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BREAKING: Skate Canada is boycotting Alberta over the province's ban on Trans women competing in women's sports.

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Skate Canada to stop holding national, international events in Alberta | CBC News
Skate Canada says it will no longer host major events in Alberta following a review of the province's legislation on the participation of transgender athletes in women's sport.
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December 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Do we have a sovereign cultural policy or don’t we. That’s what this comes down to. The federal gov’s shrug faced with Alberta violating the Health Act with new private stream is not a good sign. Everything may be for sale.
December 19, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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🚨 High-risk #AI can impact #FundamentalRights in areas like education, jobs & social benefits.

Stronger assessments & oversight are needed to protect people & foster innovation.
Our latest report shows how!

🔗 See: link.europa.eu/KVQ4p3
December 4, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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More than 1,600 people have been killed in attacks on medical facilities and health care centers in war-torn Sudan so far this year, the UN health chief says.
Over 1,600 people have been killed in attacks on health centers in Sudan this year, WHO chief says
The WHO said gunmen killed at least 460 people at a hospital in el-Fasher, and abducted doctors and nurses.
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December 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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We live in a world where the borders between one language and another, between reality and non-reality, between the human and the non-human, are all being denied. Translation can be an antidote to this nihilism of borderlessness, writes @marcishore.bsky.social www.eurozine.com/encounters-i...
Encounters in the borderlands
We live in a world where the borders between one language and another, between reality and non-reality, between the human and the non-human, are all being denied. As a reminder of difference and an op...
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December 3, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Ukrainians are rediscovering marginalized landscapes, histories and stories through grassroots resistance founded on loss, where language and naming reclaim cultural foundations. Kateryna Botanova via the Green European Journal www.eurozine.com/learning-fro...
Learning from erasure
Despite the uncertainty of recovery from ongoing war, Ukrainians are confronting Russian destruction and de-construction with daily acts of reconstruction. Marginalized landscapes, histories and stori...
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December 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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If real progress on poverty is to be made in Canada, we must ensure that work pays enough to live with dignity, which includes increasing minimum wages and strengthening employment standards. #CDNpoli #CanadaSky #Poverty
December 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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The key finding is that the working poor are the largest group among those in poverty, making up 42% of people who live in poor families. This suggests that work alone is not enough to escape poverty in Canada.
December 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Nadya Tolokonnikova, one of the group’s founders, said the move was intended to “erase Pussy Riot from the minds of the Russian people.”
Moscow Court Labels Pussy Riot ‘Extremist’ Organization - The Moscow Times
Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court on Monday designated the exiled feminist protest group Pussy Riot an “extremist” organization, effectively banning its activities in Russia and putting anyone associat...
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December 15, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Why inflation angst may temper Trump’s trade threats to Mexico, Canada
Why inflation angst may temper Trump’s trade threats to Mexico, Canada
As Trump floats pulling out of a trade deal with Mexico and Canada, officials on both sides of the border are betting the president won’t risk quashing a deal that has helped keep prices in check.
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December 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Of 111 measles cases reported in the state's northwest region, 105 people were unvaccinated and 3 were partially vacinnated, health officials said.
At least 254 quarantined in SC over 'accelerating' measles outbreak
Of 111 measles cases reported in the state's northwest region, 105 people were unvaccinated and 3 were partially vacinnated, health officials said.
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December 12, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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After months of extrajudicial killings in the waters off Venezuela, the Trump administration opted instead to capture an oil tanker.
U.S. Realizes It Can Seize Boats After All
The United States seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela in a dramatic escalation of its recent aggression toward the country.
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December 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Traveling in style, chauffeured around in a rental worth half a $Million. But seriously, we subsidize car ownership through publicly funded infrastructure and oil production, why can’t we also publicly subsidize smarter modes of transportation? #halifax #maritimebus
January 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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The current wave of #Belarusian folklore texts, music and dance taps into a history of resilience and creative revival. www.eurozine.com/language-of-...
Language of expression during repressions
Throughout history, Belarusians have turned to their rich folklore traditions in harsh times. What may appear as a period of cultural stagnation is often a moment of resilience and creative revival. A...
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December 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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While the majority of critical reporters were forced to leave Putin's Russia, those that remained morphed into regime propagandists. How to explain their political subservience? Irina Borogan & Andrei Soldatov interviewed by Mirjana Tomić via @iwm.at
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Our dear friends in Moscow
Putin’s crack-down on dissent at the beginning of his third term was a watershed moment for Russian journalism. While the majority of critical reporters were forced to leave, those that remained morph...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM