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Jo 🇨🇦 Retired RN

@ilovesummer.bsky.social
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Oncology/Palliative Care. We will get through this. Stand Strong 💕 Liberal in a very con province, proud Canadian 💕🇨🇦 Leafs and Blue Jays fan 🍁

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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 5h
Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star
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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 6h
"This separatist movement is a guerrilla faction of the global far right which is attacking open societies across the world." www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: We must call Alberta separation what it is
It is not a movement of grievance politics. Something far more sinister is at work
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 11h
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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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 12h
End of the world The Globe and Mail by @deAdder Substack: deadder.substack.com/p/end-of-the...
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End of the world
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 12h
If you are looking for Canadian cosmetics, Marcelle brands are Canadian #BuyLocal #BuyCanadian
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 22h
Albertans deserve a different vision of the province and country's energy future than the one-sided one their government is trying to feed them. Instead, we get this:
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Jo 🇨🇦 Retired RN @ilovesummer.bsky.social · 23h
I really miss Scrib. I think a lot about what she would write these days.
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Jo 🇨🇦 Retired RN @ilovesummer.bsky.social · 23h
@davidwcochrane.bsky.social great show today.
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THX•1138 @ithx1138.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
GALGAPOLA (unity) Curtis Wilson #Art #Indigenous #Artist #CanadianHistory #bluesky
The Galgapola Flag
The flag serves as a symbol of unity, presence, and reconciliation. It adapts the traditional Canadian flag by embedding West Coast Indigenous imagery:
• The Maple Leaf: Replaced by or featuring the stylized head of an orca (killer whale).
• The Red Side Bands: Replaced with designs depicting K'utala-Salmon. The artist chose salmon to represent the immense diversity of Canada's people, noting that there are as many types of people in the country as there are types of salmon.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Give me fadder a call 🤣🔥🔥 I understood every word b’y Credit to harbourcustoms
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Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There's no one I trust with a calculator more than Trevor Tombe. And if the U of C economist says separation is going to cost us lost wages *and* higher taxes, then I believe him. More on a bleak outlook for what separation means for the average Albertan. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
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Calgary Chamber warns of economic fallout of Alberta split
Podcast Episode · The Courtney Theriault Show · September 29 · 9m
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Ms. Smith’s United Conservative Party has been hijacked by separatists, and as a sop to them she has construed a separation referendum that she did not campaign on. It really has zero, and I mean zero, credibility.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: The ugly reckoning coming for Danielle Smith
The referendum, including the nine non-secession questions, is contemptible
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🤣🔥🔥🔥🔥🇨🇦💪🏻
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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
1959
SCIENTIST FEARS

Thinking Machines Will Dominate Man

--Sarasota Journal, 28 Dec 1959
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“faster care for one patient isn’t a system-wide reduction in waiting if someone else simply waits longer. Choice is not the same as capacity. And activity is not the same as progress.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
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Opinion: Will Alberta's dual-practice model cut surgery wait times — or only for the rich?
When my time matters most, will my place in line be determined by how urgently I need care — or by how much I can afford to pay for it?
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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 29/09/2026
What would you tell Canada, if you could write to the whole country? Write it down. Mail it. Then tag a friend who needs to do the same. Get the mailing address at postcard.todmaffin.com
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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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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Future presidential debates should probably feature questions like "are you stupid enough to start a cold war with Canada" or "who pays a tariff"
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Annalise Klingbeil @annaliseak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"The Cargill story is, at its heart, a story of systemic regulatory failure defined by inaction, a lack of preparedness and overconfidence, cultural stereotypes, incompetence and aversion to using available enforcement measures,” the report states.
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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Please enjoy my cartoon for Tuesday's Toronto Star
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Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Elections Alberta has its final tally. EA says it received approximately 658,000 requests for special mail-in ballots for next month's referendum. www.brandonsun.com/national/202...
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More ballot requests received in Alberta referendum than last provincial election
EDMONTON - Elections Alberta says it has received 11 times more requests for mail-in ballots for the upcoming vote on separation than it did in the last provincial election.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“by putting these questions to Albertans, the UCP is just looking for another scapegoat. The Premier will absolutely shrug off accountability and say “Albertans wanted us to target temporary workers and businesses who hire them.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.womenofabpoli.ca/p/albertas-r...
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Alberta’s referendum is an affront to our values; as Canadians, and Albertans
The ask is insulting, the cost is offensive, and there’s no logic to be found.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In which Conrad Black simultaneously a) surrenders in advance, and b) gives up the game behind US interference in Alberta's referendum. #cdnpoli
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Duane Bratt🇨🇦 @duanebratt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Unlike the separation question, there is much more uncertainty around the other 9 questions.
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Half of Albertans undecided on 9 non-separation questions, immigration sentiment 'softening': poll | CBC News
Albertans are divided over immigration but attitudes are “softening,” while nearly half still don’t know which way they’ll vote on the nine non-separation questions in the Oct. 19 referendum, a new po...
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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Albertans with Canadian flags attached to their car in 2026 and Albertans with Canadian flags attached to their car in 2021 are completely non-overlapping groups.
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andrear9md.bsky.social @andrear9md.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Well if you're gonna have the poverty, it should be the best poverty ever.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“This pandemic of disinformation and dishonesty, through the conduit of the Alberta separatist movement, is testing not our hospitals but our political institutions and our belief that Canada is worth fighting for.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli thewalrus.ca/alberta-sepa...
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Alberta Separatism Is Built on a Big Lie | The Walrus
Danielle Smith has turned western grievance into a national unity crisis
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Allegations of political interference from the US dominated the 30th day of Quebec's election campaign on Friday as Coalition Avenir Québec Leader Christine Fréchette expressed concerns that Americans were trying to help sovereigntists take control of the province. 🤬🤬 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Federal intelligence agency contacted as U.S. interference claims swirl in Quebec election | CBC News
Quebec's incumbent premier says she is "very concerned" about possible interference in the provincial election by the United States.
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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 26/09/2026
Soooo.... Those Ontario kids who made that hilarious and deeply satirical American Dictator board game (think "Monopoly: Fascism Edition" — see my video yesterday) sent me this email last night. 3,000 games sold in six hours after my video. As of this morning, they're up to 7,000. 🫪
Email screenshot announcing a massive influx of orders—over 3,000 in the past few hours—and thanking the recipient for their support.
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Dave Nelson 🇨🇦 @davenlsn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Don't buy American produce. Another example: Driscoll's sent millions of pounds of fruit containing non-compliant levels of pesticides and chemicals to Canada and the company tried to cover it up. #BoycottUSA #CanadaSky 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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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 25/09/2026
The first postcard in our new Dear Canada project is in! Do YOU want to send Canada a message? ✅ Details at postcard.todmaffin.com
Postcard showing a snowy Plateau Montreal street with exterior staircases and a lone walker, paired with a handwritten message reading "Dear Canada,

I'm so sorry for dissing you when I was a kid &, later, as a young adult.

I was young, naive &, dare I say it, dumb! I was born in Montreal in 1961 & grew up idolizing American culture. I moved to the States as soon as I could, & I lived & worked in the USA for decades on both coasts. As I matured, I've realized that Canada is really WHERE IT'S AT. And it's ALWAYS been where it's at — hidden in plain sight.

I moved back to Canada, to Vancouver, in 2017 & I promise, I'll never leave again.

