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Quebec Premier François Legault was back of the pack in December premier rankings with a 25 per cent approval rating.
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'He's a welcome dose of fresh air': Kinew ranked most popular premier
New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt nabbed second-most-popular premier in the December Angus Reid poll, followed by Saskatchewan's Scott Moe. Quebec Premier François Legault was back of the pack with a…
www.hilltimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Quebec Premier François Legault was back of the pack in December premier rankings with a 25 per cent approval rating.
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
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Last March, I spent a month chasing Poilievre's campaign across 6 provinces. Despite being within 10 meters, his handlers never let me ask a question.
That silence was the story. Help us keep reporting what matters—$250k by Dec 25.
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That silence was the story. Help us keep reporting what matters—$250k by Dec 25.
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What I learned spending a month chasing Poilievre
www.nationalobserver.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Last March, I spent a month chasing Poilievre's campaign across 6 provinces. Despite being within 10 meters, his handlers never let me ask a question.
That silence was the story. Help us keep reporting what matters—$250k by Dec 25.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/06/o...
That silence was the story. Help us keep reporting what matters—$250k by Dec 25.
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Great news!
December 11, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Great news!
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December 8, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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Give your team the tools to communicate with confidence.
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We're thrilled to launch our year-end fundraiser today! Our goal: raise $250,000 by December 25 to fund the Climate Solutions Reporting Project. This is the kind of journalism that highlights real solutions. Help us kick off this campaign strong — donate now: www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/124263
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December 2, 2025 at 12:40 AM
We're thrilled to launch our year-end fundraiser today! Our goal: raise $250,000 by December 25 to fund the Climate Solutions Reporting Project. This is the kind of journalism that highlights real solutions. Help us kick off this campaign strong — donate now: www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/124263
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This week The Local announced our AI policy, the core of which is pretty simple: “When you read The Local, know that our stories are written and edited by real people, that photographs are taken by real photographers, and that illustrations are created by real illustrators.” thelocal.to/ai-policy/
The Local's AI Policy | The Local
When you read The Local, know that our stories are written and edited by real people.
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November 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
This week The Local announced our AI policy, the core of which is pretty simple: “When you read The Local, know that our stories are written and edited by real people, that photographs are taken by real photographers, and that illustrations are created by real illustrators.” thelocal.to/ai-policy/
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Gwynne Dyer: Powerful people are deliberately trying to destroy the rule. Putin knows the rule but ignores it, while Trump doesn’t even know it.
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
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Trump and Putin's goal is to destroy the international rule of law
Powerful people are deliberately trying to destroy the rule. Putin knows the rule but ignores it, while Trump doesn’t even know it.
www.hilltimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Gwynne Dyer: Powerful people are deliberately trying to destroy the rule. Putin knows the rule but ignores it, while Trump doesn’t even know it.
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
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The Ford government owes us straight answers on Exhibition Place
#Opinion from @johnlorinc.bsky.social
#Opinion from @johnlorinc.bsky.social
John Lorinc: The Ford government owes us straight answers on Exhibition Place
It seems Doug Ford and the Ontario government is planning a reverse takeover of the CNE
www.thestar.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The Ford government owes us straight answers on Exhibition Place
#Opinion from @johnlorinc.bsky.social
#Opinion from @johnlorinc.bsky.social
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Manitoba’s worst wildfire season in 30 years isn’t finished despite the onset of freezing temperatures and snow, and there’s a fear some blazes could smoulder underground and resurface next spring.
Nightmare’s not over
Wildfire officials say underground zombie winter fires could re-emerge in the spring
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Manitoba’s worst wildfire season in 30 years isn’t finished despite the onset of freezing temperatures and snow, and there’s a fear some blazes could smoulder underground and resurface next spring.
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NEW: Since the start of this year, more than 600 immigrant children have been placed in government shelters by ICE.
That number, which has not been previously reported, is the highest since recordkeeping began a decade ago.
That number, which has not been previously reported, is the highest since recordkeeping began a decade ago.
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
www.propublica.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
NEW: Since the start of this year, more than 600 immigrant children have been placed in government shelters by ICE.
That number, which has not been previously reported, is the highest since recordkeeping began a decade ago.
That number, which has not been previously reported, is the highest since recordkeeping began a decade ago.
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“The fact that a governmental body can redact more than 1,000 pages of documents that are directly related to a major business’s activities in Texas is certainly problematic,” an attorney specializing in public records said.
With @kutnews.bsky.social @texastribune.org
With @kutnews.bsky.social @texastribune.org
Gov. Greg Abbott Was Ordered to Release Some of His Emails With Elon Musk. Most Are Blacked Out.
Months after fighting to keep secret emails between Gov. Greg Abbott and Elon Musk, Texas officials released 1,400 pages of records. But they reveal little about the two men’s relationship or Musk’s i...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
“The fact that a governmental body can redact more than 1,000 pages of documents that are directly related to a major business’s activities in Texas is certainly problematic,” an attorney specializing in public records said.
With @kutnews.bsky.social @texastribune.org
With @kutnews.bsky.social @texastribune.org
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The Kinew government is applying for a special designation to put its growing francophone community on the map and tap into new markets in French-speaking countries across the world.
Manitoba eyes bilingual designation ‘to be at the table’
The Kinew government is applying for a special designation to put its growing francophone community on the map and tap into new markets in French-speaking countries across the world.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The Kinew government is applying for a special designation to put its growing francophone community on the map and tap into new markets in French-speaking countries across the world.
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Governments and jurisdictions that promote and rely on fossil fuels are being left behind, blinded by faulty economic assumptions.
rabble.ca/environment/...
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Electrotech, not fossil fuels, will power the future
Governments and jurisdictions that promote and rely on fossil fuels are being left behind, blinded by faulty economic assumptions.
rabble.ca
November 24, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Governments and jurisdictions that promote and rely on fossil fuels are being left behind, blinded by faulty economic assumptions.
rabble.ca/environment/...
rabble.ca/environment/...
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#StarExclusive: Low-scoring applicants averaged the highest payouts from Doug Ford’s Skills Development Fund
Low-scoring applicants averaged the highest payouts from Doug Ford’s Skills Development Fund
Groups with the worst-ranked applications seeking money from Premier Doug Ford's $2.5-billion Skills Development Fund got, on average, the biggest payouts, according to a Star analysis.
www.thestar.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
#StarExclusive: Low-scoring applicants averaged the highest payouts from Doug Ford’s Skills Development Fund
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Schools, libraries, and other organizations can make private browsing the norm by deploying Privacy Badger on devices they manage. If you work at an organization with managed devices, talk to your IT team about Privacy Badger. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
From Libraries to Schools: Why Organizations Should Install Privacy
In an era of pervasive online surveillance, organizations have an important role to play in protecting their communities’ privacy. Schools, libraries, and other organizations can make private
www.eff.org
November 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Schools, libraries, and other organizations can make private browsing the norm by deploying Privacy Badger on devices they manage. If you work at an organization with managed devices, talk to your IT team about Privacy Badger. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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"It feels less like incidental inclusion and more like large-scale extraction of intellectual property without consent.” www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/hund...
Hundreds of thousands of videos from news publishers like The New York Times and Vox were used to train AI models
YouTube channels from major news publishers and creators were in video data sets used by Microsoft, Meta, Snap, Runway AI, and Bytedance.
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November 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
"It feels less like incidental inclusion and more like large-scale extraction of intellectual property without consent.” www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/hund...
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Twitter/X is a story on its own:
🔴 While users have become more Republican
💥 POSTING has completely transformed: it has moved nearly ❗50 percentage points❗ from Democrat-dominated to slightly Republican-leaning.
🔴 While users have become more Republican
💥 POSTING has completely transformed: it has moved nearly ❗50 percentage points❗ from Democrat-dominated to slightly Republican-leaning.
October 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Twitter/X is a story on its own:
🔴 While users have become more Republican
💥 POSTING has completely transformed: it has moved nearly ❗50 percentage points❗ from Democrat-dominated to slightly Republican-leaning.
🔴 While users have become more Republican
💥 POSTING has completely transformed: it has moved nearly ❗50 percentage points❗ from Democrat-dominated to slightly Republican-leaning.
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October 30, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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"...a male correspondent was initially included on the layoff list but was removed after he appealed directly to the new editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, leading to another female correspondent being added to the list at the last minute."
CBS News fired 8 on-air personalities in latest layoffs. All of them are women
EXCLUSIVE: Multiple sources told The Independent that senior foreign correspondent Debora Patta was added to the layoff list following a last-minute change by editor-in-chief Bari Weiss.
www.independent.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 9:55 PM
"...a male correspondent was initially included on the layoff list but was removed after he appealed directly to the new editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, leading to another female correspondent being added to the list at the last minute."
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"[L]argest police massacre in Rio de Janeiro's history."
"2,500 heavily-armed agents from the military and police on the ground or circling overhead in armed helicopters."
"Over 120 people were killed in the operation, primarily young, Black men."
#Brazil #USA #Drugs #Policing #Military
"2,500 heavily-armed agents from the military and police on the ground or circling overhead in armed helicopters."
"Over 120 people were killed in the operation, primarily young, Black men."
#Brazil #USA #Drugs #Policing #Military
Police Massacre Over 100 People in Deadliest Raid on Rio de Janeiro Favelas - Left Voice
In Rio de Janeiro, Governor Cláudio Castro’s military and civil police carried out the city’s deadliest police massacre, killing over 120 mostly Black residents in the city’s poorest neighborhoods.…
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October 31, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Tech bros love generative AI because the confident-but-wrong output reminds them of themselves. Women in tech despise generative AI because it reminds them of the tech bros.
October 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Tech bros love generative AI because the confident-but-wrong output reminds them of themselves. Women in tech despise generative AI because it reminds them of the tech bros.
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tech bros keep promising self-aware ai when they haven't even cracked making self-aware tech bros
October 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
tech bros keep promising self-aware ai when they haven't even cracked making self-aware tech bros
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When you call yourself the leaders of a democratic country, but have to hide on a military base from the people that you rule.
"Stephen Miller soon joined a growing list of senior Trump-administration political appointees—at least six by our count—living in Washington-area military housing, where they are shielded not just from potential violence but also from protest." Others include Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, Pete Hegseth.
Top Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military Bases
Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over homes that until recently housed senior officers.
www.theatlantic.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:45 AM
When you call yourself the leaders of a democratic country, but have to hide on a military base from the people that you rule.