Rob Charron
@recconrob.bsky.social
Progressive political, global affairs, dance and journo junky. Country/City raised construction kid with zero tolerance for bad faith.
Hellberta Survivor
Hellberta Survivor
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Frustrated the U.S. has yet to enter WWII, he crossed the border to fight for Canada. He was later arrested as a deserter by the FBI
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How an American ‘deserter’ fought for Canada in WW II — and Canadians fought for him | CBC News
Millard (Tex) Allison’s family and old regiment are seeking to honour a man whose story, they say, illustrates how Canadians and Americans forged steadfast bonds in times of war — even if bonds today ...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Frustrated the U.S. has yet to enter WWII, he crossed the border to fight for Canada. He was later arrested as a deserter by the FBI
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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100% - Canada boast a 100% scrum success rate on their own feed at #RWC2025 (33/33), while England have the highest success rate on the opposition feed (37%). Bind.
⬇️Our Rugby World Cup Final preview ⬇️
theanalyst.com/articles/can...
⬇️Our Rugby World Cup Final preview ⬇️
theanalyst.com/articles/can...
Canada vs England: Rugby World Cup 2025 Final Preview, Prediction and Key Stats | Opta Analyst
For just the second time this century, a Rugby World Cup final will take place without New Zealand, as England and Canada prepare to battle it out.
theanalyst.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
100% - Canada boast a 100% scrum success rate on their own feed at #RWC2025 (33/33), while England have the highest success rate on the opposition feed (37%). Bind.
⬇️Our Rugby World Cup Final preview ⬇️
theanalyst.com/articles/can...
⬇️Our Rugby World Cup Final preview ⬇️
theanalyst.com/articles/can...
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👋 Ottawans 🙏 please support Bonnie against Poilievre like many of us did for you with @brucefanjoy.bsky.social 🤝 💪 💪
#Critchley not #Crooked #PP
www.desmog.com/2025/03/25/p...
#Critchley not #Crooked #PP
www.desmog.com/2025/03/25/p...
July 31, 2025 at 1:00 AM
👋 Ottawans 🙏 please support Bonnie against Poilievre like many of us did for you with @brucefanjoy.bsky.social 🤝 💪 💪
#Critchley not #Crooked #PP
www.desmog.com/2025/03/25/p...
#Critchley not #Crooked #PP
www.desmog.com/2025/03/25/p...
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It’s also incredibly creepy!!
Hi, yes, g'morning. This is awkward.
But targeting a reporter - hi! - with
surreptitiously obtained photos and details of her tooling around town is an attack on the public's right to know.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
But targeting a reporter - hi! - with
surreptitiously obtained photos and details of her tooling around town is an attack on the public's right to know.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Globe and Mail reporter targeted by online campaign, photographed surreptitiously in public settings
An anonymous X account posted photos of Alberta reporter Carrie Tait and described her movements as she reported on a health authority controversy
www.theglobeandmail.com
July 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
It’s also incredibly creepy!!
Just got to Fort Mac for the first time ever. While I was checking in with security to get my badges, a crow got in my truck and stole 1 crispy crunch candy bar, a bag of candy and opened my bag of unopened Cheetos and stole a few lol 😂
July 8, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Just got to Fort Mac for the first time ever. While I was checking in with security to get my badges, a crow got in my truck and stole 1 crispy crunch candy bar, a bag of candy and opened my bag of unopened Cheetos and stole a few lol 😂
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Canadaland is on fire these days. open.spotify.com/episode/2riS...
Why Alberta Separatists are Whiny Losers
CANADALAND · Episode
open.spotify.com
May 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Canadaland is on fire these days. open.spotify.com/episode/2riS...
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This is an incredible close-up look at the labour exploitation required to sustain fast fashion *and* at China's insane command capitalism. youtu.be/fd228YQPn-0?...
I went undercover at Shein’s factory village
YouTube video by Cinthia Lin
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May 7, 2025 at 1:34 AM
This is an incredible close-up look at the labour exploitation required to sustain fast fashion *and* at China's insane command capitalism. youtu.be/fd228YQPn-0?...
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To new Bluesky political enthusiasts, let me introduce myself:
I am a young Canadian journalist/political enthusiast trying to make my way in the complex world of politics
I publish on international/canadian politics/elections (English)
Je publie sur le hockey et la politique québécoise (français)
I am a young Canadian journalist/political enthusiast trying to make my way in the complex world of politics
I publish on international/canadian politics/elections (English)
Je publie sur le hockey et la politique québécoise (français)
May 6, 2025 at 11:08 PM
To new Bluesky political enthusiasts, let me introduce myself:
I am a young Canadian journalist/political enthusiast trying to make my way in the complex world of politics
I publish on international/canadian politics/elections (English)
Je publie sur le hockey et la politique québécoise (français)
I am a young Canadian journalist/political enthusiast trying to make my way in the complex world of politics
I publish on international/canadian politics/elections (English)
Je publie sur le hockey et la politique québécoise (français)
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yo, protect this little
sister at ALL costs ✊🏽✨
sister at ALL costs ✊🏽✨
April 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
yo, protect this little
sister at ALL costs ✊🏽✨
sister at ALL costs ✊🏽✨
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I'm increasingly convinced that Carney is benefitting from the distinction between himself and these fools who are almost literally foaming at the mouth.
April 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I'm increasingly convinced that Carney is benefitting from the distinction between himself and these fools who are almost literally foaming at the mouth.
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This is not about bike lanes, this is about distracting Albertans from the Corruptcare scandal. Stay focused. Call a public inquiry. Reach out to me and let’s talk about what we can do together.
#ableg
#ableg
April 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Pierre Poilievre is promising to do for Canadian foreign aid what Donald Trump did for USAID. www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/pierre-poi...
Pierre Poilievre Wants to Slash Canadian Foreign Aid
A post-USAID world is set to be dangerous and dominated by China. Poilievre wants to make things worse.
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April 6, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Pierre Poilievre is promising to do for Canadian foreign aid what Donald Trump did for USAID. www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/pierre-poi...
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Watch: Close to 100 robotics school and community teams went head to head in a provincial tournament, and it was a Calgary team that came out on top.
Kevin Fleming has more. #yyc #calgary www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/vide...
Kevin Fleming has more. #yyc #calgary www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/vide...
Calgary robotics team aces province, headed to world championship
Close to 100 robotics school and community teams went head to head in a provincial tournament, and it was a Calgary team that came out on top.
www.ctvnews.ca
April 5, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Watch: Close to 100 robotics school and community teams went head to head in a provincial tournament, and it was a Calgary team that came out on top.
Kevin Fleming has more. #yyc #calgary www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/vide...
Kevin Fleming has more. #yyc #calgary www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/vide...
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I had an entertaining and thoughtful conversation with @justinling.ca about how Trump is upending Canadian politics and culture just weeks before major elections.
www.globaldispatches.org/p/something-...
www.globaldispatches.org/p/something-...
Something Strange is Happening in Canada
The Rise and Stall of “Maple MAGA”
www.globaldispatches.org
April 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I had an entertaining and thoughtful conversation with @justinling.ca about how Trump is upending Canadian politics and culture just weeks before major elections.
www.globaldispatches.org/p/something-...
www.globaldispatches.org/p/something-...
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At a press conference on Wednesday, Winnipeg police confirmed the identity of Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe to be Ashlee Shingoose.
Ashlee’s father Albert Shingoose had one request for Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew: sing a song.
Ashlee’s father Albert Shingoose had one request for Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew: sing a song.
March 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
At a press conference on Wednesday, Winnipeg police confirmed the identity of Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe to be Ashlee Shingoose.
Ashlee’s father Albert Shingoose had one request for Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew: sing a song.
Ashlee’s father Albert Shingoose had one request for Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew: sing a song.
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I still don't think Americans appreciate the degree to which Canada is in the midst of a total anti-American vibe shift.
March 27, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I still don't think Americans appreciate the degree to which Canada is in the midst of a total anti-American vibe shift.
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One thing people seem to be forgetting when talking about Alberta Premier Danielle Smith going to hang with grifter shitbag Ben Shapiro:
Shapiro topped the list of Twitter accounts the Quebec Mosque shooter visited in the month before he committed the mass atrocity.
Shameful.
Shapiro topped the list of Twitter accounts the Quebec Mosque shooter visited in the month before he committed the mass atrocity.
Shameful.
March 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
One thing people seem to be forgetting when talking about Alberta Premier Danielle Smith going to hang with grifter shitbag Ben Shapiro:
Shapiro topped the list of Twitter accounts the Quebec Mosque shooter visited in the month before he committed the mass atrocity.
Shameful.
Shapiro topped the list of Twitter accounts the Quebec Mosque shooter visited in the month before he committed the mass atrocity.
Shameful.
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Shout to my son, Nick, who brought cases of water to pass out to people who were waiting in line to see Bernie & AOC.
He was able to join the 20,000 of us who were in the stadium enjoying the sunny, 80° day cheering for SANE people with SANE ideas!
He was able to join the 20,000 of us who were in the stadium enjoying the sunny, 80° day cheering for SANE people with SANE ideas!
March 22, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Shout to my son, Nick, who brought cases of water to pass out to people who were waiting in line to see Bernie & AOC.
He was able to join the 20,000 of us who were in the stadium enjoying the sunny, 80° day cheering for SANE people with SANE ideas!
He was able to join the 20,000 of us who were in the stadium enjoying the sunny, 80° day cheering for SANE people with SANE ideas!
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“Smith will share the stage with a man who said Arabs ‘live in open sewage,’ blamed a young Black man for his own murder, insulted trans people endlessly, and has denied climate change repeatedly. and an org that has questioned the history of slavery in the US"
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
Smith defends using taxpayer dollars on travelling to U.S. to appear alongside controversial podcaster
Smith is using taxpayer dollars to travel to Florida where she'll co-headline an event with podcaster Ben Shapiro at the end of March.
edmontonjournal.com
March 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
“Smith will share the stage with a man who said Arabs ‘live in open sewage,’ blamed a young Black man for his own murder, insulted trans people endlessly, and has denied climate change repeatedly. and an org that has questioned the history of slavery in the US"
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
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All Canadians I know you feel anxious, we will get out of this together, lean on your young veterans in your communities, regardless if the legions are ignoring them, they saw more combat and challenge then any other generation, they have expertise when shit hit the fan.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Why younger veterans might not feel at home at the legion | CBC News
One Nova Scotia veteran likes going to the legion on Remembrance Day, having a few drinks with older veterans and listening to their stories — but feels it's a little inaccessible to the younger gener...
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March 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
All Canadians I know you feel anxious, we will get out of this together, lean on your young veterans in your communities, regardless if the legions are ignoring them, they saw more combat and challenge then any other generation, they have expertise when shit hit the fan.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Excited to share a personal project I've been working on. I've heard the best thing you can do for your country in tough times is use the skills you have.
So I hope you'll subscribe, share and listen to Elbows Up, a podcast about how, exactly, Canada can be strong and free. Forever.
lnk.to/AhF2DG
So I hope you'll subscribe, share and listen to Elbows Up, a podcast about how, exactly, Canada can be strong and free. Forever.
lnk.to/AhF2DG
Elbows Up
Go to Elbows Up.
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March 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Excited to share a personal project I've been working on. I've heard the best thing you can do for your country in tough times is use the skills you have.
So I hope you'll subscribe, share and listen to Elbows Up, a podcast about how, exactly, Canada can be strong and free. Forever.
lnk.to/AhF2DG
So I hope you'll subscribe, share and listen to Elbows Up, a podcast about how, exactly, Canada can be strong and free. Forever.
lnk.to/AhF2DG
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This.
February 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This.