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Paul Preston
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In a time of AI, a wordsmithy is nostalgic for the written word... #history #politics #Canada #Alberta ...I digress!
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Before it was legislation, universal healthcare was a way of life.
On the Canadian prairies, no one kept score. When a neighbour needed help, you helped — because next time, it might be you.
𝐀𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐬: 𝐓𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐘 𝐃𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐋𝐀𝐒
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Before it was legislation, universal healthcare was a way of life.
On the Canadian prairies, no one kept score. When a neighbour needed help, you helped — because next time, it might be you.
𝐀𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐬: 𝐓𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐘 𝐃𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐋𝐀𝐒
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February 6, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Some performers make us laugh.
Others feel like they’ve always been part of our lives.
This week’s 𝐀𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐬 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 honours 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐎’𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐚:
quietly brilliant, endlessly generous, and unmistakably Canadian. 🇨🇦
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February 4, 2026 at 10:14 PM
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤. Most comments were very welcome! For those that 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 certain 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝, the answer is respectfully 𝐧𝐨.⁣
𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 would compromise the integrity of the survey; and 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 sparks conversation about 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬.🇨🇦
February 3, 2026 at 1:46 AM
1. Terry Fox
2. Tommy Douglas
3. All Cdns
4. Sir Frederick Banting/Dr Charles Best
5. PM Mark Carney
6. CAF & Canada's Vets
7. Don Cherry
8. Pierre Trudeau
9. Stomping Tom Connors
10. John Candy
HM. Gord Downie
HM. Michael J Fox
HM. Sir John A
HM. Rick Hanson
HM. Anne Murray
HM. David Suzuki
February 2, 2026 at 8:29 PM
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐍
A simple question, really: 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧?
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February 2, 2026 at 7:32 PM
January 29, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Happy Australia Day, mates!
January 26, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Before viral ads… before hashtags…
There was a red box, a dry wit, and a line Canadians still quote today.
☕ Only in Canada, eh? Pity.
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January 23, 2026 at 9:38 PM
I’ve only said this twice in my lifetime:
“Never have I been so proud of our Prime Minister.”
Different moments. Same Canadian backbone. 🇨🇦
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January 22, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Far from home and far from headlines, Canada’s Armed Forces are protecting the world’s oceans.
✈️🌊
Operation DRIFTNET shows how quiet patrols make a global difference.
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January 21, 2026 at 9:32 PM
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨’𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞.

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.
𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨.
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#mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthmatters
January 18, 2026 at 10:15 PM
𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰… some of 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚'𝐬 most famous wine grapes are deliberately left hanging on the vine until they are 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐳𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬?
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January 16, 2026 at 10:44 PM
𝐃𝐈𝐃 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖...
That the biggest "city" in 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚 is not 𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨? Or 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫é𝐚𝐥? Or even 𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐯𝐞𝐫?
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January 16, 2026 at 10:05 PM
𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐎𝐍 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐍𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃: January 15, 2026
Is 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚 sending troops to 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝? Yes and No. Canada is already scheduled to be in Greenland for 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞.
𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐊 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 for clarification
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January 15, 2026 at 8:43 PM
During the quiet chaos of the pandemic, between Christmas 2021 and early January 2022, a Canadian masterpiece vanished from The Fairmont Château Laurier reading room and replaced with a clumsy counterfeit.
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January 14, 2026 at 6:57 PM
It’s that time of year again.
Short days. Long shadows.
Waking up already tired and saying “I’m fine” because it’s easier.
If this isn’t you, read it anyway.
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#MentalHealth #MentalHealthAwareness #YouAreNotAlone
January 12, 2026 at 7:46 PM
The Arctic is melting.
Borders are shifting.
Power is for sale.
𝐓 𝐇 𝐄 𝐈 𝐂 𝐄 𝐂 𝐔 𝐑 𝐓 𝐀 𝐈 𝐍 imagines a near future where global trade, Alberta & the NW Passage collide - and Canada is forced to fight for its sovereignty.
A political thriller?
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January 11, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Warm. Familiar. Complicated. The 𝐇𝐮𝐝𝐬𝐨𝐧’𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐭 is more than a Canadian icon—it’s a story woven with trade, quality, memory, and colonial consequence.
Comfort and controversy, stitched together.
🇨🇦🧵
#AsCanadianAs #CanadianHistory #HBC #TruthInHistory

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January 10, 2026 at 1:01 AM
"Maybe we should call them the 𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚", offerred a relative, after the second murder of American citizens by "ICE" units.

Maybe we should.

©️ 𝘗𝘪𝘥𝘪 𝘗𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘰
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January 9, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Compelled to reach out to our American cousins - to those who want to rid the USA and the world of the infection that is the Tr*mp Regime - I created this. 𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐈𝐓. 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐈𝐓.
- 𝘗𝘪𝘥𝘪 𝘗𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘰

𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐂𝐄:
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#25UseIt #InvokeThe25th #InvokeThe25thAmendment
#pidipicaso
January 8, 2026 at 12:04 AM
January 7, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Canadian conservatism has a proud history of independence, restraint, and respect for sovereignty.
What happens when those values are set aside in favour of imported ideology?
𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐌 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐏𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐍
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞
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January 3, 2026 at 8:48 PM
𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬. 𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬. 𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞.
Canada once gathered around a shared voice each night.
This is the story of the first national news — and the voices we trusted. 🇨🇦
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January 2, 2026 at 9:54 PM
𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲.
Now it has three months to spend $9.3 billion.
What happens when scarcity turns into sudden abundance — and old ideas resurface?
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐈𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭
𝘉𝘺 𝘑𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯
👉 CLICK HERE
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January 1, 2026 at 9:07 PM
𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐃𝐀'𝐒 𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐓𝐄𝐍 𝐖𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒
𝐀 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐞

From coast to coast to coast, 2025 was a year when weather made headlines - and history.
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January 1, 2026 at 7:46 PM