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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 15h

"Bari Weiss’s first major move as CBS News chief has staffers on edge—ordering every journalist to submit a written memo justifying their work, in an apparent Elon Musk-style loyalty test." via @status.news

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Jeff's Fact Checker @thunderbayed.bsky.social · 14h

She operated a business from Stornoway?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."

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Kara Fagan 🇨🇦 Liberal @fagankara.bsky.social · 16h

#Canada

Scott Robertson @sarobertson.bsky.social · 16h

Joly on attracting capital to Canada: "Investors are looking at different jurisdictions and thinking there may be too much risk because of instability. Right now Canada has this great potential of attracting capital from the world because of our stable democracy and our good environment to invest."

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Jeff's Fact Checker @thunderbayed.bsky.social · 13h

FYI

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 14h

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 1d

‘Its a celebration:’ Halifax book festival puts Maritime authors on display
#Halifax #NovaScotia

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‘Its a celebration:’ Halifax book festival puts Maritime authors on display

Dozens of authors and community members took part in the fourth annual “Booktoberfest” at Halifax’s Central Library Saturday.

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Scott Robertson @sarobertson.bsky.social · 16h

Joly on the government's industrial strategy: "We want to build more great Canadian companies. We have great Canadian companies that have influence in the world, but we need more. We need to scale them up and we need more of that."

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Sal Vadacchino 🇨🇦 @sal-vadacchino.bsky.social · 16h

Vance says Trump is 'looking at all his options' as the president threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

Vance says Trump is 'looking at all his options' as the president threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act

The Insurrection Act would allow the president to deploy the U.S. military domestically for law enforcement purposes.

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Adam @adl-not-working.bsky.social · 1d

I would argue that there is a direct link between where we are lacking such as tech and innovation and the gutting and silencing of science during the Harper years

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Glen 🇨🇦 part owner of Canada* @honestcanadian.bsky.social · 1d

I am reading the OECD Economic Surveys: Canada 2025 and there is a lot of interesting stuff.
One item that is in the news often is Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).
PP etc often talk about, and our news amplifies, how the Liberals have killed FDI.
Yet Canada leads the USA and the OECD.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 22h

A Canadian Thanksgiving Tradition in #NovaScotia #Canada 🍁🎃

Credit to the amazing Nathan Coleman at The Weather Network - Canada

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Glen 🇨🇦 part owner of Canada* @honestcanadian.bsky.social · 19h

Canada 🥇🥈
❤️🇨🇦
The Canada Pavilion at Expo 2025 in Osaka Japan has been recognized with a gold medal for best integration of technology in a pavilion among more than 150 international entries.
Also silver medal for Best Large Pavilion in the Expolympic competition.
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Augmented reality technology nets gold medal for Canada's Expo pavilion - Capital Current

OSAKA, Japan — The innovative use of augmented reality technology in the Canada Pavilion at Expo 2025 has been recognized with a gold medal for best integration of technology in a pavilion among more ...

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Glen 🇨🇦 part owner of Canada* @honestcanadian.bsky.social · 18h

Someone has probably already posted about these cool Canadian made straws.
100% natural, PFAS-Free, biodegradable, ...
Below says "professional" but they make them for everyone.
Special straws for kids, crafts, garden/bee houses and luxury straws.
ogstraws.com

OG Straws | Carbon-Negative Rye Straws for Professional Hospitality |

Premium natural rye straws for bars, restaurants, hotels, and cafes. PFAS-free, carbon-negative, and superior to paper alternatives. Trusted by hospitality professionals since 1807. OG Rye Straws for ...

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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 16h

Happy Thanksgiving, Canada.

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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 16h

FORT MCMURRAY, here’s your opportunity to sign the #ForeverCanadian petition!

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Glen 🇨🇦 part owner of Canada* @honestcanadian.bsky.social · 1d

I hope Nova Scotia and New Brunswick get some rain soon.
Almost all of Canada is experiencing some level of drought.
I'll post the map below, which includes the legend.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Parts of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick experiencing once-in-50-year drought | CBC News

Parts of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are in the midst of exceptional drought — the most extreme category on the national scale.

www.cbc.ca

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1d

Estonia has closed the Saatse border crossing with Russia due to an unusually large Russian military presence on the other side. The Estonian Police and Border Guard (PPA) noted increased patrols and military movements that were much higher than normal, which were deemed beyond routine activities.

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maryewright @maryewright.bsky.social · 19h

I do not trust Angus Reid polls.

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consbegone.bsky.social @consbegone.bsky.social · 1d

And the tech bros want data centres

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Parts of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick experiencing once-in-50-year drought | CBC News

Parts of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are in the midst of exceptional drought — the most extreme category on the national scale.

www.cbc.ca

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

A 15 year old boy with autism went missing earlier this week

He was selling fruit with his family in Springbranch when he disappeared

They filed a missing person’s report & begged the public to help find him

Turns out he was in a Houston ICE detention facility

They kidnapped a disabled child!

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 1d

Once again, everything is Trudeau's fault here. Almost nothing about provincial culpability with international students (especially in Ontario, which got a single passing mention), nothing about the provinces' responsibilities about housing or healthcare. Nope, this was all Trudeau.

How Canada got immigration right for so long – and then got it very, very wrong

Canadian immigration was stable, popular and uncontroversial. But a series of changes after 2015 broke the national consensus, and the system

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Blackfoot Niitsítapi 🪶🇨🇦🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💙🌎🐝 @thoughtsnations.bsky.social · 22h

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How Canadian steelmakers are 'greening' their steel | CBC Climate Change News

Steelmaker Algoma says U.S. tariffs on steel are pushing it to more quickly transition to electric steelmaking. Here's why decarbonizing steel is such a big deal, how it's being done in Canada and wha...

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Jess Davis @jessmarindavis.bsky.social · 20h

I agree with Vincent here: "You need a road map". Canadians need to know where we're going, and a national security strategy also helps inform private sector decisions and plans.

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Shifting global picture disrupted Canada's national security strategy…

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

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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 1d

Hotter temperatures mean more workplace injuries, a new study finds. Colorado has a heat rule for agriculture workers, but not others.
From @stateline.org

Hotter temperatures mean more workplace injuries, study finds | Colorado Newsline

With hotter temperatures come more heat-related workplace injuries — about 28,000 injuries each year, according to a new study.

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