Reposted by HANK TOUGHDon Davies @donvdavies.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The Liberals’ new bill allows the Minister to violate workers’ right to strike based solely on her opinion after taking into account any consideration she wants. That’s not guardrails at all - it’s pure discretion. 1417299
Reposted by HANK TOUGHJackie Wong @jackie-wong.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I haven't been here much lately but I made this just now and my coworkers said I should post it 113626
HANK TOUGH @marktrk.bsky.social · 28/08/2026So far shocked I haven't seen more coverage of this, seems like a @pennydaflos.bsky.social specialbiv.comB.C. admits to $1.5B budget error following BIV investigationPremier's office blames 'administrative error' for missing $1.5B in gas royalties; experts call the government's explanation confusing, and in some cases, demonstrably false 020
Reposted by HANK TOUGHThe Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 26/08/2026🇺🇸🇺🇦 Keith Kellogg: The overwhelming majority of Americans support Ukraine and believe in Ukraine. But I’ll tell you, if you conduct a poll in America, you will automatically get 30% of people who believe the sun rises in the west or the southeast. I simply don’t count them. 1525855
Reposted by HANK TOUGHJustin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Here's our 44 minute debate this morning between Stephanie Allen, Pete Fry and William Azaroff as they compete to (maybe, probably) be the sole progressive Vancouver mayoral candidate this October. Glad to do this public service journalism! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhK6...youtube.com3 Vancouver mayoral candidates debate why they should be voted inYouTube video by CBC British Columbia 17915
Reposted by HANK TOUGHTim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 02/07/2026After that strike on Nivky, emergency workers heard a terrified cat, trapped and injured under a slab of concrete. The little creature was rescued and hopefully will make a full recovery. 311117
Reposted by HANK TOUGHDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/06/2026The rise of larger vehicles like SUVs and pickup trucks, with their taller hoods and larger blind zones, has contributed to a 75% increase in pedestrian and cyclist deaths since 2009. Until we design better streets and ban these vehicles, people outside these vehicles will keep dying.nytimes.comThe Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s (Gift Article)The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found. 4639991572
Reposted by HANK TOUGHShaun Pinner @shaunpinner.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Despite the UN warning both Ukraine and Russia in advance, Russia still openly bombed a UN convoy, then proudly released the footage through channels linked to Russian drone groups. This is exactly why so many now view Russia’s so-called “humanitarian concerns” as utterly hollow. 615353
Reposted by HANK TOUGHMatt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Regret to inform everyone that Peter Magyar beat the world’s smartest illiberal populist in large measure by working incredibly hard for 2 straight years, meaning the rest of us are just going to have to get off our asses and do shit rather than just complaining. 11679801579
Reposted by HANK TOUGHIgor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 07/04/2026🥹 Ukraine: A frontline unit discovered a lost dog and cat at their position, so they sent them away to safety on a 12km drone flight back to their command. Ukrainians refuse to lose their humanity even as they are forced to confront the greatest evil on Earth, alone, for years. 16420132
HANK TOUGH @marktrk.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Vancouver city staff recommend dropping Mayor Ken Sim's bitcoin motion | CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Great article from @jmcelroy.bsky.social Can someone ask Lon LaClaire why @visionzerovancouver.ca is no longer a priority for staff?share.googleVancouver city staff recommend dropping Mayor Ken Sim's bitcoin motion | CBC NewsVancouver city staff are taking stock of what council motions they should work on for the rest of the year — and one of the motions on the chopping block is a pet project from Mayor Ken Sim. 000
Reposted by HANK TOUGHKen Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 25/09/2025ICE shooter Joshua Jahn's politics aren't what's being reported, three longtime former friends tell me. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-ice-sh...kenklippenstein.comThe ICE Shooter’s MotiveJoshua Jahn's friends speak 24451051647
Reposted by HANK TOUGHsi oppington ☣️ @stillwellgray.ca · 24/06/2025my understanding from online commentators was that Justin Trudeau had stolen all the oil, said making money was illegal and called all the oil workers gay, was this not the case 0162
Reposted by HANK TOUGHLed By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 07/05/2025TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank 22515584920032
Reposted by HANK TOUGHHANK TOUGH @marktrk.bsky.social · 07/05/2025"Canadian exports to the US plunged 6.6%, the biggest drop since the pandemic. Canada’s exports to countries other than the US jumped 24.8%, however, almost entirely offsetting the decline in shipments to the south" Usually I'd agree, but holy cow www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...bloomberg.comMark Carney Comes to Washington With a MessageGet caught up. 24316
Reposted by HANK TOUGHSenator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 28/04/2025I didn’t think this story could get any more tragic. But this report, from the remarkable Kim Bolan, just makes everything more heartbreaking. And I hope it will help to quell the conspiracies, along with the craven political exploitation of this horror. It’s just tragedy piled atop tragedy.vancouversun.comDriver charged with 8 counts of murder in Vancouver's Lapu Lapu Day tragedyKai-ji Adam Lo, charged Sunday with eight counts of murder, had dozens of interactions with police for his deteriorating mental health. 6410154
