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J Shadbolt @jshadbolt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Isn’t it time for the B.C. Provincial Government to use alternate media?
Photo shows that BC is only using Meta and X for social media posts.
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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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J Shadbolt @jshadbolt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If the survey identifies approx 60 bull moose why on early would over 60 hunting tags be issued, regardless of the odds of every tag hunt proving successful. Moose are already struggling from climate change, development encroachment of land, and wildfires…. thenarwhal.ca/manitoba-mis...
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‘This is an emergency’: Manitoba First Nation calls for a stop to moose hunting in its traditional territory
Misipawistik Cree Nation is urging hunters to abstain from harvesting moose in a large swath of boreal forest north of Grand Rapids, Man.
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J Shadbolt @jshadbolt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Thank you Vancouver Fire Department for such a quick response with the fire under the Woodland Ovepass.
Fire Department putting fire out. Fire next to skytrain.
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J Shadbolt @jshadbolt.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It’s a grave concern, and I look to the UK to see how privatization and investor ownership of natural resources and infrastructure has negatively affected regional councils, and citizens.
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David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 15/09/2026
I think holding a fire sale for foreign investors, including Americans, and selling off Canada’s critical infrastructure is a bad idea and inconsistent with shoring up our sovereignty. Just one man’s opinion!
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J Shadbolt @jshadbolt.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This is the business as usual model, and damn the consequences, when we should be planning infrastructure while protecting the remnants of old growth and biodiverse habitats. Old Growth on the Chopping Block for the North Coast Transmission Line via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Old Growth on the Chopping Block for the North Coast Transmission Line | The Tyee
BC Hydro’s preferred route cuts through the Swan Creek Protected Area, a ‘remnant’ of intact forest surrounded by cutblocks.
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J Shadbolt @jshadbolt.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
BC Has an Extinction Problem. Scientists Say There's a Fix via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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BC Has an Extinction Problem. Scientists Say There’s a Fix | The Tyee
Enacting an endangered species law is key, wildlife advocates say.
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J Shadbolt @jshadbolt.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I dumped my Indigo Books app after they moved to Shopify. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Shopify CEO appears to endorse giving more votes to wealthy Canadians | CBC News
The billionaire CEO of one of Canada's largest companies has come under fire for seeming to endorse stripping voting rights from some and giving more votes to the ultra wealthy. Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke...
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 28/07/2026
BC Parks calls Carmanah Walbran Park "one of the most remarkable wild places on Vancouver Island.” But for months, it has been nearly inaccessible, as a logging company has gated one entrance and left landslide debris blocking the other, @camfenton.bsky.social reports. thenarwhal.ca/bc-carmanah-...
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Logging company closes access to B.C. provincial park | The Narwhal
Many B.C. parks are accessible only by resource roads controlled by private companies. The Carmanah Walbran closure raises questions about access to public land
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J Shadbolt @jshadbolt.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Improving DriveBC and other reporting channels to provide advance warning is key not just for Interior residents but for travellers from elsewhere. Assists with planning ER backup routes. BC Needs to Be More Proactive About Highway Closure Warnings via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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BC Needs to Be More Proactive About Highway Closure Warnings | The Tyee
If the government wants people to rely on official channels instead of Facebook, it needs to offer more information, faster.
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
An important warning from economist Marjorie Griffin Cohen: How Powell River Became Ground Zero for Canada’s Electricity Future. Mark Carney’s old company wants an unprecedented right to sell power to the US. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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How Powell River Became Ground Zero for Canada’s Electricity Future | The Tyee
Mark Carney’s old company wants an unprecedented right to sell power to the US.
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J Shadbolt @jshadbolt.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The City of Van turned a bridge into a public use space. That’s great. On the not great end is people holding amplified concerts in the evening with no notice and no recognition of the effect on local people having to keep windows closed in the heat to try to minimize noise.
Vanpop event.  No notice to residents of amplified music.
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 15/07/2026
Since 2010, millions of amphibians have been relocated for development across B.C. — but scientists say no one is tracking whether or not they survive, @sdreaver.bsky.social reports. thenarwhal.ca/bc-frog-tran...
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5 million frogs displaced by industry in B.C. How many survived? | The Narwhal
Displacing animals in B.C. is legal with a permit, with no data or tracking measures to see if the animals survive
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J Shadbolt @jshadbolt.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Foreign ownership of needs to be overhauled. It is unacceptable for non residents to take over ALR and effectively own 1/4 of a town and limit access to homes. A Tiny BC Farming Town's Fight Against Billionaire Speculators via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/07...
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A Tiny BC Farming Town’s Fight Against Billionaire Speculators | The Tyee
A US company’s pursuit of land near Dunster has reignited calls for stiffer foreign ownership rules.
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J Shadbolt @jshadbolt.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Come on BC Ferries. Stop using X or at least have the courtesy of posting updates on BlueSky.