Nancy, Vancouver, BC"
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
NYT appears to confirm the story Haaretz broke weeks ago. Shame on Bibi. Shame.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#Canada has secured a new information-sharing deal with #Germany to exchange classified and protected intelligence on both defence and security issues and economic files. globalnews.ca/news/1207286...
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Canada inks intelligence-sharing deal with Germany amid bid for closer EU ties - National | Globalnews.ca
New information sharing agreement would apply both to security and defence issues but also trade and economic files, Ottawa says.
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Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I feel like Carney could sell a GST-hike-for-income-tax-cut trade right now if it was basically revenue neutral. I think the harder/more interesting question is whether he could sell a reform that nets out to significant more revenue.
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How Ottawa could cut personal income taxes – without creating a fiscal mess
Could raising the GST actually encourage growth? Some experts say it’s a crucial move to kickstart Canada’s sluggish economy
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Buitengebieden @buitengebieden.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Therapist; “There is a tiger in you” The tiger in me:
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fuck around, find out. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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CEO who posted about wearing 'Lake America' sweatshirts to Halifax is no longer CEO | CBC News
The Michigan tourist who recently went viral over a Facebook photo where she and three family members appeared to be wearing "Lake America" sweatshirts has parted ways with her employer.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I do hope the separatists come to realize that it was their hero Donald Trump that did this to them.
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Jo 🇨🇦 Retired RN @ilovesummer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I sent my mail in ballot this morning. I predict a shit show with the 9.
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Dawn Alene @dawnalene.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I finally watched this speech by Alexander Stub, President of the Republic of Finland. 🇫🇮 It’s obvious who he’s referring to when it comes to how not to conduct oneself. youtu.be/Ct9hIkPmbYg
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🇫🇮 Finland - President Addresses United Nations General Debate, 81st Session | #UNGA
YouTube video by United Nations
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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
To put 23% support for a Leave referendum in perspective… The separatist movement is now statistically closer to Zero than it is to a 50% popular majority. The referendum is 24 days from now. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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With time running out, new poll suggests Alberta separatism support is slipping | CBC News
With a little more than three weeks to go until the Oct. 19 referendum, a new poll done for CBC News suggests support for separation has softened since spring.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Polish foreign minister at the UN General Assembly has a message for Russia
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Jo 🇨🇦 Retired RN @ilovesummer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Watching PnP. If I hear Evan say ‘David’ one more time I’ll scream! 😩😑
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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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Bruce 🇨🇦 @manitos2016.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
😂😂😂😂😂 “It’s sad to see the Blue Jays bow out, but at least now I can turn my full attention to the hope and optimism that a fresh Maple Leafs season brings,” said one Toronto sports fan. “Wait, what the fuck am I saying?” thebeaverton.com/2026/09/blue...
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Blue Jays, Maple Leafs eliminated from playoffs - The Beaverton
TORONTO — With the 2026 MLB season nearly over and the 2026-27 NHL season about to begin, the Toronto Blue Jays and Toronto Maple Leafs have been eliminated from playoff contention. “It’s sad to see t...
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Useful context for Alberta’s anti-inmigrant referendum questions. We are not being “flooded” with newcomers. And scapegoating immigrants for longstanding structural problems with our public health care system, in particular, is gutter politics. #cdnpoli #abpoli #notothenine.
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Canada's population growth slows to lowest level in 80 years
The population is also aging with the median age now at 40.9 years
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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 24/09/2026
Canada confirms plan to diversify away from Elon Musk’s Starlink
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Canada confirms plan to diversify away from Elon Musk's Starlink
In a New York Times interview, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada will diversify away from Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite system.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“A court-appointed receiver says Alberta separatist leader Jeffrey Rath’s firm moved $11.5 million from a First Nation trust it controlled to help cover a court-ordered payment it owed to another First Nation client” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli globalnews.ca/news/1207056...
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$11.5M from Sturgeon Lake trust helped fund Rath firm’s Tallcree payment: receiver | Globalnews.ca
Alberta separatist leader Jeffrey Rath’s firm took $11.5 million from one First Nation trust to help him make a court-ordered refund to another First Nation, court documents show.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This Hour has 22 minutes 🤣🍁
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Medias 🇨🇦 @mediasca.skyfleet.blue · 23/09/2026
Belleville, Ont., police officer wounded in shooting near synagogue faces 'long, difficult road,' wife says
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Wife of wounded Belleville police officer says he faces 'long, difficult road' | CBC News
The wife of the police officer wounded in Sunday evening's shootout near a Belleville synagogue is speaking out about what she's calling "the scariest and darkest day" of her family's life.
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