Richard Reeleder
@nbdatapoints.bsky.social
Retired agricultural scientist. Plant pathologist, so have killed many plants; maybe saved a few. Frequent sprayer of glyphosate.
New Brunswick 🇨🇦
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New Brunswick 🇨🇦
nbdatapoints.ca
Also on Mastodon:
@NBdatapoints@mstdn.ca
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Ryan Wedding, former Canadian Olympic snowboarder turned fugitive, has been arrested, reports NBC News citing two law enforcement officials
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Ryan Wedding, former Olympic snowboarder-turned-alleged drug kingpin, arrested
Wedding is charged with overseeing the operations of a criminal enterprise and enriching himself with the enterprise’s laundered drug proceeds.
www.nbcnews.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Ryan Wedding, former Canadian Olympic snowboarder turned fugitive, has been arrested, reports NBC News citing two law enforcement officials
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Read more here:
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How Portugal’s dissuasion commissions discourage drug use
Portugal decriminalized drugs. But it also set up commissions to discourage people from using drugs. Here's how they work
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January 23, 2026 at 2:07 PM
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How African romance scammers made Québec a home base. Millions $ lost.
'there are more than 200 people in Québec linked to the criminal network ... Officials also believe the network is involved in the export of stolen vehicles from Canada to West Africa'
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'there are more than 200 people in Québec linked to the criminal network ... Officials also believe the network is involved in the export of stolen vehicles from Canada to West Africa'
theijf.org/article/queb...
How romance scammers made Quebec a home base
Public service journalism
theijf.org
January 23, 2026 at 2:14 PM
How African romance scammers made Québec a home base. Millions $ lost.
'there are more than 200 people in Québec linked to the criminal network ... Officials also believe the network is involved in the export of stolen vehicles from Canada to West Africa'
theijf.org/article/queb...
'there are more than 200 people in Québec linked to the criminal network ... Officials also believe the network is involved in the export of stolen vehicles from Canada to West Africa'
theijf.org/article/queb...
US peanut, rice and cotton farmers grow for the subsidy, not for the crop. Good ol' boys on the dole.
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January 23, 2026 at 2:00 PM
US peanut, rice and cotton farmers grow for the subsidy, not for the crop. Good ol' boys on the dole.
farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2026/01/off-...
farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2026/01/off-...
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Autopsy report released on Canadian found circled by dingoes on Australian beach - An autopsy in Australia has determined that a young Canadian who was found dead on a beach earlier this week was not killed by a pack of 10 dingoes.
Autopsy report released on Canadian found circled by dingoes on Australian beach
An autopsy in Australia has determined that a young Canadian who was found dead on a beach earlier this week was not killed by a pack of 10 dingoes.
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January 23, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Autopsy report released on Canadian found circled by dingoes on Australian beach - An autopsy in Australia has determined that a young Canadian who was found dead on a beach earlier this week was not killed by a pack of 10 dingoes.
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Mexico City-resident Mónica Rosas "drove a gas-powered Ford Ranger...until she made the switch last month to a BYD King plug-in hybrid sedan that cost her 463,000 pesos ($26K). “You save a lot on gasoline and the price is extremely competitive" @katemac.bsky.social
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BYD’s Cheap EVs Are Suddenly Everywhere in Mexico as Tariffs Take Hold
Chinese brands find growth in EV, plug-in segment other carmakers bypassed.
www.bloomberg.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Mexico City-resident Mónica Rosas "drove a gas-powered Ford Ranger...until she made the switch last month to a BYD King plug-in hybrid sedan that cost her 463,000 pesos ($26K). “You save a lot on gasoline and the price is extremely competitive" @katemac.bsky.social
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Si Hogan et Jones disent n’avoir jamais entendu personne réclamer une école francophone dans cette région c’est probablement parce qu’ils avaient les oreilles bouchées. Pour ma part depuis les années 90, j’ai entendu plusieurs commentaires en ce sens de parents de Nackawick et même Woodstock.
«2021 census was 1st time StatCan measured the no. of minority-language educ. rights-holders. That may explain the surprise
«We can see these areas in Canada where there's this francophone population that we don't notice. Language minorities are not visible minorities if they don't have an accent”
«We can see these areas in Canada where there's this francophone population that we don't notice. Language minorities are not visible minorities if they don't have an accent”
Woodstock leaders question province’s push for French school | CBC News
Community leaders in Woodstock say the Holt Liberals need to make a better effort to explain why they are studying the idea of a francophone school in the area.
www.cbc.ca
January 23, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Si Hogan et Jones disent n’avoir jamais entendu personne réclamer une école francophone dans cette région c’est probablement parce qu’ils avaient les oreilles bouchées. Pour ma part depuis les années 90, j’ai entendu plusieurs commentaires en ce sens de parents de Nackawick et même Woodstock.
