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Rick Harp

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👉 Winnipeg-based podcaster/journo 🎙️ APTN News Brief podfollow.com/aptn-news-brief 🎙️ MEDIA INDIGENA podfollow.com/mediaindigena 🤝 Co-convenor, Indigenous climate journalism forum: "Beyond Fires & Floods" mediaindigena.com/BFF

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Erika Shaker @ershaker.bsky.social · 20m
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... ‘Calling any of these “guardrails” is doublespeak in the strict sense: a word chosen because it means the opposite of what the clause does.’
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Mark Carney says he’s protecting Canadian workers. It’s Orwellian doublespeak
Subject to ministerial review, the right to strike is likely to be much weakened by Bill C-39.
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Bartley Kives @bkives.bsky.social · 12h
Gone, Obby Khan: When the Manitoba PCs lost their leader, the NDP lost its greatest asset www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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ANALYSIS | When the Manitoba PCs lost their leader, the NDP lost its greatest asset | CBC News
Obby Khan was to Wab Kinew what Justin Trudeau was to Pierre Poilievre: The gift that kept on giving, as long as he remained in his position. Unfortunately for the NDP, he self-ejected.
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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 6h
Read my latest column on this National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. I name names! “Political institutions and political leaders have effectively played their part in minimizing the horrors of residential schools” www.hilltimes.com/2026/09/30/o...
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Outrage rings hollow when paired with lack of action on residential school denialism - The Hill Times
Political institutions and political leaders have effectively played their part in minimizing the horrors of residential schools.
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 10h
You can also watch in Inuktitut, Anishinaabemowin, Kanien’kéha and Plains Cree. www.aptnnews.ca/ourstories/r...
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Remembering the Children | APTN News
For 160 years, Indigenous children were taken and put into institutions across Canada. September 30 is a day to remember the children.
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 10h
Remembering the Children: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation - Watch live: www.youtube.com/live/sn25kdf...
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Remembering The Children: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation | APTN News
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 29/09/2026
Australian government concedes no scientific consensus on social media harms for teenagers – but ‘credible risks’ justify ban
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Australian government concedes no scientific consensus on social media harms for teenagers – but ‘credible risks’ justify ban
Commonwealth tells high court its proposed laws to let users opt out of algorithms would ultimately have the same effect as the ban * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Australian government has conceded it implemented the “world-leading” under-16s social media ban before there was scientific consensus on the link between mental health harms and social media use, but argued the “credible risks” of issues such as addictive behaviours and anxiety justify the policy. In its defence against a high court challenge of the ban, the government has also argued its proposed digital duty of care legislation, allowing users to opt out of social media features such as algorithms, would ultimately have the same effect as the ban, if implemented. Continue reading...
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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/09/2026
Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.com/cornell-vows...
Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 29/09/2026
The promise of $10-a-day daycare outside Quebec feels like it’s slowly dying under Mark Carney’s austerity agenda, just as the imperfect pharmacare program for diabetes drugs and contraception did before it.
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Ontario, feds extending affordable child-care program but costs to stay the same | CBC News
Ontario and the federal government have agreed to extend the national affordable child-care program in the province for another four years, but it may not live up to its signature goal — lowering pare...
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 29/09/2026
SCOOP: The State of Washington is urging Mark Carney’s government not to fast-track the proposed West Coast pipeline. @sarahkcox.bsky.social reports. #CanPoli thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Pump the Brakes on the West Coast Oil Pipeline, Washington Says | The Tyee
A letter obtained by The Tyee shows the state’s Ecology Department has serious concerns about spill risks and tanker traffic.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 29/09/2026
Ahead of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Kamloops residents are grappling with a disturbing recent gathering of an apparent white supremacist group. @jenstden.bsky.social reports. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Masked Group in Kamloops Sparks Alarm and Racism Fears | The Tyee
‘I don’t want these people in my neighbourhood, in my city, in my country.’
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🇨🇦Jackie Corrigan🇨🇦 @jackiecorrigan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Online booking for flu and COVID-19 vaccine appointments at Public Health immunization clinics is now open. #Covid manitoba.ca/respiratoryv...
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Province of Manitoba | Vaccine-Preventable Respiratory Illnesses
Province of Manitoba
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Andrew Kohan @akohan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sometimes the contradictions are just too extreme.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
strongly agreed. fines and criminal penalties should not merely communicate a finger wag but actually change the strategic situation of a would-be white collar criminal
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 29/09/2026
Child's imaginary restaurant acquired, shuttered by private equity
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Child's imaginary restaurant acquired, shuttered by private equity
BRANDON, MB - 4-year-old Mikaela Hermer's imaginary restaurant, in which she served invisible hot dogs and ice cream to her parents and friends, has filed for bankruptcy after being acquired by Hedges...
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
swearing aside, the strategy of just making the right stand by the things they say to each other seems pretty good. that was the secret sauce behind the "weird" messaging way back when (that they abandoned for whatever reason)
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paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Paris today. The Firefighters arrive. More national strike actions this week in France. Images: Rémy Buisine
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Seattle
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This new tool, the Carbon Impacts Tracer, which translates carbon emissions into real-world climate impacts like heat exposure and coral bleaching, looks super useful. ➡️ carbonimpactstracer.com
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New tool directly links carbon emissions to amount of environmental and economic damage caused
Carbon Impacts Tracer can be used to estimate climate impact from emissions across eight different factors, including lost food production
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 28/09/2026
The lie that privatization will reduce wait times is already being exposed, but that won’t stop political leaders from continuing to try to destroy our public healthcare system.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 28/09/2026
"What we have is a lot of furious people." The eviction of 87-year-old María del Carmen Abascal in Madrid, after an investment fund bought her apartment building and more than tripled her rent, has become a symbol of Spain's rising cost of living.
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 28/09/2026
More than 38,000 residential school survivors testified to the abuse they experienced as children. Next September, Canada plans to destroy their records.
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Canada plans to destroy thousands of residential school testimonies. These women are trying to save them
The 38,000 testimonies are the largest body of evidence about children’s experiences in these institutions. Journalist Connie Walker and lawyer Kimberly Murray say losing it would mean losing history — both painful and illuminating
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 28/09/2026
This morning — following two investigations into Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford's use of an app that rewards supporters for posting AI-generated comments and sharing contacts — Bradford called our reporting "inaccurate." We're now releasing the recording that proves our reporting.
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Bradford calls CNO reporting of AI app rewards ‘inaccurate.’ Here’s the recording proving our reporting.
Canada’s National Observer has decided to publish the segment of the Zoom call that corroborates its reporting.
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Walking Eagle News @theeagleist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
BREAKING: You First Nations better stop with all the division causing and let white folk do what they want on your land
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Imagine not being able to trust your tap water? APTN News: Answers looks at the ongoing challenges surrounding access to clean drinking water and the long-term impact of these long-term advisories. Watch: youtu.be/YSrVlP0G8CI
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Why are dozens of First Nations still under drinking water advisories? | APTN News: Answers
Canada has an abundance of freshwater, yet dozens of First Nations communities continue to face long-term drinking water advisories. Why isn’t clean drinking water readily accessible to all…
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Three Pinaymootang First Nation men wrongfully convicted of a 1973 murder each receive $4M in a settlement with the province of Manitoba. Hear more on APTN News Brief:
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APTN News Brief: Wrongfully convicted of 1973 murder, First Nations men win multi-million dollar settlement
Our lead story: three Pinaymootang First Nation men—Brian Anderson, Allan Woodhouse and Clarence Woodhouse—wrongfully convicted of a 1973 murder each receive $4M in a settlement with the provin...
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 28/09/2026
A Canadian scientist says Mark Carney's government is subsidizing the destruction of nature, contravening Canada's global biodiversity commitments. @sarahkcox.bsky.social reports. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Carney’s Push to Fund Industry Imperils Canada’s Nature Promises | The Tyee
Canada participated in a ‘historic’ global moment for biodiversity. Experts say we’re not following through.
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
yes my bull went rogue in your china shop but I think we can all agree there’s no liability here it’s an agentic being
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I just saw a film about the AI-enabled apocalypse. Only it's not science fiction. It's not even in the future. It's in the present. The film is called NAZA. See it. @theguardian.com @us.theguardian.com youtu.be/98xLCdc7t7E
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Apocalypse is here
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Pip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻
A painting of fat blobby bears
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 27/09/2026
Firms manipulating process to avoid emission controls and scrutiny of their projects, environmental groups warn
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Datacenter developers accused of skirting key US pollution rules
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WPGChief @wpgchief.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Chris Johnston, on Feb 3, 2026:
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 27/09/2026
Authorities warn residents that extreme conditions in the region could pose risks.
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Powerful storm brings flooding, power outages to northeastern United States
Authorities warn residents that extreme conditions in the region could pose risks.
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John Woodside @woodsideful.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Same story, but CBC chooses a headline that actually misrepresents the study and frames climate change as a now irreversible problem. The actual study, as AP notes, describes going over 1.5C and how to get back under that threshold.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 15/09/2026
This is a thing everywhere in the world: on-site diesel generation is advertised as "backup" generation, but data centre operators plan to use it way, way more than that. Firmus in Australia now fighting against rules to limit pollution from their fossil-fuelled project
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Data centre company lodges appeal against 'unreasonable' restricted generator use
An energy-hungry data centre that received recent council approval to have diesel generators as backup power is now appealing against the "unreasonable" conditions on how they can be used.
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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I been telling y’all this
This is how I can tell that we were being conditioned: instead of taking accountability for the fact that she might be leading her party towards a political buzzsaw with this referendum vote, she decided to double down by attacking immigrants. She tweeted: "Temporary residents contribute about $150-million to our tax base
annually, yet the cost to provide services for them is over $1-billion. It's simply not fair to Alberta taxpayers." She provides zero sources for these numbers, yet we are supposed to take them as facts. Blaming immigrants or minorities of some kind are where the conservatives naturally turn when things are going wrong for them. This displacement of blame allows Smith to refocus attention in an attempt to obscure the fact that she has been privatizing Alberta health care and education throughout her premiership, thereby defunding public services for private interests.
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Rick Harp @rickharp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Back in 2017 on MEDIA INDIGENA, we discussed the somewhat related topic of then-MB premier Brian Pallister arguably racializing the contentious issue of night-time moose hunting, asking whether his hyperbole put Aboriginal people in the cross-hairs 🫎 HEAR pod.fo/e/1e57ca
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MEDIA INDIGENA : Indigenous current affairs program: Ep. 47: 'Race War' Rhetoric in Manitoba; Debating Downside of Donations to First Nations
This week, we discuss a western Canadian premier's racializing of the contentious issue of night-time moose hunting: could his hyperbole put Aboriginal people in the cross-hairs? And, the ambivalen...
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Walking Eagle News @theeagleist.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Support Walking Eagle News or we’ll start a podcast. You’ve been warned. ko-fi.com/theeagleist
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Support Walking Eagle News
Support Walking Eagle News
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Rick Harp @rickharp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Sounds lovely: my kind of day 🎲❤️🙂
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵
Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.
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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released.
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Rick Harp @rickharp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
There's no future in it
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Lex Roman @lexroman.com · 25/09/2026
I'm finishing up this week's small business what-you-need-to-know and this is a MUST READ explainer on where we are with everything AI-related—the extinction "threat", the "going rogue" narraive, the policy, all of it—from an American POV by Brian Merchant www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/how-the-st...
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How the stories about all-powerful AI are swallowing the world
The x-risk of super intelligence going rogue must be addressed, and mint trillion dollar companies in the process. Plus: How workers can beat the tech oligarchy
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Bartley Kives @bkives.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Manitoba PC campaign director quits after 9 months. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Manitoba PC campaign director quits after 9 months in the role | CBC News
The campaign director for Manitoba's Progressive Conservative party has resigned from his role after nine months, without fighting a single election.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26/09/2026
Alberta’s self-image as world’s only rat-free region shattered by discovery of rat
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Alberta’s self-image as world’s only rat-free region shattered by discovery of rat
Province’s rat patrol called in to investigate as town of Bowden announces discovery of dead vermin
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Forbes @forbes.com · 25/09/2026
The impending nor’easter has already canceled a trio of New York music festivals—All Things Go NYC, Global Citizen Festival and CBGB Festival—as heavy rain and winds loom.
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Not Just Ed Sheeran—These Major Events Have Been Canceled Due To Weekend Storm
The impending nor’easter has already canceled a trio of New York music festivals—All Things Go NYC, Global Citizen Festival and CBGB Festival—as heavy rain and winds loom.
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Murat Ates @wpgmurat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Winnipeg Jets state of the franchise: How can they navigate their difficult new reality? My last piece before paternity leave is about the #NHLJets big picture. Hope you enjoy ⤵️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/762...
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Winnipeg Jets state of the franchise: How do they navigate their new reality? (Gift Article)
What are their biggest strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats as they try to build a Cup contender without bottoming out?
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Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The ‘lionesses’ who sued to get air conditioning in every Texas prison — and won. Story via 19th News.
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The ‘lionesses’ who sued to get air conditioning in every Texas prison — and won
A group led by formerly incarcerated women spent years advocating for those trapped inside prison walls during Texas’ hot summers.
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
After an in-depth review, the federal justice minister orders a new appeal in the 1994 murder convictions of the Quewezance sisters for the death of 72-year-old Jason Dolff. Hear more on APTN News Brief:
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APTN News Brief: Justice Canada minister orders new appeal in 1994 murder convictions of Quewezance sisters
Our lead story: after an in-depth review, the federal justice minister orders a new appeal in the 1994 murder convictions of sisters Odelia and Nerissa Quewezance for the death of 72-year-old Jason...
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
there should be no such thing as ‘elite journalists’ incentives are ass backwards that way. a journalist should be a grubby and suspicious little fuck
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