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Jen Stewart @jstewgie.bsky.social · 2h

OK what the heck, I thought you were all excited yesterday because the Blue Jays won, and now they're playing AGAIN?

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Jen Stewart @jstewgie.bsky.social · 3h

Everything is better with dogs

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Westside Backyard @westside-backyard.bsky.social · 3h

A person riding a bicycle holding a stick. They jam the stick labelled "0% Property Tax Increase" in the front wheel, then are lying on the ground in pain saying "Our aging public pools are falling apart and we don't have budget to replace them"

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Simon Little 🍁 @simonplittle.ca · 8h

It shouldn't matter how popular your rights are. There's a reason they're protected by the charter.

Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 8h

Net-Support For Using The Notwithstanding Clause For:

Requiring schools to notify parents when their child wants to go by a new name/pronoun: +12%

Preventing those under 16 who are transgender from having hormone therapy: +6%

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Jen Stewart @jstewgie.bsky.social · 1d

Jeez, yeah

Jen Stewart @jstewgie.bsky.social · 1d

Ugh they should've got jail as a deterrent to other assholes tempted to incite chaos www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #CdnPoli

'Freedom Convoy' leaders Tamara Lich, Chris Barber given conditional sentences | CBC News

Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, two major figures of the 2022 "Freedom Convoy," have been handed conditional sentences and spared further jail time.

www.cbc.ca

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Jen Stewart @jstewgie.bsky.social · 1d

I am once again proofreading endnotes and questioning my life choices

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CHEK News @cheknews.ca · 1d

Free breast cancer screening appointments are now available in Central Cowichan, downtown Victoria/Vic west and Langford south, as health officials encourage eligible residents to book mammograms during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Breast cancer screening appointments available across Greater Victoria and Cowichan

Free breast cancer screening appointments are now available in Central Cowichan, downtown Victoria/Vic west and Langford south, as health officials encourage eligible residents to book mammograms during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

cheknews.ca

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Gus The Bus Driver @busdriverlife.bsky.social · 1d

Could this be how bus drivers get washrooms in the posh neighborhoods going forward

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Jen Stewart @jstewgie.bsky.social · 1d

I kind of hate Albertans for foisting this person on all of us

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 1d

Separation-stoking pot calls kettle un-Canadian.

National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 1d

Danielle Smith meets with PM Mark Carney, calls B.C. premier ‘un-Canadian’ www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com

Danielle Smith meets with PM Mark Carney, calls B.C. premier ‘un-Canadian’

Prime Minister Mark Carney has committed to reaching an agreement regarding Alberta’s pitch for a proposed bitumen pipeline to the West Coast by next month, according to Premier Danielle Smith.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 1d

"Never before have we issued a joint public warning like this. But the profound, immediate and unprecedented threat Kennedy’s policies and positions pose to the nation’s health cannot be ignored."

"He has rejected science, misled the public and compromised the health of Americans." wapo.st/3VTALll

Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.

We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

wapo.st

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Michael Coyle @oplopanax.ca · 1d

car culture is when you hit someone in a crosswalk and you believe it's their fault.

(reminder, every intersection is a crosswalk whether there is paint or not)

Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 1d

Police in Airdrie, Alberta (just north of Calgary) say this driver hit a 17-year-old girl in a marked crosswalk, got out of the vehicle, and appeared to get upset at the teenager before driving away.

They released this video and are now trying to identify the driver.

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Jen Stewart @jstewgie.bsky.social · 1d

Holy shit

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Jen Stewart @jstewgie.bsky.social · 1d

Personally I would've preferred "Over my dead body" but that's why I'm not prime minister #CdnPoli

Steven Chase @stevenchase.bsky.social · 1d

As Mark Carney is praising Donald Trump for his accomplishments during his White House visit, the U.S. President interrupts, adding: "the merger of Canada and the United States."

"That wasn't where I was going," Mr. Carney continues.

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Jen Stewart @jstewgie.bsky.social · 1d

Delayed shoutout to @victoria.ca for making the crossing at Hillside and Nanaimo safe for bikes and pedestrians! I forgot to take a photo, but I've used it a few times lately and it has greatly improved the safety and enjoyability of my journey. #YYJ

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Jen Stewart @jstewgie.bsky.social · 2d

Super moon over Oak Bay #YYJ

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Jen Stewart @jstewgie.bsky.social · 2d

Yep. I went to see 3 of them talk at an event earlier this year and I still don't know their names.

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CHEK News @cheknews.ca · 2d

A motorcyclist has been charged with assault and dangerous driving after an incident where a video showed a cyclist being pushed from behind by a passing motorcyclist.

Motorcyclist charged after pushing cyclist in Nanaimo: RCMP

A motorcyclist has been charged with assault and dangerous driving after an incident where a video showed a cyclist being pushed from behind by a passing motorcyclist.

cheknews.ca

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Castanet.net @castanet.net · 2d

Thousands of striking government workers and supporters rally in Victoria #VictoriaBC

Thousands of striking government workers and supporters rally in Victoria - BC News

A labour march and rally in support of striking BCGEU members will target the B.C. Legislature on Monday, October 6, 2025.

www.castanet.net

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 2d

New ceremonial robes vs old ceremonial robes. #SCC

2026 photo of the Supreme Court of Canada, where the new robes are black with red piping.

2025 photo of the Supreme Court of Canada, with the red velvet and ermine robes.

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Shannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 2d

Big crowd out on the legislature lawn today for a rally in support of striking workers

The public sector strike escalated today with the addition of government licensed professionals, members of the Professional Employees Association, per the PEA executive #bcpoli

The lawn of the BC legislature full of protesting public sector workers with yellow and blue flags and aignd

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Jen Stewart @jstewgie.bsky.social · 2d

I love this yellow locust tree. And yes, the sky really is that colour. October can be glorious in Victoria! #YYJ #Bloomscrolling

A bright yellow tree against a gorgeous clear blue sky

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Torrance Coste @torrancecoste.bsky.social · 2d

First day of the fall session and Premier @davidebybc.bsky.social is at work bright and early…
#bcpoli #EndFossilFuelSubsidies

An inflatable David Eby, standing alongside twin smokestacks with a message that says: Eby: invest in people NOT polluters

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