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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 4h

Happy Thanksgiving, Canada.

The Torontonian 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇬🇱 🇮🇱 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 🏒⚽️ @thetorontonian.bsky.social · 20h

#Ontario - Yours To Discover - This long weekend w/favorite ☀️ weather is perfect to visit the countryside.
Such 2.5 hrs from Toronto is #PortStanley w/a scenic train that takes visitors on a 13-km passage through the lakeside village & a colorful forest! share.google/N6HxNpf4HGUx...

This scenic train ride pulled by historic locomotives travels through a stunning lakeside village in Ontario

The Ontario train ride in Port Stanley is the area’s longest-running tourist attraction and voyages visitors on a more than 13-kilometre passage.

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The Economist @economist.com · 1d

Say “pollinators” and most people will think “bees”. But there is another important group of insects who may do more than you think

Hover flies are long-distance travellers

The pollen they carry stirs continent-wide gene pools

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The Torontonian 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇬🇱 🇮🇱 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 🏒⚽️ @thetorontonian.bsky.social · 1d

#Palestine #GazaGenocidr - Although agreement is reached on Trump's ONE SIDED self-served "peace plan", seems to be just that, one sided, for hostages' release & then release all hell on Palestinians who are blocked going home into Gaza City! search.app/6ieoC

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The Torontonian 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇬🇱 🇮🇱 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 🏒⚽️ @thetorontonian.bsky.social · 1d

#CanadianNews 🇨🇦🍁 #TrumpsUSA 🏴‍☠️☠️🤡 - Trump's Tariffs War - American spirit exports to Canada 'plummeted' 85%, says U.S. trade group.
Distilled Spirits Council of the United States CEO urges 'lasting return to tariff-free trade'.
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The Torontonian 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇬🇱 🇮🇱 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 🏒⚽️ @thetorontonian.bsky.social · 1d

#Cartoons #TrumpsUSA🏴‍☠️☠️🤡 - Cartoon by Rob Rogers on 34-Times Convicted Criminal Cheat Felon & Coward Draft Dodger #MAGA #DonaldTrump on his self-served #Healthcare destruction and all
- The Torontonian Magazine 🍁 - Toronto's Own.

Rob Rogers @rob-rogers.bsky.social · 1d

Trump may be scoring points in the Middle East but between his Big Ugly Bill and his occupation of American cities, his domestic policies are downright criminal. #Trump #MiddleEast #hostages #Hamas #Israel #Healthcare #Medicaid #GOPShutdown #MikeJohnson #GovernmentShutdown

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The Torontonian 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇬🇱 🇮🇱 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 🏒⚽️ @thetorontonian.bsky.social · 1d

#Cartoons - Nobel Peace Price - Cartoon by Matt Davies on the 34-Times Convicted Criminal Cheat Felon & Coward Draft Dodger #MAGA #DonaldTrump attempt to get a #NobelPeacePrize by force, simply because @BarackObama was awarded w/a well deserved one and he doesn't have one!

Matt Davies @mattdaviescartoon.bsky.social · 1d

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The Torontonian 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇬🇱 🇮🇱 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 🏒⚽️ @thetorontonian.bsky.social · 1d

#TrumpsUSA 🏴‍☠️☠️🤡 #NobelPeacePrize2025 - USA President convicted criminal felon #DonaldTrump and his #WhiteHouse accuse the independent Norwegian Nobel Committee of placing "politics over peace" for not awarding this year's Peace Prize to Donald Trump! 🤣🤣🤣
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White House blasts Nobel Committee for not awarding Peace Prize to Trump

A spokesman says the Nobel Committee placed "politics over peace" in awarding the coveted award to Venezuela's opposition leader.

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The Torontonian 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇬🇱 🇮🇱 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 🏒⚽️ @thetorontonian.bsky.social · 1d

#TrumpsUSA 🏴‍☠️☠️🤡 - Mike Johnson sticks to no-show shutdown strategy as resistance mounts - POLITICO share.google/RLUawoxuKaT1...

Mike Johnson sticks to no-show shutdown strategy as resistance mounts

"There is absolutely no reason for the House to be out of session," GOP Rep. Kevin Kiley said. "It’s embarrassing.”

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Nobel Peace Prize 2025 updates: Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado wins.
According to the Nobel Prize representative making the announcement, the Nobel Prize committee will has zero tolerance for authoritarian and dictatorial candidates!
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Nobel Peace Prize 2025 updates: Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado wins

Opposition politician 'keeps the flame of democracy burning amidst a growing darkness', the Nobel Committee says.

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#OntarioNews #Education - The Ontario Ministry of Education says that the new planned Stoney Creek school must find a new site for its building due to to stinky #StoneyCreek landfill.
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New school close to stinky Stoney Creek landfill must find a new site, Ministry of Education says | CBC News

Plans for an elementary school in Stoney Creek have been scrapped under direction of the Ministry of Education, the Hamilton-Wentworth District School board said last month.

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#CanadianNews #PostalService - Mail delivery set to resume as Canada Post workers to switch to rotating strikes
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Mail delivery set to resume as Canada Post workers to switch to rotating strikes

Mail delivery is set to resume on a limited basis after the union representing Canada Post employees announced it would transition from a countrywide strike to rotating stoppages starting Saturday mor...

