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Scott Robertson @sarobertson.bsky.social · 15h
Andrew Thomson on Jamieson Greer thinking the Quebec election was a defeat for Carney: "Americans just don't understand how Canadian politics work. In that way, we're probably lucky that they're pretty dumb, with a B."
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Carney has a chance to show us there’s actually still a difference between his government and the one we’d have if Poilievre had won the election. Will he take it? Federal funding to help LGBTQ rights groups survive the attacks on their humanity is about to expire. He can do something about it:
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OneSoccer @onesoccer.bsky.social · 15h
How important is it for the #CanWNT to beat a top-15 opponent in Denmark this window? After a year of progress, here's why these matches will be a key measuring-stick opportunity for Casey Stoney's side
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I don't know why we are paying for this office. I called on the commissioner's office over the meeting between Alberta separatists and State Department and a $500 mil slush fund. I was blown off and told to send concerns to "general inquiries." ie. the dead letter office. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Past Alberta separatist meetings in U.S. don't fall under foreign influence registry: watchdog | CBC News
Meetings between advocates of Alberta separation and American government officials don't have to be included in Canada's new foreign influence registry because they took place before the registry went...
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Invasion." "Remigration." They're terms you'd more commonly associate with America's toxic debate around immigration policy than Canada's. But they're starting to pop up here. You can thank Danielle Smith and the UCP for that. #cdnpoli #abpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/06/o...
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America’s anti-immigration politics are coming to Canada — and Alberta invited them in
The separation question has consumed most of the attention around the province's October 19th referendum. The immigration-related questions also on the ballot might be just as dangerous and divisive.
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We're paying for our own extinction
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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I sometimes think I should investigate putting out an actual dead tree newspaper with coin boxes and such, but I realize someone would just scan it and put it on the internet, destroying the intent.
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Halifax Examiner @halifaxexaminer.ca · 05/10/2026
Unions protest a new bill that undermines workers’ right to strike Reported by Madiha Mughees @mmughees.bsky.social
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Unions protest a new bill that undermines workers' right to strike - Halifax Examiner
The Bill C-39 aims to amend Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code, allowing ministerial intervention in labour disputes.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 03/10/2026
Oh wow In May, I reported Alberta separatists were using an app developed by GOP operatives with ties to US ambassador Pete Hoekstra @theglobeandmail.com now reports the same operatives flew to Calgary on a private jet for a secret meeting with separatist leaders: pressprogress.ca/alberta-sepa...
The pitch began with a prayer.
On an afternoon in late January, Mitch Sylvestre, the leader of Alberta's most prominent separatist organization, gathered with three of his lieutenants in a boardroom not far from the executive hangars at the Calgary International Airport, where private jets shuttle in and out of the city away from prying eyes.
It was a few hours before thousands of Albertans would gather near the city centre at a rally to launch the separatist campaign. But this meeting, convened behind closed doors a half-hour drive away, was invite only.
The Alberta Prosperity Project chose the location to accommodate its guests, Republican political strategists from Michigan who helped Donald Trump win the state in the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
The American delegation travelled to Calgary to sell them on software developed for Republicans to get out the vote - and how it could be used to wrench Alberta from Confederation.
"They were young Christians. Capable, intelligent people," Mr. Sylvestre said. "We prayed before we started the meeting.""There is no secrecy'
One of the key figures behind the Michigan software company has expressed strong views on Alberta.
On July 1, Mr. Born wrote on social media: "On this Canada Day, I hope this is the last year Alberta is part of Canada." He has also called for U.S. annexation of the province.
A hunter, outdoorsman and commercial real estate agent in Grand Rapids, Mr. Born is the stepson of J.C. Huizenga, a wealthy Republican donor and founder of National Heritage Academies, a network of conservative charter schools in the U.S.
Mr. Wierda is the nephew of Erik Prince, who founded and ran the private military contractor Blackwater before it was sold to investors in 2010, and Betsy DeVos, the education secretary during Mr. Trump's first term.
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OneSoccer @onesoccer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
GOAL ⚓️⚓️⚓️ INCREDIBLE!!!! HALIFAX HAVE TWO INJURY-TIME GOALS AND ARE LEVEL! 😱 It's Tavio Ciccarelli who gets the finish 🔥 🔴 Watch #CPLSoccer on OneSoccer
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oldmikey.bsky.social @oldmikey.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Alberta has a dominant Calgary elite that is full of Junker Class Prussians and Vichy opportunists. They follow the money $$$.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Because he’s calling her bluff and she knows it.
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
They have separated from reality in many cases, so separation from Canada naturally follows
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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
All I see looking at this picture is about a billion dollars of absolutely wasted tax revenue potential.
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Halifax Examiner @halifaxexaminer.ca · 02/10/2026
Pablo Torre's excellent sports reporting stands in stark contrast to the general overall failure of journalism Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
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Pablo Torre's excellent sports reporting stands in stark contrast to the general overall failure of journalism - Halifax Examiner
Torre jokes that the motto of PTFO is that it aims to "take stupid things seriously," but that sort of under-the-hood investigative reporting can be applied to any field.
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Down the Pub Podcast @downthepubpod.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New Episode Available! @dartmouthderek.bsky.social and @halifaxdave33.bsky.social look back at our win against Inter Toronto and the loss to Ottawa Check it out here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/d... Pics thanks to the CPL #coyw #hfxwanderers #cpl #canpl
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A professor at the University of Waterloo #Canada has developed a filter to filter out microplastics from drinking water
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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
. @pablo.show is doing to sports reporting what @propublica.org has done to Supreme Court reporting: showing the decades-long abject failure of mainstream news media in covering the beats they're getting paid the big bucks to cover.
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Halifax Examiner @halifaxexaminer.ca · 29/09/2026
Construction booming in N.S. despite labour shortage concerns By @dartjenhen.bsky.social
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Construction booming in N.S. despite labour shortage concerns - Halifax Examiner
“Knowing what we know today, our estimates are we still have a gap of somewhere in the neighbourhood of 11,000 workers over the next six to seven years,” Duncan Williams said.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
AHEM
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Halifax Examiner @halifaxexaminer.ca · 22/09/2026
End Times Fascism: We need to understand that the powerful want us dead Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
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End Times Fascism: We need to understand that the powerful want us dead - Halifax Examiner
Given the chance, the assholes now striding atop the political and economic establishments will murder us all.
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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
End Times Fascism: We need to understand that the powerful want us dead Morning File by me
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End Times Fascism: We need to understand that the powerful want us dead - Halifax Examiner
Given the chance, the assholes now striding atop the political and economic establishments will murder us all.
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Suzanne Rent @suzannerent.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
You’d think a province of cowboys would have more grit.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Sat down and ranted at my phone for a second on a day off because this needed to be said. Please stop yelling at me because you don’t like the realities I’m reporting! It’s not nice! And not my fault! Thank you ❤️
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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Went on the @downthepubpod.bsky.social to talk stadium proposal and rant about parking. Check it out wherever you get your podcasts.
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Episode 271: New Stadium Proposal with Stephen Adams and Matt Stickland
On this episode we are joined by former Halifax Cllr, Stephen Adams and Halifax Council reporter and owner of The Grand Parade Newspaper, Matt Stickland. Both give their thoughts on the proposal and w...
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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Excellent questions.
Becky Druhan, MLA Lunenburg West (via facebook)
TL This week, we learned Premier Tim Houston has included the MacKay Bridge among the Nova Scotia projects being pitched to global investors at the Canada Investment Summit in Toronto.
Until last year, Halifax Harbour Bridges operated on a self-funded model: bridge users paid tolls, and that revenue stayed in the system to operate, maintain and ultimately replace the bridges.
Government eliminated the tolls, shifted those costs to taxpayers and dissolved the Bridge Commission.
Now it is looking for private investment.
Private investors aren't charities. They expect a return.
I asked whether the Minister of Public Works Fred Tilley could explain how an investor would get a return without tolls - whether he could name any example of a privately financed bridge in Canada where users don't pay tolls?
The Minister spent his response time commenting on his perception of my emotional state. He did not answer the question.
When I got the floor again, I gave government an example.
The Pont Samuel-De Champlain Bridge in Montréal is toll-free and was delivered through a 34-year, $4.2-billion public-private partnership. The Auditor General found that the private-financing model cost taxpayers $250 million more than traditional financing would have.
That brings us back to the MacKay Bridge.brings us back to the MacKay Bridge.
Private investors do not invest for free. They expect to recover their investment and earn a return.
So Nova Scotians deserve to know:
? Who would ultimately pay the investor - bridge users, taxpayers, or both?
? Was bringing in a private investor the plan all along? If not, when did the Premier decide that private investors should make money from our bridge at Nova Scotia taxpayers' expense?
Minister of Finance John Lohr MLA Kings North rose to speak in response to my supplementary question.
Do you think he answered it?

There’s a still from a video of Becky Druhan talking during Question Period
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Halifax Examiner @halifaxexaminer.ca · 17/09/2026
Mayor Fillmore is ‘at it again’ on the Halifax Forum. Or is he? By @suzannerent.bsky.social
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Mayor Fillmore is 'at it again' on the Halifax Forum. Or is he? - Halifax Examiner
Halifax Forum Community Association and the Halifax Hawks have differing stories on the mayor's involvement with pushing hockey organization to pause Forum redevelopment.
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Suzanne Rent @suzannerent.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Mayor Fillmore is ‘at it again’ on the Halifax Forum. Or is he? Story by me www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...
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Mayor Fillmore is 'at it again' on the Halifax Forum. Or is he? - Halifax Examiner
Halifax Forum Community Association and the Halifax Hawks have differing stories on the mayor's involvement with pushing hockey organization to pause Forum redevelopment.
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Michael Fry @bigdirtyfry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Your Grandad Cyclops talks about his school days
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OneSoccer @onesoccer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
UPDATE 🚨 Kyle Bekker has told Kristian Jack that he worries he may have suffered an ACL injury. 🔴 Watch TELUS #CanChamp on OneSoccer
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Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The myth Alberta 'subsidizes' the rest of Canada is the most powerful meme in the separatist armoury. But it's utterly false. I show that most Albertans get more back from federal programs than they personally pay in federal taxes, for @thetyee.ca: thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026... #abpoli /2
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No, Alberta Does Not ‘Subsidize’ the Rest of Canada | The Tyee
The vast majority of workers get more from federal programs than they give.
