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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 16h

“None of us want to be out on a picket line. We’re prepared to fight, but nobody’s happy to be here.” #canlab

Picket Lines and the Fight for the Future of Canada Post | The Tyee

As workers strike once again, the dispute raises big questions about public services.

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Heather J. "Witchy" Wood🧙‍♀️ @rollwithheather.bsky.social · 7h

Documentary celebrating the late, great drag pioneer Michelle Ross - CBC Arts
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Celebrating the late, great drag pioneer Michelle Ross | CBC Shows

Filmmaker Alison Duke stops by Here & Queer to chat with Peter Knegt about her new documentary on the legendary Ross.

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Heather J. "Witchy" Wood🧙‍♀️ @rollwithheather.bsky.social · 7h

CBC Arts:
Career retrospective shows why Kent Monkman will always matter
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Career retrospective shows why Kent Monkman will always matter | CBC Arts

The celebrated Cree artist — and his alter ego, Miss Chief Eagle Testickle — are the subject of History is Painted by the Victors, which runs at the Montreal Museum of Fine Art until March 2026

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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 1d

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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Scott agrees: FREE LINK @scottdagostino.ca · 8h

It’s a thrill to see Tim Curry making appearances for the ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW 50th anniversary this month after his near-fatal stroke in 2012. He’s still a flirt and an icon 💖

Rocky Horror Picture Show 50th Anniversary: Tim Curry, Barry Bostwick & Cast Reunite

YouTube video by Entertainment Weekly

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Cycle Toronto @cycletoronto.bsky.social · 9h

Despite all your submissions, disappointed Council adopted the item without debate. With new cycling projects not moving forward and previous approvals put on hold, the (already modest) planned progress of Toronto's cycling network is at risk of being set back a decade.

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Protecting Public Investment and Advancing Interim Solutions Along Sheppard Avenue East - by Councillor Shelley Carroll, seconded by Councillor Jon Burnside (Ward 17)
* Notice of this Motion has been given.
* This Motion is subject to referral to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee. A two-thirds vote is required to waive referral.

Communications have been submitted on this Item.

Adopted

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 15h

Pears on a Green Glass Plate
Mary Pratt
1998

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On Spec Magazine @onspecmag.bsky.social · 11h

With our new issue, we are making the sad announcement that this will be the final year for On Spec. See www.onspec.ca for details.

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The Breach @breachmedia.ca · 11h

With grocery giants ripping off Canadians, it’s time for a bold alternative: public grocery stores.

Food analyst Aaron Vansintjan explains how a publicly-run grocery option could solve the crisis of skyrocketing food costs.

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Why Canada needs public grocery stores

YouTube video by The Breach

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House of Anansi Press @houseofanansi.bsky.social · 1d

So excited to announce that WELLWATER by Karen Solie is shortlisted for the 2025 T.S. Eliot Prize! 🎉 🏆

🔗 Learn more about WELLWATER here: houseofanansi.com/products/wel...

Two copies of the poetry book WELLWATER by Karen Solie sit askew on a wooden table. The cover is white with an illustration of a purple flowering plant with sprawling roots.

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All Lit Up @alllitupcanada.bsky.social · 16h

Author & illustrator @elainemwill.bsky.social answers our
#writersblock questionnaire and talks about her new book, THE LAST BAND ON EARTH (@renegadeartsent.bsky.social), mental illness, and the punk-rock spirit that keeps her creating.

alllitup.ca/writers-block-elaine-m-will/

Black and white author photo of Elaine M. Will.

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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · 16h

there are so many boxes. so. many. boxes.

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 16h

In the newest Mark As Read, @mollytempleton.com talks about the worst time in every book lover's life: moving.

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There Comes a Time in Every Reader's Life When You Have to Move the Books - Reactor

A lot of books have come in and out of my front door. But now they all have to go out, because I’m moving.

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 15h

Pentagon warns Toronto ‘dangerously close’ to winning World Series

WASHINGTON D.C. - Following last night's elimination of the New York Yankees, the United States Department of War has advised the White House that the Toronto Blue Jays are "perilously close" to acqui...

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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 16h

Please everyone buy my latest book which is all about this problem and how we can fix it. It has, of course, been ignored by the mainstream press.

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Cabin Radio @cabinradio.ca · 19h

The federal government lifted a moratorium that for decades prevented many rural post offices from closing. We asked what that might mean in the North.

How worried should we be that northern post offices might close?

The federal government lifted a moratorium that for decades prevented many rural post offices from closing. We asked what that might mean in the North.

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Cabin Radio @cabinradio.ca · 19h

"People want to be a part of this thing." Yellowknife's K-pop dance group have their hearts set on finding more members and launching an annual show.

YK-Poppers bring K-pop dance to Yellowknife

"People want to be a part of this thing." Yellowknife's K-pop dance group have their hearts set on finding more members and launching an annual show.

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Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 1d

OTTAWA – Tanille Johnston, a social worker and city councillor for Campbell River, B.C., has launched her bid for the federal NDP leadership.

City councillor, social worker Tanille Johnston running for NDP leadership

OTTAWA – Tanille Johnston, a social worker and city councillor for Campbell River, B.C., has launched her bid for the federal NDP leadership.

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 16h

(Podcast) Ottawa residents plan 12 month ‘fireworks and honking’ festival outside Freedom Convoy Leaders’ homes

Ottawa residents plan 12 month 'fireworks and honking' festival outside Freedom Convoy Leaders' homes

“The fact that our festival runs the exact same length of time as their house arrest sentence is mere coincidence, we assure you.” Luke and the Panel (Ian MacIntyre, Megan MacKay and Nile Seguin) brea...

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Biblioasis @biblioasis.bsky.social · 17h

Four Biblioasis books included in the Globe and Mail's must-read books for fall!
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Here are 61 books to add to your must-read list this fall

New memoirs from Margaret Atwood and Arundhati Roy, buzzy fiction by Mona Awad and more notable reads this season

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knife | fork | book @knifeforkbook.bsky.social · 17h

TONIGHT! 6:30 #TypeJunction

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Nightmare Jones' Eve.
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Launch. 09Oct. #typebooksjunction #torontolitup
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 17h

One of the crazy things about the AI bubble bursting is that consumer sentiment toward AI has always leaned skeptical to outright negative but it’s an industry propped up by pure billionaire greed, sycophancy, and childish fantasy

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 17h

We are not powerless in the face of rising hate, harassment and violence. If we take the time to learn effective de-escalation and intervention skills, we CAN keep each other safe.

Give me 1 hour of your time and I'll teach you how. It's free and open to anyone aged 12+ ✊

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Image of multicoloured hands pointing at the words "Together we're strong"

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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 1d

I think Doug Ford benefits a lot from his Queen's Park opposition always tending to assume that his populist instincts are correct, and so they water down their criticism with too much nuance and hedging. He doesn't always know what voters want — sometimes it's just personal grievance.

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mlongfield.bsky.social @mlongfield.bsky.social · 1d

Can you believe it? @cycletoronto.bsky.social wins 2025 "National Cycling Advocate of the Year" presented by @velocanadabikes.bsky.social for our fight and successful legal challenge of Bill 212. Proud to be joined on stage by Board director @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social and former ed Jared Kolb.

Dave Shellnutt, Michael Longfield, and Jared Kolb holding the National Cycling Advocate of the Year award

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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 21h

Creatures buried in soil for over a century burst back to life in Toronto waterfront

A project to restore coastal wetland leads to astonishing discoveries of a host of life: seeds and plant scraps, as well as water fleas, worms, larvae and plankton

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