Sue Gowans
@sueinnovates.bsky.social
Writing about health care, education & city life. Retired from a teaching hospital. My kids were in the public school system. Currently a City 3R Ambassador.
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#Breaking: Liberals set to announce relief for Canadian steel sector amid tariff war
Liberals set to announce relief for Canadian steel sector amid tariff war
The measures will include new restrictions on steel imports from countries that don’t have a free-trade agreement with Canada, lowering their share of imports from 50 per cent to 20 per cent, accordin...
www.thestar.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 AM
#Breaking: Liberals set to announce relief for Canadian steel sector amid tariff war
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Two men who occupy prominent positions in Canada’s media landscape just travelled to Israel, where they received a briefing from the Israeli government.
Yeah. What are journalism ethics anyway?
Those men were TVO’s Steve Paikin and Global News’ Ben Mulroney:
Yeah. What are journalism ethics anyway?
Those men were TVO’s Steve Paikin and Global News’ Ben Mulroney:
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Two men who occupy prominent positions in Canada’s media landscape just travelled to Israel, where they received a briefing from the Israeli government.
Yeah. What are journalism ethics anyway?
Those men were TVO’s Steve Paikin and Global News’ Ben Mulroney:
Yeah. What are journalism ethics anyway?
Those men were TVO’s Steve Paikin and Global News’ Ben Mulroney:
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Basic civics shouldn’t be controversial: Congress writes the rules for the armed forces, and members of Congress explaining those rules is not punishable conduct.
Constitutional limits exist for exactly this reason, and Congress needs to exercise the authority the Framers entrusted to it.
Constitutional limits exist for exactly this reason, and Congress needs to exercise the authority the Framers entrusted to it.
Art. I of the Constitution gives Congress the power to make rules and regulations for the armed forces — including codes of discipline and strictures against following illegal orders. You can’t punish members of Congress for articulating those rules. Also protected by Speech and Debate Clause.
November 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Basic civics shouldn’t be controversial: Congress writes the rules for the armed forces, and members of Congress explaining those rules is not punishable conduct.
Constitutional limits exist for exactly this reason, and Congress needs to exercise the authority the Framers entrusted to it.
Constitutional limits exist for exactly this reason, and Congress needs to exercise the authority the Framers entrusted to it.
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So let me get this straight... The premier of Ontario threatened to use government power to intimidate and harass groups he views as political enemies?
(Here's my guess: Doug's gone off script again and his staffers will get him in line again.)
#OnPoli
(Here's my guess: Doug's gone off script again and his staffers will get him in line again.)
#OnPoli
NEW: Ontario Premier Doug Ford is threatening to audit all provincial spending to determine whether public-sector unions are “funnelling” money to “left-wing radical groups” that staged a protest inside the Ontario legislature. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154280...
globalnews.ca/news/1154280...
Ford says he will audit ‘left-wing radical groups’ opposed to government legislation | Globalnews.ca
Ford's warning came after members of the tenant advocacy group ACORN interrupted the legislature to protest a controversial omnibus bill that shortens some eviction timelines.
globalnews.ca
November 25, 2025 at 10:04 PM
So let me get this straight... The premier of Ontario threatened to use government power to intimidate and harass groups he views as political enemies?
(Here's my guess: Doug's gone off script again and his staffers will get him in line again.)
#OnPoli
(Here's my guess: Doug's gone off script again and his staffers will get him in line again.)
#OnPoli
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EU’s highest court rules same-sex marriages must be respected throughout the bloc, and rebuked Poland for refusing to recognise a marriage between two of its citizens that took place in Germany
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
EU court rules entire bloc must respect same-sex marriages in rebuke to Poland
Couple who married in Germany had their right to a ‘normal family life’ impeded, court of justice finds
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
EU’s highest court rules same-sex marriages must be respected throughout the bloc, and rebuked Poland for refusing to recognise a marriage between two of its citizens that took place in Germany
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Colleen Jones asked me to interview her a couple of months ago during a chemotherapy appointment.
She told me to write one heck of a story. I hope I did her proud.
About always believing something wonderful is about to happen.
My tribute to Colleen: www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...
She told me to write one heck of a story. I hope I did her proud.
About always believing something wonderful is about to happen.
My tribute to Colleen: www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...
Colleen Jones was something wonderful to happen for anyone who knew her | CBC Sports
Colleen Jones was a tour de force. When you were with her you felt invincible and that anything was possible. She made you a believer.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Colleen Jones asked me to interview her a couple of months ago during a chemotherapy appointment.
She told me to write one heck of a story. I hope I did her proud.
About always believing something wonderful is about to happen.
My tribute to Colleen: www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...
She told me to write one heck of a story. I hope I did her proud.
About always believing something wonderful is about to happen.
My tribute to Colleen: www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...
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Please watch this.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Please watch this.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
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Over a quarter of Trump's proposed $1T military budget would go to just four companies who have spent $103B in taxpayer dollars on stock buybacks and dividends over the last decade.
He wants to use your money to make the military-industrial complex even richer.
He wants to use your money to make the military-industrial complex even richer.
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Over a quarter of Trump's proposed $1T military budget would go to just four companies who have spent $103B in taxpayer dollars on stock buybacks and dividends over the last decade.
He wants to use your money to make the military-industrial complex even richer.
He wants to use your money to make the military-industrial complex even richer.
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Things have gotten so bad that some Republicans are speculating that the House might even change hands before the end of the session - due to a flood of retirements. Republican lawmakers are heading for the exits.
The latest Press Pass from @cheetah.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/3XOpLXg
The latest Press Pass from @cheetah.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/3XOpLXg
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Things have gotten so bad that some Republicans are speculating that the House might even change hands before the end of the session - due to a flood of retirements. Republican lawmakers are heading for the exits.
The latest Press Pass from @cheetah.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/3XOpLXg
The latest Press Pass from @cheetah.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/3XOpLXg
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Hey Canadians: This is what winning the future looks like! (Hint: it’s not doubling down on oil and gas!)
Great piece by @gmbutts.bsky.social, Rick Smith, Peter Nicholson.
Great piece by @gmbutts.bsky.social, Rick Smith, Peter Nicholson.
New from me, Rick Smith, and Peter Nicholson.
“Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs…”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
“Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs…”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
New data shows the world is embracing renewable energy. Canada can’t follow Trump’s fossil fuel obsession
North America at risk of becoming an island of fossil fuels in an electrifying world. Canada should take note and choose a better path.
www.thestar.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Hey Canadians: This is what winning the future looks like! (Hint: it’s not doubling down on oil and gas!)
Great piece by @gmbutts.bsky.social, Rick Smith, Peter Nicholson.
Great piece by @gmbutts.bsky.social, Rick Smith, Peter Nicholson.
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RJ Barrett remains out vs Indy tomorrow
November 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
RJ Barrett remains out vs Indy tomorrow
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"We're pro-affordability, but we're going to raise tariffs on you. We're pro-affordability, but we're going to undermine the Fed, which is going to potentially cause inflation. We're pro-affordability, but... we're going to rip the American health insurance system up."
November 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
"We're pro-affordability, but we're going to raise tariffs on you. We're pro-affordability, but we're going to undermine the Fed, which is going to potentially cause inflation. We're pro-affordability, but... we're going to rip the American health insurance system up."
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Breaking news: Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has exhausted his appeals, the country’s Supreme Court ruled, and will begin his 27-year sentence for plotting a military coup to stay in power after his 2022 election loss.
Bolsonaro out of appeals; will start 27-year sentence for coup attempt
The former Brazilian president will begin his sentence in a specially prepared cell at federal police headquarters in Brasília.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Breaking news: Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has exhausted his appeals, the country’s Supreme Court ruled, and will begin his 27-year sentence for plotting a military coup to stay in power after his 2022 election loss.
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This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
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After ousting the BLS director and scrapping the October jobs and inflation reports, Trump is now canceling release of the advance Q3 GDP estimate.
Trump doesn't mind turning the lights off on the economy because he’d rather Americans not know how badly it’s doing under him.
Trump doesn't mind turning the lights off on the economy because he’d rather Americans not know how badly it’s doing under him.
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
After ousting the BLS director and scrapping the October jobs and inflation reports, Trump is now canceling release of the advance Q3 GDP estimate.
Trump doesn't mind turning the lights off on the economy because he’d rather Americans not know how badly it’s doing under him.
Trump doesn't mind turning the lights off on the economy because he’d rather Americans not know how badly it’s doing under him.
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There will be a moment of silence for Colleen Jones ahead of tonight's women's draw at the Olympic Curling Trials.
Many of her family members, former teammates and friends will be here.
High emotion in her hometown and home province.
Many of her family members, former teammates and friends will be here.
High emotion in her hometown and home province.
November 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
There will be a moment of silence for Colleen Jones ahead of tonight's women's draw at the Olympic Curling Trials.
Many of her family members, former teammates and friends will be here.
High emotion in her hometown and home province.
Many of her family members, former teammates and friends will be here.
High emotion in her hometown and home province.
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Sucks that you can’t critique a pattern of behaviour from Carney, which has come up several times and been highlighted by Chantal Hébert and others, without a bunch of partisans ripping your head off!!!!!!!!!
Stinky.
Stinky.
Before I even clicked the video to see the context in which Carney responded “who cares” to a reporter asking when he last spoke with Trump, I knew it would a female reporter who asked the question.
Why? Because Carney is consistently more short with and rude to female reporters.
Sure enough:
Why? Because Carney is consistently more short with and rude to female reporters.
Sure enough:
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Sucks that you can’t critique a pattern of behaviour from Carney, which has come up several times and been highlighted by Chantal Hébert and others, without a bunch of partisans ripping your head off!!!!!!!!!
Stinky.
Stinky.
Huge loss to the curling world and CBC sports coverage. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Colleen Jones, champion curler and CBC reporter, dies at 65 | CBC News
Jones’s celebrated career paved the way for other women in sport and broadcasting.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Huge loss to the curling world and CBC sports coverage. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
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Seeing a major increase in flu cases. The south-west continues to be at extremely high levels.
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Seeing a major increase in flu cases. The south-west continues to be at extremely high levels.
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Breaking: The six Democrats now confirmed they've been contacted by the FBI.
The lawmakers accuse Trump of using the FBI "as a tool to intimidate and harass members of Congress."
The lawmakers accuse Trump of using the FBI "as a tool to intimidate and harass members of Congress."
MS NOW confirms: The FBI is working with Capitol Police to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse to comply with illegal orders.
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Breaking: The six Democrats now confirmed they've been contacted by the FBI.
The lawmakers accuse Trump of using the FBI "as a tool to intimidate and harass members of Congress."
The lawmakers accuse Trump of using the FBI "as a tool to intimidate and harass members of Congress."
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“Go get a job”? Not everyone can be a well-connected lobbyist or run a nightclub for this government. How about a plan for real workers? I mean it’s just embarrassing at this point.
November 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
“Go get a job”? Not everyone can be a well-connected lobbyist or run a nightclub for this government. How about a plan for real workers? I mean it’s just embarrassing at this point.
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I'm suing the Trump administration to protect over $3 billion in funds that provide vital housing and services to fight homelessness.
Cutting off these funds could put over 170,000 people at risk of homelessness.
We must protect our most vulnerable neighbors.
Cutting off these funds could put over 170,000 people at risk of homelessness.
We must protect our most vulnerable neighbors.
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I'm suing the Trump administration to protect over $3 billion in funds that provide vital housing and services to fight homelessness.
Cutting off these funds could put over 170,000 people at risk of homelessness.
We must protect our most vulnerable neighbors.
Cutting off these funds could put over 170,000 people at risk of homelessness.
We must protect our most vulnerable neighbors.