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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 4d

David Eby will win this fight seven days a week and twice on Sundays.

He's not the one opening the door to separatist referendums and forever blaming Canada for everything that goes wrong in his province.

National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 4d

Danielle Smith meets with PM Mark Carney, calls B.C. premier ‘un-Canadian’ www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com

Danielle Smith meets with PM Mark Carney, calls B.C. premier ‘un-Canadian’

Prime Minister Mark Carney has committed to reaching an agreement regarding Alberta’s pitch for a proposed bitumen pipeline to the West Coast by next month, according to Premier Danielle Smith.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Stewart Prest @stewartprest.ca · 4d

This is dangerous rhetoric. Attempts to delegitimize opponents' right to take part in a conversation inevitably undermine respect on both sides.

It polarizes our politics, undermining trust in democracy, which depends on expressing disagreement.

www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

Danielle Smith meets with PM Mark Carney, calls B.C. premier ‘un-Canadian’

Prime Minister Mark Carney has committed to reaching an agreement regarding Alberta’s pitch for a proposed bitumen pipeline to the West Coast by next month, according to Premier Danielle Smith.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Arno Kopecky @arnokopecky.bsky.social · 4d

Dear progressives in BC (and beyond): let's shout our support for @davidebybc.bsky.social's position on Northern Gateway.

Lord knows we tell him when we're upset. There has to be a political upside for him doing the right thing now.

Feels like the whole country is leaning on him to cave.

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Arno Kopecky @arnokopecky.bsky.social · 8d

Ohh!

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Arno Kopecky @arnokopecky.bsky.social · 9d

”This is a test of whether Canada works as a country,” said Danielle Smith of Alberta’s latest pipeline salvo.

She’s right, just not for the reason she thinks.

My latest for @nationalobserver.com

www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/02/a...

After Danielle Smith's pipeline announcement, Carney should brace for impact

Alberta’s decision to submit a pipeline proposal forces Ottawa to choose between BC and Alberta

www.nationalobserver.com

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Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social · 12d

I don't like talking about the hate & abuse I received in politics. I don't need sympathy. But we do need change. And I promised to support women & girls who want to go into politics. So here is my story. We need to stop this. Now.

🔗 thewalrus.ca/they-called-...

They Called Her “Climate Barbie.” She Fired Back | The Walrus

Catherine McKenna on misogyny, rage farming, and the toll of online violence in Canadian politics

thewalrus.ca

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Arno Kopecky @arnokopecky.bsky.social · 15d

woot! congrats @noorazrieh.bsky.social!
So well deserved...one of my favourite people to talk politics with -- rare gift of embedding humour & personal reflection into the conversation.

Canadaland @canadaland.com · 15d

We’re so excited to see that @noorazrieh.bsky.social has been nominated for Best Host (News & Politics) for her amazing work on Canadaland Politics (take that, Anderson Cooper).

AND The Copernic Affair is nominated in the Limited Series & Specials - True Crime category.

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 17d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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Arno Kopecky @arnokopecky.bsky.social · 17d

And that‘s before he got to climate change

Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 17d

The US president marked the UN’s 80th anniversary by promoting the very ideology an earlier US president had co-created the UN in order to eradicate from the earth, because that ideology in extremis had just killed 60 million people

www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Opinion: Trump’s General Assembly speech endorsed the very things the UN was created to oppose

The U.S. President devoted much of his address to trumpeting the concepts of racial nationalism and ethnic expulsion

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 18d

From a climate denial group's mailout... I want to frame this

An AI-generated image featuring "ICLEI" "Net Zero" and "National Observer" depicted as shadowy figures behind a building labeled "town hall"

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Arno Kopecky @arnokopecky.bsky.social · 19d

Journalism Opportunity Alert!

The Knight-Wallace Fellowship was transformative for me, on too many levels to name; I'd recommend it even if our industry wasn't being assaulted on every front.

But here we are. Check out the webinar, learn more, and go get it.

Wallace House Center for Journalists @umwallacehouse.bsky.social · 19d

Thinking about applying for the Knight-Wallace Fellowships?

Join one of our three upcoming webinars to hear from alumni about how the fellowship transformed their careers.

To learn more and RSVP, visit: https://loom.ly/wu18qZg
#KnightWallaceFellowship

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 22d

Me yelling into the void: SHE'S JUST SHORT!!

Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 22d

And just to close the loop on something I've been seeing a lot in comments etc. - people saying Chrystia Freeland applauded but did not stand. I've watched the video multiple times. She stood up, she's just short.

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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 24d

Pay attention to the extraordinary work of my colleague Hasan Jaber, whose reporting from Gaza has graced our front pages for the past two years. Despite having lost dozens of family and being trapped himself, his work is a beacon of impartial professionalism

www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

As Israeli ground invasion begins, Palestinians in Gaza City say they’re trapped or fleeing on unsafe roads

More than 700,000 men, women and children in Gaza City are living under direct bombardment

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Arno Kopecky @arnokopecky.bsky.social · 29d

Climate advocates within the Liberal party are finding common cause and voice, on the eve of parliament's resumption.

“I was not elected to parliament to either bite my tongue or not use my brain,” Will Greaves, freshman MP for Victoria, told me.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/11/a...

A Liberal environment caucus is born

About 50 Liberal MPs have formed a sub-caucus on environment to serve as a forum for the party’s environmental advocates to compare notes and speak with a collective voice as they push for progressive...

www.nationalobserver.com

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Arno Kopecky @arnokopecky.bsky.social · Sep 11

It's official.
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...

Prime Minister Carney announces first projects to be reviewed by the new Major Projects Office

The MPO will help to identify projects that are in Canada’s national interest and accelerate their development, including by creating a single set of conditions – reducing the approval timeline for pr...

www.pm.gc.ca

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Arno Kopecky @arnokopecky.bsky.social · Sep 11

Mercredi's exchange with Liberal MP Will Greaves is well worth a watch - starts at 3:09:
www.cpac.ca/in-committee...

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Arno Kopecky @arnokopecky.bsky.social · Sep 11

Holy smokes.

Highly recommend watching Trevor Mercredi's testimony at the C-5 hearings - he was one of very few Indigenous leaders who got to have a say before the Bill became law. Whithering, and riveting, legal critique...

www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Ottawa taps major-projects critic to Indigenous Advisory Council

Treaty 8 Grand Chief Trevor Mercredi is one of 11 First Nations, Inuit and Métis leaders who will serve on council advising on Bill C-5’s implementation

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Arno Kopecky @arnokopecky.bsky.social · Sep 10

civilizational slogan right there

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Chris Turner @theturner.bsky.social · Sep 9

If you're wondering what "enabling other countries to move swiftly from fossil to clean energy" looks like, here's a snapshot

20 line graphs showing solar power imports for 20 sub-Saharan countries over the last year, all with lines nearly vertical to indicate rapidly accelerating increases

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Chris Turner @theturner.bsky.social · Sep 9

This is a major energy transition pivot point

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Arno Kopecky @arnokopecky.bsky.social · Sep 5

perfection

Justin Gerdes @justingerdes.bsky.social · Sep 5

From The New Yorker by Paul Noth: www.newyorker.com/cartoon/a61401 🔌💡

Cartoon with caption: “ChatGPT, why is my electric bill so high?”

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Arno Kopecky @arnokopecky.bsky.social · Sep 5

The city I live in, Vancouver, got buried in smoke this week, after dodging it all summer.
This is Canada's second-worst wildfire season; 70K people evacuated all across the country; playground's closed on the first day of school.
And so...we write.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/05/o...

Canada’s terrible, no good, very bad wildfire season isn’t over yet, as BC ignites

Dissonance is a defining aspect of this new world. Those purple smoke-shrouded sunsets are gorgeous. This first week of September, my social media feeds are giving me psychological whiplash as posts r...

www.nationalobserver.com

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Arno Kopecky @arnokopecky.bsky.social · Sep 4

"acquired zenitude" is lovely

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Arno Kopecky @arnokopecky.bsky.social · Sep 4

That's borderline buddhist of you!

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Arno Kopecky @arnokopecky.bsky.social · Sep 4

Everyone hates wasps.
It's not unreasonable.
But we'd be worse off without 'em. And hey, at least they don't lay their eggs inside *our* bodies, for the larvae to hatch and eat their way out. Now that'd be a buzzkill.
As summer goes out with a heat wave, my ode to the season's demons👇

The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · Sep 4

They sting. They swarm. They spoil our picnics. But what if the insect we most hate to encounter outdoors is also one of nature’s unsung heroes? Here, The Walrus contributing writer @arnokopecky.bsky.social makes the case for the wasp. thewalrus.ca/in-defence-of-wa...

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