Barbara MacKinnon
@barbaramackinnon.bsky.social
SCM, SUPA, Mac, OCT, LLLC
Always knitting. Often reading.
Always knitting. Often reading.
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I wonder if the 10 million dollars of our hard-earned tax dollars is paid out first, and then the donation is skimmed off the top of that amount ...
I wonder if the 10 million dollars of our hard-earned tax dollars is paid out first, and then the donation is skimmed off the top of that amount ...
Deer My Friends
Me and my allstar goverment have bin working hard to redoose red tape so now it’s even easyer to get goverment funding for your company. All you have to do is send our campain office 1000 dollars and we will send you a 10 millun dollar Skills Traineen grant uhmeediately.
Premair
Me and my allstar goverment have bin working hard to redoose red tape so now it’s even easyer to get goverment funding for your company. All you have to do is send our campain office 1000 dollars and we will send you a 10 millun dollar Skills Traineen grant uhmeediately.
Premair
November 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
*Minimum $1000 donation.
I wonder if the 10 million dollars of our hard-earned tax dollars is paid out first, and then the donation is skimmed off the top of that amount ...
I wonder if the 10 million dollars of our hard-earned tax dollars is paid out first, and then the donation is skimmed off the top of that amount ...
Reconstruction equals destruction equals money in Ford’s pocket.
Nearly 80 yrs after their creation, the Doug Ford govt is reducing the unique environmental agencies from 36 to 7, in a move staff say may ‘slow approvals, create confusion’ over development & flood protections.
#FordFailedEnvironment #FordFailedON #onpoli #cdnpoli
thenarwhal.ca/ontario-cons...
#FordFailedEnvironment #FordFailedON #onpoli #cdnpoli
thenarwhal.ca/ontario-cons...
Inside Ontario’s plan to merge 36 conservation authorities to 7 | The Narwhal
Doug Ford’s government is seeking public feedback on its plan to overhaul Ontario’s conservation authorities, reducing local agencies from 36 to 7
thenarwhal.ca
November 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Reconstruction equals destruction equals money in Ford’s pocket.
In Ontario,it will be worth your life to walk and bike and ride scooters in our neighborhoods. Children’s lives will be even more endangered.
November 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
In Ontario,it will be worth your life to walk and bike and ride scooters in our neighborhoods. Children’s lives will be even more endangered.
Reposted by Barbara MacKinnon
I’m back.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I’m back.
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I played squaredle.com 11/14:
*63/63 words ( 12 bonus words)
🎯 In the top 24% by accuracy
🔥 Solve streak: 372
*63/63 words ( 12 bonus words)
🎯 In the top 24% by accuracy
🔥 Solve streak: 372
Squaredle
Squaredle is a daily word building game. Swipe letters in the grid to test your vocabulary every day and rise to the top of the leaderboards!
squaredle.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I played squaredle.com 11/14:
*63/63 words ( 12 bonus words)
🎯 In the top 24% by accuracy
🔥 Solve streak: 372
*63/63 words ( 12 bonus words)
🎯 In the top 24% by accuracy
🔥 Solve streak: 372
Here we go again, Ford and his cronies decimating our favourite places in ON. I knew there was more to the stripper story …
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
My office just uncovered that, buried in their Fall Economic Statement, Ford’s Conservatives are quietly seizing control of Exhibition Place.
#ONpoli
My office just uncovered that, buried in their Fall Economic Statement, Ford’s Conservatives are quietly seizing control of Exhibition Place.
#ONpoli
November 14, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Here we go again, Ford and his cronies decimating our favourite places in ON. I knew there was more to the stripper story …
This would be a really good time for the press to reportt on the actual stories behind the grift and hold the politicians accountable in scrums. Media could inform the general public of what goes on behind the scenes and downplay what goes on in plain sight.
Rohit Gupta, the TDSB supervisor, will earn $350,000 a year +$20,000 in expenses to get the board “back on track” despite an auditor finding no evidence of financial mismanagement.
supervisor@tdsb.on.ca
rohit.gupta@tdsb.on.ca
A former Metrolinx advisor getting things back on track is just perfect.
supervisor@tdsb.on.ca
rohit.gupta@tdsb.on.ca
A former Metrolinx advisor getting things back on track is just perfect.
November 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This would be a really good time for the press to reportt on the actual stories behind the grift and hold the politicians accountable in scrums. Media could inform the general public of what goes on behind the scenes and downplay what goes on in plain sight.
On November 11th, we remember those who kept the home-fires burning and those abroad who kept the world from burning. Sacrifices all to attain peace.
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
On November 11th, we remember those who kept the home-fires burning and those abroad who kept the world from burning. Sacrifices all to attain peace.
I still think vaccinating school age children in school is a really good way to ensure most children are being vaccinated, to protect them from diseases.
ON needs to restore Public Health Units and make nurses readily available to help keep students healthy.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ON needs to restore Public Health Units and make nurses readily available to help keep students healthy.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta's role in Canada's loss of measles elimination status embarrassing, former chief medical officer says | CBC News
The latest federal data shows Alberta accounts for 38 per cent of Canada’s cases.
www.cbc.ca
November 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I still think vaccinating school age children in school is a really good way to ensure most children are being vaccinated, to protect them from diseases.
ON needs to restore Public Health Units and make nurses readily available to help keep students healthy.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ON needs to restore Public Health Units and make nurses readily available to help keep students healthy.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Wind blown snow shaped a tree on one of the windows of a house. There is a snowscape at the bottom of the other.
November 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Wind blown snow shaped a tree on one of the windows of a house. There is a snowscape at the bottom of the other.
First snow, and the plants are covered with a blanket of fluffy flakes ❄️
Sure hope the fourth Swallowtail caterpillar made his chrysalis last night! The other three have done so already ;)
Sure hope the fourth Swallowtail caterpillar made his chrysalis last night! The other three have done so already ;)
November 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
First snow, and the plants are covered with a blanket of fluffy flakes ❄️
Sure hope the fourth Swallowtail caterpillar made his chrysalis last night! The other three have done so already ;)
Sure hope the fourth Swallowtail caterpillar made his chrysalis last night! The other three have done so already ;)
Reposted by Barbara MacKinnon
🚨LCBO revenues down $300 million
💰 that pays for schools, healthcare, infrastructure
Canceling beer store contract early cost $225 million
▶️Cost to Ontarians of privatizing alcohol sales:
$300 M + $225 M = $525 million
#ONpoli #FordMath
💰 that pays for schools, healthcare, infrastructure
Canceling beer store contract early cost $225 million
▶️Cost to Ontarians of privatizing alcohol sales:
$300 M + $225 M = $525 million
#ONpoli #FordMath
NEW: For the first time in a decade, the LCBO is expecting to see less than $2 billion in revenue.
That's something workers at the Crown corporation warned could happen after alcohol liberalization was introduced. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1151446...
That's something workers at the Crown corporation warned could happen after alcohol liberalization was introduced. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1151446...
LCBO revenue drops below $2B for 1st time in a decade after alcohol liberalization | Globalnews.ca
The Fall Economic Statement projects that for the first time in a decade, LCBO will take in less than $2 billion after changes to let convenience stores sell alcohol.
globalnews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
It’s a good time to support this cause and many other journalists who provide credible information all across Canada.
Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
It’s a good time to support this cause and many other journalists who provide credible information all across Canada.
Here is the story about the misuse of SDF awards in Ontario.
www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
Venue of $10M Skills Development Fund recipient, partners now licensed as an ‘adult entertainment club’
For decades, Zlatko Starkovski has leased the historic Exhibition Place building, which hosted PC fundraisers and the party’s campaign manager’s wedding in recent years
www.thetrillium.ca
November 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Here is the story about the misuse of SDF awards in Ontario.
www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
Kiitos! Children in Canada who can play in sandboxes, make mud pies, wade in streams, swim in lakes and explore forests are very fortunate indeed. School trips to nature centres are an important part of education.
How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health
In #Finland, kindergartens are exposing children to more mud, wild plants and moss - and finding changes to their health that show how crucial biodiversity is to wellbeing
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
In #Finland, kindergartens are exposing children to more mud, wild plants and moss - and finding changes to their health that show how crucial biodiversity is to wellbeing
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health
In Finland, kindergartens are exposing children to more mud, wild plants and moss - and finding changes to their health that show how crucial biodiversity is to wellbeing
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Kiitos! Children in Canada who can play in sandboxes, make mud pies, wade in streams, swim in lakes and explore forests are very fortunate indeed. School trips to nature centres are an important part of education.
ON open for business - gambling, booze and now strippers.
Not my idea of a wholesome and prospering province of ON.
Not my idea of a wholesome and prospering province of ON.
This is criminal! The Doug Ford government is so corrupt!
No one in Ontario should be OK with this!!! 😠
#FordIsCorrupt #onpoli 👇 #cdnpoli
www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
No one in Ontario should be OK with this!!! 😠
#FordIsCorrupt #onpoli 👇 #cdnpoli
www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
November 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
ON open for business - gambling, booze and now strippers.
Not my idea of a wholesome and prospering province of ON.
Not my idea of a wholesome and prospering province of ON.
1) Food for thought ....
Premier Danielle Smith has used the “notwithstanding clause” for the first time in Alberta to shield the government’s strike-breaking bill against teachers from a court challenge. www.readthemaple.com/alberta-forc...
Premier Danielle Smith has used the “notwithstanding clause” for the first time in Alberta to shield the government’s strike-breaking bill against teachers from a court challenge. www.readthemaple.com/alberta-forc...
Alberta Forcing Teachers Back To Work Is A Historic Loss
Premier Danielle Smith has used the ‘notwithstanding clause’ to shield the strike-breaking bill from a court challenge.
www.readthemaple.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
1) Food for thought ....
Premier Danielle Smith has used the “notwithstanding clause” for the first time in Alberta to shield the government’s strike-breaking bill against teachers from a court challenge. www.readthemaple.com/alberta-forc...
Premier Danielle Smith has used the “notwithstanding clause” for the first time in Alberta to shield the government’s strike-breaking bill against teachers from a court challenge. www.readthemaple.com/alberta-forc...
I hope the Indigenous leaders have learned from the past, to be very sceptical indeed about “gifts” offered by a white settler known for his empty promises.
Tomorrow marks the beginning of Treaties Recognition Week.
To celebrate, Doug Ford is trying to bully Indigenous communities into letting him build roads and mines to dig up crucial minerals in their communities.
And lying about it in expensive ads. Obvi.
thenarwhal.ca/opinion-blue...
To celebrate, Doug Ford is trying to bully Indigenous communities into letting him build roads and mines to dig up crucial minerals in their communities.
And lying about it in expensive ads. Obvi.
thenarwhal.ca/opinion-blue...
Don’t be fooled by the Ontario Ring of Fire ads aired during Blue Jays games | The Narwhal
Doug Ford’s ads during Blue Jays World Series games suggest mines are up and running in the Ring of Fire in northern Ontario, but that’s not true
thenarwhal.ca
November 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I hope the Indigenous leaders have learned from the past, to be very sceptical indeed about “gifts” offered by a white settler known for his empty promises.
I would love to see a parade to celebrate this team and honour their team spirit and honesty for fair play in baseball!
November 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I would love to see a parade to celebrate this team and honour their team spirit and honesty for fair play in baseball!
Reposted by Barbara MacKinnon
"I have watched a million games over the years. I’ve never watched one that comes anywhere close to this one.
This wasn’t just a Toronto landmark moment. Given the stakes, it was one of the greatest games of baseball ever played. Maybe the greatest. That probably doesn’t help you much right now." 🎁
This wasn’t just a Toronto landmark moment. Given the stakes, it was one of the greatest games of baseball ever played. Maybe the greatest. That probably doesn’t help you much right now." 🎁
November 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
"I have watched a million games over the years. I’ve never watched one that comes anywhere close to this one.
This wasn’t just a Toronto landmark moment. Given the stakes, it was one of the greatest games of baseball ever played. Maybe the greatest. That probably doesn’t help you much right now." 🎁
This wasn’t just a Toronto landmark moment. Given the stakes, it was one of the greatest games of baseball ever played. Maybe the greatest. That probably doesn’t help you much right now." 🎁
The Blue Jays may not be the World Champions this year, but I think that they are the far better baseball team, in fair play, deportment and support for each other. Remarkable role models for adults and children alike.
November 2, 2025 at 4:45 AM
The Blue Jays may not be the World Champions this year, but I think that they are the far better baseball team, in fair play, deportment and support for each other. Remarkable role models for adults and children alike.
Happy colourful 1st fall day in November! This squirrel is wisely preparing for cold winter months, in anticipation of welcoming spring in the new year. Forward looking :)
November 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Happy colourful 1st fall day in November! This squirrel is wisely preparing for cold winter months, in anticipation of welcoming spring in the new year. Forward looking :)
Interesting report and quite thorough.
Two ‘bad cops’, eh? And the whole scenario is a setup, imo!
Let the Canadian Federal government elected officials do their job …
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
Two ‘bad cops’, eh? And the whole scenario is a setup, imo!
Let the Canadian Federal government elected officials do their job …
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
Eric Ham: Doug Ford’s ‘bad cop’ routine reaches its limits in Canada’s trade talks with U.S.
Washington political analyst Eric Ham focuses on how Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s controversial anti-tariff ad, featuring Ronald Reagan, has complicated Prime Minister Mark Carney’s efforts to negotiat...
www.ctvnews.ca
October 30, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Interesting report and quite thorough.
Two ‘bad cops’, eh? And the whole scenario is a setup, imo!
Let the Canadian Federal government elected officials do their job …
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
Two ‘bad cops’, eh? And the whole scenario is a setup, imo!
Let the Canadian Federal government elected officials do their job …
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
Tommy Douglas would have approved! We need more of our tax dollars spent on many aspects of public health care, including restoring what we had …
Want to ease the burden of health-care costs, and especially hospitalization?
Easy. Just spend whatever it costs to provide all Canadians with free vaccinations — for life.
@crof.bsky.social explains. 🏥 #BCCovid
Easy. Just spend whatever it costs to provide all Canadians with free vaccinations — for life.
@crof.bsky.social explains. 🏥 #BCCovid
Why All Vaccines Should Be Free | The Tyee
COVID-19 normalized vaccination for adults, and we should go further to protect people from shingles and RSV.
thetyee.ca
October 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Tommy Douglas would have approved! We need more of our tax dollars spent on many aspects of public health care, including restoring what we had …
Reposted by Barbara MacKinnon
Our voices are powerful. If everyone who cares about public education in Ontario makes a call or sends an email this week that adds up really quickly. #NoToBill33 #OntEd #OnPoli
October 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Our voices are powerful. If everyone who cares about public education in Ontario makes a call or sends an email this week that adds up really quickly. #NoToBill33 #OntEd #OnPoli