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Scott Robertson @sarobertson.bsky.social · 13h
Emilie Nicolas: "People are not understanding the American threat of interference in Canadian affairs in the same way [as China]. People are just like frogs in water that is slowly heating it up and not realizing that they're being boiled alive."
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Robert Jago @rjjago.bsky.social · 9h
As part of a contract I'm doing for a bunch of First Nations cultural institutions, I built a Canadian Indigenous cultural institutions directory. With museums, archives, language, cultural centres, as well as funders. Check it out here: www.indigstitutions.org
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Indigenous Cultural Institutions of Canada
A directory of First Nations, Métis and Inuit cultural institutions across Canada: museums, cultural centres, longhouses, heritage villages, arts societies, libraries, archives, language and culture o...
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Karen Blair @karenblair.bsky.social · 4h
It appears Immigration Minister Diane does not have a good grasp of the immigration file.
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 06/10/2026
There's a playbook for destabilizing a country. There's always a playbook. #cdnpoli bsky.app/profile/soci...
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Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/05/n...
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Energy regulator hands oil giants discount worth billions to use Trans-Mountain pipeline
The decision means that Canadians will not recoup the $40 billion in public funds spent on the project during the 20 year lifespan of its oil shipping contracts, according to regulatory filings. After...
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Trevor J. Adams @trevorjadams.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Atlantic Canadian foodies are hitting the road and making unforgettable culinary discoveries at these friendly rural restaurants. Learn more in this recent Saltscapes story, plus get two mouthwatering recipes.
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Small places, serious food - Saltscapes
The rise of the country restaurant Somewhere along a two-lane highway, past the last gas station and the familiar glow of a Tim Hortons sign,…
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Karen Blair @karenblair.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Just another reminder that Amazon does evil very well.
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Stewart Prest @stewartprest.ca · 05/10/2026
New piece up at @thewalrus.ca, looking at the "T-word". What should Canada do about Canadians looking to America for help in trying to break up the country? thewalrus.ca/is-it-treaso...
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Is It Treason to Ask America to Help Break Up Canada? | The Walrus
The growing relationship between Alberta separatists and US political actors demands a response
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I pray for the day that these lines will cross. I pray that this day will come soon. For when it does, our climate politics will change forever. news.gallup.com/poll/708050/...
Americans' Beliefs That Global Warming Will Threaten Their
Way of Life Do you think that global warming will pose a serious threat to you or your way of
life in your lifetime? 70% said no in 1997, but 53% say no now. 24% said yes in 1997, but 45% say yes now.
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Karen Blair @karenblair.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Whose nation is being built?
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Erika Shaker @ershaker.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... ‘the main purpose of this legislation…is about clearing the way for greater corporate profit, at the expense of everything else. In this case, the feds are offering up the environment, First Nations, and workers to the bulldozer.’ @policyalternatives.ca
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Bill C-39 is a massive corporate giveaway | CCPA
The feds’ latest omnibus bill dismantles environmental regulation, steamrolls Indigenous rights, and attacks workers
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Nova Scotia Museum @novascotiamuseum.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Have you seen any brown bullhead catfish with strange black spots or lumps? We are collaborating with researchers in collecting catfish from Nova Scotia that may have an interesting form of cancer.
Brown bullhead catfish with strange black spots and lumps.
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Now it is ten. Ten US states have made plugin solar affordable. zero Canadian provinces. Help me understand.
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California Officially Legalizes Balcony Solar, Opening the Market to the New Technology | KQED
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation to make it simpler for Californians to install plug-in solar panels. Models that meet state standards are expected to be on sale in mid-2027.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Images of white supremacists demonstrating near a former residential school in Kamloops have sent a chill across the country, just days before the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. An expert on extremist groups called it disturbing but not surprising.
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Expert disturbed-not surprised by white nationalism demonstration
A demonstration of white nationalism by Second Sons of Canada near the Kamloops residential school site has sent a chill across the country.
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What is residential school denialism? University of Manitoba professor Niigaan Sinclair explains that it isn’t the denial of the existence of residential schools – it’s the downplaying of experiences that have been proven time and time again.
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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I’m glad to see so many news outlets covering this. Let’s keep the pressure on @hfxgov.bsky.social to do better.
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'Not good enough': Halifax residents call for change after 20 fatal collisions last year | CBC News
New data shows fatal crashes on Halifax roadways jumped last year, with some residents saying current plans are not working.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🔥This is how it’s done. Imagine if every anti-immigrant fearmongering liar was grilled like this. #ShowMeTheStats #GetYourPhoneOut 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (h/t @ukcameraman.bsky.social )
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Suzanne Rent @suzannerent.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Imagine arresting seniors who arrived to Ottawa in a caravan to protest inaction on climate change.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 21/09/2026
Photos: Gaza’s children return to class in tents and ruins aje.news/4welr2
Palestinian students attend their first day of the new school year inside a tent classroom at a school in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. [Ramadan Abed/Reuters]Displaced Palestinian student Samar Abu Salmi, 15, reads a list of names displayed in a school in Khan Younis. [Ramadan Abed/Reuters]Tents for displaced Palestinians cover the yard of a school-turned-shelter in Khan Younis. [Ramadan Abed/Reuters]Palestinian children sit in their classroom on the first day of the new academic year at a United Nations-run school in Nuseirat, the central Gaza Strip. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]
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Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
In small gestures, would donate to a reputable kickstarter to help the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Belleville, Ontario restore the mid-century stained glass window through which bullets were shot on Yom Kippur. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Multiple mid-century stained glass window panels forming one wall.
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Karen Blair @karenblair.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Hope. Highly underrated.
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Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
More sirens now. The new normal is that there are Russian jet drones almost constantly in the air over Ukraine…
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calizaybak.bsky.social @calizaybak.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If only there was some sort of system by which nations could increase their population with people eager for a safe home and a chance to work and contribute to a nation's future and shared prosperity. Alas.
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Halifax ReTales @halifaxretales.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It just screened at tiff but you can watch it on the NFB site A 12-min doc about kids growing up in HRM Asian restaurants featuring the original owners of Shengs Truly Tasty May Garden Fongs Yum Yum Fung Wah Star Anise <- where the filmmaker Sylvia Mok grew up www.nfb.ca/film/restaur...
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Restaurant Kids
For many children of Halifax’s Chinese restaurateurs, the family restaurant was more than a business. It was a second home, a classroom and a workplace. Through intimate conversations …
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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It’s Equal Pay Day in Canada coming in the midst of a trade war. Deep divisions in the labour market are set to get worse including the gender pay gap. A report from the CCPA looks at recent trends and the fight for equal pay over the last 75 years. A recap👇 www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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Dismantling gender pay discrimination in Canada: Current trends and policy responses | CCPA
The gender pay gap has narrowed but remains unacceptably wide, with the average woman earning only 72% of what men earn
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 17/09/2026
This absolute horseshit from the Washington Post is more proof the problem isn't just Trump, but a society of Trump enablers, one Canada indeed should be 'decoupling' with a helluva lot faster than it is.
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Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“European leaders have utterly failed to explain to the voting public just what is at stake. Irate voters, meanwhile, are turning to Trumpian figures and their magic-bean promises…” Lots worth reading in this from @justinling.ca in @thestar.com.
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Justin Ling: On his latest trip overseas, Carney should warn Europe: Trump is coming for you next
During my own recent Euro trip, I kept meeting people terrified by the U.S. president's autocratic turn yet blithe to the threat he poses to them.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 17/09/2026
🇵🇸 Palestinian herder Mohammed Emar has set up a fully functional home for his family where his daughters can even sing karaoke. Only it is inside a cave after the Israeli army demolished his two houses. ➡️ u.afp.com/SjbK
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National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 17/09/2026
On his latest trip overseas, Carney should warn Europe: Trump is coming for you next, @justinling.ca writes www.thestar.com/opinion/star... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
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Justin Ling: On his latest trip overseas, Carney should warn Europe: Trump is coming for you next
During my own recent Euro trip, I kept meeting people terrified by the U.S. president's autocratic turn yet blithe to the threat he poses to them.
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Trump thinks that it's a hostile act against the US if other countries trade with the US, and also if other countries trade with each other without the US.
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Stewart Prest @stewartprest.ca · 17/09/2026
Like an abuser mad someone is helping his victim.
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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 16/09/2026
Remember, a bird in hand is worth like 200 that pretend they're in hand but then keep flying away and squawking about Lake America or whatever every time they need to distract their population from the price of gas
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Karen Blair @karenblair.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
All hail the mighty sphagnum moss! Hero of the bog, and beyond!
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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 16/09/2026
And bikes! And public transit!! And families!!! And KIDS!!!! #WarOnWalking #ActiveTransportation
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
imagine being a fitness guy for the last 10 years — tracking macros, avoiding seed oils, and strength training every day so you will live longer — only for AI to end all of humanity by 2030
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 14/09/2026
Opinion: It takes moxy to hold an investor showcase amid a trade war with the U.S., writes @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social. But not all investment is good investment. And nowhere are the risks of the Canada Investment Summit greater than in the care economy — health care, education, social services.
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To save Canada, Mark Carney is courting foreign money. He’s risking an ‘investment invasion’
The care economy is looking tempting to foreign investors but that mustn’t be used as a reason to privatize sectors like health.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This to me is maybe the most maddening comprehension failure in politics now.
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Yet another confirmation that Ovechkin is a Putinist. He makes his money in the West while supporting Russian imperialism and its desire to bring on the demise of the West.
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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 14/09/2026
Looking for a freelance photojournalist in western New Brunswick for an assignment. Anyone know anyone?
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Countries of the World, hearing that Trump thinks they will be reimbursing the US for his insane war that drove up their energy prices
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Lmao Meme: Man Laughing Heartily
ALT: Lmao Meme: Man Laughing Heartily
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Seriously. (Glad to know I wasn’t alone in thinking that latest WSJ article was a bit overheated, as was the reaction to it.) paulwells.substack.com/p/carneys-eu...
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Carney’s Euro-vision: could everybody please calm down
If the French take over, can I get a decent omelet?
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Regenerative grazing has gotten a lot of buzz — maybe thanks to big money from the beef industry? — but it’s NOT an effective climate solution. I wish it was. But it’s time to move on from greenwashing and focus on things that work.
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Karen Blair @karenblair.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Are you smarter than a 15-year-old? Although to be fair, many 15-year-olds in the recent PISA tests across the OECD scored more like what was expected of 14-year-olds.
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Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
When the Olympics and other sports muse about letting Russia back into the fold, remember the hell that Putin's regime is inflicting on Ukrainian athletes and regular citizens. Russia is a terrorist state. #tennis #Olympics #SlavaUkraini
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Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Trump wants us to believe Canada can’t stand up to his extortion. He’s wrong. Trump’s five biggest lies about Canada-U.S. trade debunked. My take in today’s Toronto Star. #cdnecon #canlab www.thestar.com/business/opi...
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The five big lies Trump is telling about Canada's trade — and the facts that shoot them all down
Trump's numbers keep changing because they were never real, writes Jim Stanford. Here's a point-by-point rebuttal of his wildest arguments
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is a brave, human thing.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/09/2026
CBS: Do you believe the tariffs that are now in place and the escalating trade war with Canada is a political risk for you in this campaign? HUSTED: Ah, I'm hopeful it's gonna get settled soon (That's a yes!)
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Another way of saying “just a few feet from the beach” is “in the water, where they’re supposed to be” Sharks enter shallow water searching for food all the time. Some of you need to touch seagrass.
News article asking why sharks are near a beach.
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