Reposted by Karena GarvikPaul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Early exit polls suggest the new pope did particularly well with male voters aged 45-79. 206126401834
Reposted by Karena GarvikLarry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Senior officials in Saskatchewan's ministry of agriculture used the province's political clout against federal and international environmental rules on behalf of the pesticide industry, Canada's National Observer has found. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/05/06/n...nationalobserver.comSaskatchewan officials 'mouthpiece' for pesticide industry, documents showSaskatchewan officials were acting as "more than lobbyists — they're the mouthpiece for industry," said Mary Lou McDonald, a lawyer and founder of Safe Food Matters. "I used to think that with regulat... 135
Reposted by Karena GarvikKikki Planet @kikkiplanet.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Maybe someone in Alberta can gimme a timeline on when you all might be willing to accept that everything - EVERYTHING - Danielle Smith is doing right now is about the AHS scandal. ALL. OF. IT. Yes, THAT is how bad this scandal is. Accept it & pass it on. #ableg 1719368
Reposted by Karena GarvikThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Smith has touched off a firestorm! Today Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation called for all resource exploration to cease, citing First Nations responsibility to the crown under treaty and questioning who Smith was exploring for. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 39826300
Reposted by Karena GarvikJosephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 07/05/2025Ladies and gentlethings... We got 'em 🥲edition.cnn.comWeightWatchers files for bankruptcy | CNN BusinessWeight Watchers, the 61-year-old program that revolutionized dieting for millions of Americans, has filed for bankruptcy. 411813
Reposted by Karena GarvikAndrew Stevens @astevens81.bsky.social · 07/05/2025I think Saskatchewan needs to follow the Vatican's approach to announcing new leadership. It would be more honest. When the Co-op Refinery flare stake ignites, you know the oil industry has chosen a new Premier. 45418
Reposted by Karena GarvikGhouly Hoye 👻🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 07/05/2025“Today we stand united. We’re not going anywhere. And if you feel that you have problems with First Nations, YOU could leave.” 36962286
Karena Garvik @karenagarvik.bsky.social · 07/05/2025*Raps in Eminem* Guess who’s back, back again? Scheer’s back, to con you, friend 260
Reposted by Karena GarvikKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Why do we undervalue the lives of disabled people so much? Why do we expect them to survive on a disability benefit that keeps them below poverty line - especially when being chronically ill drives expenses up? A former “friend” explained it ti me & showed me how entrenched ableism is 🧵 12348109
Reposted by Karena GarvikArrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 04/05/2025As oil is tanking I want to remind #abpoli & #saskpoli that when normal Canadians advocate for a green transition, we never ever mean at the expense of Albertans or Saskatchewanians. We mean let’s build a green future with you leading it, and profiting from it instead of oil billionaires. 2538
Reposted by Karena GarvikDr. Adam Ogieglo @aogieglo.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Anonymous donation to the Sask Party last year. $25k from a numbered Alberta Corporation. No problem? Not under our outdated wild west political donation laws. 32310
Reposted by Karena GarvikCharlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Pierre Poilievre in a nutshell. If ever there was a case to drain the swamp... 28463582203
Reposted by Karena GarvikJim Clifford @jimclifford.bsky.social · 04/05/2025A pelican fishing at the Saskatoon weir. 2322
Reposted by Karena GarvikRev Barb @revbarb.bsky.social · 04/05/2025We always knew Conservatives heads on the prairies would start exploding if the Liberals won another mandate. There's no excuse to do a convoy, so now it's separatism. 2124
Reposted by Karena GarvikChristopher Dornan @chrisdornan.bsky.social · 04/05/2025It would cost millions to rebuild/refurbish 24 Sussex Drive, but I bet the carpeting wouldn’t cost $280,000. 0379
Reposted by Karena GarvikEvan @evanyqr.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Something something liberals are divisive. Sure Kevin. 164
Reposted by Karena GarvikLaurence Thompson @thompsonlg.bsky.social · 04/05/202513 active wildfires in Saskatchewan. 90 fires to date this fire season. Early fire season start, windy day coming.wfm.gov.sk.ca 043
Reposted by Karena GarvikJon Bowie @jonbowie.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Heading into the Saskatchewan Landing 093
Reposted by Karena GarvikClare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Media-shy Poilievre is running to lead a small rural town, and as someone from a small rural town I can tell you that he is NOT ready for the level of gossip that spreads there. You can avoid reporters, but you can't avoid Loose Lips Linda at the local roller rink, Pierre 4558868
Reposted by Karena GarvikJay Gamble @drjaydrno.bsky.social · 04/05/2025I suspect there’s a not insignificant number of Alberta separatists who think they’re actually going to Bugs Bunny the province from the rest of Canada.media.tenor.coma cartoon of bugs bunny holding a saw in his handALT: a cartoon of bugs bunny holding a saw in his hand 3426
Reposted by Karena GarvikBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Being able to identify hoaxes, avoid scams & debunk propaganda is a civic skill required in today's information society. That's why curriculum of students in Finland includes media literacy lessons, aimed at safeguarding a precious resource: the truth.youtube.comFinland teaches media literacy to fight fake news and disinformationYouTube video by Al Jazeera English 15574201
Reposted by Karena GarvikThemBOO! @thembo.bsky.social · 03/05/2025modems screaming at us in the 90s was a warning and we didn't take it 374176968
Karena Garvik @karenagarvik.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Pierre Poilievre’s by-election campaign slogan: Cowboy Boots, Not Suits 191
Reposted by Karena GarvikThomas [DARK MODE], DO @tom.medsky.social · 03/05/2025The guy on the bottom has health coverage 3806
