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Nicola Vulpe

@nicolavulpe.bsky.social
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Poet, writer, sometime thinker, indignado 🇨🇦 🇬🇱 🍉 🇺🇦 🇮🇸 🇨🇺

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is such a powerful witness. www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/priests-an...
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Priests and Nuns March to Vatican to Protest Israel’s War Against Gaza
About 150 priests and nuns carried a shroud of 300 children’s names from St. Peter’s to the door of an Italian arms maker. Pope Francis and Pope Leo XIV have been pointing the Church there for three y...
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Nicola Vulpe @nicolavulpe.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... #Greenland #Canada
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Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill
Island’s government says no approval given after Greenland Energy brings kit ashore for exploratory drilling
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Nicola Vulpe @nicolavulpe.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h... If you want to understand what happened in #Syria, this excellent conversation with #LoubnaMrie is both humane and as insightful as anything I've heard or read. @loubnamrie.bsky.social @faisalalyafai.bsky.social @finbaranderson
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How Defiance Began at Home in Assad’s Syria
Podcast Episode · The Lede · 9 February · 1hr 12min
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Nicola Vulpe @nicolavulpe.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
montrealserai.com?utm_medium=e... Latest from #MontréalSerai
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Home - Latest issue
Bringing the margins to the centre...
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Nicola Vulpe @nicolavulpe.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Oh look! A #Canada goose (immigrant!) in the #UK has settled in and made a "mixed-race" family with a local. Babies are all lovely. Can it get any better?
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Nicola Vulpe @nicolavulpe.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Thank you, Chief #Mercredi and all #Treaty8 #FirstNations for standing up for us all. #Alberta #Canada
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Grand chief vows First Nations will 'look at all avenues' in fight against separatist referendum | CBC News
Trevor Mercredi, the grand chief of the Treaty 8 First Nations, said comments made by Alberta's premier suggest the province is shirking its duty to consult with First Nations about separation, puttin...
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Nicola Vulpe @nicolavulpe.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Why does this look like the US trying to bully #Canada into further subsidizing its military-industrial complex? If you find this reference quaint, look up #Eisenhower --a #Republican, by the by.
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Pentagon doubles down on Canada rebuke with demand for NATO spending road map, F-35 decision | CBC News
After publicly freezing a historic Canada-U.S. defence forum earlier this week, senior Pentagon officials sharpened their criticism Thursday, accusing Ottawa of failing to produce a credible NATO spen...
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GUERNICA EDITIONS @guernicaeditions.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Guernica author @nicolavulpe.bsky.social (On The News that Sagittarius A* Grows Hungrier) will be hosting 'Books and Biscotti' in Ottawa on June 17 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm. Click link for details. italianweekottawa.ca/event/books-...
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Nicola Vulpe @nicolavulpe.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Thank you Hans @ckculitnews.bsky.social
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Nicola Vulpe @nicolavulpe.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Thank you Hans @ckculitnews.bsky.social
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GUERNICA EDITIONS @guernicaeditions.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Attention Book Lovers! 📚We hope you can join us for our final spring launch 🌷at Supermarket in Toronto. It will be a thrilling book-filled afternoon. #TOevents #BookLaunch #authorreadings
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Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Heads up: Community Writing Workshop with the Writers Collective of Canada. Sunday, May 31, 2026 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. National Gallery of Canada Special Exhibitions Galleries (Level 2) 380 Sussex. Free with admission. Drop-in activity. No registration needed. www.gallery.ca/whats-on/cal...
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Community Writing Workshop with the Writers Collective of Canada
Join the Writers Collective of Canada for a creative-writing session. Connect with other writers while gathering inspiration from the light-filled work of Canadian artist Helen McNicoll.
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Nicola Vulpe @nicolavulpe.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m... Good on #PedroSánchez Good on #FrancescaAlbanese #Spain #Palestine
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Spain awards UN legal expert Francesca Albanese one of its highest civilian honours
Honour recognises Albanese’s work ‘documenting and denouncing violations of international law in Gaza’
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Nicola Vulpe @nicolavulpe.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Thank you, Mark and @arcpoetry.bsky.social
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Nicola Vulpe @nicolavulpe.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Meanwhile, let's buy some Swedish planes. #Gripen #Canada #Carney #CUSMA
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Washington demanding 'entry fee' from Ottawa before trade talks: sources | CBC News
The Trump administration is demanding what amounts to an "entry fee" from Canada to engage in trade talks toward a revised Canada-United States-Mexico Free Trade Agreement (CUSMA), four sources told R...
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Nicola Vulpe @nicolavulpe.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
quillandquire.com/omni/tom-way... Congratulations #TomWayman #PurdyPrize #Poetry
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Tom Wayman wins 2026 Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize - Quill and Quire
The B.C.-based poet won the $10,000 Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize for his collection Out of the Ordinary.
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Nicola Vulpe @nicolavulpe.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
elpais.com/america/2026... @lulaoficialbluesky.bsky.social @elpais.com Now here is someone with morals, intelligence and respect. #Lula #Brasil
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Lula: “Trump no tiene derecho a levantarse por la mañana y amenazar a un país”
El presidente de Brasil habla en exclusiva con EL PAÍS, en Brasilia, sobre el desorden mundial, las elecciones con otro Bolsonaro, su carrera y su visita a España para reunirse con Sánchez y otros líd...
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Octopus Books @octopusbooks.ca · 09/04/2026
Join co-authors @lindamcquaig.bsky.social & Neil Brooks for a discussion of their new book, Cancelling Billionaires Before They Cancel Us: The Urgent Case for a Wealth Tax 🗓️ Wed April 22 ⏰ 7pm (doors open at 6:30pm) 📍 Abbotsford House, 950 Bank St, Ottawa RSVP: octopusbooks.ca/wealthtax
Poster advertising the Ottawa book launch of Cancelling Billionaires Before They Cancel Us. Details as in post.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/04/2026
Carney: "The days of our military sending 70 cents of every dollar to the United States are over." *thunderous applause*
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Nicola Vulpe @nicolavulpe.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Oh my! @lpgcanada.bsky.social @guernicaeditions.bsky.social @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social Congratulations #EvelynLau and #JosephDandurand
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GUERNICA EDITIONS @guernicaeditions.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
It's a BIG day today! ✨Happy publication day to these book beauties.🎂📚
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GUERNICA EDITIONS @guernicaeditions.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Join us as we celebrate spring 🌷and launch more springtacular titles📚 on Sunday, April 26, 3:30 pm at Supermarket in Toronto!⁠
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Nicola Vulpe @nicolavulpe.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Good to oppose, but where are the sanctions? www.cbc.ca/news/politic... @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social #Canada #Israel #Palestinr
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Israel's new death penalty 'systematically targets Palestinians': Minister Anand | CBC News
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canada is condemning Israel's new death penalty law, saying it "systematically targets Palestinians."
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Nicola Vulpe @nicolavulpe.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
From @theguardian.com. Good on our PM. @mark-carney.bsky.social #Canada #Lebanon
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Mark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
"We are a sovereign country that does not wish to take part in illegal wars.” Spain won’t allow US to use its airbases for its war on Iran: www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Spain closes airspace to US aircraft involved in Iran war
It follows a decision by the Spanish government to deny the US use of the two jointly run military bases in Andalusia.
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Vicki Ziegler @bookgaga.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
"So for today, so until further notice I’m not answering, not picking up." #TodaysPoem #poetry The Cockroach by @nicolavulpe.bsky.social (2023 Carousel Magazine) carouselmagazine.ca/c50-vulpe/
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NICOLA VULPE – CAROUSEL
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Nicola Vulpe @nicolavulpe.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
I am humbled & honoured, but mostly astonished. Congratulations to all! #PurdyPrize
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Nicola Vulpe @nicolavulpe.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Help us support the cause. share.nwmd.social/s/aAHMrIf6
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Stop the C-35 Spend: Keep Canadian Defense Spending in Canada
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Nicola Vulpe @nicolavulpe.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Ikea launches its first book, and it's in Spanish. Too funny!
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Nicola Vulpe @nicolavulpe.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... Just a little legal sanity, and humanity. #Free #Palestine No to #genocide
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UK Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful, in humiliating blow for ministers
Thousands of people arrested for supporting group since anti-terrorism proscription are in legal limbo as Mahmood says she will appeal
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Nicola Vulpe @nicolavulpe.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/politic... How about #Alberta #separatists who want to leave #Canada and join the #US do just that? It's a short bus ride south. They can renounce their Canadian citizenship on the way out. then enjoy for-profit healthcare, guns, guns, guns, ICE hunting them down, and bad spelling.
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B.C. premier says Alberta separatists seeking assistance from U.S. is 'treason' | CBC News
British Columbia Premier David Eby says Alberta separatists meeting with the U.S. administration and seeking financial backing is an act of "treason," as the issue of national sovereignty loomed over ...
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Nicola Vulpe @nicolavulpe.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Read this through. Good for #Manitoba Good for Wab #Kinew. A small step, but it's in the right direction. Thank you, Katie Pederson and #CBC.
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How grocery giants control who can sell food in your neighbourhood | CBC News
Canada’s biggest grocery giants — including Loblaws, Sobeys and Metro — are using property law to control how other grocery stores, dollar stores, pharmacies and gas stations can compete with them, an...
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Nicola Vulpe @nicolavulpe.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
www.bbc.com/news/article... Relief that it's done, anger that it even happened. #Greece #ERCI #Lesbos #Mardini #Binder
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Greece: Aid workers cleared of human trafficking charges
The former volunteers, who were facing lengthy jail terms, worked for an NGO that rescued asylum-seekers.
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Nicola Vulpe @nicolavulpe.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Since #Minneapolis and #Minnesota are getting so much grief from the current US administration, maybe they'd like to join #Canada as our #11th province. Conditions apply, though: Please and thank you (we're Canadian, can't help ourselves), free healthcare, free education, no guns.
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Nicola Vulpe @nicolavulpe.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
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Following backlash over the booting of a Palestinian author, Adelaide Writers’ Week has been canceled.