HANK TOUGH @marktrk.bsky.social · 14/04/2025“Frank, there’s three things that win an election. Number one is emotion, number two is emotion and number three is emotion.” www.politico.com/news/magazin... @voiceoffranky.bsky.social I also called Poilievre would have trouble after Trump in January, but was only brave enough to tell my wife 😅politico.comWhat the Polls in Canada Are Really SayingA top Canadian pollster explains how Trump completely upended the election. 060
Reposted by HANK TOUGHThe Record @therecord.bsky.social · 12/04/2025B.C. judge uses Simpsons Duff Beer episode to explain failed lawsuitdlvr.itB.C. judge uses Simpsons Duff Beer episode to explain failed lawsuitB.C. judge muses 'life imitates art' before describing a failed class action lawsuit as a repeat of deceptive marketing practices carried out by the Duff Beer company in a 'notorious' Simpsons episode 031
Reposted by HANK TOUGHJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 07/04/2025It’s a recalibration of economic control. Oligarchs don’t live paycheck to paycheck. They have the capital to buy market dips and recoup faster, acquiring more assets at fire sale prices along the way. When the dust finally settles, they will own more. The rest of us will own less. A lot less. 883262847909
Reposted by HANK TOUGHRob Hoadley @robhoadley.bsky.social · 03/04/2025We'll be hearing from the Prime Minister of the Heard and McDonald Islands shortly on their tariff retaliation plan 515636
Reposted by HANK TOUGHThe Breach @breachmedia.ca · 01/04/2025If Poilievre wins office, he’s planning a blitzkrieg of cuts and deregulation, following the model of Ontario premier Mike Harris. In an excerpt from his new book, Martin Lukacs reveals the first details of the group plotting Poilievre’s 100 day agenda. breachmedia.ca/inside-the-g...breachmedia.ca‘Hard and fast from every direction’: inside the group plotting Poilievre’s blitzkrieg of cuts ⋆ The BreachPierre Poilievre’s first days in government would rely on ‘the Mike Harris playbook’ 28196171
Reposted by HANK TOUGHCBA/ABC National @cba-nationalmag.bsky.social · 17/03/2025For anyone who believes in accountability, democracy, and human rights, what’s happening south of the border drives home why Canada’s Court Challenges Program is a worthwhile investment, says Anne Lévesque. www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...nationalmagazine.caA guardrail of democracyFor anyone who believes in accountability, democracy, and human rights, what’s happening south of the border drives home why Canada’s Court Challenges Program is a worthwhile investment 065
Reposted by HANK TOUGHBlake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Suffice it to say, "calls were made", "an international incident was had", schedules were adjusted and I was lucky to keep my job. While it was within the letter of the CRT, it certainly wasn't within the spirit. That was the last time we had an int'l incident w/ the Columbia River Treaty. [fin]media.tenor.coma man wearing glasses and a brown suit is sitting on a couch and making a funny face .ALT: a man wearing glasses and a brown suit is sitting on a couch and making a funny face . 3292
HANK TOUGH @marktrk.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Our annual reminder that the time change is dumb #daylightsavings. Being on permanent daylight time was the best part of living in Saskatchewan. youtu.be/br0NW9ufUUw?...youtu.beDaylight Saving Time - How Is This Still A Thing?: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)YouTube video by LastWeekTonight 020
Reposted by HANK TOUGHTabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Worth the watch.youtu.beCanada's foreign affairs minister called U.S. trade war a 'psychodrama.' Does Trudeau agree?YouTube video by CBC News 39934
Reposted by HANK TOUGHBruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Martin's father is the president of Trinity Western University, in Langley. 156921
HANK TOUGH @marktrk.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Hear me out for a second, what if, when the #Ontario auto plants inevitably get shuttered next week, the government transitions them to make armoured vehicles, assembled by the men and women otherwise laid off, using the steel we can't sell, paid for by a real minerals agreement with #Ukraine? 110
Reposted by HANK TOUGHAvis Favaro @avisfavaro.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Privately run surgical centres in Alberta perform procedures at double the cost to taxpayers than the provincial public hospital system. @ctvnews-rss.bsky.social 68457
Reposted by HANK TOUGHAndré Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 21/02/2025People are turning away from the news. Here’s why it’s happening. reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/people-... via @reutersinstitute.bsky.social #journalismreutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.ukPeople are turning away from the news. Here’s why it may be happeningOur data shows a ten-year trend towards disengagement from online news, with interest in news falling and news avoidance rising. 63210
Reposted by HANK TOUGHRachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 04/02/2025The United States, to hear some tell it, is currently experiencing a “plutocratic coup.” Its democracy is in decline, reports have warned. In light of that, I’d like to share a slightly personal story -- one that keeps me up at night: youtu.be/VDccQaYgwNkyoutu.beWhat it's like to watch a democracy failYouTube video by Rachel Gilmore 24566205
HANK TOUGH @marktrk.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Us after watching the #Simpsons episode from 2015 with Elonia Muskmedia.tenor.coma cartoon character holding a book titled peaceALT: a cartoon character holding a book titled peace 030
Reposted by HANK TOUGHJana G. Pruden @janapruden.bsky.social · 28/11/2024A devatasting piece of writing by a journalist who becomes homeless. www.esquire.com/news-politic...esquire.comMy Life As a Homeless Man in AmericaAn extraordinary firsthand account. 21219113
HANK TOUGH @marktrk.bsky.social · 27/11/2024What is this, an actual response from a Police Service in Metro #Vanpoli? That takes traffic enforcement seriously? Hit that public feedback form fam (transitpolice.ca/contact-us) and let's highlight those bus lane scofflaws. And be nice! 230