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Peter Mortimer @peterhfx.bsky.social · 2d

The line between bicycles and motorcycles is disappearing.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 2d

These are electric motorcycles.

Hawaii News Now @hawaiinewsnow.com · 2d

Sales of e-bikes has been rising, but so have the injuries. And doctors say those injuries are becoming more severe.

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Dr Lindsay Tedds @lindsaytedds.bsky.social · 2d

In Jack’s mind everything oil and corporate is too big to fail…but the individual, nah, work harder

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Jack Mintz: Is the welfare state still affordable? It never was — Financial Post

Governments are beginning to understand they can't afford everything they've promised. Will they be able to get their electorates to agree?

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 2d

@steveburgess53.bsky.social: An imaginative fantasy about a long, winding ribbon cutting a path through the woods to a magical destination?

Come on everybody, follow, follow, follow the yellow brick pipeline. 🎶

Please Advise! What’s with the Eby-Smith Pipeline Insults? | The Tyee

Look to the Wizard of Oz for an explanation, says Dr. Steve.

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Peter Mortimer @peterhfx.bsky.social · 2d

Early morning reading comprehension ... I read "petrostate" as "prostate" and got very confused.

Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 2d

Electrostate or Petrostate: Canada's Big Choice

The energy future WILL NOT be like the energy past.

Remaining a petrostate guarantees declining living standards for Canadians.

An electrostate MUST BE Canada's future.
#ableg
youtu.be/6M_ikNx5_Dw

Electrostate or Petrostate: Canada's Big Choice

YouTube video by Energi Media

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 2d

For the late/west coast crowd, my @xtramagazine.com column: The premiers violating your Charter rights don't want the courts to weigh in #canqueer #cdnpoli

The premiers violating your Charter rights don’t want the courts to weigh in | Xtra Magazine

When it comes to the Notwithstanding Clause, premiers opposed to the federal government’s factum are showing their true colours

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Peter Mortimer @peterhfx.bsky.social · 3d

Seems to be a trend among the provincial premiers.

Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 3d

Instead of just building housing, Scott Moe is going to micromanage Moose Jaw's homeless shelter.
Hestia wept. Just ridiculous.

Premier Moe surprises Moose Jaw mayor, says province relocating homeless shelter

MOOSE JAW - Many were surprised Wednesday in Moose Jaw when Premier Scott Moe and some of his cabinet ministers arrived to inform locals the city’s downtown homeless shelter would

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 4d

I can't wait for Conservatives to be consistent with previous tough-on-crime sentiments and demand jail time instead of house arrest.
That's going to happen, right?

davidakin @davidakin.bsky.social · 4d

Freedom Convoy leaders Chris Barber and Tamara Lich each get an 18-month conditional sentence; first 12 months to be served as house arrest. Judge cites principal of "deterrence and denunciation" of their activities.

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Ted Raymond @tedraymond.bsky.social · 4d

"Her house arrest sentence shows that in Canada blocking roads is only a crime if you have the wrong politics"

THE CONVOY TOOK OVER DOWNTOWN FOR THREE WEEKS.

THEY TOOK THE WHEELS OFF THEIR TRUCKS TO MAKE THEM HARDER TO MOVE.

PRO-PALESTINE PEOPLE GO HOME AT THE END OF THE DAY.

IT'S DIFFERENT.

Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 4d

Top story on the National Post.
FFS

Just chasing grievance clicks (and $$$) with absolutely no conscience at all.

Amy Hamm: Canada needs Tamara Lich
Her house arrest sentence shows that in Canada blocking roads is only a crime if you have the wrong politics

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Peter Mortimer @peterhfx.bsky.social · 4d

The province is destroying universities' ability to research and expand knowledge so that they will become job training centres.

The Chronicle Herald @thechronicleherald.bsky.social · 5d

Nova Scotia universities required to justify each program for continued funding as international student enrollment drops

N.S. universities required to justify each program for continued funding as international student enrollment drops

Nova Scotia academia is facing down a potential generational shakeup as the provincial government demands universities review and justify each of their programs.

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Peter Mortimer @peterhfx.bsky.social · 6d

Interesting to see what catches the eye of the national media...

"I’m sure Tim Houston thought that this was clever, when it’s just abusive."

Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 7d

Roundup post: An eight-day sitting? #cdnpoli

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 7d

When even Yves Giroux says you've gone too far, it's a problem.
Giroux!
The interim PBO should be cooked. But now Poilievre will insist he be appointed because they'll call him a "truth-teller."

Interim PBO warnings about Canada’s fiscal outlook ‘a bit premature’: Giroux

Former PBO Yves Giroux says it’s likely too early to tell whether Canada’s fiscal outlook is as precarious as his successor is warning.

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 8d

This is good to see.
The fact that the interim PBO thinks he needs to turn himself into a media star to get the job permanently is a sign the office is broken.

Federal budget watchdog's comments are 'just wrong,' says one of his predecessors | CBC News

A former parliamentary budget officer says it is “just wrong” to suggest that the federal finances are unsustainable and is publicly disagreeing with the current fiscal watchdog.

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 9d

A death directly attributable to not having vaccines mandates/not enforcing them.

Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 9d

Alberta records first measles death -- an infant -- since outbreak www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By @alannasmith.bsky.social

Alberta records first measles death since outbreak

Premature baby who contracted disease in utero has died, first death associated with provincial outbreak of nearly 2,000 cases

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 9d

So, let me get this straight; we put cops in super stores to protect Galen Weston's investments but we won't put cops on busses to protect council's investments in its democratically approved strategic plans?

The Chronicle Herald @thechronicleherald.bsky.social · 9d

As violent incidents rise on Halifax Transit, police won't be riding buses

A suggestion of having police officers periodically ride problematic transit routes was flatly denied by Chief Don MacLean.

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 11d

Of course, of COURSE, Danielle Smith blamed Ottawa for Imperial Oil's plan to lay off 20 per cent of its employees by 2027.

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Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social · 11d

The thing about oilsands companies is that over the past decade they have focused on cutting as many jobs as possible in the name of efficiency while paying as little as possible for the pollution they cause.

National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 11d

Canadian energy minister disappointed by Imperial Oil's planned layoffs nationalnewswatch.com/2025/09/30/c...

Canadian energy minister disappointed by Imperial Oil's planned…

National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 11d

Anyone who has paid the slightest attention to the oil and gas sector knows that they have been automating and cutting their workforce for years, which is why I have always thought it foolish to count on them to create jobs.

Imperial Oil to cut 900 jobs, will mostly leave Calgary | CBC News

In a release Monday afternoon, the company announces workforce cuts to come by the end of 2027.

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Shaker Samman @shaker.bsky.social · 12d

this is basically the aim of every AI company

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Safe Kjipuktuk @safehrm.bsky.social · 13d

At least twelve road fatalities so far this year in HRM, five pedestrian. One last week.
The media consistently get this wrong, perhaps due to misinformation from HRM press releases - we have no goal to achieve zero road deaths by 2038, or any absolute fatal and serious injury crash reductions.

Vision: To achieve zero fatalities and serious injuries for all road users in HRM by 2038
Goal: Maintain a downward trend in the rate of fatal and serious injury collisions per 100,000 residents

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David TS Fraser @privacylawyer.ca · 13d

"Premier Tim Houston says his view on order-making power has changed since forming government." Yup, that's how it always works. It's interesting how being the government changes one's view of government transparency and accountability. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Access-to-information overhaul increases commissioner's independence, but not power | CBC News

The Nova Scotia government has tabled the first major overhaul of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act in 25 years.

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enorconhcet @enorconhcet.bsky.social · 15d

When yr premier behaves like yr dad: “Don’t do as I do - do as I tell you!” you know nothing good will happen. www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...

How the Houston government is cynically using legislation to shut down dissent - Halifax Examiner

The omnibus bill is part of a larger authoritarian impulse.

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 15d

Trans bans are always about policing women. Always.

Dr Lindsay Tedds @lindsaytedds.bsky.social · 15d

For anyone not in Alberta or not paying attention, girls playing sports in school now have to prove they were born female to play sports. And can be challenged by anyone at anytime and must prove they are female to keep playing. This doesn’t apply to boys. What a dystopian hellscape

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Joan Baxter @joanbaxter.bsky.social · 15d

Each year, Sobeys and Aquaterra pump hundreds of millions of lites of water from wells in Nova Scotia, bottle and sell it for potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in sales. For that water, the province charges the two companies a total of $769. www.joanbaxter.ca/2024/04/29/n...

Nova Scotia is practically giving away ‘some of the purest water in Canada’ | Joan Baxter

This is the first of a two-part series looking at bottled water from Nova Scotia’s underground, how much the province charges for it, and the real value of fresh water in the midst of a climate crisis...

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 16d

Exactly.
They insisted they were going to meet their emissions reduction targets until greenwashing legislation kicked in, and suddenly they cried poor. No reason to believe they’ll be any different this time.

Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social · 16d

“Why does anyone think they'll uphold any of their side of any bargain that is made? They did nothing other than fight every single policy, and there are none of these policies now in any serious way.” My take on oilsands.

@nationalobserver.com www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/24/n...

Catherine McKenna isn’t buying Carney’s carbon capture grand bargain

In a wide-ranging interview ahead of the launch of her memoir, former climate minister Catherine McKenna warns consequences are coming for the fossil fuel industry, even as the federal government purs...

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Peter Mortimer @peterhfx.bsky.social · 19d

I'm waiting for Trump to say that he had a bigger crowd than Hitler ever had.

Jawbreaker @jawbreaker0834.bsky.social · 20d

MAGA wants you to believe that because they can fill a stadium full of people with zealots who mourn Charlie Kirk and praise Trump, that they must be right in their racism and bigotry.

All it means is that America has a bigger problem than most believed.

The Nazis had big crowds too.