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Mike Hager

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Journalist at @theglobeandmail.com covering the political, economic and social issues that affect us all. News tips, please: mhager@globeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/mik…

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The discourse on antisemitism in the country is such that Mike Rogers can simultaneously attack Abdul El-Sayed *as* antisemitic, as a scary foreign Muslim critic of Israel, and also *with* antisemitism, as a tool of the foreign-born Jewish puppeteer.
"LEAKED: Footage of Abdul El-Sayed fundraising last night in the California home of the far-left Soros family. 

Abdul’s education was paid for by the Soros family and NOW they are funding his campaign to make him a U.S. Senator 

The Soros family is funding Abdul because he will carry out their agenda of: 

➡️ defunding the police 
➡️ emptying prisons, and letting violent criminals & sex offenders back onto the streets 
➡️ gender transition surgeries for minors 
➡️ allowing illegals to vote in American elections 

Abdul is too extreme for Michigan."
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Russian bot traffic has dropped to nearly 0 after Ukraine struck a Yandex data center in Vladimir, Russia
• Source Network: AS13238 YANDEX – Yandex LLC (Russian Federation)
• Traffic Breakdown: Prior to the drop, bot traffic accounted for roughly 99.6% of requests compared to 0.4% human traffic.
• Event Cause: The sudden plunge to zero on October 11, 2026, corresponds to a reported military/drone attack on Yandex's data center facility in Vladimir, Russia—marking the third reported attack on Yandex data infrastructure since October 8.
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ryandevereaux.bsky.social @ryandevereaux.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
ProPublica sent DHS, CBP and the Border Patrol nearly 30 questions about the government’s surveillance and interactions with tribal members and leaders. The agencies answered none of those questions. Instead, CBP pointed to a statement Commissioner Rodney Scott made in August.
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 10/10/2026
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Steven Galloway testifies his book sales ‘cratered’ because of sexual-assault allegations
Former UBC professor faces first day of cross-examination at defamation trial at B.C. Supreme Court
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 10/10/2026
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B.C. parties pitch contrasting income-tax proposals in the third week of election campaign
Tax hikes proposed by NDP, Greens could raise less revenue than projected, while Conservatives’ cuts could put province further in debt, economists say
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Matthew Black @matthewblack.ca · 09/10/2026
Today's referendum advertiser update: *$249K raised across all advertisers (highest week to date) *Separatists: $1,075,042 (+$80,656) *Federalists: $681,836 (+$143,657) *Federalists top separatists for 4th straight week *Alberta Advantage Immigrant Support Society +$25K (5th highest) #ableg #abpoli
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Alberta referendum: Here are the latest third-party advertiser figures ahead of Oct. 19 vote
Check this page on Fridays to see the latest figures and analysis on advertiser fundraising from each side of the Alberta separation vote.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The takeaway from Bo French suggesting Asian students are “foreigners” and the tepid GOP response is that the Trump-era Republican Party is increasingly explicit about its belief that the only good immigrants, and the only real Americans, are white. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
The Afrikaner policy is illuminating, because it proves the catch-22 facing nonwhite immigrants: If you are poor, you are a moocher, and if you are gainfully employed, you are taking a job from a hardworking American. The only way to be a good immigrant is to be white and Christian.

Bo French, who is running for a seat on the Texas Railroad Commission, has taken this idea a step further, suggesting that the only way to be an American is to be white and Christian.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 09/10/2026
A sudden surge of water and debris swept through the affluent Santiago district of Las Condes on Thursday, dragging vehicles, damaging homes and snarling traffic as heavy rain battered Chile’s capital
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Flash Floods Stun Affluent Neighborhoods in Chilean Capital
A sudden surge of water and debris swept through the affluent Santiago district of Las Condes on Thursday, dragging vehicles, damaging homes and snarling traffic as heavy rain battered Chile’s capital.
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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
In bombshell interview, the man who served as Netanyahu’s military secretary on October 7, 2023 says that the Israeli pm passed up clear-cut opportunities to bring more hostages home from Gaza alive because doing so would have risked his political career! www.timesofisrael.com/pms-ex-milit...
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PM’s ex-military secretary: Netanyahu prioritized political survival when he could have saved hostages’ lives
In bombshell interview, Avi Gil, who was in post on Oct. 7, alleges PM's chief of staff falsified his phone records from that day; PM issues denial; opposition leaders call for criminal probe
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Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) @cajournalists.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
📅Time’s running out to apply for CAJ’s $3,500 Geoffrey Stevens Fellowship. We’re seeking your ideas for a big story in provincial or local politics. Deadline: October 15 Apply online: caj.ca/geoffrey-stevens-fellowship
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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 08/10/2026
This also means I am open for tips and other information about anti-trans organizing, discourse, and movements across Canada. My new email is mel@antihate.ca ... reach out!
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It's worth noting that in the olden days (like, 15 years ago) areas like White Rock/South Surrey, the Tri-Cities, or Ridge Meadows had 5-15 reporters solely dedicated to local community news. There was a business model that supported that, and it's a huge issue that no longer exists.
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Dave Dustin @dustin.nz · 07/10/2026
"YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK"
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 08/10/2026
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Steven Galloway says his accuser fabricated details of three sexual assault allegations
Novelist and former UBC professor addresses alleged incidents on his sailboat and in his office
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Stephen Harrison @stephenharrison.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Because they won’t release it themselves, each year I FOI VicPD’s salary info. VicPD is required to disclose staff and public-facing officers’ names, but they’re now claiming that releasing any name, including Chief Fiona Wilson’s, is a security risk. www.needsmorespikes.com/blog/vicpd-s... #yyj
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VicPD redacts own chief’s name while trying to obscure 2025 salaries — Needs More Spikes
VicPD withheld the name of its own police chief in 2025 salary information obtained via FOI, arguing that releasing Chief Fiona Wilson’s name presented a security risk. Records show the average VicPD ...
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Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Bluefin tuna have returned in huge numbers off the British coast after almost disappearing from UK waters. The return of the giant fish is one of several wildlife recoveries highlighted in a major new report from WWF, which it says shows conservation can work. 🧪🐟 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK bluefin tuna comeback shows nature can recover, says WWF
The tuna is one of several wildlife recoveries highlighted in a major new report from WWF.
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Dublin Inquirer @dublininquirer.com · 07/10/2026
To counter AI, an illustrator in Balbriggan offers to draw posters for barter. Lauren Fernandes noticed menus and flyers all over with the same sterile look, and thought: what if she could help out small businesses which can't afford creative work, usually?
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To counter AI, an illustrator in Balbriggan offers to draw posters for barter
Lauren Fernandes noticed menus and flyers all over with the same sterile look, and thought: what if she could help out small businesses which can't afford creative work, usually?
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 06/10/2026
A 30-year-old American has been charged with conspiracy to murder persons in a foreign country in connection with the Tumbler Ridge shooting in February. Read the full story: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Toronto's "Dunn House serves unhoused ppl who were frequent UHN emergency-department patients. After one year, residents saw emergency visits drop by 52% and their days in hospital drop 79%, for reported savings of $2-million+" From @alexbozikovic.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Designing a solution to homelessness
Spring House, Toronto’s new supportive and transitional housing building, sets an important example of how to serve a marginalized population while attending to the details that make a good home
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Mike Hager @mikehager.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Whoa: U.S. police arrest man from Washington state in connection with #TumblerRidge shooting. More to come at a presser there in an hour. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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U.S. police arrest man from Washington state in connection with Tumbler Ridge shooting
