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I came of age worrying about our future robot overlords. I should have been focused on the Weyland-Yutani Corp 🤦🏻‍♀️
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Rail operator Canadian Pacific Kansas City says a rock slide may be partially to blame for a derailment near Kamloops, B.C., that resulted in the spill of more than 70,000 litres of jet fuel alongside a local lake.
Railways says rock slide may have caused B.C. derailment that spilled jet fuel
Rail operator Canadian Pacific Kansas City says a rock slide may be partially to blame for a derailment near Kamloops, B.C., that resulted in the spill of more than 70,000 litres of jet fuel alongside a local lake.
cheknews.ca
November 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
“Canada, another key US ally which has helped the US Coast Guard interdict suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean for nearly two decades, has also distanced itself from the US military strikes.”
NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
“This isn’t how you build a credible opposition. It’s how you run a cult.”

#cdnpoli #NeverPoilievre
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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11,706. The number of people who signed Petition e-6489, calling on the leaders of all parties to undergo security vetting, which was proudly presented by Liberal Member of Parliament, Robert Morrissey, today in the House of Commons. #cdnpoli
October 30, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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October 27, 2025 at 9:36 PM
“We cannot completely wean ourselves away from the U.S., of course, but if we give them less leverage over us, we can make the consequences of their behaviour less damaging to us.”

#cdnpoli #uspoli #tariffs
Opinion: This isn’t just a hissy fit from Trump – it’s his ‘Art of the Deal’ playbook — The Globe and Mail
Abruptly ceasing trade talks isn’t really about one TV ad - the President was going to find a way to disrupt negotiations anyway
apple.news
October 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Doug Ford: "My champion Wab Kinew, he's 100% behind it. Another champion, Premier Eby, as well ... total different political stripes than I am but we're all sticking together."

Reporter:"Danielle Smith doesn't like the ads, though..."

Ford: "Of course Danielle Smith doesn't like the ads..."
October 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Blaming their inability to negotiate on good faith on our supposed “ leftover behaviours from the Trudeau folks”.

You took a dump on our lawn and expect us to thank you?

#cdnpoli #uspoli #tariffs
Bruce Arthur -
That's a funny way to say "Canada is not rolling over and giving us everything we want, even though we are rapacious insane liars who can't be trusted" #cdnpoli
White House “it’s not just about one ad”
October 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
“But in real-world terms, Mr. Trump has conclusively exposed his own emergencies as a sham by declaring a TV commercial to be a threat. But the pretext doesn’t matter.”

#cdnpoli #uspoli #tariffs
Yet another emergency for Trump to use to shake Canada down — The Globe and Mail
Despite a trade deal being in sight, Donald Trump sees Ontario ad as another excuse to tighten the screws
apple.news
October 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
There he goes again
Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad:
October 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Carney: But this decades-long process of an ever-closer economic relationship with the United States is now over. And as a consequence, many of our former strengths as a country—more particularly, our economic strengths based on close ties to America—have now become our vulnerabilities…
October 23, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Carney: Up until now, more than 70 cents of every dollar of military capital spending by our government has gone to the United States.

With our new Defense Investment Agency, we’ll make sure we build more of our security and defense capabilities here at home
October 23, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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“America has decided it doesn’t need all these poor people. Or doesn’t need that much cheap labour. So what are they going to do? They are going to cut health services…cut social security.

A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DIE.

That’s a pretty conscious decision.” ~Margaret Atwood #cdnpoli
October 22, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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AMBER ALERT

Police have issued an Amber Alert for a missing one-year-old girl who was last seen in Brampton. They said Skyla-Rose Deschepper was last seen with 38-year-old Anthony Deschepper in a 2024 Nissan Kicks with a Quebec licence plate FRV4520.
October 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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MAGA north is trying to tear down Canadian institutions.
PP also criricized the prosecutors in the convoy case.
The con crime critic claims our streets are full of "crime & chaos" even tho' crime is actually decreasing.

The trumpification of Canada cannot be allowed to happen.
Poilievre blasts ‘despicable’ RCMP leadership, accuses Mounties of covering up for Trudeau | CBC News
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre took aim at the RCMP’s independence in a recent interview, calling the national police force’s leadership "despicable" and accused it of covering up for the Libera...
www.cbc.ca
October 16, 2025 at 10:59 PM
If they can do this, it would be a wonderful thing. The belugas don’t deserve to die
Inuit-led solutions aims to avoid the euthanizing of Marineland's 30 beluga whales.
Jason Etok, who grew up in Kangiqsualujjuaq, Nunavik, suggests the whales can be reintegrated into the wild areas such as Hudsons Bay, Ungava Bay or the St. Lawrence River.

#cdnpoli #Canada 🇨🇦 #onpoli #Ontario
Inuit-led solution aims to avoid killing of Marineland’s 30 belugas
A Nunavik man says Inuit leaders should step in to provide habitat to 30 beluga whales at Marineland that are at risk of being euthanized because the amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ont. can’t afford...
nunatsiaq.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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“This is a movement…This is an achievement of a whole society…I am just one person.”

The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
October 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
“Norwegian observers believe it is highly unlikely that Trump will be awarded the prize, leading to fears in the country over how he will react to being overlooked so publicly.”

Ketchup is about to hit the wall

#NobelPeacePrize
Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize
US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
“In the short term, Ottawa is determined to prop up critical sectors of the Canadian economy with financial relief until these industries can adapt and pivot to new products and markets.”

#cdnpoli #tariffs
Joly unveils three-point industrial strategy to counter Trump’s tariffs — The Globe and Mail
Innovation Minister points to targeted investments, fast approvals for projects and Buy Canadian policy
apple.news
October 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Let’s check in on the warzone in Portland.
October 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
“Appearing virtually, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick bluntly told an audience at a Canada-U.S. conference in Toronto on Wednesday that the United States is determined to dominate the car-making industry.”

#cdnpoli #uspoli #tariffs
Canada must come 'second' to U.S. in auto sector, Howard Lutnick warns behind closed doors — Toronto Star
Appearing virtually, the Commerce Secretary told an audience at a Canada-U.S. conference in Toronto that the U.S. is determined to dominate the car-making industry.
apple.news
October 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
““On a number of measures, equity market valuations appear stretched, particularly for technology companies focused on artificial intelligence. This … leaves equity markets particularly exposed should expectations around the impact of AI become less optimistic.””

The next tech crash? #AI
Bank of England warns of growing risk that AI bubble could burst
Possibility of ‘sharp market correction has increased’, says Bank’s financial policy committee
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM