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Canada should be focused on nation-building. Instead we are getting sucked into a needless pipeline war to appease Moe and Danielle Smith.
If the PM tries to kill the tanker ban without consulting BC premier Eby or First Nations he will be in for the fight of his life.
And he will lose.
If the PM tries to kill the tanker ban without consulting BC premier Eby or First Nations he will be in for the fight of his life.
And he will lose.
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Canada should be focused on nation-building. Instead we are getting sucked into a needless pipeline war to appease Moe and Danielle Smith.
If the PM tries to kill the tanker ban without consulting BC premier Eby or First Nations he will be in for the fight of his life.
And he will lose.
If the PM tries to kill the tanker ban without consulting BC premier Eby or First Nations he will be in for the fight of his life.
And he will lose.
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Canada lost a legend. Colleen Jones was beloved in Nova Scotia and across Canada as a giant in the world of curling.
She represented the best of Canadian sport and the Canadian spirit.
My deepest sympathies to her family and colleagues.
Go to the angels.
She represented the best of Canadian sport and the Canadian spirit.
My deepest sympathies to her family and colleagues.
Go to the angels.
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Canada lost a legend. Colleen Jones was beloved in Nova Scotia and across Canada as a giant in the world of curling.
She represented the best of Canadian sport and the Canadian spirit.
My deepest sympathies to her family and colleagues.
Go to the angels.
She represented the best of Canadian sport and the Canadian spirit.
My deepest sympathies to her family and colleagues.
Go to the angels.
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If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Danielle Smith just suckered Mark Carney into reviving the Northern Gateway pipeline.
This is the antithesis of "nation-building."
There is no economic, political or environmental case for Stephen Harper's dream.
This won't end well.
For Canada or Carney.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
This is the antithesis of "nation-building."
There is no economic, political or environmental case for Stephen Harper's dream.
This won't end well.
For Canada or Carney.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Ottawa, Alberta agree to broad outlines of energy deal, including path to pipeline | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have agreed to the broad outlines of a memorandum of understanding that would give Alberta special exemptions from federal environmental l...
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Danielle Smith just suckered Mark Carney into reviving the Northern Gateway pipeline.
This is the antithesis of "nation-building."
There is no economic, political or environmental case for Stephen Harper's dream.
This won't end well.
For Canada or Carney.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
This is the antithesis of "nation-building."
There is no economic, political or environmental case for Stephen Harper's dream.
This won't end well.
For Canada or Carney.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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What is ‘artificial intelligence,’ anyway? The confusion is the point
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
What is 'artificial intelligence,' anyway? The confusion is the point - Halifax Examiner
The confusion and misunderstanding that is purposefully built right into the term 'artificial intelligence' is a power grab.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
What is ‘artificial intelligence,’ anyway? The confusion is the point
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
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They just gutted Teen Vogue which had top notch political journalism. The media is continuing to purge any sort of political dissent to Trump and the oligarchs.
www.vogue.com/article/teen...
www.vogue.com/article/teen...
November 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
They just gutted Teen Vogue which had top notch political journalism. The media is continuing to purge any sort of political dissent to Trump and the oligarchs.
www.vogue.com/article/teen...
www.vogue.com/article/teen...
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Bill 60 is a vicious, one-sided tenancy legislation. It will cause widespread suffering and loss of life. Anyone who stays neutral is complicit. In this @thestar.com article, I focus on why mayors should fight it.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Ricardo Tranjan: Think Doug Ford has walked back his war on tenants? There’s more to come. Here’s how it should be fought.
Last week, the Ontario government introduced Bill 60, Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act. It includes many troubling legislative changes, but popular outcry so far has focused on the direct attack
www.thestar.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Bill 60 is a vicious, one-sided tenancy legislation. It will cause widespread suffering and loss of life. Anyone who stays neutral is complicit. In this @thestar.com article, I focus on why mayors should fight it.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage
During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.
It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage
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Mi’kmaw chiefs lash out at Houston government, threaten legal action, and demand immediate meeting with N.S. premier
reported by @joanbaxter.bsky.social with files from @dartjenhen.bsky.social
reported by @joanbaxter.bsky.social with files from @dartjenhen.bsky.social
Mi’kmaw chiefs lash out at Houston government, threaten legal action, and demand immediate meeting with N.S. premier - Halifax Examiner
The Chiefs concluded with a warning that while they continue to push to meet with Houston, they will “also be looking into all possible legal remedies and mechanisms that can be taken to ensure they c...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
October 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Mi’kmaw chiefs lash out at Houston government, threaten legal action, and demand immediate meeting with N.S. premier
reported by @joanbaxter.bsky.social with files from @dartjenhen.bsky.social
reported by @joanbaxter.bsky.social with files from @dartjenhen.bsky.social
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Houston government slashes heating assistance rebate for low-income households
reported by Jennifer Henderson, @dartjenhen.bsky.social
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/p...
reported by Jennifer Henderson, @dartjenhen.bsky.social
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/p...
Houston government slashes heating assistance rebate for low-income households - Halifax Examiner
The amount of the cheque has been reduced from $600 to $400, and the number of eligible households is reduced by 39%.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
September 29, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Houston government slashes heating assistance rebate for low-income households
reported by Jennifer Henderson, @dartjenhen.bsky.social
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/p...
reported by Jennifer Henderson, @dartjenhen.bsky.social
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/p...
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It is your patriotic duty to socially ostracize SS agents. Pass it on.
I can’t tell you how much good could be done right now by average citizens socially cold-shouldering anyone tangentially working for ICE.
September 29, 2025 at 3:30 AM
It is your patriotic duty to socially ostracize SS agents. Pass it on.
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🧵I urge everyone to read this important peer-reviewed study by some of the top scholars on the methods modern autocrats use to undermine democracy and civil rights.
@annapplegate.bsky.social @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social among the leading scholars involved.
I also summarized the study below.
@annapplegate.bsky.social @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social among the leading scholars involved.
I also summarized the study below.
The Tools of Autocracy Worldwide: Authoritarian Networks, the Façade of Democracy, and Neo-Repression - Deisy Del Real, Cecilia Menjívar, 2024
This special double issue identifies the tools and conditions that allow (re)emerging autocrats to undermine democratic traditions and constrain civil rights ac...
journals.sagepub.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
🧵I urge everyone to read this important peer-reviewed study by some of the top scholars on the methods modern autocrats use to undermine democracy and civil rights.
@annapplegate.bsky.social @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social among the leading scholars involved.
I also summarized the study below.
@annapplegate.bsky.social @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social among the leading scholars involved.
I also summarized the study below.
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If you're trying your absolute best to put into the world what you'd like to see more of and feeling completely overwhelmed, please read this:
You are NOT wrong.
It is NOT pointless.
Fascism works exactly how it's making you feel:
Depleted. Run-down.
Recharge when you must. Then keep being you.
You are NOT wrong.
It is NOT pointless.
Fascism works exactly how it's making you feel:
Depleted. Run-down.
Recharge when you must. Then keep being you.
September 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
If you're trying your absolute best to put into the world what you'd like to see more of and feeling completely overwhelmed, please read this:
You are NOT wrong.
It is NOT pointless.
Fascism works exactly how it's making you feel:
Depleted. Run-down.
Recharge when you must. Then keep being you.
You are NOT wrong.
It is NOT pointless.
Fascism works exactly how it's making you feel:
Depleted. Run-down.
Recharge when you must. Then keep being you.
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‘Draw the Line’: Climate actions across Canada broaden to include poverty, social justice advocacy
reported by @mmughees.bsky.social
reported by @mmughees.bsky.social
'Draw the Line': Climate actions across Canada broaden to include poverty, social justice advocacy - Halifax Examiner
Seniors gathered in a Halifax church on Friday to plan collective action against the climate emergency and a multi-issue carnival is set to take place in Grand Parade, Halifax on Saturday afternoon.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
September 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
‘Draw the Line’: Climate actions across Canada broaden to include poverty, social justice advocacy
reported by @mmughees.bsky.social
reported by @mmughees.bsky.social
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À better measure of the US economy would be how the bottom 33% are making do on their income, rather than how the top 10% are making do in the stock market.
August 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
À better measure of the US economy would be how the bottom 33% are making do on their income, rather than how the top 10% are making do in the stock market.
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Dalhousie University faculty and staff rally amid lockout, failed negotiations
By @mmughees.bsky.social
By @mmughees.bsky.social
Dalhousie University faculty and staff rally amid lockout, failed negotiations - Halifax Examiner
Hundreds of Dalhousie University faculty and staff members rallied in Halifax Friday to demand fair wages and an end to the lockout.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
August 22, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Dalhousie University faculty and staff rally amid lockout, failed negotiations
By @mmughees.bsky.social
By @mmughees.bsky.social
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Ive been feeling insecure about my workout regimen but then I saw this TikTok
August 21, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Ive been feeling insecure about my workout regimen but then I saw this TikTok
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The 30,000-foot view of the unpaid labour of Air Canada flight attendants
Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social
Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social
The 30,000-foot view of the unpaid labour of Air Canada flight attendants - Halifax Examiner
Let's put the brakes on archaic policies for airline workers.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
August 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The 30,000-foot view of the unpaid labour of Air Canada flight attendants
Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social
Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social
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Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
August 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
Global Sumud Flotilla - Global chuffed.org/project/1388...
Global Sumud Flotilla - Global
As the genocide in Gaza gets worse by the day and the governments and institutions fail the Palestinian people, the free people of the world are trying their best to maintain solidarity and to create ...
chuffed.org
August 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Global Sumud Flotilla - Global chuffed.org/project/1388...
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If we put bike lanes on Nova Scotia’s shorelines, maybe Tim Houston will pay attention to coastal protection
Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social
Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social
If we put bike lanes on Nova Scotia's shorelines, maybe Tim Houston will pay attention to coastal protection - Halifax Examiner
Is the premier the best leader to get the province through climate change?
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
August 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
If we put bike lanes on Nova Scotia’s shorelines, maybe Tim Houston will pay attention to coastal protection
Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social
Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social
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How industrial forestry and climate change created Nova Scotia’s wildfire problem
A collaborative publication between the @halifaxexaminer.ca and @nationalobserver.com
by Marc Fawcett-Atkinson and @joanbaxter.bsky.social
A collaborative publication between the @halifaxexaminer.ca and @nationalobserver.com
by Marc Fawcett-Atkinson and @joanbaxter.bsky.social
How industrial forestry and climate change created Nova Scotia's wildfire problem - Halifax Examiner
Industrial forestry practices have made the forest more fire-prone. Add climate chang, and wildfire risks are so high they lead to forest closures.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
August 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
How industrial forestry and climate change created Nova Scotia’s wildfire problem
A collaborative publication between the @halifaxexaminer.ca and @nationalobserver.com
by Marc Fawcett-Atkinson and @joanbaxter.bsky.social
A collaborative publication between the @halifaxexaminer.ca and @nationalobserver.com
by Marc Fawcett-Atkinson and @joanbaxter.bsky.social
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‘We’re all affected’: Natal Day parade entry highlights potential dangers of uranium exploration to Halifax water supply
By @mmughees.bsky.social
By @mmughees.bsky.social
'We're all affected': Natal Day parade entry highlights potential dangers of uranium exploration to Halifax water supply - Halifax Examiner
Group notes that one proposed uranium mine site is only 35 kilometres away from the Halifax water supply.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
August 6, 2025 at 11:42 AM
‘We’re all affected’: Natal Day parade entry highlights potential dangers of uranium exploration to Halifax water supply
By @mmughees.bsky.social
By @mmughees.bsky.social