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Sharon 🇨🇦🇺🇦🦋

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Tiohtiá:ke/Montréal Vive le Canada! Bonjour/Hi. Hobbyist photographer, book lover, gardener, friend to bees, birds & occasional Monarch minder. Canadian politics. Environment. Stargazer. Weird sense of humour. She/her. Nasty Canadian. 🚫DMs #TeamCanada

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Toula Drimonis @mtltoula.bsky.social · 11h
“A day off cannot repair generations of harm or inequities Indigenous peoples continue to experience. But remembering matters.” montrealgazette.com/opinion/op-e...
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Opinion: Why the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation should be a statutory holiday in Quebec
A day off cannot repair generations of harm or inequities Indigenous peoples continue to experience. But remembering matters.
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 10h
September 30 is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day. Today is a time to raise awareness of the ongoing impacts of residential schools and remember the children who never came home. How are you honouring the day?
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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 12h
In 1973, Phyllis Webstad, age 6, arrived at residential school in a new orange shirt her grandmother had bought her. To her, the shirt stood for belonging. It was taken away on her first day. Today, in part, is about what was taken from children. 🪶 READ: orangeshirtday.org/about/phylli...
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The US media is describing the Draganfly drone deal as a "TAMPA-BASED" company getting US investors (Don Jr. & a secret company) to expand US capabilities while feeding on a contract with the Canadian military. Why are we using taxpayers money to support US interests? tbbwmag.com/2026/09/28/t...
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Tampa Drone Company Lands $10 Million Investment as Defense Business Grows
Tampa drone developer Draganfly is raising $10 million as it expands its defense business following a Canadian military contract.
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Yukon hockey hero Gavin McKenna is set to make his NHL rookie debut at home tonight for the Toronto Maple Leafs against their long time rivals the Montreal Canadians and his First Nation will be holding a watch party to cheer him on.
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Gavin McKenna makes NHL rookie debut for Toronto Maple Leafs | APTN News
The Yukon hockey hero Gavin McKenna is set to make his NHL rookie debut at home tonight for the Toronto Maple Leafs against their long time rivals the Montreal Canadians and his First Nation will be…
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
💔🕯️No Justice No peace.
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Radio-Canada Info @info.radio-canada.ca · 29/09/2026
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Elisapie reprend Dreams des Cranberries pour la série North of North
Elisapie joue son propre rôle et interprète Dreams en inuktitut dans la deuxième saison de la série.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
No matter what happens in the 2026 midterms -- or even the 2028 presidential election -- Canadians will never trust the United States the way it used to. The north remembers. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/29/o...
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America still doesn't understand how deep the rift goes
Memo to our friends (and yes, our enemies) to the south: the problem isn’t just Donald Trump. It’s you
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 29/09/2026
I’m having trouble keeping count of how many people National Post senior editor Terry Newman is currently threatening to sue into oblivion
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I think you had better apologize and retract.
Because if you're implying what I think you're implying, I will be contacting a lawyer.
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When you spend that bonus, remember to buy Canadian. x.com/terrynewman/st...David McLaughlin @DavidMcLA •11h
"paid political platforming" charge by @nationalpost no less.
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I have it on good account that he does not agree to interviews like this without editorial control. Do you have a paper trail confirming he did not demand this? ...
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Your mailbox here appears to be closed and I haven't received a response to my LinkedIn request for your mailing address for my lawyer. My mailbox is open.Dominic Cardy
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National Post editor says she knows the PM colluded w the NYT to break their editorial standards.
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I criticize her for providing no evidence.
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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 27/09/2026
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick shared photos this weekend of the "amazing evening" he spent at a lavish White House state dinner, but the post quickly backfired when critics spotted one image that dragged Jeffrey Epstein back into the conversation.
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Howard Lutnick's Epstein ties resurface after 'amazing evening' boast backfires
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick shared photos this weekend of the "amazing evening" he spent at a lavish White House state dinner, but the post quickly backfired when critics spotted one image that dragged Jeffrey Epstein back into the conversation.Lutnick was one of many prominent guests to atten...
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
John Ibbitson: "It is hypocritical for the US to say Canada should not be having relations with China, even as literally the red carpet gets rolled out for the Chinese president. But that's not what the US wants. What the US wants is subservience from Canada." #cdnpoli
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 27/09/2026
First poll in the wake of Pierre Poilievre's AI rap video shows NDP within 4 pts of displacing Conservatives as 2nd party
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New poll finds support for Conservatives and NDP just 4 points apart
According to a new EKOS study, the Conservatives and the NDP are now polling at just four points apart, at 22% and 18%, respectively.
