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Mark Gerretsen @markgerretsen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today, we honour the children who never returned home, Survivors of residential schools, and their families and communities. Today is also an opportunity for all of us to listen, learn, reflect, and continue the work of reconciliation in our communities. Every Child Matters. 🧡
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Found this online 🤣🤣🔥🔥 Would you like that in French? 💪🏻🍁🔥🤭😆
America: Do what we want.
Canada: No.
America: 50% tariffs.
Canada: Fine. Dollar for dollar.
America: YOU CAN'T JUST PUT TARIFFS ON ANOTHER COUNTRY BECAUSE YOU'RE MAD AT THEM.
Canada: ...
America: ...
Canada: Would you like that in French?
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Awww #Greenland we love you too #Canada 🥰🥰🙌🏼🔥🍁 Credit to keepsrising1
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Let’s go, Canucks! 💪🇨🇦
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
We are masters in our own home.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Why Heated Rivalry author —Rachel Reid donated $300K to rural N.S. libraries The #NovaScotia author says she feels rural libraries are an essential service and she wanted to do her best to help the struggling Annapolis Valley Regional Library. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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Why Rachel Reid donated $300K to rural N.S. libraries
The Nova Scotia author says she feels rural libraries are an essential service and she wanted to do her best to help the struggling Annapolis Valley Regional Library.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Almost 216,000 signatures now, over 20,000 signatures at least per day www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Petition e-7531 - Petitions
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
197,833 signatures ⬇️
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
🚨BREAKING: over 29,000 Canadians call for U.S. Ambassador Hoekstra to be expelled. Actually it is 32,386 as of this afternoon. Keep going Canada. 🇨🇦 🔗 Petition e-7531: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Over 29,000 Canadians call for U.S. Ambassador Hoekstra to be expelled #Canada Petition launched by Calgary woman to be presented in House of Commons /1 thread www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Over 29,000 Canadians call for U.S. Ambassador Hoekstra to be expelled | CBC News
A petition set to be presented in the House of Commons this fall calls on the government to declare U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra persona non grata and remove him from Canada.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The US wants to control our markets with their dairy, they don't like that we are protecting our markets, they would flood it with their crappy milk, no thanks. PM Carney says Ottawa is ‘loyal’ to supply management system protecting dairy sector #Canada www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
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PM Carney says Ottawa is ‘loyal’ to supply management system protecting dairy sector
Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government is “loyal” to the supply management system protecting Canada’s dairy sector.
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Canada continues to thrive despite the American attack on our economy. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 ❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️ ❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA🇨🇦🍁❤️
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Thank you Mexico ❤️
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Waving Mexico Flag
Alt: Waving Mexico Flag’s
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Carney: "I'm going to take this opportunity to thank President Scheinbaum and the Mexican people for sending 200 firefighters to help us with our fires here. That's what friends do when you have crisis and fires." #cdnpoli
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The Province of Alberta currently has the highest electricity costs in Canada (due to deregulated market) and the Northwest Territories has the highest electricity costs for the Territories - these data centres will triple Alberta's costs.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Canadians Support a National Waterbomber Fleet to Fight Ever Worsening Wildfires in #Canada dehavilland.com/our-team/can...
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Canadians Support a National Waterbomber Fleet to Fight Ever Worsening Wildfires in Canada - De Havilland Canada
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Canada has approx. 369 million hectares of forests — only 30% are accessible by roads US has approx. 304 million hectares of forests — 70% are accessible by roads When we have wildfires in Canada in areas not accessible it makes it harder to put them out. Facts matter, don’t lecture us.🖕
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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 17/07/2026
Canadians want closer ties with Europe and less reliance on the United States. 🇨🇦🇪🇺
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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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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Royal Canadian Air Force - Canadian Air Force rescues 11 #Minnesota teens and 4 staff members trapped in wildfires, Gov. Walz says #Canada They are all on their way back to Minnesota. www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
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Canadian Air Force rescues Minnesota teens trapped in wildfires, Gov. Walz says
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced Wednesday members of the Royal Canadian Air Force successfully evacuated 11 Minnesota teenagers and four staff members from wildfires north of the border.
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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 14/07/2026
“All levels of government continue to ignore their regulatory responsibilities, which has enabled unchecked price-gouging on essentials like food and housing.”
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Canada's new grocery benefit does nothing to address the root cause of high food prices: corporate greed
Canada's new grocery benefit does nothing to address the root cause of high food prices: corporate greed
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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 06/07/2026
“According to Canada’s Food Price Report, Quebec families will experience a $1,000 increase on their grocery bills throughout 2026. “Meanwhile, grocery chains like Loblaws, Metro and Sobeys are recording profits of $4.3-billion.”
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Canada's new grocery benefit does nothing to address the root cause of high food prices: corporate greed
Canada's new grocery benefit does nothing to address the root cause of high food prices: corporate greed
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SMac 📎 Part owner of 🇨🇦🍁 @smac2025.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
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Gander: The Social Media You Want, Built in Canada
Fun, private, and ethical. We're changing the way social media is done around here, all without your personal data taking an unexpected trip down south.
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SON OF ANTIFA @highway38.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Vote Democratic Socialism, health care, social security, child care, education funding, gender and racial equality etc etc and etc.
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Jared Kushner wants Albania's protected wetlands. The government obliged. Protesters said no. 29 days later, they're still saying no — with flamingo cutouts and flags, in the streets, every single night. Europe is watching. Is anyone else?
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 29/06/2026
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday called for stronger independent oversight of the United States immigration detention system and investigations into all deaths in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody.
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Happy Pride, Toronto. #PrideToronto2026
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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 27/06/2026
“Monday’s shooting in Montreal is indicative of a problem that Canada’s right wing doesn’t want to talk about: the psychopathic hatred of women. “Misogyny has a home in Canada’s Conservative Party — as do racism, homophobia and transphobia.”
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Right-wing rage-bait got everything wrong about the Montreal shooting
Monday’s shooting in Montreal points to a problem that Canada’s right wing doesn’t want to talk about: the psychopathic hatred of women.
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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 25/06/2026
“When Canadian courts recognize Indigenous territorial claims, Governor General Arbour must stand with the rule of law against opportunistic politicians looking to capitalize off anti-Indigenous racism.” A former war crimes prosecutor is exactly the kind of Governor General Canada needs right now
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A former war crimes prosecutor is exactly the kind of Governor General that Canada needs right now
Louise Arbour is an excellent choice for Governor General of Canada, especially given that she's a former Supreme Court justice.
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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 23/06/2026
The vast majority of Canadians support bans on handguns (78%) and assault rifles (87%). A reminder that Pierre Poilievre has voted against every gun control measure in Parliament since 2004.
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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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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Nearly 380,000 Canadians respond to headlight survey #Canada www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/art...
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Nearly 380,000 Canadians respond to headlight survey
Canadians are making their feelings known about the LED headlights on most new vehicles.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Students from schools across the Halifax area piled into the Wanderers Grounds to watch the Halifax Tides take on the Vancouver Rise Thursday morning. #NovaScotia www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
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Halifax Tides host first school day game in the Northern Super League
Students from schools across the Halifax area piled into the Wanderers Grounds to watch the Halifax Tides take on the Vancouver Rise Thursday morning.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Senior Cuban diplomat says Havana ready to fight U.S., praises Canadian aid #Cuba #US #Canada Some of the aid to Cuba from Canada was $$ and solar panels to help power critical infrastructure, such as medical clinics. /1 thread halifax.citynews.ca/2026/06/17/s...
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Senior Cuban diplomat says Havana ready to fight U.S., praises Canadian aid
OTTAWA — Cuba is prepared for a fight with the United States and is praising Canada for its humanitarian aid, says a senior diplomat visiting Ottawa from Havana. “We would never want a conflict with t...
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
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Jon of The North @krauza.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
They removed CD/DVD drives from PCs. -Made physical media harder to buy and use. -Removed expandable storage from phones. -Pushed us into streaming subscriptions. -Made always-online normal. -Made unlimited internet necessary. -Slowly raised the price of everything. Ownership quietly became renting.
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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
A federal judge just ordered the National Park Service to put back every sign, display, and exhibit pulled under Trump’s “restore truth” order. Judge Angel Kelly just told Trump: you don’t get to rewrite American history. You have 21 days. #USDemocracy #Pinks apple.news/AQDSDrhmzTrq...
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Judge Brutally Slaps Down Trump’s Bid to Rewrite History at National Parks — The Daily Beast
The president’s agenda has taken another hit.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Great info, must watch, the Canada social media ban for children is much better laid out than other countries Credit to francoksng for the breakdown
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Premier Wab Kinew boasts highest approval rating in Canada: Angus Reid survey #Manitoba www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/art...
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Wab Kinew boasts highest approval rating in Canada: Angus Reid survey
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew continues to top the premier approval rankings, while political discontent appears to be growing with his western counterparts.
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Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
There’s a reason they’re targeting libraries. They don’t want you educated. They don’t want you to have a nuanced view of history. Or to read novels that will give you empathy. Or to know about inspiring women, Black or LGBTQ people. They want you intellectually small and easy to manipulate.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 10/06/2026
Trump says he doesn't know if he will renew the CUSMA because "we don't need anything that they have in Mexico or Canada”.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/06/2026
"Something remarkable happened in April. For the first time in history, wind and solar generated more electricity than gas across the entire planet. Not in a country. Not in a region. Globally." Tons of great news here from Danny Kennedy (via @billmckibben.bsky.social's newsletter, which rules).
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Elite Cognitive Dissonance and the Asian Energy Disruption
Notes from the Field — Singapore & Indonesia, May 2026
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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 08/06/2026
Canada to ban social media for kids under 16 “The ban is part of an online harms bill reportedly being tabled in Ottawa on Wednesday.”
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Canada to ban social media for kids under 16
A social media ban for kids under 16 will soon become law in Canada according to a new Globe & Mail report.
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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 08/06/2026
A former war crimes prosecutor is exactly the kind of Governor General that Canada needs right now
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A former war crimes prosecutor is exactly the kind of Governor General that Canada needs right now
Louise Arbour is an excellent choice for Governor General of Canada, especially given that she's a former Supreme Court justice.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Hundreds of thousands of Albanians have been protesting for over a week to revolt against their corrupt govt as well as criminal slumlord traitor Jared Kushner and Crimestress Ivanka for plotting to seize their land. Americans could learn a thing or two on how it’s done.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Only 9% of Canadians now see the US as a trustworthy ally. The relationship is shattered It was shattered by a madman who should be in prison!! #Canada mastermindquotes.com/9-of-canadia...
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9% of Canadians now see the US as a trustworthy ally. The relationship is shattered
The friendship between Canada and the United States used to feel as solid as the world's longest undefended border. But a recent Nanos Research survey for The Globe and Mail captured something stunnin...
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Bank of Canada sees financial system resilience despite global turbulence www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...
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Bank of Canada sees financial system resilience despite global turbulence
The Bank of Canada says the financial system has proven resilient after a turbulent year but officials at the central bank warn risks are mounting on the world stage.
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Smith claims that we are being forced into a separation referendum because of those 700K signatures (300K are unvaried) b/c she supports democracy But her overuse of the Notwithstanding Clause would suggest otherwise I think Alberta's teachers and Trans community would like to have a word #ableg
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David Hamer @davidhamer1951.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
This and any number of concurrent stories about various police services make one wonder if we need some sort of joint federal provincial Royal Commission into policing in 🇨🇦Canada.
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@janettes-999.bsky.social @janettes-999.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The citizens of Festus, Missouri, population approximately 14,000, just voted out every single city council member who secretly approved a gigantic data center. A recall petition is also being circulated to remove the mayor and council members who were not on the ballot.
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Festus, MO Voters Oust EVERY Council Member Who Approved Data Center
YouTube video by Derrick Evans
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
In today's hearing, Thomas Lukaszuk made it abundantly clear that he is against a referendum and put the responsibility for calling a question squarely on the UCP. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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