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“ #Trump and company are wedded to the belief … that Europe’s cities are hellscapes of rampant #crime and social disorder … In reality, while #Europe has had some problems assimilating immigrants, the continent remains incredibly safe by #U.S. standards” open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
January 23, 2026 at 12:53 PM
“ #Trump and company are wedded to the belief … that Europe’s cities are hellscapes of rampant #crime and social disorder … In reality, while #Europe has had some problems assimilating immigrants, the continent remains incredibly safe by #U.S. standards” open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
CBC The Current listeners are now getting a lesson in 'wintering' from a British accent. Apparently she's written a book.
January 23, 2026 at 1:07 PM
CBC The Current listeners are now getting a lesson in 'wintering' from a British accent. Apparently she's written a book.
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#Canadians invest considerably more in the #US than #Americans do in #Canada, and various other charts, art and facts from #AdamTooze open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...
January 23, 2026 at 12:17 PM
#Canadians invest considerably more in the #US than #Americans do in #Canada, and various other charts, art and facts from #AdamTooze open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...
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Six key takeaways from Jack Smith’s testimony on his case against Trump https://aje.news/gnyou2
January 23, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Six key takeaways from Jack Smith’s testimony on his case against Trump https://aje.news/gnyou2
Another beautiful morning in the woodlot.
January 23, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Another beautiful morning in the woodlot.
AAFC research sites to be closed as feds cut budgets.
Nappan research farm and Lacombe R&D Centre among those to be closed. Ag research capacity should be increasing, not decreasing.
www.realagriculture.com/2026/01/aafc...
Nappan research farm and Lacombe R&D Centre among those to be closed. Ag research capacity should be increasing, not decreasing.
www.realagriculture.com/2026/01/aafc...
AAFC research facilities reported to be on the chopping block amid federal budget cuts
After the announcement of staffing cuts at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) yesterday, today news broke of at least two AAFC-run research facilities being shut down. Social media posts on Jan. ...
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January 23, 2026 at 2:35 AM
AAFC research sites to be closed as feds cut budgets.
Nappan research farm and Lacombe R&D Centre among those to be closed. Ag research capacity should be increasing, not decreasing.
www.realagriculture.com/2026/01/aafc...
Nappan research farm and Lacombe R&D Centre among those to be closed. Ag research capacity should be increasing, not decreasing.
www.realagriculture.com/2026/01/aafc...
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“I think this is a wake-up call for Canada,” said Lloyd Richardson, with the Winnipeg-based @cdnchildprotect.bsky.social. “Let’s get on with it, let’s stop bantering around about the Online Harms Act. Let’s get pen to paper. Let’s get all political parties on the same page.”
My latest ⬇️
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Concern has intensified in recent weeks over the role of social-networking app X in public and political life, as the platform’s artificial intelligence chatbot has created millions of sexual “deepfakes.”
AI chatbot drags X deeper into gutter
Grok turns platform into deepfake weapon; politicians, victim advocates struggle to hold social media giants accountable for proliferation of misogynistic and child sexual abuse imagery
www.winnipegfreepress.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:03 AM
“I think this is a wake-up call for Canada,” said Lloyd Richardson, with the Winnipeg-based @cdnchildprotect.bsky.social. “Let’s get on with it, let’s stop bantering around about the Online Harms Act. Let’s get pen to paper. Let’s get all political parties on the same page.”
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Nobody can accuse Carney of not exerting leadership.
Calling out the emperor for having no clothes has created a cascade. And it plays well domestically in these countries.
The age of pandering is mostly over.
Calling out the emperor for having no clothes has created a cascade. And it plays well domestically in these countries.
The age of pandering is mostly over.
Interesting discussion with the Finnish president in which he name checks Mark Carney at least once every 5 or 6 minutes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGTx...
LIVE: Finnish President Alexander Stubb on Shifting Geopolitics at Davos WEF 2026
YouTube video by DRM News
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January 23, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Nobody can accuse Carney of not exerting leadership.
Calling out the emperor for having no clothes has created a cascade. And it plays well domestically in these countries.
The age of pandering is mostly over.
Calling out the emperor for having no clothes has created a cascade. And it plays well domestically in these countries.
The age of pandering is mostly over.
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"If the middle powers answer Carney’s call, they could form an economic and defense alliance that rivals American power." "A nuclear-armed defense and industrial alliance that cannot simply be cowed into submission." buff.ly/8AOYHnK
#cdnpoli #Canada #MiddlePowers
#cdnpoli #Canada #MiddlePowers
January 23, 2026 at 12:00 AM
"If the middle powers answer Carney’s call, they could form an economic and defense alliance that rivals American power." "A nuclear-armed defense and industrial alliance that cannot simply be cowed into submission." buff.ly/8AOYHnK
#cdnpoli #Canada #MiddlePowers
#cdnpoli #Canada #MiddlePowers
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In the years Canada was in Afghanistan, my colleagues and I repeatedly had to profile soldiers who died there.
Here are some that I wrote or co-wrote.
Cpl. Jason Warren, Black Watch, and Cpl. Francisco Gomez,
Lord Strathcona's Horse, attached to PPCLI.
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/nationa...
Here are some that I wrote or co-wrote.
Cpl. Jason Warren, Black Watch, and Cpl. Francisco Gomez,
Lord Strathcona's Horse, attached to PPCLI.
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/nationa...
'Me fine. Still alive,' Corporal Jason Warren wrote from Afghanistan this spring. Yesterday, funeral plans were made for him and Cpl. Francisco Gomez. Both died Saturday.
Though a reservist, Corporal Jason Warren had volunteered for a six-month tour in Kandahar. He died Saturday, just two weeks short of leaving the combat zone for a week of decompressing in Cyprus befo...
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:04 AM
In the years Canada was in Afghanistan, my colleagues and I repeatedly had to profile soldiers who died there.
Here are some that I wrote or co-wrote.
Cpl. Jason Warren, Black Watch, and Cpl. Francisco Gomez,
Lord Strathcona's Horse, attached to PPCLI.
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/nationa...
Here are some that I wrote or co-wrote.
Cpl. Jason Warren, Black Watch, and Cpl. Francisco Gomez,
Lord Strathcona's Horse, attached to PPCLI.
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/nationa...
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“We did nothing wrong here ... “ICE is a customer within the public affairs group, so we help them from our social-media management perspective.”
Hootsuite’s terms of service prohibit use of its platform for law enforcement, surveillance and tracking.
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Hootsuite’s terms of service prohibit use of its platform for law enforcement, surveillance and tracking.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Hootsuite CEO says ICE contract will stand as long as agency honours terms and conditions
‘We did nothing wrong here,’ head of Vancouver social media company said in internal call with employees
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January 22, 2026 at 11:05 PM
“We did nothing wrong here ... “ICE is a customer within the public affairs group, so we help them from our social-media management perspective.”
Hootsuite’s terms of service prohibit use of its platform for law enforcement, surveillance and tracking.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Hootsuite’s terms of service prohibit use of its platform for law enforcement, surveillance and tracking.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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Happy 250th Anniversary America: Trump administration orders slavery exhibit removed from Independence National Historic Park in Philadelphia today.
Happy 250th Anniversary America: Trump administration orders slavery exhibit removed from Independence National Historic Park in Philadelphia today.
The slavery exhibits at the President’s House have been removed following Trump administration push
President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum ordered content at national parks that “inappropriately disparage” the U.S. to be reviewed and potentially removed.
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January 22, 2026 at 10:48 PM
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Happy 250th Anniversary America: Trump administration orders slavery exhibit removed from Independence National Historic Park in Philadelphia today.
Happy 250th Anniversary America: Trump administration orders slavery exhibit removed from Independence National Historic Park in Philadelphia today.
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Donald Trump has backed down from a forceful invasion of Greenland.
Trump's pivot and how Greenland is still keeping their guard up, tonight on APTN National News.
Watch live: www.youtube.com/aptnnews
Trump's pivot and how Greenland is still keeping their guard up, tonight on APTN National News.
Watch live: www.youtube.com/aptnnews
January 22, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Donald Trump has backed down from a forceful invasion of Greenland.
Trump's pivot and how Greenland is still keeping their guard up, tonight on APTN National News.
Watch live: www.youtube.com/aptnnews
Trump's pivot and how Greenland is still keeping their guard up, tonight on APTN National News.
Watch live: www.youtube.com/aptnnews
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Of all the things I expected from a central banker PM, this may be the least central banker.
Carney came home from Davos and did the most Canadian and Canadien thing ever:
January 22, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Of all the things I expected from a central banker PM, this may be the least central banker.
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Getting a flu shot is a small yet deeply profound act of Canadian community care
Getting a flu shot is a small yet deeply profound act of Canadian community care - Healthy Debate
Canadians know the flu is here. And we know that getting a seasonal flu vaccination is one of the best ways to protect ourselves and our community from illness.
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January 22, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Getting a flu shot is a small yet deeply profound act of Canadian community care
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This is a very good opinion piece written by Edith Law, the Google Research Chair in the Future of Work and Learning at the University of Waterloo.
Using AI in the classroom will open new ways of teaching and learning. We just need to be curious and open minded.
macleans.ca/the-year-ahe...
Using AI in the classroom will open new ways of teaching and learning. We just need to be curious and open minded.
macleans.ca/the-year-ahe...
Robots in the Classroom - Macleans.ca
In 2026, AI will teach students—and students will teach AI
macleans.ca
January 22, 2026 at 8:12 PM
This is a very good opinion piece written by Edith Law, the Google Research Chair in the Future of Work and Learning at the University of Waterloo.
Using AI in the classroom will open new ways of teaching and learning. We just need to be curious and open minded.
macleans.ca/the-year-ahe...
Using AI in the classroom will open new ways of teaching and learning. We just need to be curious and open minded.
macleans.ca/the-year-ahe...