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Barry @bdidier.bsky.social · 1d

As far as I’m concerned, there are no innocent bystanders:

www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/b...

Canada’s boycott America movement is hurting innocent bystanders | CNN Business

Virginia Distillery CEO Gareth Moore was bullish on his company’s American single malt whisky sales north of the border when 2025 kicked off.

www.cnn.com

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Canadian Medical Association @cmadocs.bsky.social · 11d

Patients are following false health claims and it's led to adverse outcomes. We can't deny that misinformation poses a serious threat. That's why @uwaterloo.ca has developed a research tool to track health misinformation patterns before they become potential catastrophes.

'Life-or-death' issue: How one tool is identifying false health claims on social media

www.cma.ca

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Lucie🐈‍⬛Catnip @luciecatnip.bsky.social · 12d

This is incredibly sad. Will people actually get the message now?

Doubtful.

#abpoli #cdnpoli

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Premature baby dies of measles in Alberta outbreak's 1st death | CBC News

Alberta is reporting its first measles death since outbreaks of the highly contagious illness began in March. The province says a baby, who was born prematurely after the mother became sick, died shor...

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 16d

Canada vs USA

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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 19d

“A report by the CBC revealed that Pierre Poilievre hired the team behind Canada Proud to ‘boost his messages online.’ The organization has since been caught running disinformation campaigns targeting Mark Carney. Canadians deserve to know every last detail about Poilievre‘s ties to Canada Proud.”

Observations from Montreal

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

cultmtl.com

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · Sep 14

korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in

Their waists and hands were tied together, forcing them to bend down and lick water to drink. The unscreened bathrooms contained only a single sheet to cover their lower bodies. Sunlight barely penetrated through a fist-sized hole, and they were only allowed access to the small yard for two hours. Detained by US immigration authorities for eight days, the workers and their families expressed shock, describing human rights violations and absurdities they could not have imagined as ordinary Koreans living in 2025.

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Republicans R Evil 👿 @republicansrevil.bsky.social · Sep 13

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Jeff's Fact Checker @thunderbayed.bsky.social · Sep 12

Please comment.

Thanks

vm.tiktok.com/ZMABVMqmA/

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · Sep 10

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xavierresists.bsky.social @xavierresists.bsky.social · Sep 8

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Jeff's Fact Checker @thunderbayed.bsky.social · Sep 6

FYI

vm.tiktok.com/ZMAr3PQvP/

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Neil Before Zod @waytowichneil.bsky.social · Sep 6

Ken Dryden was the antithesis of everything Don Cherry stood for. And unlike Cherry, he actually won at the highest levels. He was an intellectual, an author, a politician. I was lucky enough to meet him in 2006. Unlike Gretzky, he never sold his country out. RIP. A true icon who was one of a kind.

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · Sep 6

Former Canadiens star goaltender Ken Dryden dies of cancer at age 78

Hall of Famer backstopped Montreal to 6 Stanley Cup championships

www.cbc.ca/sports/hocke...

Former Canadiens star goaltender Ken Dryden dies of cancer at age 78 | CBC Sports

Ken Dryden, the Hall of Fame goaltender whose long resume in and out of hockey included six Stanley Cup victories and helping backstop Canada's generation-defining victory at the 1972 Summit Series, d...

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RAOK @evolvingempathy.bsky.social · Sep 4

The most destructive and damaging individual in my lifetime! 💙👏🏼👏🏼👇🏼💙

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Geneva 🇨🇦 @geneva1111.bsky.social · Sep 5

The empty coffee cup makes it 😂

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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · Sep 5

Excellent news here in Canada:

There will be an overhaul of the Ontario vaccine registry to tackle measles resurgence and modernize Ontario's outdated vaccine records. The Covid-19 vaccine registry has been very helpful. Keeping track of all routine vaccines is very smart.

Elbows and sleeves up 🇨🇦💉

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Barry @bdidier.bsky.social · Sep 3

Sask. RCMP arrest 16 people, including self-proclaimed ‘Queen of Canada’ www.ctvnews.ca/regina/artic...

Sask. RCMP arrest 16 people, including self-proclaimed ‘Queen of Canada’

Saskatchewan RCMP have arrested 16 people in connection to an ongoing investigation in Richmound, the community where the self-proclaimed ‘Queen of Canada’ has taken residence since 2023.

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🇨🇦🍁True Canadian 🍁🇨🇦 @canadian-capt.bsky.social · Sep 1

@meidascanada.ca

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Scott Smith @canaansdad1987.bsky.social · Aug 28

They told Denmark to calm down not because what they are saying isn't true but they don't want the whole world to know about it.

#USDemocracy

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Greenland: US tells Denmark to 'calm down' over alleged influence operation

The aim was reportedly to infiltrate Greenland's society and promote its secession from Denmark.

www.bbc.com

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Kate 🪷 @kateculliton.bsky.social · Aug 28

Yeah, you should.

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · Aug 24

Why is it ALL on-air CBC News hosts say “Mr. Poilievre,” & refer to the PM as “Carney.”
The disrespect by CBC towards the PM & the sitting govt is palpable, digusting and disrespectful. They all need their asses fired. Instead of defunding the CBC, how about de-employing their anchors #cdnpoli

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Sabina Vohra-Miller @sabivm.bsky.social · Aug 23

I mentioned to a couple of people that I had a surprise waiting to be shared when Moderna got approval for its updated COVID-19 vaccine. It’s approved, and the big news??? Completely produced domestically!!!!! 🥳🤩

Approved as usual for all aged 6mo+!

Moderna just received Health Canada authorization for its updated LP.8.1 variant COVID-19 vaccine.

The exciting part? It will be manufactured domestically!
Their authorization allows parts of the vaccine to be produced at Moderna’s new facility in Quebec, while the fill-finish will be handled by Novocol Pharma in Ontario. The domestically produced vaccine will be ready for this year’s fall vaccination campaign.

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Nick Knudsen @nickknudsenus.bsky.social · Aug 21

🚨 BREAKING:

Republicans are lashing out at the creators of this new ad.

They're TERRIFIED.

It must have struck a nerve. Maybe they don't like being outed as pedophile-protectors.

You know what to do: SPREAD THIS EVERYWHERE!

#ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · Aug 18

Nice to get a shout out from the UK. The world is watching the Canadian resistance. We need to keep the boycott strong and stand up to the MAGA-Mussolini in Washington.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esq6...

Charlie Angus is Right

YouTube video by AllShorts

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Alina Poliakova 🇺🇦 @poliakova.bsky.social · Aug 18

Russians are advancing in Zaporizhzhia oblast under the American flag.

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