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PA of Yogi the doggo | Live on ancestral & unceded territory of Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh People | PNW | Privacy Professional at FNESC | Advocate for Privacy embedded and Human-centric Tech

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Freshet News @freshetnews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Our 20K newspapers today were double the size — packed with civic election profiles for the Oct. 17 vote, as well as local stories and great photos for New West, Burnaby and Tri-City readers. And our Oct. 15 edition will be just as weighty, with a focus on the provincial election on Oct. 24
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Lukasz Olejnik @lukaszolejnik.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
OpenAI agents hacked Australian health service government systems. In June a model researching public medicine spending hit repeated access blocks on the Medicare statistics portal. www.pm.gov.au/media/press-...
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Brad Cavanagh @canspice.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is the #NewWest I’m proud to call home, not the doom and gloom New West some politicians would like you to think they need to fix. www.timescolonist.com/life/travel/...
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'Nearcation' to New Westminster brings fresh romance to an old haunt
Rediscovering the rich history, vibrant nightlife and modern revitalization of my riverfront childhood home.
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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Thank you for the shout-out. I can never thank you enough for your support over the years. It’s a tough go being an editorial cartoonist in 2026, but I’m lucky to work for a newspaper that still wants to do its job. @theglobeandmail.com
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Author Chelsea Vowel admits that on the strength of the five years of “difficult conversations” that followed the TRC report, she 'probably naively' hoped that settler and newcomer knowledge about Indigenous Peoples would be further along than it is.
aptnnews.ca
Indigenous issues should be deeper by now, but myths and stereotypes persist
Indigenous issues should be deeper by now says the author of Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis & Inuit Issues in Canada
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Derek Kwan @dgk1969.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
It's August 6th today and you know what that means.. a new Freshet News @freshetnews.bsky.social issue available at the Nikkei Museum plus all the other usual locations in Burnaby, New West, and the Tri-Cities! . #august6 #freshetnews #burnaby #newwest #tricities
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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 07/08/2026
A new study examining online hate during the so-called March for Australia rallies found white supremacy was rife. But there are patterns we can see to help stop it.
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What three million online posts reveal about anti-First Nations hate in Australia
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MIT Technology Review @technologyreview.com · 06/08/2026
Prediction markets and a move toward AI forecasting are starting to put the accuracy of weather predictions at risk. Here’s what we can do to safeguard them.
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The risk of weather data sabotage is rising
Prediction markets and a move toward AI forecasting are starting to put the accuracy of weather predictions at risk. Here’s what we can do to safeguard them.
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
"When they decry how younger generations are surrendering their privacy, older generations are just blaming the victims. Younger people aren’t willingly giving up their privacy—they’re living in a world where having privacy is increasingly difficult and often impossible."
danielsolove.substack.com
Do Young People Care About Privacy?
My Answer and a Cartoon
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OpenMedia @openmedia.org · 30/06/2026
Join the national push to close a major privacy gap in 🇨🇦! Over 8,400 people have already signed the parliamentary petition e-7237 calling for political parties to be brought under privacy law. Sign by Saturday, July 4: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... @bcfipa.bsky.social @cancivlib.bsky.social
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
A proposed class action was filed in the Court of King's bench in Edmonton Tuesday over what is alleged to be the largest breach of voters' privacy in Alberta history. It names the province, chief electoral officer, and the separatist group The Centurion Project Ltd.
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Lawsuit filed in alleged Alberta data breach
A lawsuit has been filed in Edmonton in what the plaintiff alleges to be one of the largest privacy breaches in Alberta history.
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OpenMedia @openmedia.org · 29/06/2026
Political parties in 🇨🇦 can buy data from data brokers and combine it with voter lists to target you. They can collect and use your data without consent, and you may never know if it’s breached. This isn’t normal in a democracy. Sign by Saturday, July 4 to fix this: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 23/06/2026
Federal political parties can collect and use your personal data under weaker privacy rules than most organizations in Canada, such as businesses and public institutions. Sign the petition and tell Parliament: no more special treatment for political parties #cdnpoli www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Sign this Petition - Petitions
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Penny Daflos @pennydaflos.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
It turns out Vancouver Coastal Health has a very VERY narrow definition of “surgery” — at least when it comes to emergency infrastructure This is a real head scratcher www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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‘Absolutely shocked’: Metro Vancouver skin cancer centre without backup power
A B.C. man who had flesh on his jaw and cheek removed, found to have skin cancer, is stunned that there was no backup power at the surgical clinic.
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
This year for Indigenous History Month, APTN News is sharing stories of First Nations, Inuit and Métis people making a difference in their communities across the country. Read and watch our stories here:
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Indigenous History Month 2026 - APTN | Our Stories
Indigenous History Month June 2026 This year for Indigenous History Month, APTN News is sharing stories of First Nations, Inuit and Métis people making a difference in their communities across the…
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OpenMedia @openmedia.org · 22/06/2026
Three-quarters of Canadians are concerned that political parties largely write their own privacy rules, without independent oversight. Privacy rights should apply to everyone! ✍️ Sign and share: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 22/06/2026
Canada’s Bill C-22 is riddled with privacy problems that affect millions of people. Instead of jamming it though on an arbitrary deadline, it should be debated fully. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Canada Is Forging Ahead with Its Dangerous Surveillance Bill
With no serious debate, including on proposed amendments, Canada is blazing full speed ahead with Bill C-22, which would threaten encryption and increase surveillance. Also known as the Lawful Access
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OpenMedia @openmedia.org · 14/05/2026
BREAKING: Signal, the #1 privacy protecting messaging app, is saying they will pull out of 🇨🇦 ENTIRELY if they're scoped into #BillC22 without large changes. This should be our final alarm bell:.We can have privacy or we can have C22, not both! #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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Signal warns it would pull out of Canada if made to comply with lawful access bill
Secure messaging service says it will not weaken its encryption, privacy safeguards for government
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 05/05/2026
Red Dress Day is held every May 5th. It began in 2010 with the REDress Project, a creation of Métis artist Jaime Black, and is a National Day of remembrance and activism honouring the lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirited People (MMIWG2S+).
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French in PNW @vlanglet.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Summer weather un May ... As long as there is grass and some shadow all good for Naia and Yogi #dogsofbluesky
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French in PNW @vlanglet.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Deck season has started #dogsobbluesky
Black dog with white paws laying un a bed panrinf and red brindle dog soaking the sun are chilling on a deckBlack dog with white tuxedo and red brindle dog watching the neighborhood from their deck
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 26/04/2026
Incarcerated people stopped believing they deserved soap and toilet paper when the government controlled the news they could watch, writes @joinjeremy.org's Jeremy Busby. People on the outside may stop believing they deserve democracy.
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A lesson on media consolidation and censorship from a Texas prison
How Trump steering CNN and HBO to his allies can drastically alter the public discourse
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Redeye @redeyeradio.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Saturday | 10:05 PT Regional Chief Terry Teegee on Premier David Eby’s push to amend the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. @ubcic.bsky.social @emilylowan.bsky.social @bcgreens.bsky.social @bccla.bsky.social #dripa #undrip #indigenous #bcPoli
Indigenous wood carving of human with arms raised (on right, against red background.) Text in white " The Declaration Act is not the problem. It is part of the solution."
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OpenMedia @openmedia.org · 12/04/2026
Help protect yourself and loved ones from corporations that don’t care about you. Your voice matters. Tell your MP to make privacy law reform a priority now! Send your message here 👉 openmedia.org/Privacy4Cana...
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Privacy International @privacyinternational.org · 03/04/2026
63% of sexual and reproductive justice activists who responded to our survey shared fears of being surveilled. We have developed a guide to help them better protect their privacy online and on their devices.
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Privacy International & Women on Web - Securing Reproductive Justice: A Guide to Digital Privacy for Sexual and Reproductive Justice Activists
IntroductionWith digital evidence increasingly used in abortion-related prosecutions, and sexual
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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 11/02/2026
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Senators push back on bill exempting political parties from privacy law
Tax-cut bill provision exempting parties from provincial privacy laws needs closer scrutiny, senators say
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 05/02/2026
Women known as the “Military Mapping Maidens” produced tens of thousands of topographic maps during World War II, while men fought overseas. Yet their work remained largely uncredited until recently, explains a specialist in geographic information systems.
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Women have been mapping the world for centuries – and now they’re speaking up for the people left out of those maps
Women have moved from mapmakers using their bodies to depict maps to being leaders shaping the field of cartography.
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 04/02/2026
NEW: Five months out from Vancouver's first FIFA World Cup game, two progressive city councillors want the city to pre-emptively boot US Immigration and Customs Enforcement — ICE — off the pitch.
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Vancouver councillors push for World Cup to ban ICE agents
Five months out from Vancouver's first FIFA World Cup game — and as the presence of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency at the upcoming Olympics has stirred protests in Italy — two progr...
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Freshet News @freshetnews.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
🌲 Freshet News is honoured to receive a community grant from the Village of Belcarra. 🙏 Thanks to Mayor Jamie Ross and councillors Joe Elworthy, Carolina Clark, Liisa Wilder and Janet Ruzycki for their support of local #journalism. #tricities #belcarrabc #belcarra #fundraising #donation
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Freshet News @freshetnews.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Get your earphones in and your runners on! 🏃‍♂️ We’re looking for Neighbourhood Champions to help us deliver the next edition of Freshet News on Thursday, Feb. 19! 🗞️ If you live in #NewWestminster, #Burnaby or the Tri-Cities, email us at info@freshetnews.ca to volunteer 😊
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Museum of Vancouver @museumofvan.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
The Vancouver Maritime Museum, Museum of Vancouver, and H.R. MacMillan Space Centre are inviting the public to Vanier Park on the first Sunday of each month for Pay-What-You-Can Days, beginning February 1, 2026. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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Pay-what-you-can admission coming to 3 Vancouver museums
Three museums located on Vancouver’s waterfront are hoping to encourage more visitors and eliminate financial barriers by bringing in monthly admission-by-donation.
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binnicula🦇🐰 @binnska.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
I shared one of these the other day but I think it's great that it's a trend. I choose my dogs, and the bear. www.youtube.com/shorts/_NJuL...
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This trend on “He Provoked me” is WILDDDD!!!
YouTube video by HerPower Secrets
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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
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They are all responsible
Miller, Noem, Bovino, Homan...and most of all, Trump
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
A First Nation in southern Alberta is advising its members against all travel to the U.S., adding that the Jay Treaty and Indian status cards are being challenged by U.S. border officials.
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First Nation in Alberta advises members against travel to the Unites States | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 30/01/2026
The National Post, The Rebel and Juno News attacked Coastal First Nations earlier this month after Mark Carney met with them over his pipeline deal. Now, after a BC Conservative leadership hopeful echoed those talking points, they've hit back.
nationalobserver.com
Coastal First Nations hit back after pundits and politicians challenge its legitimacy in pipeline debate
Coastal First Nations push back against claims questioning their legitimacy, accusing political critics of spreading disinformation as disagreements escalate over the proposed BC coast pipeline.
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La dernière @ladernierenova.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
La loi de Cunningham. La chronique d'Albert Moukheiber pour l'émission du 25 janvier :
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Prêcher le faux pour savoir le vrai - La chronique d'Albert Moukheiber dans La dernière
YouTube video by Radio Nova
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Vision Zero Vancouver @visionzerovancouver.ca · 25/01/2026
Yet another pedestrian killed by the driver of an oversized pickup. It's time to regulate the size of large pickups and SUVs before they kill more of our neighbours. Vehicles this size offer no practical utility over smaller counterparts. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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Senior dies after being hit by vehicle in New Westminster parking lot
A woman was struck and killed by a driver in a parking lot in New Westminster Friday afternoon, according to police.
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Prof Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Amnesty has issued a report about rising #authoritarianism & #humanRights violations in #USA, incl enforced disappearances, restrictions on #freeSpeech incl the media, increased #corruption, militarisation of law enforcement, mass surveillance, weakening of rule of law www.jurist.org/news/2026/01...
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Amnesty International warns of rising US authoritarianism and human rights violations
Amnesty International published a report on Tuesday, warning about rising authoritarian practices in the US and detailing numerous ways how the rule of law and human rights are being threatened. The r...
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Vancouver Is Awesome @viawesome.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Bernice's story highlights B.C.'s new liver transplant guidelines for Indigenous patients
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Bernice's story highlights B.C.'s new liver transplant guidelines for Indigenous patients
Organ transplants are a "never-ending tragedy," with referrals steadily going up while the number of organs available remains stagnant, says B.C. doctor.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
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Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away
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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
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danniemcq @danniemcq.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Cat wandered in front of the camera during the #aurora long exposure
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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
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French in PNW @vlanglet.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Cinnamon or chocolate roll for you ? We love both 😋 #dogsofbluesky
A black and red dog sleeping on a couch like 2 cute rolls
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BC Wildfire Weekly - Wildfires + More @bcwildfirewkly.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
The Regional District of #Kitimat-Stikine has issued an Evacuation Order in Electoral Area B on the Kispiox River due to flooding caused by an ice jam. Anyone in the impacted area must leave immediately. More info including addresses & map: www.rdks.bc.ca/emergency_se... #BCFlood 1/2
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Kispiox River Ice Jam Flooding - 26-0407 - Evacuation Order - 15 January 2026 @2100h
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French in PNW @vlanglet.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Stop working! Play Now! #dogsofbluesky
Naia the red brindle dog requiring full play attention while lying on the bed near my desk
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Vancouver Is Awesome @viawesome.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Consumers could save billions of dollars with more control of data: Comp Bureau
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Consumers could save billions of dollars with more control of data: Comp Bureau
OTTAWA — The Competition Bureau says Canadians could save billions of dollars if the country moves ahead with giving consumers more control over their data.
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Doctors and therapists have years of training and experience . . . and well-established legal responsibilities, such as a fiduciary duty to act in the best interest of the patient. AI currently has none of these things. danielsolove.substack.com/p/ai-compani...
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