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Someone tried to silence us last night by damaging our Unity Bus. All they did was prove why our mission to bring people together is so urgent. It’s time to stop this divisive referendum.The glass is repaired, the engine is running, and we'll see you at our next stop Alberta.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Local honey producers weathering double sting of U.S. tariffs, winter losses #Canada #SupportLocal #Honey 🍯🐝 Here is a list of honey producers in Canada - support the local Canadian small businesses: buycanadianhoney.ca/browse/
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Buy Canadian honey direct | 358 beekeepers and honey farms
Browse 358 Canadian beekeepers and honey farms. Filter by province, honey type, or whether they mail orders out, and buy direct from the farm.
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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Old post by me saying Canadian Liberals focus on winning elections.
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OneSoccer @onesoccer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"Every match will mean something" 💪 CanMNT 🇨🇦 head coach Jesse Marsch sets a clear goal for his team in the next cycle: Climb the FIFA rankings, get into the Top 24, and secure a Pot 2 spot for the next World Cup draw 📈 Can they do it? 👀
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Devin Heroux @devinheroux.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
That Curling 🥌 Show Returns. It will never be what it was will my pal Colleen Jones. But she would want the conversation to continue. And so we’re bringing back That Curling Show. More details to follow in the coming days.
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OneSoccer @onesoccer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
PLAYOFFS, CLINCHED ✅ ...and with a meeting at 2nd-place Hamilton this weekend, would a win all but secure the 2026 #CPLsoccer shield for Calgary? 🏆
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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Alex Jones popped like a balloon. Why did the #Emmys censor his death from the ‘In Memoriam’?
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OneSoccer @onesoccer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
PREGAME INTERVIEW 🎙️ Pacific head coach Terry Dunfield joins us as his side gets set for a home clash against Cavalry 🗣️ 🔴 Watch #CPLSoccer on OneSoccer
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OneSoccer @onesoccer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Now seemingly back to full strength, are we about to see CanMNT 🇨🇦 captain Alphonso Davies reach the peak of his power for club & country? 🔥 📺 Watch UEFA Champions League on DAZN & OneSoccer
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Halifax Examiner @halifaxexaminer.ca · 11/09/2026
Osama bin Laden won Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
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Osama bin Laden won - Halifax Examiner
There's always a good reason to kill people. But whatever the cause, blood just looks the same when you open up the veins.
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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
‘Who owns Halifax?’ Dalhousie Legal Aid report finds 20 landlords own 56% of the city’s rental housing units Morning File by Suzanne Rent @suzannerent.bsky.social
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'Who owns Halifax?' Dalhousie Legal Aid report finds 20 landlords own 56% of the city's rental housing units - Halifax Examiner
"I find it pretty egregious when you have a multinational REIT with investors all over Canada or the world who essentially are making their money from renting out low-income apartments."
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Suzanne Rent @suzannerent.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
To the CBC, scoops by any other media are just "media reports" and not deserving of proper credit.
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 09/09/2026
It's us, we're media report www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/04/n...
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 09/09/2026
NEW POST: You don’t have to caricature Alberta separatism as vacuous or racist, the separatists do it themselves emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/you-dont-h...
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You don’t have to caricature Alberta separatism as vacuous or racist, the separatists do it themselves
Over at journalist Paul Wells’s newsletter, he has opened the door to guest columnists on the Alberta secession question.
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Halifax Examiner @halifaxexaminer.ca · 09/09/2026
There is a plague of people turning off their brains and uncritically trusting technology Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
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There is a plague of people turning off their brains and uncritically trusting technology - Halifax Examiner
The technology is bigger than your puny brain. There's no reason you should think about this at all. Trust the people with money and power.
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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 08/09/2026
Remember, none of this is new. Today is the day we double-down, #Canada. We've got this.
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OneSoccer @onesoccer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The CanWNT U-20s 🇨🇦 kick off their FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup campaign tomorrow vs. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, and there are DEFINITELY some future stars you should be keeping an eye on 👀
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
What Pablo Torre did was ridiculously impressive. Uncovered a conspiracy between rich guys, withstood a propaganda campaign by one of the richest guys in the world with a pretty good reputation, didn't buckle or panic, and just kept reporting. That's some Pulitzerin' right there.
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Halifax Examiner @halifaxexaminer.ca · 02/09/2026
The latest in Suzanne Rent's @suzannerent.bsky.social profiles of NS mayors ‘Don’t step in unless you’re serious:’ Yarmouth Mayor Pam Mood on online abuse, the ferry, and why she won’t reoffer in 2028
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'Don't step in unless you're serious:' Yarmouth Mayor Pam Mood on online abuse, the ferry, and why she won't reoffer in 2028 - Halifax Examiner
Mood has been mayor for 14 years, but says she's scared to give up the job she says she could do forever.
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