Canada’s Greatest Asset Isn’t Beneath Our Feet. It’s Our People. Health is not simply a cost it is one of the primary drivers of economic prosperity. www.longwoods.com/content/2791.... via @longwoods.bsky.social
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Retired NS lawyer & civil servant choosing to live in the real world. She/her. Dog lover. Amateur photographer. Believer in justice, compassion, connection & clean air. Proud member of @popns.bsky.social & my local volunteer fire department. #CanadaSky
What the actual fuck is wrong with Ontario voters? There’s no Canadian politician dumber and more corrupt than Dougie except maybe Danielle.
David Coletto@davidcoletto.bsky.social · 3h agoThe expense scandal has not transformed the Ontario political landscape, but vote intentions have moved against the PCs. Before: PC 42%, OLP 30%, NDP 19% Now: PC 40%, OLP 32%, NDP 21% NEW POLL: abacusdata.ca/expense-sca...
The expense scandal has not transformed the Ontario political landscape, but vote intentions have moved against the PCs. Before: PC 42%, OLP 30%, NDP 19% Now: PC 40%, OLP 32%, NDP 21% NEW POLL: abacusdata.ca/expense-sca...
What is it about hot summer nights that generates so much small dick energy? Laying in bed wishing all the little boys with their pathetically noisy cars and motorcycles would just go the hell home. (And they wonder why they can’t get laid!)
New media release calls on the Chief Medical Examiner of Nova Scotia to investigate and recommend steps to address the growing danger to pedestrians, cyclists, and other vulnerable road users from pick-up trucks and large SUVs. #VisionZero #RoadSafety
Nova Scotia must take action to prevent deaths from pick-ups and large SUVs
Pickups, largely promoted and used for personal travel, along with SUVs and minivans, accounted for almost 88% of new vehicle sales in Canada in 2025.
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If you believe this, and I hope you do, there is nothing stopping you from continuing to protect your vulnerable neighbors by wearing masks in crowded and indoor spaces, especially necessary spaces like healthcare facilities, grocery stores, and public transportation. Absolutely nothing.
Dave Andress@davidandress.bsky.social · 4d agoCovid lockdowns demonstrated, in a deeply imperfect way, the possibility of large-scale social solidarity for a higher cause. That is a prime reason why so many powerful people want us to run screaming away from them into the comforting arms of selfish individualist competition.
"Pathways is a non-binding pledge that enables expanded oil production, higher greenhouse gas emissions and billions in public subsidies for pipelines and carbon-capture infrastructure — This is not climate policy; it is greenwashing dressed up as national strategy."
Pathways is a costly climate fiction — and Canadians are paying for it
The 2025 Alberta–Carney agreement explicitly links pipeline construction to the Pathways project. Despite record profits — $37 billion for oilsands producers in 2023 — Canadians are being asked to fin...
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I don't think #NovaScotia can survive the #TimHouston government's constant destruction of good services while enabling corporations. Let's keep pushing back on these heartless moves. I thought "Progressive Conservative" still meant something; it doesn't. #nspoli halifax.citynews.ca/2026/07/28/f...
Foster parent advocacy group says Nova Scotia plans to cut all its funding next year
The organization that has trained and advocated on behalf of Nova Scotia foster parents for five decades says the provincial government plans to cut all its funding next year.
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📣 Nuvaxovid now! We need access to the Nuvaxovid (formerly Novavax) COVID-19 vaccine! ✉️ Use our online tool to send emails to health ministers stillcoviding.ca/en/take-acti... #NuvaxovidNow #Novavax #COVID #CovidIsNotOver
They expect Canadians to be happy about it. "The economy!!!" "Potential" "energy superpower". The cost is destruction.
Credit to chefdwightsmith from Toronto #Canada Chef Dwight visits #NovaScotia and tries some of our amazing east coast food
/2 The federal government has announced almost $2 billion in funding to modernize Via Rail's passenger fleet with 45 new hybrid battery-diesel passenger locomotives. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Feds announce almost $2B for 45 hybrid battery-diesel Via Rail passenger locomotives | CBC News
The federal government has announced almost $2 billion in funding to modernize Via Rail's passenger fleet with 45 new hybrid battery-diesel passenger locomotives.
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Do you know what China's been doing while we've been dropping bombs and allocating more money for new weapons? Beating us on alternative energy, manufacturing, high speed rail, technology, microchips, and infrastructure.
What he said. This interview should be required viewing. Come on, CBC.
Trevor Parsons@dartmouthcommon.bsky.social · last wk.I have to ask why Vaillant is not a frequent guest on CBC News' The National considering the topic du jour is the global wildfire crisis. I'm sure CBC's executive editor, @brodiefenlon.bsky.social just couldn't find his contact info. Brodie, you can message John Vaillant here.
I'm speechless at his accomplishments and impact on the search and rescue community and instrumental in creating the BC Silver alert that help people with dementia, autism and cognitive disabilities. A big loss for Canada. May his soul rest in peace. Also a reminder that organ donation saves lives.
Superstar Carney Inc. has not learned that you can’t run a country like a business!
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👋 Public Health Communicator from Australia here. One of the reasons Australia punches above its weight in sports is that it prioritizes sports science. It's no surprise that Aussie athletes like the swim team have been consistently masking to prevent themselves getting sick before competitions.
What is it with greedy people who think their greed earns them more of a voice? Humanity has completely lost the plot. #cdnpoli
cm 🍁@cmcalgary.bsky.social · last wk.Controversial German-Canadian billionaire Tobias "Tobi" Lütke is under fire once again for online comments suggesting that people who don't earn an income should not be eligible to vote in elections, and that high earners should have more electoral power than middle- and low-income voters. #cdnpoli
This is Mike's partner Sylvia Fuller - I am so sorry to say that Mike was found unresponsive while mountain biking yesterday and died despite the best efforts of other riders and Squamish EMS. Thank you to Squamish Search and Rescue for carrying him out and taking care of our dog. We are shattered
As a person with complex health conditions, this is not good and people will suffer www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Albertans can pay for MRIs and other tests without a doctor's referral, as of Friday | CBC News
The new system, which has already sparked concern among doctors and some health care advocacy groups, has been in the works for months. It allows Albertans to self-refer and pay for MRIs, CT scans, ul...
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Cutting the carbon tax, pushing for more oil and gas developments, and now this: The Carney government cut nearly half the jobs at nerve centre for managing wildfires: ottawacitizen.com/public-servi... It's not too late to reverse course, re-commit to #ClimateAction and protect our land.
Carney government cut nearly half the jobs at nerve centre for managing wildfires: union
The Carney government cut about 50 positions from the federal nerve centre responsible for managing forest fires, the union says.
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Okay…serious post here. These are some dangerously concerning allegations. For the sake of our democracy, can anyone verify this? -ND
People claim to be doing progressive work and then do ad reads for the platform that literally keeps Canada’s bargain bin Elon Musk loaded. I get most Americans don’t think about Canada hardly ever but could you please, this once, think about the impact your actions have outside your borders?
Rachel Gilmore@rachelgilmore.bsky.social · last wk.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?
Friday night lights aka late breaking news release. Ka boom. Toronto anger was not for naught. You moved a monolith: the Liberal caucus. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Federal government grounds Billy Bishop airport expansion
The just-concluded public survey suggested strong public opposition to the project, according to a federal government official.
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Anyone received a response from their MP yet on this if you've written? www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Public funding for fossil fuel industry breaks another Liberal climate promise, advocates say | CBC News
The Carney government's financial support for the oil and gas industry amounts to breaking a federal commitment to phase out fossil fuel subsidies, according to environmental advocates.
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I hope every day you all are trying to cultivate joy. A kindness to a neighbor. A long walk. Poetry. Birdwatching. Meditation. Being silly and playing peekaboo in a checkout line with a cute baby. These are dark times, and joy is something the bastards cannot take from us. Fight for it.
Old news for #NovaScotia I was swamped with Lyme investigations 5 years ago, as the only health officer in my region. But hayyyy…. Gov’s apparently saving money, and with record provincial dept, no docs, & EDs closed. I’m sure it’ll be fine.
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Scott Forbes🇨🇦@theecologyprof.bsky.social · 2w agoAmerican ticks are invading Canada including the lone star tick causing people to become allergic to red meat. These are Trump's ticks. He's not doing enough to keep them from crossing our border. Until he fixes this problem it's time for BIG tariffs on American products. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Most Canadians understand that the game our PM is playing with Donald Trump, and the need to for some strategic deception (and debasement). But their patience for it depends on his willingness to be honest with them -- and it might be running out. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/24/o...
Canadians want to fight. Their prime minister might need to let them
I understand the broader strategy at work here, and I’m willing to bet many Canadians do as well. In the face of a volatile and vainglorious bully who’s constitutionally incapable of keeping his word,...
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