Kevin Nimmock
@kevinnimmock.bsky.social
He/him. Prairies Assignment Senior Producer at CBC News. Survivor superfan. Settler on Treaty 7 territory. [email protected].
New candidate for headline of the year just dropped. CC @paulisci.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
New candidate for headline of the year just dropped. CC @paulisci.bsky.social
These are all 10/10 masterpieces
June 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
These are all 10/10 masterpieces
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Come work with me! We need a new copy edtior!
Copy Editor (On-Site) (English Services)
Position Title: Copy Editor (On-Site) (English Services) Status of Employment: Permanent Position Language Requirement: English Language Skills: English (Reading - C - Advanced), English (Speaking - C...
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May 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Come work with me! We need a new copy edtior!
BREAKING: CBC is projecting a Liberal government.
April 29, 2025 at 2:12 AM
BREAKING: CBC is projecting a Liberal government.
Not sure how this does anything but benefit Carney
April 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Not sure how this does anything but benefit Carney
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woke up with this in my head and now it's your problem
April 27, 2025 at 11:05 AM
woke up with this in my head and now it's your problem
Hot take: Calgary Confederation is Canada's most interesting riding this election cycle. Star Liberal candidate Corey Hogan is in a neck and neck race with former UCP cabinet minister Jeremy Nixon. This riding has never elected a Liberal.
April 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Hot take: Calgary Confederation is Canada's most interesting riding this election cycle. Star Liberal candidate Corey Hogan is in a neck and neck race with former UCP cabinet minister Jeremy Nixon. This riding has never elected a Liberal.
The Conservatives claimed that the Edmonton-area rally was attended by 15,000 people. CBC News counted roughly 1,558.
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Liberals and Conservatives said their rallies drew thousands. We decided to count | CBC News
Crowd sizes have become a discussion point in this election. The CBC News’s visual investigation unit looks at some of the images from those rallies to try to determine whether the reality fits with t...
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April 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The Conservatives claimed that the Edmonton-area rally was attended by 15,000 people. CBC News counted roughly 1,558.
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Wild claims here from Preston Manning:
"The next prime minister of Canada, if it remains Mark Carney, would then be identified in the history books, tragically and needlessly, as the last prime minister of a united Canada."
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"The next prime minister of Canada, if it remains Mark Carney, would then be identified in the history books, tragically and needlessly, as the last prime minister of a united Canada."
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Opinion: Mark Carney poses a threat to national unity
If he remains prime minister after this election, there is a very real possibility that Western Canada will move to secede
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April 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Wild claims here from Preston Manning:
"The next prime minister of Canada, if it remains Mark Carney, would then be identified in the history books, tragically and needlessly, as the last prime minister of a united Canada."
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
"The next prime minister of Canada, if it remains Mark Carney, would then be identified in the history books, tragically and needlessly, as the last prime minister of a united Canada."
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
"The CIA has worked to destabilize many governments in the past, using methods as mundane as corruption and as drastic as assassination, but former spy chiefs say a campaign aimed at Canada would likely rely more on social media — such as the Elon Musk-owned X platform."
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ANALYSIS | The U.S. has covertly destabilized nations. With Canada, it's being done in public | CBC News
Former senior Canadian intelligence officials say Canada needs to be on the lookout for campaigns aimed at destabilizing the country amid U.S. President Donald Trump's escalating 51st state threats. T...
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March 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"The CIA has worked to destabilize many governments in the past, using methods as mundane as corruption and as drastic as assassination, but former spy chiefs say a campaign aimed at Canada would likely rely more on social media — such as the Elon Musk-owned X platform."
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It is not unusual historically for the U.S. to accuse a country of being undemocratic while trying to exert influence to control their natural resources.
March 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
It is not unusual historically for the U.S. to accuse a country of being undemocratic while trying to exert influence to control their natural resources.
I can't wait to meet my 18 new best friends. Happy #Survivor48 premier day!
a man sitting in front of a torch with the words here we go again written below him
ALT: a man sitting in front of a torch with the words here we go again written below him
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February 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I can't wait to meet my 18 new best friends. Happy #Survivor48 premier day!
Even more incentive for Canada to win:
"U.S. Hockey Team Calls for Trump to Attend Canada Match"
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"U.S. Hockey Team Calls for Trump to Attend Canada Match"
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U.S. Hockey Team Calls for Trump to Attend Canada Match
The U.S. hockey team’s manager said Trump’s tough talk with Canada is helping their performance.
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February 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Even more incentive for Canada to win:
"U.S. Hockey Team Calls for Trump to Attend Canada Match"
www.thedailybeast.com/us-hockey-te...
"U.S. Hockey Team Calls for Trump to Attend Canada Match"
www.thedailybeast.com/us-hockey-te...
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Hey, Calgary reporter pals: The media room at McDougall is mic'd up. We don't have to stand at the mic.
And at pressrs, we don't have to stand at a mic. That just gives govt the power to cut us off.
We can police ourselves. Just scrum like we used to. We can do this. They are not the boss of us.
And at pressrs, we don't have to stand at a mic. That just gives govt the power to cut us off.
We can police ourselves. Just scrum like we used to. We can do this. They are not the boss of us.
February 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Hey, Calgary reporter pals: The media room at McDougall is mic'd up. We don't have to stand at the mic.
And at pressrs, we don't have to stand at a mic. That just gives govt the power to cut us off.
We can police ourselves. Just scrum like we used to. We can do this. They are not the boss of us.
And at pressrs, we don't have to stand at a mic. That just gives govt the power to cut us off.
We can police ourselves. Just scrum like we used to. We can do this. They are not the boss of us.
Today I learned the Canadian Armed Forces had a longstanding policy to disqualify applicants with ADHD. Wild.
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CAF updates entry medical standards to aid recruitment efforts
The Canadian Armed Forces is no longer automatically disqualifying applicants with certain medical conditions such as allergies and ADHD, as it works to improve its numbers and grow the size of Canada...
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January 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Today I learned the Canadian Armed Forces had a longstanding policy to disqualify applicants with ADHD. Wild.
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Question for Canadians: Are you rethinking upcoming travel plans to the US? Does a Trump presidency change your views about travelling south?
January 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Question for Canadians: Are you rethinking upcoming travel plans to the US? Does a Trump presidency change your views about travelling south?
Of note: Pierre Poilievre and Danielle Smith explicitly disagree on how to handle the Trump tariff threat.
Poilievre is calling for retaliatory tariffs on the U.S.
Smith:
"Our best approach now would be to focus on diplomacy and refrain from talk of any kind of retaliatory measures," she says.
Poilievre is calling for retaliatory tariffs on the U.S.
Smith:
"Our best approach now would be to focus on diplomacy and refrain from talk of any kind of retaliatory measures," she says.
January 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Of note: Pierre Poilievre and Danielle Smith explicitly disagree on how to handle the Trump tariff threat.
Poilievre is calling for retaliatory tariffs on the U.S.
Smith:
"Our best approach now would be to focus on diplomacy and refrain from talk of any kind of retaliatory measures," she says.
Poilievre is calling for retaliatory tariffs on the U.S.
Smith:
"Our best approach now would be to focus on diplomacy and refrain from talk of any kind of retaliatory measures," she says.
The Calgary Zoo has cancelled its first penguin walk of 2025, because it is too warm for penguins to go outside today. It was 9°C as of 9 a.m.
January 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The Calgary Zoo has cancelled its first penguin walk of 2025, because it is too warm for penguins to go outside today. It was 9°C as of 9 a.m.
At a certain point, it doesn't actually matter if Trump is kidding about annexing Canada.
January 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
At a certain point, it doesn't actually matter if Trump is kidding about annexing Canada.
It has been an AMAZING year for Canadian filmmakers. Some movies you should watch over the holidays: Matt and Mara (five star masterpiece), Red Rooms (great movie, terrible vibes), Universal Language (never seen anything like it), Paying for It (wild) and My Old Ass (you will laugh/cry).
December 20, 2024 at 4:49 PM
It has been an AMAZING year for Canadian filmmakers. Some movies you should watch over the holidays: Matt and Mara (five star masterpiece), Red Rooms (great movie, terrible vibes), Universal Language (never seen anything like it), Paying for It (wild) and My Old Ass (you will laugh/cry).
A former Alberta Health Services employee has been fined $12,000 for falsifying COVID-19 vaccination records for 199 people in 2021.
December 19, 2024 at 7:52 PM
A former Alberta Health Services employee has been fined $12,000 for falsifying COVID-19 vaccination records for 199 people in 2021.
Geneuine question: does anyone actually like panettone?
December 19, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Geneuine question: does anyone actually like panettone?
Seems bad!
In Canada, some cities and regions that have lost more than two weeks of winter weather, including Vancouver (19 days), B.C.'s Greater Nanaimo region (18 days) and Ontario's Niagara region (15 days).
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In Canada, some cities and regions that have lost more than two weeks of winter weather, including Vancouver (19 days), B.C.'s Greater Nanaimo region (18 days) and Ontario's Niagara region (15 days).
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Canada's cities are losing up to 19 days of winter | CBC News
In just the past 10 years, cities around the world, including in Canada, have lost weeks' worth of winter ski, skate and snow days each year due to climate change. They've been replaced by dozens of d...
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December 17, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Seems bad!
In Canada, some cities and regions that have lost more than two weeks of winter weather, including Vancouver (19 days), B.C.'s Greater Nanaimo region (18 days) and Ontario's Niagara region (15 days).
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
In Canada, some cities and regions that have lost more than two weeks of winter weather, including Vancouver (19 days), B.C.'s Greater Nanaimo region (18 days) and Ontario's Niagara region (15 days).
www.cbc.ca/news/science...