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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian

@susannesw.bsky.social
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Susanne Spence Wilkins Writer, Podcaster Barn Quilt Painter, Gardener Check out my podcast of original short stories of rural Canadian life: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/monte…

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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian @susannesw.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
So Donald Trump finally got me to watch a world cup football game. I didn't realize I would enjoy it so much.
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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian @susannesw.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Happy Earth Day
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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian @susannesw.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
New headline: Poilievre's ineptitude leads to liberal majority on committees
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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian @susannesw.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Balancing the books with nature and progress. It needs to work. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: Mark Carney gets it right with bold new nature strategy
Done right, a ‘nature-positive’ brand could strengthen global demand for Canadian resources and products
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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian @susannesw.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Quebec buys three private jets for medical air travel, Doug Ford used it to justify his now defunct private jet purchase. Don't forget the "gravy plane". www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Yes, Doug Ford, Quebec bought private jets — but not for the premier's travels | CBC News
Last week, Ontario’s premier pointed to a fleet of Quebec government-owned planes as justification for having his own private aircraft. But Quebec’s premier has no such private plane. We got to the bo...
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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian @susannesw.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Isn't this wonderful.
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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian @susannesw.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Well this is a big relief for my riding. What do you think of all the conservatives posting on social media that they won't be crossing the floor. Do you think PP is doing a roll call?
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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian @susannesw.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
If only I could stop by Bert's Books, today. Someday....
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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian @susannesw.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
ICE is not welcome in Canada in any form. "FULL STOP".
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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian @susannesw.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Fuck him.
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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian @susannesw.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Let's just be grateful. He would only add hate to a horrible tragedy. Sending love to all those hurting and struggling. I can't imagine the depth of their sorrow.
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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian @susannesw.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
The Charlie and Stephen Resistance Tour is forming up ...
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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian @susannesw.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
I learned last week about Hay on Wye. I discovered it after stumbling onto a reel about Wigtown, Scotland. And then I wrote last week's email newsletter about book towns. I believe I'm now in some heavenly algorithm so I'll see lots and lots about booktowns. #booktowns #hayonwye #wigtown
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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian @susannesw.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
I think we have a Harrier cruising through the gully behind our house amidst every day, but I haven't been able to positively identify him. #harrier
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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian @susannesw.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Heck yea
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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian @susannesw.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
WTF Doug? Get on a bike if want to keep that figure ... instead of just one slice of pizza. Bike lanes are a safe route for many. I wish we had more in our rural areas. Stop waiting or tax dollars on lawyers. #bikelanes #dougonabike
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
“To you this is murder?” “Yes. I know it is. — People are feeling like there’s nobody here to help us. What can we do? The constitution doesn’t seem to matter.” She witnessed the killing of Alex Pretti, now she is bravely coming forward. Stella is the best of us. 🇺🇸
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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian @susannesw.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Sounds like it's the right thing to do. With our eyes wide open. Do not go along to get along.
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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian @susannesw.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
“So, we have to say, no. To confront this like Carney did … with his impressive speech, as a lesson for the whole world,”
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Anita Anand @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Right now, in this moment of geopolitical volatility, we will stand on guard for our country by diversifying trade partnerships and bolstering national defence and security. The work is urgent and we will not retreat.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
We cannot normalize this federal occupation of Minneapolis. It is not normal to watch people abducted in front of our eyes—dragged from car windows, pulled from their homes, and children left without parents. This is not about immigration. It’s about unchecked cruelty.
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5 foot Home Depot skeleton @redderbeanpaste.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
I hope people support birchbark books in the twin cities which is run by Ojibwe writer Louise Erdrich. birchbarkbooks.com
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Birchbark Books & Native Arts / Minneapolis, Minnesota
Owned by author Louise Erdrich, Birchbark Books is a full range bookstore specializing in Indigenous American books, arts & gifts. Our books are lovingly chosen. Our store is tended with care. We are ...
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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian @susannesw.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Hey Doug Ford. When you're on Team Canada, you don't always get to be on the ice. But when one of us scores, we all win. Don't be a puck hog.
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marymary🍁 @marymarymary.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
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FF-Suze @suze-bsky.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
For anyone wanting to understand a bit more about the discord between rural and urban or for those with a narrow view of Albertans. A good listen for all Canadians especially those who would like a true voice rather than a party one. Great interview! #BattleRiverCrowfoot
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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian @susannesw.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Border Collie glamor pic. #bordercollie
A black and white border collie smiles at the camera as he sits in a field of daisies.
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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian @susannesw.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
We always stop for lunch at Jelly Bakery in Shelburne, Ontario whenever we travel nearby. #pierogies #jellyisasurname
Three large handmade pierogies are topped with fried bacon and onion. They look delicious.
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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian @susannesw.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
I'm glad he was my teen idol. RIP Bobby Sherman.
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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian @susannesw.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
He forgot to add "Thank you for your attention to this matter."
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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian @susannesw.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
So lovely when the farmer's market baker has a sense of humor. #pie
Script on bottom of a pie box reads: If you are reading this, your pie is either gone or smooshed. Our condolences. 
Murphy's Farm Market and Bakery.
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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian @susannesw.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Delpiniums. Remind us that we can reach the sky,even after we have been laid low by the cruelest of months.
Purple spikes of delphiniums bloom along a sidewalk. Other perennials also line the walkway.
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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian @susannesw.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
A morning bicycle ride can be the setup for a really good day. #ontariobybike
A woman's arm is holding onto a black bicycle handlebar as she rides among a gravel road underneath a bright green forest canopy.
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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian @susannesw.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Monday morning garden #ontariogardens
An English style garden border along  a sidewalk is ready to burst with blooms. Near the end, a small white cherub statue is surrounded by white peonies and pink coral bells.
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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian @susannesw.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Go forth and be fabulous .... www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Kathy Lette looks back: ‘Older women are invisible, so I make sure to do something outrageous every day’
The author on her love for Spike Milligan, the furore over Puberty Blues, and why being middle-aged is great
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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian @susannesw.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
As the proud Mom of a female firefighter, this lights up my heart. You go women. #femalefirefighters
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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian @susannesw.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Love this
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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian @susannesw.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
"I cannot speak as to why this is happening, but I do know that we are a board that is known for our commitment to meeting the needs of all students, to welcoming everybody, no matter who they are. And some people may not agree with that approach." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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The word 'family' has caused controversy for this Ontario school board. Here's why | CBC News
The Waterloo Region District School Board has issued two separate statements on the word "family" after alternative media websites have posted stories about how a training session in November 2023 sai...
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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian @susannesw.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Yesterday on my bicycle ride I saw an enormous tulip tree in full bloom. #tuliptree #Liriodendrontulipifera
Close-up of tulip tree blooms showing greenish petals with orange centers with lots of yellow stamensLooking up into a big, lush tulip tree with branches covered into orangish blooms.
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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian @susannesw.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Finally. Rebel News status is revealed.
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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian @susannesw.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Going toxic ...
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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian @susannesw.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Cardinal, Blue Jay, Swallows and a Double Aster make up yesterday's barn quilt trifecta. #barnquilts
Three women pose with 24" x 24" barn quilts that they have painted in a recent class.
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Edge O. Erin @edgeoerin.com · 12/06/2025
Nearly every time she hits the water, Summer McIntosh either breaks a Canadian Record or a World Record. On track to be one of the greatest athletes of all time. Summer is only 18 and she is Canadian. 🇨🇦
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natureloverns.bsky.social @natureloverns.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Woohoo! I've been dreaming of this bike lane since I moved to this area. So excited re this proposal. These streets are unnecessarily wide. Now we can all share the space. Way to go @hfxgov-mirror.bsky.social #bluesky #halifax #novascotia #bikehfx www.shapeyourcityhalifax.ca/parkland-bik...
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Parkland and Regency Park drives bike lanes
Project overview Halifax Regional Municipality is building comfortable and convenient cycling connections for all ages and abilities. This project will add bike lanes along Parkland and Regency Park d...
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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian @susannesw.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
We should maybe invest in some sheds with retractable roofs, too. Go Carney.
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J. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
It's so frustrating to see our country and the world going backwards. I'm not opposed to just ending this Internet experiment altogether - it's not going well. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Six infants born with congenital measles in Ontario from unvaccinated mothers, Chief Medical Officer says
Dr. Kieran Moore says the babies recovered, but the infections could have been prevented if their mothers had been vaccinated
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Streets.mn @streets.mn · 08/06/2025
"We put so many resources into studying the movement of cars on a structural level, but we do not do the same for pedestrians or bicyclists. While some cities already do some bike and pedestrian counting to inform project designs, it is mostly done at the surface level."
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Street Views: Counting Beyond Cars
Car counts guide urban planning, but what about people on bikes and foot? Does their absence affect streets and public spaces?
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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian @susannesw.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
I honestly don't understand the thought that getting rid of bike lanes will make the world better. Make more and better bike lanes. #morebikelanes
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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian @susannesw.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
The first beautiful monarch migration. #barnquilts #monarchbutterfly #paintclass
Eight women pose in two rows to display their 24"x24" barn quilts painted of colorful monarch butterflies.
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Catherine 🇨🇦 🌎 @capeacadia.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
A guide for our good American 🇺🇸 friends who are hoping to come to Canada 🇨🇦 open.substack.com/pub/canresis...
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Escape to Canada: How Americans Can Visit, Work, Seek Asylum, or Stay for Good
Starter Guide to Some Pathways
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🇨🇦Happy to be Canadian @susannesw.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Yesterday, we were at a local restaurant. One of the specials was a Soft Taco. "What's that?" my partner asked. "A limp Donnie," I replied. He ordered a hamburger. #tacotrump
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