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Heather McRae

@heatherincarp.bsky.social
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Love all the creative arts, wildlife, photography, funny people, podcasts

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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I confess: had you told me when I started writing these that eventually I’d be writing them about the actual plague I would have picked a different name. And I confess: had you told me when I started writing these I’d be writing them for years I wouldn’t have started
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The Bee Guy @thebeeguy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You’ve been seeing very large #bumblebees on the wing for the past while. Why? Okay I’ll tell you why in this quick thread if you promise to #repost as the more people who know that these are queens the more likely that someone will help some out meaning more colonies next year. Deal? 1/15 #bees
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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 03/10/2026
“No matter where I commute to, I’m bringing the workplace on my back because it’s my laptop,” said an Agriculture Canada employee. “I’m on Teams the entire day with colleagues across the country because that’s what my work is." www.hilltimes.com/2026/10/01/1...
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'100 per cent of my in-office day is spent working virtually': public servants describe uneven return to office - The Hill Times
Nearly three months in, staff across six departments describe early-morning parking scrambles, hoteling desks with missing equipment, and sagging morale, while others say their offices have adjusted…
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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Cool when a police press release about a fatal hit and run pre-emptively offers up a handy defence to the driver www.tps.ca/media-centre...
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Yet, ironically enough, we still elected Danielle Smith and Doug Ford.
nationalpost.com
Canada the 10th smartest country in the world, well ahead of U.S., study finds
Canada's "smartness score" puts it ahead of 18th-place United States, but trails other commonwealth countries and first-place Singapore.
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Christi Belcourt @christibelcourt.com · 02/10/2026
I'm trying to locate these original paintings - I didn't write down who had purchased them from me at the time. Purchased in Ottawa about 20 -25 years ago. I'm wondering if anyone has either, could you let me know? Thank you.
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 01/10/2026
It has been nearly one year since the Star made its request for city documents while investigating complaints from Patrick Brown's neighbours about a two-storey “garden suite” as well the construction of a hockey rink with boards and a refrigeration system on the Brampton mayor's property.
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Brampton refuses to disclose records on Patrick Brown home renovations. Decision called ‘secretive’
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 29/09/2026
“The $625 million Early Learning and Child Care Infrastructure Fund will sunset next year, and … [the early learning and child care transfers] won’t increase beyond what Trudeau negotiated his last week in office. Funding will, in fact, be $1.1 billion less than what the Grits promised back in 2021”
thestar.com
Althia Raj: Mark Carney has forgotten who helped get him elected
Dig into the details of the prime minister's budget and you find cuts to social programs.
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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 25/09/2026
Fun fact. Canada's arts & culture gdp is basically the same as oil & gas at about $70 billion. Direct funding for the arts & culture is about $700 million annually albertaviews.ca/arts-publicl... It's up to $30 billion for oil & gas depending on how you count www.theenergymix.com/canada-pours...
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Mike Schreiner @mikeschreiner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
From farmers to teachers to small businesses, everyone's trying to get by with less. Meanwhile this government does favours for their biggest donors, paid for by us. We deserve a government that works for the many, not the money.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I'm a proud member of the Writers Union of Canada & incredibly grateful for their work to challenge AI. I'm a bit iffy on petitions in general because most aren't even accepted in the House & just mine your data. But here is an official Parliamentary petition re: regulating AI :
ourcommons.ca
Petition e-7774 - Petitions
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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Sunrise song. You'll want the volume up for this one, but not too high. Every coyote within a half kilometre radius decided to make themselves known this morning while I was enjoying the sunrise from the kayak. A truly magical moment. #mammals 🌿
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Were they honking too loud?
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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
School Budget 2025: $90,000 School Budget 2026: $51,000 Please remember this when Doug Ford and Paul Calandra try to tell you about the historic and unprecedented investments their government has made in education and how greedy teachers are always asking for more. #OntEd
Doug Ford and Paul Calandra
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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Wrote it with Rob Smigel. And yes, it was pulled from reruns.
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’ve lost track. Does the Ford government get back to Queens Park from their Christmas 2025 break before or after their Christmas 2026 break?
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phantomblair.bsky.social @photoblair.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Dear Ontario brewers and/or grocers, PLEASE REPEAT THIS! A fridge filled with non-alcoholic beer in an IGA in Mount Royal, Québec is more than enough of a tourist attraction for me. #Beer #NonAlcoholicBeer
A fridge filled with non-alcoholic beer in an IGA in Mount Royal, Québec
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Andy Lowe @lowekeyone.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I loved the reflection on this egret. #BirdOftheDay #BirdsInAbstract #birds #photography
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TrekMovie.com @trekmovie.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
While Star Trek Day (Sept. 8) celebrates the premiere of The Original Series, Star Trek's world premiere was actually September 6—when "The Man Trap" aired on CTV in Canada.
