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Beverley Wood @beverleywood.bsky.social · 11h

It's HERE - sign this petition to get US ownership OUT OF CANADIAN print and other News Media! They own 70% of our newspapers!

The "SIGN NOW" button is at the very bottom.

Please SHARE and please sign. Petition e-6821
SHARING IS VERY IMPORTANT

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en....

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Christopher Dornan @chrisdornan.bsky.social · 17d

Dear fellow Canadians (and Danes, Scots, Czechs, Spaniards, Japanese -- the full roster of NATO and G7 members),

Look out your windows right now. Do you see anything resembling this going on in your country?

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 20d

A significant portion of ticket proceeds from the Edmonton Oilers’ 50/50 charity raffle goes to a private company owned by the Oilers Entertainment Group, according to audited financial statements obtained by the Investigative Journalism Foundation.

thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Oilers 50/50 Draw Paid Millions To Associated Company | The Tyee

The proportion of money going to charity has declined as revenues rise.

thetyee.ca

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Beverley Wood @beverleywood.bsky.social · Sep 22

Vince Vaughn is a huge MAGA I won't watch his stuff.

Beverley Wood @beverleywood.bsky.social · Sep 19

@kbardeesy.bsky.social have sent you an email - will you please be the required MP on a petition at our Commons - a petition to get US ownership and influence out of our print and other news media? please let me know, and I can add your name as our signatory? Thanks in advance.

Beverley Wood @beverleywood.bsky.social · Sep 19

Thank you so much@!

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Beverley Wood @beverleywood.bsky.social · Sep 18

The Long Way Home is a Semi-finalist in the Big Break Screenplay competition! Whoo hoo!

Family-friendly Coming-of-Age feature/MOW
Pitch deck and script available

#scriptsky #screenplay #feature #family-friendly #coming-of-age

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · Sep 17

Exactly. Politics in the US is no longer a debate about which policies to adopt within a liberal framework of accepted rules. It's now a blood sport and one side playing it like it's still cricket won't work

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · Sep 17

look, it is comforting to think that your political opponents are, at the end of the day, just people like you who really want us all to live together as Americans.

it's just very obviously not *true* in MAGA's case, as you can tell through, well, what they say and do.

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Jesse Hirsch @jessehirsch.bsky.social · Sep 17

There's a common thread running through new tech that gives early warning on crop disease - it involves listening directly to the plants. This includes a GM soy plant that glow when sick and a USB stick that reads spores to detect bad health.

New from Russell Nichols:
ambrook.com/offrange/tec...

Listening to Plants - Offrange

The newest methods of early disease detection for crops use the plants themselves to help recognize and diagnose problems — before it’s too late.

ambrook.com

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Joey Coleman @joeycoleman.ca · Sep 15

This only happens once a year.
No litter or garbage on James Street North.

Less than 12 hours ago, Supercrawl was hosting thousands of people with a full stage.

The teardown and cleanup is a feat of logistics. #hamont

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Euan Tombstone @drugdatadecoded.ca · Sep 15

Also worth mentioning that it was the anti-genocide protesters peeling off from the Davis Cup (Tennis Canada) rally to run off the fascists from their perch at city hall.

Susan Joudrey @sujo.bsky.social · Sep 14

The CBC article about the antisemitic vandalism in Halifax fails to mention the white supremacist gathering yesterday that was part of an attemped nation-wide event, and the recent anti-trans vandalism. We must make these connections to effectively combat hate & drive it from our communities.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · Sep 14

I recommend everyone watches this

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Sep 13

The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social

"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”

Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning

The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division

www.thenation.com

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Beverley Wood @beverleywood.bsky.social · Sep 13

Canadians do not care about Jimmy Fallon any longer.

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · Sep 13

"UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move.
Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move

Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’

www.theguardian.com

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Philippe J. Fournier @338canada.bsky.social · Sep 12

🍁New polling shows a sharp rise in support for closer economic ties with China as frustration with U.S. trade tensions grows.

📊Canadians Cooling on the U.S., Softening on China, the latest from @canadianpolling.bsky.social for 338

www.338canada.ca/p/canadians-...

Canadians Cooling on the U.S., Softening on China

New polling shows a sharp rise in support for closer economic ties with China as frustration with U.S. trade tensions grows.

www.338canada.ca

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Beverley Wood @beverleywood.bsky.social · Sep 3

YES Please get America OUT of our news!

Beverley Wood @beverleywood.bsky.social · Sep 3

Thanks for the info. I guess it's a matter of what's more important to you and who you trust. I appreciate the link so I could read up on it.

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · Sep 2

Canada’s public broadcaster was meant to counter corporate media distortions. Instead, the CBC has echoed them—omitting key context, downplaying war crimes, and yielding to lobby pressure. By sanitizing Israel’s assault on Gaza, it has left Canadians uninformed, indifferent, and complicit.

On Gaza, Canada’s public broadcaster betrays its mandate

By refusing to deliver accurate, comprehensive, and contextually rich reporting on Israel’s assault, Canada’s public broadcaster, the CBC, has denied Canadians the information they need to act on cons...

canadiandimension.com

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Beverley Wood @beverleywood.bsky.social · Aug 31

How so?

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Beverley Wood @beverleywood.bsky.social · Aug 27

They're doing this in Canada too. The first thing we need to do is restrict US ownership of Canadian news media (print and other). Broadcast is covered, WTF not print???????

Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · Aug 27

"Denmark has summoned the US head of mission in Copenhagen over alleged covert US influence efforts in Greenland. US President Donald Trump had said he wanted the island — and even hinted at using force." www.dw.com/en/denmark-s...

Denmark summons US envoy over Greenland influence reports – DW – 08/27/2025

Denmark has summoned the US head of mission in Copenhagen over alleged covert US influence efforts in Greenland. US President Donald Trump had said he wanted the island — and even hinted at using forc...

www.dw.com

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Beverley Wood @beverleywood.bsky.social · Aug 27

He's doing it in Canada too. Throwing rage bait to the red meat conservatives. America owns much of Canada's news media - print and internet. That's just WRONG. Get Americans OUT of Canadian news.

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · Aug 27

"Denmark has summoned the US head of mission in Copenhagen over alleged covert US influence efforts in Greenland. US President Donald Trump had said he wanted the island — and even hinted at using force." www.dw.com/en/denmark-s...

Denmark summons US envoy over Greenland influence reports – DW – 08/27/2025

Denmark has summoned the US head of mission in Copenhagen over alleged covert US influence efforts in Greenland. US President Donald Trump had said he wanted the island — and even hinted at using forc...

www.dw.com

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Beverley Wood @beverleywood.bsky.social · Aug 27

Hmm. If the bully up the street came and demanded 10% of my store's profits because his kids shop there, is that socialism? I think that's extortion.

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