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The Torontonian 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇬🇱 🇮🇱 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 🏒⚽️ @thetorontonian.bsky.social · 1d

#OntarioNews #BelugasWhales - Why it’s so hard to find a new home for Marineland’s 30 belugas | CBC News
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Why finding a new home for Marineland’s 30 belugas is proving difficult and complicated | CBC News

Marineland’s 30 belugas remain at the defunct Niagara Falls, Ont., amusement park after Ottawa turned down its export request. But as the company says it’s running out of money to care for the whales ...

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 2d

"CBS is no longer independent, but under the tutelage of a conservative billionaire who is putting more than his thumb on the scale."

Kudos to Dan Rather, a 44-year veteran of CBS News, for speaking truth to power.

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Dan Rather Says Bari Weiss Hire And Skydance-Paramount Merger Mark “A Dark Day In The Halls Of CBS News”

Rather said that Weiss' hire will add to fears journalists have of losing their jobs.

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The Torontonian 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇬🇱 🇮🇱 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 🏒⚽️ @thetorontonian.bsky.social · 2d

#Palestine #GazaGenocide - The USA's President Convicted Cheat Felon #DonaldTrump's self-served, so called, "Peace Plan" of Shoot-and-Kill first and Then-Talk w/whoever lived the killings, has many-many hollow unclear details that are extremely dangerous for Palestinians' survival!

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d

A 24-hour ceasefire in Gaza began Friday after Israeli ministers approved a deal with Hamas. Many key details of the deal still remain unclear.

Here is what we know, and what we don’t, about the agreement and what could happen next.

What to know about the Gaza ceasefire deal as it takes effect

Israel began to reposition troops Friday as the clock started on the first phase of an agreement for the release of hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.

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#TrumpsUSA 🏴‍☠️☠️🤡 #GunControl - The killing fields of the U.S.A.

The Trace @thetrace.org · 2d

The U.S. has experienced 11,197 shooting deaths this year, according to data from the Gun Violence Archive through September 30, 2025.

If this figure seems high, that’s because it is. But it also represents a sharp decline from recent years.

By the Numbers: Gun Violence in Q3

Is gun violence up or down across the U.S.? In our inaugural quarterly analysis, the Gun Violence Data Hub dives into this question.

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The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 2d

Melania Trump has negotiated the release of children abducted from Ukraine after back-channel talks with the Kremlin.

The first lady said she was working “directly” with President Putin’s team to secure the release of more children in a surprise announcement from the White House

Melania Trump secures release of children abducted from Ukraine

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Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 2d

OSLO, Norway (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her struggle to achieve a democratic transition in the South American nation, winning recognition as a woman “who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness.”

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize

OSLO, Norway (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her struggle to achieve a democratic transition in the South American nation, winning recognition as a woman “who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness.”

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The Torontonian 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇬🇱 🇮🇱 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 🏒⚽️ @thetorontonian.bsky.social · 2d

#Google - Britain's competition regulator activated new powers to regulate Google's search activities, putting the U.S. tech giant in the firing line for further regulatory action.
Opinion: when will Canada make its move???? #MarkJCarney
#cndpoli
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Google search comes under renewed scrutiny in UK as competition watchdog flexes new powers

Britain's competition regulator activated new powers to regulate Google's search activities, putting the tech giant in the firing line for further regulation.

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#NobelPrizeAward #BREAKINGNEWS - Here is one more reason of why USA's dictator President convicted criminal felon #DonaldTrump demands for to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize eventhough he was nominated by Putin, Netanyahum, Kim Jong Un, Idi Amin Dada (although dead), Bashar al-Assad & dead Pol Pot

The Torontonian 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇬🇱 🇮🇱 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 🏒⚽️ @thetorontonian.bsky.social · 2d

#NobelPrizeAward #BREAKINGNEWS - USA's dictator President convicted criminal felon #DonaldTrump was not recognized for the Nobel Peace Prize as he constantly demanded!
BUT you know who was recognized and have been awarder the well deserved Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, USA President Barack Obama! 👏 🫳

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#NobelPrizeAward #BREAKINGNEWS - USA's dictator President convicted criminal felon #DonaldTrump who financed wars & the #GazaGenocide, who later put a stop on his war financing to appear as a "Peace-Maker" with a self-served "peace plan" is dissapointed calling the Nobel Prize politically motivated!

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The Torontonian 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇬🇱 🇮🇱 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 🏒⚽️ @thetorontonian.bsky.social · 2d

#NobelPeacePrize #BREAKINGNEWS - Statement by the Nobel Prize Committee on the Peace Prize Award:
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace... #NotDonaldTrump

Nobel Peace Prize 2025

The Nobel Peace Prize 2025 was awarded to Maria Corina Machado "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transi...

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The Torontonian 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇬🇱 🇮🇱 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 🏒⚽️ @thetorontonian.bsky.social · 2d

#NobelPrizeForPeace #BREAKINGNEWS - The Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 goes to a brave and committed champion of peace – to a woman who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness.
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Nobel Peace Prize 2025 Awarded to Maria Corina Machado

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#NobelPrizeForPeace #BREAKINGNEWS - The Nobel Prize committee announced the Peace Prize for 2025 goes to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado winning recognition as a woman “who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness” 👋
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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Cornia Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize - National | Globalnews.ca

The former opposition presidential candidate was lauded for being a “key, unifying figure" in the once deeply divided opposition to President Nicolás Maduro’s government.

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