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Doug Johnson 🇨🇦🇺🇦🌦️🏞
@smikooman.bsky.social
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Physical Geographer | Air and Water Resource Manager | North Okanagan-Nk'maplqs | Civic Nationalist and Voltigeur | #StandWithUkraine #NAFO 🇨🇦🇺🇦☭⃠
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November 16, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Late autumn in Vernon, B.C. Note the two lakes, Kalamalka (l) and Okanagan (r). #VernonBC
Yellow and green rural landscape with mountains and lakes in the backdrop.
November 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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👏🏻 Canada's tireless russian Embassy Protesters (REP) receive the Ukrainian Canadian Congress President's Certificate of Appreciation. REP's daily demonstrations serve as a powerful symbol of solidarity, courage, and hope for the Ukrainian community. @drkatems.bsky.social
#StandWithUkraine 🇨🇦🇺🇦 #NAFO
Two protesters receiving an award. @drkatems.bsky.social "Since the first days of Russia’s full-scale invasion, your daily demonstrations have served as a powerful symbol of solidarity, courage, and hope for our entire community. On the morning of Friday November 14, Alexandra Chyczij, UCC’s National President, will deliver the President’s Report. As part of her presentation, she would like to recognize the work of your group with a special UCC President’s Certificate of Appreciation for your unwavering dedication to Ukraine’s fight for freedom."
November 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee MP Scott Anderson signing postcards for the Armed Forces of Ukraine troops serving at the line of contact, defending Ukraine from russia’s illegal war of aggression.
#VernonBC #StandWithUkraine 🇨🇦🇺🇦
MP Anderson at the XXVIII Triennial Congress of Ukrainian Canadians, russian Embassy Protestors' table.
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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After endless promotion of the Universal Ostrich Farm as news, even in yesterday's paper, the Vernon Morning Star runs an editorial in said paper strongly supporting H5N1 avian flu biosecurity. Yet the editorial, inexplicably, doesn't even contain the word "ostrich." #VernonBC
Article discussing the return of avian flu in B.C., its impact on poultry farms, and potential human health risks, with no mention of the recent ostrich cull in nearby Edgewood, B.C.
November 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Diefenbaker be like, "D'oh!"
My favourite Dief the Chief meme
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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The Law of Unintended Consequences
Looks like Kevin Brosseau, Canada's Fentanyl Tsar, has done his job well. #CdnPoli 🇨🇦
November 14, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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The bait... and the click.
A seated man in a suit at a desk in the White House, with papers and a book visible, as part of a news article about political criticism. The article contains no mention of Trump "not participating." Two large posters on a wall demand the release of "The Epstein Files!" in a public area in Washington, D.C.
November 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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In my municipality, we can officially review the City budget at the pub. I don't think I've ever seen that anywhere before (and would be strictly forbidden at a particular BC Crown Corporation).
#VernonBC
Vernon, BC budget timeline
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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The coming week will show just how much U.S. society does indeed care for vulnerable children.
Email correspondence from 2011 between Gmax and Jeffrey Epstein discussing a sensitive topic with an emphasis on a "victim." A newspaper headline discusses emails suggesting Donald Trump’s knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein's misconduct, amidst pressure for further investigation.
November 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Canada: soon to be 'a land of third-world hunters and gatherers'.

- Pierre Poilievre, 'Just Not Ready'
#CdnPoli 🇨🇦
November 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Canada's newspaper of record, @theglobeandmail.com, front page.
Headline on an article regarding newly released Epstein emails alleging Donald Trump's awareness of underage girls involved.
November 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Me too. 😬
Text excerpt discussing H5N1 infections among farm workers, highlighting positive test results and lack of symptoms.
November 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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"In an increasingly dangerous and divided world, Remembrance is also vigilance. Our sovereignty and our security, and those of our allies, are not guaranteed. The women and men of the Canadian Armed Forces protect them every single day."
-Prime Minister Mark Carney
#CdnPoli 🇨🇦 Lest we forget 🌺
A soldier's uniform sleeve displaying Canadian and Ukrainian flags, alongside a Ukrainian National Guard insignia.
November 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Criminal Convoyer Cries Over Incarceration
#FAFO 😭
#CdnPoli 🇨🇦
November 12, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Soldier and Girl at Station
Lest we forget 🌺🇨🇦

- Alex Colville
A soldier embraces a woman at a dimly lit train station, with luggage on the ground and train cars in the background. Alex Colville Glazed tempera on hardboard, 40.6 x 60.9 cm The Thomson Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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A moving tribute to reconciliation, resilience, and friendship on this Remembrance Day. 🇨🇦🇯🇵
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
An article discussing the historical and emotional ties between Japan and Canada, focusing on memorials and shared experiences post-World War II.
November 11, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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"Viktor, have I told you about the golden shower?"
Tacky gold Oval Office.
November 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Justin Trudeau caused Canada to lose its measles-free status. #CdnPoli 🇨🇦
Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner speaks at a news conference in Ottawa, addressing vaccine hesitancy amid a measles outbreak. Pierre Poilievre FREEDOM! Pierre Poilievre anti-vaccine policy Pierre Poilievre lying.
November 11, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON" indeed, President DJT.
A tweet by Donald Trump questioning U.S. trade policies, expressing frustration over tariffs and foreign trade regulations. A toddler sits with a blankie labelled "TARIFFS," symbolizing childhood innocence intertwined with economic policies.
November 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Comfortable majorities of Canadians are good with major national energy infrastructure projects moving forward, even if some First Nations, communities, or provinces oppose them. #CdnPoli 🇨🇦
- Nanos Research
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Survey results on national energy project approval: 61% believe approval is needed despite local opposition; varying support levels noted. Numbers may not add up to 100 because of rounding. Aug., 2025 data are based on a random telephone and online survey of 1,034 Canadians conducted from July 31 to August 6, 2025.
November 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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It's not only the UOF grifting off the Edgewood biosecurity issue.
@castanet.net
Castanet continuing to exploit the Edgewood ostrich issue.
November 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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I'm a six degrees-of-separation guy, this article blows my mind.

How the son of russian spies paved the legal path for B.C. ostrich cull
Alexander Vavilov set the Supreme Court of Canada precedent for 'reasonableness' at heart of ostrich case
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
A dramatic black and white poster for "The Americans", featuring two figures with guns against a backdrop of patriotic symbols and Cold War imagery.
November 8, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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The first segment is about Pierre Poilievre's leadership woes.

@chebert18.bsky.social was on fire such that Poilievre must be bewildered where he got first degree burns from.

@spocksky.bsky.social aptly notes Pierre Poilievre is almost universally regarded as being bitter and charmless.
#CdnPoli 🇨🇦
November 8, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Trump is an activist president, active against his own people, especially the most vulnerable.
November 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM