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Nature lover, grower of plants, tree hugger.
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Why does our premier assume that everyone has the same tastes as him?

We definitely need fewer casinos, not more.

The Niagara region is a treasure and is already badly developed. Don’t let him do to it what he’s doing to Ontario Place.
Ford announces plan to boost Niagara tourism with casinos, theme park
Ontario Premier says he wants to see twice as many annual visitors as the current 13 million who visit Niagara Falls and area
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Canada lynx
December 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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More than 600 pages of records show Alberta officials delayed a coal mine pollution study — and seemingly stopped the lead scientist from speaking publicly thenarwhal.ca/alberta-stal... #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
Alberta officials stalled coal mine pollution study | The Narwhal
An Alberta government scientist was prevented from speaking publicly about his coal mine pollution research, emails show
thenarwhal.ca
December 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Some of the best movies ever made were by Rob Reiner. They made us laugh and think: The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, A Few Good Men. And he was a force on screen as well in All in the Family and so many films.

What a tragic loss. Words fail with news like this.
December 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Even if this government report wasn‘t generated using AI — a big if — that it contains incorrect and made-up references should be enough to discredit it and the author. Speaking from experience, this would *never* happen in a report prepared by professional researchers.
NDP says Ontario report on intimate partner violence partly AI-generated, includes non-existent sources
The 877-page study was introduced into the legislature on Tuesday
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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"My animals drink the water, my mother drinks the water. So I'm not a guy flying in from L.A. on a private jet. I am a sixth generation rural Albertan, and I'm just trying to keep the water clean."

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Country singer Corb Lund gets OK to launch anti-coal petition drive in Alberta | CBC News
Alberta singer Corb Lund has been given the go-ahead to start collecting signatures for a petition to ask the province to pass a law banning new coal mining on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountain...
www.cbc.ca
December 9, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Why was 'incredible' giant cedar cut down, despite B.C.'s big-tree protection law?

By Matchlee Ltd. Partnership, majority owned by Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation

Yellow cedar's diameter measured 2.79 metres size should have ensured protection buffer around it

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #bcpoli
December 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Spent yesterday sampling in the snow in eastern IN. Probably the oldest trees were 200 years and were likely the beech and black walnut. Tulipree was maybe 150. Not much oak in this forest though there were one or two
nice bur oaks that were likely 200+
December 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Geneviève Bergeron

Hélène Colgan

Nathalie Croteau

Barbara Daigneault

Anne-Marie Edward

Maud Haviernick

Maryse Laganière

Maryse Leclair

Anne-Marie Lemay

Sonia Pelletier

Michèle Richard

Annie St-Arneault

Annie Turcotte

Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz

#MontrealMassacre 💔
December 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Nature's very own #NutCracker, the White Breasted Nuthatch who is named so because of its method of opening up nuts by jamming them into a crevice then hammering at them.

📸 : Alison Forde, Roman Sydor, and Allison Padget
December 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Moss spore capsule. #Newfoundland Canada. The capsules are about 0.5cm long.
#moss #bryophyte #fungifriends
December 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Deep sea mining is very bad for deep sea ecosystems.
What Scientists Found When a Deep Sea Mining Company Invited Them In
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Only 384 right whales remain, incl 72 mothers.
I’m afraid we are in an era of pro-commerce PMs/Pres:

“Researchers know what the risks are: mostly fishing gear entanglements and vessel strikes, but also ocean noise pollution caused by human

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
How changemakers show humanity to endangered North Atlantic right whales
From the ocean to the classroom, from Atlantic Canada to the U.S. South, these people are finding ways to save a species before it vanishes
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Ontario’s education minister is hiring two advisors at $1,500 a day to review why EQAO results aren’t improving. Critics say the answer is obvious: “we don’t need people making $1,500 a day to tell us scores are down because the government cut funding by $1,500 a student.” #cdnpoli
December 4, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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The spines on Elaeis guineensis (African oil palm) petioles are the hardened midveins that remain after the lowermost leaflets senesce. Diabolical! 📷: Diane Bricmont CCBYNC4 #Arecaceae #spine #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
December 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Don’t forget to look up
December 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Friends, vikings, countrymen: lend me your eyes. May I present what just happened an hour ago in Iceland?

It was an early, short substorm, but it was a good one. Literal space weather!
#northernlights #aurora
December 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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A break from my enormous collection of polar bear pictures.
I took this one from my kayak on my last paddle of the year in October. It was only a few degrees above freezing but I was hoping the find the coyote pack again. I found one of their sentinels, but not the whole group. #mammals 🌿
December 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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It’s the bird whose name sounds like a Shakespearean insult!!!

A Yellow-bellied Sapsucker for #WoodpeckerWednesday. #birds 🌿
December 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Bent-over Rudbeckia seed heads created some interesting lines on a frosty November morning.
December 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Polar bears are intelligent and will look for ways to keep busy when they have nothing better to do. Gnawing on this dry carcass is exactly that - a mindless way to pass the time while waiting for the bay to freeze. #BearSeason2025 #mammals 🌿
December 3, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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Remember Walkerton and the changes since to ensure water safety?

“Municipalities run drinking water systems under strict rules created after the Walkerton scandal in 2,000, when contaminated water killed seven people and sickened more than 2,000.”

No privatization of our water!

#onpoli
#Water
"The new corporation could set water rates for municipal residents, as a privately owned, for-profit organization. Municipalities would have to transfer all their water and wastewater assets, staff, debt, contracts and infrastructure to the new body." 🤮

www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/28/n...
Ford government dives into municipal business as it eyes water services
The province has assumed sweeping new powers to seize control over municipal water systems — one of Ontario’s largest public assets, worth $175.8 billion — raising fears the move could pave the way fo...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM