Reposted by @fionawrenwrites.bsky.socialJanet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Consider this my once-per-leap year note- voting for your school trustees should not be an afterthought of mayoral and council contests. School boards control hundreds of millions of dollars (sometimes $1B+) of public money and set key policies. www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art... #AbEd #YEGvote 1106
Reposted by @fionawrenwrites.bsky.socialAnn Aguirre @annaguirre.bsky.social · 20/03/2025If you wouldn't expect a dentist hygienist to clean your teeth for love of oral hygiene or a mechanic to change your oil for love of cars, you should not expect a writer to provide free books for love of the creative process. 231353197
fionawrenwrites.bsky.social @fionawrenwrites.bsky.social · 07/03/2025One hundred thousand percent agree. 010
Reposted by @fionawrenwrites.bsky.socialKishone Roy ✍🏾 @kishone.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Stunning interview here on CNN with Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly and Christiane Amanpour. “My jaw is dropped.” “This is the end of an era.” youtu.be/z3rIlAITjXk?...youtu.be'My jaw is dropped': Canadian official's interview stuns AmanpourYouTube video by CNN 1117484
fionawrenwrites.bsky.social @fionawrenwrites.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Wild things that happened today: - Jason Kenney sounded reasonable for five minutes (I know) - my dad, a hardcore Conservative, waxed lyrical about Trudeau today - my kid’s hockey team played their best game of the year and tied the “top” team in their league I’d say net + but the news is on now. 010
Reposted by @fionawrenwrites.bsky.socialSusie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles. 458168135319
Reposted by @fionawrenwrites.bsky.socialSèafra @woodward.ca · 22/02/2025Hey folks rather than quote tweeting links from Cross Country Checkup or Hanomansing, giving them engagement they so desperately crave, I'd suggest taken 3 minutes and writing to the CBC Ombudsman who will take our complaints seriously. cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/ombudsman... 1514267
Reposted by @fionawrenwrites.bsky.socialHon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 20/02/2025The world is shocked with Trump’s callous indifference toward #Ukraine. Maybe because I lived behind the Iron Curtain, or because I read history books not only written in the West, I’m not shocked. Here’s why: 715339
Reposted by @fionawrenwrites.bsky.socialCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 18/02/2025So one of the things that I think is lost on AI proponents is what I call the card catalog effect, a thing I shouldn’t call it because a lot of people probably have no experience with a card catalog. 10736591104
Reposted by @fionawrenwrites.bsky.socialCanadian Anti-Hate Network @antihate.ca · 12/02/2025Wow! It’s been 24hrs and we’ve received over 100 #❤️LoveLettersforValleyview❤️ Library and the amazing 2SLGBTQ+ young people it serves, from #WhitehorseYT to #NanaimoBC to #RiverviewNB — thank you so much to everyone who has contributed so far! 22616
Reposted by @fionawrenwrites.bsky.socialCorey Hogan 🇨🇦 @coreyhogan.ca · 12/02/2025That our biggest newspaper chain is foreign owned was probably never a good idea. But as we face an erratic US president it becomes more urgent to ask: If Postmedia needed to choose between what’s good for its American owners and what’s good for Canada, what would they choose? How would we know?coreyhogan.caNationalize Postmedia…and then sell it. But we can’t let Americans own it anymore. 50765309
Reposted by @fionawrenwrites.bsky.socialRakhi Pancholi @pancholirakhi.bsky.social · 11/02/2025These allegations go from bad to worse. Now they include that Minister of Health Adriana LaGrange deliberately interfered with the investigation into inflated contracts and took over their negotiations. If true, this would be a cover up of one of the biggest political scandals Alberta has seen. 917970
Reposted by @fionawrenwrites.bsky.socialMike The Canstralian 🇦🇺 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 @aussieinto.bsky.social · 07/02/2025A reminder fascist conspiracy theorist bigots are doing the same thing they're doing in the states here. www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...cbc.caA shadow war on librariesSome Canadian politicians and influencers, inspired by an American-born movement, are trying to roll back 2SLGBTQ+ rights in Canada — one book at a time. 0209
Reposted by @fionawrenwrites.bsky.socialBruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 02/02/2025CBC's wall-to-wall coverage of this crisis is another great example of why we should value Canada's public broadcaster 512443485
Reposted by @fionawrenwrites.bsky.socialMacgyyver @macgyyver.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Support this Calgary #YYCnon-profit vet hosputal … they are real and definitely support thw community! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caNew non-profit vet clinic opening soon in Calgary | CBC NewsA new non-profit veterinary clinic will be opening soon in Calgary. Run by the Canadian Animal Task Force, the animal hospital is located just south of the Stampede grounds. 19431
Reposted by @fionawrenwrites.bsky.socialRachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 21/01/2025The media called Musk's salute, which Neo Nazis celebrated, a "hand gesture." Why won't they acknowledge exactly what we all saw here? As someone who worked in national newsrooms for years, let me explain why the media is allergic to meeting the moment in times like this. youtu.be/D9UNmoFEtDQyoutu.beThe media called Elon's salute a "gesture." Here's why they won't name itYouTube video by Rachel Gilmore 44656160
fionawrenwrites.bsky.social @fionawrenwrites.bsky.social · 16/01/2025 If this isn't symbolic of my entire experience as an Albertan trying to tell the UCP about my concerns, I don't know what is. #abpoli 020
fionawrenwrites.bsky.social @fionawrenwrites.bsky.social · 13/01/2025I'm doing several things that push me out of my comfort zone today so here's my new and improved website. If you know anyone who needs a hand with their marketing content, I'm out here shining up all the words for people. www.fionawren.comfionawren.comHome | Fiona Wren, Writer 010
Reposted by @fionawrenwrites.bsky.socialKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 11/01/2025Fellow Canadians, Nature United (The Nature Conservancy in Canada) is looking for a new Director of Conservation! This is a great opportunity to help inform and direct applied science to tackle the climate and biodiversity crises. More info here: careers.nature.org/psp/tnccaree... 321289
Reposted by @fionawrenwrites.bsky.social🇨🇦 @kate35.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Another excellent article from Max Fawcett.nationalobserver.comTrump’s threats expose the traitors in our midstAmong Canadians, nobody is more enthusiastic about abandoning their country to the United States than Conservative Albertans: a recent poll from Pallas Data found that 30 per cent of Conservative Part... 1199
fionawrenwrites.bsky.social @fionawrenwrites.bsky.social · 10/01/2025The “Serenity Now” decal I have stuck on my phone case is worn out and I can’t help but see this as some kind of sign. 020
fionawrenwrites.bsky.social @fionawrenwrites.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Searching for even a scrap of good news this morning, and science delivers. 010
fionawrenwrites.bsky.social @fionawrenwrites.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Feeling very WTF about everything today, in all areas. Really, WTF? 010
