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As long as we refuse to address white supremacy culture, we will not be able to address the climate crisis.
Artist, Jamaican(Igbo)/Dutch, western canada, LandBack everywhere, Black liberation by any means necessary.
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Artist, Jamaican(Igbo)/Dutch, western canada, LandBack everywhere, Black liberation by any means necessary.
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"Slavery and genocide fueled climate destruction.
Black liberation will fuel regeneration."
Black liberation will fuel regeneration."
Murmurations: Climate Solutions Require Black Ecology
Slavery and genocide fueled climate destruction. Black liberation will fuel regeneration.
www.yesmagazine.org
This is what I mean when I say "If we do not address white supremacy culture, we will not be able address the climate crisis."
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Come on out and join Team Tanille for a Leadership Debate Watch Party in Vancouver. Join us on February 19th at 5 pm at Kelly O’Bryan’s Restaurant & Carlos O’Bryan’s Pub (upstairs).
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February 17, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Come on out and join Team Tanille for a Leadership Debate Watch Party in Vancouver. Join us on February 19th at 5 pm at Kelly O’Bryan’s Restaurant & Carlos O’Bryan’s Pub (upstairs).
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Important new report co-authored by the brilliant lawyer Nana Yanful racism in Canada's immigration detention system.It shows that Black men are particularly impacted by detention, and calls for abolition of detention as the only way to achieve racial justice. www.detentionstories.ca/report/report
Detention Stories
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February 17, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Important new report co-authored by the brilliant lawyer Nana Yanful racism in Canada's immigration detention system.It shows that Black men are particularly impacted by detention, and calls for abolition of detention as the only way to achieve racial justice. www.detentionstories.ca/report/report
Conservatives always cut healthcare, education, housing, and anything needed for survival. They increase policing to protect themselves from the impacts of awful policy, and funnel public money into private coffers to ensure they can get over-paid jobs once they become unelectable.
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
The privatization of Ontarios health care under Doug Ford continues.
Don't forget that under all of his Captain Canada/working with Carney bluster is a man who is on a mission to destroy OHIP via US style privatization.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Don't forget that under all of his Captain Canada/working with Carney bluster is a man who is on a mission to destroy OHIP via US style privatization.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
More than 700 nursing, PSW jobs could be cut in Ottawa, says union | CBC News
Ontario’s largest health-care union is sounding the alarm on impending job cuts and increased wait times if the province fails to increase hospital funding.
www.cbc.ca
February 16, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Conservatives always cut healthcare, education, housing, and anything needed for survival. They increase policing to protect themselves from the impacts of awful policy, and funnel public money into private coffers to ensure they can get over-paid jobs once they become unelectable.
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
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Abolition requires a global lens: In 2022, thousands of Haitians took to the streets in Port-au-Prince to protest Canada and the United States for equipping the island nation’s police force with policing and military supplies, including tactical armoured vehicles. 1/4
February 16, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Abolition requires a global lens: In 2022, thousands of Haitians took to the streets in Port-au-Prince to protest Canada and the United States for equipping the island nation’s police force with policing and military supplies, including tactical armoured vehicles. 1/4
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Cut the police budget by this amount. So much of what they do in Halifax is serve as a private security firm for white nationalists demanding ICE-style deportations.
February 15, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Cut the police budget by this amount. So much of what they do in Halifax is serve as a private security firm for white nationalists demanding ICE-style deportations.
"Since the first Women’s Memorial March, more than 970 names have been added to the list of women who have gone missing or been murdered in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES)."
#MMIWG2S #canadaSoRacist
#MMIWG2S #canadaSoRacist
Women's Memorial March
The Women’s Memorial March (WMM) is held every year on 14 February, Valentine’s Day, in cities across Canada and the United States. The WMM started in 1992 ...
thecanadianencyclopedia.ca
February 15, 2026 at 5:07 PM
"Since the first Women’s Memorial March, more than 970 names have been added to the list of women who have gone missing or been murdered in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES)."
#MMIWG2S #canadaSoRacist
#MMIWG2S #canadaSoRacist
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Calgary: Rally 11:30am
US Consulate (615 Macleod Trl SE, Calgary)
Organized by the Calgary People’s Assembly
ARMS EMBARGO NOW
NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION
TO CLOSE THE LOOPHOLES
NOW
30+ ACTIONS TUESDAY
AND COUNTING...
FEB.17
US Consulate (615 Macleod Trl SE, Calgary)
Organized by the Calgary People’s Assembly
ARMS EMBARGO NOW
NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION
TO CLOSE THE LOOPHOLES
NOW
30+ ACTIONS TUESDAY
AND COUNTING...
