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Devastating news out of Hamilton. Crossing guards are on the front lines in the fight for safe streets. That job is truly terrifying. Distracted to contemptuous drivers, the full range of road violence on display all day, just so we can cross the street safely...
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
52-year-old crossing guard dead after being hit by dump truck in Hamilton
Hamilton police are investigating after a 52-year-old crossing guard was struck and killed by a truck at the intersection of Mohawk Road and Upper Wentworth Street.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 14, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Devastating news out of Hamilton. Crossing guards are on the front lines in the fight for safe streets. That job is truly terrifying. Distracted to contemptuous drivers, the full range of road violence on display all day, just so we can cross the street safely...
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
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Superb skills development fund scoop from the Toronto Star, which has got its hands on a database of scores for applications.
It reveals several with scores of 50 or less where the minister overruled civil servants to hand out the money anyway. #OnPoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
It reveals several with scores of 50 or less where the minister overruled civil servants to hand out the money anyway. #OnPoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Secret data reveals which low-scoring applicants still received millions of dollars from the Ford government’s skills fund
Secret government data obtained by the Star shows 26 applicants scoring 50 per cent or lower received $36.6 million from Premier Doug Ford's controversial Skills Development Fund earlier this year.
www.thestar.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Superb skills development fund scoop from the Toronto Star, which has got its hands on a database of scores for applications.
It reveals several with scores of 50 or less where the minister overruled civil servants to hand out the money anyway. #OnPoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
It reveals several with scores of 50 or less where the minister overruled civil servants to hand out the money anyway. #OnPoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
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A crossing guard was killed by the driver of a dump truck yesterday. absolutely heartbreaking.
Look at our intersections, look how hostile these are for people/children - this is what we continue to build and defend at all costs. These aren't accidents, these are results. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Look at our intersections, look how hostile these are for people/children - this is what we continue to build and defend at all costs. These aren't accidents, these are results. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
November 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
A crossing guard was killed by the driver of a dump truck yesterday. absolutely heartbreaking.
Look at our intersections, look how hostile these are for people/children - this is what we continue to build and defend at all costs. These aren't accidents, these are results. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Look at our intersections, look how hostile these are for people/children - this is what we continue to build and defend at all costs. These aren't accidents, these are results. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Why you should continue to get the COVID-19 vaccine every year!
November 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Why you should continue to get the COVID-19 vaccine every year!
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Lack of transparency does not lead to trust.
www.torontotoday.ca/local/educat...
www.torontotoday.ca/local/educat...
‘I feel like they’re hiding something’: Increased secrecy at TDSB’s real estate arm worries some trustees
During a board meeting of the Toronto Lands Corporation, the TDSB’s supervisor signalled a forthcoming change in the powerful organization’s operations
www.torontotoday.ca
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Lack of transparency does not lead to trust.
www.torontotoday.ca/local/educat...
www.torontotoday.ca/local/educat...
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The Ford govt turned down the FOI request, refusing "to share even a redacted version of the report, claiming it would mean publishing cabinet records, advice to government and third-party data, as well as posing a risk to the province’s economy."
#OnPoli
#OnPoli
November 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The Ford govt turned down the FOI request, refusing "to share even a redacted version of the report, claiming it would mean publishing cabinet records, advice to government and third-party data, as well as posing a risk to the province’s economy."
#OnPoli
#OnPoli
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So here's the favour I want to ask: if this post crosses your feed, please take this chance to support the Gitxsan and Gitanyow by watching our latest HGA and passing it on.
Help us put Ksi Lisims and PRGT on the map 🙏
Help us put Ksi Lisims and PRGT on the map 🙏
Honest Government Ad | Watch out, Canada
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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November 10, 2025 at 5:28 AM
So here's the favour I want to ask: if this post crosses your feed, please take this chance to support the Gitxsan and Gitanyow by watching our latest HGA and passing it on.
Help us put Ksi Lisims and PRGT on the map 🙏
Help us put Ksi Lisims and PRGT on the map 🙏
Congratulations to all of Canada's political and public health leaders across the country, quite the accomplishment 👏🏼🙄
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Congratulations to all of Canada's political and public health leaders across the country, quite the accomplishment 👏🏼🙄
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The International Olympic Committee is set to ban trans and intersex women from competition. This is despite the fact that for 20 years, the IOC has allowed trans athletes to compete and only 1 has ever competed and none have ever won a medal.
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
IOC set to introduce blanket ban on transgender women in female sport
The ban is reportedly expected to come into effect early next year
www.the-independent.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The International Olympic Committee is set to ban trans and intersex women from competition. This is despite the fact that for 20 years, the IOC has allowed trans athletes to compete and only 1 has ever competed and none have ever won a medal.
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
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My latest for @canadiandimension.bsky.social on how scapegoating immigrants for Canada's problems prevents us from finding real solutions to them. #cdnpoli #canada
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
The myth of the immigrant threat
Anti-immigrant sentiment is surging in Canada, with politicians and far-right pundits blaming newcomers for crises in housing, health care, and unemployment. But these problems stem from policy failur...
canadiandimension.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:08 AM
My latest for @canadiandimension.bsky.social on how scapegoating immigrants for Canada's problems prevents us from finding real solutions to them. #cdnpoli #canada
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
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Friends, can I ask a favour.
Our latest Honest Government out is a serious warning to Canada from Australia, which acts as a cautionary tail about the harms of the gas (LNG) export industry... Hence the cameo (spoiler alert) from our own aussie climate criminals, Woodside Energy
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Our latest Honest Government out is a serious warning to Canada from Australia, which acts as a cautionary tail about the harms of the gas (LNG) export industry... Hence the cameo (spoiler alert) from our own aussie climate criminals, Woodside Energy
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November 10, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Friends, can I ask a favour.
Our latest Honest Government out is a serious warning to Canada from Australia, which acts as a cautionary tail about the harms of the gas (LNG) export industry... Hence the cameo (spoiler alert) from our own aussie climate criminals, Woodside Energy
1/🧵
Our latest Honest Government out is a serious warning to Canada from Australia, which acts as a cautionary tail about the harms of the gas (LNG) export industry... Hence the cameo (spoiler alert) from our own aussie climate criminals, Woodside Energy
1/🧵
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This story, on a controversial Ford government training fund the opposition calls a "slush fund," required a lot of work because the government has refused to just provide a single, complete list of who got money and how much. #ONpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Groups that got cash from Ontario training fund increasingly hired lobbyists, numbers show
The fund and role of lobbyists have been questioned by opposition since release of Auditor-General’s critical report
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This story, on a controversial Ford government training fund the opposition calls a "slush fund," required a lot of work because the government has refused to just provide a single, complete list of who got money and how much. #ONpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Upon taking office, the Doug Ford gov't introduced a law to cut the "carbon tax" which also obliged the government to create a climate plan & emissions targets. Now, they’ve repealed that duty—Ontario’s government no longer has to consider climate action.
thenarwhal.ca/ford-repeals...
thenarwhal.ca/ford-repeals...
Doug Ford’s government is abandoning climate targets | The Narwhal
Ontario is moving to repeal aspects of a law that require the government to create a climate plan and greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets
thenarwhal.ca
November 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Upon taking office, the Doug Ford gov't introduced a law to cut the "carbon tax" which also obliged the government to create a climate plan & emissions targets. Now, they’ve repealed that duty—Ontario’s government no longer has to consider climate action.
thenarwhal.ca/ford-repeals...
thenarwhal.ca/ford-repeals...
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Ford's instincts are anti-democratic. We've seen it again and again but voters have not understood -- or maybe not cared enough to stop him.
#OnPoli
#OnPoli
NEW: The Ford government is moving to limit debate and public hearings on several pieces of legislation, including a bill which will make it easier for Queen’s Park to sideline trustees and take control of school boards. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1151241...
globalnews.ca/news/1151241...
Ford government bypassing debate on bill to more easily takeover school boards | Globalnews.ca
A motion from House Leader Steve Clark looks to speed several bills through the legislative process after the government shortened the fall sitting by more than a month.
globalnews.ca
November 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Ford's instincts are anti-democratic. We've seen it again and again but voters have not understood -- or maybe not cared enough to stop him.
#OnPoli
#OnPoli
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“Canada has recorded more than 5,100 confirmed & probable measles cases in 2025, and two deaths of babies born with congenital measles who were infected in utero. The country hasn’t seen this scale of measles transmission in decades”
We can all but eradicate measles if people do their part:
We can all but eradicate measles if people do their part:
The Americas, led by Canada, is on the brink of losing measles-elimination status
The Americas is the only region of the world to have stopped endemic transmission of measles. But its victory is on the verge of being rolled back.
www.statnews.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:03 AM
“Canada has recorded more than 5,100 confirmed & probable measles cases in 2025, and two deaths of babies born with congenital measles who were infected in utero. The country hasn’t seen this scale of measles transmission in decades”
We can all but eradicate measles if people do their part:
We can all but eradicate measles if people do their part:
This should be a huge wake-up call for a lot of opposition parties across Canada, but probably especially the NDPs. As @moiradonegan.bsky.social puts it "Mamdani’s victory shows another way: hold principles, and persuade people to share them."
November 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This should be a huge wake-up call for a lot of opposition parties across Canada, but probably especially the NDPs. As @moiradonegan.bsky.social puts it "Mamdani’s victory shows another way: hold principles, and persuade people to share them."
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So the Ford appointed supervisors will make more than all School Board Trustees combined, and that money will come out of the education budget that’s supposed to go to student needs. Shame! globalnews.ca/news/1151063... #topoli #onpoli #onted
Ford government supervisors can charge $350K per year to school boards | Globalnews.ca
Several school boards in Ontario, including Toronto public, Toronto Catholic and Ottawa-Carleton, have been under the management of supervisors for months.
globalnews.ca
November 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
So the Ford appointed supervisors will make more than all School Board Trustees combined, and that money will come out of the education budget that’s supposed to go to student needs. Shame! globalnews.ca/news/1151063... #topoli #onpoli #onted
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This is the most harmful budget from a climate perspective since the Harper era. It's a complete abdication of climate responsibilities, and while at least $3 billion in climate funding gets cut, taxpayer supports for oil and gas are set to grow.
Great breakdown @hadrianmk.bsky.social
Great breakdown @hadrianmk.bsky.social
Oil and gas trumps climate action in brutal federal budget
The budget makes clear that fossil fuel production for export is a central pillar of this government’s economic strategy — and that it won’t let climate measures get in the way.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This is the most harmful budget from a climate perspective since the Harper era. It's a complete abdication of climate responsibilities, and while at least $3 billion in climate funding gets cut, taxpayer supports for oil and gas are set to grow.
Great breakdown @hadrianmk.bsky.social
Great breakdown @hadrianmk.bsky.social
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Canada is leading in safety with the new draft of the CSA standard on respirators.
@dickzoutman.bsky.social, @juliamwright.bsky.social, @mark-ungrin.bsky.social, and I explain key updates that bring protections up to date with the evidence on respirator use against airborne disease transmission.
@dickzoutman.bsky.social, @juliamwright.bsky.social, @mark-ungrin.bsky.social, and I explain key updates that bring protections up to date with the evidence on respirator use against airborne disease transmission.
The CSA’s revised standard on respirators should help us all breathe easier
New draft standards for respirator use recognize the importance of protecting workers and patients in health-care settings, where there is a higher risk of pathogen exposure
theconversation.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Canada is leading in safety with the new draft of the CSA standard on respirators.
@dickzoutman.bsky.social, @juliamwright.bsky.social, @mark-ungrin.bsky.social, and I explain key updates that bring protections up to date with the evidence on respirator use against airborne disease transmission.
@dickzoutman.bsky.social, @juliamwright.bsky.social, @mark-ungrin.bsky.social, and I explain key updates that bring protections up to date with the evidence on respirator use against airborne disease transmission.
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“The Cloud Act also allows the U.S. government to ask American companies that have offices or infrastructure in other countries to hand over data they hold abroad if it's required for law enforcement.”
Cohere is headquartered in the US as well as in Canada.
Cohere is headquartered in the US as well as in Canada.
Ah-yup!
"Data stored in Canada can be subject to foreign courts, government paper warns"
"federal government can only maintain full legal control if it delivers the service itself, or uses service providers that operate completely under Canadian jurisdiction."
ca.news.yahoo.com/data-stored-...
"Data stored in Canada can be subject to foreign courts, government paper warns"
"federal government can only maintain full legal control if it delivers the service itself, or uses service providers that operate completely under Canadian jurisdiction."
ca.news.yahoo.com/data-stored-...
Data stored in Canada can be subject to foreign courts, government paper warns
OTTAWA — A new government white paper on digital sovereignty says Ottawa can’t maintain full control over its data if its data storage supplier is subject to the laws of another country.
ca.news.yahoo.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
“The Cloud Act also allows the U.S. government to ask American companies that have offices or infrastructure in other countries to hand over data they hold abroad if it's required for law enforcement.”
Cohere is headquartered in the US as well as in Canada.
Cohere is headquartered in the US as well as in Canada.
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and here is a link to the open letter with some more context about the committee's request, an articulation of the stakes, and a call to action that you can join
Open Letter to Protect Tri-Council EDI Data
October 30th, 2025
Why do we need urgent action to protect our data?
The mandate of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research is to review and report on topics relating to scien...
docs.google.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
and here is a link to the open letter with some more context about the committee's request, an articulation of the stakes, and a call to action that you can join
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If you're driving, speed & hit someone, you're at fault. But, that doesn't mean that government's who encourage or facilitate dangerous driving are blameless. If you're in a collision w a speeding driver where a speed camera was removed email us: info@thebikinglawyer.ca 1/2
November 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
If you're driving, speed & hit someone, you're at fault. But, that doesn't mean that government's who encourage or facilitate dangerous driving are blameless. If you're in a collision w a speeding driver where a speed camera was removed email us: info@thebikinglawyer.ca 1/2
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Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications:
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
October 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications:
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
"...bowing to pressure from residents' associations that warned of noise, traffic and disruption."
Ah yes, a city of 2.8 million people is currently free of noise, traffic, and disruption...we all move to/live in the largest city in Canada for the lack of these three things 🙄
Ah yes, a city of 2.8 million people is currently free of noise, traffic, and disruption...we all move to/live in the largest city in Canada for the lack of these three things 🙄
October 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
"...bowing to pressure from residents' associations that warned of noise, traffic and disruption."
Ah yes, a city of 2.8 million people is currently free of noise, traffic, and disruption...we all move to/live in the largest city in Canada for the lack of these three things 🙄
Ah yes, a city of 2.8 million people is currently free of noise, traffic, and disruption...we all move to/live in the largest city in Canada for the lack of these three things 🙄
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Doug Ford 'Gets It Done' when it comes to shuttering the Science Centre, razing Ontario Place, funding parking lots for European spas, and ripping out bike lanes & speed cameras. He clearly doesn't want to here.
#OnPoli
#OnPoli
October 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Doug Ford 'Gets It Done' when it comes to shuttering the Science Centre, razing Ontario Place, funding parking lots for European spas, and ripping out bike lanes & speed cameras. He clearly doesn't want to here.
#OnPoli
#OnPoli