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Pocket News 📰 @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today before Senate.

Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐈𝐍 𝐀 𝐃𝐈𝐑𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 Vancouver Sun,29Sep26, PETE MCMARTIN 𝑎 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝐽𝑢𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 44 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠 ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑎 𝑓𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤 𝑜𝑓 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑎 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 33 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠 ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑎 𝑓𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑆 ⬇️

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... There was a #shooting at Spanish Banks in #Vancouver where I bike most often. I went out that night to ride instead of my usual Sunday ride, about an hour after this incident, opting at the last minute to ride in the opposite direction instead of along that beach. ⬇️

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Vancouver police investigating targeted Spanish Banks shooting | CBC News

The Vancouver Police Department says its investigating a targeted shooting at Spanish Banks Saturday afternoon. A person was arrested a short time later in East Vancouver.

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐋 - 𝐃𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐃 #𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏 / #𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍 Editorial cartoonist Michael de Adder

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"...there is no public official in Washington who lies like Trump – not as constantly, not as obviously, not about as many topics..." In Canada, where people still decry elected officials caught lying, we are boggled by the extent of Trump's deceit and its seeming tolerance by US media and voters.

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 #𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐉𝐞𝐟𝐟 𝐁𝐞𝐳𝐨𝐬’𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝑬𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 ~𝐍𝐨𝐚𝐡 𝐇𝐚𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐲, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜, 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 Interesting article on the dehumanizing effect of extreme wealth, this was re-run in The Atlantic Daily email Sep 27.

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

youtu.be/NFLSdQLSdIk?... No idea why my internal disc jockey decided to play this in my head this morning but my husband helped ID it as Booker T and it was easy to find after that. Unlike their hit Green Onions, I didn't know the title. I think the music may be Tight but the mood is relaxed.

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TIME IS TIGHT (INSTRUMENTAL) ... ARTIST, BOOKER T. AND THE M.G.'s (1968)

YouTube video by Sundaresan Srinivasan

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩’𝐬 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐧 #𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 #𝐔.𝐒. 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬: 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒊𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒐𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝑻𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒑 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝑪𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒅𝒂 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒐 𝒄𝒖𝒕 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 ~𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐥, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔𝐒𝐞𝐩𝟐𝟓 (Article text images through Proquest library access)

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Bye, bye #raspberry wheat ale benefitting BC #cancer research Just had the second to last can of the charitable collaboration beer from local breweries Parkside / Four Winds bought for months at govt liquor stores. In other yrs other BC craft breweries had decent raspberry ale: this was the best.

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#𝐅𝐋𝐈𝐏 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐀𝐂𝐂𝐔𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐨𝐟 #𝐅𝐀𝐋𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐘 Donald #Trump 's present escalation from calling news orgs who do not flatter him 𝐟𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 to outright denying them access is just the latest in his history of claiming falseness in persons/orgs/ideas he dislikes. #hoax #scam #fake #witch_hunt #rigged etc. ⬇️

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#𝐀𝐈 𝐁𝐀𝐃 𝐀𝐓 𝐌𝐎𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 My husband tried to report off-topic sexual content on a FB page & got a stock AI reply it doesn't violate their community standards. I still recall their rejecting my cousin’s report of death threats against Canada’s prime minister as not violating their standards... ⬇️

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

nationalpost.com/news/canada/... As per CBC story below, a friend of Sean Ward described his friend lately choosing a gamer profile name threatening Jewish people & that he "wasn't himself." I think that euphemistic and hateful KITE KILLER" (T for K) was a red flag in this case. ⬇️

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Belleville synagogue shooting suspect 'spouted' theory that blamed Jews for COVID: reports

The suspect of the shooting outside of a Belleville, Ont. synagogue previously served in the Canadian military.

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#CYCLING WITH MY #TECH I used to think I was open to learning useful tech to which I had access but it took me 3 years to start using my Garmin fitness watch to record bike trips & it does a far better job than Google Maps on my phone. The GPS is very accurate and records elevation gain. ⬇️

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... The NDP government in BC may be punished by voters for a cynical early election call by Premier David Eby, clearly done to try to take advantage of organizational issues in the major opposition parties. I'm not a conservative voter but often question Eby's choices. ⬇️

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British Columbians to choose next provincial government on Oct. 24 after Eby calls early vote | CBC

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

www.thetravel.com/us-customs-a... This story certainly affirms our decision as Canadians to stay away from the US during Trump's term: see Cdns being asked about their politics by CBP. The US citizen lawyer mentioned at the end is an example of the breach of Americans' legal rights, too.

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection Increases Device Search Powers for Canadian Travelers

The agency does not need reasonable suspicion to conduct a search.

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"𝐴𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑆𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 14 𝑝𝑖𝑒𝑐𝑒 𝑏𝑦 𝐷𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝐹𝑖𝑙𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑁𝑒𝑤 𝑌𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑟, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑝 𝑎𝑑𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝑈.𝑆. 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑖𝑔𝑛 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑠." It is hard to understand how Republicans not in the Trump kleptocrat clique doing deals with Russia tolerate these machinations.

