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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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l79.bsky.social @l79.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Must read.
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Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Good thing we have a Minister of Health who…. Oh wait nevermind. #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
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Canadians' health data at risk of being handed over to U.S. authorities, experts warn | CBC News
Canadians' electronic health records need more protections to prevent foreign entities from accessing patient data, according to commentary in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 02/08/2025
"Without stronger privacy laws or purpose-built Canadian cloud infrastructure, we risk ceding control of our population health data to the hostile hyperpower in our basement." Probably my favourite line in this week's roundup (story 5). canadahealthwatch.ca/newsletter/2...
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Is the Carney government abandoning national pharmacare?
The Liberals campaigned on it. Why do they now seem to be backing away from it?
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hope50.bsky.social @hope50.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
So is everyone richer now that the Carbon tax is gone? Are your groceries cheaper (nope oligarchs still gouging you) Seems like the right wing lies were just that..... #cdnpoli #abpoli
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scott daGHOSTtino @scottdagostino.ca · 10/07/2025
DON’T LET THE DOOR HIT YOU 😃🇨🇦
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Freedom Convoy Founding Organizer Says He is Seeking Political Asylum in the United States
To avoid his upcoming criminal trial in Canada, James Bauder says he is ‘living in exile’ and enlisting support from Trump allies
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Sporkman @realsporkman.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Fungal infections are getting harder to treat as they grow more resistant to available drugs, according to research published Wednesday in The Lancet Microbe. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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Fungal infections are getting harder to treat
The fungus Aspergillus fumigatus tops the World Health Organization's list of worrying fungal diseases. It's growing increasingly resistant to the first-line drug used to treat it.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
This.
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BC Reality @bcreality.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
For the working man, sure bud.
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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Promising results from McMaster's Phase 1 inhaled Aerovax Covid vaccine trial 💉 The vaccine safely produced respiratory mucosal immunity (trial didn't assess ability to prevent infections - later phase trials may do this) brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/pro...
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Promising results from Phase 1 human trials of McMaster's inhaled COVID-19 vaccine
McMaster University’s inhaled COVID-19 vaccine safely generates immune responses associated with protection in the lungs, recent clinical trial data show. The Phase-1 study, which ran . . .
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Grandpa Ken 🇨🇦 @grandpa-62.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
The Saskatchewan Party is letting people who haven't even graduated high school, let alone don't have a teaching certificate, teach children in religious schools. Let that sink in. leaderpost.com/news/saskatc...
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Saskatchewan auditor finds eight independent religious school teachers 'did not graduate high school'
Eight teachers at religion-based independent schools do not have high school diplomas, according to the latest provincial auditor's report.
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Jeff's Fact Checker @thunderbayed.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
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Danielle Smith, Premier of Alberta‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎(Parody) @abdanielsmith.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
I DO NOT look like that! #abpoli #ableg #UCPCorruption
5 Manipulation Tactics Premier Danielle Smith Uses:

1. Victimhood Framing
She paints Alberta as a victim of Ottawa - saying billions are taken, jobs are lost, and opportunities are stolen.
> Why it's manipulative: It makes people feel attacked, even when the situation is more complex.
It turns federal policles into personal betrayals, which increases anger and fear.

2. Scapegoating the Federal Government
She blames almost every problem - economy, jobs, investment, inflation - on Ottawa,
→ Why it's manipulative: It simplifies complex issues and deflects attention from what her own government could be doing better. It makes one easy enemy, the feds,

3. Us vs. Them Language
She divides Canadians into good Albertans vs. out-of-touch eastern elites, freedom-loving citizens vs, interfering bureaucrats.
→ Why it's manipulative: It creates tribal loyalty, making people suspicious of outsiders or those who disagree.
It makes unity look like weakness and division look like a strength.

4. Emotional Extremes
She uses strong emotional words like 'attacks. crippling, 'ravaged,' and 'hostlle.
→ Why it's manipulative: This ramps up fear and urgency, When people are scared or angry, they stop questioning - and follow the strongest voice in the room.

5. Pretending to Be the Only Reasonable Voice She says she respects both separatists and federalists and just wants "a fair deal." She seems moderate - while planting radical ideas (like separation) as
"understandable."
→ Why it's manipulative: It disguises hardline rhetoric as balanced. It allows her to push extreme positions without taking full responsibility.

These tactics appeared in Danielle Smith's May 5th speech to Albertans.
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
“Never before has a Canadian politician shared so much disinformation unchecked. As Pierre Poilievre tries to weasel his way back into Parliament, our legacy media still refuses to call out his lies, or question his ties to Canada Proud, who ran disinformation campaigns targeting our prime minister”
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Observations from Montreal
An ever-changing collection of commentary and observations by Montrealers or about Montreal politics and culture.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 01/07/2025
OPINION: Vladimir Putin is spending millions of dollars, bombarding European voters with manipulative social media and disinformation campaigns on a mass scale. It’s a new type of warfare on democracy that eliminates the need to roll tanks into capitals.
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Putin is invading more than Ukraine
The new battlefield is online, and the stakes are democratic sovereignty.
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 26/06/2025
Indigenous sovereignty and Indigenous-led conservation are both crucial to Canada’s future — but they’re also widely misunderstood. @michellecyca.com explains in our latest video: thenarwhal.ca/indigenous-s...
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Indigenous sovereignty in Canada, explained | The Narwhal
Indigenous sovereignty and Indigenous-led conservation are both crucial to Canada’s future. We explain in our latest video...
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Pissed Off Canadian @eastcoastbiker2024.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
This is going to PISS off that Orange POS. I guess sending Vance to Greenland didn't go so well. #canadastrong2025 #greenlandstrong2025 #wethenorth
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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Dear Americans, Canadian health care is free to Canadians and to Canadian residents. Not to you. That so hard to understand?
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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 20/06/2025
“If the feds are serious about changing Canada’s relationship with the United States, we need to address the domestic problems that are aggravating our economic vulnerability. High grocery costs and food insecurity should be at the top of that list.” An editorial by @taylornoakes.com.
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Canada needs to curb corporate greed and break up grocery monopolies
Corporate greed, particularly among grocery monopolies, is what's really driving up food prices in Canada.
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FF-Suze @suze-bsky.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
2013 Report on the Ford Family www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto...
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Globe investigation: The Ford family’s history with drug dealing
Long before the current controversy at Toronto City Hall, The Globe and Mail set out to trace the Ford brothers’ rise to prominence. Reporters found the Mayor’s siblings have former ties to drug traff...
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Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
👇🏻 bsky.app/profile/jimb...
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Carole @cderck.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
You are not alone. bsky.app/profile/mswe...
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Arcas De Disco @puckarks.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Man holding a sign that says can we stop pretending its still possible to live on MINIMUM WAGE?!
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Blake Murdoch @blakemurdoch.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
My latest in @edmontonjournal.com . The Journal of the American Medical Association recently advised Long COVID in kids may have now surpassed asthma as the leading paediatric chronic illness. Danielle Smith's response: start charging for and limiting vaccines. edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
edmontonjournal.com
Opinion: UCP's COVID vaccine cuts put children at serious risk
A policy of ending pediatric COVID vaccination will disable, hospitalize and even kill Albertan children, leaving blood on Smith’s hands.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Thomson Talks at Cambridge University: New Report Charts a Way Forward on Disinformation www.thomsonfoundation.org/latest/thoms...
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New Report: Thomson Talks at Cambridge University
New Thomson Talks report, based on a session during the Cambridge Disinformation Summit, outlines what works and what doesn’t when tackling disinformation.
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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Every time some one goes on the show to say that Canadian O&G should "displace" global emissions, they should be laughed off the show. Just ordered out. That's not serious. #PnPCBC
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 28/05/2025
Why are we seeing wildfires already? What causes them? @drewanderson.bsky.social explains:
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Kinew says the fires have forced 17,000 people across several communities to flee in what he calls the largest such exodus in living memory in Manitoba.
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State of emergency declared in Manitoba due to wildfires
The premier of Manitoba has declared a state of emergency in the province because of the threat of wildfires.
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
First Nations want to move forward, but you can't do that without having those voices at the table,' says Woodhouse Nepinak | @karynpugliese.bsky.social
aptnnews.ca
How do Indigenous rights fit into Carney's vision of 'one economy'?
Woodhouse Nepinak said Indigenous leaders across the country are united on the need to ensure treaty and inherent rights are respected.
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MACoop🇨🇦 @macoop.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
@ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social Charlie Angus has an opinion on the US ambassador in Ottawa. A significant number of Canadians agree with him. It'd be nice to see something on prime time along these lines. 🇨🇦 #cdapoli #Canada #CanadaSky #USA #USPol 🇺🇲 @meidastouch.com
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A Simard 🇨🇦 @adadcoaching.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Canadians 🇨🇦 Be in the know
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pStabs @pstabs.ca · 26/05/2025
Science is still legal in Canada! Move to Canada if you like to do science!
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Investigative Journalism Foundation @theijf.org · 26/05/2025
We broke down the numbers and found that Alberta’s cabinet ministers and political staff spent significantly more on travel and hospitality last year than the year before. Read more about who the highest spending members were. #abpoli #cdnpoli
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Alberta government travel spending increased by nearly $1 million in 2024
Alberta’s cabinet ministers and political staff spent significantly more on airfare, hotels and other travel costs last year compared to 2023, according to an analysis of government expense disclosures.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 26/05/2025
🇩🇪 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says Germany, France, the UK, and the US have lifted all restrictions on Ukraine striking deep into Russian territory with Western-supplied weapons. "This is a decisive shift—Ukraine can now hit military targets in Russia’s rear."
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Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Albertans have good reason to be angry: their real wages are down 10%, their minimum wage is frozen, their inflation is worst in Canada, their health care's at risk. None of that was caused by the rest of Canada. My take in today's @TorontoStar: www.thestar.com/business/opi.... #cdnecon
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Jim Stanford: Let’s drop the phoney Alberta versus Canada nonsense. The province has met the enemy — and it is them
During the so-called decade of federal 'attacks on oil,' Alberta oil giants set records for production and profits, writes Jim Stanford. So why is the average Albertan not getting their
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Dr. Brian Goldman ER MD and Broadcaster @casinoshiftmd.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
#Measles is not being spread in Canada by visitors or temporary workers. It’s being spread by unvaccinated people infected with measles.
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Joe Segal - Create Positive Solidarity @joesegal.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
"In Finland, charging fees for tuition is illegal, which means rich kids have to mix with normal kids, which means rich families had to make sure the school their kid went to was good which meant the rich were prompted to invest in public schools, Finland, take a bow." anonymous
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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Considering that there is evidence that certain treatments during acute COVID do decrease the severity of long COVID… I think it is negligent to restrict access to PCR testing to “healthy” people just because we don’t want to prescribe antivirals to prevent hospitalisation/death.
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Rocket57 🇨🇦 @rocket57.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
This seems noteworthy. COVID messes with the immune system. Perhaps ignoring it and getting repeatedly infected isn’t a great plan. Imagine our kids in a few years when they’re all a dozen infections deep.
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COVID virus 'reprograms' infection fighters into immune system suppressors, study shows
A study by researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and The Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering finds that neutrophils—the most a...
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l79.bsky.social @l79.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Much better than #NeverPoilievre
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Not Albus-D 🇨🇦 part owner of Canada @notalbus-d.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Me too! We had the opportunity to oust this grifter and instead gave him another mandate!
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Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 22/05/2025
Manitoba Crown attorneys will receive enhanced training on the prosecution of hate crimes as part of a national effort to crack down on racism, discrimination and violence against marginalized groups.
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Crowns to get training to help prosecute hate crimes
Manitoba Crown attorneys will receive enhanced training on the prosecution of hate crimes as part of a national effort to crack down on racism, discrimination and violence against marginalized groups.
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l79.bsky.social @l79.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Completely agree.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 22/05/2025
🇪🇺 Brussels is preparing a “Plan B” to launch EU accession talks with Ukraine without Hungary, should Orban maintain his veto. The workaround, dubbed “parallel negotiations,” would see 26 member states move forward with Kyiv—even if unanimity isn’t reached. Possibly already by fall.
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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 21/05/2025
“This is the root of ‘Western separatism’: the federal government tried to do something that would benefit all Canadians but a small yet vocal minority of oil tycoons felt Western energy resources existed only for their immediate benefit.” An editorial by @taylornoakes.com.
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The Quebec referendum, Alberta separation and the politics of Big Oil in Canada
45 years after the first Quebec referendum, Canada's still searching for a path to economic sovereignty and Alberta wants to separate.
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Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Fanjoy trolling Poilievre is gold. #cdnpoli
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Julian 🦋 8+6+4+7=25th 👈 @16screwsloose.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Exactly right. Just ask Norway that actually implemented the Canadian plan, what should have been implemented in Canada.
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Blackfoot Niitsítapi🪶🇨🇦🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💙🌎🌲🌳🔥🐾🐾🐝🦋🦅🦬🦫🐋🦆🦉🐧🐦‍⬛🐻🦊 @thoughtsnations.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Oligarchs aren’t getting the message. Food prices are out of control. This must stop! The premiers are doing nothing so it’s the federal govt does. 🪶😡🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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Tobique Mike🇨🇦 @tobiquemike.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
The denial on social media over Poilievre’s spending he reported himself to the non-partisan office is deliciously sad. It hits hard when you realize the thief wasn’t Trudeau but your champion of “fiscal responsibility” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 #cdnpoli
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Andrea Reynolds @waternymph.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
How anyone can think Poilievere and the Conservatives are fiscally responsible is beyond me.
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