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Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 19h

TORONTO – A Toronto hospital says it transplanted a heart that stopped beating last month in a Canadian first that has the potential to substantially shorten the long wait for a donor.

Canada's first non-beating heart transplant could lead to shorter wait lists: UHN

TORONTO – A Toronto hospital says it transplanted a heart that stopped beating last month in a Canadian first that has the potential to substantially shorten the long wait for a donor.

www.winnipegfreepress.com

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Vickie O'Goblin 👻🎃 😷 🇨🇦 @vickietorious.bsky.social · 4h

I don't recall having nightmares. Having said that, when it comes to watching the amount of horror movies we watch in October, we try to balance the very bloody with the not so bloody funny ones to balance it out.

Vickie O'Goblin 👻🎃 😷 🇨🇦 @vickietorious.bsky.social · 4h

Yes, we watch it a few times a year...Dr Sleep is still my fav of the 2.

Vickie O'Goblin 👻🎃 😷 🇨🇦 @vickietorious.bsky.social · 7h

Day 11
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#31DaysOfHorror

Doctor Sleep (2019)

Years following the events of The Shining (1980), a now-adult Dan Torrance must protect a young girl with similar powers from a cult known as The True Knot, who prey on children with powers to remain immortal

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Doctor Sleep (2019) - Plot - IMDb

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Vickie O'Goblin 👻🎃 😷 🇨🇦 @vickietorious.bsky.social · 7h

Day 11
Movie 1
#31DaysOfHorror
The Shining (1980)

A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter, where a sinister presence influences the father into violence. At the same time, his psychic son sees horrifying forebodings from both the past and the future.

www.imdb.com/title/tt0081...

The Shining (1980) - Plot - IMDb

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natasha @natasharedmane.bsky.social · 9h

for the love of all that is sacred wear a mask

Nature article that says "COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of new-onset vascular dementia in adults ≥50 years

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Vickie O'Goblin 👻🎃 😷 🇨🇦 @vickietorious.bsky.social · 8h

QT this post with someone you wish was still alive.

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Vickie O'Goblin 👻🎃 😷 🇨🇦 @vickietorious.bsky.social · 10h

Taking a bit of a break from horror rn to watch the John Candy documentary and it just started, I am already crying.

John Candy: I Like Me (2025)

Explores the life and legacy of the iconic funnyman John Candy, who died of a heart attack in 1994, at the age of 43.

www.imdb.com/title/tt2668...

John Candy: I Like Me (2025) - Plot - IMDb

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Vickie O'Goblin 👻🎃 😷 🇨🇦 @vickietorious.bsky.social · 1d

No, no, no, no, no!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Investigative Journalism Foundation @theijf.org · 1d

Tech giant Oracle, owned by billionaire Larry Ellison, is lobbying Canada about AI – just as the company bids to take over TikTok. Read the story.

zurl.co/F6Ac2

#cdnpoli #TikTok

Amid TikTok takeover deal, American billionaire-owned Oracle lobbying Canada about AI

The technology company owned by Larry Ellison, who briefly overtook Elon Musk as the world’s richest man last month, reported communicating with senior federal officials to discuss cloud-based services and AI.

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Vickie O'Goblin 👻🎃 😷 🇨🇦 @vickietorious.bsky.social · 1d

Day 10
Movie 2
#31DaysOfHorror
Scream (1996)

A teen girl reeling from the murder of her mother is targeted by a masked killer obsessed with horror movies.

#Blu-Ray #Horror #Halloween #PhysicalMedia #Skyfilm #SkyHorror 📽️

www.imdb.com/title/tt0117...

Scream (1996) - Plot - IMDb

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Vickie O'Goblin 👻🎃 😷 🇨🇦 @vickietorious.bsky.social · 1d

Interior Health needs to own up to this and finally take responsibility. They also need to compensate all these people that have been fighting this breach all these years.

Trapdinawrpool @trapdinawrpool.bsky.social · 1d

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

They were victims of a massive data breach in 2009. Their employer denied it for a decade | CBC News

For a decade, a B.C. government agency denied a data breach that affected 28,000 health-care workers, creating a situation that one privacy expert says opened the door for fraud artists to continue cr...

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Vickie O'Goblin 👻🎃 😷 🇨🇦 @vickietorious.bsky.social · 1d

Day 10
Movie 1

#31DaysOfHorror

Beetlejuice (1988)

The spirits of a deceased couple are harassed by an unbearable family that has moved into their home, and hire a malicious spirit to drive them out.

#Blu-ray #SkyHorror #SkyFilm 📽️ #PhysicalMedia #Halloween #Horror

www.imdb.com/title/tt0094...

Beetlejuice (1988) - Plot - IMDb

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Vickie O'Goblin 👻🎃 😷 🇨🇦 @vickietorious.bsky.social · 1d

Today is the kind of day where I could just curl up on the couch with a fluffy blanket and sleep in between snacks.

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Vickie O'Goblin 👻🎃 😷 🇨🇦 @vickietorious.bsky.social · 1d

Re-posting for Kitchener/Waterloo people... Volunteers are needed for the Thanksgiving Parade on Monday.

Jāde @jadiejae.bsky.social · 8d

Desperately seeking volunteers for the Thanksgiving Day parade on Oct. 13th (morning). Teens to retirees are welcome! Wraps up around noon = lots of time left in the day for Oktoberfesting or turkey eating with the family! Email [email protected] for more info or please repost. Danke!

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Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 2d

OTTAWA – The union representing Canada Post employees says it will switch from a countrywide strike to rotating strikes starting Saturday morning, in a move that will get mail and parcels moving again.

Canada Post union switching from countrywide to rotating strikes

OTTAWA – The union representing Canada Post employees says it will switch from a countrywide strike to rotating strikes starting Saturday morning, in a move that will get mail and parcels moving again.

www.winnipegfreepress.com

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Vickie O'Goblin 👻🎃 😷 🇨🇦 @vickietorious.bsky.social · 2d

What an absolutely awesome season of #Peacemaker and I am so sad that it's over already. I enjoyed the hell out of it.

Bring on S3!

Thanks @jamesgunn.bsky.social and cast.

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Kai, a very old GenX 🇨🇦 @kaicable.bsky.social · 10d

A masked male protester associated with the idiots at the Universal Ostrich Farms doused a 72 year old neighbour in gasoline and punched her in the face.

She feared she would be lit on fire.

#bcpoli #cdnpoli #maplemaga

www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

RCMP investigate alleged assault of woman who lives beside B.C. ostrich farm

The RCMP are providing round the clock protection for a B.C., resident who lives next to Universal Ostrich Farms (UOF) after a masked man doused the woman in gasoline and punched her in the face.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Andy Yan @ayan604.bsky.social · 8d

"'We can no longer build what people can afford': Warning for Vancouver real estate as 2,500 condos sit unsold"

#Bcpoli #Vanpoli #Vanre

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

As around 2,500 condos sit unsold in Metro Vancouver, experts warn of 'potential storm coming' for real estate | CBC News

The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation says there’s about 2,500 condos sitting unsold and empty in Metro Vancouver. The local real estate industry is concerned about layoffs and hopes for housing...

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Vickie O'Goblin 👻🎃 😷 🇨🇦 @vickietorious.bsky.social · 2d

Oh no! I'd say time to bring back the mask mandate but I was in the hospital the last time it was put in place and hardly anyone adheres to it, so it's useless unless enforced. Hope your sister recovers quickly without consequence.

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Vickie O'Goblin 👻🎃 😷 🇨🇦 @vickietorious.bsky.social · 2d

Nope, the ban on foreign buyers should continue.

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judy 🇨🇦 @judy-bug.bsky.social · 5d

PETITION ALERT!

We need to stop #Conservative Premiers who are privatizing our healthcare!

#cdnpoli #canpoli #bcpoli #abpoli #onpoli #polqc #nspoli #nbpoli #skpoli #mbpoli #nlpoli #nwt #ytpoli #nunavut #peipoli #CPC #IDUPlaybook #UCP #MeidasCanada #AHS #DougFord #DanielleSmith #ABHealth #CanadaSky

C. L. Polk @clpolk.blacksky.app · 6d

wake up, hosers

new petition just dropped

e-6818 is calling to strengthen the Canada Health Act to stop provinces from privatizing health care and to force provinces to account for how and where they used health transfer money

Sign this Petition - Petitions

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Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 2d

OTTAWA – Influencers had the “loudest voices” online in this spring’s federal election, overtaking news outlets and politicians, says a new report.

Influencers — not news outlets or politicians — 'dominated' election online: report

OTTAWA – Influencers had the “loudest voices” online in this spring’s federal election, overtaking news outlets and politicians, says a new report.

www.winnipegfreepress.com

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Vickie O'Goblin 👻🎃 😷 🇨🇦 @vickietorious.bsky.social · 2d

Absolutely...and a cheekie horror at that.

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Vickie O'Goblin 👻🎃 😷 🇨🇦 @vickietorious.bsky.social · 2d

We do too. It gets played a lot at our house.

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Vickie O'Goblin 👻🎃 😷 🇨🇦 @vickietorious.bsky.social · 2d

Day 9
Movie 2

#31DaysOfHorror

Drag Me to Hell (2009)

An ambitious loan officer must find a way to shatter a curse that threatens her soul with damnation.

#Blu-ray #Halloween #Horror #Movies #SkyHorror #Skyfilm
📽️ #PhysicalMedia

www.imdb.com/title/tt1127...

Drag Me to Hell (2009) - Plot - IMDb

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