FEB.17
February 15, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Calgary: Rally 11:30am
US Consulate (615 Macleod Trl SE, Calgary)
Organized by the Calgary People’s Assembly
ARMS EMBARGO NOW
NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION
TO CLOSE THE LOOPHOLES
NOW
30+ ACTIONS TUESDAY
AND COUNTING...
FEB.17
US Consulate (615 Macleod Trl SE, Calgary)
Organized by the Calgary People’s Assembly
ARMS EMBARGO NOW
NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION
TO CLOSE THE LOOPHOLES
NOW
30+ ACTIONS TUESDAY
AND COUNTING...
FEB.17
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On Valentine’s Eve, families gather alone, as governments promise progress on MMIWG www.aptnnews.ca?p=283792
On Valentines eve, families renew calls for help for MMIWG
A lack of stable funding for MMIWG means promises made at high-level meetings are not leading to results on the ground.
www.aptnnews.ca
February 13, 2026 at 10:58 PM
On Valentine’s Eve, families gather alone, as governments promise progress on MMIWG www.aptnnews.ca?p=283792
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We collectively need to stop referring to the Alberta Energy Regulator as “seen by many as a captured agency” and just say “a captured agency.”
Same goes for police boards that have demonstrated their capture time and time again.
Same goes for police boards that have demonstrated their capture time and time again.
Insights on the proposed Grassy Mountain Coal Mine #yql #yyc #yeg #abpoli lethbridgeherald.com/commentary/o...
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February 14, 2026 at 3:19 PM
We collectively need to stop referring to the Alberta Energy Regulator as “seen by many as a captured agency” and just say “a captured agency.”
Same goes for police boards that have demonstrated their capture time and time again.
Same goes for police boards that have demonstrated their capture time and time again.
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This season our goal is to reach 5,000 new readers — and you can help. Invite one or two friends to subscribe and bring this kind of reporting to more people.
Read Issue 228 here: www.thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/2...
Read Issue 228 here: www.thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/2...
February 14, 2026 at 1:15 PM
This season our goal is to reach 5,000 new readers — and you can help. Invite one or two friends to subscribe and bring this kind of reporting to more people.
Read Issue 228 here: www.thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/2...
Read Issue 228 here: www.thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/2...
"Robinson said, it's "quite concerning" that some are quibbling over the finer points rather than figuring how to fix the enormous problems at play."
#MMIWG2S #canadaSoRacist
#MMIWG2S #canadaSoRacist
A common misconception toted by the right. I ask folkx learn about this article and correct misinformation everytime. Pls act on the 231 Calls to Justice in your life. #MMIWG2 www.nationalobserver.com/2019/06/07/a...
February 14, 2026 at 5:09 AM
"Robinson said, it's "quite concerning" that some are quibbling over the finer points rather than figuring how to fix the enormous problems at play."
#MMIWG2S #canadaSoRacist
#MMIWG2S #canadaSoRacist
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journalists must fact check every statement police make
For the second time in the first five months in her time as Victoria's police chief, Fiona Wilson is issuing a correction after she publicly presented incorrect data.
‘Concerning’: VicPD issues correction after chief presents inflated data for seond time
For the second time in the first five months in her time as Victoria's police chief, Fiona Wilson is issuing a correction after she publicly presented incorrect data.
cheknews.ca
February 14, 2026 at 1:40 AM
journalists must fact check every statement police make
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Once again, the AI boom is pushing everyone deeper into building new fossil fuel infrastructure. The sooner this bubble pops, the better. I hope it buries every dipwad who's pushing it for good.
This is happening in a town of 10000 people, BTW. Just dropping a 1000 job campus on a tiny community.
This is happening in a town of 10000 people, BTW. Just dropping a 1000 job campus on a tiny community.
‘I’m feeling absolutely sick about it’: Olds could get massive data centres, residents demand answers | CBC News
Olds residents are voicing their concerns and frustrations over a massive proposed data centre campus in the southern Alberta town that would offer up to 1,000 megawatts of electrical capacity to powe...
www.cbc.ca
February 14, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Once again, the AI boom is pushing everyone deeper into building new fossil fuel infrastructure. The sooner this bubble pops, the better. I hope it buries every dipwad who's pushing it for good.
This is happening in a town of 10000 people, BTW. Just dropping a 1000 job campus on a tiny community.
This is happening in a town of 10000 people, BTW. Just dropping a 1000 job campus on a tiny community.
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Moved by his ancestors, Ken Johnston walked 265 kilometres through southern Ontario, following the Underground Railroad path of early Black settlers.
@balkissoon.bsky.social tells the story behind the story in our latest newsletter:
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@balkissoon.bsky.social tells the story behind the story in our latest newsletter:
thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-o...
In the footsteps of Ontario’s early Black settlers
Ken Johnston walked from Niagara Falls to Owen Sound, tracing the Underground Railroad forged by Harriet Tubman and Black freedom seekers
thenarwhal.ca
February 13, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Moved by his ancestors, Ken Johnston walked 265 kilometres through southern Ontario, following the Underground Railroad path of early Black settlers.
@balkissoon.bsky.social tells the story behind the story in our latest newsletter:
thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-o...
@balkissoon.bsky.social tells the story behind the story in our latest newsletter:
thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-o...
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A new exhibit at the SANAAQ centre is seeking to lift the veil on Baylis’s accomplishments and her dogged fight in the 1960s for her rights and the rights of Canadians. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
She won a landmark discrimination case in Canada. An exhibit and play honour her legacy | CBC News
Gloria Baylis, a Black nurse from Barbados, took a Montreal hotel giant to court in the 60s and won. It was the first Canadian case where an institution was found guilty of job discrimination based on...
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February 13, 2026 at 1:05 PM
A new exhibit at the SANAAQ centre is seeking to lift the veil on Baylis’s accomplishments and her dogged fight in the 1960s for her rights and the rights of Canadians. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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When police take your info, during a traffic stop or a background check, do you ever wonder what happens to it?
The police corruption scandal is a reminder that our personal info is never safe in the hands of the cops
Our latest for @breachmedia.ca
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ2g...
The police corruption scandal is a reminder that our personal info is never safe in the hands of the cops
Our latest for @breachmedia.ca
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ2g...
Toronto Police scandal reveals: Your personal info is not safe with the cops
YouTube video by The Breach
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February 13, 2026 at 11:06 PM
When police take your info, during a traffic stop or a background check, do you ever wonder what happens to it?
The police corruption scandal is a reminder that our personal info is never safe in the hands of the cops
Our latest for @breachmedia.ca
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ2g...
The police corruption scandal is a reminder that our personal info is never safe in the hands of the cops
Our latest for @breachmedia.ca
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ2g...
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That's cool, I didn't even know this was a thing!
Just got my Public Lending Right money from Canada Council. And for the firs time ever, it's pretty good money ($1500). This is thanks to you taking my books out at the library. Keep doing it! And do it for your favourite authors! Even if you don't read the books!!
February 13, 2026 at 8:09 PM
That's cool, I didn't even know this was a thing!
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We in the NDP must have a plan to put people and planet first over AI.
Our plan puts a moratorium on new AI data centers, criminalizes the creation or distribution of sexualized AI deepfakes, protects users from data extractivism and shields workers from AI layoffs.
www.tanille.ca/platform/ai
Our plan puts a moratorium on new AI data centers, criminalizes the creation or distribution of sexualized AI deepfakes, protects users from data extractivism and shields workers from AI layoffs.
www.tanille.ca/platform/ai
People & Planet First Over AI — Vote Tanille for NDP Leader
www.tanille.ca
February 13, 2026 at 7:24 PM
We in the NDP must have a plan to put people and planet first over AI.
Our plan puts a moratorium on new AI data centers, criminalizes the creation or distribution of sexualized AI deepfakes, protects users from data extractivism and shields workers from AI layoffs.
www.tanille.ca/platform/ai
Our plan puts a moratorium on new AI data centers, criminalizes the creation or distribution of sexualized AI deepfakes, protects users from data extractivism and shields workers from AI layoffs.
www.tanille.ca/platform/ai
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1/ Issue 228 of The Continent is out: Wagner’s info warriors, post-Prigozhin. Leaked docs reveal their influence in 22 African countries. We focus on South Africa, Mali, CAR, Niger & Angola.
February 13, 2026 at 6:49 PM
1/ Issue 228 of The Continent is out: Wagner’s info warriors, post-Prigozhin. Leaked docs reveal their influence in 22 African countries. We focus on South Africa, Mali, CAR, Niger & Angola.
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Good morning, Alberta! The tour continues join me today in Red Deer, Camrose, and Edmonton. Looking forward to meeting you!
Red Deer: 10 am @ Caballo Blanco Bistro
Camrose: 1:30 pm @ MainStreet 1908
Edmonton: 6 pm @ Royal Coach Dining Room
RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/cc/meet-tani...
Red Deer: 10 am @ Caballo Blanco Bistro
Camrose: 1:30 pm @ MainStreet 1908
Edmonton: 6 pm @ Royal Coach Dining Room
RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/cc/meet-tani...
Meet Tanille!
Tanille's events across Canada as she runs to be the next leader of the New Democratic Party
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February 13, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Good morning, Alberta! The tour continues join me today in Red Deer, Camrose, and Edmonton. Looking forward to meeting you!
Red Deer: 10 am @ Caballo Blanco Bistro
Camrose: 1:30 pm @ MainStreet 1908
Edmonton: 6 pm @ Royal Coach Dining Room
RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/cc/meet-tani...
Red Deer: 10 am @ Caballo Blanco Bistro
Camrose: 1:30 pm @ MainStreet 1908
Edmonton: 6 pm @ Royal Coach Dining Room
RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/cc/meet-tani...
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NEW: Group sending Canadian right-wing media personalities on free trips to Israel quietly funded by Israeli government
Documents unearthed by @pressprogress.ca show Israel's foreign ministry granted the Exigent Foundation $175,000 CAD to bring "Canadian influencers and policymakers" to Israel
Documents unearthed by @pressprogress.ca show Israel's foreign ministry granted the Exigent Foundation $175,000 CAD to bring "Canadian influencers and policymakers" to Israel
Group Sending Canadian Right-Wing Media Personalities on Free Trips to Israel Quietly Funded by the Israeli Government
Israeli foreign ministry granted Exigent Foundation $175,000 CAD to bring ‘Canadian influencers and policymakers’ to Israel, documents show
pressprogress.ca
February 12, 2026 at 9:13 PM
NEW: Group sending Canadian right-wing media personalities on free trips to Israel quietly funded by Israeli government
Documents unearthed by @pressprogress.ca show Israel's foreign ministry granted the Exigent Foundation $175,000 CAD to bring "Canadian influencers and policymakers" to Israel
Documents unearthed by @pressprogress.ca show Israel's foreign ministry granted the Exigent Foundation $175,000 CAD to bring "Canadian influencers and policymakers" to Israel
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I posted on *three platforms* just over *20 minutes* after Radio-Canada first misidentified this innocent trans woman as a mass shooter on national television in a 6:00pmET broadcast.
I tagged Radio Canada and Patrice Roy.
They didn't issue a correction until after 2:00pmET today.
Unacceptable.
I tagged Radio Canada and Patrice Roy.
They didn't issue a correction until after 2:00pmET today.
Unacceptable.
Radio-Canada apologizes after it aired a photo circulated by anti-trans hate groups online, falsely claiming it was a photo of the Tumbler Ridge shooter. Damaging and irresponsible, and this apology raises more questions about journalistic process imho.
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/222...
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/222...
Correction sur la couverture de la fusillade à Tumbler Ridge
La direction de l'information s'excuse de la publication d'une photo présentant à tort une personne comme étant responsable de la fusillade.
ici.radio-canada.ca
February 12, 2026 at 10:55 PM
I posted on *three platforms* just over *20 minutes* after Radio-Canada first misidentified this innocent trans woman as a mass shooter on national television in a 6:00pmET broadcast.
I tagged Radio Canada and Patrice Roy.
They didn't issue a correction until after 2:00pmET today.
Unacceptable.
I tagged Radio Canada and Patrice Roy.
They didn't issue a correction until after 2:00pmET today.
Unacceptable.
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Ethiopian artist Makeda Bizuneh, The Roofs in the Moonlight (c.2013) #WomensArt
February 12, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Ethiopian artist Makeda Bizuneh, The Roofs in the Moonlight (c.2013) #WomensArt
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1/8 🇨🇦 SUFFERING SHOULD NEVER BE WEAPONIZED 🇨🇦
A tragedy in Tumbler Ridge is being repackaged for "rage farming."
Ken Matheson argues that scapegoating vulnerable groups makes communities fragile, not safer.
Ken Matheson...
#TumblerRidge #BCPoli #CdnPoli
#TransRights #MentalHealthMatters #NoHate
A tragedy in Tumbler Ridge is being repackaged for "rage farming."
Ken Matheson argues that scapegoating vulnerable groups makes communities fragile, not safer.
Ken Matheson...
#TumblerRidge #BCPoli #CdnPoli
#TransRights #MentalHealthMatters #NoHate
February 12, 2026 at 11:07 PM
1/8 🇨🇦 SUFFERING SHOULD NEVER BE WEAPONIZED 🇨🇦
A tragedy in Tumbler Ridge is being repackaged for "rage farming."
Ken Matheson argues that scapegoating vulnerable groups makes communities fragile, not safer.
Ken Matheson...
#TumblerRidge #BCPoli #CdnPoli
#TransRights #MentalHealthMatters #NoHate
A tragedy in Tumbler Ridge is being repackaged for "rage farming."
Ken Matheson argues that scapegoating vulnerable groups makes communities fragile, not safer.
Ken Matheson...
#TumblerRidge #BCPoli #CdnPoli
#TransRights #MentalHealthMatters #NoHate