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Canadian, Equestrian, Fire Fighter, married to Bigwood Bob
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NDP
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Today is the anniversary of the Canadian Health Act, a cornerstone of our universal public health care system. Will you take 5 minutes to share a story in the comments about what our public health care means to you — and tag Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Minister of Health Marjorie Michel?
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Jannisaries 🇨🇦
4 days ago
Only in Canada! The Liberals, Conservatives, and the Bloc all agreed to reallocate some of their funding to the NDP to help them function until the next election. Damn, I am glad I live in a functioning democracy!
#Canada
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NDP gets parliamentary funding reinstated after last year's historic defeat | CBC News
The NDP has been given a financial shot in the arm after getting its parliamentary funding reinstated by the committee that doles out cash for House of Commons operations.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-funding-restored-don-davies-9.7165188
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MeidasTouch
5 days ago
NEWS: Huge first win for Mayor Mamdani’s tax-the-rich plans in NYC. Mamdani just secured a deal with Gov. Hochul to create the state’s first-ever tax on $5 million+ second homes owned by ultrawealthy out-of-state residents.
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Rachel Gilmore
6 days ago
The rise of far-right authoritarianism just got kicked in the nads. Hard. Viktor Orbán, a puppet master of the rise of the far-right, just lost the election in Hungary. Everyone who cares about the rise of the far right should care about this — but shouldn’t get complacent. Here’s why:
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I live this quote…
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Art & Nature
18 days ago
#CapeCod
#Poetry
#Painting
#Spring
It is morning, and again I am the lucky person to be in it Mary Oliver 🎨 Kaoru Yamada
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Rachel Gilmore
21 days ago
How will Avi Lewis pay for his big ideas? Taxing billionaires and corporations. “Banks made $70 billion in profits last year…Grocery baron Galen Weston alone is worth $20 billion,” Avi says. “The money is there my friends. We need a government with the courage to go and get it for all of us.”
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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™
19 days ago
Edward Gordon (American Artist, born 1940) "March", 1970. Oil on Canvas, 53.3 × 43.18 cm. Private Collection.
#art
#painting
#artist
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Anonymous
19 days ago
Canada carried out the overnight annexation of Alaska, the op was developed over recent months in coordination with Inuit rebel forces and backed by Nordics, Greenland & NATO. Captured US troops to be deported within 2 weeks, military equipment and bases under Canadian control.
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G. Willow Wilson
22 days ago
In all seriousness though, elder millennial jokes aside, I think it’s important to resist the media framing of any mainstream resistance to the status quo as just the shrill nonsense of middle-aged women with nothing better to do. This isn’t the first time they’ve run out this playbook.
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daily dose of estragon
22 days ago
Wab’s doing numbers with this one
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Brigid
25 days ago
🤯 30-40% of Gulf energy infrastructure destroyed, take up to 3 years to fix everything. Everything is about to get much worse
#Cdnpoli
#Energy
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Business - France confirms oil crisis, says 30-40 percent of Gulf energy infrastructure destroyed
France's Finance Minister Roland Lescure revealed on Wednesday that between 30 and 40 per cent of Gulf refining capacity has been damaged or destroyed by Iran's retaliatory strikes, leaving a shortage...
https://www.france24.com/en/france-confirms-oil-crisis-says-30-40-gulf-energy-infrastructure-destroyed
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Christy Kelly-Bisson
25 days ago
"Research done by Richard Gray, the Canadian Grain Policy Research Chair, showed that $370 million in taxpayer investment in wheat breeding results in Canadian benefits reaching $11.8 billion. The AAFC research cuts, however, could harm the work of the Canadian Grain Commission"
#CDNpoli
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Farmers are fighting against agriculture research facility closures
In a cost cutting measure, the federal government plans on closing seven research farms across Canada.
https://rabble.ca/labour/farmers-are-fighting-against-agriculture-research-facility-closures/
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Sailor James 🇨🇦 🇺🇦
28 days ago
I did write this, but it’s spot on.
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hammancheez
28 days ago
Reminder to tell TSA they’re not getting paid but ICE is getting overtime for those travelling today, be sure to keep morale high and avoid TSA spitting in their break room lunches
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The blood is always on the same hands.
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No power yet after our mega storm, but I still got out for an adventure
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🇨🇦 👊🇨🇦
about 1 month ago
#Iran
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Marie 🇨🇦 🐸
about 1 month ago
Dean Blundell’s Substack today is a MUST-READ: Trump spent 14 months tariffing allies, threatening to annex Canada, mocking NATO then launched a war nobody asked for. Now he’s DEMANDING those same allies bail him out.
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
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BREAKING: Trump is Now "DEMANDING" Former Allies Help With Operation Epstein Fury In Iran
I Guess The Begging Didn't Work
https://open.substack.com/pub/deanblundell/p/breaking-trump-is-now-demanding-former?r=1sw5fe&utm_medium=ios
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Anthony's Spinning Circles here too!
about 1 month ago
Canada entering the chat with no lies detected!👊🏾🔥🔥
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Angela Stanfield Co-owner of 🇨🇦, on territory of Anishinabek FN
about 1 month ago
Start this video at 5:15. Watching it will make every 🇨🇦ians happy and proud right now. Go on 🇨🇦. You deserve the hit of dopamine and serotonin. 😁
#Canada
#CanadaSky
#Denmark
#Norway
#Finland
#Iceland
#Sweden
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PM Mark Carney holds joint news conference with Nordic leaders in Oslo – March 15, 2026
YouTube video by cpac
https://www.youtube.com/live/q0HkAYpMIJk?si=1ohr2Q9V3ceF7y4R
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Canada’s wildland fire agencies want better masks to stop smoke. If only it were that easy, Good article, but doesn’t even scratch the surface of all the toxins absorbed through your skin on the fire line.
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They are so comfortable with sex crimes, why should we be surprised that war crimes aren’t a stretch
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Audric Moses 🇨🇦
about 1 month ago
I'm no economist, but I'm pretty sure there are a LOT of variables behind this difference, a few of which are: cost of raw ingredients, exchange rate, large minimum wage differences, specific location, etc., etc.. Also — a Big Mac in
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today is $6.79, not $7.81 CAD. Farm that rage 🙄.
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Me 🍁, Antifa / Love My Country 🇨🇦
about 1 month ago
Liive Now
#cdnpoli
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PM Carney Makes an Arctic Defence Announcement
At a news conference in Yellowknife, Prime Minister Mark Carney announces his government’s “new plan to defend and transform Canada’s Northern and Arctic region.” (no interpretation)
https://cpac.ca/headline-politics/episode/pm-carney-makes-an-arctic-defence-announcement?id=a85c328d-1f1c-42cf-aca4-7012ba83e602
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Rachel Gilmore
about 1 month ago
Here’s my (frighteningly vulnerable!!) follow up on my reporting that exposed a white nationalist active club. On the professional and personal costs of this work:
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Walter 🇨🇦 (ウォールター)
about 1 month ago
we need drones now though. Use the downturn in the auto sector and build ASAP. It's been 12 months already since elected.
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Such a loss
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Great day today at the St. Charles Women Empowering Women Event. So many amazing women in our community
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If you don’t want to be called out for being a Nazi, don’t be a Nazi.
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Aaron Rupar
about 2 months ago
NOEM: I would disagree with the judge CROCKETT: I'm sure you would, but can you tell me whether or not you have a law degree? NOEM: A what? CROCKETT: A law degree NOEM: No I do no- CROCKETT: Okay
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Jayson Stark
about 2 months ago
Max Scherzer's daughter wrote a heartfelt letter to the Blue Jays - and put a stamp on it. I wrote about why her parents never sent it.
