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Brad Needham

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I never thought I’d see this in my lifetime but this is the prevailing view from Canada right now. Recent polls back this up.

Brooks DeCillia @bdecillia.bsky.social · Mar 5

Graffiti beneath Calgary’ Centre Street bridge. #yyc

March 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM

Brad Needham

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Thursday.

March 7, 2025 at 3:42 AM

Reposted by Brad Needham

The Globe and Mail

@theglobeandmail.com

Our front page today. Happy 181st birthday to Canada's national newspaper.

March 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM

Brad Needham

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This is a heartbreaking read from The Canadian Press.

www.cp24.com/news/canada/...

The world has moved on. But those who lost loved ones to COVID-19 feel stuck in time

It’s been almost five years, but family members of Canadians who died of COVID-19 in the first year of the pandemic often feel as if they are frozen in 2020.

www.cp24.com

March 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM

Brad Needham

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It’s a new world.

March 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM

Brad Needham

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www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/sports/booin...

Booing of U.S. anthem continues at Canadian sporting events despite tariff pause

TORONTO - Canadian sports fans continue to voice their displeasure at American economic policies despite a pause in a trade war between Canada and the United States.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

February 5, 2025 at 4:09 AM

Brad Needham

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Standing by anyone who doesn’t identify as male or female as their gender.

January 20, 2025 at 10:51 PM

Brad Needham

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Trudeau on the front pages.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/multimedia/t...

Trudeau's resignation dominates front pages

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January 8, 2025 at 2:48 AM

Brad Needham

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Here are some nice Jimmy Carter front pages today.

December 31, 2024 at 1:52 AM

Brad Needham

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Here are some Christmas newspaper front pages. There will be more tomorrow but many papers don’t publish on Christmas Day.

coverguy.ca/2024/12/24/c...

Christmas on the front pages, 2024 edition

Christmas on newspaper front pages. A selection of covers from around the world.

coverguy.ca

December 24, 2024 at 9:55 PM

Brad Needham

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Numbers! It was certainly an interesting sitting of the House.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/wha...

What happened during the fall sitting of the House of Commons, by the numbers

OTTAWA - The fall sitting of the House of Commons featured non-confidence votes, plenty of partisan bickering, and very little actual passing of laws. The session that ended Dec. 17

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December 23, 2024 at 4:15 AM

Brad Needham

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Here are some strong Canadian front pages today on Justin Trudeau. I think the @theglobeandmail.com is exceptional but the other two are great as well.

December 21, 2024 at 3:18 PM

Brad Needham

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Meanwhile in Canada … it was an eventful news day.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/tru...

Trudeau taps LeBlanc as finance minister after Freeland resigns

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has chosen his top fixer in cabinet, Dominic LeBlanc, to replace Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland after she suddenly tendered her resignation from cabinet Mond...

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

December 17, 2024 at 3:59 AM

Brad Needham

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And that’s a wrap for the Eras tour. I am biased of course but I was super impressed with @cdnpress.bsky.social coverage of Taylor Swift.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/entertainmen...

End of the Eras: Vancouver sweeps up after Taylor Swift's final bow

VANCOUVER - Pop star Taylor Swift has thanked Vancouver for hosting the final show of her "beloved Eras Tour."

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

December 9, 2024 at 6:41 PM

Brad Needham

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Some powerful stuff from @withfilesfrom.bsky.social as part of his Travers Fellowship series.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/lgb...

LGBTQ+ refugees languish as Kenyan government blocks Canadians from resettling them

NAIROBI - In a low-income neighbourhood on the outskirts of Nairobi, seven people gather in an air-conditioned home around a dinner table for a Ugandan stew of matoke bananas with

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

December 7, 2024 at 4:19 PM

Brad Needham

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Is Facebook finding relevancy again?

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/entertainmen...

Not just for your parents: Facebook's buy-and-sell platform drawing back millennials

HALIFAX - A historic 400-kilogram anchor that was dragged up from the ocean floor off Cape St. Mary’s in Newfoundland sits propped up against a tree in front of Tyler

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December 7, 2024 at 4:02 PM

Brad Needham

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It’s the beginning of the end of the Eras Tour!

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/sports/t-min...

T-minus-zero in Vancouver as Taylor Swift and fans prepare for final Eras Tour shows

VANCOUVER - Taylor Swift is preparing to hit the stage tonight at Vancouver's BC Place for the first of three shows to close out her marathon Eras Tour — but

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

December 6, 2024 at 4:59 PM

Brad Needham

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Speaking of fun political stories, it’s not often there is a Pickleball and Politics story (could this be a community cable show too?). But here is a second one, a followup to the first about a mayor’s pickleball-related resignation.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/atlantic/p-e...

P.E.I. town backs away from pickleball plan that prompted mayor to resign

KENSINGTON, P.E.I. - A central P.E.I. town has decided not to proceed with a contentious pickleball plan that cost the community its mayor.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

December 5, 2024 at 7:30 PM

Brad Needham

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For politics nerds, and maybe even some others, parliament has been exciting lately. 🤓

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/con...

Conservatives decry "procedural nonsense" as NDP forces House debate on abortion

OTTAWA - A surprise tactical move by the NDP forced a debate in the House of Commons on abortion access Thursday, sidelining a Conservative motion designed to use NDP Leader

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December 5, 2024 at 7:23 PM

Brad Needham

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As thr #taylorswift eras tour nears the end, here is a nice story about what drives her superfans.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/science/swif...

Swift superfans descend on Vancouver for end of Eras Tour. What drives the devotion?

VANCOUVER - Heather Roy says that when she and her 12-year-old daughter Harper attend Taylor Swift's second show in Vancouver on Saturday, someone else will be with them — Harper's

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

December 4, 2024 at 2:59 PM

Brad Needham

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Hopefully this will lead to some kind of closure for these families.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/sea...

Searchers begin sifting at landfill for remains of slain First Nations women

WINNIPEG - Two years after Winnipeg police announced they would not search a landfill for the remains of two slain First Nations women, their families watched as excavation of the

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

December 3, 2024 at 3:55 AM

Brad Needham

@bradneedham.bsky.social

Glad to see more media outlets coming here.

Toronto Star @thestar.com · Dec 2

We're officially on Bluesky!

Follow us for breaking news, coverage on the biggest stories across the city and exclusive stories 🗞️

December 3, 2024 at 1:31 AM

Brad Needham

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Watching this story come together tonight was impressive. I am in awe of the work of the Ottawa team at @cdnpress.bsky.social

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/pri...