As my colleague James Folta reported last week, the Adelaide Literary Festival descended into chaos after Dr. Randa Abdel-Fattah, a Palestinian-Australian author, was abruptly removed from the fest…
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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are experiencing the highest rates of settler and state violence in recent history, as the Israeli government enacts new policies to accelerate the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements and apartheid.
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Nicola Vulpe @nicolavulpe.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j... Bet you didn't know this. #elbowsup #Canada
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‘Our minerals could be used to annex us’: why Canada doesn’t want US mining
Opposition to a controversial graphite mine in Quebec strengthened once the Pentagon became involved
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 02/01/2026
“Let’s not call it deregistration, let’s call it a death sentence  —  that is exactly what it would be for the Palestinian people,” says @sana.msf.ca, MSF Executive Director, as Israel moves to bar nearly 40 aid groups under new registration rules. montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...
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Oxfam-Québec surprised to be among aid groups Israel bars from Gaza
Nearly 40 organizations supplying aid in Gaza are scheduled to be barred as of Thursday for not complying with new registration requirements.
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Nicola Vulpe @nicolavulpe.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Thank you once again for another thoughtful article. @naomiaklein.bsky.social .
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Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s tweets were wrong, but he is no ‘anti-white Islamist’. Why does the British right want you to believe he is? | Naomi Klein
I have no interest in defending his social media posts, but calls to strip the newly freed activist of British citizenship pile torment on top of torture, says Naomi Klein, Guardian US columnist and c...
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Hollay Ghadery @hollay.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
In this NBN episode, I speak with the wonderful Ann Cavlovic about her new novel, Count on Me (Guernica Editions, 2025). The holidays are not easy for so many with difficult family dynamics, and I think this book would be a timely read. Listen in: newbooksnetwork.com/count-on-me
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The Madrid Review @madridlitmag.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Our bilingual Christmas poetry anthology goes out free to subscribers tomorrow 🎄 It's available to buy on Peecho: themadridreview.com/christmas-an... #poetry #christmas #christmasvibes See you all in 2026 - Have a peaceful and good one! 🎁🤘😍
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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Six Questions interview (via @chaudierebooks.bsky.social) #233 : Ann Cavlovic / @anncavlovic.bsky.social @guernicaeditions.bsky.social ; chaudierebooks.blogspot.com/2025/12/six-...
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Six Questions interview #233 : Ann Cavlovic
Ann Cavlovic ’s debut novel is Count on Me (Guernica Editions, 2025). Her fiction and creative non-fiction have appeared in  CBC First Pers...
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Nicola Vulpe @nicolavulpe.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Thank you to all who read, all who listened, and to our host #avant-gardebar @guernicaeditions.bsky.social @margolapierre.bsky.social @anncavlovic.bsky.social @ckculitnews.bsky.social
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Nicola Vulpe @nicolavulpe.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Shame! #BC
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Why was 'incredible' giant cedar cut down, despite B.C.'s big-tree protection law? | CBC News
Conservationists are questioning why an old-growth yellow cedar tree with a diameter that should have ensured its protection and a buffer area around it under provincial law was logged.
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Nicola Vulpe @nicolavulpe.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
9 December 2025: @guernicaeditions.bsky.social #Ottawa launch at Avant-garde Bar, 135 1é2 Besserer Street, Ottawa. @margolapierre.bsky.social @anncavlovic.bsky.social @akessaris.bsky.social
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Nicola Vulpe @nicolavulpe.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
ottawacitizen.com/public-servi... #ElbowsUp, #Canada! Even Lt-General #Blondin, who recommended the #F-35, now says it's a mistake. Buy the #Gripen. We need a plane we can count on.
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Nicola Vulpe @nicolavulpe.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11... What are we afraid of that we detain a #UN special rapporteur? We are afraid that the #Gaza tribunal will show that #Canada is complicit in #genocide. #Palestine #Israel
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Former UN rapporteur who investigated Israeli abuses interrogated in Canada
Falk, who is in Canada for Palestine Tribunal, says questioning reflects push to silence truth of Israel's war on Gaza.
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Nicola Vulpe @nicolavulpe.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n... The #Gaza ghetto just got smaller, the #genocide continues.
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US military planning for divided Gaza with ‘green zone’ secured by international and Israeli troops
Exclusive: Almost all Palestinians have been displaced to ‘red zone’ where no reconstruction is planned
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Nicola Vulpe @nicolavulpe.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
montrealserai.com/article/blam... I am honoured that Montréal Serai has published these two poems. #MontréalSerai #FreePalestine #poetry
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Blame a Palestinian & This, for instance
... the only thing I know is that words come after words until they don’t.
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Nicola Vulpe @nicolavulpe.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... It does make sense to equip our military with weapons not controlled by a hostile nation threatening to invade us. #gripen #canada #sweden #saab
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Sweden's Saab considering Canada for its Gripen jet assembly | CBC News
The Swedish defence firm Saab is considering Canada as a place to assemble Gripen fighter jets as it moves to quickly ramp up production to meet demand from Ukraine.
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