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Tara Moriarty @moriartylab.bsky.social · 1d

Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025

SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none

About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

This image shows gauges with the Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025 Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, & territories. From left to right:

Canada: VERY HIGH - 10.1
Alberta: SEVERE - 16.2
British Columbia: HIGH - 8.4
Manitoba: VERY HIGH - 11.9
New Brunswick: VERY HIGH - 14.5
Newfoundland & Labrador: VERY HIGH - 10.1
North: VERY HIGH - 11.5
Nova Scotia: VERY HIGH - 12.7
Ontario: HIGH - 9.2
Prince Edward Island: HIGH - 7.7
Quebec: VERY HIGH - 10.1
Saskatchewan: VERY HIGH - 13.1

A text box reads: "The COVID Forecast is calculated from 3 equally weighted categories: 1) Current infections and spread; 2) Healthcare system impact; 3) Mortality. Within each category there is one sub-category for trends over the most recent week (Trends) and one sub-category for current parameter values relative to a specified baseline (Current values). Trends and current values are weighted equally when determining the final score for a category. All Forecast input data and sources are available here (https://datastudio.google.com/embed/u/0/reporting/42b886cf-d661-488e-b7d8-5c5836b55ab6/page/p_2yqs028mwc). Past Forecast scores are available in the table below. Forecast scores are grouped into 4 ranges: MODERATE (1 to <5, white), HIGH (6 to <10, yellow), VERY HIGH (10 to <15, orange), SEVERE (>15 red)."

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Anne Carbert @accarbert.bsky.social · 2d

“Researchers have defined this kind of systemic misunderstanding of how others think as a perception gap, and one result is that politicians calculate that they can continue to cater to corporate interests and preserve the fossil fuel status quo.”

CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 5d

🌍 The vast majority of people want governments to take climate action, but most wrongly think they're in the minority.

Amy Westervelt explores the media's role in this “perception gap" in this piece for @thenation.com

The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion

The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.

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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 2d

The article doesn't say it, but this cool solar forecasting software uses no large language models, the thing people usually think of when they hear "AI." It uses a fairly simple convolutional neural network that's readily trained on a laptop. No data centers or LLMs involved. Research paper here:

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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 5d

Budget 2025 does little to contain the cost-of-living crisis or rising rates of poverty. Important programs are targeted for cuts, others to be starved of funds. Is this the route to an inclusive future? #cdnpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

The path to prosperity set out in budget 2025 leaves millions behind - CCPA

The millions struggling to pay their rent and put food on the table were looking for relief in budget 2025—and they were disappointed.

www.policyalternatives.ca

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Isabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 3d

Public options for essentials, strategic price interventions, investment in housing and childcare — this is antifascist economics. It tackles the material conditions that make authoritarianism appealing.
In making life livable, democracy defends itself.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.

The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.

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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 4d

Who is responsible for the affordability crisis?
youtube.com/watch?v=kxYl...

Who is responsible for the affordability crisis?

YouTube video by Migrant Rights Network

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John Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · 4d

The need to challenge racist borders and to fight for the rights of #migrants and #refugees has never been greater and it can only increase.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 5d

10. The freedoms we take for granted – political, economic, sexual, individual - were won through a combination of extraordinary struggle and extraordinary luck. There’s nothing “natural” or inevitable about them. They are in fact highly anomalous. And we won’t know what we’ve lost till it’s gone.

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Suzanne Rent @suzannerent.bsky.social · 5d

If Tim Houston is so concerned about democracy, he’d sit in the legislature for more than eight days, wouldn’t override decisions of Halifax regional council, would talk with reporters, and wouldn’t consider giving part of a provincial park to a private developer for a golf course.

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Liz LeClair (she/her) @lizleclairhfx.bsky.social · 4d

I really wish some news outlets would stop regurgitating Houston’s tweets verbatim.

He’s now using veterans once again to distract the public.

The poppy issue was Saskatchewan not Nova Scotia.

Keep your eyes on Mabou. #nspoli

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Saskatoon prosecutor upset she is not allowed to wear a poppy in court | CBC News

A Saskatoon prosecutor says she should be allowed to honour veterans by wearing a poppy in court. Lana Morelli was told that she cannot.

www.cbc.ca

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 4d

I dealt with a lot of fossil-fuel propaganda in my book, but the lie that “by doing what we’re already doing we’ve avoided the bad outcomes” has in the past two years turned out to be the most popular and the most pernicious of all the disinformation I discussed.

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Anne Carbert @accarbert.bsky.social · 5d

“Cutting aid to those who need it most, and threatening decades of progress in the fight against AIDS, does not represent a “Canada Strong.” It represents a Canada that has lost its moral compass.”

Stephen Lewis Foundation @theslf.org · 5d

Read the full statement at theslf.org/Statement-on-Budget2025

Red background with text: "Until now, I’ve held on to the hope that Canada would not follow the U.S.’s example... At a time when Canada’s leadership is needed most, should we not be the ones setting the bar?" — Meg French, SLF Executive Director on #Budget2025. Button reads: "Read the full statement on our website."

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Anne Carbert @accarbert.bsky.social · 5d

The government of Canada knows the deadly impact of the dismantling of USAID and just cut foreign aid in this week’s federal budget. Beyond shameful.

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 5d

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands

The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

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PEN Canada @pencanada.bsky.social · 7d

PEN Canada joins 43 organizations and 123 individuals in open letter opposing “National Sprint” consultation on AI strategy, which proposed a mere thirty-day window on short notice.

pencanada.ca/news/open-le...

Open Letter to the Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation from civil society organizations and individuals opposing “National Sprint” consultation on AI strategy - PEN Canada

pencanada.ca

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Anne Carbert @accarbert.bsky.social · 6d

“I’m really concerned that reconciliation with Indigenous peoples is going to be contingent upon how we can demonstrate our benefit to the economy and that’s not really what reconciliation was supposed to be about.”

APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 6d

The federal budget is getting mixed reviews from Indigenous organizations with a number saying it misses the mark when it comes to addressing the massive socioeconomic gaps their communities face.

Indigenous leaders say budget a missed opportunity

Indigenous leaders had mixed reviews of Mark Carney's first budget as prime minister saying major issues were ignored.

www.aptnnews.ca

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Earth Negotiations Bulletin @enb.iisd.org · 7d

On day 2 of #SocialSummit2025 in Doha, leaders stress the importance of universal social protection systems as enablers of social #justice and #sustainabledevelopment; and highlight role of #gender equality and sexual & reproductive health.

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Rei Takver @rtakver.bsky.social · 7d

I spent a really long time amassing everything you need to know about Labour's vast deals with fossil gas-loving, Trump-donating AI giants out to pepper the world with climate-wrecking data centres...so you don't have to!

My reporting for @desmog.com 📖👇

Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 7d

The sheer scale of Labour's deals with Trump-donating Big Tech firms has been seriously under-reported.

Not only are they being allowed to build climate-wrecking data centres, they've also been given permission to embed their tech within Whitehall, the NHS, and defence 👇👇

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Labour’s Big Tech Love Affair Could Blow Up Its Climate Promises

When U.S. President Donald Trump landed for what he called the “exquisite honour” of an unprecedented second state visit to the UK this September, he brought along a retinue of his favourite Silicon V...

www.desmog.com

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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 7d

It's actually insane that the feds are promising to put more than double the amount of money they're putting into childcare, into AI.

Why not just set it on fire and dance around it hoping to sway the gods to our favour?

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Adrienne Tanner @adriennetanner.bsky.social · 7d

"Canada told the fossil fuel industry greenwashing was illegal, and its response was that having to be honest and transparent would make it too hard to do business. Apparently the threat worked," says Phil Newell of @caadcoalition.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/04/n...

Carney scraps anti-greenwashing law despite public call for climate truth

Most Canadians want the federal government to do more about climate disinformation, especially during extreme weather, new research shows, even as the Carney government scraps Canada's laws against gr...

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Katherine Scott @kjscott.bsky.social · 11d

As we look forward to the budget next week, we need to remember that the wealthy in Canada are doing very well. Rising fiscal pressures could be eased if the richest Canadians and multinational corporations paid their fair share. 5/5

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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 7d

.@policyalternatives.ca senior economist David MacDonald predicts specific cuts will be made via “stealth” over the coming months. He does not expect them to be clearly laid out on Tuesday. #budget2025 #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Public service braces for billions in spending cuts ahead of Tuesday’s budget

The finance minister has hinted at shrinking the size of the public service, a move union leaders say could put up to 70,000 jobs at risk

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Generation Squeeze @gensqueeze.bsky.social · 7d

It's federal budget day!! Will we see a budget that prioritizes young and old alike? Who exactly will be asked to make sacrifices? Follow along as we break down the numbers! Stay tuned..... #federalbudget #federalbudget2025 #cdnpoli

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 7d

Tom Hanks explains to Stephen Colbert why he masks on the subway:

"I'm doing a play right now so I cannot get sick... I've had COVID enough in my life, I don't need to do that again. So I'm wearing this for health reasons."

Thank you Tom! Masks are still a key part of public health.

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Anne Carbert @accarbert.bsky.social · 10d

“Worse, human capital — the workforce skills, knowledge and competencies essential to Canada’s competitiveness and growth — is nowhere to be found in this new fiscal framework. Indeed, it’s a framework for an economy curiously devoid of people.”

Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 10d

Must read pre-budget piece

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