Barbara MacKinnon
@barbaramackinnon.bsky.social
SCM, SUPA, Mac, OCT, LLLC
Always knitting. Often reading.
Always knitting. Often reading.
I concur! Curling is a very Canadian sport. We know how to win by playing fair. Sorry, not sorry, eh?
Canadians will forgive almost anything, but you will NOT disrespect curling.
Canadians will forgive almost anything, but you will NOT disrespect curling.
Canadians will forgive almost anything, but you will NOT disrespect curling.
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February 19, 2026 at 5:45 PM
I concur! Curling is a very Canadian sport. We know how to win by playing fair. Sorry, not sorry, eh?
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In ON schools, students are not allowed to learn basketweaving, but are mandated to watch Olympic hockey games for three hours straight.
Will they be marked on their cheering and booing abilities?
Who is providing the popcorn? 🍿
Whatever could go wrong in this setting? Teachers know.
In ON schools, students are not allowed to learn basketweaving, but are mandated to watch Olympic hockey games for three hours straight.
Will they be marked on their cheering and booing abilities?
Who is providing the popcorn? 🍿
Whatever could go wrong in this setting? Teachers know.
February 19, 2026 at 3:50 PM
🧺 VS 🏒
In ON schools, students are not allowed to learn basketweaving, but are mandated to watch Olympic hockey games for three hours straight.
Will they be marked on their cheering and booing abilities?
Who is providing the popcorn? 🍿
Whatever could go wrong in this setting? Teachers know.
In ON schools, students are not allowed to learn basketweaving, but are mandated to watch Olympic hockey games for three hours straight.
Will they be marked on their cheering and booing abilities?
Who is providing the popcorn? 🍿
Whatever could go wrong in this setting? Teachers know.
A friend told me that CBC had reported on closed schools thus morning. I said “It’s about time the press reported on all the schools being closed by the government in Ontario!”
Alas, CBC had reported on schools closed temporarily due to inclement weather. 😂
Teachers 👏
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alas, CBC had reported on schools closed temporarily due to inclement weather. 😂
Teachers 👏
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Buses cancelled, schools open as freezing rain and ice expected Wednesday | CBC News
School buses and transportation were cancelled Wednesday due to the weather forecast, which warned freezing rain is expected throughout the day in Waterloo region, Guelph and Wellington County with ic...
www.cbc.ca
February 18, 2026 at 4:32 PM
A friend told me that CBC had reported on closed schools thus morning. I said “It’s about time the press reported on all the schools being closed by the government in Ontario!”
Alas, CBC had reported on schools closed temporarily due to inclement weather. 😂
Teachers 👏
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alas, CBC had reported on schools closed temporarily due to inclement weather. 😂
Teachers 👏
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ontario finance minister says rate of healthcare spending is “unsustainable”. “We’re going to have to manage that challenge.”
How can the Ford government be so right and yet so wrong at the same time?
Another case of whiplash with no or very little public health care provided with our tax dollars.
How can the Ford government be so right and yet so wrong at the same time?
Another case of whiplash with no or very little public health care provided with our tax dollars.
February 17, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Ontario finance minister says rate of healthcare spending is “unsustainable”. “We’re going to have to manage that challenge.”
How can the Ford government be so right and yet so wrong at the same time?
Another case of whiplash with no or very little public health care provided with our tax dollars.
How can the Ford government be so right and yet so wrong at the same time?
Another case of whiplash with no or very little public health care provided with our tax dollars.
Today, for the first ever time, I won in one! 🎉🥇 🇨🇦
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🥉 #CanuckleBronzeTeam
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Canuckle 47 1/6
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🔥 streak: 10
🥉 #CanuckleBronzeTeam
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Canuckle - A daily Canadian word game
Guess the hidden word in 6 tries. A new puzzle is available each day.
