Paulette Turcotte
@pauletteturcotte.bsky.social
Poet, Artist, editor of Banned Poetry
my blog https://pauletteturcotte.wixsite.com/bannedpoetry/blog
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my blog https://pauletteturcotte.wixsite.com/bannedpoetry/blog
https://pauletteturcotte.wixsite.com/pauletteturcotte
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Breaking News: A woman sued oil and gas companies over her mother’s death in a heat wave. It's the first wrongful death case targeting fossil fuel companies over their role in global warming, experts said.
Oil Companies Are Sued Over Death of Woman in 2021 Heat Wave
www.nytimes.com
May 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Breaking News: A woman sued oil and gas companies over her mother’s death in a heat wave. It's the first wrongful death case targeting fossil fuel companies over their role in global warming, experts said.
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Liberal Leader Mark Carney - government will launch a new benefit for mid-career workers in specific sectors — namely manufacturing, health care, construction, technology and artificial intelligence — who want to gain new skills. #Canada #FederalElection #cdnpoli /1
www.youtube.com/live/PhKVA5V...
www.youtube.com/live/PhKVA5V...
LIVE: Training Canadian Workers • EN DIRECT : Formation des travailleurs canadiens
YouTube video by Mark Carney
www.youtube.com
April 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Liberal Leader Mark Carney - government will launch a new benefit for mid-career workers in specific sectors — namely manufacturing, health care, construction, technology and artificial intelligence — who want to gain new skills. #Canada #FederalElection #cdnpoli /1
www.youtube.com/live/PhKVA5V...
www.youtube.com/live/PhKVA5V...
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Carney is the obvious choice right now. Please don't be complacent. Check your riding. Vote strategically. Vote like your life depends on it. Defeat the Cons. Let's go..
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
April 18, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Carney is the obvious choice right now. Please don't be complacent. Check your riding. Vote strategically. Vote like your life depends on it. Defeat the Cons. Let's go..
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
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Carney Can, Poilievre Won't.
April 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Carney Can, Poilievre Won't.
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don't be discouraged by long line-ups. Take a book to read, or something to pass the time.
Yes‼️ Early voting started today! Make sure you vote to keep our 🇨🇦, OUR’s‼️🍁🍁🍁
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Long lines at polling stations as Canadians turn up for advance voting | CBC News
Canadians were reporting long lines as polling stations opened for advance voting Friday. Advance polls are open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. nationwide Friday through Monday
www.cbc.ca
April 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
don't be discouraged by long line-ups. Take a book to read, or something to pass the time.
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Canada is at a crossroads.
This election may well be the most important in generations.
Ignore the polls.
Forget the predictions.
Your vote matters.
🇨🇦 If you believe in a strong, independent, and compassionate Canada — show up.
#CanadaVotes #GetOutAndVote #Never51
This election may well be the most important in generations.
Ignore the polls.
Forget the predictions.
Your vote matters.
🇨🇦 If you believe in a strong, independent, and compassionate Canada — show up.
#CanadaVotes #GetOutAndVote #Never51
April 18, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Canada is at a crossroads.
This election may well be the most important in generations.
Ignore the polls.
Forget the predictions.
Your vote matters.
🇨🇦 If you believe in a strong, independent, and compassionate Canada — show up.
#CanadaVotes #GetOutAndVote #Never51
This election may well be the most important in generations.
Ignore the polls.
Forget the predictions.
Your vote matters.
🇨🇦 If you believe in a strong, independent, and compassionate Canada — show up.
#CanadaVotes #GetOutAndVote #Never51
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If you compare the political views, historical actions, financial dealings and all other pertinent data, which candidate Mark Carney or Pierre Poilievre are more likely to lead Canada towards fascism?
The choice is clear.
Exercise your right to vote today.
#markcarneyforPM
#voteliberal
The choice is clear.
Exercise your right to vote today.
#markcarneyforPM
#voteliberal
April 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
If you compare the political views, historical actions, financial dealings and all other pertinent data, which candidate Mark Carney or Pierre Poilievre are more likely to lead Canada towards fascism?
The choice is clear.
Exercise your right to vote today.
#markcarneyforPM
#voteliberal
The choice is clear.
Exercise your right to vote today.
#markcarneyforPM
#voteliberal
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Ok.
In this case you gotta vote Green Party.
Elizabeth May losing to a CPC candidate would be a tragic loss for the HoC as a whole.
#smartvoting #cdnpoli #elxn45 #bcpoli
In this case you gotta vote Green Party.
Elizabeth May losing to a CPC candidate would be a tragic loss for the HoC as a whole.
#smartvoting #cdnpoli #elxn45 #bcpoli
April 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Ok.
In this case you gotta vote Green Party.
Elizabeth May losing to a CPC candidate would be a tragic loss for the HoC as a whole.
#smartvoting #cdnpoli #elxn45 #bcpoli
In this case you gotta vote Green Party.
Elizabeth May losing to a CPC candidate would be a tragic loss for the HoC as a whole.
#smartvoting #cdnpoli #elxn45 #bcpoli
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I just signed the petition urge Amazon to Discontinue Selling "Canada, 51st State" Merchandise and wanted to see if you could help by adding your name.
Our goal is to reach 50,000 signatures and we need more support. You can read more and sign the petition here:
chng.it/dNb5XCSC9K
Our goal is to reach 50,000 signatures and we need more support. You can read more and sign the petition here:
chng.it/dNb5XCSC9K
Sign the Petition
Urge Amazon to Discontinue Selling "Canada, 51st State" Merchandise
chng.it
February 21, 2025 at 4:01 AM
I just signed the petition urge Amazon to Discontinue Selling "Canada, 51st State" Merchandise and wanted to see if you could help by adding your name.
Our goal is to reach 50,000 signatures and we need more support. You can read more and sign the petition here:
chng.it/dNb5XCSC9K
Our goal is to reach 50,000 signatures and we need more support. You can read more and sign the petition here:
chng.it/dNb5XCSC9K
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This past week in Munich, and over the past 24 hours, we have learned the alarming truth: that the United States is no longer an ally to Ukraine – or to the Baltic countries, or, for that matter, to Canada.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherm...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherm...
A Dangerous World: Trump, Putin, and the Shadow of 1938 Fascism
As the NDP Foreign Affairs critic and Member of Parliament representing Edmonton Strathcona, I am deeply disturbed by Donald Trump’s betrayal of Ukraine.
open.substack.com
February 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This past week in Munich, and over the past 24 hours, we have learned the alarming truth: that the United States is no longer an ally to Ukraine – or to the Baltic countries, or, for that matter, to Canada.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherm...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherm...
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"But I don’t think in themes or symbols as I begin a project – it’s just about the characters and what they’re dealing with."
Big love for this interview with @nualaoconnor.bsky.social! Awesome questions @robmclennan.bsky.social! Thanks for sharing @kiklodge.bsky.social 💙💙💙
Big love for this interview with @nualaoconnor.bsky.social! Awesome questions @robmclennan.bsky.social! Thanks for sharing @kiklodge.bsky.social 💙💙💙
‘The writer just needs to write the human experience in honest,realistic and imaginative ways.That’s all. Great language and something like a story.We’re all struggling; most of us haven’t a clue what we’re doing here, and we’re basically flawed and bonkers.’ robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/02/12-o...
12 or 20 (second series) questions with Nuala O'Connor
Nuala O’Connor lives in Co. Galway, Ireland. Her poetry and fiction have been widely published, anthologised, and won many literary awards. ...
robmclennan.blogspot.com
February 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"But I don’t think in themes or symbols as I begin a project – it’s just about the characters and what they’re dealing with."
Big love for this interview with @nualaoconnor.bsky.social! Awesome questions @robmclennan.bsky.social! Thanks for sharing @kiklodge.bsky.social 💙💙💙
Big love for this interview with @nualaoconnor.bsky.social! Awesome questions @robmclennan.bsky.social! Thanks for sharing @kiklodge.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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I never forget how at a commemoration of the Terry Fox statue in Ottawa the rage haters who fly their Canadian flags upside down showed up to shout down the ceremony.
It's time to take our flag back from those traitors and the Conservatives who support them.
pressprogress.ca/conservative...
It's time to take our flag back from those traitors and the Conservatives who support them.
pressprogress.ca/conservative...
Conservative MP Michael Cooper Parties With Far-Right Group That Mobbed MPs, Disrupted Terry Fox Ceremony
Conservative MP attends party with group accusing MPs of ‘treason’
pressprogress.ca
February 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I never forget how at a commemoration of the Terry Fox statue in Ottawa the rage haters who fly their Canadian flags upside down showed up to shout down the ceremony.
It's time to take our flag back from those traitors and the Conservatives who support them.
pressprogress.ca/conservative...
