🇨🇦 Bernice Hillier 🇨🇦
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CBC Radio host in Newfoundland & Labrador, CANADA! 🇨🇦 I have a journalism/poli sci degree from Carleton University. I love yoga & poetry. I’m always eager to learn new things & to hear fresh perspectives. Canada is a sovereign nation. 🇨🇦
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#WW1 #Newfoundland #BattleOfTheSomme
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We then moved onto Newfoundland Memorial Park ...
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It would have been unthinkable to an earlier generation, no matter the hardship created by the expense of final arrangements for someone.
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A pallbearer for someone you didn’t know? This story is so sad, and yet restores faith that there is good in the world. “It truly feels like we were a group of relatives coming together to send somebody off who really deserved to know that they were loved."
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No one claimed his body when he died. These strangers came together to help bury him | CBC News
With no family or friends to organize, a call-out was posted looking for volunteer pallbearers to help at the burial of an unclaimed body in Oshawa. Many turned up.
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These men say they were terrorized at the military-style academy. Years later, they learned some of their instructors were convicted criminals. Ontario is one of the few provinces where that's possible. #onpoli #Canada #PrivateSchool www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...
The boys of Robert Land
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From the article: “Framing this as an active armed conflict is likely a way for Trump to justify using more extreme wartime powers – for example killing "enemy fighters" even if they have not posed a violent threat, or detaining people indefinitely.” #uspoli www.bbc.com/news/article...
Four killed in latest US strike on alleged drug vessel near Venezuela
Donald Trump says the boat was carrying enough drugs to kill thousands of people.
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Cool morning to kick off October...

Low -3.7°C at Badger; coldest since May 17.

Low -2.9°C at Deer Lake #YDF; coldest since May 23.

Low 0.8°C at St. John's #YYT; coldest since May 27.

Low 2.2°C at Gander #YQX; coldest since May 27.

#nlwx
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President Trump’s comments were greeted by expressionless faces — the Pentagon’s senior military leaders had warned the officers not to react or cheer, per the norms of what is supposed to be a nonpartisan military. #uspoli
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Trump and Hegseth Recount Familiar Partisan Complaints to Top Military Leaders
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Admirals and generals from conflict zones in the Middle East and elsewhere were summoned for a lecture on race and gender in the military, underscoring the extent to which the U.S.’s culture wars have emerged as a front-and-centre agenda item for Pete Hegseth's Pentagon. www.cbc.ca/news/world/u...
Trump and Hegseth declare end to 'woke' culture in U.S. military | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth declared an end to "woke" culture in the military Tuesday before hundreds of top U.S. military officials who were abruptly summoned to Vi...
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Opinion piece by UC Berkeley law prof John Yoo: “The White House has yet to provide compelling evidence … that drug cartels have become arms of the Venezuelan govt. … to justify not only the deportations … but also the naval attacks in the South American seas.” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | What’s wrong with a military campaign against the drug trade
Trump’s boat strikes against the cartels risk crossing the line between law enforcement and war.
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I’m here to learn and connect. We are all stardust. ✨
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A 90-minute live event for #NDTR to be presented in English, French and Plains Cree will take place on Parliament Hill at 3 p.m. ET. It will be available live on APTN and CBC platforms and made available to all Canadian broadcasters. #NationalDayofTruthandReconciliation
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Canadian COVID Forecast Sep 27 - Oct 10, 2025

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR

VERY HIGH [increasing]

About 1 of every 49 people is infected.

Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:

-Infections: 7.7 x higher
-Long COVID: 5.7 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 12.9 x higher
-Deaths: 10.1 x higher
This image describes the Canadian COVID Forecast for the fourteen-day period between Sep 27 - Oct 10, 2025 which is produced by COVID-19 Resources Canada.
Newfoundland & Labrador's COVID Forecast outlook is VERY HIGH [increasing]
Newfoundland & Labrador's  COVID INDEX SCORE is 10.2
About 1 of every 49 people is infected.

Estimated infections this week: 10,125-15,850
What these numbers mean: MODERATE 1-5, HIGH 5-10, VERY HIGH 10-15, SEVERE >15 COMPARED TO THE LOWEST POINT IN THE COVID PANDEMIC IN CANADA
How much higher are key indicators compared to the lowest point in the COVID pandemic in Canada?
Waste water, infections: HIGH; 7.7X higher
Long COVID: HIGH; 5.7X higher
Hospitalizations: VERY HIGH; 12.9X higher
Deaths: VERY HIGH; 10.1X higher
HOW TO HELP:
EVERYONE:
"UPDATE vaccines every 6 months
WEAR N95-type masks
AVOID indoor social gatherings
AVOID crowded non-essential places"
Who is HIGH RISK?
People 60 and older, babies < 1 year, pregnant
ALL AGES: immunocompromised OR medically at-risk OR no vaccine or infection in the last 6 months

Recommendations are based on the COVID-19 Risk Index from the Peterborough ON Public Health Unit
COVID-19 Resources Canada is a grassroots organization of volunteer scientists supporting Canadian COVID responses. Sources, data and methods for the COVID Index are available at www.Covid19Resources.ca