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Max Scherzer on daughter’s letter to Blue Jays: ‘That’s a bad negotiating tactic’
Scherzer is back with the Blue Jays, but the big story in camp Tuesday was still his daughter's letter to the team that went viral.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7083764/2026/03/03/blue-jays-pitcher-max-scherzer-contract-daughter-letter/?source=emp_shared_article
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁
about 2 months ago
Changes to 911 system will provide more options for callers, information for responders
#Canada
Text and image sharing among the features of new system planned for 2027
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Changes to 911 system will provide more options for callers, information for responders | CBC News
Next Generation 911 will give callers the ability to send photos and videos to dispatchers, along with information like building layouts and health records that could then be shared with first respond...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-next-generation-911-9.7111953
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Montréal Antifasciste
about 2 months ago
"The growing white nationalist "active club" movement poses a risk for "extreme violence" in Canada, according to an internal Public Safety Canada brief obtained by CBC News."
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White nationalist fight clubs pose risk for 'extreme violence,' warns government report | CBC News
The growing white nationalist "active club" movement poses a risk for "extreme violence" in Canada, according to an internal Public Safety Canada brief obtained by CBC News.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/active-clubs-report-public-safety-canada-9.7109011
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Nickel City chick🍁
about 2 months ago
Ontario's tire recycling sector is 'broken' the industry says, as the circular tire recycling economy circles funds back to corporations and importers while leaving millions of used tires in potentially dangerous and environmentally hazardous piles all over Ontario
www.sudbury.com/local-news/m...
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MUST READ: Here's a deep dive into how 500,000 used tires ended up stockpiled in Azilda
Ontario's tire recycling sector is 'broken' the industry says, as the circular tire recycling economy circles funds back to corporations and importers while leaving millions of used tires in potential...
https://www.sudbury.com/local-news/must-read-heres-a-deep-dive-into-how-500000-used-tires-ended-up-stockpiled-in-azilda-11939997
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁
about 2 months ago
According to Phoebe Stephens, an associate professor at Dalhousie University, groceries could become more affordable by improving the regional supply chain and increasing the volume of locally produced food.
#NewBrunswick
#PrinceEdwardIsland
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Here’s how Atlantic Canadians are dealing with rising inflation, grocery prices
A deeper look at the cost of living shows Atlantic Canadians facing higher inflation and steeper grocery bills than much of the country.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/inflation/article/heres-how-atlantic-canadians-are-dealing-with-rising-inflation-grocery-prices/
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Interesting breakdown of the SOTU from CBC’s Andrew Chang
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I just watched the longest state of the union speech ever | About That
In Donald Trump's 2026 state of the union address — which broke the record for the longest such speech — he spoke about everything from lauding the men's Olympic hockey team to repeatedly chastizing D...
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7106346
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Hilary stands up for what’s right.
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priden'pioneer
about 2 months ago
4 of the 5 are from Minnesota and three of the five have the same agent Ben Hankinson who is also from Minnesota
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Keith Olbermann
about 2 months ago
Kinda amazing that Trump shits on Canada and Mexico every day, and there's the Mexican-American captain of Canada's Toronto Maple Leafs, Auston Matthews, standing behind him as he defiles an Olympic Gold Medal He hates your mother and your fans Auston Matthews but - you do you: be a collaborator
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Finally an American Governor doing something about rampant gun violence.
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Veronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪
about 2 months ago
Yes, please tax them. There are 902 American billionaires. Any single one of them could fund PBS and NPR forever without losing their billionaire status. LITERALLY ANY OF THEM.
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Rachel Gilmore
about 2 months ago
Sports are political. Following the USA’s hockey wins at the Olympics, the White House revisited an old tweet from Trudeau that asserted our sovereignty. They shared that post with an image of an eagle attacking a Canada goose. But they messed up Because in that story, the goose came out on top.
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Glen 🇨🇦 part owner of Canada*
about 2 months ago
The problem is that people keep letting trump "negotiate". Every time the USA talks to Russia they guarantee a continuation of the war. The USA is profiting off the war, they do not want it to stop. They never have, even when Biden was in power.
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Great news for women’s sports!
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about 2 months ago
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I missed the part where the NHLPA players stood in solidarity with the PWHL players. I only saw them mocking them.
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I totally agree that sports need to be affordable for families.
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Yes, I don’t think anyone has disproved white supremacy as thoroughly as white supremacists.
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