Craig Saunders
@craigsaunders.bsky.social
Propagandist, dad, ski patroller and Torontonian
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CULC releases national study on the social impact of urban public libraries librarianship.ca/news/culc-st...
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February 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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“I went around the corner to see if spring was there.”
“Did you find it?” asked Toad.
“No,” said Frog. “There was only an old worm asleep on a tree stump.”
“Did you find it?” asked Toad.
“No,” said Frog. “There was only an old worm asleep on a tree stump.”
February 2, 2026 at 8:37 AM
“I went around the corner to see if spring was there.”
“Did you find it?” asked Toad.
“No,” said Frog. “There was only an old worm asleep on a tree stump.”
“Did you find it?” asked Toad.
“No,” said Frog. “There was only an old worm asleep on a tree stump.”
This is why people are generally prohibited from wearing bags on chairlifts. Tragic.
Décès d’une Australienne après un accident de télésiège au Japon
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Décès d’une Australienne après un accident de télésiège au Japon
Elle s’apprêtait à descendre du télésiège vendredi dans une station de ski prisée lorsqu’une boucle de son sac à dos s’est coincée.
www.noovo.info
February 2, 2026 at 11:54 AM
This is why people are generally prohibited from wearing bags on chairlifts. Tragic.
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Hanes: Five Quebec women were killed in January. These femicides are a collective failure montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...
February 2, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Hanes: Five Quebec women were killed in January. These femicides are a collective failure montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...
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Georgian Bay in infrared.
Georgian Bay Islands National Park, Oct 2025.
#infraredPhotogrpahy #Stunday #EastCoastKin #AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDramatic #GeorgianBay
Georgian Bay Islands National Park, Oct 2025.
#infraredPhotogrpahy #Stunday #EastCoastKin #AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDramatic #GeorgianBay
February 1, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Georgian Bay in infrared.
Georgian Bay Islands National Park, Oct 2025.
#infraredPhotogrpahy #Stunday #EastCoastKin #AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDramatic #GeorgianBay
Georgian Bay Islands National Park, Oct 2025.
#infraredPhotogrpahy #Stunday #EastCoastKin #AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDramatic #GeorgianBay
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Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
January 30, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
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Leaked consultant's report at Queen's University points to a push to massively downsize the humanities and social sciences as well as the eradication of disciplinary based departments. I wouldn't be surprised if my university has the same consultants.
www.queensjournal.ca/leaked-consu...
www.queensjournal.ca/leaked-consu...
Leaked consultant document details proposed restructuring at Queen’s - The Queen's Journal
As Queen’s unveiled its Bicentennial Vision for 2041, a leaked consultant document obtained by The Journal outlined specific structural changes on a similar timeline. Announced in the Queen’s Gazette ...
www.queensjournal.ca
January 31, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Leaked consultant's report at Queen's University points to a push to massively downsize the humanities and social sciences as well as the eradication of disciplinary based departments. I wouldn't be surprised if my university has the same consultants.
www.queensjournal.ca/leaked-consu...
www.queensjournal.ca/leaked-consu...
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1. UWaterloo has lost over 200 full-time employees thanks to Doug Ford's university budget crisis. That's 5% of the workforce.
2. Who cares whether most are via layoffs or attrition? Programs and student experience are suffering.
3. It's "fewer than," not "less than".
uwimprint.ca/less-than-60...
2. Who cares whether most are via layoffs or attrition? Programs and student experience are suffering.
3. It's "fewer than," not "less than".
uwimprint.ca/less-than-60...
“Less than 60” UW employees laid off since early 2025
Senior administration at UW shared that since early 2025, less than 60 employees have been laid off as part of the university’s multi-year plan to return to a balanced budget.
This figure was shared...
uwimprint.ca
January 28, 2026 at 1:14 PM
1. UWaterloo has lost over 200 full-time employees thanks to Doug Ford's university budget crisis. That's 5% of the workforce.
2. Who cares whether most are via layoffs or attrition? Programs and student experience are suffering.
3. It's "fewer than," not "less than".
uwimprint.ca/less-than-60...
2. Who cares whether most are via layoffs or attrition? Programs and student experience are suffering.
3. It's "fewer than," not "less than".
uwimprint.ca/less-than-60...
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The plan treats Gaza as vacant beachfront property, proposing glass towers and industrial zones over historic sites.
Map shows what would happen to Gaza under the US ‘master plan'
The plan treats Gaza as vacant beachfront property, proposing glass towers and industrial zones over historic sites.
www.aljazeera.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:00 PM
The plan treats Gaza as vacant beachfront property, proposing glass towers and industrial zones over historic sites.
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They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.
January 23, 2026 at 8:56 PM
They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.
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As the temperature in Toronto goes from above freezing on Thursday to -25 C by Friday night, you may be woken by one or more loud CRYOSEISMS, or frost quakes. I remember them from the winters of 2014 and 2015. A loud BANG in the middle of the night.
January 23, 2026 at 3:03 AM
As the temperature in Toronto goes from above freezing on Thursday to -25 C by Friday night, you may be woken by one or more loud CRYOSEISMS, or frost quakes. I remember them from the winters of 2014 and 2015. A loud BANG in the middle of the night.
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Andrew Nikiforuk: If Trump succeeds in dropping oil prices to $50 a barrel (and who knows what the orange monarch will do next) the Alberta government stands to lose tens of billions.
That means even bigger deficits and a political crisis of enormous proportions. #abpoli #uspoli
That means even bigger deficits and a political crisis of enormous proportions. #abpoli #uspoli
Alberta’s Fiscal Crisis Is Self-Inflicted | The Tyee
The petrostate’s fortunes ride on the oil price roller-coaster. That could derail the UCP.
thetyee.ca
January 19, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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A certain line has just been crossed
In a letter to multiple European ambassadors today, President Trump says that because Norway failed to give him a Nobel Peace Prize, “I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace”
The letter goes on to demand “complete and total control of Greenland.”
The letter goes on to demand “complete and total control of Greenland.”
January 19, 2026 at 6:19 AM
A certain line has just been crossed
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"Do you support or oppose the actions taken by the United States in Venezuela?"
Oppose: 64%
Support: 22%
Neutral: 10%
EKOS / Jan 14, 2026 / n=1012 / MOE 3.1% / IVR
Oppose: 64%
Support: 22%
Neutral: 10%
EKOS / Jan 14, 2026 / n=1012 / MOE 3.1% / IVR
January 16, 2026 at 4:43 AM
"Do you support or oppose the actions taken by the United States in Venezuela?"
Oppose: 64%
Support: 22%
Neutral: 10%
EKOS / Jan 14, 2026 / n=1012 / MOE 3.1% / IVR
Oppose: 64%
Support: 22%
Neutral: 10%
EKOS / Jan 14, 2026 / n=1012 / MOE 3.1% / IVR
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Doug Ford to Ontario's beleaguered colleges: "The cheque is in the mail, folks." #education #students www.thestar.com/news/gta/ont...
Ontario colleges warn more cuts are inevitable without help. This is how bad they say it could get
“Severe financial strain” was worsened by international student cuts, Colleges Ontario says. The Ford government says a funding update is coming.
www.thestar.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Doug Ford to Ontario's beleaguered colleges: "The cheque is in the mail, folks." #education #students www.thestar.com/news/gta/ont...
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Legault resigns to spend more time privately hounding minorities
Legault resigns to spend more time privately hounding minorities
QUEBEC CITY - Quebec Premier François Legault announced his resignation today, explaining that he plans to bring his famed enthusiasm for attacking basic human rights to the private sector.
www.thebeaverton.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Legault resigns to spend more time privately hounding minorities
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New from me today for @nationalobserver.com. I submitted an FOI request, which revealed the province’s ad campaign budget for the Ring of Fire. One budget line lists nearly $60,000 for “additional costs as a result of eliminating shoe scene from TV spot.” WHAT IS A SHOE SCENE
Documents reveal Ontario's $7M Ring of Fire ad bill
These ads are pushing the controversial mega-project through a campaign it has dubbed “Protect Ontario,” which Canada’s National Observer has learned is earmarked with a budget of more than $7 million...
www.nationalobserver.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:43 PM
New from me today for @nationalobserver.com. I submitted an FOI request, which revealed the province’s ad campaign budget for the Ring of Fire. One budget line lists nearly $60,000 for “additional costs as a result of eliminating shoe scene from TV spot.” WHAT IS A SHOE SCENE
If you're in #PTBO, in addition to the indomitable @joellekovach.bsky.social, the @arthurnews.bsky.social also covers city council meetings here. As a student journalist, I always preached that city council *is* student news because it's day-to-day services. Love seeing Arthur living that truth!
We've just adjourned this mini-Council meeting, and are now returning to the regular meeting schedule, where we'll get to discuss the four Integrity Commissioner reports that came out last week
January 13, 2026 at 12:15 AM
If you're in #PTBO, in addition to the indomitable @joellekovach.bsky.social, the @arthurnews.bsky.social also covers city council meetings here. As a student journalist, I always preached that city council *is* student news because it's day-to-day services. Love seeing Arthur living that truth!
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Which Canadian workers could strike this year?
I combed through the government's database to put together a list of the biggest contracts that are expiring across sectors and across the country for @pressprogress.ca
I combed through the government's database to put together a list of the biggest contracts that are expiring across sectors and across the country for @pressprogress.ca
Who could strike in 2026?
We round up the biggest collective agreements set to expire this year:
pressprogress.ca/who-could-st...
We round up the biggest collective agreements set to expire this year:
pressprogress.ca/who-could-st...
Who Could Strike in 2026?
An overview of the biggest collective agreements set to expire this year
pressprogress.ca
January 12, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Which Canadian workers could strike this year?
I combed through the government's database to put together a list of the biggest contracts that are expiring across sectors and across the country for @pressprogress.ca
I combed through the government's database to put together a list of the biggest contracts that are expiring across sectors and across the country for @pressprogress.ca
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Your tax dollars at work: Ontario has spent nearly $270,000 in external legal fees (not including their own in-house lawyers or $200,000 awarded in costs) to attack your Charter rights and amplify a bad faith culture war contrary to the advice of their own experts.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ontario government has spent $270K on outside lawyers in fight to remove bike lanes: FOI | CBC News
Information obtained through a freedom of information request and shared with CBC News shows how much money the province spent on external lawyer fees to fight a court challenge against a law to remov...
www.cbc.ca
January 13, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Your tax dollars at work: Ontario has spent nearly $270,000 in external legal fees (not including their own in-house lawyers or $200,000 awarded in costs) to attack your Charter rights and amplify a bad faith culture war contrary to the advice of their own experts.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Ford gov't suing company given millions from its political slush fund (aka "Skills Development Fund"). Minister responsible had been going to Leafs games with company execs. This is the fund #Ford denies any problems with and supports "100%"
#onpoli
www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
#onpoli
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Ford government sues company central to skills fund scandal, claiming it defrauded province of $25.9M
Keel Digital Solutions says the lawsuit is ‘deeply flawed, built on misstatements and outright inaccuracies’
www.thetrillium.ca
January 9, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Ford gov't suing company given millions from its political slush fund (aka "Skills Development Fund"). Minister responsible had been going to Leafs games with company execs. This is the fund #Ford denies any problems with and supports "100%"
#onpoli
www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
#onpoli
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