Sue Gowans
@sueinnovates.bsky.social
Writing about health care, education & city life. Retired from a teaching hospital. My kids were in the public school system. Currently a City 3R Ambassador.
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Rail advocate in Lac-Mégantic, Que., says he was fined after raising safety concerns
Rail advocate in Lac-Mégantic, Que., says he was fined after raising safety concerns
MONTREAL - A rail safety advocate in Lac-Mégantic, Que., says he was fined nearly $700 after he reported a safety concern with the train tracks running through the community.
www.thestar.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Rail advocate in Lac-Mégantic, Que., says he was fined after raising safety concerns
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This is a comprehensive and hopeful summary by Rebecca Solnit for @theguardian.com on the scope and strength of anti-Trump campaigning in the U.S. His position gets weaker by the day, all the more reason for 🇨🇦 to hold off making bad long-term 'deals' with him.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A year on from Trump’s victory, resistance is everywhere | Rebecca Solnit
Americans have shown a tremendous amount and variety of opposition – more than some may realize
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This is a comprehensive and hopeful summary by Rebecca Solnit for @theguardian.com on the scope and strength of anti-Trump campaigning in the U.S. His position gets weaker by the day, all the more reason for 🇨🇦 to hold off making bad long-term 'deals' with him.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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6/6 If you are wealthy, well-connected, or have the luxury of time, you already receive superior treatment.
Canadian health care is currently two-tier; we just feel better about it when we pretend otherwise.
Robyn Urback | The Globe and Mail
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Canadian health care is currently two-tier; we just feel better about it when we pretend otherwise.
Robyn Urback | The Globe and Mail
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Canadians are protecting the mirage of single-tier health care. It doesn’t exist
Those with means already have access to a health care system that those without do not, and that’s not even accounting for the places in Canada where you can pay out of pocket
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
6/6 If you are wealthy, well-connected, or have the luxury of time, you already receive superior treatment.
Canadian health care is currently two-tier; we just feel better about it when we pretend otherwise.
Robyn Urback | The Globe and Mail
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Canadian health care is currently two-tier; we just feel better about it when we pretend otherwise.
Robyn Urback | The Globe and Mail
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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They didn’t even try to name it something less obvious lmao
Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
trib.al
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
They didn’t even try to name it something less obvious lmao
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Final game of NBA Cup group play for Raptors (3-0) tonight. Orlando (3-0) & Detroit (2-0) still have to face each other so only 1 can remain undefeated. Toronto can clinch a top-2 seed & home court in the QF today with a win over Indiana AND a Milwaukee (2-0) loss to Miami (Giannis is questionable).
November 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Final game of NBA Cup group play for Raptors (3-0) tonight. Orlando (3-0) & Detroit (2-0) still have to face each other so only 1 can remain undefeated. Toronto can clinch a top-2 seed & home court in the QF today with a win over Indiana AND a Milwaukee (2-0) loss to Miami (Giannis is questionable).
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Okay, this was stupid: they paid $ 32K to a build a fake housing construction backdrop for Carney's housing announcement and dismantled it. www.blacklocks.ca/admit-housin...
Admit Housing Photo Faked | Blacklock's Reporter
www.blacklocks.ca
November 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Okay, this was stupid: they paid $ 32K to a build a fake housing construction backdrop for Carney's housing announcement and dismantled it. www.blacklocks.ca/admit-housin...
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The realities of Trump aging in office:
He appears to doze off during events.
His public appearances mostly occur during a short window: Between noon and 5pm.
He sits while others stand.
His covers bruises with makeup.
He had an MRI scan that he tried to hide from the public.
He appears to doze off during events.
His public appearances mostly occur during a short window: Between noon and 5pm.
He sits while others stand.
His covers bruises with makeup.
He had an MRI scan that he tried to hide from the public.
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The realities of Trump aging in office:
He appears to doze off during events.
His public appearances mostly occur during a short window: Between noon and 5pm.
He sits while others stand.
His covers bruises with makeup.
He had an MRI scan that he tried to hide from the public.
He appears to doze off during events.
His public appearances mostly occur during a short window: Between noon and 5pm.
He sits while others stand.
His covers bruises with makeup.
He had an MRI scan that he tried to hide from the public.
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The number of immigrants in detention without criminal records has surged by over 2,000% since Trump reentered the White House.
Nearly half of all detainees have no criminal charges or conviction.
Trump was always lying about going after the “worst of the worst.”
Nearly half of all detainees have no criminal charges or conviction.
Trump was always lying about going after the “worst of the worst.”
November 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The number of immigrants in detention without criminal records has surged by over 2,000% since Trump reentered the White House.
Nearly half of all detainees have no criminal charges or conviction.
Trump was always lying about going after the “worst of the worst.”
Nearly half of all detainees have no criminal charges or conviction.
Trump was always lying about going after the “worst of the worst.”
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Before it gets consigned to the memory hole, new from me at TVO on the substantial investigative powers a government can bring to bear on its critics (and why premiers shouldn't make idle threats.) www.tvo.org/article/anal...
TVO Today | Current Affairs Journalism, Documentaries and Podcasts
www.tvo.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Before it gets consigned to the memory hole, new from me at TVO on the substantial investigative powers a government can bring to bear on its critics (and why premiers shouldn't make idle threats.) www.tvo.org/article/anal...
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"Their plans almost never materialize. And when they do they tend to be deeply unpopular." lnk.thebulwark.com/48AqvFH
Trump Discovers, Yet Again, That Health Care Policy Is Hard
He’s floating compromise ideas on Obamacare subsidies, but Republicans in Congress aren’t interested.
lnk.thebulwark.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"Their plans almost never materialize. And when they do they tend to be deeply unpopular." lnk.thebulwark.com/48AqvFH
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Pope Leo Returns Indigenous Artifacts from the Vatican Museum to Canada pattersonjournal.com/2025/11/25/p...
Pope Leo Returns Indigenous Artifacts from the Vatican Museum to Canada
By Brooke Bihl The Vatican has returned 62 artifacts from its large ethnographic collection to Indigenous peoples of Canada, as a part of the Catholic Church’s reckoning with its role in …
pattersonjournal.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Pope Leo Returns Indigenous Artifacts from the Vatican Museum to Canada pattersonjournal.com/2025/11/25/p...
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NEW: Ontario’s transparency watchdog has been forced to “intervene” after the solicitor general’s office repeatedly ignored orders to release information.
It’s part of a trend which has also raised questions about political interference. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154356...
It’s part of a trend which has also raised questions about political interference. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154356...
Ontario watchdog ‘intervening’ after solicitor general ignores transparency orders | Globalnews.ca
There have been several instances in recent years where the IPC has told the solicitor general's office to release information, only for the government to ignore the decree.
globalnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
NEW: Ontario’s transparency watchdog has been forced to “intervene” after the solicitor general’s office repeatedly ignored orders to release information.
It’s part of a trend which has also raised questions about political interference. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154356...
It’s part of a trend which has also raised questions about political interference. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154356...
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The mother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s 11-year-old nephew has been arrested for alleged civil immigration violations and is in a detention center fighting deportation to her native Brazil.
ICE detains woman with family ties to White House press secretary
Bruna Ferreira, a Brazilian immigrant who was once engaged to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s brother, was detained by ICE while driving to pick up their son from school.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The mother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s 11-year-old nephew has been arrested for alleged civil immigration violations and is in a detention center fighting deportation to her native Brazil.
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"Whatever the wisdom of creating the TPA in 1952, in 2025 its existence is working at cross purposes to numerous other city priorities. It’s an explicit subsidy for car users in a city that’s already choked by traffic congestion."
www.tvo.org/article/anal...
www.tvo.org/article/anal...
TVO Today | Current Affairs Journalism, Documentaries and Podcasts
www.tvo.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
"Whatever the wisdom of creating the TPA in 1952, in 2025 its existence is working at cross purposes to numerous other city priorities. It’s an explicit subsidy for car users in a city that’s already choked by traffic congestion."
www.tvo.org/article/anal...
www.tvo.org/article/anal...
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oh this is absolutely what i think. i think they feed him fake polls and outright AI slop
At this point, I wonder if he isn't lying when he says he has "my highest Poll Numbers, ever" since it's entirely possible that's what his aides are telling him. It's quite likely that there's an entire Potemkin village built around Trump right now.
Trump responds to a detailed report about his waning energy and propensity to sleep through on-camera events by calling the New York Times's Katie Rogers ugly
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
oh this is absolutely what i think. i think they feed him fake polls and outright AI slop
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On Nov. 20, @kevintfrazier.bsky.social testified in front of Congress on the threats facing submarine telecommunications cables and why there needs to be an overhaul of how the U.S. regulates and protects the system. Read an adapted version of his testimony: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
The Subsea Sputnik Moment
China’s XLUUV exposes decades of policy negligence, demanding Congress reject bureaucratic inertia and secure the undersea cable system.
www.lawfaremedia.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
On Nov. 20, @kevintfrazier.bsky.social testified in front of Congress on the threats facing submarine telecommunications cables and why there needs to be an overhaul of how the U.S. regulates and protects the system. Read an adapted version of his testimony: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
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In 2016, the Justice Department brought charges against 130,000 suspects. Grand juries rejected indictments only six times.
During the Trump administration, by contrast, grand jurors have repeatedly rejected prosecutors’ requests for indictments.
During the Trump administration, by contrast, grand jurors have repeatedly rejected prosecutors’ requests for indictments.
Trump administration prosecutions focus new attention on grand juries
The administration has struggled with an unusual level of rejections in some cases and procedural stumbles in others.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
In 2016, the Justice Department brought charges against 130,000 suspects. Grand juries rejected indictments only six times.
During the Trump administration, by contrast, grand jurors have repeatedly rejected prosecutors’ requests for indictments.
During the Trump administration, by contrast, grand jurors have repeatedly rejected prosecutors’ requests for indictments.
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The race for United Nations Secretary General kicks off this week
The US has objected to encouraging female candidates on the grounds that appointments should be merit-based only
*Stares at all current US officials with eyebrows raised so high they're on the moon*
www.reuters.com/world/un-kic...
The US has objected to encouraging female candidates on the grounds that appointments should be merit-based only
*Stares at all current US officials with eyebrows raised so high they're on the moon*
www.reuters.com/world/un-kic...
www.reuters.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The race for United Nations Secretary General kicks off this week
The US has objected to encouraging female candidates on the grounds that appointments should be merit-based only
*Stares at all current US officials with eyebrows raised so high they're on the moon*
www.reuters.com/world/un-kic...
The US has objected to encouraging female candidates on the grounds that appointments should be merit-based only
*Stares at all current US officials with eyebrows raised so high they're on the moon*
www.reuters.com/world/un-kic...
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You would think this can't be real. But I personally witnessed this in Halifax. A man stood up and said "I live next door on the 24th floor and anything over 12 stories isn't appropriate for here, nothing in the surrounding area is that tall"
HRM counsel nodding in agreement at those sage words
HRM counsel nodding in agreement at those sage words
Nearly gagged over this zinger of a headline and then this:
"This is not about being a bunch of NIMBYs, because we’re supportive of housing,” said [one] critic... who lives in a 19-storey building nearby."
"This is not about being a bunch of NIMBYs, because we’re supportive of housing,” said [one] critic... who lives in a 19-storey building nearby."
In Waterloo’s downtown, residents in tall towers fight a plan for even taller towers
Disagreements over height, heritage and density have led some neighbours to oppose twin towers that would be the tallest in the city.
www.therecord.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
You would think this can't be real. But I personally witnessed this in Halifax. A man stood up and said "I live next door on the 24th floor and anything over 12 stories isn't appropriate for here, nothing in the surrounding area is that tall"
HRM counsel nodding in agreement at those sage words
HRM counsel nodding in agreement at those sage words
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Breaking News: The last pending criminal prosecution against President Trump was dismissed by a judge in Georgia, effectively ending efforts to hold Trump criminally responsible for attempts to overturn the 2020 election. trib.al/EnJu57H
November 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Breaking News: The last pending criminal prosecution against President Trump was dismissed by a judge in Georgia, effectively ending efforts to hold Trump criminally responsible for attempts to overturn the 2020 election. trib.al/EnJu57H
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Circulating on facebook. Might as well circulate here too.
Not my content.
Not my content.
November 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Circulating on facebook. Might as well circulate here too.
Not my content.
Not my content.
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Oh the irony:
"BBC edits speech to remove claim that Trump is corrupt, b/c of Trump's corrupt abuse of the legal system..."
"BBC edits speech to remove claim that Trump is corrupt, b/c of Trump's corrupt abuse of the legal system..."
In case you missed this, the BBC edited a historian's speech about Trump to remove the claim that he's "the most openly corrupt president in US history." This came after Trump had threatened a $1 billion lawsuit.
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump Angrily Threatened to Sue BBC. Then Things Took a Darker Turn.
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Oh the irony:
"BBC edits speech to remove claim that Trump is corrupt, b/c of Trump's corrupt abuse of the legal system..."
"BBC edits speech to remove claim that Trump is corrupt, b/c of Trump's corrupt abuse of the legal system..."
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As responses, "It could have been PP" and "Name someone who would be better" just tell me that even Liberals know there's not much they can say to actually defend Carney's *substantive record* so far.
Carney has been so much worse than expected. It's like watching The Matrix sequels of governance or something.
Every 19th/20th century industry you can think of is getting subsidies.
November 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
As responses, "It could have been PP" and "Name someone who would be better" just tell me that even Liberals know there's not much they can say to actually defend Carney's *substantive record* so far.