It's time to take our flag back from those traitors and the Conservatives who support them.
pressprogress.ca/conservative...
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The Decemberists wrote an entire album about this
Humpback whale swallows kayaker off Chile before releasing him
Dramatic video shows the moment a kayaker was swallowed by a humpback whale off Chile, and then released.
www.ctvnews.ca
February 14, 2025 at 3:57 AM
The Decemberists wrote an entire album about this
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As we continue to see executive orders that are. designed to create shock and distrust we need to remember that one of the most powerful person in the world happens to be one of the most ignorant person ever.
As James Baldwin said …
We will have to fight very hard for justice ❤️🩹
As James Baldwin said …
We will have to fight very hard for justice ❤️🩹
February 12, 2025 at 3:16 AM
As we continue to see executive orders that are. designed to create shock and distrust we need to remember that one of the most powerful person in the world happens to be one of the most ignorant person ever.
As James Baldwin said …
We will have to fight very hard for justice ❤️🩹
As James Baldwin said …
We will have to fight very hard for justice ❤️🩹
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February 13, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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While it is easy to be intimidated by the largeness of life, seduced by lethargy, diverted by popular culture, and assimilated into collective fantasies that have little to do with our soul’s agenda, we still have to face ourselves in the end.~James Hollis
February 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
While it is easy to be intimidated by the largeness of life, seduced by lethargy, diverted by popular culture, and assimilated into collective fantasies that have little to do with our soul’s agenda, we still have to face ourselves in the end.~James Hollis
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download free PDFs of bpNichol's LOVE: A BOOK OF REMEMBRANCES (bpnichol.ca/archive/docu...) TRUTH: A BOOK OF FICTIONS (bpnichol.ca/archive/docu...) and ZYGAL: A BOOK OF MYSTERIES AND TRANSLATIONS (bpnichol.ca/archive/docu...) all courtesy @bpnichol.bsky.social
January 28, 2025 at 11:35 PM
download free PDFs of bpNichol's LOVE: A BOOK OF REMEMBRANCES (bpnichol.ca/archive/docu...) TRUTH: A BOOK OF FICTIONS (bpnichol.ca/archive/docu...) and ZYGAL: A BOOK OF MYSTERIES AND TRANSLATIONS (bpnichol.ca/archive/docu...) all courtesy @bpnichol.bsky.social
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Charlie Angus - The Resistance is my new substack forum where I will take a deeper dive into the issues of resistance in this new dark age.
substack.com/profile/2620...?
substack.com/profile/2620...?
Charlie Angus / The Resistance | Substack
Author, musician, political veteran. Author of 9 published books. Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed, House of Anansi Press. Grievous Angels Last Call for Cinderella, spring 2024.
substack.com
January 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Charlie Angus - The Resistance is my new substack forum where I will take a deeper dive into the issues of resistance in this new dark age.
substack.com/profile/2620...?
substack.com/profile/2620...?
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Helpful hints buying Canadian. This article is old from the last trump dictatorship
macleans.ca/economy/a-pa...
macleans.ca/economy/a-pa...
A patriot’s guide to shopping during a Canada-U.S. trade war - Macleans.ca
Upset about Trump’s tariffs and Uncle Sam dragging its trusted allies into a trade war? Here’s how you can hit back at the U.S. with your wallet.
macleans.ca
January 21, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Helpful hints buying Canadian. This article is old from the last trump dictatorship
macleans.ca/economy/a-pa...
macleans.ca/economy/a-pa...
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Full poem here: poets.org/poem/ego-tri...
Ego Tripping (there may be a reason why)
I was born in the congo
poets.org
December 10, 2024 at 4:30 AM
Full poem here: poets.org/poem/ego-tri...
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as if I had died when the bird crashed into my window
January 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
as if I had died when the bird crashed into my window
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www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...
To make an “example of sanctuary cities” this week, follow D.C., Denver, etc.
To make an “example of sanctuary cities” this week, follow D.C., Denver, etc.
Chicago immigration activists prepare for possibility of large-scale deportation raids
Concerns are growing in the undocumented community that President-elect Donald Trump could carry out his mass deportation plans in Chicago after being inaugurated.
www.nbcchicago.com
January 18, 2025 at 11:33 PM
www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...
To make an “example of sanctuary cities” this week, follow D.C., Denver, etc.
To make an “example of sanctuary cities” this week, follow D.C., Denver, etc.