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February 16, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Today, for the first ever time, I won in one! 🎉🥇 🇨🇦
Canuckle 47 1/6
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🔥 streak: 10
🥉 #CanuckleBronzeTeam
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Canuckle 47 1/6
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🔥 streak: 10
🥉 #CanuckleBronzeTeam
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Happy Valentine’s Day❣️
A good time to share hugs, remember precious hugs of days gone by and look forward to many more such times of sharing love. 🤗
A good time to share hugs, remember precious hugs of days gone by and look forward to many more such times of sharing love. 🤗
February 14, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Happy Valentine’s Day❣️
A good time to share hugs, remember precious hugs of days gone by and look forward to many more such times of sharing love. 🤗
A good time to share hugs, remember precious hugs of days gone by and look forward to many more such times of sharing love. 🤗
For the difficult days, when we need a strategy to cope and carry on. 🤗
February 12, 2026 at 1:53 AM
For the difficult days, when we need a strategy to cope and carry on. 🤗
So proud of these Canadian skaters! Their dance was spectacular and I will watch it again 😊 ⛸️ 🥉
The Canadian men’s curling team didn’t do too badly either, winning their first game. So close. Here’s hoping for more wins … 🥌
The Canadian men’s curling team didn’t do too badly either, winning their first game. So close. Here’s hoping for more wins … 🥌
February 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
So proud of these Canadian skaters! Their dance was spectacular and I will watch it again 😊 ⛸️ 🥉
The Canadian men’s curling team didn’t do too badly either, winning their first game. So close. Here’s hoping for more wins … 🥌
The Canadian men’s curling team didn’t do too badly either, winning their first game. So close. Here’s hoping for more wins … 🥌
A great start. Let’s keep keeping Canada secure!
Bruce Fanjoy
Carleton
Liberal Caucus
Ontario
24,696 signatures
Alberta-2969
British Columbia-4425
Manitoba-882
New Brunswick-542
Newfoundland and Labrador-341
Northwest Territories-25
Nova Scotia-1159
Nunavut-11
Ontario-12163
Prince Edward Island-146
Quebec-1141
Saskatchewan-679
Yukon-48
Carleton
Liberal Caucus
Ontario
24,696 signatures
Alberta-2969
British Columbia-4425
Manitoba-882
New Brunswick-542
Newfoundland and Labrador-341
Northwest Territories-25
Nova Scotia-1159
Nunavut-11
Ontario-12163
Prince Edward Island-146
Quebec-1141
Saskatchewan-679
Yukon-48
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Bruce Fanjoy - who beat Pierre Poilievre in the riding of Carleton - has officially sponsored a petition which calls on all party leaders to have a security clearance.
Sign here: tinyurl.com/yhu4hbth
Bruce Fanjoy - who beat Pierre Poilievre in the riding of Carleton - has officially sponsored a petition which calls on all party leaders to have a security clearance.
Sign here: tinyurl.com/yhu4hbth
February 10, 2026 at 2:21 AM
A great start. Let’s keep keeping Canada secure!
I should have had this one solved in two guesses, eh? 😂
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Canuckle - A daily Canadian word game
Guess the hidden word in 6 tries. A new puzzle is available each day.
plus.canucklegame.ca
February 9, 2026 at 6:16 PM
I should have had this one solved in two guesses, eh? 😂
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Current popular sentiment.
Everyone booed at Don Valley Station and chanted "Science Centre"
February 8, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Current popular sentiment.
To keep grandbaby’s toesies warm and cozy this cold winter, I knit a pair of wee socks. The pattern to knit these baby Uggs is called Autumn Street.
#knitting
#knitting
February 7, 2026 at 8:59 PM
To keep grandbaby’s toesies warm and cozy this cold winter, I knit a pair of wee socks. The pattern to knit these baby Uggs is called Autumn Street.
#knitting
#knitting
It’s just that kind of a sunny freezing winter day. Enjoy the outdoors and savour your time indoors. 🎶
February 7, 2026 at 7:40 PM
It’s just that kind of a sunny freezing winter day. Enjoy the outdoors and savour your time indoors. 🎶
Such a good idea to support this level of security clearance in perilous times. Signed!
Bruce Fanjoy has launched a petition to require all federal party leaders to obtain and maintain top security clearance.
It's open for a couple of months.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
It's open for a couple of months.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
February 7, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Such a good idea to support this level of security clearance in perilous times. Signed!
This prize is well deserved, modelling peaceful resistance in the face of danger. I am proud of their efforts to support one another.
Canada, take note, we may need to learn from the people of Minneapolis.
Canada, take note, we may need to learn from the people of Minneapolis.
The people of Minneapolis have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. The first time a city's population has ever been nominated.
February 4, 2026 at 3:59 AM
This prize is well deserved, modelling peaceful resistance in the face of danger. I am proud of their efforts to support one another.
Canada, take note, we may need to learn from the people of Minneapolis.
Canada, take note, we may need to learn from the people of Minneapolis.
Happy Groundhog Day! Hope you are enjoying being at least one day closer to Spring 🌷
February 2, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Happy Groundhog Day! Hope you are enjoying being at least one day closer to Spring 🌷
It is a forlorn February day
refrigerator rejects, shrunken shirts, endless errands
I stop in mid-complaint to hear
small and hearty sparrow chirps
From my frosty kitchen window sun rays warm my face and schedule
Ashamed I thank God for the holy
and the humdrum
Poem by Joan Band
refrigerator rejects, shrunken shirts, endless errands
I stop in mid-complaint to hear
small and hearty sparrow chirps
From my frosty kitchen window sun rays warm my face and schedule
Ashamed I thank God for the holy
and the humdrum
Poem by Joan Band
February 2, 2026 at 1:30 AM
It is a forlorn February day
refrigerator rejects, shrunken shirts, endless errands
I stop in mid-complaint to hear
small and hearty sparrow chirps
From my frosty kitchen window sun rays warm my face and schedule
Ashamed I thank God for the holy
and the humdrum
Poem by Joan Band
refrigerator rejects, shrunken shirts, endless errands
I stop in mid-complaint to hear
small and hearty sparrow chirps
From my frosty kitchen window sun rays warm my face and schedule
Ashamed I thank God for the holy
and the humdrum
Poem by Joan Band
Pattinson won’t sell his warehouse to ICE. Good decision 🇨🇦
ICE Begins Warehouse-Buying Spree in Small Towns
To use as detention centers. This is alarming!
I gifted this so you can read it
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
To use as detention centers. This is alarming!
I gifted this so you can read it
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
January 30, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Pattinson won’t sell his warehouse to ICE. Good decision 🇨🇦
Sorry to hear the sad news of Catherine O'Hara's passing today. We will miss her quirky sense of humour and joy of life.
Godspeed, Catherine.
Godspeed, Catherine.
January 30, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Sorry to hear the sad news of Catherine O'Hara's passing today. We will miss her quirky sense of humour and joy of life.
Godspeed, Catherine.
Godspeed, Catherine.
Freedom of the press and Indigenous rights …
Carol Linnitt, co-founder and editor-in-chief, provides an update on The Narwhal’s court case against the RCMP. Amber Bracken finished cross-examination late Jan. 28. It took more than 12 hours.
To learn more about the trial visit www.thenarwhal.ca/press-freedom
To learn more about the trial visit www.thenarwhal.ca/press-freedom
January 29, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Freedom of the press and Indigenous rights …
Concentrate!
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Canuckle - A daily Canadian word game
Guess the hidden word in 6 tries. A new puzzle is available each day.
www.canucklegame.ca
January 29, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Concentrate!
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I played squaredle.com 01/29:
43/43 words ( 16 bonus words)
📖 In the top 21% by bonus words
🔥 Solve streak: 35
43/43 words ( 16 bonus words)
📖 In the top 21% by bonus words
🔥 Solve streak: 35
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
January 29, 2026 at 4:21 PM
I played squaredle.com 01/29:
43/43 words ( 16 bonus words)
📖 In the top 21% by bonus words
🔥 Solve streak: 35
43/43 words ( 16 bonus words)
📖 In the top 21% by bonus words
🔥 Solve streak: 35
Anyone can be a hero in their neighbourhood.
January 28, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Anyone can be a hero in their neighbourhood.
A worthy protest song, reminiscent of the songs sung by peaceful protestors during the sixties Civil Rights Movement.
Black, brown, and now white …
Black, brown, and now white …
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 6:18 PM
A worthy protest song, reminiscent of the songs sung by peaceful protestors during the sixties Civil Rights Movement.
Black, brown, and now white …
Black, brown, and now white …