Rev Barb

@revbarb.bsky.social

Chocolate and coffee lover. Retired Anglican priest. Prairie girl.

As a co-op part of the mandate is fair wages for employees. Last strike had many co-op members reconsidering their commitment to co-op. Something the FCL needs to consider before they decide to try and break a strike again. Just make a deal with your workers already!!!!! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Regina's Co-op refinery plans 500-bed work camp, echoing 2019 labour dispute | CBC News

Negotiations over a new contract are ongoing. Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) previously used a camp during negotiations with unionized staff, including in the lead up to the 2019 lockout that l...

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I don’t think someone who has changed their name 3 times should be commenting on other people’s names. El-Sayed being comfortable in his own skin is so offensive to Vance, who has never known that feeling.

When you wear denim jeans with a denim jacket and denim shirt, you create a very unique look. This look is known as The Canadian Tuxedo....but why? It all began in the 1950s in Vancouver. This is the story. 📸 Wikicommons (Erky-Nagy Tibor) 🧵 1/7

A young man with a large afro hairstyle and sunglasses, dressed in a denim jacket, jeans, and brown boots, posing with one hand on his hip and the other on a yellow and black motorcycle in a grassy rural field with trees and buildings in the background.

I have been saying this for ages! Misinformation robs people of autonomy. When applied to women’s health it means it is inherently misogynistic!

Timothy Caulfield@caulfieldtim.bsky.social · yesterday

Hear, hear‼️ Health misinformation erodes autonomy‼️ Vaccine mis- and disinformation isn’t just a threat to public health, but also to our autonomy theconversation.com/vaccine-mis-... "If we value autonomy for what it really means ... we must take action to address mis- and disinformation."

RIP Lloyd❤️ In the summer of 2023 he came to a show I did in Markham Ontario and was such a gentleman when we got to meet for a photo. I've read his "The kind of life it's been" memoir & realized how pivotal he was in shaping Canadian news, with his calm baritone voice. We'll miss him #canada #news

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This is genuinely astonishing: a piece by the Globe and Mail’s editorial board lamenting the “new normal” of wildfires and summer smoke and no mention whatsoever of a) climate change, or b) the burning of fossil fuels that causes it. #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...

Globe editorial: A summer season of fire, smoke, ashes and fear

The carefree feeling of summers past has been incinerated as wildfires rage across the country

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U.S. President Trump said a decision regarding the 🇨🇦🇨🇦 wildfires would be announced soon. 🇨🇦 Prime Minister Carney later responded by saying 🇨🇦would not be intimidated by what he described as unlawful pressure and pledged to protect Canadian workers, farmers, and expand exports beyond the 🇺🇸

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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... “Robertson helped lead coverage of 11 federal elections, 3 Canadian-hosted Olympic Games &. 2 Quebec referendums…the 1985 Air India bombing, 1989 Montreal massacre & the Sept. 11 attacks. He also helped share inspiring stories such as Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope.”

Lloyd Robertson, former anchor of CTV and CBC's flagship news programs, dead at 92 | CBC News

Lloyd Robertson, who delivered the news to Canadians in an authoritative and unflappable manner for more than 40 years as anchor for the flagship news programs of CTV and the CBC, has died. He was 92.

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Left- It appears the Israel, the European far right and the U.S. got Morocco to send all these tens of thousands of people to Spanish owned Ceuta to disrupt any Iran peace process. Hundreds died. Right- Israel abducted Dr. Musab Samman, a Palestinian doctor and has held him in prison since 2024.

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