Blue Sky account showing no posts.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 03/06/2026
"No one knew the actual tally or diversity of fish getting caught up in nets," write Sarah Foster and Amanda Vincent. They uncovered the pressure bottom trawling places on marine species, fisheries and ecosystems worldwide. thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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Bottom Trawling Is Scraping Oceans of Life | The Tyee
We know too little about the damage as huge weighted nets scrub the seabed and scoop up bycatch.
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Amanda Follett Hosgood @amandafollett.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
“Deep-snow caribou are found nowhere else in the world but in B.C. In 2005, B.C. had 18 deep-snow caribou herds. Eight herds are now locally extinct, while the others are hanging on by a hoof.” @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/06...
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Will Canada Issue an Emergency Order to Protect Caribou? | The Tyee
If it doesn’t happen, they’re ‘doomed,’ says Okanagan Indian Band Chief Dan Wilson.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
As a public policy expert for 34 years with real experience in right wing & left wing cities, I reject the false choice that Carney is “right to prioritize other things over #ClimateAction in these troubled times.” Smart leadership nation-builds & strengthens the economy WHILE building resiliency.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 30/04/2026
As pulp mill and sawmill jobs plummet in number, British Columbia’s Forests Ministry is opening the door to more exports of unprocessed logs, including those produced from trees cut down in #OldGrowth forests. Ben Parfitt reports. #bcpoli
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BC Quietly Cuts Penalty for Exporting Unprocessed Logs | The Tyee
The province hopes to boost logging rates. But slashing the fee on exports risks more mill closures, one advocate warns.
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J Shadbolt @jshadbolt.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
“The…formidable geological force on the planet, causing earthquakes, ground deformation, well blowouts and groundwater contamination.” New Study Nails Industry as the Cause of Record Quake via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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New Study Nails Industry as the Cause of Record Quake | The Tyee
Regulators got it wrong. A driller injecting waste triggered triple temblors in the Peace River region, finds the study.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 07/04/2026
A member of the Piikani First Nation has presented a legal demand letter to the Alberta and federal governments to stop selenium pollution leaching from a closed coal mine owned by Australian speculators in the Crowsnest Pass. Andrew Nikiforuk reports.
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A Piikani Member Vows to Sue to Stop Selenium Pollution | The Tyee
Trevor Bastien accuses governments and Evolve Power of violating his right to harvest fish in Crowsnest Lake.
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J Shadbolt @jshadbolt.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
“There’s a bunch of this chemical fertilizer being distributed on public forest where there’s no doubt going to be an impact on wildlife,” Cattle Were Poisoned by BC's Forest Fertilizer. Now Someone Will Pay via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/04...
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Cattle Were Poisoned by BC’s Forest Fertilizer. Now Someone Will Pay | The Tyee
Investigators recommend a fine. But the province hasn't disclosed who is believed to be responsible.
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J Shadbolt @jshadbolt.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
A Deadly Fungal Invader Is Threatening BC's Bats via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/04...
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A Deadly Fungal Invader Is Threatening BC’s Bats | The Tyee
But a probiotic developed in the province might be able to save them if the government moves quickly.
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Amanda Follett Hosgood @amandafollett.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
BC quietly eliminated its Climate Action Secretariat, reassigning at least 10 staff to support LNG, pipelines and gas fracking. Bonkers story by @zoeyunker.bsky.social for @thetyee.ca. thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...
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BC Cuts Climate Agency, Sends Some Staff to Work on Pipelines | The Tyee
Experts say CleanBC has gone up in smoke.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
There’s a political push for more water-guzzling AI data centres in Canada. And uh, it looks like - at least in Alberta - they’re planning to plop most of them in high water stress areas. For @nationalobserver.com, let’s cover @rorywh.bsky.social and @natashabulowski.bsky.social’s scary findings:
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/03/2026
The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon says three UNIFIL peacekeepers were injured after heavy firing struck their base in Al Qawzah in southwestern Lebanon. One was transferred to a hospital in Beirut. They have not identified who is responsible for he strikes. Thread 👇
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
BC's top 10 industrial water users use over 512 billion litres of water per year combined, and collectively pay the province about $862,000 per year for that right.  www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/05/n...
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Water-stressed BC towns want the province to stop 'giving water away' to industry
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Amanda Follett Hosgood @amandafollett.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
By spewing out “AI slop,” sites are making it harder for people to separate fact from fiction. And in the process, they are eroding the already fragile trust the public places in the media. @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...
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Inside a Surrey ‘Local News’ Site Run by AI | The Tyee
Surrey Speak published fake news about a mayoral candidate and an AI-generated picture of a real murder victim.
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 21/02/2026
Be it thy course to busy giddy minds With foreign quarrels, that action, hence borne out, May waste the memory of the former days.
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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that ChatGPT conversations from the Tumbler Ridge teenager who carried out a horrific school shooting were flagged by employees at OpenAI. They raised their concerns but the company ultimately did nothing, according to the reporting. archive.is/GUweE#select...
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Dr. Oz invited Epstein to his home for a Valentine’s Party in 2016, 8 years after Epstein was registered as a sex offender for attemtpting to procure a child. Epstein’s sex offender status was no impediment to his social return and acceptance by the extremely wealthy members of this administration
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Dr. Oz Becomes the Latest Trump Official in the Epstein Files
The Trump administration is full of people with ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Trump is actively making our goods more expensive by blocking a piece of key infrastructure - apparently all because his most Epstein-linked Cabinet Secretary conveyed a request from a billionaire GOP donor. America does not have to tolerate this kind of corruption.
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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 08/02/2026
WAKE UP, HOSERS NEW PETITION JUST DROPPED Petition e-7148 calls to require all federal party leaders to obtain and maintain top-secret security clearance to ensure they are fully informed of threats to Canada’s national security and able to act decisively to protect Canadians and our democracy.
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Petition e-7148 - Petitions
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davidakin @davidakin.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Poilievre just told #CP26 "There's never been a referendum crisis or a national unity crisis when Conservatives have been in power It's an interesting coincidence isn't it" False. BQ was the product of Mulroney's time in office. Borden - WWI conscription crisis. Sir John - Louis Riel. C'mon man.
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onekade @onekade.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
One human rights observer in Maine said agents followed her home, blocked off her street, and came to her door to say they know where she lives. Her children are now staying elsewhere, to keep them safe.
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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
From barstool ramblings to claims of meeting with the U.S. State Department, @charlesrusnell.bsky.social takes us on a wild ride through Alberta separatism #abpoli thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...
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The Wild Claims of Jeff Rath, Separatist Firebrand | The Tyee
The free-swinging Alberta Prosperity Project leader is caught on video spouting conspiracy theories and profanities.
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
“You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It's that simple.” — FBI Dir. Kash Patel
A man carrying an assault weapon at the Michigan capitol in 2020 to protest COVID restrictions. Behind him are two people wrapped in Trump flags.More arms anti-lockdown protesters
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon. wapo.st/49Zqv1L
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/01/2026
Former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn was on the front lines of January 6. Five years later, he warns the greatest threat isn’t just what happened—but the lies rewriting it. “January 6 was not legitimate political discourse.” Read his powerful piece: www.meidasplus.com/p/history-be...
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Amanda Follett Hosgood @amandafollett.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
I was amazed while watching federal politicians debate today that many appeared unaware of basic history like this agreement. 👇🏻
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Brittlestar @brittlestar.com · 01/12/2025
Put On Another Christmas Song (w/ Emma Rudy)
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/11/2025
Could Pete Hegseth be charged with murder? Catch up on the latest in today's bulletin: www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p...
Screenshot of a Meidas+ article titled “Today in Politics, Bulletin 259. 11/28/25” by Ron Filipkowski. The text discusses a Washington Post report revealing that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued illegal orders to “kill everybody” during a missile strike that killed 11 people, including ordering a second strike to kill survivors. It includes quotes from military experts arguing the Pentagon’s campaign is unlawful, amounts to murder, and constitutes war crimes. The article also quotes Army veteran Fred Wellman calling the orders “insanely illegal” and noting they violate prohibitions on killing wounded prisoners.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 16/11/2025
Israeli forces open fire on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, no injuries reported reut.rs/4pfHJOh
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Israeli forces open fire on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, no injuries reported
Israeli military forces opened fire on United Nations peacekeepers in southern Lebanon on Sunday, in an incident the U.N. peacekeeping mission described as a serious violation.
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 10/11/2025
This holiday season, give Jeff Bezos and Amazon the gift of zero dollars. 🥰
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
This past week there was a photo from Trump's gala of a barely clad woman frolicking in a giant champagne glass. She looked like a teen. It made me think of Jane Doe-another young woman who attempted to shine a light on the darkness in Trumpland. My latest. charlieangus.substack.com/p/trumps-hea...
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Trump's Heart of Darkness
Warning: This story involves allegations of child rape and abuse
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
“If the water isn't able to be treated and reused in the mines and for development, why is it good enough for us to drink?” said Billy-Joe Tuccaro, chief of the Mikisew Cree First Nation. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/06/n...
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Alberta chiefs say oilsands causing cancer surge, call for halt to tailings plan
Indigenous leaders in Alberta say unchecked oilsands development is devastating their land and could be linked to rising cancer rates in their communities.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 30/10/2025
The United Conservative Party government recently awarded a $95-million settlement to the Australian mining firm Montem Resources. About a third of that settlement will go to an investment firm in Melbourne. The same firm that funded Montem’s lawsuit against Alberta. Andrew Nikiforuk writes.
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Alberta’s Big Payouts to Spurned Australian Coal Miners | The Tyee
Two firms that invested far less are getting $235 million. Taxpayers face more such hits.
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J Shadbolt @jshadbolt.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
The north also needs access to reliable internet (not satellite), and clean drinking water sources.
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
So, Canada has just approved the takeover of Parkland oil refinery (the only one on Canada's west coast) by a major Trump ally. Roger that. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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Parkland-Sunoco deal approved under Investment Canada Act
The law’s guidelines were revised this year to consider whether a foreign investment could pose a threat to Canada’s economic security
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