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Maritimer.🇨🇦

Clean the air.
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🕯️ December 6 is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, honouring the 14 victims of the 1989 École Polytechnique attack and all lives lost to gender-based violence.

www.canada.ca/en/women-gen...

#December6 #16Days #EndGBV
The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women - Canada.ca
Information on the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women and why we commemorated tragedy at Polytechnique Montréal.
www.canada.ca
December 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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🕯️ On December 6, we remember the Halifax Explosion, a tragic event that reshaped our city and province. Honouring the 1,600+ lives lost, the families affected, and the resilience of those who helped rebuild.

archives.novascotia.ca/explosion/

#HalifaxExplosion #NovaScotia #History
Nova Scotia Archives
The Nova Scotia Archives
archives.novascotia.ca
December 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Every year I imagine what these women would be doing; what their lives would look like. 💔🥀
December 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Lmao I found it
December 8, 2024 at 7:32 PM
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this is a work of art
December 3, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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Dear America: Canada isn't coming back. You effed up.
"When someone cheats in a relationship the trust is broken. You don't just go back."
"We used to use American suppliers. No more. Less than 1% of our plows now are American"
-Jim Estill, owner Arctic Snowplows. The National CBC 01 Dec 2025.
December 2, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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December 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Patient-blaming rhetoric is baked into alternative medicine.

The idea is that if you could just...

“Change your mindset”
“Live naturally”
“Eliminate toxins” (with supplements)
“Resolve trauma”

...then you can avoid serious health conditions such as cancer.
November 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Wow, this Ireland ad about protecting your kids on your online posts. It might give you pause….think before you post about their activities.
November 27, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Happy Thursday, Canada 🍁
November 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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"Ontario recorded the highest number of wait-list deaths: 10,634, including more than 9,100 diagnostic-scan deaths where patients died before reaching the point of receiving or being scheduled for surgery."

I guess it's not "hallway healthcare" if you never make it to the hospital hallway.
Tens of thousands of Canadians died waiting for medical care in the past year: report
A new report is raising alarm over growing wait-list deaths in Canada.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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I guess Big Pole must’ve made a sizeable donation to Doug’s latest election campaign.
November 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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This episode marks 25 years since Canada formally recognized same-sex couples under federal law. Hear writer and performer
Steen Starr and former MP Libby Davies reflect on the debates that shaped this milestone and the freedoms that came from it. 🎧 Listen: lnkfi.re/canadian-tim...
November 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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This is why disabled people are shouting about the eugenicist undertones of Assisted Dying policies.

All he needed was a specialized mattress, which all hospitals should have, and proper infection control.

He just wanted to be treated with dignity.
November 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Kyiv is under missile attack.
It’s very loud.
Nothing new, really.
Just thought the world should know.
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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N.S. libraries ask users to contact MLAs, municipalities about impending cuts #NovaScotia #HoustonFail

Libraries suffering after 'decades of underinvestment,' says president of provincial association

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
N.S. libraries ask users to contact MLAs, municipalities about impending cuts | CBC News
The head of a regional library service in western Nova Scotia says that without increased funding from the province and municipalities, branches will have to reduce operating hours and services, and e...
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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And shame on those in media who are so quick to sing her praises. (Looking at you David Axelrod ) Marge chased survivors of Parkland screaming about false flag claims. Lipstick on a pig…
Never forget who MTG really is.

courtesy of @mindcite.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Surprisingly most brands of anti-freeze tastes good to cats, so any spills should be cleared up immediately and thoroughly, even if […] https://www.bcwr-kittens.co.uk/winter-watch-out-please-share/
November 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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WINTER WATCH OUT!! – PLEASE SHARE - WINTER WATCH OUT!! – PLEASE SHAREDid you know that anti-freeze solution is poisonous to cats when ingested! Just a small amount can cause kidney failure and if left untreated it can rapidly be fatal.
November 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Interesting for personal privacy - settings can be changed

Google's AI is now snooping on your emails - here's how to opt out | ZDNET share.google/cyaTVxvZ8RxX...
Google's AI is now snooping on your emails - here's how to opt out
A new change quietly rolling out allows Google to access your private messages and attachments to train its AI models - likely without your knowledge. Opting out takes just moments.
share.google
November 21, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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ICYMI Dept of Education will no longer considers these professional degrees:

Nursing
Public health
Social work
Physician assistant
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Audiology
Speech-language pathology
Social work
Counseling & therapy
Health Admin

A smaller health workforce makes us all sicker
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
For shame. 😞🇨🇦
Oh, Canada.
How embarrassing.
We won due to our substantial rollbacks of climate policies such as the consumer carbon price, the EV mandate, and threats to our oil and gas emissions cap and our greenwashing legislation.

On top of recent fastracking of two LNG plants.
2/
November 19, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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From the DM’s…

If there was any doubt left that Smith’s anti-trans policies were anything more than craven politics…

If this is accurate it means she’s delayed robbing charter rights to try and distract from another massive financial scandal.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
November 18, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Hello, 911? Yes, I'd like to report a murder.
November 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM