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Reese Ketler, an offensive player for Canada’s wheelchair Rugby team, challenged himself to live on a food budget of about $6.67 per day for a month.

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Llyr Kellow 🇨🇦✍️👨🏻‍🦳🦋🌈📚🇨🇦 @llyrkellow.bsky.social · 1h

Classless, boorish asshole

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

Trump asked, “Where is the UK?”
Starmer raised his hand. Trump called him to the stage, making him think he was going to speak.
Starmer approached the podium. “It’s nice that you’re here,” Trump said, then sent him back, offending Starmer. #cdnpoli

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 17h

From the DM’s…

This is Danielle Smith’s disintegrated system she swore she would fix in 90 days.

3 years ago.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Kate 🩸’The Brood’🩸 Armstrong @brainchain.ca · 6h

The athletes who play murderball on the Canadian Wheelchair Rugby 🏉 Team are all baddies.

And Reese Ketler’s challenge of living on the Canada Disability Benefit of $6.67 a day shows the heartlessness of people in power and their lack of support of those with disabilities. #cdnpoli

Cam Walker @walks30.bsky.social · 6h

Wheelchair rugby player tests disability benefit budget to expose gaps

‘Stop the violence’: Women’s group shining light on brain injuries among abuse victims | CBC News

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Brainiac Kim @brainiackim.bsky.social · 3h

@mark-carney.bsky.social In Canada, there is a crisis of a huge not talked about is that #ViolenceAgainstWomen #GenderBasedViolence leads to #BrainInjury and becoming #homeless. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #cdnpoli #ONpoli #TOpoli

Angie Smith hopes sharing her story of intimate partner violence (IPV) that left her with a brain injury will encourage other survivors to seek help.

Dean Blundell (@deanblundell)

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 1h

Dean Blundell - Give it 35 seconds. @deanblundell.bsky.social #cdnpoli
substack.com/@deanblundel...

Give it 35 seconds…

substack.com

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 2h

Crews battle challenging wood chip fire in Springwater #Ontario

Fire crews spent more than six hours Sunday night battling a stubborn blaze that broke out in a large pile of wood chips off Penetanguishene Road.

www.ctvnews.ca/barrie/artic...

Crews battle challenging wood chip fire in Springwater

Fire crews spent more than six hours Sunday night battling a stubborn blaze that broke out in a large pile of wood chips off Penetanguishene Road.

YouTube video by Sen. Adam Schiff

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 9h

Sen. Adam Schiff
I tried to capture what Donald Trump has done to destroy our democracy in the last 9 months … in 9 minutes. It took me a bit longer... #cdnpoli www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0wB...

9 Months in ~9 Minutes

www.youtube.com

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Llyr Kellow 🇨🇦✍️👨🏻‍🦳🦋🌈📚🇨🇦 @llyrkellow.bsky.social · 1h

The fossil fuel industry is getting what they paid for in Alberta

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Martin Z. Olszynski @molszyns.bsky.social · 2h

Bit of a deeper dive on the growing push back to #Ableg’s so-called Mature Asset Strategy: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Groups push back on Alberta’s strategy to deal with inactive oil and gas wells as plan moves forward | CBC Accessibility

A band of advocate groups are pushing back on the province's current plan to manage its inactive and aging oil and gas infrastructure.

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Llyr Kellow 🇨🇦✍️👨🏻‍🦳🦋🌈📚🇨🇦 @llyrkellow.bsky.social · 1h

CONservatives = Ignorant Nazis

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Marc 🍁 @marc55.bsky.social · 5h

"DEI" is being used as a catch phrase.
They make it sound so sinister.

Diversity...real sinister shit that is.
Equality? Not having any of that shit.
Inclusion??? Fuck that.

What a shitty society we live in right now.
#cdnpoli
Meritocracy btw, should include DEI no?
If it's TRULY merit based.

Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 15h

"Restore the merit principle," I scream, having apparently developed selective amnesia about losing my job based on a complete and total lack of merit

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Llyr Kellow 🇨🇦✍️👨🏻‍🦳🦋🌈📚🇨🇦 @llyrkellow.bsky.social · 1h

MapleMAGAts - fuck off!

In B.C., progressive movement leaders feel betrayed by David Eby's NDP

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Montreal Mike🇨🇦 @mikemontreal.bsky.social · 5h

I dunno. A Chinese MP and a Chinese fanboy calling for the end of DEI — something that likely got them both into universities and their jobs…. 🤷‍♂️ #cdnpoli

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Ricochet Media @ricochetmedia.bsky.social · 4h

In B.C., progressive movement leaders feel betrayed by David Eby’s NDP.

The 'government's calculation appears to be billions for LNG and pennies for families'.

New from @westernwriter.bsky.social:

ricochet.media/climate/in-b...

#BCpoli

The 'government's calculation appears to be billions for LNG and pennies for families'

ricochet.media

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🎃 Iva Cheung 🍗 @ivacheung.com · 11h

Please read this to understand how dire the situation is in Nunavut: www.aptnnews.ca/featured/foo...

I made print copies of my book a fundraiser to raise awareness of food sovereignty/security issues in the North, but the PDF is free if you want to download + donate directly to QCFC + other orgs.

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Llyr Kellow 🇨🇦✍️👨🏻‍🦳🦋🌈📚🇨🇦 @llyrkellow.bsky.social · 1h

This is one way businesses can be good corporate citizens

Canadian rideshare company funds free Thanksgiving meals across the country

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 2h

Canadian rideshare company funds free Thanksgiving meals across the country #Canada

www.ctvnews.ca/northern-ont...

A Canadian ridesharing company channelled the spirit of the Thanksgiving holiday into a campaign that converted passenger trips into free meals for families in need.

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Brian Mills 🍁 @preambulator.bsky.social · 3h

Smith and the UCP sycophants lust after power and worship the ground the GOP (and Trump) walk on. Make no mistake, her team wants to align themselves politically. Case in point, has she ever critiqued any of the abhorrent corruption and repressive tactics being implemented by the GOP? Nope! #ABpoli

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Llyr Kellow 🇨🇦✍️👨🏻‍🦳🦋🌈📚🇨🇦 @llyrkellow.bsky.social · 1h

Fuck off, PP amd CPC! Hands off womens' bodily autonomy!
Keep your MAGAt Christianity to yourselves

Marc 🍁 @marc55.bsky.social · 7h

PP assured us last election that this was a dead issue.
Never to be raised.

Quit being the stooge they want you to be.
#cdnpoli

The Pearson Project @projectpearson.bsky.social · Aug 3

The Honourable Arnold Viersen, Member of Parliament for Peace River - Westlock, here presenting a petition proposing legislation to "protect the pre born".

This is a tactic by the anti abortion lobby to make abortion illegal by declaring the fetus alive at heartbeat detection

OSHOW SCANDAL PANEL: Carney Takes on Trump, Poilievre Copies MAGA, Ford Caught in 2 Huge Scandals 🇨🇦

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 15h

Exciting news!

If you’re wondering how to get involved or sign the petition to make sure that public dollars only go to public schools, we’re going to have its proponent…

At our October 25th show in #yyc!

Plus we’re announcing another panelist tomorrow!

#abpoli #cdnpoli

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Laura Babcock 🇨🇦 @laura-babcock.bsky.social · 4h

“Along with billion dollar Skills Development Fund Fiasco Ford gov is speeding in school zones and stunt driving! They have one set of rules for themselves and one for rest of us and they are giving our money to their rich friends! Ford is acting like Trump.” #Onpoli 🤬

👀 youtu.be/u4K0boYHo9k?si…

YouTube video by The OShow with Laura Babcock

https://youtu.be/u4K0boYHo9k?si…

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Damien Moule @damienmoule.bsky.social · 4h

One of the front runners in Calgary's mayoral race, Jeromy Farkas, appears to be running on removing Calgary's good zoning and taking inspiration from Patrick Condon and Toronto NIMBYs (pretend to care about affordability and infrastructure in order to segregate).
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Prairiesunshine @scottishox2.bsky.social · 8h

Meanwhile in Canada 🇨🇦

The Canadian Govt is helping Manitoba connect its 100% Carbon-Free power grid to central Arctic Communities in Nunavut that depend on shipments of diesel for electricity generation.

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

‘Transformational’ project would strengthen Nunavut’s connection to the rest of Canada, proponents say | CBC News

Ottawa is expected to announce its second list of nation-building infrastructure projects within the next month. One of the proposals is the $3-billion Kivalliq Hydro-Fibre Link, which would start in ...

Canadian Tire says recent breach of e-commerce database involved customer info

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 2h

TORONTO — Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd. says it has identified a data breach involving personal information belonging to customers, which was stored in an e-commerce database. #Canada

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Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd. says it has identified a data breach involving personal information belonging to customers, which was stored in an e-commerce database.