Barbara MacKinnon
@barbaramackinnon.bsky.social
SCM, SUPA, Mac, OCT, LLLC
Always knitting. Often reading.
Always knitting. Often reading.
Supposedly improving health conditions in their LTC home for elderly clients, but NO mention of installing clean air ventilation throughout the building, adding HEPA air purifiers to each room, or masking by staff and residents during outbreaks.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This Toronto long-term care home is being redesigned after learning from the COVID-19 pandemic | CBC News
A downtown Toronto long-term care home is rebuilding with a new design that considers lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, going beyond the province’s standards — but some say those standards a...
www.cbc.ca
December 30, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Supposedly improving health conditions in their LTC home for elderly clients, but NO mention of installing clean air ventilation throughout the building, adding HEPA air purifiers to each room, or masking by staff and residents during outbreaks.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Let’s do this in ON with clean energy sources! Looking forward to more Quebec produce. The lettuce, celery and tomatoes this summer were tasty!
Loved this story, not least because I learned that finger limes, the world's weirdest fruit, are being grown a few kms from my house!
Are we ready for Canadian bananas?
All across Canada, adventurous farmers are experimenting by growing exotic fruits.
www.nationalobserver.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Let’s do this in ON with clean energy sources! Looking forward to more Quebec produce. The lettuce, celery and tomatoes this summer were tasty!
Hologram of Christmas tree in the house reflected through the window into the backyard.
December 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Hologram of Christmas tree in the house reflected through the window into the backyard.
Hauskaa Joulua!
The Moomins discover the true meaning of Christmas.
The Moomins discover the true meaning of Christmas.
December 25, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Hauskaa Joulua!
The Moomins discover the true meaning of Christmas.
The Moomins discover the true meaning of Christmas.
“Shazam!”, shouts little girl dressed like an angel, “For unto you a child is born …”
The remake of this film is enjoyable, but the original is so much more fun and meaningful. It’s a keeper.
The mother is played by Loretta Swift, who passed away in May 2025.
The remake of this film is enjoyable, but the original is so much more fun and meaningful. It’s a keeper.
The mother is played by Loretta Swift, who passed away in May 2025.
December 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
“Shazam!”, shouts little girl dressed like an angel, “For unto you a child is born …”
The remake of this film is enjoyable, but the original is so much more fun and meaningful. It’s a keeper.
The mother is played by Loretta Swift, who passed away in May 2025.
The remake of this film is enjoyable, but the original is so much more fun and meaningful. It’s a keeper.
The mother is played by Loretta Swift, who passed away in May 2025.
Looks like Santa is just about ready to fly through any kind of weather to bring toys to good little boy and girls and fill their stockings.
After my Mom's 14th birthday, her Mom said that this set was her last Christmas present. I am glad to have it now. I think Rudolph must have been added later!
After my Mom's 14th birthday, her Mom said that this set was her last Christmas present. I am glad to have it now. I think Rudolph must have been added later!
December 21, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Looks like Santa is just about ready to fly through any kind of weather to bring toys to good little boy and girls and fill their stockings.
After my Mom's 14th birthday, her Mom said that this set was her last Christmas present. I am glad to have it now. I think Rudolph must have been added later!
After my Mom's 14th birthday, her Mom said that this set was her last Christmas present. I am glad to have it now. I think Rudolph must have been added later!
Yay for butter tarts! We enjoyed eating delicious first prize CNE butter tarts at a relative’s get-together. Butter tarts made with real butter and Canadian maple syrup are the best!
The glorious history of The Butter Tart, one of Canada's greatest creations.
youtube.com/shorts/rttD2...
youtube.com/shorts/rttD2...
The History Of Butter Tarts!
YouTube video by Canadian History Ehx
youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Yay for butter tarts! We enjoyed eating delicious first prize CNE butter tarts at a relative’s get-together. Butter tarts made with real butter and Canadian maple syrup are the best!
As Carney explains the efforts being made to build a strong unified Canada, Ford insists that he still wants to sell off Ontario!
www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
VIDEO: Carney reacts to Ford's comments on Ontario's anti-tariff ad
The prime minister offered a candid reaction to the premier saying it was 'the best ad that's ever been run'
www.thetrillium.ca
December 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
As Carney explains the efforts being made to build a strong unified Canada, Ford insists that he still wants to sell off Ontario!
www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
Yay! A great day for blueberry pancakes and maple syrup or waffles with maple butter. While on vacation in Scotland, I was so happy to learn that even the Isle of Skye and Edinburgh served Canadian maple syrup!
Happy Maple Syrup Day!
Canada produces 80% of the world's pure maple syrup, and Quebec produces 91% of Canada's maple syrup.
It is something that is quintessentially Canadian.
This is its history.
🧵 1/12
Canada produces 80% of the world's pure maple syrup, and Quebec produces 91% of Canada's maple syrup.
It is something that is quintessentially Canadian.
This is its history.
🧵 1/12
December 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Yay! A great day for blueberry pancakes and maple syrup or waffles with maple butter. While on vacation in Scotland, I was so happy to learn that even the Isle of Skye and Edinburgh served Canadian maple syrup!
Reposted by Barbara MacKinnon
Ford closed the science centre for no reason, is shrinking it dramatically, and gov’t doesn’t want you to know the truth about this.
My column:
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toron...
My column:
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toron...
Doug Ford shrinks Ontario Science Centre to fit in temporary home at Toronto Harbourfront
The space is a fraction of the size of the original building in Don Mills, which has been closed since June, 2024
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Ford closed the science centre for no reason, is shrinking it dramatically, and gov’t doesn’t want you to know the truth about this.
My column:
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toron...
My column:
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toron...
Jack and Lorraine Herman were well known potters in Kleinburg. Their home was often a gathering place for Canadian artists and authors. We are fortunate to have a few pieces of their pottery. Lorraine created this lovely Nativity scene using ceramic clay.
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Obituary of Lorraine Herman | eco Cremation & Burial Services
(Alberta) Lorraine Herman - beloved ‘Greenie’ to her family - passed away in Toronto on October 10, 2025, after confounding palliative care doctors by outliving their predictions for several years. S...
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December 16, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Jack and Lorraine Herman were well known potters in Kleinburg. Their home was often a gathering place for Canadian artists and authors. We are fortunate to have a few pieces of their pottery. Lorraine created this lovely Nativity scene using ceramic clay.
ecofuneral.ca/tribute/deta...
ecofuneral.ca/tribute/deta...
I played squaredle.com 12/14:
73/73 words ( 28 bonus words)
📖 In the top 12% by bonus words
🔥 Solve streak: 402
73/73 words ( 28 bonus words)
📖 In the top 12% by bonus words
🔥 Solve streak: 402
Squaredle
Squaredle is a daily word building game. Swipe letters in the grid to test your vocabulary every day and rise to the top of the leaderboards!
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December 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I played squaredle.com 12/14:
73/73 words ( 28 bonus words)
📖 In the top 12% by bonus words
🔥 Solve streak: 402
73/73 words ( 28 bonus words)
📖 In the top 12% by bonus words
🔥 Solve streak: 402
It may be a good time to read this book too, for some background. Agent Orange was secretly sprayed on seedlings in pine tree plantations during the 50s.
December 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
It may be a good time to read this book too, for some background. Agent Orange was secretly sprayed on seedlings in pine tree plantations during the 50s.
These people (and you can help in ON) are doing really important work to save and restore our public health.
Please sign and share our petition to demand the federal government enforce the Canada Health Act where the Ford government is violating it with private for-profit clinics: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-6811 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
December 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
These people (and you can help in ON) are doing really important work to save and restore our public health.
After the Bay closed, I was reminded of the sad closing also of Eaton’s. This is a very interesting story about their iconic Christmas bear - Punkinhead! Drawn by Canadian cartoonist Charles Thorson.
bhttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/punkinhead-bear-cub-eatons-christmas-winnipeg-1.5840477
bhttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/punkinhead-bear-cub-eatons-christmas-winnipeg-1.5840477
When Winnipeg-created Punkinhead made Canadian retail history for Eaton's | CBC News
Winnie-the-Pooh isn't the only famous — or partly-clothed — bear with ties to Winnipeg. And for a while in the 1940s and '50s, he wasn't even the most beloved.
www.cbc.ca
December 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
After the Bay closed, I was reminded of the sad closing also of Eaton’s. This is a very interesting story about their iconic Christmas bear - Punkinhead! Drawn by Canadian cartoonist Charles Thorson.
bhttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/punkinhead-bear-cub-eatons-christmas-winnipeg-1.5840477
bhttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/punkinhead-bear-cub-eatons-christmas-winnipeg-1.5840477
Reposted by Barbara MacKinnon
Amazing, creative 🧵 on Doug Ford’s shenanigans.
On the first day of Christmas, Doug Ford gave to me:
A Science Centre shut for “safety.”
A Science Centre shut for “safety.”
December 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Amazing, creative 🧵 on Doug Ford’s shenanigans.
I've knit a few of these sweaters too! So warm and cozy :)
Cheerful colours for wintery white days in Canada.
Cheerful colours for wintery white days in Canada.
December 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I've knit a few of these sweaters too! So warm and cozy :)
Cheerful colours for wintery white days in Canada.
Cheerful colours for wintery white days in Canada.
There is enough snow cover on the ground that the rabbits are already coming to eat the parsley in snow capped planter!
December 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
There is enough snow cover on the ground that the rabbits are already coming to eat the parsley in snow capped planter!
Great employment news overall for Canada.
In ON, not so much. 200,000 workers now need employment. Today, Ford’s announcement of 275 new jobs to make plastic bottles is just a drop in the bucket. 🪣
Besides, we don’t need more production that pollutes our environment.
In ON, not so much. 200,000 workers now need employment. Today, Ford’s announcement of 275 new jobs to make plastic bottles is just a drop in the bucket. 🪣
Besides, we don’t need more production that pollutes our environment.
Doug Ford is a jobs disaster and these new numbers make that clearer than ever. Ontario lost thousands of manufacturing jobs last month, and the province led the entire country in losses in wholesale and retail trade. Families are feeling the hit in every community. #onpoli
December 6, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Great employment news overall for Canada.
In ON, not so much. 200,000 workers now need employment. Today, Ford’s announcement of 275 new jobs to make plastic bottles is just a drop in the bucket. 🪣
Besides, we don’t need more production that pollutes our environment.
In ON, not so much. 200,000 workers now need employment. Today, Ford’s announcement of 275 new jobs to make plastic bottles is just a drop in the bucket. 🪣
Besides, we don’t need more production that pollutes our environment.
Sooo many government shortcomings in Ontario.
Her
You didn’t fix last year’s issues and had even more trouble governing in 2025.
Him
Oh, we’ll look into it and we will try to do better next year.
Rinse and repeat.
Yearly report in detail, go to auditor.on.ca
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Her
You didn’t fix last year’s issues and had even more trouble governing in 2025.
Him
Oh, we’ll look into it and we will try to do better next year.
Rinse and repeat.
Yearly report in detail, go to auditor.on.ca
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ontario auditor general finds province not properly overseeing doctor billings | CBC News
Ontario is not properly overseeing doctors' billings, including cases of physicians billing for more than 24 hours in a day — money that could be going toward adding more family doctors, the auditor g...
www.cbc.ca
December 2, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Sooo many government shortcomings in Ontario.
Her
You didn’t fix last year’s issues and had even more trouble governing in 2025.
Him
Oh, we’ll look into it and we will try to do better next year.
Rinse and repeat.
Yearly report in detail, go to auditor.on.ca
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Her
You didn’t fix last year’s issues and had even more trouble governing in 2025.
Him
Oh, we’ll look into it and we will try to do better next year.
Rinse and repeat.
Yearly report in detail, go to auditor.on.ca
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
A lone Christmas Cactus blossom, ready for December!
November 30, 2025 at 11:48 PM
A lone Christmas Cactus blossom, ready for December!