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Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · 7h

Driver charged in hit-and-run death that sent chill through Prince George cycling community
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Driver charged in hit-and-run death of cyclist in Prince George | CBC News

Thomas Leslie Phillips is charged with impaired driving causing death, among other offences, for a hit-and-run that left one cyclist dead and another injured during a training session for a charity bi...

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 14h

I will forever find the idea that you can't find equally qualified (maybe even more qualified) people for half the price in pretty much any of these positions, such as CEOs for state agencies, university presidents, etc. etc. etc., to be total bullshit. Overpaid and unjustifiably so.

National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 14h

Carney defends paying 2 CEO appointees upwards of $577,000 a year nationalnewswatch.com/2025/10/10/c...

Carney defends paying 2 CEO appointees upwards of $577,000 a year

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

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 7h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Trump: "AI is based on information. I hope they're right about information. I don't know. You've gotta make a lot of money to-- there's gotta be a lot of information out there, but that seems to be pretty hot. We're leading the world on information on AI."

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Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · 7h

Government survey: How can we support AI champions to own the podium? What barriers exist to uptake of AI in all areas of the economy across all regions?

Me: I strongly believe these questions are an insult to life itself

Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 2d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...

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Joel Wood 🇨🇦 @joelwwood.bsky.social · 7h

Just zero self awareness

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 7h

This man is being Gorilla Channel'd with a rotating selection of AI slop riot porn by several known white supremacists who are secretly running the government.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 14h

peter thiel (clutching chrome plated human skull) tell me oracle... does the world end in fire, or ice? the passionate flames of the activist thunberg, or the frozen doom yudkowski demands?

chatGPT: ✨ What a great question, Peter! ✨

Let's break that tough Q down 🕺, in your favorite epic style:

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Joel Wood 🇨🇦 @joelwwood.bsky.social · 7h

Interior Health’s response is surprising to absolutely nobody:

“Interior Health executives declined interviews”

“In a media release, the provincial government agency said its “top priority is to ensure that personal information is always protected.””

🤡 show.

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Joel Wood 🇨🇦 @joelwwood.bsky.social · 7h

I heard about this on The Current this morning. Absolutely bonkers

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Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · 7h

This is wild. Dozens of nurses and other healthcare workers had their personal information stolen in a data breach from their employer. But the publicly run Interior Health Authority in B.C denied it for 10 years, even as crimes were being committed using their info

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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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 16h

I agree wholeheartedly with this piece from Lennie Kaplan -- who, it should be said, used to work for the War Room.

troymedia.com/politicslaw/...

Alberta wants pipelines. Ottawa wants proof

Lennie Kaplan • Without it, Alberta’s so-called “Grand Bargain” won’t hold

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Catelli @catelli.bsky.social · 15h

Three British airmen whose plane was shot down in 1943 have been reburied with full military honours, reuniting them with two of their crewmates more than 80 years after their deaths.

www.dutchnews.nl/2025/10/brit...

British airmen finally laid to rest in Friesland after 82 years - DutchNews.nl

Three British airmen whose plane was shot down over the IJsselmeer in 1943 have been reburied with full military honours in Workum, reuniting them with two of their crewmates more than 80 years after ...

www.dutchnews.nl

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Joel Wood 🇨🇦 @joelwwood.bsky.social · 15h

The unemployment rate in neighbouring Kelowna increased in September to 7.1% in September compared to 4.1% in August. We can no longer conclude that the unemployment rate in Kelowna is lower than the unemployment rate in Kamloops

Line graph showing the difference in unemployment rates between Kelowna and Kamloops including a 95% confidence interval. In August 2025 Zero fell outside of the 95% confidence interval, while in Sept zero falls within the 95% confidence interval.

Joel Wood 🇨🇦 @joelwwood.bsky.social · 15h

Statistics Canada released the results of the September Labour Force Survey today. The Kamloops unemployment rate remained high in September. The estimate did fall from 10.3% in August to 9.5% in September, but the change is not statistically significant.

Blue line graph of the Kamloops unemployment rate from Sep 2011 to Sep 2025. Shows the recent rate is lower than during COVID, but still relatively high historically. Similar to the rate in the fall months of 2017

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Joel Wood 🇨🇦 @joelwwood.bsky.social · 16h

Hearing about an absolute bonkers CBC Fifth Estate report about Interior Health having a massive data breach of employee information leading to a ton of fraud and identity theft

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Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦 @tammyschirle.bsky.social · 17h

One such paper to find:
What Proportion of Tax Returns Could the Canada Revenue Agency Complete?
(open access)
utppublishing.com/doi/full/10....

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 18h

Canadians are so upset with the United States & Trump that this year they are boycotting Thanksgiving & holding their own this weekend, calling it, "Canadian Thanksgiving".

They are PISSED.

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Jennifer Robson 🇨🇦 @jrobson.bsky.social · 18h

Announcement from PM Carney moments ago and this is good news. I've been working on this issue with @saulschwartz.bsky.social and @agenestgregoire.bsky.social for years. We've documented how many Canadians don't file and miss out on or loose benefits, .. 1/3

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 17h

Absolutely going to get fed into an LLM with a "tell me who to fire, I want to reduce headcount at least 50% so I can replace with people who I can rely on ideologically"