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Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Thx @thewalrus.ca for a great article exposing the ‘big lie’ of Alberta victimisation weaponised by Smith’s opportunism. Our report with @ABFedLabour documents how it’s not Ottawa, but the greed of business & its UCP backers, that explains Albertans hardship: centreforfuturework.ca/2026/09/18/wor…
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RichardJR @electricbluesfan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
1/8 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 DRISCOLL'S TAINTED BERRIES CROSSED THE CANADIAN BORDER FOR YEARS 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 A lawsuit alleges Driscoll's sent millions of pounds of fruit to Canada with non-compliant pesticide levels. A former compliance manager claims a coverup. Source: CBC News #MedSky #CdnPoli #USPol #Berries #Toxins
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RichardJR @electricbluesfan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
8/8 For Harada, speaking out was a moral imperative, despite the heavy stigma of being a whistleblower. "Canada as a whole deserves more," he insists. Consumers have a fundamental right to feel safe. Source: CBC News, Gloria Henriquez www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Whistleblower alleges millions of Driscoll’s berries sent to Canada with excess chemical levels | CBC News
A 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...
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William R Knecht @williamrknecht.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The war with Iran is going worse than you thought. DOD under Hegseth is just hiding that fact. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/o...
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Opinion | What Hegseth Is Hiding (Gift Article)
Soldiers want to tell their stories, and we need to hear them.
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disinfowatch.bsky.social @disinfowatch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A former Fox host Trish Regan is pushing Alberta referendum misinformation to her 1.34 million YouTube subscribers. She falsely calls the Oct. 19 vote a “secession vote” and pitches Alberta as America’s “51st state.” disinfowatch.org/disinfo/form...
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Former Fox News Host & Influencer Amplifies Alberta Referendum Misinformation - DisinfoWatch
A U.S. political commentator, and former Fox News host, Trish Regan,  is promoting the idea that Alberta could leave Canada and join the United States while misrepresenting key facts about...
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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 25/09/2026
Thinking of visiting the US? Consider it carefully, as they’re going to seize your phone and look at everything you have on it.
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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 25/09/2026
Americans tend to see Canada as Samuel Johnson did in 1756: “a cold uncomfortable uninviting region, from which nothing but furs and fish were to be had, and where the new inhabitants could only pass a laborious and necessitous life.” thewalrus.ca/what-americans-get-wro…
On the left: a photograph of a person’s hand holding up a film photo of US president Donald Trump. On the right: text that reads “What Americans get wrong about Canada. Our closest neighbour has never really understood us.”
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Blessed are the Cracked, 2018 by UK anarcho-craftivist artist Carrie Reichardt #WomensArt #FridayFeeling
Plate with patterned floral border and central motif of a woman holding up a sign with text ' Blessed are the cracked for they let in the light'
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Introvert Problems @introvertproblems.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Sharon 🇨🇦🇺🇦🦋 @gingerwhinges.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Head's up if you use a pot saucer to put water out for the birds. Place some flat rocks/pebbles so they have a place to stand & make sure the water is not more than an inch or so deep. Helps small critters too. I just rescued a wee honeybee literally doing a backstroke desperately trying to get out.
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@cohencidents.bsky.social @cohencidents.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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#TheWalrus #BookSky #BookLovers
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 24/09/2026
This is absolutely deranged: Months before murdering 6 people and injuring 27 more, ChatGPT told the teen school shooter in Tumbler Ridge, BC that using a Remington 870 pump-action shotgun is “brutal” in a “hallway, indoors or a crowded classroom” because “close quarters” is that gun’s “playground”
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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here's how to see the Taurid meteor showers which began on September 20 and will last through November.
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See the Taurids light up the fall sky with brilliant shooting stars
Lasting from mid-September until mid-December, the Taurid meteor showers are among the longest of the year
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Canadian Geographic @cangeo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
One year after her surprise world championship win in Rwanda, Magdeleine Vallieres is back to defend her title. This weekend, the 25-year-old Canadian will race on home turf in Montreal, taking on six laps of a challenging course around Mont-Royal. Read the full story: bit.ly/4yasI52
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Sharon 🇨🇦🇺🇦🦋 @gingerwhinges.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"Shocking" said no one ever.
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Tim Ellis, TDSB Ward 2 candidate 🍁 @djdynamic.ca · 24/09/2026
As part of our ongoing efforts to lead by example and show the world how to handle Trump, we have begun scrubbing his name off of shit lol www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Ottawa to rename Trump Avenue | CBC News
Ottawa city council voted Wednesday to rename a street that was named after U.S. President Donald Trump more than 20 years ago.
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Sharon 🇨🇦🇺🇦🦋 @gingerwhinges.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
For those amongst you who are #HeatedRivalry fans. #Montréal #POPMontréal #September28 #LiveEvent
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404 Media @404media.co · 23/09/2026
NEW: Yesterday, 404 Media broke news of the FBI breach. Now, we've discovered it has exposed the FBI's own hacking unit. The FBI's Remote Operations Unit (ROU) is a highly secretive team of hackers making exploits and tools to break into target’s devices. Some of its members just got exposed.
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FBI Hack Exposed FBI’s Own Hacking Unit
The FBI's Remote Operations Unit (ROU) is a highly secretive team of hackers making exploits and tools to break into target’s devices. Some of its members just got exposed.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It's your stupid president's constant threats to our sovereignty and attacks on our country that did this, not our decision to respond to them. www.latimes.com/business/sto...
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Canada's boycott forces the sale of a California winery
As California's wine industry struggles, a family-owned vineyard spanning 3,500 acres is for sale after its exports to Canada dropped 35% in a year.
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M31🍁 @m31author.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
YARMOUTH, N.S. – Mandy Rennehan has spent her entire career renovating, restoring and transforming older properties. Now she’s gifted one of them, a multi-unit rental property, to a nonprofit organization in her hometown www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
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Entrepreneur restores, then donates property to charity fighting addiction, homelessness
Mandy Rennehan has spent her entire career renovating, restoring and transforming older properties. Now she’s gifted one of them, a multi-unit rental property, to a nonprofit organization in her homet...
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Tommy Siegel @tommysiegel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
how AI can reduce your email workload: a helpful guide
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Heather e^-1/x^2 @heathermoandco.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Dear 🇨🇦: we are in a “ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country” moment. That very likely means giving something up to protect this great country of ours, & its future as a sovereign nation. Unfortunately, far too many business titans are unwilling. #cdnpoli
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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Max Fawcett's Memo to Business Leaders: The Old America Isn’t Coming Back Stop appeasing Trump, says @maxfawcett.bsky.social. The bully will keep coming back for your lunch money. Defend Canadian sovereignty even if it hurts business. #cdnpoli youtu.be/_c1KIMWtnT0
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Max Fawcett's Memo to Business Leaders: The Old America Isn’t Coming Back
YouTube video by Energi Media
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 22/09/2026
Happy mushroom season!
A comic titled "Types of mushrooms" with 12 mushroom species. A wrinkly-looking morel is labeled "creepy but tasty". A brownish deadly galerina is labeled "boring but deadly". A witch's butter on a branch is labeled "jiggles if you poke it". A large puffball is labeled "egg". A creepy red-dripping bleeding tooth fungus is labeled "deeply disconcerting". A fly agaric with a green treefrog sitting under it is labeled "frog umbrella". A black chanterelle is labeled "chalice for forbidden elixers". Three straight-stemmed entolomas are labeled "haha, nipples". A bright purple viscid violet cort is labeled "purple is nice". A birch polypore sticking out of a birch trunk is labeled "tree nose". A complex yellow-tpped coral fungus is labeled "cursed citadel where dwells a fairy queen". A Ravenel's stinkhorn is pixellated at the top for your safety, and labeled "NSFW".
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
DAVE MATTHEWS: “I said it last night, but I’ll say it again - man, I’m so tired of this fuckin’ President.”
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 22/09/2026
IMPORTANT: You can use the word 'autumnal' today.
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Introvert Problems @introvertproblems.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Introverts often love autumn because of the cozy, reflective atmosphere it brings. The cooler weather and changing leaves create the perfect backdrop for quiet activities like reading, writing, or taking peaceful walks. It’s a season that naturally encourages introspection and alone time
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Sharon 🇨🇦🇺🇦🦋 @gingerwhinges.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Summer is officially winding down and Autumn is knocking on the door. It's kind of crazy how quickly this Summer has flown by. Not gonna lie tho' - won't miss the Humidex. #AutumnEquinox #Fall #photography #FloralPhotography #PhotographySky #JapaneseAnemoneSeptemberCharm #GardenSky #PlantSky
A close shot of three pale pink Japanese Anemones in full bloom -"September Charm" variety.  One of them has a bee collecting pollen.  The background is blurred in shades of light and dark green.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This guy is an avowed Trump Republican. He says that New Brunswick bringing in rules to restrict fishing rights for Americans is the kind of thing his president would do. He's outraged that it might happen to him. Why does CBC play the pity violins for these guys? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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'Just plain panic': Fears mount as N.B. considers restricting U.S. hunters, anglers | CBC News
Hunters and anglers from the United States as well as New Brunswick outfitters say they were caught off guard by the province's move to possibly "restrict" hunting and fishing licences in response to ...
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MicheleMuse 💙🌈🦋🇺🇦 @michelemuse.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 @bill-comeau.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The way is now clear for one of the few remaining independent news media, CNN, to be taken over by a family allied with Trump. Paramount's CEO, David Ellison, is the son of Larry, a Tech billionaire and one of the richest men in the world. RW oligarchs are in plain sight, buying out the Free Press.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Everything the pro-Trump billionaire Ellison family will now own: Paramount+ CBS CNN Showtime HBO Warner Bros TNT TBS MTV DC Studios Nickelodeon Comedy Central And more... With this comes the power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told. Shameful.
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Don Cochrane 🇨🇦 @doncochraneyow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“Temperamentally and rhetorically, he seems unable to adapt to changing circumstances. He keeps falling back on outrage politics and name calling. Everything is personal. Every political problem for Poilievre becomes a contest between him and somebody else.” September 21, 2026
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Pierre Poilievre’s Great Unravelling | The Walrus
He looked destined to become prime minister. Now he’s struggling to find his place in Carney’s Canada
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 21/09/2026
Extremely online Conservative MPs and staffers want to act out their own Brexit fantasies so badly
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Completely predictable, completely inevitable. #abpoli calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
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Bell: Angry Alberta separatists now on the warpath against Danielle Smith
Alberta separatists are angry and disappointed with Premier Smith as she campaigns for Alberta to remain in Canada, some are fighting back
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