A 30-year-old man was charged of conspiracy to murder in the attack that left eight people dead
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Orion Rummler @oriion.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I spent time with two trans candidates running for office in two very different Georgias: Atlanta, a Dem stronghold, and Cartersville, in a district that hasn't elected a Democrat since 1996. Neither wants to discuss identity politics — they are focused on data centers, groceries and healthcare.
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In Georgia, two trans candidates believe voters are ready for them
For Bentley Hudgins, running could mean a historic first in the Georgia House. For Bella Bautista, it starts with giving voters a choice they haven’t had in 16 years.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 06/10/2026
Speaking at a hearing before Australia’s Parliament on Tuesday, OpenAI’s chief strategy officer, Jason Kwon, apologized for the company’s A.I. agents breaching government websites and accessing nonpublic data, and for taking months to notify Australian officials. Get the latest live updates.
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OpenAI Hearing Live Updates: Australian Lawmakers Question Officials on Data Breaches
The artificial intelligence company apologized after its agents infiltrated nonpublic data on a government website. Australia is examining potential legal consequences and new A.I. regulations.
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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
MPs call for investigation after Howard Lutnick-Jeffrey Epstein whistleblower dies
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MPs call for investigation after Howard Lutnick-Jeffrey Epstein whistleblower dies
Simon Andriesz said he felt let down by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority before his death last month.
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The doctors prescribing housing. Unhoused patients live nearly 20 years less, and their health care costs are seven times higher, so housing is a good investment, by Rosemary Cairns rosemary.substack.com/p/the-doctor... via @uhn.ca
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The doctors prescribing housing
‘Unhoused patients live nearly 20 years less, and their health care costs are seven times higher.’
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 05/10/2026
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Main accuser of Steven Galloway will not testify in defamation trial
Woman who levelled allegations of sexual assault against bestselling author will also not offer any evidence ‘for reasons pertaining to her own welfare,’ court hears
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
The breast cancer center appealed thousands of Blue Cross reimbursements for being too low. At trial, the insurer revealed that it had never considered any of the appeals — and that they were pointless: “An appeal is not available to review an underpayment.” (Published April 2025)
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“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors
Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.
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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Among BC poli news today: NDP one candidate shy of full slate, candidates finalized, Eby pledges to ↑ tax on highest earners to fund health care, Brent Chapman missing from ballot, Doerkson says candidate who linked homosexuality+pedophilia to remain in caucus www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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B.C. NDP one candidate short of full slate for snap provincial election
Party’s campaign director Cheryl Oates attributed the absence from the Peace River North ballot to incomplete paperwork
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 03/10/2026
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B.C. candidates and voters scramble to get their minds around two elections, one week apart
The races are on for the municipal and provincial elections, but the turnout could suffer
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Matthew Black @matthewblack.ca · 03/10/2026
"The federal government has been quietly studying the impact of a possible $18-billion fiscal shock, corporate head office flight and a mass exodus of Albertans to neighbouring provinces if Alberta exits the federation" Great ATI work by my old Donaldson pal @davidthurton.bsky.social #ableg #abpoli
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Internal documents detail Ottawa's economic worries over Alberta referendum | CBC News
Internal federal documents offer insights into how Ottawa is assessing the economic fallout from the possibility of Alberta separating from Canada and becoming an independent state.
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Emerence 🍁 @damemyniah.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“The single most predictive factor in determining support for Alberta independence is not working in the energy industry, but the salience of religion in a person’s life” - pollster Janet Brown
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.social
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
A “long tradition” of banning people who are Asian, Black or less wealthy. vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...
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Mike Hager @mikehager.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
@er-hardeep.bsky.social nice chatting with you yesterday!
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Omg Kate Garraway gagged her with that question
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Kevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Congratulations to everyone in the education and mainstream press who validated and platformed this guy, well done
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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 30/09/2026
recommended reading today — Aaron Hemens’ interview with Phyllis Webstad, published two years ago on @indiginews.bsky.social. Webstad is not even mentioned on the federal government’s webpage for NDTR/Orange Shirt Day indiginews.com/news/orange-...
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Orange Shirt Day’s founder fears Sept. 30 is being co-opted from residential ‘school’ survivors
‘I don’t want Orange Shirt Day to be forgotten — it was started by a survivor,’ says Phyllis Webstad, whose 11-year-old event now coincides with National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
But also this heroine: "Cereese Qusba, 22, a senior and reporter for The Sun, couldn’t shake her concerned curiosity about the case. This month...Ms. Qusba was ready to hit publish on her investigation, which was 23 months in the making."
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Students at Cornell Daily Sun Pursued Sexual Assault Case for Two Years
The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity party since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 30/09/2026
“My grandfather knew the importance of making sure I understood what had been passed down to him. He believed that one day Canada would recognize what our people have always known.” Gitanyow Hereditary Chief Simoo’gyet Malii, Glen Williams, writes thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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You Can’t Beat the Truth | The Tyee
A Hereditary Chief shares what his grandfather taught him about reconciliation.
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The Lever @levernews.com · 30/09/2026
Reporter Maia Siegel grew up drinking water from the Cape Fear River. So she followed the trail — from North Carolina across the world. What she found was a global shell game moving toxic waste across three continents. www.levernews.com/the-global-s...
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How Chemours Moves Toxic PFAS Waste Around The World
A landmark settlement confronts decades of PFAS pollution — but not the corporate system that keeps moving the toxic waste elsewhere.
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Antarctic winter sea ice falls to third-lowest level on record as scientists warn of ‘now problem’
Coverage levels fall a million square kilometres short of the long-term average, with global heating likely driving losses
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 26/09/2026
Adam Abdullah first spoke with MPR News on Sept. 8, during one of the 10-minute calls he was allowed each day from the prison at the U.S. naval base.
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Man arrested in St. Paul among 8 deported to Somalia from Guantanamo Bay
U.S. immigration authorities on Thursday deported a group of eight Somali men who’d been held for about a month at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Among them was Adam Abdullah, 31, who has no criminal record an...
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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
incredible work by these reporters & editors. yes, “student journalists.” seems they can teach us a lot… www.thecut.com/article/corn...
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How Student Journalists Broke the ‘Cornell Seven’ Case
“Our coverage was absolutely completely raw from the lawsuit and nothing was concealed. At a minimum, that’s what we can do as the student newspaper.”
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Mike Hager @mikehager.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Environmental activists say LNG Canada runs counter to what they predict will be a worldwide transition to fossil-fuel-free energy, and that the LNG Canada expansion will double greenhouse gas emissions from the facility and from increased drilling activity in northeast B.C. to supply the plant.
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Mike Hager @mikehager.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
As per my colleague Jeff Jones' scoop yesterday: Shell owns the largest stake in LNG Canada at 40 per cent, followed by Malaysia’s state-owned Petronas (25 per cent), Japan-based Mitsubishi (15 per cent), PetroChina (15 per cent) and South Korea’s Kogas (5 per cent).
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Mike Hager @mikehager.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
PM Carney confirms $33-B expansion of Kitimat's LNG Canada export facility, which he says will become 2nd-largest plant of its kind in the world. Flanked by @davidebybc.bsky.social, execs from Shell, PETRONAS, PetroChina, Mitsubishi Corporation and KOGAS, says it will bring 4,000 construction jobs.
PM Carney announces $33-billion expansion of Kitimat’s LNG Canada export terminal’s expansion at an event in Vancouver, joined by execs from some of the largest oil companies in the world.
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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
After reading decision, BC Supreme Court judge who sided with DULF operators in Constitutional challenge to Canada's draw laws addressed them directly: "It's people like you who make a difference. And you just did.” First web hit, more to come: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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B.C. top court judge rules in favour of operators of illicit-drug compassion club
Lawyers had argued the pair who tested illicit drugs for fentanyl before reselling them offered a safer alternative to toxic supply
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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
BREAKING: A BC Supreme Court judge has sided with Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx, who operated an illicit-drug compassion club (Drug User Liberation Front), were convicted of trafficking, and challenged the constitutionality of Canada's drug laws. Trafficking section ruled invalid, convictions stayed.
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