Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Heather Campbell

@thatheatherc.bsky.social

1.7K followers 680 following 2K posts

Same as before. Inspired, engaged, politicised, compassionate, engineer, and citizen of the world. Reader of banned books. Posts are usually awesome & always my own. Call me: she & her

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · Jan 20

We need leaders not in love with money but in love with justice. Not in love with publicity but in love with humanity. Leaders who can subject their particular egos to the pressing urgencies of the great cause of freedom … a time like this demands great leaders.
-- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
#MLK

3 29 100

Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 15h

Closing show for the Motel Theatre (at Werklund Centre) run of the "The F Word" by Downstage Theatre. Super fans of Keshia Cheesman and Bianca Miranda the creators of this incredible production.

Reposted by Heather Campbell

Duane Bratt @duanebratt.bsky.social · 17h

Can I tell you how indispensable @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social has been in its coverage of the Calgary election. Whether you are following it closely or not. Videos of numerous ward and mayoral forums. And there most valuable service, a campaign primer. www.sprawlcalgary.com/calgary-elec...

Meet the Calgarians running for mayor and council in 2025 | The Sprawl

Follow along with our candidate tracker.

www.sprawlcalgary.com

6 47 110

Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 20h

Quote: "Gabriel Ehrlich, an economic forecaster at the University of Michigan, predicts the price of domestic and imported vehicles will increase 9.6 per cent on average over the several years it takes supply chains to adapt to Trump’s tariffs."

As everyone (except the President) said would happen.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 20h

‘This is existential’: Trump’s tariffs drive US car sector into turmoil on.ft.com/4ofPJOM

‘This is existential’: Trump’s tariffs drive US car sector into turmoil

Michigan’s ‘Big Three’ carmakers forecast a combined $7bn tariff-related hit to earnings in 2025

on.ft.com

Reposted by Heather Campbell

Dylan Robertson @withfilesfrom.bsky.social · 20h

Senator Amina Gerba was sterilized without her consent at a Montreal hospital. @amy61.bsky.social hopes her story can advance a broader reckoning on systemic racism.

"I didn't want to talk about it at all. But it was too hard to keep quiet," she says. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/health/senat...

Senator says she was never told her 2005 surgery would leave her sterile

OTTAWA - A Quebec senator says she was never told by her doctor that a surgical procedure she went through in 2005 would render her unable to have children, and

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

12 23

Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 1d

Wordle 1,576 X/6

🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️
🟨🟨⬛️🟨⬛️
⬛️🟩🟩🟩⬛️
⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛️🟩🟩🟩🟩

Can't stand words like this...

1 1

Reposted by Heather Campbell

Aryn Toombs @aryn.bsky.social · 1d

Thus far, a total of 10.7% of the electorate in Calgary has turned out to the advance polls.

And in a change of pace for an advance polling period that has been less utilized than 2021, today set the record for Day 6 voting with 22,144 people casting their ballots.

2 7

Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 1d

Calgary. I was in shorts & a ball hat this afternoon + it was 20°C. I pulled the last herbs out of the outdoor garden at 4:30 pm. I packed open toed shoes for a party (but wore running shoes for the commute). Now it's snowing 5 hours later. This is 100% how we roll in Calgary, if you didn't know.

2 5 55

Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 1d

When I polish this alms basin at church, I'm haunted. Inscription is hard to read, it says: "Presented to St. Stephen's - Calgary by the AYPA Easter 1912". The AYPA is the Anglican Young Peoples Association. Just 2 years after this gift, they would be off to war. They're memorialized in the chapel.

1 8

Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 1d

Lest anyone perceive me as a fairweather, bandwagon, post-season baseball fan... that's me in the summer of 1995 at Olympic Stadium in Montreal watching the Expos. Tickets were priced for students and so was the beer. ⚾️

Heather Campbell wearing a Montreal expos hat on her head, backwards, while watching a baseball game at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, QC in the summer of 1995. She has a beer in a plastic cup in her right hand.

1 1 15

Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 1d

Incredible piece by the @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social & @klaszus.bsky.social. Amazing history. Bravo!

⁉️ Question ⁉️

Why did the City of Calgary have to loan the Flames $316 million until 2060? Couldn't Gary Bettman & the NHL (worth over $60 billion) loan the owners/CSEC the $316M over 35 years?

Jeremy Klaszus @klaszus.bsky.social · 1d

Calgary mayoral candidates are bickering about which arena deal was best—and who got fleeced. And an outgoing city councillor now says progressive councillors voted yes to the deal in 2023 "at great political cost." Here's how the deal got done. (Listen and/or read!) #yyccc

The truth about Calgary’s billion-dollar arena deal | The Sprawl

Campaign accusations abound. Here’s the real story.

www.sprawlcalgary.com

6 12

Reposted by Heather Campbell

Human Rights Campaign @hrc.org · 1d

Stories help us see ourselves, connect with our roots, and imagine a path forward for our community.

Visibility in literature is EVERYTHING.

#BannedBooksWeek

10 38

Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 2d

And I'll bet Melania, when she was counting out Don's bedtime pills gave old boy a little acetaminophen (TYLENOL®) to take the edge off the arm ache.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d

The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.

2 2

Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 2d

Is there such a thing as a 14th inning stretch?

1 6

Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 2d

Where is this guy's photograph? I don't need to see one of the intersections where he committed a hate crime, I want to see the criminal.

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

Calgary man charged with 2 hate-motivated assaults | CBC News

For the second time this week, a Calgary man has been charged with hate-motivated assaults after allegedly attacking two different families earlier this year.

www.cbc.ca

2 12

Reposted by Heather Campbell

Dr Lindsay Tedds @lindsaytedds.bsky.social · 2d

From my hemiplegic migraine group

“You don’t look sick” Thanks that’s the goal. But here is what you don’t see. I cancel plans, I rest for hours after a shower, I forget basic words mid sentence, I grieve a version of myself barely remember, fight everyday against a body that doesn’t cooperate. It is not just tired. It is chronic illness.

20 200 650

Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 2d

Calgarians have a chance to see Dan conduct the @calgaryphil.bsky.social on March 6 and 7. 🎼

CTV News Calgary @ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social · 2d

Former Calgarian Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser leads National Youth Orchestra of Canada
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

Former Calgarian Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser leads National Youth Orchestra of Canada

A former Calgarian says he will be able to influence musicians from coast to coast to coast in his new role.

www.ctvnews.ca

2 6

Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 2d

At least it is nice outside. What a botheration.

cm 🇨🇦 @cmcalgary.bsky.social · 2d

Due to a power failure no trains are currently running through downtown. The Calgary Fire Department showed up to help someone in a mobility scooter get off a train car. Mounted Calgary Police officers were walking by as well. Happy Friday.

#Calgary #CalgaryTransit #yyc

Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 2d

So Myles McDougall, the Minister of Advanced Education who has opined quite extensively on the lives & values of Black people, in a highly racist fashion, is ready to implement Jack Mintz's views on DEI?

Jack is a U of C diversity hire - his masters is from Queen's.

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

Alberta panel suggests new post-secondary funding model, institutional neutrality | CBC News

A panel that studied Alberta's post-secondary institutions has released its recommendations, which include replacing the funding framework, providing more assistance like grants and scholarships to st...

www.cbc.ca

Reposted by Heather Campbell

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 2d

Once the youngest head of government in the world, Sanna Martin, as Prime Minister of Finland, pushed through ambitious policy programs, including extended family leave and free child care. But she was also intent on living like someone her age.

The Prime Minister Who Tried to Have a Life Outside the Office

As the thirtysomething leader of Finland, Sanna Marin pursued an ambitious policy agenda. The press focussed on her nights out and how she paid for breakfast.

www.newyorker.com

8 21 140

Reposted by Heather Campbell

Universities Scotland @uniscot.bsky.social · 2d

Today @heriotwattuni.bsky.social hosted a memorial in celebration of the life of Sir Geoff Palmer, former Chancellor of the University and renowned scientist and humanitarian. The memorial reflected on the life, work and legacy of Sir Geoff who inspired so many & will be sorely missed by all