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Catherine McNair
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Writer, reader, cat person, clean air fan, LGBTQ ally, music lover, lowkey getting radicalized. Waterloo, ON, Canada resident.
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Shade probably won't come up to you, but if you go to him, you'll find he loves pets and attention. He's gorgeous, gets along well with other cats, but would be fine on his own, also. Would love to see this boy get a home. #Cats

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Beautiful, short-haired all gray cat with striking green eyes.
November 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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BREAKING: Doug Ford is rushing through his attack on renters, Bill 60.

Bill 60 will make it easier for corporate landlords to raise rents and evict you.

It also makes it impossible for cities to get rid of road lanes for bikes or anything else (parks, housing, sidewalks). StopBill60.ca
Stop Bill 60. Take action now: StopBill60.ca
November 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Shawnee is close to getting adopted. I'm very happy for her but a little sad for me that I might not see her at the shelter anymore. /1
#cats
Small tabby cat with clipped ear on a scratching post toy.
October 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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I was on a Via train in February that peaked at about 2200 or so? It's the high point of the chart below. Don't know if it was an old or new train. Was very full, though.
Chart of CO2 readings for a day. The peak point is a train ride where the CO2 level was from just below to just above 2000.
March 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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The same is true in health care, where no matter how you measure it, Ontarians are living with the most under-resourced health-care system in the country. A staggering 2.5 million Ontarians do not have a family doctor — the highest number ever recorded in the province. If Ontario hospitals were even similarly staffed as other provinces, we would have close to an additional 35,000 extra full-time hospital workers to deal with the record long wait times, hallway medicine and the crisis of worker burnout.
February 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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CF: At the core of this book is the question: Are Ontarians better off today than when the Ford government first came to power? In nearly all cases, the answer is unequivocally no. [...] Colleges and universities across Ontario have resorted to a record number of program closures, staff and faculty layoffs, and have growing repair backlogs, while students bear the brunt of larger classroom sizes and fewer supports. The same is true for our elementary and secondary schools where, had investments grown along with Ontario’s population, there would be an additional 5,000 frontline classroom educators.
February 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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@thebigstory.bsky.social podcast is full of questions....
Feed of podcast episodes, all of which are phrased in the form of a question.
December 1, 2024 at 7:17 PM
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I mean, for most of the time he’s been premier, he has made it crystal clear he sees the job mostly as a way to be the big boss of Toronto. Cutting the size of city council. Micromanaging public health budgets. Taking over all subway building in the city. Launching his own waterfront parkland redevelopment scheme at Ontario Place. Closing the Science Centre. Issuing zoning orders and setting development fees. Giving the mayor strong powers as long as the actions are in line with Ford’s priorities. Now traffic, and even bike lane placement. It sure feels like Ford wishes he was mayor of Toronto. He did run for that job, and he lost. I suppose getting to head the government that has constitutional authority over everything Toronto’s mayor and city council do is a nice consolation prize
September 26, 2024 at 5:09 PM
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #597,546!
#597,546 Bluesky user
September 17, 2024 at 8:24 PM
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Posted it at the evil place, guess I should here, too. #YallMasking Older pic but I don't take selfies often.
Women in N95 mask at Leonard Cohen exhibit.
July 7, 2024 at 11:32 PM
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#CovidIsn'tOver
Given the high costs and logistical challenges associated with gathering longitudinal and geospatial data, effective strategies for data preservation are of paramount importance. Transparency in sharing data related to the COVID-19 pandemic remains a critical factor for enabling informed policy decisions and ensuring public trust. Open access to datasets can facilitate retrospective studies that correlate WBS-acquired viral incidence in communities with the timeline of specific policy implementations and their outcomes. Given that COVID-19 has now been a major public health event for several years and has manifested a range of long-term health effects, the data collected through initiatives like Ontario’s WSI becomes even more invaluable. This information can assist healthcare professionals and researchers in investigating correlations between areas with high viral transmission and the occurrence of specific long-term medical conditions, thereby deepening our understanding of the pande
June 23, 2024 at 3:38 PM
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Gus and Mac.
Fluffy black cat near a keyboard White cat enjoying the sun.
February 20, 2024 at 12:07 AM
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Post something blue from your gallery.
White cat in blue leash.
November 15, 2023 at 12:27 AM
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McSteamy was named after Eric Dane's character.
Eric Dane Tabby Siamese cross cat.
November 11, 2023 at 3:50 PM