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Today Gord gave his 8th successful presentation this past year, the "𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬" 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰/𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐎𝐥𝐝 𝐇𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐦, Storybook style homes with fanciful "castle" elements built in Vancouver area, begun by Dunbar realtor/developer Jack Woods in the 1930s. (𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑘-𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛) ⬇️

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... We were at a presentation my husband gave & I just caught this news thru a Bluesky post. I hope that a cynical snap election for BC is not called by Premier Eby for opportune advantage. A 2 yr. early call, clashing with the municipal elections now underway, would be bad.

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Kerry-Lynne Findlay resigns as leader of the B.C. Conservative party | CBC News

It comes amidst speculation of a snap election and turmoil within the Conservative caucus, with 14 MLAs resigning since August.

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This is so grotesque and bizarre. Is the mainstream media on this? Are voters in the midterms going to pick candidates based on their focus on serviceman sex profiles? It appears Secretary Hegseth is wildly overcompensating for his lack of qualification to do his job. What a MANLY leader he is. 💪

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ResJudicata22 @resjudicata22.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Cartoonist: Mike Smith

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#Trump 's America vs. #Canada For a time it seemed Americans were too challenged by domestic damage wrought by Trump & Co. to pay attention to their excessive aggro against Canada but there's been an uptick in US voices denouncing that uncalled-for enmity and now Europeans ears are also opening. ⬇️

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐓 𝐕𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐕𝐄𝐑'𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐋 𝐀 𝐕𝐄𝐗𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐔𝐙𝐙𝐋𝐄 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑔𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝑣𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑐 𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝐷𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑑 𝐿𝑒𝑦 𝑠𝑎𝑦𝑠 In #Vancouver, the dogma holds that unbridled supply boosts will correct unaffordability that inflationary #redevelopment has created.

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Once again this backward, unaware President demonstrates that he is the epitome of whatever accusation he levels at others, with "...the Destructionists’ and Deviants’ foul play and illegal conduct...” Is there any aspect of US achievement he hasn't tried to destroy, while deviating from decency?

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It's officially #autumn because my #pear_jam is made Only one batch but it's so good. Years ago my husband showed up with a lot of blackberries he picked and got me started on jam-making. Because of his blood-sugar watch, from the start I've made extra fruity jams using no sugar needed pectin. ⬇️

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

9/11 I've been a fan of the song for a long time and wouldn't have thought of it in this context but the mood of mourning the most hollow of human affairs is so well captured in this.

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ageism 𝗔𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗨𝗧 Wanting to #travel in #Canada, we're in the middle of booking an Ontario+Quebec trip next month. It felt quite odd to be rejected from one package that appealed to us because it only accepts 18-35 yr olds. One 36 yr-old prev. client was sorry to be excl. ⬇️

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Ageism - Wikipedia

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

#Hydrangea and border plants I never get tired of hydrangea, all the colours and changes. In the neighbourhood Sep 6.

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗠𝗣 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗦 🍁𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗗𝗔'𝗦 𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗕𝗢𝗟 𝐺𝑟𝑎ℎ𝑎𝑚 𝐻𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑝, 𝑉𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑆𝑢𝑛, 𝑆𝑒𝑝 10/26 A light look at the present #Trump war on #Canada. Trump keeps imposing new tariffs on Canada based on various pretexts of our offending/harming the US (while admitting he'd like to force annexation by financial means.)

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

𝐓𝐡𝐞 #𝐀𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲-𝐒𝐞𝐩𝟗/𝟐𝟔-𝐓𝐨𝐦 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝗙𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗙𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗬 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡’𝑠 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑜𝑛 𝐴𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎’𝑠 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑠𝑛’𝑡 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 #𝐶𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑑𝑎... ...𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑝’𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑓𝑖𝑥𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑏𝑠𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐶𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑑𝑎 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑟𝑑 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒... #Trump #tariffs

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐄 𝐒𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐀𝐑 𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐈𝐍 𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐘 Charlie Angus Sep 09, 2026 𝑆𝑢𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡: 𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑙 #𝑓𝑎𝑟-𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 Smith is premier of #Alberta, feigning neutrality while enabling a separation referendum to remove Alberta from #Canada (w. funding/support from #Trump/the US far right) ⬇️

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

#𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐊 𝐌𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 & 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 feature in HCR's letter tonight: it's a disturbing but significant summary. The callout boxes feature some voter interference Musk is engaging in and the DOGE (dir. by Musk) unlawful data gathering on Americans Trump could now use to disrupt midterms.

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/how-... 𝐒𝐎-𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐃 #𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐎𝐑_𝐌𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 I was thinking ruefully of a couple of things my husband and I did lately that might be tagged as senior moments. This article is better than many & punctures some clichés about those. (𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑤) ⬇️

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The Seven Most Toxic Myths About Senior Moments

Ninety percent of what you think you know about senior moments is false--the rest, questionable.

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

www.goodhousekeeping.com/beauty/g2844... 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 #𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝_𝐞𝐲𝐞_𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲? My soft contact lenses only comes in sets of 6 and now with loss & damage I'm short two right-eye lenses. I found online the maker only has tinted lenses in sets of 2 so I've ordered a set... ⬇️

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Kate Bosworth Has Two Different-Colored Eyes, and They're so Stunning

The condition is called Heterochromia Iridum, and many celebs have it.

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

#𝐋𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐑_𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐕𝐄𝐈𝐍 Thoughts about working peoples' lives in 🍁 #Canada.

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fordskrackpipe.bsky.social @fordskrackpipe.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

"Canada Subsidizes the U.S., not the Other Way Around" -Thank you to the wonderful folks at The University of British Columbia for explaining in 3 simple, salient points how Canada props up the world's biggest welfare queen: socialwork.ubc.ca/news/canada-...

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

🍁MODERN DAY #CANADIAN Fans of Gilbert & Sullivan's manic-paced Modern Major General will enjoy Tod Maffin's Canadian version. I have to watch again 'cause some of the lyrics went by too quickly for me. His shortened/ tracked link to the YouTube is: b.link/moderncanadian ⬇️

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I Am the Very Model of a Modern-Day Canadian

YouTube video by Tod Maffin

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

𝐕𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 #𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐒 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋-𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐒𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐄𝐙𝐄𝐃 𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐘 We had noticed neighbourhood laundromats closing in our area & our local newspaper had this story a few days ago. Vancouver's real estate inflation has caused the loss of many small businesses--not only small profit margin ones like laundries. ⬇️

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧-𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 #𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐞_𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚' 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 Mayor left baffled over renaming of #Lake_Ontario National Post Sep 5 26

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

FBI Probes Report of Breach Exposing 153 Million Driver’s License Scans share.google/oC4lS2GuGUUi... This apparently includes some Canadian licenses. Hacking of the data transfer system used by one state DMV is mentioned but sources of the breaches isn't really made clear.

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FBI Probes Report of Breach Exposing 153 Million Driver’s License Scans

If confirmed, the breach could be one of the most extensive leaks of government-issued ID documents in North America. How can you protect yourself?

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

#Downgrade a #Movie 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐃, 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐓 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐌𝐔𝐆𝐋𝐘? (from the Sergio Leone original)

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

#Downgrade a #Movie "𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐖𝐎𝐋𝐅 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀 𝐅𝐋𝐔" ?

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Just in time for the 2026-2027 vaccines, a new review shows that COVID19 vaccination significantly reduces the risk of severe illness and hospitalization across all age groups, including kids. Pregnant women were also protected, as were their babies. Don’t forget to schedule your vaccination!

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COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness and Safety for the 2026-2027 Respiratory Season

This Special Communication aims to identify and summarize the most recently published evidence evaluating the effectiveness and safety of US-licensed COVID-19 vaccines and report on the epidemiology o...

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

𝐋𝐮𝐭𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐤'𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚-𝐔𝐒 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 In line with the #Trump practice of accusing others of your own behaviour & motives, H. #Lutnick is now claiming #Canada torpedoed trade talks with last minute changes. That's exactly what 𝗵𝗲 did (2nd story from Hub describes this.)

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

www.cbc.ca/news/world/u... President #Trump once again exposing his ignorance and deceitfulness, in this case rationalizing his attacks on #Canada. He lies about US banks being barred from Canada and has no doubt noticed his latest round of tariffs aren't being well received.

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Donald Trump mistakes Bank of Canada for retail bank | CBC News

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday implied the Bank of Canada was a commercial bank with locations south of the border, not a Crown corporation based up north.

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

#𝟑𝟔_𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒 𝐓𝐎𝐆𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐁𝐔𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆, 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐎𝐍 We cracked champagne tonight to celebrate 36 years living together here at The Wellington near Kitsilano Beach, Vancouver. Sep 1, 1990 we sublet our friend Larry's suite while he travelled & 9 months later moved down the hall to Suite 4. ⬇️

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

🍁𝐋𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐬 Charlie Angus' Substack today features resistance to #Trump 's trumped up attacks on #Canada 's independent existence as a nation: at the start of his present term he said he wanted to force us into annexation by financial means. ⬇️ (𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑤)

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Jonestown: An American Tragedy MS NOW is replaying this 2018 documentary about the #Jonestown #cult; I wasn't watching but the killing of the hundreds of children drew me in, among 918 people in a coordinated mass murder-suicide directed by the cult leader Jones. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonestown ⬇️

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Jonestown - Wikipedia

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Pretty wild Albertan quotes her eg: "David Parker of the Centurion Project, over on X, formerly Twitter, wrote: “Nothing is more laughable to me than the idea that Canadians think we are going to wait for them to tell us whether independence is “legal” or not. We have America backing us, you fools.”

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Google is only lying to their American users and fawning over the US President there

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