Reposted by Karena GarvikDr. Adam Ogieglo @aogieglo.bsky.social · 03/05/2025I was in the room and glad to see my colleagues asking tough questions about the new Urgent Care Clinics being planned around the province. The health minister did not adequately answer the questions asked of him. globalnews.ca/news/1116217...globalnews.caSaskatchewan’s front-line physicians press ministers for action, answers | Globalnews.caSaskatchewan doctors pressed provincial health ministers for answers on staffing, outdated tech, and called for more say in how care is delivered across the province. 1176
Karena Garvik @karenagarvik.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Just imagine the situation is reversed and instead of Poilievre, it’s an unelected Carney running in the forthcoming by-election; the sheer amount of outrage it would elicit would be felt by the penguins of Heard Island. And it’s all but certain there would be a second Freedom Convoy. 160
Reposted by Karena GarvikAaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 03/05/2025The 45th general election refuses to be over. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...cbc.caLiberal minority back up to 169 after Elections Canada validates close Ontario race | CBC NewsElections Canada's validation process has revealed a second closely contested riding's winner has changed after Monday's preliminary result — this time from the Conservatives to the Liberals. 27516
Karena Garvik @karenagarvik.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Regular Ruffles chips (with spinach dip) and Brisk iced tea. One bag of chips, one drink. What are you choosing? 110
Reposted by Karena GarvikChronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 02/05/2025I'm like a house plant. Just like a house plant, if the house temperature isn't just perfect, I will die. 210215
Reposted by Karena GarvikCharlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Alberta First Nations issue cease and desist order against Danielle Smith's attempt to create a national unity crisis. Alberta is on treaty lands. Those treaties were signed 30 years before Alberta became a province. 19340861349
Karena Garvik @karenagarvik.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Just finished marking my ballot with a pencil in Saskatoon-University. Thanks to the polling stn staff and vols, it was easy peasy lemon squeezy and I was in and out in 5 min. A bit disappointed I didn’t get an “I voted” sticker, but if a non-PP gov is elected, it’ll make up for it a hundredfold. 2252
Karena Garvik @karenagarvik.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Happy election day to those who celebrate! Make good choices, Canadians, or you shall incur the silent judgement and/or suffer the wrath of my perpetually pissed off bunny. 1864
Reposted by Karena GarvikNick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 27/04/2025“There is no dignity in rationing insulin, skipping surgeries, or in dying young of preventable causes. There is no justice in allowing profiteers to turn your illness into their opportunity.“ Jarring read from @codeblackamerica.bsky.social: 017677
Reposted by Karena GarvikCheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Monday, April 28th is Election Day in Canada 🇨🇦 Please people VOTE, and let’s not f**k it up! #FederalElection #Canada 25635246
Reposted by Karena GarvikLaurence Thompson @thompsonlg.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Late campaign leader visits to Saskatoon suggest its 3 ridings are in play: “‘If you’re the leader of the Conservative Party…& you…campaign in Saskatchewan in the final days…that’s not a good sign’”. Carney will again stop in #yxe Sunday, the last day before the election.theglobeandmail.comWhere the major federal party leaders are spending the final days of the election campaignPoilievre took a trip to a traditionally Conservative stronghold, Carney has made stops in the Lower Mainland, and both Singh and May have spent a lot of time on home turf 032
Reposted by Karena GarvikJanice Braden, Associate Member of EU @janicebraden.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Mark Carney is coming back to Saskatoon on Sunday morning. The numbers look very promising to flip seats if progressives line up behind a Liberal candidate. #yxe 23518
Reposted by Karena Garvikanita72.bsky.social @anita72.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Provincially it used to be NDP. Until Grant Devine fucked it up and NDP had to try to fix it. www.ckom.com/2025/04/23/f...ckom.comFrom red to blue: How Saskatchewan became a Conservative strongholdThe province has long been considered one of the most reliably conservative provinces in Canada, but Saskatchewan’s political identity has shifted dramatically over the last century. 041
Karena Garvik @karenagarvik.bsky.social · 25/04/2025I’m not going to get my hopes up because *gestures at 2024 Saskatchewan provincial election polling projections*, but it would certainly be delicious if this were to transpire. … *Tents fingers à la Mr Burns* 041
Reposted by Karena GarvikJanet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 24/04/2025#GoodMoriningFromSaskatoon where I'm celebrating 6 months of (almost) daily photos from my walk to work. October to April brings big changes to this little scene 4053655
Reposted by Karena GarvikCheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Breakdown of #AdvancedVoting ballots cast in #Canada by Province or Territory #FederalElection Advanced Voting Ontario - 2,792,881 Quebec - 1,595,591 British Columbia - 1,104,151 Alberta - 815,131 Saskatchewan - 206,754 Manitoba - 229,379 Nova Scotia - 210,030 1112029
Reposted by Karena GarvikChris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 24/04/2025I would like for stupid people to stop making important decisions that affect my life 339149962372
Reposted by Karena GarvikStephano Barberis 🍁 @hellostephano.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Wow. What a bombshell. Watch this new video of Peterson with Rogan aligning himself and Poilievre with Trump and their side, and how powerful of an enemy Carney is to them. This should be used as a Liberal ad ASAP. If you ever had any doubt what side Poilievre is on, let it be crystal clear now. 21341189
Reposted by Karena GarvikM @habpipes.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Finally got my hands on a copy of Pierre's policy book. Not sure why everyone's talking about it. It's just a new cover on Harper's playbook. 0324
Reposted by Karena GarvikThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 24/04/2025Norway launches scheme to lure top researchers away from US universitiestheguardian.comNorway launches scheme to lure top researchers away from US universitiesResearch council launches 100m kroner fund as Norwegian government calls for the protection of academic freedom 1863044939