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At the end of the day I'm not sure how much difference it makes. But it is striking to put out a budget that axes a luxury tax on yachts and adds a co-pay for refugee claimants accessing drugs and dental care.

Did you see the online chatter this week about how No Kings is a useless movement? That to build something effective takes different tactics? Or that it was the largest, single-day protest in the history of the US? It's always useful to protest fascism. Latest ep-- sandyandnora.com/episode-346-...

‘What I do with my body is none of your business’: musician Beverly Glenn-Copeland on trans rights, cult stardom and living with dementia

Check out today's Daily News podcast -- young people around the world are rising up and today, I give you a quick look at Ecuador and Morocco. 6 minutes of news! sandyandnora.com/daily-news-s...

Jesus Christ. A standing ovation — from Liberals too — for Charlie Kirk in the Canadian House of Commons. You can (and should) oppose political violence without doing all this, you know.

Former Davis Tannery Lands - Update & Next Steps at next Kingston Council mtg. Email council to ensure clear-cutting doesn’t happen prematurely, that this development does the least environmental harm possible, or at least to get rent-geared-to-income units. #ygk #GrandmotherOak #TanneryLand

This is really, really bad. Do you really need to rub elbows with Nazis to know thy enemy? Do people not see that these are fascist grifters who created an authoritarian hellhole and are now selling how-to advice to the opposition? Nothing about this is defensible.

Hey city of Kingston: one way to make “#ygk more bird-friendly would be to stop the clear-cutting. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

Shots. Fired. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Plug-in balcony solar panels could mean cheaper power. But Canada needs to get on board first. Germany has seen boom in balcony solar, but murky regulations mean North America slower to adopt www.cbc.ca/news/climate...

#MargaretAtwood has some ... words after today's news from #Edmonton. 📖 Booknotification.com I #getnotified 🔔

If only there was a Rent-To-Own option for the trees... Welcome To Patryville. #ygk

Mark Carney is governing like a misogynist ☑️ Ordering mostly female flight attendants to work for free ☑️ 81% cut to gender equality programs ☑️ Protecting mostly male jobs (RCMP, Military, Border guards) while slashing women ☑️ Attacking abortion privacy rights

Just in case you weren’t sure how awful Doug ford is. The courts ruled against him based on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms because PEOPLE WILL DIE IF HE REMOVES SAFE BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE. So he’s considering ABUSING the Notwithstanding Clause just for ego and some cheap suburban votes.

#TanneryLands #ygk

Provincially Significant Woodands to be axed in Kingston. #TanneryLand #ygk #NaturalHeritageStudy

vickischmolka.substack.com/p/tannery-de.... #ygk #TanneryLand

Thinking of all survivors today. 💕 I believe you.

It has one of the lowest conviction rates of any crime in Canada.

#ICYMI Ahead of an open house on Wednesday, Jul. 23, 2025, to discuss the draft Natural Heritage System mapping & technical report, local environmental groups share their views, and the City of #Kingston responds. #YGK #Environment Details: www.kingstonist.com/news/local-e...

The world is watching the death march of Gaza. Canada, like the rest of the west is silent. Gaza is where western rhetoric about international law, the rules based order and duty to protect went to die. But the international criminal court is documenting the crimes and the criminals.

Police say a number of vehicles were damaged overnight from July 3 - 4, with residents reporting about a dozen vehicles with slashed tires. #Kingston Police are looking for witnesses or any camera footage of the area at the time. #YGK #CrimeNews Details: www.kingstonist.com/news/police-...

Mark Carney rode anti-Trump nationalism all the way to the Prime Minister's office. Now Carney is passing Trump-like policies that could lock in new oil and gas for decades. Listen to San Grewal and I break down why on @canadaland.com www.canadaland.com/podcast/1190... @desmog.com

Carney ran against Trump’s ‘Conservative buddies,’ then governed as their collaborator. Military spending hikes, Big Tech tax cuts, and anti-Indigenous bills reveal the truth: his base was always capital, not Canadians.

We need more free spaces for people to use in Kingston, not costly commercial projects that eat up public land and make our community even more inequitable. Market square rink and Richardson beach, yes! Privatized water parks, no! #ygk www.kingstonist.com/culture/opin...

Patient outcomes are worse, costs balloon, but there are a few people who can make a lot of money off of it while plunging the public system further into crisis so Ford goes full steam ahead.

Corporate-backed fossil fuel projects are not in our national interest. Will you send your MP a message right now, calling on them to oppose Carney’s attempt to fast-track Bill C-5 and refuse to pass the bill in its current form?

www.change.org/p/protect-bu... #ygk

Global average temperature is expected to rise to almost 2C above preindustrial in the next five years, according to the WMO, with falls in crop yields and more than a third of the world’s population being exposed to extreme heat. People, I'm sorry but we have to deal with this. Later is too late.

Bill 6, introduced by Premier Doug Ford, proposes six months of jail time and an impossible $10,000 fine for homeless people living outdoors. Homeless people don't need to be punished — they need affordable housing! Ontarians - please sign. win.newmode.net/encampmentju...

🇨🇦 Canadians - On May 19th Canada, France and the U.K. threatened “concrete action” against Israel on Gaza. Send a message to your MP, Prime Minister Carney and Foreign Minister Anita Anand demanding a full two-way arms embargo against Israel.

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A vote for Bryan Paterson is a vote for Poilievre is a vote for a Trumpist regime of our own. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause... #ygkVotes #ygk

Three librarians face layoffs at the Peterborough Public Library as the city moves forward with cost-cutting measures. The city says services won't be impacted, but the library union disagrees. Here's our report on what's happening at your public library ⤵️ peterboroughcurrents.ca/news/peterbo...

The rise of end times fascism. An essay by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor

Check out today's Daily News episode -- with zero April Fools content to confuse and anger you. sandyandnora.com/daily-news-a...

To be super clear: CTV Your Morning *approached* @rachelgilmore.bsky.social to do a weekly segment CTV announced on *national TV* she would be returning each week Then CTV *cancels* her segment after Poilievre’s staffer denounces the announcement on X pressprogress.ca/ctv-cancelle...

We need to be LOUD and demand they build public, non market, affordable, cooperative housing that can NEVER be sold to corporations. Don't make the same mistake that the UK did with their public housing.

Take a listen to the Daily News podcast for today! sandyandnora.com/daily-news-m...

Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century." snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

"Why is the city not figuring out what the COMMUNITY NEEDS from the space first?" Our City NEEDS a lot of things. A soccer stadium to lure a professional team ain't one of 'em. ❤️Kingston. Where Ostentatious Grand Gestures Thrive™ #ygk vickischmolka.substack.com/p/report-on-...

A hundred people at the town hall meeting about the possible privatization of Memorial park to turn it into a soccer stadium. #ygk

Ontario's election by the numbers: 45.4% of registered voters bothered to vote 42.9% of those voters voted for Doug Ford's team They won 80 of 124 seats. 📣19.5% of Ontario's eligible voters gave Doug Ford 65% of the voice of Ontario's people.📣 www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

If you haven't had a chance to sign the parliamentary petition to strip Elon Musk of his Canadian citizenship you can click here. I will present this petition from the people of Canada to Parliament in March. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...