Gwenda
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Canadian liberal just trying to keep up on current events. Enjoy different perspectives. 😊 Made in Canada
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OTTAWA – Rideau Hall says Gov. Gen. Mary Simon is recovering in hospital from a respiratory virus, leaving her unable to preside over the national Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa on Tuesday.
CP NewsAlert: Chief justice to stand in for Simon on Remembrance Day due to illness
OTTAWA – Rideau Hall says Gov. Gen. Mary Simon is recovering in hospital from a respiratory virus, leaving her unable to preside over the national Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa on Tuesday.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
OTTAWA – Rideau Hall says Gov. Gen. Mary Simon is recovering in hospital from a respiratory virus, leaving her unable to preside over the national Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa on Tuesday.
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Canada’s latest Toonie commemorates the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Designed by BC’s Mary-Ann Liu the artist who sculpted the Tomb’s bronze relief elements 25 years ago.
www.mint.ca/en/blog/2025...
#Canada
Designed by BC’s Mary-Ann Liu the artist who sculpted the Tomb’s bronze relief elements 25 years ago.
www.mint.ca/en/blog/2025...
#Canada
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Canada’s latest Toonie commemorates the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Designed by BC’s Mary-Ann Liu the artist who sculpted the Tomb’s bronze relief elements 25 years ago.
www.mint.ca/en/blog/2025...
#Canada
Designed by BC’s Mary-Ann Liu the artist who sculpted the Tomb’s bronze relief elements 25 years ago.
www.mint.ca/en/blog/2025...
#Canada
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🧵 since it’s #Movember, I thought it’d be fun to post mental health stats… (courtesy of the gov of 🇨🇦)
- women are about four times more likely than men (37% versus 9%, respectively) to have ever been afraid of a partner.
- 44% of women and girls who had ever been in a relationship experienced IPV
- women are about four times more likely than men (37% versus 9%, respectively) to have ever been afraid of a partner.
- 44% of women and girls who had ever been in a relationship experienced IPV
November 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
🧵 since it’s #Movember, I thought it’d be fun to post mental health stats… (courtesy of the gov of 🇨🇦)
- women are about four times more likely than men (37% versus 9%, respectively) to have ever been afraid of a partner.
- 44% of women and girls who had ever been in a relationship experienced IPV
- women are about four times more likely than men (37% versus 9%, respectively) to have ever been afraid of a partner.
- 44% of women and girls who had ever been in a relationship experienced IPV
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Research is everything. Science matters!
November 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Research is everything. Science matters!
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After leukemia treatments failed, Alyssa, at age 13, was told she would die. Then, doctors tried an experimental gene-edited therapy. She became the 1st human to try the treatment made possible by U.S. federal funding. Now 16, she’s cancer-free. RESEARCH SAVES LIVES
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
After leukemia treatments failed, Alyssa, at age 13, was told she would die. Then, doctors tried an experimental gene-edited therapy. She became the 1st human to try the treatment made possible by U.S. federal funding. Now 16, she’s cancer-free. RESEARCH SAVES LIVES
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Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
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Cartoonist: Michael de Adder
October 30, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Cartoonist: Michael de Adder
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I so wish that people would learn what 'literal' and 'literally' mean. Literally.
‘A literal shoe box’: Why some Toronto renters are avoiding new builds | CBC News
Some Torontonians are opting out of moving into new builds — for reasons ranging from a lack of rent control to poor layouts — at a time tenants are increasingly gaining leverage in the market.
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I so wish that people would learn what 'literal' and 'literally' mean. Literally.
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On this day in 1941, Carrie Derick died.
Born in 1862 in Clarenceville, Canada East (Quebec), she was the first woman professor of a Canadian university. A leading geneticist and botanist, she also founded McGill University's genetics department.
Born in 1862 in Clarenceville, Canada East (Quebec), she was the first woman professor of a Canadian university. A leading geneticist and botanist, she also founded McGill University's genetics department.
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
On this day in 1941, Carrie Derick died.
Born in 1862 in Clarenceville, Canada East (Quebec), she was the first woman professor of a Canadian university. A leading geneticist and botanist, she also founded McGill University's genetics department.
Born in 1862 in Clarenceville, Canada East (Quebec), she was the first woman professor of a Canadian university. A leading geneticist and botanist, she also founded McGill University's genetics department.
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This is the Canadian Premier League soccer finals and we have a bicycle kick goal in the middle of a blizzard … and that’s the most Canadian thing I’ve ever seen 😂
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
This is the Canadian Premier League soccer finals and we have a bicycle kick goal in the middle of a blizzard … and that’s the most Canadian thing I’ve ever seen 😂
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via Eileen Rowbotham
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
via Eileen Rowbotham
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(Weather) Rainfall warning is in effect via Environment Canada
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November 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
(Weather) Rainfall warning is in effect via Environment Canada
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Evan Balgord of the Canadian Anti-Hate Network said the Exiles conference is more proof that white nationalism is on the rise in Canada.
This gives me the creeps. These people must be stopped.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This gives me the creeps. These people must be stopped.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
MMA gym owners, coaches ID’d at secretive neo-Nazi event in B.C. | CBC News
This summer in Vancouver, dozens of people gathered to attend a conference organized and attended by some of Canada’s most prominent white supremacist organizations. CBC’s visual investigations team l...
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Evan Balgord of the Canadian Anti-Hate Network said the Exiles conference is more proof that white nationalism is on the rise in Canada.
This gives me the creeps. These people must be stopped.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This gives me the creeps. These people must be stopped.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Lots of rain coming. 👏👏👏🥳🥳
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Lots of rain coming. 👏👏👏🥳🥳
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A 20-year-old Canadian booked to fly south to visit her grandparents was recently refused entry into the United States by American customs officers at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport.
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
‘Felt like a bit of abuse of power’: Canadian denied entry to U.S.
A 20-year-old Canadian booked to fly south to visit her grandparents was recently refused entry into the United States by American customs officers, at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
A 20-year-old Canadian booked to fly south to visit her grandparents was recently refused entry into the United States by American customs officers at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport.
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
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Suspect sought after dead dog discovered in suitcase in Oshawa [Ontario] - CP24 www.cp24.com/local/durham...
Suspect sought after dead dog discovered in suitcase in Oshawa
Police are searching for a suspect after a dead dog was discovered in a suitcase in Oshawa on Friday.
www.cp24.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Suspect sought after dead dog discovered in suitcase in Oshawa [Ontario] - CP24 www.cp24.com/local/durham...
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“It doesn’t matter what kind of power — whether it’s nuclear power, whether it’s wind power, solar power, hydro power — it all goes on copper wire. Every house has copper wire. Every transmission line is copper.”
www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/202...
www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/202...
Move over gold, Canada’s copper is having a moment
With new mines, revived projects, and rising global demand for the metal, Canada is well positioned to lift national output levels to what it was two decades ago, the CEO of the Mining Association of ...
www.bnnbloomberg.ca
November 9, 2025 at 2:43 AM
“It doesn’t matter what kind of power — whether it’s nuclear power, whether it’s wind power, solar power, hydro power — it all goes on copper wire. Every house has copper wire. Every transmission line is copper.”
www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/202...
www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/202...
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And no one asks how does Poilievre expect to lead a country when he doesn’t have security clearance!
November 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
And no one asks how does Poilievre expect to lead a country when he doesn’t have security clearance!
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SNL had Pete Davidson on weekend update to clean up his image after going to Saudi Arabia for blood money. Fuck that shit. I fast forwarded.
November 9, 2025 at 5:50 AM
SNL had Pete Davidson on weekend update to clean up his image after going to Saudi Arabia for blood money. Fuck that shit. I fast forwarded.
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History is clear. If you have to trap your people, your system is already breaking. #intersex #lgbtq #humanrights
November 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
History is clear. If you have to trap your people, your system is already breaking. #intersex #lgbtq #humanrights
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Remembrance Day light show projected onto former Halifax Memorial Library #NovaScotia
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Remembrance Day light show projected onto former Halifax Memorial Library
The former Halifax Memorial Library will be lit up over the next few evenings in honour of Remembrance Day.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 9, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Remembrance Day light show projected onto former Halifax Memorial Library #NovaScotia
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
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This is what the religious nutbars who now inhabit petulant piffleswipe Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Party would love to bring to 🇨🇦Canada.
The vast majority of women here will be repulsed, one expects.
🍁🙄🍁
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
The vast majority of women here will be repulsed, one expects.
🍁🙄🍁
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
The MAHA-Fueled Rise of Natural Family Planning
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This is what the religious nutbars who now inhabit petulant piffleswipe Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Party would love to bring to 🇨🇦Canada.
The vast majority of women here will be repulsed, one expects.
🍁🙄🍁
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
The vast majority of women here will be repulsed, one expects.
🍁🙄🍁
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
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November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM