@wolfelake2002.bsky.social
Retired RN. Interested in health, education & politics.Northern Ontario.
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...
Opinion | The Globalization of Canadian Rage
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...
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Bruce Fanjoy has launched a petition to require all federal party leaders to obtain and maintain top security clearance.
It's open for a couple of months.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
It's open for a couple of months.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-7148 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
February 6, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Bruce Fanjoy has launched a petition to require all federal party leaders to obtain and maintain top security clearance.
It's open for a couple of months.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
It's open for a couple of months.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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72. Don't force federal employees back to the office. Not without clean air initiatives, not without work-life balance improvements, and definitely not while you're cutting public transit funding.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Federal public servants called back to office 4 days a week starting this summer | CBC News
The federal government expects its employees to return to in-office work for a minimum of four days a week starting this July.
www.cbc.ca
February 6, 2026 at 10:10 PM
72. Don't force federal employees back to the office. Not without clean air initiatives, not without work-life balance improvements, and definitely not while you're cutting public transit funding.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Media promises to only fall for the ‘maybe Poilievre has changed’ story 4-5 more times (podcast)
Media promises to only fall for the 'maybe Poilievre has changed' story 4-5 more times
“He’s the boy who cried ‘I’ll stop being an insufferable prick’ and we’re starting to think he doesn’t mean it.” Luke and the Panel (Clare Blackwood, Megan MacKay, and Ian MacIntyre) talk Pierre Poili...
thebeaverton.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Media promises to only fall for the ‘maybe Poilievre has changed’ story 4-5 more times (podcast)
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The purpose of Alberta’s Health Statutes Amendment Act is to destroy public health care as we know it.
Not just in Alberta, but throughout Canada, by legislating two-tier health care. @djclimenhaga.bsky.social writes. #abpoli
Not just in Alberta, but throughout Canada, by legislating two-tier health care. @djclimenhaga.bsky.social writes. #abpoli
How Alberta Plans to Kill Public Health Care Across Canada | The Tyee
A new law opens the door for two-tier care that would destroy medicare.
thetyee.ca
February 3, 2026 at 10:47 PM
The purpose of Alberta’s Health Statutes Amendment Act is to destroy public health care as we know it.
Not just in Alberta, but throughout Canada, by legislating two-tier health care. @djclimenhaga.bsky.social writes. #abpoli
Not just in Alberta, but throughout Canada, by legislating two-tier health care. @djclimenhaga.bsky.social writes. #abpoli
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As I head to Milan for my 10th Olympics, here is my preview of a Games that was supposed to be a haven, but instead is perched on the edge of history, as a scattered Olympics in a broken - or breaking - world. www.thestar.com/sports/olymp...
Bruce Arthur: The Olympics have a history of overcoming the darkest of forecasts. But Milan Cortina feels different
A strangely scattered Winter Olympics arrives this week in an increasingly fractured world.
www.thestar.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:21 AM
As I head to Milan for my 10th Olympics, here is my preview of a Games that was supposed to be a haven, but instead is perched on the edge of history, as a scattered Olympics in a broken - or breaking - world. www.thestar.com/sports/olymp...
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I love the US. But if I were not American, I would not set foot in the US now.
As long as Stephen Miller is in power, the US cannot plausibly host international sporting events. (And all the *foreigners* they would bring.)
As long as Stephen Miller is in power, the US cannot plausibly host international sporting events. (And all the *foreigners* they would bring.)
The Montreal Canadiens are playing the Minnesota Wild in Minneapolis tonight. The players have been recommended to stay in/eat at the hotel, take the team bus to the arena, and carry passports.
Perhaps we shouldn't be hosting the World Cup and the Olympics...
Perhaps we shouldn't be hosting the World Cup and the Olympics...
Le voyagement est aussi affecté → www.danslescoulisses.com/ice-le-canad...
February 2, 2026 at 7:27 PM
I love the US. But if I were not American, I would not set foot in the US now.
As long as Stephen Miller is in power, the US cannot plausibly host international sporting events. (And all the *foreigners* they would bring.)
As long as Stephen Miller is in power, the US cannot plausibly host international sporting events. (And all the *foreigners* they would bring.)
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At a minimum, this is criminally negligent, and far more likely, this is deliberate concealing of government activities and records. Either way, it's completely unacceptable, and Doug Ford's Conservative government needs to be held accountable. #ONpoli
NEW: The Ford government is drafting and circulating sensitive documents it says reveal details of cabinet meetings on personal Google accounts. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1164609...
globalnews.ca/news/1164609...
Ford government storing records ‘central’ to secret cabinet deliberations in Google Docs | Globalnews.ca
New information shows staff within Ontario Premier Doug Ford's office are using unsecured Google services to create or circulate official documents.
globalnews.ca
February 2, 2026 at 2:56 PM
At a minimum, this is criminally negligent, and far more likely, this is deliberate concealing of government activities and records. Either way, it's completely unacceptable, and Doug Ford's Conservative government needs to be held accountable. #ONpoli
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New tests just dropped.
Hey Canada, we just received new rapid tests!
1) Flu / RSV / Adenovirus combo
2) Strep A
3) Vitamin D
All Health Canada registered.
This weekend only, save 15% off all rapid tests with code RAPID15 at checkout.
Now is a great time to stock up and be prepared!
canadastrong.ca/collections/...
1) Flu / RSV / Adenovirus combo
2) Strep A
3) Vitamin D
All Health Canada registered.
This weekend only, save 15% off all rapid tests with code RAPID15 at checkout.
Now is a great time to stock up and be prepared!
canadastrong.ca/collections/...
Rapid Tests for COVID-19, Influenza (Flu A & B), Strep A, RSV, Adenovirus, and Vitamin D
Our rapid tests are Health Canada approved and easy to use. Take control of your own health with quality rapid tests from Canada Strong.
canadastrong.ca
February 1, 2026 at 9:21 PM
New tests just dropped.
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NOT GOOD.
"I think Trump’s instincts are to do what he wants,& to hell with the consequences. I think the closest analogy to someone like President Trump is actually a monarch. In some ways, he’s like Louis XIV, the French king, who built Versailles, which also had lots of gold & lots of mirrors."
"I think Trump’s instincts are to do what he wants,& to hell with the consequences. I think the closest analogy to someone like President Trump is actually a monarch. In some ways, he’s like Louis XIV, the French king, who built Versailles, which also had lots of gold & lots of mirrors."
Historian Margaret MacMillan on the possibility of the next world war and why there is no satisfying Trump #Opinion
Steve Paikin: Historian Margaret MacMillan on the possibility of the next world war and why there is no satisfying Trump
A number of countries now possess nuclear weapons, and what may hold people back from taking us to the edge of war is just that fact that no one will
www.thestar.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:31 PM
NOT GOOD.
"I think Trump’s instincts are to do what he wants,& to hell with the consequences. I think the closest analogy to someone like President Trump is actually a monarch. In some ways, he’s like Louis XIV, the French king, who built Versailles, which also had lots of gold & lots of mirrors."
"I think Trump’s instincts are to do what he wants,& to hell with the consequences. I think the closest analogy to someone like President Trump is actually a monarch. In some ways, he’s like Louis XIV, the French king, who built Versailles, which also had lots of gold & lots of mirrors."
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"It is an error of epic proportions to dismiss the obvious and explicit statements made by Trump and his administration about their plans to upend both America and the world."
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January 30, 2026 at 1:07 AM
"It is an error of epic proportions to dismiss the obvious and explicit statements made by Trump and his administration about their plans to upend both America and the world."
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www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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This song is playing on repeat in our home today. Solidarity with Minneapolis. Justice for all.
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 6:36 PM
This song is playing on repeat in our home today. Solidarity with Minneapolis. Justice for all.
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I wrote for The Star about Carney delivering a pivotal speech about new global partnerships, then immediately laying off the very people who build said partnerships
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
January 25, 2026 at 1:40 PM
I wrote for The Star about Carney delivering a pivotal speech about new global partnerships, then immediately laying off the very people who build said partnerships
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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No more tone policing and kindness-washing. Everything that's happening in the US right now should be assumed to be a preview of the consequences of electing a Conservative Prime Minister in Canada, and of a separated Alberta under the UCP and the brownshirts they want to replace the RCMP with.
Canada's Conservative Party is denying press credentials to media outlets while handing out 'content creator' passes to partisan personalities.
This is a tactic straight from the USA's White House.
@nationalobserver.com | www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/24/a...
This is a tactic straight from the USA's White House.
@nationalobserver.com | www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/24/a...
January 24, 2026 at 10:30 PM
No more tone policing and kindness-washing. Everything that's happening in the US right now should be assumed to be a preview of the consequences of electing a Conservative Prime Minister in Canada, and of a separated Alberta under the UCP and the brownshirts they want to replace the RCMP with.
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In the wake of the Denmark/Greenland leaders speaking clearly to their population about the risk of a US takeover, we are nearing the time when Mark Carney must speak openly to Canadians about the real and urgent threat they also face. It just hasn't been vocalized by Trump lately. But it's there.
January 20, 2026 at 8:48 PM
In the wake of the Denmark/Greenland leaders speaking clearly to their population about the risk of a US takeover, we are nearing the time when Mark Carney must speak openly to Canadians about the real and urgent threat they also face. It just hasn't been vocalized by Trump lately. But it's there.
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If we stand aside when others are threatened, we can expect others to do the same when it's our turn over the barrel.
Canada needs to get in on this in a robust way, and show support for Greenland, Denmark, and other northern European allies, for two important reasons: 1) It's the right thing to do. 2) We could very well be next.
Sweden’s Prime Minister, in a new statement on Greenland:
“We will not let ourselves be blackmailed… Sweden is now having intensive discussions with other EU countries, Norway, and the United Kingdom for a coordinated response.”
“We will not let ourselves be blackmailed… Sweden is now having intensive discussions with other EU countries, Norway, and the United Kingdom for a coordinated response.”
January 17, 2026 at 9:48 PM
If we stand aside when others are threatened, we can expect others to do the same when it's our turn over the barrel.
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It will take direction from the federal govt to hospital GPOs, Mohawk MedBuy & HealthPro, to hospitals, & to Provinces.
Feds have the power of the purse wrt transfer payments for healthcare to start, but really we need federal legislation.
Buy 🇨🇦 for publicly funded healthcare
Feds have the power of the purse wrt transfer payments for healthcare to start, but really we need federal legislation.
Buy 🇨🇦 for publicly funded healthcare
January 16, 2026 at 5:22 AM
It will take direction from the federal govt to hospital GPOs, Mohawk MedBuy & HealthPro, to hospitals, & to Provinces.
Feds have the power of the purse wrt transfer payments for healthcare to start, but really we need federal legislation.
Buy 🇨🇦 for publicly funded healthcare
Feds have the power of the purse wrt transfer payments for healthcare to start, but really we need federal legislation.
Buy 🇨🇦 for publicly funded healthcare
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Dear @mark-carney.bsky.social, I believe most Canadians will agree that it is in Canada's best interests if you cancel all of Palantir's contracts with the Canadian government. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
January 15, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Dear @mark-carney.bsky.social, I believe most Canadians will agree that it is in Canada's best interests if you cancel all of Palantir's contracts with the Canadian government. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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This what a Hmong man, who came to the U.S. almost 30 years ago, told me about the atmosphere in his community:
January 13, 2026 at 10:43 PM
This what a Hmong man, who came to the U.S. almost 30 years ago, told me about the atmosphere in his community:
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📣 This is VERY BAD news. Some family doctors in North Bay appear to be de-rostering current patients (who then don't have a family MD) and replacing these patients with patients from the Health Connect Ontario (prov wait list) at $500/patient. www.nugget.ca/news/north-b...
North Bay woman dropped by doctor, who then accepted new patients
Several North Bay residents were shocked to receive a letter from their family physician informing them they've been dropped.
www.nugget.ca
January 11, 2026 at 3:16 AM
📣 This is VERY BAD news. Some family doctors in North Bay appear to be de-rostering current patients (who then don't have a family MD) and replacing these patients with patients from the Health Connect Ontario (prov wait list) at $500/patient. www.nugget.ca/news/north-b...
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"...sit now
very quietly
in some lovely wild place, and listen
to the silence.
And I say that this, too,
is a poem."
- Mary Oliver
very quietly
in some lovely wild place, and listen
to the silence.
And I say that this, too,
is a poem."
- Mary Oliver
January 9, 2026 at 3:54 PM
"...sit now
very quietly
in some lovely wild place, and listen
to the silence.
And I say that this, too,
is a poem."
- Mary Oliver
very quietly
in some lovely wild place, and listen
to the silence.
And I say that this, too,
is a poem."
- Mary Oliver
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Much like I have shared signs of increased avian flu risk, I have tried to share signs that help confirm the increased risk Canada faces from the south. Like bird flu, it is easy to ignore until it isn’t.
What an editorial from the Globe. Words I didn't ever expect to see written.
"Canada cannot repeat the mistake of failing to come to grips with reality, urgently – of failing to recognize that we are now caught up in a national emergency."
(Gift link) www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/3865d4a...
"Canada cannot repeat the mistake of failing to come to grips with reality, urgently – of failing to recognize that we are now caught up in a national emergency."
(Gift link) www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/3865d4a...
The Sunday Editorial: Venezuela’s fate is a warning for Canada
U.S. military action to seize Nicolás Maduro marks the formal debut of an imperial America
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Much like I have shared signs of increased avian flu risk, I have tried to share signs that help confirm the increased risk Canada faces from the south. Like bird flu, it is easy to ignore until it isn’t.
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After the devastating loss of the 3 children in Ottawa, it was urgent to get info out re the additional ways avail to protect one’s loved ones from serious illness as we enter the holidays…
and to remind young fams this amt of sickness ISN’T normal.
#VaccinePlus
ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/12/21/s...
and to remind young fams this amt of sickness ISN’T normal.
#VaccinePlus
ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/12/21/s...
Schools have become cesspools for cold and flu, but they don't have to be: Ontario School Safety
The volunteer organization Ontario School Safety is calling on the provincial government to improve air quality in schools as flu spreads.
ottawa.citynews.ca
December 22, 2025 at 1:59 AM
After the devastating loss of the 3 children in Ottawa, it was urgent to get info out re the additional ways avail to protect one’s loved ones from serious illness as we enter the holidays…
and to remind young fams this amt of sickness ISN’T normal.
#VaccinePlus
ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/12/21/s...
and to remind young fams this amt of sickness ISN’T normal.
#VaccinePlus
ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/12/21/s...
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This is a really good video about measles. I watched it so I could refresh my knowledge. Measles was eradicated by the time I became a doctor, so I haven't seen it.
A new Double Take video reviews evidence-based recommendations on measles prevention and management and explores commonly asked questions about the measles virus and infection. Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/PI6M680p9i0
Measles | NEJM
YouTube video by NEJM Group
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This is a really good video about measles. I watched it so I could refresh my knowledge. Measles was eradicated by the time I became a doctor, so I haven't seen it.