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Future of Good @futureofgood.bsky.social · 17m

The Canadian Centre for Child Protection (C3P) celebrates Bill C-291 replacing “child pornography” with “child sexual abuse and exploitation material” (CSAEM) in Canadian law. As C3P’s Lianna McDonald says, these are not “pornographic materials”—they’re evidence of abuse.
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 11h

Bluesky is rapidly nearing 40 million users. bskycheck.com/jazco.php

Of which, ~1 million (estimated) are from Canada or ~2.5% of the population.

Bluesky Growth Analytics - Jazco User Tracking Dashboard

Bluesky has 39,604,352 users and is growing at 0 users/sec

bskycheck.com

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Stacie Smith (She/Her) 🇨🇦 🏒 🧠 @stacesmith94.bsky.social · 29m

Our kids are not alright. Investing in them is a social and economic opportunity

We cannot forget the investments in children’s health that represent our greatest untapped opportunity for prosperity. But perhaps more importantly, we cannot forget our kids — the ones we’re building...

www.ipolitics.ca

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Stacie Smith (She/Her) 🇨🇦 🏒 🧠 @stacesmith94.bsky.social · 3h

A digital twin could help Canada beat wildfires, fix commutes and save tax dollars

What if Canada could see the impact of wildfires, floods and traffic congestion before they happen?

theconversation.com

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Healthy Debate @healthydebate.bsky.social · 3h

Ontario has a new way of measuring how hard family doctors work. What does it mean for doctors and their patients?

healthydebate.ca/2025/10/topi...

Ontario has a new way of measuring how hard family doctors work. What does it mean for doctors and their patients? - Healthy Debate

The new “Continuity of Care” measure has good intentions but comes with severe penalties and without necessary checks and balances.

healthydebate.ca

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Stacie Smith (She/Her) 🇨🇦 🏒 🧠 @stacesmith94.bsky.social · 6h

How wildfires and other climate disasters put health systems under extreme pressure

Wildfires are not just environmental events. They are public health crises that demand stronger, more resilient health systems.

theconversation.com

Stacie Smith (She/Her) 🇨🇦 🏒 🧠 @stacesmith94.bsky.social · 6h

What The Paper reveals about local news and journalism today

What ‘The Paper’ reveals about local news and journalism today

The new sitcom ‘The Paper’ highlights the challenges of local journalism at a moment when real-world newsrooms are vanishing across North America.

theconversation.com

Stacie Smith (She/Her) 🇨🇦 🏒 🧠 @stacesmith94.bsky.social · 8h

Canada’s health ministers have generational opportunity to implement solutions to fix access to care

The country’s leading health organizations urge Canada’s health ministers to seize the opportunity to implement known solutions to improve access to care. As Canada embraces unity in the face of U.S. ...

www.cma.ca

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Stacie Smith (She/Her) 🇨🇦 🏒 🧠 @stacesmith94.bsky.social · 8h

The stunning Canadian island you can see but not touch

Hidden deep in the Rockies and only visible by boat, Spirit Island is one of Canada's most iconic places – and a sacred site for those who have sealed it off from the world.

www.bbc.com

Stacie Smith (She/Her) 🇨🇦 🏒 🧠 @stacesmith94.bsky.social · 8h

Exclusive: AI writing hasn't overwhelmed the web yet

Exclusive: The web is still mostly written by humans, study finds

New data shows AI-written content is plateauing — and doesn't perform well in search.

www.axios.com

Stacie Smith (She/Her) 🇨🇦 🏒 🧠 @stacesmith94.bsky.social · 8h

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

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.

www.bnnbloomberg.ca

Stacie Smith (She/Her) 🇨🇦 🏒 🧠 @stacesmith94.bsky.social · 8h

Instagram to bring in version of PG-13 system to protect children, says Meta

Company says rules similar to US ‘parental guidance’ film rating will be applied to teenagers’ accounts

www.theguardian.com

Stacie Smith (She/Her) 🇨🇦 🏒 🧠 @stacesmith94.bsky.social · 8h

Canada’s ‘boycott America’ movement is hurting innocent bystanders

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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Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 17h

It’s funny how the old media depiction of Nazis was always that they’re evil but dignified gentleman and now they’re openly just like “Hello. I’m the Anime Pedophile”