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Margaret G 🍁

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Pls no starter pack. Canadian living on unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinabe nation. Miigwech. Ontario Gardening #zone5 🇨🇦 #nativeplants #birds Bsky since 11/2024 #slavaukraïni 🇺🇦 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 ally #BuyCanadian 🇨🇦 #Never51 #NastyCanadian

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Margaret G 🍁 @margaretorleans.bsky.social · Jul 6

In Finland, they have a saying, "The forest replies with the voice you call out to it."

The world is a mirror, reflect carefully.

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Margaret G 🍁 @margaretorleans.bsky.social · 52m

Finches have been picking seeds from my #Echinacea purpurea. This is why I leave them standing after the flowers fade. #nativeplants

In early morning sunshine, a brown seed head is almost entirely bare

Margaret G 🍁 @margaretorleans.bsky.social · 1h

Here is physiologist Dr. Ben Bikman talking about fatty liver and a low-carb high-fat diet.
www.facebook.com/share/r/1GXh...

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Vanelle 🦋🇨🇦 🎹🎤 passionate about freedom & democracy @vanellemusic.bsky.social · Aug 1

I hope there's life after death so that Turner can feel vindicated. 🤪
I remember this, was against Mulroney then, & watched as long standing 🇨🇦 biz after biz was bought up, shuttered or bankrupted over the following decade.
Canadians are now finally motivated to right the ship & turn this around. 🇨🇦💪

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Anne with an “e” @redheadinthecity.bsky.social · 7h

NO ONE expected a deal at the end of that meeting. No one.

This is nonsense framing.

National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 7h

Carney returns to Ottawa without a deal to end the U.S. tariffs nationalnewswatch.com/2025/10/08/c...

Carney returns to Ottawa without a deal to end the U.S. tariffs

National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

nationalnewswatch.com

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Margaret G 🍁 @margaretorleans.bsky.social · 6h

Who expected a deal? I didn't, because we are still far from it and the president turns like a weather vane.

Margaret G 🍁 @margaretorleans.bsky.social · 6h

Not as long as unwarranted arrests continue.

Margaret G 🍁 @margaretorleans.bsky.social · 6h

That came to mind for me too, especially because it's about construction.

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RichardJR @electricbluesfan.bsky.social · 10h

4/8
Eby says Smith's plan risks upsetting the social licence for over $40B worth of "real projects" already advancing in B.C., including upgrades at the Port of Prince Rupert.

He argues using the B.C. coast as a "political tool" helps no one. "We need, as a country, less politics & more projects."

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RichardJR @electricbluesfan.bsky.social · 9h

9/11
This hatred is a reminder that for #Ukrainians, the war is elemental. They see it as a fight for their very existence against an enemy that, in its state media, portrays them as "rats, hyenas, and filth."

This belief fuels their resolve to continue the fight, despite the exhaustion and losses.

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Margaret G 🍁 @margaretorleans.bsky.social · 6h

The other thing is that 47 is influenced by the last person he spoke with. He changes like the weather.

Margaret G 🍁 @margaretorleans.bsky.social · 6h

Trump's tone toward Canada is shifting?
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
"experts who watch Trump closely have observed that personal relationships matter a great deal to him and actually influence his political thinking."

ANALYSIS | Trump's tone shifts on Canada. What does that signal for tariffs? | CBC News

U.S. President Donald Trump spoke more positively about Canada on Tuesday than he has at any time since winning the election last November, but whether that signals any imminent relief to punishing ta...

www.cbc.ca

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Margaret G 🍁 @margaretorleans.bsky.social · 6h

Trial in absentia is something russia does. We have plans for russian war criminals if they are captured, but we never get to sentencing.

Margaret G 🍁 @margaretorleans.bsky.social · 7h

Nice, thanks!

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 7h

Halifax firefighters are urging residents to think twice before plugging in their phones or e-bikes overnight as lithium-ion batteries take centre stage in this year’s Fire Prevention Week. #Halifax #NovaScotia

www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...

Halifax firefighters warn of rising lithium battery fires

Halifax firefighters are urging residents to think twice before plugging in their phones or e-bikes overnight as lithium-ion batteries take centre stage in this year’s Fire Prevention Week.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Margaret G 🍁 @margaretorleans.bsky.social · 18h

How does one speak with a malignant narcissist whose country dwarfs your own, with the largest military in the world? Interesting criticism some are throwing out.

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Dr. Hello Bonjour @hellobonjour.bsky.social · 20h

Exactly this 👇

US Republicans, stay on your side of the border.

Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 20h

“The ‘Freedom Convoy’ was a foreign-funded occupation and political destabilization movement, not a grassroots stand against COVID mandates. What we saw in Ottawa was not a protest, but a full-blown occupation meant to terrorize and disrupt people’s lives.”

Observations from Montreal

An ever-changing collection of commentary and observations by Montrealers or about Montreal politics and culture.

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Louis-Eddy 🇨🇦 @jledrc53.bsky.social · 19h

Does Pierre Poilievre get a security clearance yet?

Are any bookies taking bets as to if and when he will get his SC?

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Margaret G 🍁 @margaretorleans.bsky.social · 19h

Very funny! 58008 looks like a word upside down.

Margaret G 🍁 @margaretorleans.bsky.social · 19h

He thinks he's clever, and so do his staff. Too bad.

Margaret G 🍁 @margaretorleans.bsky.social · 19h

Wow! That sky.
We got rain most of the day, I'm very happy.

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Margaret G 🍁 @margaretorleans.bsky.social · 19h

They will go to jail after inevitably breaking the conditions.

Margaret G 🍁 @margaretorleans.bsky.social · 19h

Too funny! It will definitely appeal to the very young!

Margaret G 🍁 @margaretorleans.bsky.social · 19h

With Thanksgiving coming on October 13, remember those who brought in the harvest we are so grateful for.

THX•1138 @ithx1138.bsky.social · 22h

support the Canadians who grow your food, support your neighbours who build your products by Canadian. Let's keep our money in Canada boycott the USA.

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Margaret G 🍁 @margaretorleans.bsky.social · 19h

I used to cut shapes, but now I'm impatient and only cut squares.

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Margaret G 🍁 @margaretorleans.bsky.social · 19h

There's only one way to be loved again, they have to earn it. Saying they love us is evidently not working because they also talk about the money, and we read between the lines.