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Wendy Mesley
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I like wind. (Not just my own!) Will be a journalist forever. Was CBC, now on Substack, Women of Ill Repute.
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Secret Ladies
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun- Part 2
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November 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Louiseville
Louise Penny is not afraid
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October 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Moving
It looks exactly like this. We even rented the dog for the photo.
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October 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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It's Only A Joke
Trump didn’t find it funny.
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September 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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September 11 and the Media
Remember what it was like to trust the press?
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September 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Dumb and Dumber
Or not.....
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September 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Sun Youth co-founder Sid Stevens provided vital services for Montrealers in need
The community organization helped youth get on their feet, ran one of Canada’s first food banks and found shelter for fire victims
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September 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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A betrayal of the victims of the Holocaust
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A betrayal of the victims of the Holocaust
A view from Israel
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September 1, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Will ChatGPT kill your child?
Join me for a Substack Live with a campaigning mother and lawyer fighting Silicon Valley's culture of impunity
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August 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Power
Photo thanks to Al-Jazeera
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August 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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The Israeli Assassination of Journalist Anas al-Sharif and Five Colleagues in Gaza City
“We understand these are our last days.”
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August 12, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Opinion: There is an abundance of shame – and rightly so – over the calamity in Gaza
Defenders of Israel can rationalize all they like, but human beings, including children, are starving as a result of this war – and that is simply unacceptable
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August 1, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Lawsuits LOL
Did you see the latest South Park on Comedy Central?
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July 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Peace Order and Good Government
Ok, enough with being cynical.
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July 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Mercy Mercy Me (the Ecology) sang Marvin Gaye
I got caught in the back seat of my car.
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July 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Don't Worry, Be Happy
"Our Moment"
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June 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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What's Going On?
It Better Not be Coming Here!
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May 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Coming Back From The Brink
How do you like them apples?
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May 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Resistance Is Futile
Or Is It?
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April 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Hungary from someone who loves it, in spite of itself.
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Opinion: Going home to Budapest, for the last time
Although she fled Hungary in 1956, Anna Porter has returned to her hometown many times over the years. A recent visit provided an opportunity to say goodbye to the city, and to reckon with her complic...
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April 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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I have subscribed to Rachel Gilmore's Substack.
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We need to talk about Rachel
Because our democracy is not going to make it through the next years without strong journalists.
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April 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Just saw the Myers ad...this is not about that! nohttps://open.substack.com/pub/womenofillrepute/p/getting-it-right?r=2pwbo&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Getting It Right
The TikTok algorithm sent me the clip.
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March 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Rewarding Your Buddies
There’s a lot in the news now about America, about Trump, about Democracy.
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March 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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I’m reading that King Charles, who is allegedly Canada’s head of state, has just invited Donald Trump to visit Buckingham Palace.

One hopes that one will raise the matter of threatening part of one’s realm with annexation, but one does not hope too much…
February 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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For the record, we are Great !!! open.substack.com/pub/womenofi...
Make Canada Great Again?
How to screw Trump and not get out of the pool nicely
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February 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM