Rhonda Mitchell
@mitchellr.bsky.social
Living the Grey County life.
Go Blue Jays 💙 🇨🇦
October 9, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Go Blue Jays 💙 🇨🇦
One more win @torontobluejays.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 12:33 AM
One more win @torontobluejays.bsky.social
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An angler mourns the loss of a favourite fishing spot to forever chemical contamination in Ontario’s Nottawasaga River.
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‘Do not eat’: how PFAS stole an Ontario fishing spot | The Narwhal
Along the Nottawasaga River in southern Ontario, an angler mourns an old fishing haunt contaminated with PFAS, a.k.a. ‘forever chemicals’
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August 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
An angler mourns the loss of a favourite fishing spot to forever chemical contamination in Ontario’s Nottawasaga River.
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Experts have called ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ a concentration camp. The Canadian company GardaWorld is helping to staff it. In a reported column for @thetyee.ca, @rachelgilmore.bsky.social reveals the company has received millions in Cnd government contracts this year. #cdnpoli thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
The Canadian Company Staffing ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ | The Tyee
Carney’s government awarded GardaWorld millions in contracts and isn’t ruling out more.
thetyee.ca
August 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Experts have called ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ a concentration camp. The Canadian company GardaWorld is helping to staff it. In a reported column for @thetyee.ca, @rachelgilmore.bsky.social reveals the company has received millions in Cnd government contracts this year. #cdnpoli thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
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Doug Ford plans to dismantle Ontario’s most popular provincial park.
More than half the shoreline of Wasaga Beach could be opened to development.
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More than half the shoreline of Wasaga Beach could be opened to development.
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How Doug Ford Plans to Dismantle Ontario’s Most Popular Provincial Park
More than half of the Wasaga Beach shoreline could be opened to development
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July 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Doug Ford plans to dismantle Ontario’s most popular provincial park.
More than half the shoreline of Wasaga Beach could be opened to development.
pressprogress.ca/doug-ford-pl...
More than half the shoreline of Wasaga Beach could be opened to development.
pressprogress.ca/doug-ford-pl...
May 17, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Sooo glad this one is coming back into the news cycle 👏👏 to The Star
Millions of our hard earned tax $$ going to the Weston family. And they tried to block us finding out!
Was this your plan Sylvia?? Maybe so 🤬
www.thestar.com/business/sho...
Millions of our hard earned tax $$ going to the Weston family. And they tried to block us finding out!
Was this your plan Sylvia?? Maybe so 🤬
www.thestar.com/business/sho...
Shoppers Drug Mart billed Ontario almost $62 million for medication reviews. Former store owner says program is being ‘abused’
Three former Shoppers pharmacists say they faced intense corporate pressure to meet growing quotas. Shoppers says there's "an important need for this service."
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May 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Sooo glad this one is coming back into the news cycle 👏👏 to The Star
Millions of our hard earned tax $$ going to the Weston family. And they tried to block us finding out!
Was this your plan Sylvia?? Maybe so 🤬
www.thestar.com/business/sho...
Millions of our hard earned tax $$ going to the Weston family. And they tried to block us finding out!
Was this your plan Sylvia?? Maybe so 🤬
www.thestar.com/business/sho...
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After years of chipping away at it, the Doug Ford government is getting rid of Ontario's Endangered Species Act. This is a very big deal. #ONpoli thenarwhal.ca/ontario-enda...
Ontario is killing its Endangered Species Act | The Narwhal
The Doug Ford government’s Bill 5 could affect redside dace and other endangered species on the path of Highway 413
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April 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
After years of chipping away at it, the Doug Ford government is getting rid of Ontario's Endangered Species Act. This is a very big deal. #ONpoli thenarwhal.ca/ontario-enda...
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"Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has a playbook. Step one: Induce fear by suggesting that crime is at historic highs. Step two: Blame the Liberals. Step three: Promise solutions that ignore what the law already does."
Opinion: Separating rhetoric from reality in the Conservative crime platform
Pierre Poilievre’s tough-on-crime proposals are performative at best, and will cause greater difficulty for the prison system at worst
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April 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
"Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has a playbook. Step one: Induce fear by suggesting that crime is at historic highs. Step two: Blame the Liberals. Step three: Promise solutions that ignore what the law already does."
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Reminder as we watch measles rates climb in Canada that *this* is Poilievre's attitude towards vaccination during a public health emergency.
MMR vaccination has long been mandated for health care workers.
Would a Poilievre govt ban the MMR mandate in health care during a huge measles outbreak?
MMR vaccination has long been mandated for health care workers.
Would a Poilievre govt ban the MMR mandate in health care during a huge measles outbreak?
April 12, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Reminder as we watch measles rates climb in Canada that *this* is Poilievre's attitude towards vaccination during a public health emergency.
MMR vaccination has long been mandated for health care workers.
Would a Poilievre govt ban the MMR mandate in health care during a huge measles outbreak?
MMR vaccination has long been mandated for health care workers.
Would a Poilievre govt ban the MMR mandate in health care during a huge measles outbreak?
Reposted by Rhonda Mitchell
Ontario measles cases top 800 total infections, 155 new since last week
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Ontario measles case count exceeds 800 total infections, 155 new since last week
Ontario is reporting 155 new measles cases over the last week, pushing the province’s case count to 816 since an outbreak began in the fall.
www.ctvnews.ca
April 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Ontario measles cases top 800 total infections, 155 new since last week
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The numbers say it all.
Measles cases in Ontario, by year:
2013: 15
2014: 22
2015: 20
2016: 7
2017: 7
2018: 8
2019: 14
2020: 0
2021: 0
2022: 1
2023: 7
2024: 64
2025: 804
And it's only April 10. Nearly 5x more than the previous 12 years *combined*.
From Public health Ontario: www.publichealthontario.ca/-/media/Docu...
2013: 15
2014: 22
2015: 20
2016: 7
2017: 7
2018: 8
2019: 14
2020: 0
2021: 0
2022: 1
2023: 7
2024: 64
2025: 804
And it's only April 10. Nearly 5x more than the previous 12 years *combined*.
From Public health Ontario: www.publichealthontario.ca/-/media/Docu...
April 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
The numbers say it all.
Hasn't been the best temps during this @torontobluejays.bsky.social v Red Sox series
April 10, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Hasn't been the best temps during this @torontobluejays.bsky.social v Red Sox series
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9 measles cases confirmed in eastern Ontario, Health Unit investigates exposures www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic... @ctvnews-rss.bsky.social
9 measles cases confirmed in eastern Ontario, South East Health Unit investigates exposures
Nine measles cases have been confirmed in eastern Ontario, according to the South East Health Unit (SEHU).
www.ctvnews.ca
March 5, 2025 at 11:20 PM
9 measles cases confirmed in eastern Ontario, Health Unit investigates exposures www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic... @ctvnews-rss.bsky.social
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Sharing this - very low immunization rates in some areas of Ontario! #measles alert
⬇️ Here ⬇️ is the immunization coverage map -at age 7- for #MEASLES vaccine from Public Health #Ontario.
🦠Average immunization rate is 70%
💉Only ONE region, Kingston KFL&A, meets population target of 95%
🦠Halton region is BELOW 25% 👀
🦠Peel is below 40%
www.publichealthontario.ca/en/Data-and-...
🦠Average immunization rate is 70%
💉Only ONE region, Kingston KFL&A, meets population target of 95%
🦠Halton region is BELOW 25% 👀
🦠Peel is below 40%
www.publichealthontario.ca/en/Data-and-...
Immunization Data Tool | Public Health Ontario
Provides data on immunization coverage and vaccine safety, including trends over time, comparisons across public health units (including maps) and age groups. All data in the tool can be easily downlo...
www.publichealthontario.ca
March 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Sharing this - very low immunization rates in some areas of Ontario! #measles alert
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For over a year, it's been unclear why a lot of farmland is being assembled in Wilmot. @thenarwhal.ca & Waterloo Region Record have learned it's for a possible Toyota site to keep the automaker here amid Trump’s tariff threat
An election eve scoop by me & Terry Pender
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An election eve scoop by me & Terry Pender
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Wilmot farmland expropriated for future Toyota site | The Narwhal
A controversial land assembly project in Waterloo Region is aimed at attracting new investment from Toyota to support the electric vehicle supply chain
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February 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
For over a year, it's been unclear why a lot of farmland is being assembled in Wilmot. @thenarwhal.ca & Waterloo Region Record have learned it's for a possible Toyota site to keep the automaker here amid Trump’s tariff threat
An election eve scoop by me & Terry Pender
thenarwhal.ca/ontario-wilm...
An election eve scoop by me & Terry Pender
thenarwhal.ca/ontario-wilm...
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The Region of Waterloo is buying up farmland and threatening some farmers with expropriation, following the Doug Ford government's push for industrial land. The Narwhal, in collaboration with The Waterloo Record, has learned the site is for a future Toyota plant.
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Wilmot farmland expropriated for future Toyota site | The Narwhal
A controversial land assembly project in Waterloo Region is aimed at attracting new investment from Toyota to support the electric vehicle supply chain
thenarwhal.ca
February 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The Region of Waterloo is buying up farmland and threatening some farmers with expropriation, following the Doug Ford government's push for industrial land. The Narwhal, in collaboration with The Waterloo Record, has learned the site is for a future Toyota plant.
thenarwhal.ca/ontario-wilm...
thenarwhal.ca/ontario-wilm...
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ONTARIO! Please send this article by @davidmoscrop.com to everyone you know 🙏🏼 #ONelxn
When It Comes to Healthcare, Doug Ford Thinks You're Stupid
Vote for someone else. Your life might depend on it.
www.davidmoscrop.com
February 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
ONTARIO! Please send this article by @davidmoscrop.com to everyone you know 🙏🏼 #ONelxn
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Doug Ford Claims There Are ‘More Cranes’ Building Homes Than Ever Before. Actually, The Number of New Home Builds Has Decreased Under Ford.
There were 74,326 housing starts in Ontario in 2024 –that’s 25,000 fewer than the peak in 2021.
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There were 74,326 housing starts in Ontario in 2024 –that’s 25,000 fewer than the peak in 2021.
pressprogress.ca/doug-ford-cl...
Doug Ford Claims There Are ‘More Cranes’ Building Homes Than Ever Before. Actually, The Number of New Home Builds Has Decreased Under Ford.
There were 74,326 housing starts in Ontario in 2024 –that’s 25,000 fewer than the peak in 2021.
pressprogress.ca
February 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Doug Ford Claims There Are ‘More Cranes’ Building Homes Than Ever Before. Actually, The Number of New Home Builds Has Decreased Under Ford.
There were 74,326 housing starts in Ontario in 2024 –that’s 25,000 fewer than the peak in 2021.
pressprogress.ca/doug-ford-cl...
There were 74,326 housing starts in Ontario in 2024 –that’s 25,000 fewer than the peak in 2021.
pressprogress.ca/doug-ford-cl...
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Get out and vote!! Advanced poll locations noted opening soon.
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South Grey News | Get out and vote!
Whether voter turnout is high or low, one person is elected in each electoral district and they end up with the power to make decisions on behalf of all of us.
www.southgreynews.ca
February 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Get out and vote!! Advanced poll locations noted opening soon.
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"As homes have gotten out of reach for so many people, renting is not one step on the property ladder. It is the final destination." — @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social talks with @sangeeta.bsky.social about what has happened to rent on Unravelled. #onpoli
Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-fV...
Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-fV...
February 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
"As homes have gotten out of reach for so many people, renting is not one step on the property ladder. It is the final destination." — @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social talks with @sangeeta.bsky.social about what has happened to rent on Unravelled. #onpoli
Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-fV...
Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-fV...
Thank you @bonniecrombie.bsky.social @maritstilesndp.bsky.social @mikeschreiner.bsky.social for pledging to double #ODSP
My son is a high functioning Autistic, receives $1300/mth & his rent is $1500/mth. Yes, we help out as much as we can, but we're not rich. No quality of life.
#VoteFordOut
My son is a high functioning Autistic, receives $1300/mth & his rent is $1500/mth. Yes, we help out as much as we can, but we're not rich. No quality of life.
#VoteFordOut
February 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Thank you @bonniecrombie.bsky.social @maritstilesndp.bsky.social @mikeschreiner.bsky.social for pledging to double #ODSP
My son is a high functioning Autistic, receives $1300/mth & his rent is $1500/mth. Yes, we help out as much as we can, but we're not rich. No quality of life.
#VoteFordOut
My son is a high functioning Autistic, receives $1300/mth & his rent is $1500/mth. Yes, we help out as much as we can, but we're not rich. No quality of life.
#VoteFordOut
Are our lives any better the last seven years under Doug Ford?
Absolutely NOT!!
@tvotoday.bsky.social
@bonniecrombie.bsky.social
@maritstilesndp.bsky.social
@mikeschreiner.bsky.social
#VoteFordOut
Absolutely NOT!!
@tvotoday.bsky.social
@bonniecrombie.bsky.social
@maritstilesndp.bsky.social
@mikeschreiner.bsky.social
#VoteFordOut
February 18, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Are our lives any better the last seven years under Doug Ford?
Absolutely NOT!!
@tvotoday.bsky.social
@bonniecrombie.bsky.social
@maritstilesndp.bsky.social
@mikeschreiner.bsky.social
#VoteFordOut
Absolutely NOT!!
@tvotoday.bsky.social
@bonniecrombie.bsky.social
@maritstilesndp.bsky.social
@mikeschreiner.bsky.social
#VoteFordOut