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Connie Walker @conniewalker.bsky.social · 8d

The Yukon First Nation Education Directorate's rural nutrition program has provided meals &snacks to hundreds of students...
This year the program has been suspended after YFNED's application for funding through Jordan's Principle was denied by Indigenous Services Canada.
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Yukon's rural nutrition program ends after losing Jordan's Principle funding | CBC News

The Yukon First Nation Education Directorate is appealing the federal government's decision to deny its funding proposal to keep the Yukon's rural nutrition program running.

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 16d

Mulroney also works for Aurora Strategy Global, a firm registered to lobby the federal government

When not hosting West Block, Mulroney offers clients “behind-the-scenes strategic advice” to “get your message in front of the right audience whether it is to government, the media or stakeholders”

Aurora Strategy Global:

"With two decades as one of Canada’s most recognisable broadcasters, Ben Mulroney brings unmatched communication expertise and public presence to the Aurora Strategy team.

Backed by a legal education and deep roots in the public affairs space—both in Canada and internationally—Ben excels at building connections, shaping narratives, and advising high-growth clients across sectors.

From strategic counsel to high-impact event hosting, Ben helps clients cut through the noise and deliver messages that matter."

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 16d

I did a deep-dive into Ben Mulroney's extracurricular activities:

At the same time as Mulroney is filling-in as host of The West Block, he is also working for two registered lobby groups and as an adviser to several companies – some of whose CEOs he's interviewed on Global News 640 Toronto radio

PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 16d

Ben Mulroney is blurring the lines between journalism, business, lobbying and partisan politics

The new host of Global News’ national political news show also works for registered lobby groups, advises businesses and hosted election events for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives earlier this year

Ben Mulroney is Blurring the Lines Between Journalism, Business, Lobbying and Partisan Politics

New host of Global News’ politics show works for registered lobby groups, advises businesses and hosted events for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives

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Connie Walker @conniewalker.bsky.social · Sep 7

Israel's Supreme Court on Sunday ruled that the government has failed to provide Palestinian security prisoners with adequate food for basic subsistence and ordered authorities to improve their nutrition. www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...

Israel's Supreme Court says Palestinian prisoners are not being fed enough | CBC News

Rights groups have documented widespread abuse in Israeli prisons and detention facilities, including insufficient food and health care, as well as poor sanitary conditions and beatings.

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Connie Walker @conniewalker.bsky.social · Sep 5

In the last two weeks since the world's foremost authority on food insecurity declared a famine in Gaza City, 70 people have died of hunger, according to local health authorities.

One of them was 17-year-old Ahmed Ali Al-Batniji. www.cbc.ca/news/world/g...

ANALYSIS | As hunger grows in Gaza, warnings that starvation hits the most vulnerable first | CBC News

Despite Israel’s denials of famine and a recent uptick in food delivery, starvation in Gaza is getting worse. Before his death, a 17-year-old described to CBC News how his body and life were shutting ...

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Connie Walker @conniewalker.bsky.social · Sep 2

Strikes across Gaza kill at least 31 as international scholars accuse Israel of genocide www.thestar.com/news/world/m...

Strikes across Gaza kill at least 31 as international scholars accuse Israel of genocide

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel launched strikes across the Gaza Strip on Monday, killing at least 31 people as it presses ahead with a major offensive in the

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Connie Walker @conniewalker.bsky.social · Sep 1

Leading genocide scholars organization says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza apnews.com/article/geno...

Leading genocide scholars organization says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza

The largest professional organization of scholars studying genocide says that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · Sep 1

The deadly toll on journalists in the Gaza war. The total number of journalists and media workers killed in this conflict since October 2023 is at least 189, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists www.theguardian.com/global-devel... @theguardian.com @pressfreedom.bsky.social #journalism

The deadly toll on journalists in the Gaza war

With foreign media barred, Palestinians have reported alone, facing the ‘most deliberate effort to kill and silence’ them ever

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Connie Walker @conniewalker.bsky.social · Aug 28

“She’s packed up and she’s gone. I’m here, and that’s the only thing that matters,” Townsend said. www.nytimes.com/athletic/658...

Jelena Ostapenko appears to tell Taylor Townsend she has ‘no education’ after U.S. Open defeat

“She told me I have no class," Townsend said in an on-court interview after her 7-5, 6-1 victory.

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Reuters @reuters.com · Aug 25

BREAKING: Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital in Gaza killed at least 15 people, including three journalists, one of whom worked for Reuters, Palestinian health officials said reut.rs/45OFPfr

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · Aug 25

BREAKING: Four journalists, including a freelancer who worked with AP, are among eight killed by an Israeli strike on southern Gaza's Nasser Hospital.

Multiple journalists killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital

A hospital strike in southern Gaza has killed at least eight people, including four journalists. The attack happened on Monday.

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Connie Walker @conniewalker.bsky.social · Aug 24

Palestinian authorities say the conflict has claimed the lives of more than 60,000 people in Gaza, while humanitarian organisations say a shortage of food is leading to widespread starvation. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

Widespread protests held in Australia to support Palestinians

Thousands of Australians joined pro-Palestinian rallies on Sunday, organisers said, amid strained relations between Israel and Australia following the centre-left government's decision to recognise a Palestinian state.

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Connie Walker @conniewalker.bsky.social · Aug 23

Gaza City and Surrounding Areas Are Officially Under Famine, Monitors Say www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/w...

Gaza City and Surrounding Areas Are Officially Under Famine, Monitors Say

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Connie Walker @conniewalker.bsky.social · Aug 21

He Was the Face and Voice of Gaza. Israel Assassinated Him. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...

Opinion | He Was the Face and Voice of Gaza. Israel Assassinated Him.

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Reyhan Harmanci @harmancipants.bsky.social · Aug 21

Struck, in @polgreen.bsky.social's piece on Anas al-Sharif's killing, by Israel's evidence—"screenshots of spreadsheets, purported service numbers and old payments"—tying him to Hamas. That's the case against him? And most US outlets didn't even bother to share it www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...

Opinion | He Was the Face and Voice of Gaza. Israel Assassinated Him.

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Connie Walker @conniewalker.bsky.social · Aug 21

So proud that Stolen: Survivng St. Michael’s AND Finding Cleo made this list of 100 Greatest Podcasts of All Time! www.leftofdialmedia.com/essential-li... 🧡🧡

Essential Listening Poll - The 100 Greatest Podcasts of All Time — Left of Dial Media

The 100 Greatest Podcasts of All Time

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · Aug 20

It remains absolutely bewildering to me that an incumbent premier took out newspaper ads proudly declaring she *refuses* to attempt to recover the remains of murder victims

And equally bewildering @winnipegfreepress.com agreed to take her money and run these ads

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Manitoba PC ad placed on the Winnipeg Free Press website

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Connie Walker @conniewalker.bsky.social · Aug 17

The federal government said Saturday that it was ordering the airline and its flight attendants back to work, ending a strike and lockout after less than 12 hours. www.thestar.com/business/uni...

Union representing Air Canada flight attendants says strike will continue

The Canadian Union of Public Employees says the workers remain on strike.

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Connie Walker @conniewalker.bsky.social · Aug 14

The aid groups stressed that most of them haven't been able to deliver "a single truck" of life-saving assistance since Israel implemented a blockade in March, calling on the international community to press Israel to end the "weaponization of aid..." www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...

More than 100 aid groups call on Israel to end 'weaponization' of aid in Gaza | CBC News

More than 100 non-profit groups warned Thursday that Israel's rules for aid groups working in the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank will block much-needed relief and replace independent organizations ...

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Connie Walker @conniewalker.bsky.social · Aug 11

In a final message, al-Sharif said, “I never hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or misrepresentation, hoping that God would witness those who remained silent, those who accepted our killing, and those who suffocated our very breaths.” www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...

Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza

Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Aug 10

Aid workers caring for the hungry in Gaza are themselves going without food. Claire Porter Robbins on a starvation crisis that has not spared the helpers:

‘We’re Trying to Do the Best We Can Before We Die’

The people caring for others in Gaza are hungry too.

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · Aug 10

"We’re seeing a purely manmade famine."

“A Purely Manmade Famine”: How Israel Is Starving Gaza

Jonah Valdez and the IRC’s Bob Kitchen unpack how Israel’s war and aid restrictions, not food shortage, are driving Gaza’s hunger crisis.

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Connie Walker @conniewalker.bsky.social · Aug 7

Former Shin Bet head Ami Ayalon among 550 security officials to sign letter calling for end to war www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...

'I am ashamed of what we are doing in Gaza,' says ex-chief of Israeli security agency | CBC Radio

Ami Ayalon, the former head Israel's internal security agency, has signed an open letter to U.S. President Donald Trump on behalf of 550 former Israeli security officials calling for an end to Israel'...

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Jul 31

Exclusive: The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History removed references to President Trump’s two impeachments from an exhibit — an apparent change to its plans to update its collection of artifacts about the historic U.S. proceedings.

Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American History Museum

A temporary placard, on display since 2021, described the president's historic impeachments. Officials said the exhibit was restored to an earlier version following a review of legacy content.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Jul 26

French President Emmanuel Macron had been pushing for France and its G7 allies, the UK and Canada, to recognise Palestinian statehood. But London and Ottawa “did not want to face the wrath of the United States”, reports Reuters.

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