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redpenny 🇨🇦
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Single parent who raised 3 children to adulthood sans Google. Animal lover. Believer in equality. Socialist. Gardener. Canadian. Non - partisan.
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Please enjoy my cartoon for Friday's Toronto Star
November 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star
November 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Always two there are; no more, no less: the abuser and the enabler.
November 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Montrealers show up to support democracy at 'No Tyrants' protest #Montreal #Canada

Event was one of thousands of protests happening as part of the 'No Kings' movement

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Montrealers show up to support democracy at 'No Tyrants' protest | CBC News
Montrealers gathered in Place du Canada on Saturday to send a pro-democracy message, in what was dubbed a "No Tyrants" demonstration. It was one of thousands of protests happening as part of the "No K...
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October 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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"I hear very few people are gonna be there" -Donald Trump, 10/15/25 #cdnpoli
October 19, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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What kind of person is thrown in jail for stealing a few dollars? Someone who is poor, with few possessions and little wealth.

What kind of person isn’t thrown in jail for stealing a few dollars? Someone who is rich, affluent, and wealthy.

— The Buddha, AN 3.100
September 30, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Yukon-based First Nations education advocacy organization says it ended the rural nutrition program after its Jordan’s Principle funding was cut.
Jordan’s Principle cuts end Yukon food program for Indigenous kids
An advocacy organization in Yukon says it was forced to axe its rural nutrition program after its Jordan’s Principle funding was cut.
www.aptnnews.ca
September 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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“They’re born in chains and die in chains, and in chains they go from this world to the next.”

— the Buddha, SN 22.117
September 23, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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Regardless of the outcome of Battle-River Crowfoot by-election today, the residents of the riding can rejoice as you'll probably never have to see Pierre Poilievre in your riding again! #cdnpoli
August 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Watch the CUPE national president tear up the back to work order. #cdnpoli
August 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Billionaire with doomsday bunker wants you to know AI great
Billionaire with doomsday bunker wants you to know AI great
PALO ALTO, CA - Artificial intelligence promises a bright future filled with ease, innovation and abundance, according to one of the several billionaire tech CEOs who has spent hundreds of millions to...
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August 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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A quick White House Update from South Park! #cdnpoli
August 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Despite the thousands of testimonies of survivors and the Church's own records showing children dying at the schools it wasn't enough for some of the vilest people out there still demanding to see kid skeletons

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Deninu Kųę́ First Nation says it has finally found the burial sites of 5 children | CBC News
Deninu Kųę́ First Nation in Fort Resolution, N.W.T., says it has finally found the places where five children and two adults were buried, after years of searching for unmarked graves linked to the for...
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August 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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As Mark Twain said, “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.”

When it comes to #GHG emissions, Alberta’s UCP government selectively uses statistics to persuade the world of the ludicrous claim that Alberta is a climate change leader, writes @ianurquhart.bsky.social.
How Alberta Fudges Its Climbing Oilsands Emissions | The Tyee
The province crows about a drop in ‘intensity’ while rising GHGs fuel the climate crisis.
thetyee.ca
June 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Mount Polley mine’s tailings dam had already exceeded the maximum height authorized under its environmental certificate when it experienced a catastrophic failure more than a decade ago, lawyers for Xatśūll First Nation told B.C.’s Supreme Court this week.
Mount Polley Dam Exceeded Authorized Height When It Failed: Lawyers | The Tyee
The Xatśūll First Nation wants BC to quash the mine’s expansion permits and start over.
thetyee.ca
June 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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“In some ways, robust political critique and protest is the antidote to fascism.”
Free Speech at UBC: ‘We're Watching This Case Very Closely’ | The Tyee
Profs petitioned BC’s Supreme Court to stop land acknowledgments and other ‘political’ statements by the university. That’s dangerous, says a BCCLA lawyer.
thetyee.ca
June 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Renewables harm the environment, entry 573.

People don't trust Greenies because for decades we've called things "green", "sustainable", "environmentally friendly" when they are patently not. We know this, secretly, but we don't say it because messaging.
Scientists sound the alarm for Nullarbor’s fragile limestone caves and unique underground creatures
A massive renewable energy project threatens the treasures that lie beneath, including rare cave animals and a record of ancient life forms, experts warn
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June 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
June 15, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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They say that those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it.
Not on my watch.
June 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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In South Park, San Diego, US citizens stigmergically rose up against Trump’s Gestapo. The revolt erupted midday when ICE began rounding up people at a restaurant; patrons and passersby alike dropped everything to confront the regime storm troopers. #3E #EndImpunity #StopICE
June 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
June 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Tesla Takedown in Boston.
June 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Anyone advocating for Alberta separation from Canada, especially Danielle Smith and Alberta legislature, should pack their bags and renounce their citizenship. They can leave but the land will stay.

The land belongs to First Nations and the treaties are with the Crown. #cdnpoli #AlbertaSeparation
May 9, 2025 at 5:49 AM