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Introducing PressProgress’s New Executive Editor Rumneek Johal, former Associate Editor and BC Reporter, steps into new leadership role pressprogress.ca/introducing-...

Brishti Basu @brishti.bsky.social · 6d ago

finally some good news for this team ❤️‍🩹

Introducing PressProgress’s New Executive Editor Rumneek Johal, former Associate Editor and BC Reporter, steps into new leadership role pressprogress.ca/introducing-...

Eric Wickham @ericwickham.ca · 5d ago

Despite the mountain of nonsense this newsroom has had to deal with, I woke up today feeling genuinely excited about work. This is a huge step in the right direction. Congratulations Rumneek! This is so well-deserved.

Introducing PressProgress’s New Executive Editor Rumneek Johal, former Associate Editor and BC Reporter, steps into new leadership role pressprogress.ca/introducing-...

Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 2d ago

HUGE NEWS!!! @rumneeek.bsky.social is incredibly talented, smart and badass. She really deserves this. I'm so excited to see where she takes this newsroom -- toss her a follow so you can see it too!! So happy for her and the team at PressProgress. ❤️

Introducing PressProgress’s New Executive Editor Rumneek Johal, former Associate Editor and BC Reporter, steps into new leadership role pressprogress.ca/introducing-...

Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 5d ago

Actually takes my breath away how cruel some people are. Like genuinely devoid of empathy and will kick kind people when they’re down (with glee) — and some of these people still get paid to voice their brain’s broken, sociopathic thoughts. Really fucked up, man. Truly.

Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 5d ago

Adam Zivo is a fucking monster. Wow.

Luke LeBrun@lukelebrun.ca · 6d ago

Received this bizarre email out of the blue yesterday from National Post columnist Adam Zivo gloating over my former colleague's layoff notice I'd like to thank Postmedia for looking into it and issuing this statement clarifying Zivo is expected to uphold professional standards for employee conduct

Congratulations Excellent work PressProgress has been put in a pretty dire financial situation because of a major lawsuit, so while this wasn't exactly a total surprise for me, I didn't think it would come to this so soon. 4:10 PM • Jul 27, 2026 Adam Zivo | B.A. M.P.P. Columnist - National Post Founder and Director - LoveisLoveisLove Campaign www.adamzivo.com | www.loveisloveislove.org (+1) 647 703

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Adam Zivo Jul 29 to me v Emma Arkell @emmaarkell.bsky.social • 7h This is my last working week as the labour reporter at PressProgress. I received notice a little over a week ago that the labour reporter position is being terminated and I'm being laid off. J 26 Emma Arkell @emmaarkell.bsky.social

Nothing worse than grabbing a bar on the metro and your hand is immediately……moistened………

Days after Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke publicly supported the idea that pensioners and the poor should lose their right to vote — and the wealthy should have extra votes — Elon Musk called him a "national treasure." But that's not all. Lutke also has the ear of Canada's prime minister. Here's proof:

A top dog at virulently pro-mass deportation group was just forced out after being outed as gay. It makes me wonder how he got here. It's very sad. He seemed genuinely happy in the old photos. I sincerely hope he can find his way back to that joy (and ditch the rest of the hate along the way).

very normal thing for a sitting MP to say about a journalist interviewing a federal party leader..........

Conservative MP Shuv Majumdar posts a clip of me interviewing Avi Lewis on my livestream and says "they're both high. really high."

Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · last wk.

Parents of trans youth in Alberta, alongside advocacy groups, are calling for a federal government inquiry into the province's harmful trampling on the rights of trans youth. Because Carney has been all smiles alongside Alberta Premier Danielle Smith lately -- and silent on her deadly policies:

The jackals at Juno News are celebrating a talented journalist being laid off. Must be nice to never have to do layoffs because you can just invent reporters and pretend you hired them instead, eh Keean?

Charlie Angus@charlieangus104.bsky.social · last wk.

Surprising take here from Charlie Angus:

Canada is in a deadly serious moment unlike anything we have seen in a century. We need political leaders to offer a vision of how respond to the threat while offering ways that our nation can move forward. Claiming that the PM's priority is supporting Trump's war machine is a total falsehood.

Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 7d ago

Just a head’s up to everyone who hasn’t reassessed their relationship with Shopify yet: its CEO is actively pushing far-right politics in Canada, now with Elon Musk’s explicit support!

Rachel Gilmore@rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 7d ago

lol, annnnnnnd there's the nail in the coffin, if there was still any doubt:

Rachel Gilmore@rachelgilmore.bsky.social · last wk.

lol, annnnnnnd there's the nail in the coffin, if there was still any doubt:

Elon Musk tweets the 100 per cent emoji, then says "Tobi is a national treasure of Canada!"

Very cool that Shopify’s CEO thinks the poor should have far less of a vote than the rich. Still worth that ad read money, folks?

Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke says “good system.” In response to the following proposal:

“Interesting... what about weighted voting proportional to the level of income tax you pay? (no income tax paid - O vote, $1-100k - 1 vote, $100-200k 2 votes and so on... cap it at 5 votes for $500k+. For those that constantly complain about the wealthy not paying tax/fair share they'd have nothing to worry about right? Why not reward representation of taxation and build a democracy around those that foot the bill?”

The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv)@theserfstv.bsky.social · last wk.

Mark Carney just allowed war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu to fly through Canada despite a warrant for his arrest and the country being a signatory to the Rome Statute. We have aided and embedded one of history's greatest monsters

@CJPME
🚨 For the 3rd time in 7 months, Netanyahu has entered Canadian airspace en route to the United States.

As a signatory to the Rome Statute, Canada is obliged to enforce the ICC arrest warrants against Netanyahu. Instead,
@MarkJCarney
is allowing him to circumvent justice and avoid any consequences for his war crimes and crimes against humanity.

According to protocol, foreign state flights must seek permission before entering Canadian airspace, which should be submitted at least 72 hours in advance.

Why does Carney continue to give safe passage to this war criminal? Canada should deny diplomatic clearance and close the airspace to ICC fugitives.

The Grind @thegrindto.bsky.social · last wk.

The Grind is being sued for defamation. We intend to defending our reporting. We need your support to be able to fight this case and to continue publishing essential journalism in Toronto. See the full announcement for more info.

The Grind Is Being Sued By an IDF Reservist Soldier

This defamation case could sink one of the only publications closely covering the Palestine solidarity movement in Toronto and the repression it has faced. We need your help…

thegrindmag.ca

Deb Jeffrey @debjeffrey.bsky.social · 7d ago

Story about Shopify CEO revealed a few days ago by Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social now covered by CBC. Thankful that Rachel Gilmore - an unsupported investigative jounalist - is often ahead of the game but the question begs...WHY is CBC and other legacy media always so far behind?

Shopify CEO endorses idea to give more votes to wealthy Canadians | CBC News

The billionaire CEO of one of Canada's largest companies has come under fire for endorsing stripping voting rights from some and giving more votes to the ultra wealthy. Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke replied ...

cbc.ca