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@kitkatnorthof60.bsky.social

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Canadian gal living in the maple maga hell of Alberta; Bear’s mom; lab lubber; avid reader and lifelong learner; Métis proud “Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced,” James Baldwin

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Cat @kitkatnorthof60.bsky.social · 3d

I’m sharing an article from CBC News dated July 23/15 about a former RCMP Officer. He speaks about the lifelong guilt felt after participating in forcibly removing children from their parents. This guilt is what awaits folks in the US disappearing others. The guilt awaits to eat them alive.

Ex-RCMP who took kids to residential school seeks healing from guilt | CBC News

A former RCMP officer says he boxed away his feelings after his experience taking two children from their family in Fort Smith, N.W.T., and off to residential school. Fifty years later, he sought help...

www.cbc.ca

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AB Resistance @abresistance.bsky.social · 7h

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Cat @kitkatnorthof60.bsky.social · 10h

I’m hoping they’ll be charged for being collaborators when this whole nightmare is over. Perhaps they’ll be treated like the “collaboration horizontale” in France following WWII and have their heads shaved. Easy way to tell who laid with the devil.

Cat @kitkatnorthof60.bsky.social · 11h

This is science ingenuity at its best and I’m here for it! Way to go UBC for one heck of a breakthrough 🇨🇦 🍁

Glen 🇨🇦 part owner of Canada* @honestcanadian.bsky.social · 22h

This is huge news!
UBC has developed an enzyme that can convert donor organs to type O, making them universal.
Normally a using organs of the wrong blood type causes the recipient's immune system to attack the organ, leading to failure.
❤️🇨🇦⚕️
news.ubc.ca/2025/10/univ...

UBC enzyme technology clears first human test toward universal donor organs for transplantation - UBC News

UBC-developed enzymes successfully converted a kidney to universal type O for transplant, marking a major step toward faster, more compatible organ donations.

news.ubc.ca

Cat @kitkatnorthof60.bsky.social · 11h

Time in a Bottle gets me every single time. Reminds me of my Mom. Jim Croce’s music was pure perfection poetry.

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RC deWinter @rcdewinter.bsky.social · 11h

remembering Jim Croce, a huge talent who left us far too soon.
Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels) music.youtube.com/watch?v=khYx...

Jim Croce - Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels) [Official Music Video]

YouTube video by Jim Croce

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Spudislander45 🇨🇦❤️🌎💪🫡 @spudislander45.bsky.social · 13h

#Canadian #Snowbirds performance in San Fransisco, #California in early October 2025. #CanadaSky

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Cat @kitkatnorthof60.bsky.social · 14h

If I could press the ❤️ button more than once I would! 😊

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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 14h

“John had a quality of vulnerability,” talent agent Catherine McCartney once told journalist Martin Knelman. “He had the ability to make people feel special even if he had only known them a short time.” thewalrus.ca/john-candy/

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Alison Creekside @alisoncreekside.bsky.social · 16h

Doug Ford has not moved much from his role as a dealer/enforcer in the parking lot of James Gardens.

Globe investigation: The Ford family’s history with drug dealing

Long before the current controversy at Toronto City Hall, The Globe and Mail set out to trace the Ford brothers’ rise to prominence. Reporters found the Mayor’s siblings have former ties to drug traff...

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 17h

RCMP training is six months. CBSA officer training is 14 weeks. It will take time and budget allocations to scale both up to hire a thousand officers each.
But tell me again that it's a failure and a broken promise that it didn't happen over the summer.
Can everybody just grow the fuck up already?

@PierrePoilievre
Prime Minister Carney’s Public Safety minister is responsible for the Canadian Border.

He promised to hire 1,000 new border guards, but hasn’t gotten it done, so illegal weapons and drugs keep flooding into our country.

Fire Gary Anandasangaree and bring in strong laws that stop crime and secure our border:

Quoting @hollyanndoan
.@Safety_Canada Minister @gary_srp confirms cabinet has yet to fulfill April election promise to hire more police and border guards. “I’m not responsible for the hiring,” Gary Anandasangaree told Commons committee.

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DaOldGuy🇨🇦🖇️🍁- part owner of Canada @daoldguy.bsky.social · 17h

Here are the other locations and times for #ForeverCanadian petition pop-ups in Medicine Hat for October 18th. It's coming down to the wire. All signatures need to be in and verified before October 28th.

#AwareMHAB #ABresistance

This photo lists three more locations and times for people to sign the ForeverCanadian petition in Medicine Hat on October eighteenth.

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DaOldGuy🇨🇦🖇️🍁- part owner of Canada @daoldguy.bsky.social · 17h

Here are the locations and times for #ForeverCanadian petition pop-ups in Medicine Hat for today, October 14th till Saturday October 18th. The more signatures we get the better.

#AwareMHAB #ABresistance

Photo of locations and times, for the ForeverCanadian petition signing pop ups in Medicine Hat for October fourteenth.

Photo of locations and times, for the ForeverCanadian petition signing pop ups in Medicine Hat for October fifteenth.

Photo of locations and times, for the ForeverCanadian petition signing pop ups in Medicine Hat for October sixteenth.

Photo of locations and times, for the ForeverCanadian petition signing pop ups in Medicine Hat for October seventeenth and two locations for Saturday October eighteenth.

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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 20h

“Mark Carney is seen as calm and rational, thoughtful and strategic. He’s a leader who understands the economy and can make tough decisions. Pierre Poilievre, on the other hand, is more closely associated with arrogance and hot-temperedness.”

Mark Carney seen as calm and rational; Pierre Poilievre as arrogant and hot-tempered

A new study by Spark Insights has found that Mark Carney is seen as the more calm and rational leader, while Pierre Poilievre is seen as more arrogant and hot-tempered.

cultmtl.com

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Solis Tsuki @circa-vermont.bsky.social · 23h

Not even. She’s a rich escualida, whose family had the means and $ to flee a country which they disagreed with social programs and elevating disadvantaged people.

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Cat @kitkatnorthof60.bsky.social · 21h

As I’ve been saying, Albertans should take the time to read Project 2025. It’s readily available on the internet. The similarities to what’s happening in Alberta (cuts to AISH, anti-trans, underfunded public healthcare/education etc) is in that mf trump manifesto. AB we are in trouble under Smith.

The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 1d

“she described meeting with the group that spearheaded Project 2025, the plan to rapidly overhaul the U.S. government under President Donald Trump“

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Smith Reveals Meeting with the US Heritage Foundation After Trump Win | The Tyee

The Alberta premier said she met with the right-wing think tank because of its influence on the president.

thetyee.ca

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Lisa @lisab0923.bsky.social · 21h

Cons are the worst.

#carney
#trump

youtube.com/watch?v=18hy...

Some observations… #markcarney #summit #getitright #canada

YouTube video by Lisab0923

youtube.com

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Cat @kitkatnorthof60.bsky.social · 21h

Folks are being disappeared, losing their healthcare, unable to afford groceries or rent and this Keebler elf’s focus is on the orange cheeto receiving the Nobel Prize. What a nightmare! 🤦🏻‍♀️

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

Just now— @SpeakerJohnson announces he will lead a global pressure campaign to get the narcissist-in-chief a Nobel Prize next year

(Also revealing he doesn’t understand what “objective facts” are)

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Hazel B. | Meme Resister | Forever Canadian @hab3261.bsky.social · 1d

#DanielleSmith gave a Healthcare guarantee that you would never have to pay out of pocket. Remember that when you get the $100 bill for the Covid Vaccine. Mark "return to sender" with a copy of the HC Guarantee #ABpoli #ABleg #AxeTheVaxTax #Integrity #HCGuarantee #FinePrint

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RichardJR @electricbluesfan.bsky.social · 1d

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The author notes the government often cites its debt as a reason it can't offer more to teachers to solve classroom complexity.

Yet, the most recent #budget includes a 10.3 per cent funding increase for accredited #PrivateSchools, totalling $461M this year.
#Funding

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 1d

Must read here for all Albertans via @ximenaka.bsky.social.
Inside the Right-Wing Attack on Alberta's Public Education via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Inside the Right-Wing Attack on Alberta's Public Education | The Tyee

MAGA’s Project 2025 has become a blueprint for undermining Canada’s schools in the name of profit and privilege.

thetyee.ca

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Cat @kitkatnorthof60.bsky.social · 1d

Look at this sweetheart. I’m a dog people but this kitty is lovely 😊

Cat Lover Community @catlovercommunity.bsky.social · 1d

My mom said I'm beautiful. But so far nobody has loved my picture 🥹😓💔

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Taking Alberta Forward, We Stand With Canada🍁 @asytsema.bsky.social · 1d

Hey #yyc community! Supporting our students is crucial. Let's stand together in solidarity with Calgary high school students organizing rallies and protests.

📅 Thursday, Oct. 16
⏲️ 5-6:30 PM
📍 Shouldice Aquatic Centre Field (Monserrat Dr NW) #Calgary #Alberta 🧵

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Cat @kitkatnorthof60.bsky.social · 1d

I moved to AB after spending my life in the North and I can tell you the mentality of some folks here is jarring. I came from a place where we’d give the shirt off our backs for others but here it’s so different. Some see those struggling as a moral failure and it saddens me. I vote my conscience.

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Cat @kitkatnorthof60.bsky.social · 1d

The worst part is they cry the loudest when crap isn’t going their way. They can’t seem to connect the dots ffs. Quite honestly it’s exhausting how stupid some folks are. I’m nearing 60 and I don’t have time for this anymore. The UCP are ghouls.

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Reformed Reformer and Part Owner of Canada 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🏳️‍🌈 @reformedreformer.bsky.social · 1d

Happy birthday to America’s future President, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez!

👣COCA👣 🇺🇦 🐸 @nortygirl.bsky.social · 1d

A very happy birthday to AOC ....we all appreciate you so much....

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