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Kathleen O'Reilly
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Cataloguer, library advocate, art lover, Irish flute player, anthropologist, writer, reader, animal lover, crocheter, Celtic music fan, curling rocks!, pub-goer. Not necessarily in that order. Where's the coffee!?
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Lovely wonderful story by @getbac.bsky.social on inclusive dining. Go Liz! ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...
St-Hubert launches 'inclusive dining' program for autism
St. Hubert launches Sunday 'inclusive dining' program for people with autism
ottawacitizen.com
January 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.

This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.

Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Here we go, folks. It’s finally conclusive. I guess the tax is lax, so fire the liar.

Spread it far and wide to make Poilievre/Cons cry:

“Trudeau government’s carbon price has had ‘minimal’ effect on inflation and food costs, study concludes”
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Trudeau government’s carbon price has had ‘minimal’ effect on inflation and food costs, study concludes
Carbon pricing had a small impact on the rate of inflation over the past five years, when the climate policy was responsible for a "small fraction" of the surge in
www.thestar.com
December 12, 2024 at 11:38 AM
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One of the darkest days in Modern Canadian history. These women were murdered for simply being women. I used to think it could never happen again, I don’t think that anymore.
Never Forget, Never Again.
December 6, 2024 at 3:58 AM
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The 10 supervised drug consumption sites being forced to shut down this spring prevented nearly 1,600 fatal opioid overdoses in one year, Ontario’s auditor general has found.

www.thetrillium.ca/news/health/...
Ontario shutting down supervised consumption sites without assessing harm to drug users: auditor
Health Minister Sylvia Jones once promised that ‘people are not going to die,’ but the province hasn’t tried to figure out if they will or not, the auditor general reports
www.thetrillium.ca
December 3, 2024 at 4:10 PM
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Poilievre’s Free Ride to Power Has to Stop #cdnpoli #Canada

No more getting by with glib and shallow answers to these seven basic questions.

thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Poilievre’s Free Ride to Power Has to Stop | The Tyee
No more getting by with glib and shallow answers to these seven basic questions.
thetyee.ca
December 3, 2024 at 4:38 PM
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Ford government's Ontario Place redevelopment was 'not fair, transparent or accountable,' auditor general finds in scathing report - thestar.com

www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Ford government’s Ontario Place redevelopment was ‘not fair, transparent or accountable,’ auditor general finds in scathing report
Ford's decision to close supervised drug consumption sites near schools and daycares was made "without proper planning," the AG said.
www.thestar.com
December 3, 2024 at 3:47 PM
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Fabulous exhibit at Ottawa’s National Gallery

Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction www.gallery.ca
December 1, 2024 at 7:53 PM
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Word of the day is a favourite, from old Scots.

To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
December 1, 2024 at 10:12 AM
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November 24, 2024 at 12:08 PM
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“Vaccines save the lives of millions of children every year and also prevent needless suffering and permanent disability caused by some childhood diseases.”

Vaccines save children’s lives | The Kingston Whig Standard

www.thewhig.com/opinion/vacc...
Vaccines save children’s lives
Vaccines save the lives of millions of children every year and also prevent needless suffering and permanent disability caused by some childhood diseases.
www.thewhig.com
November 20, 2024 at 2:21 AM
I don’t understand why we can’t discuss issues with civility without falling into name calling and nastiness. Hoping for better here
November 16, 2024 at 3:50 AM
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Librarians moving dystopian novels to the nonfiction shelves.
a woman standing in a library with a book titled room on the shelf
ALT: a woman standing in a library with a book titled room on the shelf
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2024 at 2:06 AM
Trying this out for the first time. Hoping to find a more kind, compassionate environment even when we disagree. Hopeful.
November 12, 2024 at 1:43 AM