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Paul Preston
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In a time of AI, a wordsmithy is nostalgic for the written word... #history #politics #Canada #Alberta ...I digress!
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Hey! Settle a friendly argument for me?
𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧?

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🇨🇦 𝐈𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 - their name is always associated with 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢

🇨🇦 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 - renowned 𝘢𝘴 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 for their achievemts

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫!
Happy Australia Day, mates!
January 26, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Hey! Settle a friendly argument for me?
𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧?

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🇨🇦 𝐈𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 - their name is always associated with 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢

🇨🇦 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 - renowned 𝘢𝘴 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 for their achievemts

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫!
January 26, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Before viral ads… before hashtags…
There was a red box, a dry wit, and a line Canadians still quote today.
☕ Only in Canada, eh? Pity.
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January 23, 2026 at 9:38 PM
I’ve only said this twice in my lifetime:
“Never have I been so proud of our Prime Minister.”
Different moments. Same Canadian backbone. 🇨🇦
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January 22, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Far from home and far from headlines, Canada’s Armed Forces are protecting the world’s oceans.
✈️🌊
Operation DRIFTNET shows how quiet patrols make a global difference.
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January 21, 2026 at 9:32 PM
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨’𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞.

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.
𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨.
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#mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthmatters
January 18, 2026 at 10:15 PM
𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰… some of 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚'𝐬 most famous wine grapes are deliberately left hanging on the vine until they are 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐳𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬?
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January 16, 2026 at 10:44 PM
𝐃𝐈𝐃 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖...
That the biggest "city" in 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚 is not 𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨? Or 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫é𝐚𝐥? Or even 𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐯𝐞𝐫?
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January 16, 2026 at 10:05 PM
𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐎𝐍 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐍𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃: January 15, 2026
Is 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚 sending troops to 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝? Yes and No. Canada is already scheduled to be in Greenland for 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞.
𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐊 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 for clarification
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January 15, 2026 at 8:43 PM
During the quiet chaos of the pandemic, between Christmas 2021 and early January 2022, a Canadian masterpiece vanished from The Fairmont Château Laurier reading room and replaced with a clumsy counterfeit.
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January 14, 2026 at 6:57 PM
It’s that time of year again.
Short days. Long shadows.
Waking up already tired and saying “I’m fine” because it’s easier.
If this isn’t you, read it anyway.
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#MentalHealth #MentalHealthAwareness #YouAreNotAlone
January 12, 2026 at 7:46 PM
The Arctic is melting.
Borders are shifting.
Power is for sale.
𝐓 𝐇 𝐄 𝐈 𝐂 𝐄 𝐂 𝐔 𝐑 𝐓 𝐀 𝐈 𝐍 imagines a near future where global trade, Alberta & the NW Passage collide - and Canada is forced to fight for its sovereignty.
A political thriller?
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January 11, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Warm. Familiar. Complicated. The 𝐇𝐮𝐝𝐬𝐨𝐧’𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐭 is more than a Canadian icon—it’s a story woven with trade, quality, memory, and colonial consequence.
Comfort and controversy, stitched together.
🇨🇦🧵
#AsCanadianAs #CanadianHistory #HBC #TruthInHistory

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January 10, 2026 at 1:01 AM
"Maybe we should call them the 𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚", offerred a relative, after the second murder of American citizens by "ICE" units.

Maybe we should.

©️ 𝘗𝘪𝘥𝘪 𝘗𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘰
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January 9, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Compelled to reach out to our American cousins - to those who want to rid the USA and the world of the infection that is the Tr*mp Regime - I created this. 𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐈𝐓. 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐈𝐓.
- 𝘗𝘪𝘥𝘪 𝘗𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘰

𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐂𝐄:
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#25UseIt #InvokeThe25th #InvokeThe25thAmendment
#pidipicaso
January 8, 2026 at 12:04 AM
January 7, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Canadian conservatism has a proud history of independence, restraint, and respect for sovereignty.
What happens when those values are set aside in favour of imported ideology?
𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐌 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐏𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐍
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞
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January 3, 2026 at 8:48 PM
𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬. 𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬. 𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞.
Canada once gathered around a shared voice each night.
This is the story of the first national news — and the voices we trusted. 🇨🇦
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January 2, 2026 at 9:54 PM
𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲.
Now it has three months to spend $9.3 billion.
What happens when scarcity turns into sudden abundance — and old ideas resurface?
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐈𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭
𝘉𝘺 𝘑𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯
👉 CLICK HERE
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January 1, 2026 at 9:07 PM
𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐃𝐀'𝐒 𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐓𝐄𝐍 𝐖𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒
𝐀 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐞

From coast to coast to coast, 2025 was a year when weather made headlines - and history.
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January 1, 2026 at 7:46 PM
𝐇 𝐀 𝐏 𝐏 𝐘 𝐍 𝐄 𝐖 𝐘 𝐄 𝐀 𝐑 !
𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧' 𝐢𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 & 𝐟 𝐫 𝐚 𝐛 𝐣 𝐨 𝐮 𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔!

𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐬
<𝘢𝘥𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦>
̲𝚖̲̲𝚎̲̲𝚊̲̲𝚗̲̲𝚒̲̲𝚗̲̲𝚐̲
delightful; joyous.
“𝘖𝘩 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘺!” she giggled

𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐍𝐎𝐖 . . . from me to you
𝐀 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫
𝘛𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘨
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January 1, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Canada in Europe: From Cold War Bases to Baltic Deterrence
☆ Canada considers a permanent base in #Latvia
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December 31, 2025 at 10:33 PM
11½+ inches (29 cm) of snow has fallen in Edmonton since this l'il snow spree began!

Haven't moved the Pathfinder in weeks, so this is kind of accurate: the wind & weight of the snow itself compacted it. So, maybe it's "a foot of snow"!

That never happens here! Ontario. Quebec. But not Alberta!
December 29, 2025 at 9:52 PM
THINK IT'S CHILLY HERE?
Here are civilian contractors and crew members of HMCS HARRY DEWOLF conducting ice operations alongside during Cold Weather Trials near Frobisher Bay on February 20, 2021.
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#RCN #Photos #History
#harrydewolf #aops
December 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
“Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling.”
- Edna Ferber
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For a special holiday wish
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December 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM