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Vancouver Island small-scale farmer, growing good food with intention — no passports required. Local flavours, big purpose. Sometimes tangled in politics, always grounded in the soil.🌱🌾🐓🐑🐝
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Monday is Family Day, #Nanaimo Come celebrate 50 years of #Bebanpark and stop by the Family Day Farmers' Market - 10-2:30 on Feb 16. 40 local vendors including a food truck and coffee truck. We will have indoor seating to keep you warm. Lots of vendors for the whole family! See you tomorrow.
February 15, 2026 at 8:38 PM
They claim these purchases are for a limited-time operation. But since when does a 'limited' project require billions in permanent property? It makes more sense if you assume these are being built to hold anyone the regime decides is a problem to them.

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ICE wants to spend more than $38 billion to convert warehouses into massive jails
Officials and residents in red and blue districts across the country urge DHS to block plans to detain up to 10,000 people at a time in formerly industrial buildings
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February 15, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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February 13, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Grocery shenanigans and Maple Washing. I don’t think anyone enjoys having to be a detective to buy food.
I sure like the Australian labels
#cdnpoli

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Maple washing: Where is your ‘Canadian’ food really from? | Full episode | Marketplace
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February 7, 2026 at 2:02 PM
If you enjoy locally grown food, this will affect you

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Farmers deserve straight answers, not loopholes. Ottawa must scrap changes forcing growers to buy seed every year and protect the right to save seed. I stand with the National Farmers Union: farmers’ rights, public breeding, and food security matter. Time for real action. youtu.be/XZzCFjUIvtc
MP Johns delivers speech calling on the government to protect the rights of farmers
YouTube video by Gord Johns
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February 4, 2026 at 9:27 PM
What a nice day
Bees enjoying a winter day
YouTube video by Plum Creek Farm
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February 4, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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Can't take credit for that, I just shared it :)

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Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
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January 28, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Another way the grocery chains are ripping us off. Grocery rebates are a Band-Aid on a bullet wound. I appreciate the relief, but until goverment actually regulates how these chains operate, we’re just subsidizing corporate greed. We need systemic change, not just one-off checks.

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Property controls: Investigating a tool grocery chains use that can keep prices higher | Marketplace
YouTube video by CBC News
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January 26, 2026 at 8:54 PM
My condolences to the journalists and all in the room that have to listen to the babbling idiot for the entire embarrassing word salad. After three minutes, I was ready to throw something at the TV.
January 21, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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January 21, 2026 at 5:56 AM
January 21, 2026 at 12:34 AM
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... While local farmers, growers, and makers are working hard to provide us with high-quality, sustainable, collapse-proof goods and services they must also contend with out-of-date and unnecessary bureaucratic hurdles that put small, decentralized, community-based…
Big Bang Cider in Nanaimo could face massive tax hike after property reclassified | CBC News
The owner of Big Bang Cidery in Nanaimo says a recent notice from B.C. Assessment has put his farm in a legal grey area that could increase his taxes significantly. However, the agency cites specific ...
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January 12, 2026 at 10:33 AM
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Yes, the news is dark.
You don’t have to stop feeling anger.
But here’s one way to stop BECOMING the feeling.

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The Power of “Isn’t That Interesting?”
YouTube video by Tod Maffin
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January 9, 2026 at 11:49 PM
That just made me smile 😀
#cdnpoli

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Operation: HANS OFF! Canada, France & Denmark Unite Against Trump (A Musical)
YouTube video by Matthew Thomas Gillespie
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January 8, 2026 at 8:10 PM
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The U.S. this morning seized oil tankers in international waters... just south of ICELAND.

If you think the U.S. does not plan to take #Greenland, #Canada, and other countries by military force, you are now living in a fantasy world.

STOP 👏🏻 BUYING 👏🏻 AMERICAN 👏🏻 PRODUCTS

Real tweet ⬇️
January 7, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Venezuela became a problem the moment it stopped being convenient. Canada could be next.

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The Bully on the Playground
YouTube video by Tod Maffin
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January 4, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Here is a rundown on what is at stake and why it matters to all.
#cdnpoli

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Understanding the U.S. Strike on Venezuela | Explainer
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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January 3, 2026 at 5:49 PM
December 21, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Our holiday market is tomorrow - Sunday Dec. 21, 10-2:30 at Beban Park #Nanaimo Come get your last minute shopping done, have a coffee, have some lunch. 74 local vendors in one spot. Don't miss it!
December 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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If you're still not understanding that the US is an existential threat to Canada, read this. If you read this and still don't understand, I can't help you. #cdnpoli #uspoli #eupoli #CanadaStrong #ElbowsUp

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Trump’s Terrifying New Security Doctrine Turns Canada into a Target | The Walrus
The 29-page blueprint casts us as expendable
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December 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The Constitution left us a safeguard for moments when premiers push too far.

The question is: Does the federal government have the courage to use it?

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Section 90: Canada‘s Moral Reset Button
YouTube video by Tod Maffin
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December 11, 2025 at 3:19 AM
And there it is: A truly terrifying future if the US gets its way, the rest of the world would 'serve at the pleasure of the orange crazy man.'
#cdnpoli

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Let's talk about Trump's National Security Doctrine and General Butler....
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December 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
With a Trudeau-era environment minister resigning from Carney’s cabinet in protest, we’re asking the question: has Mark Carney betrayed the climate movement? Or is he playing a strategic long game that aims for an environmental win?

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Mark Carney: climate friend or foe? | Front Burner | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen
In 2015, as governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney’s ‘Tragedy of the Horizons’ speech made waves in the global climate community. It was seen as a landmark call for the financial sector to recog...
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December 6, 2025 at 12:27 PM