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Bugs! @hugsforbugs.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
So I’ve been working on some pins for a while. Here’s a couple examples of the most recent three. Theyre solid stainless steel, each unique. The rainbow patina is called flame painting and it’s one of my favorite things about stainless steel. Downside: photographs badly. Upside: durable and nontoxic
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I have NO regrets about leaving Musk’s site. But I wish I could extend my reach here, with Alberta’s referendum hard upon us. Don’t be shy. Please follow. Please recommend me to your friends. I post about Canadian politics, Alberta, Edmonton, and an absurd array of other topics! #cdnpoli
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Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Complicated week for Canadian geographers.
cbc.ca
An island mysteriously appeared — then disappeared — on B.C.'s largest reservoir | CBC News
B.C. Hydro says it's monitoring for the reappearance of a mysterious island first spotted by boaters 100 kilometres from the W.A.C. Bennett Dam in northeastern B.C.
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Shannon Proudfoot @sproudfoot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I mean this very, very seriously: It is absolutely an option for us to ignore his idiotic Lake America stunt. We can do that. We can just tune it out like you would block out a child howling at you in the cereal aisle, recognizing that to do anything else would be to give the whiner what they want.
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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Thanks to Doug Ford and Paul Calandra, 80,000 elementary educators have to order classroom supplies from Staples this year instead of from their school boards. I decided to do a little comparison shopping for school supplies many of us will have to order over the course of a school year. 🧵 #OntEd
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Lex Sugden 🌈🦇🪡 @alexisdraws.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Omg it’s finally here! It was a career highlight to be able to spend my time making something like this! It came at a point when I was feeling very burnt out and it this was a project that breathed life into me again. I am so grateful to Cartoon Network for this opportunity youtu.be/IarVMeWtFVU?...
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Unravel | Cartoon Cartoons
YouTube video by Warner Bros. TV
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Donna Feledichuk Photographer 🇨🇦 @dfphotography.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
If the #BirdofTheDay theme is #StrikeAPose I have to post this one - still my favourite great grey owl photo. A hawk had dove at it and it was taking a defensive pose. The lyrics to Madonna’s Vogue comes to my mind every time I see it! #greatgreyowl #owl #greatgrayowl #wildlife #wildlifephotography
Great grey owl striking a pose
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Tiny frogs resting in dahlia flowers: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...
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Lawrence Harding (she/her) 🏳️‍⚧️ @lhardingwrites.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I only did two terms of Old Irish at uni but "Messe ocus Pangur Bán" is seared into my brain forever because he was such a good cat.
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Rebecca, House of Ogg @earthlingnoreally.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
#BlueSkyArtShow #Earth Dirty, the eighth dwarf - July 2026 #Phonetography #whatthe #eck #helikestosayhe'sthe69th #don'tlethimshowyouwhat'sunderhiscap #unlessyou'reintothatsortathing #sayshisbeardisshaggyandsoishe
Cement garden gnome in sunlight on dark soil against landscaping masonry, with weathered red cone hat and long beard.
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Local man says he sees nothing, he knows nothing, and stuff happens - which he will continue to know nothing about.
ctvnews.ca
‘Stuff happens:’ Ford acknowledges PCs sent someone to surveil former Liberal leader on Jamaican vacation
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is acknowledging that the Progressive Conservative party spent $3,000 on travelling to Jamaica to spy on Bonnie Crombie shortly after she became leader of the Liberal party i...
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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
My latest Karoline Leavitt video is about her resigning, because even evil people deserve to find out what Trump thinks of their loyalty, aka I look forward to probably being able to reuse this wig for the next Press Secretary. youtu.be/37H6mEN0vgE?...
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DB 🇨🇦 @rebelliousdb.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
When I asked an owner of a liquor store here in Calgary if he was ordering new inventory of US products.. "Why would I or any business spend money and use up valuable shelf space for products that their customers aren't buying?"
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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 03/08/2026
Seven in 10 public servants living with disabilities who needed but did not request an assessment accommodation feared it would hurt their chances of succeeding, according to a Public Service Commission survey. www.hilltimes.com?p=513544
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Ariel Troster @arieltroster.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Graham and Louis have lived in their Elgin Street apartment for 45 yrs. In 2022, their landlord tried to use renovations as an excuse to evict them. When I knocked on their door today, they told me that the new renoviction bylaw gives them peace of mind that they will be able to keep their home.
Ariel with Graham and Louis in their art-filled apartment
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Kliph Nesteroff @classicshowbiz.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Coming Soon...
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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 17/07/2026
Ok. As promised, a thread about supply chain food safety vulnerabilities in the food industry. Buckle up. It's a long one.
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... “As a result, six Alberta residents pleaded guilty to a variety of illegal hunting charges, while two non-residents from the U.S. also pleaded guilty.”
cbc.ca
8 people plead guilty to more than a dozen charges of illegal cougar, Canada lynx hunting | CBC News
Eight people have pleaded guilty to more than a dozen illegal hunting offences following a provincial investigation into illegal cougar and Canada lynx hunts across Alberta that began two years ago.
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Krista D Ball is Canada's Spooky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
This is where I'm about to be a killjoy: The appropriate behaviour is to put your fucking phone down and haze that bear. I'm talking banging pots, calling it a bad bear (seriously, it works, I don't know why), and letting it know it is not welcomed. b/c this below is how you make a dead bear.
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 30/06/2026
The Ford government just deleted every long-term care inspection report from before 2023 from their website, obfuscating a vital public record, especially from the devastating pandemic era. But we have 10,000 of those reports, and we're making them publicly available. thelocal.to/long-term-ca...
thelocal.to
The Ford Government Just Deleted Thousands of Long-Term Care Reports. Here They Are. | The Local
The provincial government has eliminated access to long-term care home inspection reports from before 2023. We have over 10,000 of those reports, and are restoring access to the public.
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Michael Meister @michaelmeister.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Stack of cats.
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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
In Ottawa, the police chief had to make a 7-minute video telling officers to stop using databases and surveillance tools to look up women they found attractive out in the world. This is a major problem *everywhere* and one that has only gotten worse as police have gotten access to more technology.
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Ottawa police chief tells officers to change or quit
YouTube video by CTV News
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Chloe Cumming @chloecumming.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
For the sake of completeness, I added the three paintings I finished today to my paintings shop, and the watery Beatles one to the main drawings bit. This way someone might buy them, which could be a win win win win for me and you. If you share this I will be pleased www.chloecumming.com/paintings
Floppy tiny clown and four cones, delightful painting by a genius Two hands, a heart and a cone, a strange vision Telly with two cheetahs, a widescreen small painting The Beatles in ink and watercolour with lines and squiggles
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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Thinking about the show Hoarders, and how friends and family of people who hoard stage an intervention, the hoarder sees a therapist and gets advice about how to change up their hoarding tendencies. Anyhow, trillionaires.
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annette hegel @erstelinie.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Hey #Ottawa folks: if you know a student or young person looking for a summer job, I am hiring a Public Engagement & Field Coordination Assistant to support an emerging Art, Ecology & Climate initiative. scale-lesaut.ca/2026/05/14/p... #OttawaJobs #ClimateAction #ArtsAndCulture
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Public Engagement Pilot Coordinator (Summer 2026) - SCALE / LeSAUT
SCALE-LeSAUT is seeking a summer student to support the development of an experimental public engagement pilot connected to an emerging Art, Ecology & Climate initiative based in Ottawa, Ontario.
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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 02/06/2026
got annoyed with people calling AI a tool, so i wrote a little newsletter about hammers www.anxietyshark.ca/any-hammer-y...
anxietyshark.ca
Any hammer you can hold
This is the nature of a tool, which is only ever just a thing and nothing more. An item that exists in the world, that you might hold in your hand and learn to master, with tricks and secrets to its n...
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The amendment passed 7 to 1 with a single abstention.
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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 28/05/2026
An autistic billionaire’s neurotype is not the reason he’s an absolute piece of shit, it has been revealed.
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Billionaire’s autism not the reason he’s a piece of shit
An autistic billionaire’s neurotype is not the reason he’s an absolute piece of shit, it has been revealed. Robert Noot, 54, frequently uses his autism as a get-out-of-jail-free card to excuse all of…
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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Some would have you believe that Alberta was built by white Christians To that I say BS The Al-Rashid Mosque was constructed in Edmonton in 1938 (The 1st mosque in Canada) Funds to build it were collected from Jews, Christians and Muslims That's my Alberta #ableg en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Rash...
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Al-Rashid Mosque - Wikipedia
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Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
I found the Spectacled Owls hunting in the forest this morning at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica #birds #owls #nature
A brown owl with a dark head, pale chest, and bold light markings around its eyes perches on a mossy branch in a lush green forest.
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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
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