
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Angela Hodgson - Why Ontario needs safe nurse staffing levels cupe.ca/counterpoint...
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Angela Hodgson - Why Ontario needs safe nurse staffing levels
Over the past two decades, she has been intimately familiar with the long-festering staffing crisis in Ontario’s hospitals. As a registered practical nurse (RPN), Angela has witnessed first-hand the d...
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I get a kick out of these jack-asses. They always misjudge their enemies and then lose badly. Bessent says our defence would be borrowed submarines from the West Edmonton Mall. No point telling this clown about the Van Doos or the Princess Pats. Carry on fellow Canucks. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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America 'not at war' with Canada, insists U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent | CBC News
United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent insisted his country is "not at war" with Canada, then proceeded to mock the threat Canada could pose to his country with "submarines from the Edmonton m...
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Media coverage of Trump’s armed robbery of Venezuela's oil shows “a news industry that has been laundered of a basic sense of right and wrong. Shockingly few people in the media are asking: Do we really want to be a country that blows people up and steals from them?” My Stop the Presses newsletter.
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Trump’s armed robbery in Venezuela draws values-free coverage
A “might is right” mentality consumes our government and infects the media
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Angela Hodgson - Why Ontario needs safe nurse staffing levels cupe.ca/counterpoint...
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Angela Hodgson - Why Ontario needs safe nurse staffing levels
Over the past two decades, she has been intimately familiar with the long-festering staffing crisis in Ontario’s hospitals. As a registered practical nurse (RPN), Angela has witnessed first-hand the d...
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/w...
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Expedia Faces Off With Cuban Families Over Land Seized Decades Ago (Gift Article)
A trial involving claims against the travel company has opened in federal court. Dozens of such lawsuits have been filed since President Trump opened the door to them.
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Stittsville long-term care workers call out Sienna for failure to fix staffing levels at Granite Ridge Care Community cupe.ca/news/stittsv...
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Stittsville long-term care workers call out Sienna for failure to fix staffing levels at Granite Ridge Care Community
Today, workers at Granite Ridge Care Community are holding a rally to call out ongoing staff shortages at the facility. Granite Ridge is operated by Sienna Senior Living and is a for-profit home that ...
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/w...
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Canada Hires U.S. Scholars From Harvard and Other Top Universities (Gift Article)
A crackdown on American academia by the Trump administration has handed Canadian universities a rare opportunity to lure some top researchers north.
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Canada rejected Trump’s bad deal. Good. Now Canada must stand firm, use our leverage to get a deal that works for workers, and act urgently to protect the people and communities impacted by Trump’s trade war. share.canadianlabour.ca/s/PYF1ib7t
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All in for good jobs and workers’ rights
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
CUPE holds solidarity rally outside Villa Marconi, amid growing pile-up in the laundry department cupe.ca/news/cupe-ho...
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CUPE holds solidarity rally outside Villa Marconi, amid growing pile-up in the laundry department
The residents of Villa Marconi are running out of clean laundry, and it is due to negligent policy making by management. In June, members of CUPE 4793 held an information picket outside the long-term ...
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/o...
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Opinion | The New Physics of Power (Gift Article)
It doesn’t take much for small powers to gain a big advantage over the powerful.
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
CUPE joins rally against job cuts at the Queensway Carleton Hospital in Ottawa cupe.ca/news/cupe-jo...
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CUPE joins rally against job cuts at the Queensway Carleton Hospital in Ottawa
In July, the Queensway Carleton Hospital announced that it would be cutting 101 jobs, including 87 nurses, 7 housekeepers and 4 emergency department personal care aides. The hospital is citing insuffi...
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/n...
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Ralph Nader, Unsurprisingly, Still Wants You to Pay Attention (Gift Article)
Mr. Nader, 92, is no longer in the public eye, but he has not stopped fighting for whatever needs fighting, whether people are listening or not.
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Canada has an obligation under global law to stop unilateral deep sea mining by Canadian companies. Yet Canada-based The Metals Company is working with Trump to bypass global processes and mine the seabed. Tell Canada to #StopDeepSeaMining ✍️ 🔗 act.gp/4i95CGL @greenpeaceca.bsky.social
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Petition: Tell Canada to oppose the Mining Code and protect the deep sea from mining.
Sign the Greenpeace petition to tell Canada to oppose the Mining Code and protect the deep sea from mining.
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
LAST CHANCE to fix #BillC22 surveillance powers that threaten Canadians' rights and privacy! Major companies and civil society groups are raising the alarm. Demand the Senate #ReformC22 now! 👉 openmedia.org/ReformC22-bsky @openmedia.org
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Tell the Senate: Reform Bill C-22
LAST CHANCE to fix #BillC22 surveillance powers that threaten Canadians' rights and privacy! Major companies and civil society groups are raising the alarm. Demand the Senate #ReformC22 now! 👉 https:/...
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Private companies know there’s no business case for more pipelines when renewables have never been cheaper, cleaner, and faster to deploy. So the government is about to invest OUR money instead. Most Canadians agree: NO taxpayer-funded pipelines >> act.gp/4yzyXjC
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Even the oil companies don't want to pay for new pipelines!
Our government shouldn’t gamble our money and our future on pipelines.
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/b...
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How Small, Independent Newspapers Are Still Finding Readers (Gift Article)
In a world of failing newspapers, free weeklies like The Chronicle of Glens Falls, N.Y., are still finding readers. All it takes is owners who do absolutely everything.
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Villa Marconi engaged in union busting as agency staff are hired to fill union positions cupe.ca/news/villa-m...
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Villa Marconi engaged in union busting as agency staff are hired to fill union positions
The union representing staff at Ottawa’s Villa Marconi is calling out their employer’s union-busting tactics after discovering agency staff filling in for laid-off union members. Members in the laundr...
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/u...
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The ‘Furthur’ Bus’s Long, Strange Trip, and Why It’s Returning to San Francisco (Gift Article)
Ken Kesey’s psychedelic bus, immortalized in “The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test,” is preparing for one more run. And to its owners, America sure could use it.
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rabble.ca @rabble.ca · 08/08/2026
Canada is already the sixth largest military spender in NATO. Mark Carney’s increase in military spending is shrinking the horizon of possibilities of what Canada could achieve elsewhere. #canpoli rabble.ca/columnists/c...
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Carney's military spending is shrinking our dreams as a nation
Canada is already the sixth largest military spender in NATO. Mark Carney's increase in military spending is shrinking the horizon of possibilities of what Canada could achieve elsewhere.
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/07/u...
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How the Reflecting Pool Came to Mirror Trump’s Washington (Gift Article)
A hospitality manager for the Trump Organization traveled to Las Vegas to find a solution to problems at a national landmark. This is the untold back story of the fallout.
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Carney’s military spending is shrinking our dreams as a nation rabble.ca/columnists/c...
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Carney's military spending is shrinking our dreams as a nation
Canada is already the sixth largest military spender in NATO. Mark Carney's increase in military spending is shrinking the horizon of possibilities of what Canada could achieve elsewhere.
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
CUPE mourns the passing of former National Secretary-Treasurer Geraldine McGuire cupe.ca/news/cupe-mo...
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CUPE mourns the passing of former National Secretary-Treasurer Geraldine McGuire
CUPE mourns the passing of Geraldine McGuire, a trailblazing union leader, fierce defender of public services and former CUPE National Secretary-Treasurer.
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
TTC supervisors take strike vote as they continue to bargain their first collective agreement cupe.ca/news/ttc-sup...
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TTC supervisors take strike vote as they continue to bargain their first collective agreement
Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) station supervisors, represented by CUPE 5585, voted overwhelmingly last week to authorize a strike as negotiations for their first collective agreement stall.
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Governments Are Gambling with Canadians' Well-Being via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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Governments Are Gambling with Canadians’ Well-Being | The Tyee
In Ontario, which has allowed private online betting operators since 2022, the average player loses almost $4,000 a year.
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Can Eby Manage Growing NDP Divisions on LNG and Pipelines? via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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Can Eby Manage Growing NDP Divisions on LNG and Pipelines? | The Tyee
Duelling cabinet statements on the Tilbury project expose growing fault lines on emissions and risk of pollution.
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o...
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Opinion | Christopher Nolan’s Trojan Horse (Gift Article)
The big trick of his “Odyssey” is smuggling the core of Judeo-Christian ethics into an ancient Greek epic.
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The funds hospitals use to pay day-to-day bills have plummeted by $2.2 billion since 2020, says new report cupe.ca/news/funds-h...
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The funds hospitals use to pay day-to-day bills have plummeted by $2.2 billion since 2020, says new report
Ontario’s hospital crisis has hit a boiling point, says new report released today by CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU/CUPE).
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I just told my MP I oppose Alberta’s proposed bitumen pipeline to the B.C. coast. It puts ecosystems at risk and locks Canada into a fossil fuel future. Let’s invest in renewables, protect nature and uphold Indigenous rights. share.nwmd.social/s/P7znAyY4
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Join me in rejecting Alberta’s pipeline ploy.
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
As Trump Slags Canadians, the American Dream Fades via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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As Trump Slags Canadians, the American Dream Fades | The Tyee
Citizens here hold more faith in their nation. Global partners are lining up.
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Don't Call It a Condo Bailout. It's Rent-to-Own and It Can Work via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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Don’t Call It a Condo Bailout. It’s Rent-to-Own and It Can Work | The Tyee
If it’s done right, BC’s government can play a key role in helping working people afford a home.
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...
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A U.S. Citizen Deleted His Phone’s Data. Now He Faces a Felony Charge. (Gift Article)
Federal prosecutors charged a man returning to the United States with obstruction because he gave them a passcode that erased his smartphone during a customs search.
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Remember when flying WestJet actually felt different? That airline is gone. WestJet’s flight attendants are fighting to bring back the airline you deserve. They need public support to stop the race to the bottom. endunpaidwork.ca
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WestJet Flight Attendants: Ready to strike to end unpaid work | CUPE 8125 WestJet Component
WestJet flight attendants aren't paid for boarding, safety checks or ground delays — up to 35 unpaid hours a month. See the facts about the possible strike and take action.
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Mark Carney, Red Tory via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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Mark Carney, Red Tory | The Tyee
The prime minister is causing a major realignment in Canadian politics. More proof came Wednesday.
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/r...
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Renovating a Century-Old House in Forest Hills Gardens, Queens (Gift Article)
The landscape architect Kate Orff and her family have created a habitat for wildlife, and themselves, in Forest Hills Gardens.
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/o...
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Opinion | Trump, Netanyahu and Putin Have All Blundered Into Dead-End Wars (Gift Article)
The quick-fix fantasies of the world’s strongmen.
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Queensway Carleton to eliminate 101 jobs as unions announce rally to demand adequate funding cupe.ca/news/queensw...
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Queensway Carleton to eliminate 101 jobs as unions announce rally to demand adequate funding
The union representing nearly 1,000 workers at Queensway Carleton is slamming the provincial government for the elimination of 101 jobs at the hospital.
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The federal government must respect the collective bargaining rights of 4,400 WestJet flight attendants and ensure their guaranteed right to strike remains protected. Please join me and send a letter to the Labour Minister today. endunpaidwork.ca/right-to-strike
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Tell The Labour Minister: Don't strip WestJet flight attendants of their right to strike | CUPE 8125
WestJet’s flight attendants are fighting to bring back the airline you deserve. They need public support to stop the race to the bottom.
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Over 8000,000 workers strong — and growing. Support CUPE’s movement for fairness, better wages & public services that put people first. ✊ Sign on now: cupe.ca/building-wor...
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Building power, together
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026
This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
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borderschnoodle.bsky.social @borderschnoodle.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/a...
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Pat Oliphant, Cartoonist Who Skewered the Powerful, Dies at 90 (Gift Article)
The winner of countless awards, including a Pulitzer Prize, he was described in 1990 as “the most influential political cartoonist now working.”
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