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Matt Goerzen 🇨🇦

@mattgoerzen.bsky.social
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Proud Canadian journalist, Prairie dweller, editorial writer, sometimes photographer, & managing editor of The Brandon Sun.

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Matt Goerzen 🇨🇦 @mattgoerzen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The morning sunrise casts a red glow on Clark Hall’s historic bell tower at Brandon University, as a setting full moon rests atop a campus fir tree on Sunday morning. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun) #harvestmoon
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Miko.The.Cat @mikothecat2025.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I have got to admit, he hasn’t sounded this good in decades.
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So Over the Conservatives 🇨🇦🍁 @energy-girl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Now if only Pierre…could catch the hint…. #cdnpoli #canadasky www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Kerry-Lynne Findlay resigns as leader of the B.C. Conservative party | CBC News
"This was not an easy decision, but I believe it is the right one for our movement and our province," Findlay wrote in a statement Sunday.
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Carole with an e @crwright.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Having lived through those years, I remember the fear many reporters faced but carried on despite all. Thank you.
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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Hellebuyck formally requests a trade. 2023-24 & 2024-25 Helly was a machine, and the data shows it. Led all goalies in our SPAR model, remarkable anticipation & consistency scores, minimal choked games, and multiple stolen wins. Can he bounce back after a "just fine" 2025-26? 📊 lb-hockey.com
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
People can "just adapt" to a changing climate, a thousand rightwing voices keep telling us. Either they lack imagination or they don't care. Try "adapting" to this. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Nepal flash flood: more than 1,500 missing, mostly tourists, after disaster kills at least 165 at Tibet border
Entire populated areas swept away after glacial collapse causes catastrophic flood in mountainous region popular with trekkers and pilgrims
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Medias 🇨🇦 @mediasca.skyfleet.blue · 27/08/2026
U.S. ‘withdrawing’ demands on Canadian content, bilingual labelling: LeBlanc
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U.S. ‘withdrawing’ demands on Canadian content, bilingual labelling: LeBlanc - National | Globalnews.ca
Finance Canada issued a statement saying it had been receiving feedback from Canadian industries and is making some adjustments to the list of counter-tariffs.
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Matt Goerzen 🇨🇦 @mattgoerzen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Taking Pierre Trudeau’s analogy of a mouse sleeping near an elephant for a little ride today. What happens if the elephant goes on a rampage? How does the mouse survive? My editorial in today’s Brandon Sun. #bdnmb #tradewar #Trump #Carney
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Oh, no. One of the brightest, most beautiful lights we have ever seen.
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Matt Goerzen 🇨🇦 @mattgoerzen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Some thoughts on how the world is watching the emerging trade war between the US and Canada - my editorial in today’s Brandon Sun. #bdnmb
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
She’s very concerned about the foreign influence campaigns she deliberately invited into our political discourse. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Smith acknowledges foreign influence campaigns targeting Alberta referendum
About 80 per cent of the suspect online material has been linked to a Russian-based, pro-Kremlin content farm
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
This administration is doing so much damage in so many different ways 
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 17/08/2026
US child vaccination rates have plunged since before the pandemic, with kindergarten classrooms in more than 70% of counties now lacking herd immunity against measles.
US choropleth map showing percentage change in MMR or overall vaccination rates since before the pandemic, by county. Decreases are shown in pink, increases in green.
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Dr. Black's Medieval Remedies @winstonblack.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
My god, what an image. Dead kings in a plastic box, carried off as the world burns.
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Tanya D. || Writer || Narrative Designer @cypheroftyr.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Daaaamn. “AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage." www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
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Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying
It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...
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Matt Goerzen 🇨🇦 @mattgoerzen.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
What an odd thing to say, considering: cowboystatedaily.com/2026/03/01/s...
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Wally Kibler🇨🇦 ~ Nasty Canadian @wallykibler.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
BREAKING: The uSA acts as catalyst sparking a nuclear arms race in the Middle East
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Matt Goerzen 🇨🇦 @mattgoerzen.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
After 20 years of covering military matters at CFB Shilo, it’s pretty clear to me at least that Pierre Poilievre should keep his “woke” military comments to himself. My editorial in today’s Brandon Sun. #cdnpolitics #mbpoli #bdnmb
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The Brandon Sun @thebrandonsun.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
The City Of Brandon is declaring a state of Emergency this evening. The Brandon Sun has a reporter at a special meeting of council tonight at #Brandon City Hall. More on this story coming this evening. #bdnmb
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
It was an amazing run guys. We should all be proud of how our country presented itself in the world stage, and how we welcomed the world in our country. Congratulations to Morocco on a great win for their country. 🇲🇦🇨🇦 ❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM  CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️ ❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA🇨🇦🍁❤️
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The Brandon Sun @thebrandonsun.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
DAUPHIN — Premier Wab Kinew has called for military aid to help with the devastation caused by flooding in the Parkland region. Kinew said he made the request to federal Emergency Management Minister Eleanor Olszewski... www.brandonsun.com/local/2026/0... #bdnmb
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‘Gargantuan’ cleanup ahead
DAUPHIN — Premier Wab Kinew has called for military aid to help with the devastation caused by flooding in the Parkland region.
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David Hamer @davidhamer1951.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The 🇺🇸USA, land of the free, home of the brave. Arresting a nun on her way to mass. 🙄 apnews.com/article/nun-...
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ICE releases a Texas nun intercepted walking to church dressed in her habit
Diocese officials in south Texas say a nun walking to church dressed in her habit was detained by ICE officers and later released after members of Congress intervened.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Today the Supreme Court ruled in favor of our clients, Vet Voice Foundation and the Mississippi Alliance for Retired Americans, affirming a simple principle: a lawful ballot cast on time should be counted. elias.law/press-releas...
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Elias Law Group Statement on Supreme Court Victory  - Elias Law
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Elias Law Group Litigation Chair Elisabeth Frost released the following statement in response to today’s Supreme Court victory in Watson v.
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Matt Goerzen 🇨🇦 @mattgoerzen.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
This is a fantastic example of dogged journalistic determination to get necessary answers during a hostile interview. Great work Ms. Nugent.
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The Brandon Sun @thebrandonsun.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
A 49-year-old woman is dead and the driver of a semi truck has been arrested following a collision at the intersection of Highway 110 and Richmond Avenue east in Brandon on Wednesday afternoon. www.brandonsun.com/local/2026/0... #bdnmb
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UPDATED: Fatal collision at site of unactivated lights
A 49-year-old woman is dead and the driver of a semi truck has been arrested following a collision at the intersection of  Highway 110 and Richmond Avenue east on Wednesday afternoon.
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Matt Goerzen 🇨🇦 @mattgoerzen.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
A little personal take on the potential problems with enforcing a social media ban on youth: how to get their phone-addicted parents on board. #bdnmb #cdnpolitics #mbpoli
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Tyler Kingkade @tktk.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
An NBC News investigation finds dozens of examples of criminals imitating ICE to rob and attack people www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
For some who questioned the veracity of a meme I posted earlier. news.un.org/en/story/202...
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Mass graves in Gaza show victims’ hands were tied, says UN rights office
Disturbing reports continue to emerge about mass graves in Gaza in which Palestinian victims were reportedly found stripped naked with their hands tied, prompting renewed concerns about possible war c...
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Kaz Coyotl 𓃦 @mow.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Japan: We’re going to die off as a country because of population decline… 😭 Immigrants: Can we stay here, integrate, and continue to be valuable members of society? Japan: Haha. No. Moms: Can I have the support and benefits when I have a child? Japan: HAHAHA. No.
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Matt Goerzen 🇨🇦 @mattgoerzen.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
CFB Shilo near #Brandon will house most of the CAF’s new #HIMARS that were recently purchase from the United States, with an expected delivery date in 2029, according to the Department of National Defence. #cdnpolitics #CAF
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
The French Foreign Minister announces: Starting today, Minister Ben Gvir is not allowed to enter France. He joins his Italian counterpart and calls on the European Union to impose sanctions on the Israeli Minister of National Security www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
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France bans Israeli minister Ben-Gvir from entering country
The decision comes after the far-right minister's 'reprehensible actions towards French and European citizens' who were part of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, France's foreign minister said.
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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 20/05/2026
“Conservative trolls continue to engage in deliberate disinformation campaigns, relying on the average X user’s lack of media literacy to erode trust in reliable news sources and attack opinions they simply don’t agree with.”
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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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Christina Jewett @by-cjewett.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
NEW: Records released tonight show that Reynolds, makers of Vuse vapes, gave $5 Million to MAGA Inc. days before the FDA wrote a policy that could allow them to make millions selling flavored vapes. Via @kenvogel.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/u...
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A $5 Million Donation From Big Tobacco Preceded F.D.A. Vape Decision
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 21/05/2026
BREAKING: Alberta voter data has appeared on the website of a US company named repeatedly by separatist David Parker. After @rorywh.bsky.social discovered the breach, the website was taken down amid questions from Elections Alberta.
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Alberta voter data found on website of US company linked to Centurion Project
Elections Alberta is already investigating a breach of voter data obtained by separatist David Parker. The US company, 10XVotes, has been repeatedly mentioned by Parker as having been involved in the ...
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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 21/05/2026
Fresh Centurion scoop from @rorywh.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/20/i...
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Alberta voter data found on website of US company linked to Centurion Project
Elections Alberta is already investigating a breach of voter data obtained by separatist David Parker. The US company, 10XVotes, has been repeatedly mentioned by Parker as having been involved in the ...
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Matt Goerzen 🇨🇦 @mattgoerzen.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
From the outside looking in, the US administration’s decision to walk away from the PJBD seems like just another pressure tactic against Canada to fall in line. My editorial in today’s Brandon Sun. #bdnmb #cdnpolitics
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 14/05/2026
Today's top headlines:
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Denise Balkissoon @balkissoon.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
"Irresponsible use [of AI in journalism] needs to be treated as seriously as any other act of fabrication. If it isn’t, it’s a tacit admission that these professional ethics are meaningless." - @michellecyca.com on 🔥 about the NYT's not-small AI hallucination whoopsie thewalrus.ca/the-new-york...
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The New York Times Got Caught Using AI Hallucinations in Its Reporting | The Walrus
Despite how the newspaper downplayed it, this is—in fact—a big deal
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Vauhini Vara @vauhinivara.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Journalists, let’s be careful about the language we use when writing or talking about AI. Here’s a thread — @emilymbender.bsky.social, I know you pay attention to this, too, so feel free to chime in. (1/x)
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Matt Goerzen 🇨🇦 @mattgoerzen.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
In today’s Brandon Sun, I argue that our provincial governments need to make political parties more accountable when it comes to the privacy of voter data. #bdnmb
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Patrick Galey @patrickgaley.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Oops! Google underreported its data centres emissions by a factor of five! Again! As in it has made this precise same “error” before! How careless! Chase these hyperscaling bums back to SV, forged EIAs in hand www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Google developers significantly misstate carbon emissions of proposed UK datacentres
Emissions understated by factor of five in Essex plans for tech giant, while Greystoke’s Lincolnshire plans show similar error
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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Canadians Must Read This.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 03/05/2026
And somehow we’re hearing more about this from 60 Minutes Australia than U.S. media. Ask yourself why.
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Ms. Misanthrope 🇺🇸 @lilmsmisanthrope.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
🧵The BBC reports Epstein housed women in at least four London apartments in Kensington and Chelsea after the Metropolitan Police declined to investigate Virginia Giuffre's 2015 trafficking allegation.
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Lisa Crabtree @greengirl67.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Albertans are Canadian! 🇨🇦💪🏻🇨🇦💪🏻🇨🇦 ForAlbertaForCanada.ca #DemagogueDanielle #UCPLies #NO2Separatism #MapleMAGA #abpoli #ableg
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For Alberta, For Canada
Join thousands of Albertans standing up for Canada. Take action, volunteer, and make your voice heard.
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Matt Goerzen 🇨🇦 @mattgoerzen.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Yes he does.
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Ignacio GHOULlup-Diaz @igallupd.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."
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Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial
Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Have been wondering when candidates would start talking about this. One of the biggest corruption scandals is U.S. history playing out in real time.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Yep, Israel actually bombed a synagogue. www.cair.com/press_releas...
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CAIR Condemns Israeli Bombing of Iranian Synagogue, Challenges Pro-Israel Groups to Rescind Support for War
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the Israeli bombing of a synagogue in Tehran and challenged pro-Is...
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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
What’s dumber than the classic pivot to video? The pivot to video *and AI*
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