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Joan Baxter @joanbaxter.bsky.social · 2m

Carney increasingly looks like a Con job.

Mickey Djuric @mickeydjuric.bsky.social · 58m

Statement from the president of the Parliamentary Press Gallery, on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s trip to Egypt:

“It is unprecedented that Canadian media be entirely excluded from a Canadian prime minister’s foreign trip.”

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Joan Baxter @joanbaxter.bsky.social · 24m

NovaMINE - that new one-stop online shop for those seeking to extract and profit from Nova Scotia’s mineral resources - sounds more like NovaTHEIRS.

Joan Baxter @joanbaxter.bsky.social · 2h

In 2018, I asked an Australian Atlantic Gold exec why they weren’t mining gold in Australia. He said his boss liked living in Vancouver. So I asked why they were mining gold in NS, not BC. His reply: “Because the rules in NS are even more lax in N.S. than they are in BC.” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

N.S. government website streamlines info about mine permitting process | CBC News

A new Nova Scotia government website will make it easier for mining companies to track the progress of permit applications, but for now there are no plans to give the public access to that information...

www.cbc.ca

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Joan Baxter @joanbaxter.bsky.social · 2h

Before that, the company - then called Anaconda after a giant snake that swallows its prey - submitted some dubious proposals for the same Goldboro Mine. Kevin Bullock, who made his $$$ in West Africa, has been atop Anaconda, Signal & NexGold. www.halifaxexaminer.ca/economy/natu...

Anaconda Mining joins the gold rush on Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore - Halifax Examiner

Gold exploration and mining companies are lining up to get at Nova Scotia’s gold, as the province undergoes a fourth gold rush. In 2017, Atlantic Gold opened the province’s first-ever open pit gold mi...

www.halifaxexaminer.ca

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Joan Baxter @joanbaxter.bsky.social · 2h

Back when NexGold was Signal Gold, it got approval despite opposition from govt scientists: www.halifaxexaminer.ca/commentary/n...

Nova Scotia Environment minister approved Signal Gold’s open pit mine at Goldboro despite concerns and criticisms from scientists in his own department - Halifax Examiner

On August 2, Nova Scotia’s Environment and Climate Change minister Tim Halman approved the proposal by Toronto’s Signal Gold for an open pit gold mine in Goldboro, on the province’s Eastern Shore. Sig...

www.halifaxexaminer.ca

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Joan Baxter @joanbaxter.bsky.social · 2h

And as for NexGold, which gets to have a spokesperson sitting beside NS Natural Resources Minister Tory Rushton at the official press conference, their problematic plans for gold mining in Goldboro go back a long way and 2 name changes ago: www.halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/...

Signal Gold wants permission to permanently destroy fish habitat for an open pit gold mine near Goldboro - Halifax Examiner

With the price of gold rising, and Signal Gold’s share price a small fraction of what it was two years ago, perhaps it’s no surprise the Toronto company that wants to operate a gold mine with two open...

www.halifaxexaminer.ca

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Joan Baxter @joanbaxter.bsky.social · 2h

Now Premier Houston has made N.S. laws and regulations and environmental protections way, way more lax. Just cause, you know, fuck Nova Scotians and the environment. N.S. licence plates should really say, “Nova Scotia: Canada’s gold-diggers’ playground.”

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Joan Baxter @joanbaxter.bsky.social · 2h

In 2018, I asked an Australian Atlantic Gold exec why they weren’t mining gold in Australia. He said his boss liked living in Vancouver. So I asked why they were mining gold in NS, not BC. His reply: “Because the rules in NS are even more lax in N.S. than they are in BC.” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

N.S. government website streamlines info about mine permitting process | CBC News

A new Nova Scotia government website will make it easier for mining companies to track the progress of permit applications, but for now there are no plans to give the public access to that information...

www.cbc.ca

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Tim Houston - Premier of Nova Scotia Parody @dimhouston.bsky.social · 3h

NovaMINE is LIVE!

We made mining digital: no paper trails, no messy footprints. Just one polished portal where accountability is hidden under the Environment tab (hint…there is no Environment tab). #nspoli

news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/10/1...

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Dr Elisabeth Kosters @elisabethkosters.bsky.social · 3h

Here’s my take:

Peter Giunta, Bobby Walker, William Hendrix and Sam Douglass are all fat white boys with massive frustrations about their looks.

Yes, I’m using the same tactics they do. Time to hit back at these dangerous goons

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 6h

Thousands of posts from a private Young Republican Telegram chat reveal a culture of casual racism/antisemitism, rape jokes and celebration of Hitler/Nazism.

Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Peter Giunta, chair of the New York State Young Republicans

Bobby Walker, vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans

William Hendrix, communications assistant for Kansas’ Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 6h

Bari Weiss is an unqualified right-wing operative. She has no business running a newsroom—and CBS has already begun to degrade with such a hack in charge.

The billionaire takeover of media that gave rise to Weiss represents a serious threat to democracy.

Everyone at CBS should resign.

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Joan Baxter @joanbaxter.bsky.social · 5d

“We’re staying, we’re not leaving, we’re not going anywhere. They can try to come at us with their guns and their injunctions and whatever they wanna do, but we’re not leaving.” www.halifaxexaminer.ca/indigenous-n...

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Druh Farrell @druhfarrell.bsky.social · 8d

If I had listened to the cynics, Calgary wouldn't have bike lanes, or a new library, or East Village, RiverWalk, the Peace Bridge, downtown office conversions, or even community gardens. My advice? Use the well-being of future generations as a guide and march confidently passed the naysayers.

Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 9d

When newly-elected Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson started converting car lanes to bike lanes in 2009, pundits claimed it was political suicide. In 2018, he stepped down after three terms as the longest-serving mayor in the city's history. So what can this tale teach us about so-called "bikelash"?🧵

People of all ages and abilities ride bicycles on protected cycling infrastructure on the streets of Downtown Vancouver.

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Joan Baxter @joanbaxter.bsky.social · 5d

Hope they sleep well, those execs. Thing is: they know exactly what they do. They just don’t care.

John Woodside @woodsideful.bsky.social · 5d

Enbridge execs have been boasting to shareholders they plan to return $40-$45 billion to them over the next five years supported by gas expansions across the continent. Ontario in particular is a cash cow where they have an opportunity to "over earn."
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/09/a...

Enbridge investors to get billions as gas giant expands into small-town Ontario

Enbridge executives know Ontario ratepayers are a cash cow for its gas business, and in recent calls with investors they said they plan to milk it for all its worth.

www.nationalobserver.com

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John Woodside @woodsideful.bsky.social · 5d

Enbridge execs have been boasting to shareholders they plan to return $40-$45 billion to them over the next five years supported by gas expansions across the continent. Ontario in particular is a cash cow where they have an opportunity to "over earn."
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/09/a...

Enbridge investors to get billions as gas giant expands into small-town Ontario

Enbridge executives know Ontario ratepayers are a cash cow for its gas business, and in recent calls with investors they said they plan to milk it for all its worth.

www.nationalobserver.com

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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 7d

From cancelling the carbon tax to pausing the electric vehicle mandate, Prime Minister Mark Carney is making sweeping changes to Canada’s environmental rules — and complicating Canada’s progress on climate change. thenarwhal.ca/mark-carney-...

How Mark Carney is complicating Canada’s climate progress | The Narwhal

From cancelling the carbon tax to pausing the EV mandate, Mark Carney’s government is making sweeping changes to Canada’s environmental rules

thenarwhal.ca

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Mike Hudema @mikehudema.bsky.social · 6d

Covering all of California's water canals with solar panels could generate 13 gigawatts of renewable power and save 63 billion gallons of water per year: buff.ly/3Gx1wUq

We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate

#climate #energy #renewables

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 6d

This anecdote about Karina Gould is awful. To use one of Carney's beloved hockey analogies, crosschecking a promising young female politician -- a colleague -- is very troubling.

This man is a C-suite executive, with all the arrogance & nastiness that too often brings.

Carney, a one-time Goldman Sachs executive and former governor for both the Bank of England and the Bank of Canada, had won the race in a landslide, despite having zero political experience. The evening of his victory, he gathered with jubilant advisers for a victory party in a backroom. There, they got a text from a staffer for Karina Gould, the 38-year-old MP from Burlington, Ontario, who’d run against Carney for the party leadership. Gould had made a few mild pokes at Carney during the campaign. In one debate, she took a jab at his reputation as a fiscally focused technocrat: “You can’t bring a calculator to a knife fight,” she said, referring to the trade war with the U.S.

The attacks were genteel compared to most political mud-slinging, and Liberals warmed to her during the campaign. They embraced her as both a cherished member of the Liberal family and, increasingly, the standard bearer for its left flank. But her needling got under Carney’s skin, even though he was the front-runner (she ultimately received only three per cent of the vote). He and his staff made their irritation plain; one member of Gould’s team told me that many of them were aggressive in their vitriol toward her.

When someone from Gould’s team texted to ask if she could stop by and congratulate the winner, Carney said no. In fact, according to one source I spoke with, he said he didn’t ever want to see her again. Carney’s staff sent Gould a non-committal answer, trying not to offend her, but she showed up anyway. That led to a brief, awkward meeting with Carney.

The incident rattled some of the people around the newly elected leader. Many had worked under Justin Trudeau, who, after a lifetime in politics, had skin like a crocodile. Carney, after years of being celebrated, venerated and treated with the deference accorded to a titan of the financial world, seems to have a skin like a peach.

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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 6d

‘We’re here for good’: Mi’kmaw land defenders say they’re not leaving Hunter’s Mountain

reported by @joanbaxter.bsky.social

'We’re here for good': Mi’kmaw land defenders say they’re not leaving Hunter’s Mountain - Halifax Examiner

Mi’kmaw grandmother, Giju Madonna Bernard, is adamant. She has no intention of leaving the encampment that Mi’kmaw land defenders have set up over the past month to protect Hunter’s Mountain (Tqamuowe...

www.halifaxexaminer.ca

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𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙲. 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚗 @charlescmann.bsky.social · 6d

Last night I read again a chunk of "Fire Weather" by @johnvaillant.bsky.social to check my notes against his reporting and holy crap this is a superb book--a vivid portrait of one of the most fascinating, least known, most important places in North America: northern Alberta. Strong recommend.

Fire Weather by John Vaillant: 9780525434245 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN NONFICTION • FINALIST FOR THE PEN/GALBRAITH AWARD FOR NONFICTION...

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 6d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Suzanne Rent @suzannerent.bsky.social · 7d

I am home but the public hearing for the proposed bylaw amendments for Dartmouth Cove has started. #Halifax staff just wrapped up a presentation.

You can watch here but I will live post what speakers have to say:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAiF...

October 7, 2025 Halifax Regional Council - Part 2

YouTube video by Halifax Regional Municipality

www.youtube.com

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Carl Meyer @meyer.bsky.social · 7d

A decade ago, Mark Carney gave a speech pointing out how biz and political leaders had no day-to-day incentive to address climate change, yet it was up to governments. Today, Carney is leading one, but finds himself consumed with responding to the many crises of the day thenarwhal.ca/mark-carney-...

How Mark Carney is complicating Canada’s climate progress | The Narwhal

From cancelling the carbon tax to pausing the EV mandate, Mark Carney’s government is making sweeping changes to Canada’s environmental rules

thenarwhal.ca

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Joan Baxter @joanbaxter.bsky.social · 7d

Mi’kmaw land protectors on Hunter’s Mountain in Cape Breton, Unama’ki, are determined to stop clearcutting & destruction of moose habitat on unceded Mi’kmaw lands. They say they’re not moving, even tho N.S. Premier Tim Houston’s govt has passed a law to criminalize such encampments on Crown land.

A red and white sign propped against logs on Hunter’s Mountain in Cape Breton by Mi’kmaw land protectors reads “NOTICE! NO TRESPASSING Mi’kmaq Hunting Territory” and “visitors must be permitted. violators will be prosecuted.”

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Kumiko @kumiko-ide.bsky.social · 8d

Vancouver City Councillors @seanorr.bsky.social and @lucymaloney.bsky.social are calling to prioritize a SkyTrain extension to UBC, which I wholeheartedly support.

To voice your opinion Wed at the council meeting: vancouver.ca/your-governm... #vanpoli #cdnpoli @davidebybc.bsky.social

UBC students call on feds, province to commit to SkyTrain extension to campus

There are renewed calls for the federal and provincial governments to fund a SkyTrain extension to the University of British Columbia’s Point Grey campus.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Sara F.L. Kirk @sflkirk.bsky.social · 8d

And people in my neighbourhood were out with their hoses washing cars and watering plants this weekend. Blows my mind how incapable people are of connecting the dots 😮‍💨

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