shadypalms.bsky.social
@shadypalms.bsky.social
Why is the assumption always about single use automobiles? The best solution is tax the people taking cars to the peninsula

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Solutions sought to ease traffic congestion in Halifax | CBC News
Nova Scotia Public Works Minister Fred Tilley told reporters the province is looking for a "holisitic view" of the entire network on the peninsula. He said this would also include looking at bike lane...
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December 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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“Trump is working as an insider trader… a drop in the bucket…”

Obscene, historic corruption.
And Republicans say nothing.
Trump’s openly engaged in insider trading, buying $100M in bonds tied to policies he controls, while his net worth balloons $2.5 billion.

Tim O'Brien: "It's a drop in the bucket in terms of the grift that's going on in the White House around cryptocurrencies..."
August 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Oh ... so good.... pick both!
#TheFelon 💥
August 21, 2025 at 4:34 AM
August 18, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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SCOOP: One of Canada’s biggest oil and gas companies needed to decommission thousands of pipelines. It failed to deliver, and the BC Energy Regulator didn’t levy any financial penalties, docs show. VIA @writermjs.bsky.social & @zakvescera.bsky.social with @theijf.org thenarwhal.ca/bc-energy-re...
CNRL broke deal to deactivate B.C. pipelines | The Narwhal
Documents reveal that oil and gas giant Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (CNRL) failed to follow its own plan to deactivate thousands of B.C. pipelines
thenarwhal.ca
July 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Grandmothers Against Genocide Ottawa
Every Thursday morning 8 AM.
Vincent Massey Park / Heron Road.
Just because our leaders pretend it isn't happening doesn't mean you can stay silent.
Genocide vigils - Toronto, Guelph, Goderich, Haliburton, Ottawa, Port Hawkesbury.
June 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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If anyone (besides NS Premier Houston and natural resources minister Rushton) is inclined to believe NS Mining Association Sean Kirby’s arguments for ending the ban on uranium mining in N.S., here is info from DNR experts back in 2019, refuting all Kirby’s BS: www.halifaxexaminer.ca/economy/natu...
The ban on uranium exploration and mining is safe – for now - Halifax Examiner
After yesterday’s meeting of the Standing Committee on Natural Resources and Economic Development, Nova Scotia’s Uranium Exploration and Mining Prohibition Act seems to be safe. At least for now. The ...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
June 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
While America’s Front Doors are Closing to China, Back Doors are Opening
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While America’s Front Doors are Closing to China, Back Doors are Opening
The hypocrisy of Trump’s techno-nationalism
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June 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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The Kyiv Independent held a closed screening of our new investigative documentary, No God but Theirs, on May 29.

In this film, the Kyiv Independent's War Crimes Investigations Unit uncovers the persecution of Ukrainian Christian communities in Melitopol.
June 3, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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On a new episode of @broadbent.bsky.social's 🌅PERSPECTIVES🌅 @graceblakeley.substack.com explains how neoliberal capitalism has overruled democracy & why organizing is essential for taking back working-class democratic power.

perspectivesjournal.ca/2025-ellen-m... 🔶
Genuine Democracy in an Age of Hyper-Individualism with Grace Blakeley | Perspectives Journal
Grace Blakeley explains how neoliberal capitalism has overruled democracy and shows why we must organize to take back democratic power for the working-class.
perspectivesjournal.ca
June 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Senate Passes Bipartisan Resolution Preventing Themselves From Stopping Trump theonion.com/senate-...
June 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Canadians also need to beware the Trojan Horse of Trumpism: pipelines will not solve the problem and our climate needs to be a priority. Thanks to those who did this and those who protest openly against the greedy TACO
May 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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"Let cash registers ring!"
May 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Mi’kmaq and mining companies give politicians earful over resource development
By @dartjenhen.bsky.social
Mi’kmaq and mining companies give politicians earful over resource development - Halifax Examiner
"Consulting the Mi’kmaq is not just a box to be checked,".Chief Tamara Young of Pictou Landing First Nation told Tuesday's natural resources standing committee.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
May 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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ICE agents making arrests while masked— no warrants.

This is about basic civil rights. What are our protections? Who’s accountable?

Congress must act. Hold hearings—sanctioned or not.

☎️ Call your Senators and Representatives NOW: (202) 224-3121

@housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov
May 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Because biology doesn't give a shit what you think about RFK, Jr....
🧪🌿🌎 #sciart
May 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Good one from Andy Borowitz.
May 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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REMINDER:
ANY MEMBER OF GOVERNMENT WHO VIOLATES THE U.S. CONSTITUTION IS SUPPOSED TO BE
REMOVED FROM GOVERNMENT.

NOT WARNED.

NOT VOTED OUT.

ARRESTED AND REMOVED.
May 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Academic freedom in the United States has found itself periodically under siege, but the current attacks from the federal government raise a new level of alarm. nyer.cm/u405qvQ
May 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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‘Anita Louise and the Wild Women’ one of many to watch at Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival
By Evelyn C. White
'Anita Louise and the Wild Women' one of many to watch at Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival - Halifax Examiner
The festival begins May 28 and runs to May 31 at the Bus Stop Theatre on Gottingen Street.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
May 26, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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🇨🇦 Every Albertan - and every Canadian - should read this article by Jim Stanford. The hardships facing individual Albertans are brought to them by their own provincial government, not by the rest of Canada. Wake up, Alberta, & break the shackles of one party rule. 🍁
May 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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If you want to know the real story of the massive wealth that came from the north and why so little was left behind other than slag heaps and injured workers check out this film.
And yes, that is me singing in the trailer as we head underground.
www.nfb.ca/film/hole_st...
The Hole Story
In this feature documentary, Richard Desjardins and Robert Monderie continue in the same provocative vein as their earlier Forest Alert, this time turning their lens on Canada's mining …
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May 26, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Project by Nova Scotia Women’s History Society honours trailblazing Black women of Truro
By @suzannerent.bsky.social
Project by Nova Scotia Women's History Society honours trailblazing Black women of Truro - Halifax Examiner
Dr. Lynn Jones "elated" with painted portraits that now stand in Reparations Park.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
May 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Sweden, Denmark, and Finland all use proportional representation to elect their representatives.

If we want to be more like them and less like the United States, let's start there.

#cdnpoli
Exactly this! This Canadian has no time left for performative trumpian tactics in the House of Commons! Contribute something positive or hold your beak & sit down!
#NeverPoilievre
#NoMapleMAGA

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May 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM