Reposted by Brian Cole 🇨🇦Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 3hAmid the push to build Canadian, a Quebec train factory is booming #Canada Once on the brink of possible closure, Alstom's plant in La Pocatière, Que., is now growing www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.ca'There’s pride in building trains at home': Quebec plant sees a comeback | CBC NewsA Quebec train factory battered by years of layoffs is expanding as governments push to buy Canadian. Alstom's La Pocatière plant is hiring and scaling up for major domestic rail contracts, including ... 28929
Reposted by Brian Cole 🇨🇦Fun Tom @funtomvids.bsky.social · 17h🔴 I've seen conversations comparing Pierre Poilievre and Jamil Jivani as leaders of the Conservative Party of Canada... The fact is that NEITHER of them are appealing nor acceptable propositions. 🙅🏻♂️ The choice is a conundrum. It's like asking somebody whether they'd rather be shot or hanged. 1239
Reposted by Brian Cole 🇨🇦Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The Hockey Sweater is one of the most famous books in Canadian history. The story of a boy who received the wrong hockey sweater from Eaton's has been featured on our currency, gone to space, and been turned into an iconic NFB short. This is the story. 🧵 1/12 317055
Reposted by Brian Cole 🇨🇦NotAllFunnyAndGames @ginamyhill-jones.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Disinformation… what is it and how to tell if you’ve fallen for it… And I have a few times. They are HARD at it now, rage bait flying fast and furious….cyber.gc.caHow to identify misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation (ITSAP.00.300) - Canadian Centre for Cyber SecurityHow to identify misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation (ITSAP.00.300) 056
Brian Cole 🇨🇦 @briancole5.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Goodbye to American products. We're done with those. 001
Reposted by Brian Cole 🇨🇦Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“What is certain, however, is that a vast sum of our money will be wasted, countless Torontonians will find themselves profoundly inconvenienced for extended periods, and, eventually, a cyclist will get struck by a car. But at least the congestion will be worse.” 57238
Reposted by Brian Cole 🇨🇦Deanna 🇨🇦 @dbliuvas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026www.politico.com/news/2026/09...politico.comPoll: Canadians and Americans agree, Trump was in the wrong with trade warAmericans say President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada aren’t worth higher prices, as Canadians remain in lockstep behind Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. 0115
Reposted by Brian Cole 🇨🇦Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 @bill-comeau.bsky.social · 28/09/2026There's a reason why Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney has hit a remarkable 70% approval rating and his #tradewar adversary is at rock bottom. One is doing what is best for his country and the other is doing what is worst. Leadership matters in a war, especially when one country trusts its leader. 39222
Reposted by Brian Cole 🇨🇦Steve the Muppet Wrangler @beardog63.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Fuck no! KD cream soda....this is wrong on so many levels! 19233
Brian Cole 🇨🇦 @briancole5.bsky.social · 28/09/2026For #MacroMonday we have a bee drinking goldenrod nectar. #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Photography #Canon #R7 #bee #goldenrod #nature #yellow #closeup 1102
Reposted by Brian Cole 🇨🇦RichardJR @electricbluesfan.bsky.social · 26/09/20261/11 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERVIEWS CANADA'S MARK CARNEY 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 Prime Minister Mark Carney is systematically breaking Canada's reliance on a predatory US. Carney, in a wide ranging interview, meets with NYT reporters. Source: The New York Times #WorldPolitics #CdnPoli #USPol #TradeWar #OSINT 264
Reposted by Brian Cole 🇨🇦The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 26/09/2026Over the ten years, Premier Smith claims Alberta faced a hostile federal government, oil and gas production doubled, and Ottawa poured tens of billions into energy infrastructure. The tolerance of her big lie is almost as remarkable as the lie itself. ow.ly/Fl7950ZRRaq 6160106
Reposted by Brian Cole 🇨🇦Diane Blais 🇨🇦 @dianeblais.bsky.social · 26/09/2026youtu.be/rqjnGyX3LNo?...youtu.beIntroducing Pierre-minem #pierrepoilievre #cringe #ai #conservative #politics #canada YouTube video by Lisab0923 011
Reposted by Brian Cole 🇨🇦Dave Nelson 🇨🇦 @davenlsn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Don't buy American produce. Another example: Driscoll's sent millions of pounds of fruit containing non-compliant levels of pesticides and chemicals to Canada and the company tried to cover it up. #BoycottUSA #CanadaSky www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caWhistleblower alleges millions of Driscoll’s berries sent to Canada with excess chemical levels | CBC NewsA whistleblower lawsuit in California is alleging millions of pounds of Driscoll's fruit containing non-compliant levels of pesticides and chemicals crossed the border into Canada, and the company tri... 9239162
Brian Cole 🇨🇦 @briancole5.bsky.social · 26/09/2026If you use Facebook or Instagram you are supporting censorship. 000
Brian Cole 🇨🇦 @briancole5.bsky.social · 25/09/2026America, you are getting ripped off, from inside the house. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...theguardian.comAmid soaring living costs, America’s biggest convenience-store chains quietly overcharge consumersGuardian investigation: 7-Eleven and Circle K stores often fail to honor advertised prices – charging more at pump and register for gas, snacks, and other items 000
Reposted by Brian Cole 🇨🇦Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 24/09/2026Stop texting me, I’m trying to do a MapQuest tutorial!youtube.comStop texting me, I’m trying to do a MapQuest tutorial!Stop texting me, I’m trying to do a MapQuest tutorial! 📰 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥: newsletter.todmaffin.com 👕 𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗖𝗛: shop.todmaffin.com 🎙️ 𝗣𝗢𝗗𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧: mirrorfalls.com ☕ Help support my work: support.todmaffin.com 🔗 Follow me on social: links.todmaffin.com ✉️ Contact my team: contact.todmaffin.com 45518
Reposted by Brian Cole 🇨🇦CHEK News @cheknews.ca · 24/09/2026The shooter who targeted a Belleville, Ont., synagogue shouted "you're going to die for the Jews" before he opened fire on a police officer outside. cheknews.ca/belleville-ont-synagogu…cheknews.caBelleville, Ont., synagogue shooting was a hate-motivated attack, police sayThe shooter who targeted a Belleville, Ont., synagogue shouted "you're going to die for the Jews" before he opened fire on a police officer outside. 042
Reposted by Brian Cole 🇨🇦Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 24/09/2026And here we go: www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-re...gofundme.comDonate to Help Us Rebuild and Secure Sons of Jacob Synagogue, organized by Hadas BrajtmanWe need your help to raise $90,000 to make Sons of Jacob Synagogue s… Hadas Brajtman needs your support for Help Us Rebuild and Secure Sons of Jacob Synagogue 22313
Reposted by Brian Cole 🇨🇦Mike Schreiner @mikeschreiner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ford can spin and blame the feds all he wants, numbers don't lie. Ontario's staring down a $13B deficit, record unemployment, costs skyrocketing, public services starving.toronto.citynews.caOntario posts deficit as health care, education spending surgesThe province reported health-sector investments rose by $6.6 billion, or 7.2 per cent, compared to 2024-25. 810160
Brian Cole 🇨🇦 @briancole5.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Doug Ford is bankrupting Ontario ! #ONpoli #DougFraud 163
Brian Cole 🇨🇦 @briancole5.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Trump loses ANOTHER court case. www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...ctvnews.caJudge blocks Trump's ban and says CNN, MS NOW and Politico must have White House access restoredA U.S. judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s ban of three news outlets from the White House grounds, ordering early Thursday that CNN, MS NOW and Politico must have their access restored. 000
Reposted by Brian Cole 🇨🇦Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 23/09/2026OTTAWA – The city council in Canada’s national capital has started the process of renaming a street bearing the last name of U.S. President Donald Trump. winnipegfreepress.comCity of Ottawa to rename Trump Avenue as trade war continuesOTTAWA – The city council in Canada’s national capital has started the process of renaming a street bearing the last name of U.S. President Donald Trump. 2157
Reposted by Brian Cole 🇨🇦Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Ken Danby's paintings were some of the most spectacular of the 20th century. From his hyper-realistic portrait of Gordon Lightfoot, to his iconic At The Crease, his work is known by Canadians coast-to-coast. This is the story of a great Canadian artist. 🧵 1/10 510335
Reposted by Brian Cole 🇨🇦𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 22/09/2026These are on sale at the UN gift shop. 40358321369
Reposted by Brian Cole 🇨🇦Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Not much changed 🤣 I’m pretty sure they did this to shut him up 🤭 Trump is hailing his new deal with Greenland and Denmark — but a deal already existed. So what changed? The United States signed a security arrangement with Denmark and Greenland in 1951 www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...cbc.caTrump is hailing his new deal with Greenland and Denmark. Here's what's changed from the old agreement | CBC NewsU.S. President Donald Trump signed a new security agreement with the leaders of Denmark and Greenland on Tuesday. But the U.S. already had a security arrangement with the two parties dating back 75 ye... 82815
Brian Cole 🇨🇦 @briancole5.bsky.social · 23/09/2026He did what? He threatened to annihilate another country, in a speech at the UN ?? They should have thrown him out on his a*s immediately. 000
Reposted by Brian Cole 🇨🇦Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Canada leaving billions on the table by not processing more crops at home, new agri-food study says The reports suggests that "redirecting just 10 per cent of Canada’s raw crop exports to domestic value-added processing could /1 thread www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caCanada leaving billions on the table by not processing more crops at home, new agri-food study says | CBC NewsCanada could add billions to its GDP and create thousands of jobs if a small slice of crop exports are kept at home for processing in domestic plants, according to a new report. 22350164
Brian Cole 🇨🇦 @briancole5.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Do you remember hearing radio ads for "The Simple Investor" and "Todd C. Slater"? You won't hear them any more. www.cp24.com/local/toront...cp24.comOntario real estate investors in limbo as ‘Simple Investor’ property firm suspends paymentsHundreds of real estate investors in a company run by a media-savvy realtor that owns dozens of buildings across Ontario got a shock over the weekend when they were told their rent payments are in lim... 021
Brian Cole 🇨🇦 @briancole5.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The kids are fighting. techcrunch.com/2026/09/21/m...techcrunch.comMeta's AI agent has been blocked from using Amazon.com | TechCrunchMuse isn't welcome as a shopper anymore. 010
Reposted by Brian Cole 🇨🇦Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 21/09/2026🚨🚨 Social media venues such as #facebook and #instagram's algorithms have been designed by #meta to filter out 'social topic' such as #civilrights and #feminism. #Freespeech my ass. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comMeta bans ads for Virginia Woolf play in Spain because they relate to feminismTheatre told that Facebook and Instagram filter out ads mentioning ‘social topics’ such as civil rights or feminism 15323203
Brian Cole 🇨🇦 @briancole5.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Tell me again that Trump isn't working against the West. 010
Reposted by Brian Cole 🇨🇦PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Nik Nanos: "To see Harper, for all intents and purposes, endorse the strategy of the federal government is a killer for Pierre Poilievre. What's Pierre Poilievre supposed to say other than nothing?" #cdnpoli 106716
Brian Cole 🇨🇦 @briancole5.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Holy crap. www.intelligencer.ca/news/bellevi...intelligencer.caBelleville police officer, suspect hospitalized after synagogue shootingAn armoured Belleville Police vehicle was also dispatched while police launched aerial drones scanning backyards across the neighbourhood. 010
Reposted by Brian Cole 🇨🇦MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21/09/2026People aren’t buying what Trump’s selling on his own social media platform these days. Brutal. 2303401841
Reposted by Brian Cole 🇨🇦PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Sobeys, Loblaws, Metro: All caught by the CBC mislabelling American food as Canadian. #cdnpoli www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBaa...youtube.comSobeys, Loblaws, Metro: All caught by the CBC mislabelling American food as CanadianYouTube video by Tod Maffin 73612354
Brian Cole 🇨🇦 @briancole5.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Ukraine pounded Russia. www.ctvnews.ca/world/russia...ctvnews.caUkraine fires over 1,000 drones at Russia, including hundreds launched at MoscowUkrainian forces fired more than 1,000 drones at Russia overnight, including hundreds that were launched toward Moscow, officials said Sunday as the Kremlin was wrapping up the third and last day of i... 021
Reposted by Brian Cole 🇨🇦Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Join the rallies against Doug Ford being held across Ontario. September 26. Find your community listed below. 12245139
Reposted by Brian Cole 🇨🇦PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 18/09/2026"The funniest thing about Poilievre's response, 'Mark Carney doesn't get it' — actually, you don't get it. This instinctive ideological aversion to Europe as though we're suddenly all going to be forced to speak Flemish and wear wooden shoes. It's ridiculous and out of step with where people are at" 3131283
Reposted by Brian Cole 🇨🇦Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Obama: “Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. You’re laughing, but this is what’s happening. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent right now would have tolerated behavior like that from me.” Clip courtesy @meidastouch.com 746276638826
Reposted by Brian Cole 🇨🇦Flavio Volpe, C.M. @flaviovolpe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Gift link in case you missed it “Trump is playing chicken with a mirror and calling the approaching collision a victory.” www.autonews.com/opinion/colu...autonews.com 22416
Reposted by Brian Cole 🇨🇦Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 18/09/2026BREAKING: The global energy crisis is escalating. Saudi Aramco has told at least two European oil refiners they will receive no Saudi crude next month following attacks on the kingdom’s main pipeline to the Red Sea, Bloomberg reports. 1424585
Reposted by Brian Cole 🇨🇦Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Photograph, scrape them off the trees, along with their eggs, put them in a bag and notify CFIA. The invasive spotted lanternfly has been detected in Canada for the first time – in Windsor The fly is known to kill grapevines and impact other crops and trees www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caThe invasive spotted lanternfly has been detected in Canada for the first time – in Windsor | CBC NewsAn invasive insect known to kill grapevines and impact other crops and trees has been detected for the first time in Canada by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). And that first detection happ... 64846
Brian Cole 🇨🇦 @briancole5.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Not only is this Trump's next move to screw with the midterms, but this article also shows how Howard Lutnick is destroying the Commerce Department and the Census Bureau. www.cnn.com/2026/09/10/p...cnn.comTrump’s Commerce Secretary under pressure to use his powers to block voting machines | CNN PoliticsPresident Donald Trump’s election fraud crusade has an unlikely new vehicle: the Commerce Department. 000
Reposted by Brian Cole 🇨🇦Ghouly Hoye 👻🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Highly recommend you read the whole speech, built on the metaphor of strong, resilient trees (a reference close to my heart). The man know how to deliver a speech. He begins with Goethe’s oak, then this: “Canada and the European Union can anchor our ground . .pm.gc.caPrime Minister Carney delivers an address to the European ParliamentThank you for granting me the honour of addressing you all at the beginning of this decisive session. 43716
Reposted by Brian Cole 🇨🇦Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 16/09/2026LAST CHANCES TO MEET EFFIN’ BIRDS IN 2026: Sept 18-20 Edmonton Expo Sept 24-26 FanX Salt Lake Oct 17 The Toronto Shitshow Nov 21-22 VA Comicon Details at effinbirds.com/appearances Keep your eyes on that page for my 2027 appearances, coming soon!effinbirds.comAppearancesA daily comic by Aaron Reynolds that keeps winning awards despite being nothing more than birds and... 26913