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Holly Lake

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Editor-in-Chief CBA National ⚖️ Journalist 📰 Lawyer (non-practicing) Coastal soul ⚓️ Love a good story & a good laugh. 🇨🇦

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Holly Lake @hollylake.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Nearly a decade ago, I moderated a panel Yanar Mohammed was a part of. Everyone there was awed by her courage, fighting for the rights of women in Iraq, knowing it could cost her her life. Last week it did.
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Holly Lake @hollylake.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
They sure were. www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/artic...
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The State of the Union was a zoo – and Team USA the monkeys
Olympic gold medal-winning U.S. men’s hockey team received about a two-minute bipartisan standing ovation during the address
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CBA/ABC National @cba-nationalmag.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
“People are tired of fighting and trying to get information about applications. We would just like to stay and continue working, and you know, and just continue living.” @hollylake.bsky.social has that story. www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
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Nowhere to go back and no way forward
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters its fifth year, many Ukrainians who fled to Canada are living in limbo, with no path to permanent residency
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Holly Lake @hollylake.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
I thought this piece by @marshalederman.bsky.social was lovely in capturing some light in the throes of the dark. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: Some thank yous for helping us through a day of horror
In the absence of information, we have the ability to be grateful for the work so many good people are doing
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Holly Lake @hollylake.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
"Obviously, someone who gets hit in the head for a living shouldn’t be taken too seriously." www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/artic...
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Fragile U.S. psyche faces trial by sport in Milan
American athletes are being pressed hard on how it feels to play for a country no one likes any more
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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
The arrest of my friend and colleague Don Lemon is an outrageous attack on the First Amendment and free speech in America. This cannot stand.
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Holly Lake @hollylake.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
This is such sad news. She'll forever be Moira Rose to me. 🌹 www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
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Legendary Canadian actress Catherine O'Hara dead at 71 | CBC
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Holly Lake @hollylake.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
“It’s a clear and appalling sign that this administration will set no limits on its acts of aggression against an independent press." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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FBI raids home of Washington Post reporter in ‘highly unusual and aggressive’ move
Agents searched Hannah Natanson’s Virginia home and seized devices in inquiry tied to a classified materials case
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CBA/ABC National @cba-nationalmag.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
'If we judges and lawyers don't protect justice, then democracy doesn't have a chance' @hollylake.bsky.social has that story from the International Bar Association conference in Toronto. www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
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Abella issues rule of law rallying cry
‘If we judges and lawyers don't protect justice, then democracy doesn't have a chance’
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Holly Lake @hollylake.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Such sad news. Jane Goodall was a much-needed voice for animals and the world feels a little less friendly without her in it. But what an incredible mark she has left on it.
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CBA/ABC National @cba-nationalmag.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
If Prime Minister Mark Carney's election was meant to be a rejection of authoritarian trends south of the Canadian border, legal experts say things are not off to a good start with Bill C-2. @hollylake.bsky.social has that story. nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
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A big brother bill
Experts say Bill C-2 lowers the bar and broadens the scope to allow more access by police and intelligence agents to Canadians’ private data
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Holly Lake @hollylake.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
In the throes of everything today, I was so glad to come across this story. A full circle moment for Murray Brewster, who was embedded with Master Cpl. Scott Vernelli's unit in Afghanistan. His little girl is doing him proud. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Wreath-bearer to the Queen: The story of Warrant Officer Olivia Vernelli | CBC News
King Charles invoked shared sacrifice and service in his speech from the throne —something a young cadet escorting Queen Camilla understands and appreciates more than most. Warrant Officer Olivia Vern...
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Holly Lake @hollylake.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
“It’s really about whether the government can control what you say." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The AP’s win against Trump shows principles still have power in America | Margaret Sullivan
Series of actions this week including at Princeton and in a tiny town, offer hope that courageous voices can make a difference
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Alex Neve @alexneve.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
"The war in Gaza has killed more journalists than the U.S. Civil War, WW I & II, Korean War, Vietnam War (including conflicts in Cambodia & Laos), wars in Yugoslavia in 1990s & 2000s, & post-9/11 war in Afghanistan, combined." Combined. Just sit with that.
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News Graveyards: How Dangers to War Reporters Endanger the World | Costs of War
The Costs of War Project is a team of 35 scholars, legal experts, human rights practitioners, and physicians, which began its work in 2011. We use research and a public website to facilitate debate ab...
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Holly Lake @hollylake.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
"Just like Ukraine is squarely targeted by Russia, Canada is the Ukraine of North America right now. We’re a fascist regime, so we can’t tolerate a free democracy next to us." www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
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The Fascism Expert at Yale Who’s Fleeing America
Philosophy professor Jason Stanley is leaving the US for Canada, “the Ukraine of North America,” because he believes Trump’s America is “pretty far along” in the grips of fascism.
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Holly Lake @hollylake.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
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ProPublica wanted to find more sources in the federal government. So it brought a truck.
“It's funny how you can know nothing about something like LED billboard trucks and then suddenly become an expert in them."
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CBA/ABC National @cba-nationalmag.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
'We must resist any attempts to intimidate or co-opt us when Trump’s actions inevitably reach across the border...Our silence will not protect us. It will only delay the inevitable," writes Abigail Dubiniecki. www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
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In the face of rising autocracy, be a Perkins Coie, not a Paul Weiss
As the Trump administration attacks lawyers and law firms, Canadian lawyers must stand in solidarity with our American counterparts who uphold the rule of law
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Holly Lake @hollylake.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
“In Gander Canadians did extraordinary things for Americans when they needed it. Now, we need to do extraordinary things for ourselves.” apnews.com/article/cana...
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Canada's leader laments lost friendship with US in town that sheltered stranded Americans after 9/11
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has lamented Canada’s lost friendship with the United States as he visited the town that sheltered thousands of stranded American airline passengers after the 9/11 ...
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Holly Lake @hollylake.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
“We appreciate the president and everyone’s interest in our capitol building and are always looking for any opportunity to improve our visitor experience,” said a spokesperson for Gov. Polis 😆 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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‘Insecure baby’: Trump draws ridicule after throwing fit over Colorado capitol portrait
Even some Republicans have called president’s public demand to remove the painting ‘petty’
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Holly Lake @hollylake.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
The scatteredness of Trump’s second term has exposed the lie of populists everywhere: they are good at harnessing the angst & ill-temperedness of our times, but they're terrible at governing b/c they lack viable solutions to fix what ails Western societies. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: Donald Trump’s chaotic governance could sound populism’s death knell across the West
Chaos in the U.S. is making liberal multilateralists politically attractive again
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Holly Lake @hollylake.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Indigenous guides in the Arctic are training Canada’s military: ‘When they talk, I listen’
With the country facing new threats to its sovereignty, the country is looking to reaffirm itself as ‘an Arctic nation’
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Holly Lake @hollylake.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
💙🐬💙 www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
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Watch: Dolphins surround Dragon capsule after successful splashdown
Nasa commentators joked the aquatic mammals are an "honorary part of the recovery team" attending to the capsule.
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Holly Lake @hollylake.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Hat's off to these neighbours. I see countless Americans posting on social media about the CDN products they're buying, trips to Canada they're planning and photos of the 🇨🇦they're flying on their homes. Nearly all also apologize for what's happening. www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe...
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The Americans who are buying Canadian to oppose Trump’s trade war
Some Americans are choosing to support Canada economically by vacationing north of the border or buying Canadian-made products
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Holly Lake @hollylake.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
"The bottom line is simple: We will have to make serious sacrifices. There’s no way around it. We either make serious sacrifices or we bend the knee to the fascist in the White House. That’s the choice we face." dgardner.substack.com/p/europe-get...
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Europe gets it. Does Canada?
Canadian leaders still talk like it's 2017. It's time to get serious. Major sacrifices will be required if this country is to survive.
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Holly Lake @hollylake.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
"Where are the voices of decent Americans & Canada’s American friends on this issue? Why have no American leaders stood side-by-side with Premier Doug Ford and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa, and denounced Trump’s sinister recklessness?" steveschmidt.substack.com/p/a-message-...
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A message to Canadians and a wake-up call to Americans
You do your worst and we will do our best.
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CBA/ABC National @cba-nationalmag.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Under the Taliban regime, animals in Afghanistan have more freedom to move about, to sing, and to simply be than women do. “Every few days we see a new decree coming from the regime, putting more & more restrictions on women.” @hollylake.bsky.social has the story. nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
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Erased from public life
To mark International Women’s Day, we profile the push to recognize their treatment in Afghanistan as gender apartheid and examine Canada’s role in holding the Taliban to account
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Holly Lake @hollylake.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Just a bully all the way around.
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Holly Lake @hollylake.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
'Keep calm and Canada on.' I think this should be our new collective mantra. 🇨🇦 www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
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Globe editorial: Canada must hold its ground on tariff threats
It’s time to tune out Donald Trump’s tariff gyrations and stick with dollar-for-dollar countermeasures to the end
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Holly Lake @hollylake.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
"The problem...is that Canada will never have full control over the heavily computerized planes. Lockheed Martin...has always refused to share the full “source code” with foreign customers, including close allies of the United States." www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: It may provoke Trump, but Canada should cancel the purchase of F-35 fighter jets from the U.S.
The problem is that Canada will never have full control over the heavily computerized planes
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CBA/ABC National @cba-nationalmag.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
In the wake of the Trump administration imposing 25 per cent across-the-board tariffs on Canada, Sean Stephenson, chair of the CBA's international law section, talks options with @suebailey99.bsky.social. www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
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In the throes of a trade war, what is Canada's legal recourse?
Canada could file challenges with the World Trade Organization, under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement, and in domestic U.S. courts, but potential outcomes are mixed
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Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Hey @cnn.com, please explain how Canada is “escalating” by matching tariffs that Trump unilaterally imposed? Appallingly bad “journalism,” when the moment requires exactly the opposite…
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Holly Lake @hollylake.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
“Today, the United States launched a trade war against Canada, their closest partner and ally, their closest friend. At the same time, they’re talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin, a lying, murderous dictator. Make that make sense.” www.ctvnews.ca/world/trumps...
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Trudeau to Trump: You’re a smart guy. But this is a ‘very dumb’ thing to do. Live trade war updates here.
U.S. President Donald Trump has unleashed tariffs against Canada today, setting in motion a trade war between two countries with deeply linked economies, jeopardizing jobs and likely raising consumer ...
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Fuck off with this headline, CNN. We didn't "escalate" anything by defending ourselves.
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Holly Lake @hollylake.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Is she a 4yo? Is this one of the five things she managed to do this week?
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Holly Lake @hollylake.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
"You can't take our country - and you can't take our game." 🇨🇦https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8ydg04xezo
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Canada-US 4 Nations finals game: Trudeau swipes at Trump after win
Trudeau posted on social media "You can't take our country - and you can't take our game".
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 12/02/2025
Donald Trump is waging war on the media — here’s why the media can’t bow down. Trump hates journalists more than he hates dogs because we bark louder. He wants to glance out at a press conference and see nodding apparatchiks and bootlickers. #Opinion
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Vinay Menon: Donald Trump is waging war on the media — here’s why the media can’t bow down
A media crackdown is one of the first things on an autocrat’s to-do list, but the media can’t bow down.
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Holly Lake @hollylake.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
"It’s risky to be America’s enemy but it can be fatal to be its friend." www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...
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Opinion | The Dumbest Trade War in History
Trump will impose 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico for no good reason.
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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.
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Holly Lake @hollylake.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
“Don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to the fear. Hold on to the truth. And to hope.” apnews.com/article/cnn-...
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CNN's Jim Acosta, an irritant to Trump, says he's quitting rather than take a late-night time slot
CNN anchor Jim Acosta says he's quitting after nearly two decades rather than accept a move from a morning time slot to a less visible midnight at the East Coast.
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Holly Lake @hollylake.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Parts of Canada’s Arctic tundra releasing more carbon than they absorb, study says
The study suggests one of the main drivers of the shift could be thawing permafrost, frozen ground that covers almost half of the country’s land mass and in some areas has remained below zero C for hu...
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Holly Lake @hollylake.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Do you know what would cheer the poor soul up even more than this ridiculousness? Releasing him back to the ocean where he belongs. www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art...
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Japanese aquarium cheers up lonely sunfish with cardboard cutouts of people
How do you perk up a lonely fish? This may sound like the start of a particularly silly joke, but it was a very real challenge faced by staff at a Japanese aquarium when they noticed their sunfish was...
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Holly Lake @hollylake.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Love a happy 'tail' 🐾 www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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#TheMoment a drone was used to help find a dog lost in rural Ontario
Videographer Nolan Dennhardt recounts the moment he helped find Honey, a golden Labrador that had been missing for five days, by flying a drone over the five-square-kilometre search area.
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Holly Lake @hollylake.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
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Planes are dumping ocean water to fight the Los Angeles fires. Here's why using saltwater is typically a last resort
While the consequences of adding seawater to ecosystems are not yet well understood, we can gain insights on what to expect by considering the effects of sea-level rise.
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Holly Lake @hollylake.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
"Conservation efforts over the last 30 years have not succeeded & they're not on track to keep the right whale from going extinct. It's basically a four-alarm fire." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Holly Lake @hollylake.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Newfoundland and Labrador is in the power position here. Quebec wants/needs more power. We have it. Here's hoping tomorrow is the start of righting a historic wrong for the province. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Quebec, N.L. agree to revised deal on Churchill Falls hydroelectric project, sources say
Premiers are set to make announcement public Thursday to end decades of bitterness between the two provinces over hydropower station at a time of soaring demand for renewable energy
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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 09/12/2024
Opinion: In Canada the meagre momentum of climate mitigation is stalling out.
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Turning the corner
In Canada the meagre momentum of climate mitigation is stalling out. As the gloom of winter sets in it’s easy to be depressed, but in defeat there are seeds of future mitigation success if we wake up…
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Holly Lake @hollylake.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
"He was aiming at feminists in the sense that he was aiming at the progress that had happened in society through women." www.cbc.ca/news/fifthes...
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Journalist who was on Polytechnique murderer's kill list describes moment she found out she was a target | CBC News
Two days after the École Polytechnique massacre, journalist Francine Pelletier learned she and 18 other women were on the gunman's hit list because it was published in the newspaper she worked for.
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Holly Lake @hollylake.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Thirty-five years later, gender-based inequality, violence and hate is very much alive and well. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Montreal to shine with 15th beam in tribute to all murdered women on Polytechnique anniversary | CBC News
For the first time, an additional beam of light will illuminate the Montreal sky Friday in tribute to all women lost to violence, as the city commemorates the 35th anniversary of the Polytechnique shooting.
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Holly Lake @hollylake.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Murdered because they were women. 🥀#MontrealMassacre
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Holly Lake @hollylake.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Such a sad story out of the US: “There are very few people like Seuk in this world. He has no ulterior motives. He never needed recognition. He just wanted to help.” apnews.com/article/dog-...
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An animal-rescue pilot died in a crash. 2 dogs aboard are recovering
When Seuk Kim took off from Maryland last weekend with three small dogs aboard his small plane, it turned out to be the last of his many volunteer flights to rescue animals in need.
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