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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦

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Canadian journalist. International Affairs Columnist at The Kingston Whig-Standard. Occasional guest commentator on Canadian radio. Website: GlobalReport.ca

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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 2h
France student protests: 'Out of control', says Paris police chief www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
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‘Out of control’: Paris police chief urges peaceful action for student protests
The student protest movement that has spread across France is now “out of control,” the Paris police chief said on Saturday, urging demonstrators to return to peaceful action and warning that authorit...
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 2h
Let me tell you all a story 'bout this time I was down and out Just goes to prove there's always a light on But if you look, you'll find it's inside of you So I want y'all to listen up #RIPSassJordan
Make You a Believer by Sass Jordan
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 7h
Sass Jordan, Montreal Rocker Behind 'Racine' and "Make You a Believer," Dies at 63 - That Eric Alper www.thatericalper.com/2026/10/03/s...
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Sass Jordan, Montreal Rocker Behind 'Racine' and "Make You a Believer," Dies at 63 - That Eric Alper
Sass Jordan, the Birmingham-born, Montreal-raised rocker whose raspy, soul-soaked voice powered ‘Racine’, “Make You a Believer” and four decades of rock and blues, died peacefully on October 2, 2026, ...
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 7h
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin for “the unlawful deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation.” Putin is a war criminal. www.thewhig.com/opinion/john...
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JOHNSTON: Russia is committing genocide in Ukraine
It is past time for the community of nations to clearly state the hard truth
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 10h
www.newsweek.com/suspected-pl... ‘A woman has died of suspected plague in Siberia, triggering a "full range of anti-epidemic measures," according to Russian officials and media reports.’
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Suspected Plague Death at Russian Lab Sparks ‘Anti-Epidemic’ Lockdown
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 10h
From 2025: Proposed pandemic accord advances global health www.thewhig.com/opinion/prop...
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Proposed pandemic accord advances global health
As global concerns about the spread of avian influenza (H5N1) rise and the spectre of another pandemic looms, the international community must move
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 10h
How some Alberta separatists are courting U.S. support for independence - The Globe and Mail www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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The elephant in the room
Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 12h
US Republican organizers are in Alberta to help separatists mobilize their vote. They’re not even hiding it. They are openly working for the national interest of the United States. Cast your vote for Canada. Reject these treasonous imposters. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 19h
“They are starving them to death. No country, no international organization can reach those people. Every day they run out of food, out of water, and all resources to live,” Andrii Sybiha told the UN Security Council of Russian blockaded Oleshky. www.thewhig.com/opinion/john...
thewhig.com
JOHNSTON: Russia is committing genocide in Ukraine
It is past time for the community of nations to clearly state the hard truth
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Pete Hegseth did some recon on Canada... | This Hour Has 22 Minutes - YouTube 😅 www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5Zl...
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Pete Hegseth did some recon on Canada... | This Hour Has 22 Minutes
YouTube video by 22 Minutes
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
New research suggests vaccines could help prevent autism www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
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New research suggests vaccines could help prevent autism
A major new study of 3.7 million people suggests certain infections, including rubella, could be linked to the development of autism in babies born with the disease.
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference…between art and what a machine can generate. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity.”—Pope Leo XVI
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“The year is 2029, the machines will convince us that they are conscious, and that they have their own agenda worthy of our respect. They'll embody human qualities, and claim to be human. And we'll believe them.” #AI
Our Lady Peace’s In Repair
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Toronto Pledge calls for the “immediate, safe and unconditional return” of Ukrainian children “in accordance with international humanitarian law.” Russia is committing genocide in Ukraine - Kingston Whig www.thewhig.com/opinion/john...
thewhig.com
JOHNSTON: Russia is committing genocide in Ukraine
It is past time for the community of nations to clearly state the hard truth
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Russian invaders are abducting Ukrainian kids, starving occupied territories, as well as raping, torturing & murdering civilians & POWs. The obvious intent of the Russian campaign is to destroy Ukrainian society, erase Ukrainian culture & annex Ukraine. www.thewhig.com/opinion/john...
thewhig.com
JOHNSTON: Russia is committing genocide in Ukraine
It is past time for the community of nations to clearly state the hard truth
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Watch until the very end; it will choke you up. 🥹
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Michael J. Fox promoted within Order of Canada - YouTube www.youtube.com/shorts/7NIa7...
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Michael J. Fox promoted within Order of Canada
YouTube video by CBC News
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
‘Do you worry that you're not liked? How long 'til you break You're happy 'cause you smile But how much can you fake? An ordinary boy, an ordinary name But ordinary's just not good enough today’
Our Lady Peace
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Michael J. Fox receives the Order of Canada 🇨🇦🥰
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
OTTAWA --Spectators stood and applauded Michael J. Fox at Rideau Hall as Gov. Gen. Louise Arbour officially named him to the companion level of the Order of Canada. www.ctvnews.ca/entertainmen...
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Michael J. Fox promoted to companion level of Order of Canada
Spectators stood and applauded Michael J. Fox at Rideau Hall Friday morning as Gov. Gen. Louise Arbour officially named the celebrated actor and Parkinson’s disease activist to the companion level of ...
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Carney's first-ever project designated as being in the “national interest" is...a crude oil pipeline. That means the oil pipeline can bulldoze past environmental laws, impact assessments, and Indigenous consultation. It can also kill all of Vancouver's orcas. Here's what you need to know:
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.thewhig.com/opinion/john... “The specifically Jewish tragedy of Babyn Yar was suppressed in official Soviet remembrance for decades. Only with the collapse of the Soviet Union and Ukraine’s restored independence could it be commemorated openly as a central site of the Holocaust.”
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JOHNSTON: Russia is committing genocide in Ukraine
It is past time for the community of nations to clearly state the hard truth
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
JOHNSTON: Russia is committing genocide in Ukraine It is past time for the community of nations to clearly state the hard truth www.thewhig.com/opinion/john...
thewhig.com
JOHNSTON: Russia is committing genocide in Ukraine
It is past time for the community of nations to clearly state the hard truth
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uVK... Poster touts Star Trek character as mayoral candidate
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Poster touts Star Trek character as mayoral candidate
YouTube video by CTV News
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sooke brewery controversy prompts calls for accountability and reconciliation “ I think action is needed,” Lazzar said. “An apology is not good enough.” www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/va...
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Sooke brewery owner terminated after ‘Show Me the Evidence’ shirt sparks backlash on Truth and Reconciliation Day
A Sooke brewery has closed temporarily and fired one of its owners after a photograph appearing to show him wearing a “Show Me the Evidence” T-shirt on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation sp...
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Doctor Who | Till We Meet Again - YouTube 😎 www.youtube.com/shorts/Gdu0i...
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Doctor Who | Till We Meet Again
YouTube video by MiraculousEditz
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“The obvious intent of the Russian campaign is to destroy Ukrainian society, erase Ukrainian culture and annex all of Ukraine.” www.thewhig.com/opinion/john...
thewhig.com
JOHNSTON: Russia is committing genocide in Ukraine
It is past time for the community of nations to clearly state the hard truth
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Russian drones and ballistic missiles relentlessly strike civilian infrastructure such as: hospitals and schools, cultural institutions, churches, the electrical grid, residential buildings, gas stations, trains…” www.thewhig.com/opinion/john...
thewhig.com
JOHNSTON: Russia is committing genocide in Ukraine
It is past time for the community of nations to clearly state the hard truth
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
JOHNSTON: Russia is committing genocide in Ukraine It is past time for the community of nations to clearly state the hard truth www.thewhig.com/opinion/john...
thewhig.com
JOHNSTON: Russia is committing genocide in Ukraine
It is past time for the community of nations to clearly state the hard truth
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My latest: Russia is committing genocide in Ukraine - Kingston Whig-Standard www.thewhig.com/opinion/john...
thewhig.com
JOHNSTON: Russia is committing genocide in Ukraine
It is past time for the community of nations to clearly state the hard truth
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
JOHNSTON: Lebanon’s children suffer as international law crumbles - Kingston Whig www.thewhig.com/opinion/john...
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JOHNSTON: Lebanon’s children suffer as international law crumbles
Canada has provided more than $40 million in humanitarian assistance in Lebanon this year
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Lebanon: One in five children goes to bed hungry, says UNICEF | UN News news.un.org/en/story/202...
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Lebanon: One in five children goes to bed hungry, says UNICEF
Four in five households in Lebanon struggle to afford basic necessities today, with children increasingly going without food, missing school and being pushed into work as conflict compounds years of e...
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.gg.ca/en/media/new... “We cannot change the past, but we can choose how we move forward. It begins with listening with empathy to First Nations, Inuit & Métis voices. It continues through honest dialogue, ongoing learning & concrete action to address the inequities inherited from past wrongs.”
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Message from the Governor General on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation | The Governor General of Canada
On this National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we honour Survivors, remember the children who never returned home, and acknowledge the enduring impact of residential schools on families and commun...
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Indian Residential Schools Resolution Health Support Program sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/15819712...
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Indian Residential Schools Resolution Health Support Program
The Indian Residential Schools Resolution Health Support Program was established as part of the 2006 Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement. It provides cultural and emotional support, and men...
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“They were characterized by widespread abuse and neglect, and led to as many as 6,000 deaths, mostly from malnutrition or disease.”
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
GG marks 6th National Day for Truth and Reconciliation with plea for 'understanding the truth' | CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Gov. Gen. marks 6th National Day for Truth and Reconciliation with plea for 'understanding the truth' | CBC News
As Canadians mark the sixth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Gov. Gen. Louise Arbour says it's important to face an "unsettling" past in order to build a better country.
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
8 events in Ontario honouring National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2026 www.blogto.com/radar/2026/0...
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8 events in Ontario honouring National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2026
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is an annual event that encourages Canadian to reflect on and honour the experiences of Indigenous peoples …
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Every child matters
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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If it weren’t for his courageous mother speaking out and fighting on his behalf, who knows what would have happened to him. Danielle Smith and the UCP should be ashamed.
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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We shouldn’t have to hold press conferences just so people can be treated with basic dignity. Ben is fully dependent and requires wraparound care. Yet he was denied AISH and told he should get a job.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Tragically Hip, Feist and more inducted into Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame Roch Voisine and members of Loverboy also inducted in Toronto ceremony Saturday www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
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Tragically Hip, Feist inducted into Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame | CBC News
The memory of the late Gord Downie was in sharp focus as the Kingston alt-rock band the Tragically Hip were among four musical acts inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame at a star-studde...
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
‘Showdown at big sky Darkness at high noon Showdown at big sky That day may be soon’
Showdown at Big Sky
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Every child matters
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Blame the far right anti-vaccine movement for this outbreak: Pennsylvania surpasses 900 measles cases with 13 new confirmed infections: Officials At least 176 people have been hospitalized so far. abcnews.com/Health/penns...
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Pennsylvania surpasses 900 measles cases with 13 new confirmed infections: Officials
At least 13 new measles cases have been confirmed in Pennsylvania, bringing the total so far this year to 903, the state health department said Monday.
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“We underscore the need to translate sustained international engagement into tangible progress in identifying children, facilitating their return and supporting their rehabilitation and reintegration following return.” www.canada.ca/en/global-af...
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Joint Communiqué – Pathways to Peace: Second International Conference on Returning Ukrainian Children, Detained Civilians, and Prisoners of War
“We, the Foreign Ministers and representatives of participating states and international organizations, gathered in Toronto on September 28-29, 2026, for the Second International Conference on Returni...
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
CBC NEWS: Grave of boy who vanished at residential school found decades later, First Nation looks for others like him “…many children enrolled at St. Francis Xavier died from tuberculosis and malnutrition.” apple.news/AUR1Yj5jESOi...
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Grave of boy who vanished at residential school found decades later, First Nation looks for others like him — CBC News
The family of 11-year-old Johnny Kiyawasew, who never came home from St. Francis Xavier residential school, spent decades searching for answers. Now, Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation and the University of Al...
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
OPP ‘team leader’ accused of possessing, accessing child sexual abuse, exploitation materials www.ctvnews.ca/barrie/artic...
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OPP ‘team leader’ accused of possessing, accessing child sexual abuse, exploitation materials
A longtime Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer, described by the service as a ‘team leader,’ is facing allegations of possessing and accessing child sexual abuse and exploitation materials.
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Measles | Department of Health | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Measles Dashboard www.pa.gov/agencies/hea...
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Measles
Measles is a disease that spreads easily from person to person and can make you sick. People who are not vaccinated are at the highest risk. The best protection against measles is vaccination. DOH is ...
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