Connie Walker
@conniewalker.bsky.social
Pulitzer Prize + Peabody award-winning journalist http://instagram.com/_connie_walker Nehiyaw from Okanese
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Democrat Abigail Spanberger will defeat Republican Winsome Earle-Sears to become Virginia's first female governor, CNN projects.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Democrat Abigail Spanberger will defeat Republican Winsome Earle-Sears to become Virginia's first female governor, CNN projects.
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EXCELLENT episode of CBC Front Burner summarizing the issues and histories that led to the Alberta teachers strike and what might happen next.
Front Burner with Jayme Poisson: Is Alberta headed for a general strike? www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
Front Burner with Jayme Poisson: Is Alberta headed for a general strike? www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
Is Alberta headed for a general strike? | Front Burner | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen
Earlier this week Danielle Smith’s UCP government forced teachers back to work after a a three week strike using the notwithstanding clause. This prevents the Alberta Teachers' Association from challe...
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October 31, 2025 at 9:34 PM
EXCELLENT episode of CBC Front Burner summarizing the issues and histories that led to the Alberta teachers strike and what might happen next.
Front Burner with Jayme Poisson: Is Alberta headed for a general strike? www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
Front Burner with Jayme Poisson: Is Alberta headed for a general strike? www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
‘General strike if necessary’: Alberta unions declare intent to bring down UCP government | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/1150072...
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November 1, 2025 at 3:49 AM
‘General strike if necessary’: Alberta unions declare intent to bring down UCP government | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/1150072...
The Yukon First Nation Education Directorate's rural nutrition program has provided meals &snacks to hundreds of students...
This year the program has been suspended after YFNED's application for funding through Jordan's Principle was denied by Indigenous Services Canada.
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This year the program has been suspended after YFNED's application for funding through Jordan's Principle was denied by Indigenous Services Canada.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Yukon's rural nutrition program ends after losing Jordan's Principle funding | CBC News
The Yukon First Nation Education Directorate is appealing the federal government's decision to deny its funding proposal to keep the Yukon's rural nutrition program running.
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September 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The Yukon First Nation Education Directorate's rural nutrition program has provided meals &snacks to hundreds of students...
This year the program has been suspended after YFNED's application for funding through Jordan's Principle was denied by Indigenous Services Canada.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This year the program has been suspended after YFNED's application for funding through Jordan's Principle was denied by Indigenous Services Canada.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Mulroney also works for Aurora Strategy Global, a firm registered to lobby the federal government
When not hosting West Block, Mulroney offers clients “behind-the-scenes strategic advice” to “get your message in front of the right audience whether it is to government, the media or stakeholders”
When not hosting West Block, Mulroney offers clients “behind-the-scenes strategic advice” to “get your message in front of the right audience whether it is to government, the media or stakeholders”
September 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Mulroney also works for Aurora Strategy Global, a firm registered to lobby the federal government
When not hosting West Block, Mulroney offers clients “behind-the-scenes strategic advice” to “get your message in front of the right audience whether it is to government, the media or stakeholders”
When not hosting West Block, Mulroney offers clients “behind-the-scenes strategic advice” to “get your message in front of the right audience whether it is to government, the media or stakeholders”
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I did a deep-dive into Ben Mulroney's extracurricular activities:
At the same time as Mulroney is filling-in as host of The West Block, he is also working for two registered lobby groups and as an adviser to several companies – some of whose CEOs he's interviewed on Global News 640 Toronto radio
At the same time as Mulroney is filling-in as host of The West Block, he is also working for two registered lobby groups and as an adviser to several companies – some of whose CEOs he's interviewed on Global News 640 Toronto radio
Ben Mulroney is blurring the lines between journalism, business, lobbying and partisan politics
The new host of Global News’ national political news show also works for registered lobby groups, advises businesses and hosted election events for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives earlier this year
The new host of Global News’ national political news show also works for registered lobby groups, advises businesses and hosted election events for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives earlier this year
Ben Mulroney is Blurring the Lines Between Journalism, Business, Lobbying and Partisan Politics
New host of Global News’ politics show works for registered lobby groups, advises businesses and hosted events for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives
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September 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I did a deep-dive into Ben Mulroney's extracurricular activities:
At the same time as Mulroney is filling-in as host of The West Block, he is also working for two registered lobby groups and as an adviser to several companies – some of whose CEOs he's interviewed on Global News 640 Toronto radio
At the same time as Mulroney is filling-in as host of The West Block, he is also working for two registered lobby groups and as an adviser to several companies – some of whose CEOs he's interviewed on Global News 640 Toronto radio
Israel's Supreme Court on Sunday ruled that the government has failed to provide Palestinian security prisoners with adequate food for basic subsistence and ordered authorities to improve their nutrition. www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...
Israel's Supreme Court says Palestinian prisoners are not being fed enough | CBC News
Rights groups have documented widespread abuse in Israeli prisons and detention facilities, including insufficient food and health care, as well as poor sanitary conditions and beatings.
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September 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Israel's Supreme Court on Sunday ruled that the government has failed to provide Palestinian security prisoners with adequate food for basic subsistence and ordered authorities to improve their nutrition. www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...
In the last two weeks since the world's foremost authority on food insecurity declared a famine in Gaza City, 70 people have died of hunger, according to local health authorities.
One of them was 17-year-old Ahmed Ali Al-Batniji. www.cbc.ca/news/world/g...
One of them was 17-year-old Ahmed Ali Al-Batniji. www.cbc.ca/news/world/g...
ANALYSIS | As hunger grows in Gaza, warnings that starvation hits the most vulnerable first | CBC News
Despite Israel’s denials of famine and a recent uptick in food delivery, starvation in Gaza is getting worse. Before his death, a 17-year-old described to CBC News how his body and life were shutting ...
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September 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
In the last two weeks since the world's foremost authority on food insecurity declared a famine in Gaza City, 70 people have died of hunger, according to local health authorities.
One of them was 17-year-old Ahmed Ali Al-Batniji. www.cbc.ca/news/world/g...
One of them was 17-year-old Ahmed Ali Al-Batniji. www.cbc.ca/news/world/g...
Strikes across Gaza kill at least 31 as international scholars accuse Israel of genocide www.thestar.com/news/world/m...
Strikes across Gaza kill at least 31 as international scholars accuse Israel of genocide
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel launched strikes across the Gaza Strip on Monday, killing at least 31 people as it presses ahead with a major offensive in the
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September 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Strikes across Gaza kill at least 31 as international scholars accuse Israel of genocide www.thestar.com/news/world/m...
Leading genocide scholars organization says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza apnews.com/article/geno...
Leading genocide scholars organization says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
The largest professional organization of scholars studying genocide says that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
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September 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Leading genocide scholars organization says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza apnews.com/article/geno...
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The deadly toll on journalists in the Gaza war. The total number of journalists and media workers killed in this conflict since October 2023 is at least 189, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists www.theguardian.com/global-devel... @theguardian.com @pressfreedom.bsky.social #journalism
The deadly toll on journalists in the Gaza war
With foreign media barred, Palestinians have reported alone, facing the ‘most deliberate effort to kill and silence’ them ever
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September 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The deadly toll on journalists in the Gaza war. The total number of journalists and media workers killed in this conflict since October 2023 is at least 189, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists www.theguardian.com/global-devel... @theguardian.com @pressfreedom.bsky.social #journalism
“She’s packed up and she’s gone. I’m here, and that’s the only thing that matters,” Townsend said. www.nytimes.com/athletic/658...
Jelena Ostapenko appears to tell Taylor Townsend she has ‘no education’ after U.S. Open defeat
“She told me I have no class," Townsend said in an on-court interview after her 7-5, 6-1 victory.
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August 28, 2025 at 11:30 PM
“She’s packed up and she’s gone. I’m here, and that’s the only thing that matters,” Townsend said. www.nytimes.com/athletic/658...
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BREAKING: Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital in Gaza killed at least 15 people, including three journalists, one of whom worked for Reuters, Palestinian health officials said reut.rs/45OFPfr
August 25, 2025 at 8:34 AM
BREAKING: Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital in Gaza killed at least 15 people, including three journalists, one of whom worked for Reuters, Palestinian health officials said reut.rs/45OFPfr
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BREAKING: Four journalists, including a freelancer who worked with AP, are among eight killed by an Israeli strike on southern Gaza's Nasser Hospital.
Multiple journalists killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital
A hospital strike in southern Gaza has killed at least eight people, including four journalists. The attack happened on Monday.
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August 25, 2025 at 9:27 AM
BREAKING: Four journalists, including a freelancer who worked with AP, are among eight killed by an Israeli strike on southern Gaza's Nasser Hospital.
Palestinian authorities say the conflict has claimed the lives of more than 60,000 people in Gaza, while humanitarian organisations say a shortage of food is leading to widespread starvation. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Widespread protests held in Australia to support Palestinians
Thousands of Australians joined pro-Palestinian rallies on Sunday, organisers said, amid strained relations between Israel and Australia following the centre-left government's decision to recognise a Palestinian state.
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August 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Palestinian authorities say the conflict has claimed the lives of more than 60,000 people in Gaza, while humanitarian organisations say a shortage of food is leading to widespread starvation. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Gaza City and Surrounding Areas Are Officially Under Famine, Monitors Say www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/w...
Gaza City and Surrounding Areas Are Officially Under Famine, Monitors Say
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August 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Gaza City and Surrounding Areas Are Officially Under Famine, Monitors Say www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/w...
He Was the Face and Voice of Gaza. Israel Assassinated Him. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...
Opinion | He Was the Face and Voice of Gaza. Israel Assassinated Him.
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August 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
He Was the Face and Voice of Gaza. Israel Assassinated Him. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...
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Struck, in @polgreen.bsky.social's piece on Anas al-Sharif's killing, by Israel's evidence—"screenshots of spreadsheets, purported service numbers and old payments"—tying him to Hamas. That's the case against him? And most US outlets didn't even bother to share it www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...
Opinion | He Was the Face and Voice of Gaza. Israel Assassinated Him.
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August 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Struck, in @polgreen.bsky.social's piece on Anas al-Sharif's killing, by Israel's evidence—"screenshots of spreadsheets, purported service numbers and old payments"—tying him to Hamas. That's the case against him? And most US outlets didn't even bother to share it www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...
So proud that Stolen: Survivng St. Michael’s AND Finding Cleo made this list of 100 Greatest Podcasts of All Time! www.leftofdialmedia.com/essential-li... 🧡🧡
Essential Listening Poll - The 100 Greatest Podcasts of All Time — Left of Dial Media
The 100 Greatest Podcasts of All Time
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August 21, 2025 at 4:11 AM
So proud that Stolen: Survivng St. Michael’s AND Finding Cleo made this list of 100 Greatest Podcasts of All Time! www.leftofdialmedia.com/essential-li... 🧡🧡
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It remains absolutely bewildering to me that an incumbent premier took out newspaper ads proudly declaring she *refuses* to attempt to recover the remains of murder victims
And equally bewildering @winnipegfreepress.com agreed to take her money and run these ads
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And equally bewildering @winnipegfreepress.com agreed to take her money and run these ads
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August 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
It remains absolutely bewildering to me that an incumbent premier took out newspaper ads proudly declaring she *refuses* to attempt to recover the remains of murder victims
And equally bewildering @winnipegfreepress.com agreed to take her money and run these ads
pressprogress.ca/heather-stef...
And equally bewildering @winnipegfreepress.com agreed to take her money and run these ads
pressprogress.ca/heather-stef...
The federal government said Saturday that it was ordering the airline and its flight attendants back to work, ending a strike and lockout after less than 12 hours. www.thestar.com/business/uni...
Union representing Air Canada flight attendants says strike will continue
The Canadian Union of Public Employees says the workers remain on strike.
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August 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The federal government said Saturday that it was ordering the airline and its flight attendants back to work, ending a strike and lockout after less than 12 hours. www.thestar.com/business/uni...
The aid groups stressed that most of them haven't been able to deliver "a single truck" of life-saving assistance since Israel implemented a blockade in March, calling on the international community to press Israel to end the "weaponization of aid..." www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...
More than 100 aid groups call on Israel to end 'weaponization' of aid in Gaza | CBC News
More than 100 non-profit groups warned Thursday that Israel's rules for aid groups working in the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank will block much-needed relief and replace independent organizations ...
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August 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The aid groups stressed that most of them haven't been able to deliver "a single truck" of life-saving assistance since Israel implemented a blockade in March, calling on the international community to press Israel to end the "weaponization of aid..." www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...
In a final message, al-Sharif said, “I never hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or misrepresentation, hoping that God would witness those who remained silent, those who accepted our killing, and those who suffocated our very breaths.” www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza
Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.
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August 11, 2025 at 4:52 AM
In a final message, al-Sharif said, “I never hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or misrepresentation, hoping that God would witness those who remained silent, those who accepted our killing, and those who suffocated our very breaths.” www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
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Aid workers caring for the hungry in Gaza are themselves going without food. Claire Porter Robbins on a starvation crisis that has not spared the helpers:
‘We’re Trying to Do the Best We Can Before We Die’
The people caring for others in Gaza are hungry too.
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August 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Aid workers caring for the hungry in Gaza are themselves going without food. Claire Porter Robbins on a starvation crisis that has not spared the helpers: