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Willi
@willijf.bsky.social
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Generation Jones. Aquafit enthusiasts. She/her.
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dianachanmcnally.bsky.social
I cannot stress enough that homelessness is caused by policy levers primarily at the provincial level.

And AMO's new report shows it: homelessness in Ontario rose 8% last year, with 85,000 people becoming homeless. 20,000 were youth and children.

Horrifying.

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Nearly 85K people homeless in Ontario, up 8% in 1 year: report | Globalnews.ca
Homelessness is getting worse across Ontario with an estimated 85,000 people who were without a home in 2025, a new report from Ontario's municipalities shows.
globalnews.ca
January 14, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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canadianpaintings.bsky.social
Early Evening, Winter
Franz Johnston
1928
January 12, 2026 at 12:00 AM
willijf.bsky.social
Taming the moral menace at capitalism’s core
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Taming the moral menace at capitalism’s core
Centuries of management practice were built on cruelty and exploitation. But history also offers a countercurrent – leaders who chose care, fairness and conscience.
theconversation.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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damienmoule.bsky.social
Toronto ended 2025 with 44 homicides, which is a more than 20 year low.
January 5, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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brianphillips.bsky.social
Sydney Smith lived from 1771–1845 yet somehow knew all my New Year's resolutions
1. Live as well as you can. 2. Go to the shower-bath with a low temperature. 3. Read amusing books. 4. Take a short view of life—no further than dinner or tea. 5. Be as busy as you can. 6. See as much as you can of friends that respect and like you. 7. and those acquaintances who amuse you. 8. Make no secret of low spirits but talk of them freely. 9. Attend to the effects coffee and tea produce on you. 10. Compare your lot with other people's. 11. Don't expect too much of life. 12. Avoid poets, dramatic presentations, music, serious novels, melancholy, sentimental people. 13. DO GOOD. 14. Be as much as you can in the open air. 15. Make your room gay. 16. Struggle by little and little against idleness. 17. Don't underestimate yourself. 18. Keep good blazing fires. 19. Be firm and constant in the exertion of rational religion
January 1, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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ruthdeyermond.bsky.social
Europe and Canada need to move carefully to avoid creating further dangers, but they need to decouple from the US in areas like defence planning, intelligence sharing, and defence procurement.
January 1, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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canadianpaintings.bsky.social
Will Find Peace
Alex Janvier ~ Densuline
n.d.
January 1, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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canadianpaintings.bsky.social
It Will Be Okay
Mike Gough
2023
January 1, 2026 at 12:02 AM
willijf.bsky.social
Why Canada must transform its long-term care system
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Why Canada must transform its long-term care system
The long-term care system is under pressure — both from an aging population and from a workforce in crisis. More humane, sustainable models of care are critical.
theconversation.com
December 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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tomandlorenzo.bsky.social
My favorite Christmas thing of all time are the cats who take one look at the holiest scene in Christendom and say "That baby's in my spot."
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December 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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cblackst.bsky.social
Honour the Winter Solstice by sharing this “Winter Solstice Prayer and Sweetgrass Offerings” to honour and bless our children on the longest night of the year and the eve of the submission of the First Nations plan to permanently end Canada’s discrimination in child and family services.
December 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social
Politicians smiling big smiles while doing photo opps at food banks at Christmastime is all you need to know about the politicians.
December 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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midge.bsky.social
Stages of holiday shopping
1. Plenty of time
2. Gifts for myself
3. Oh no
December 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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johnbowker.bsky.social
“The site of the collision was approximately 280 metres from a previously-stationed mobile Automated Speed Enforcement camera, which was removed following provincial legislation that came into effect in November 2025” www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti... #onpoli
Woman in her 70s dies after being struck by vehicle in Scarborough
A woman in her 70s has died after she was struck by a vehicle in Scarborough on Thursday morning, Toronto police say.
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December 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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lukelebrun.ca
If Via is suggesting they have no back-up plan for situations where trains get stranded on a 400 km stretch of track other than to force passengers to sleep in their seats for 12 hrs, I don’t see why anyone in their right mind would pay to use this company’s services ever again
December 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
willijf.bsky.social
The price of belonging is inconvenience. Are we still willing to pay it?
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The price of belonging is inconvenience. Are we still willing to pay it?
Every time we choose people over convenience, we invest in community. The real question in our homes, workplaces and democracies is whether we are willing to pay that price.
theconversation.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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deadder.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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lianemclarty.bsky.social
First we mourn. Then we work for change.
December 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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adsumforwomen.bsky.social
We remember them always.

Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
December 6, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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desmondcole.bsky.social
If police had recognized there was no danger that day, who could they have called to speak with Devon and make sure he was okay?

We need to divest from policing and invest more in alternative, non-violent responses

www.thesarniajournal.ca/news/the-dif...
The difference between a community-led vs. a police-led crisis response unit
Successful non-police crisis response teams demonstrate there is a fiscally responsible, compassionate alternative to police-led teams for non-violent incidents, and that they can reduce public safety...
www.thesarniajournal.ca
November 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
willijf.bsky.social
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/pa...
Build Supportive Affordable Housing at 1499 and 1501 Queen West
The City of Toronto, and Canada as a whole, is in an unprecedented affordable housing crisis. Many struggle to find safe and stable housing in Toronto and Parkdale Activity-Recreation Centre (PARC) wa...
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November 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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oregonthedm.bsky.social
The difference in time between now and I can has cheezburger

Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
The legendary cat meme that started an era
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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canadianpaintings.bsky.social
Red Poppies
Molly Lamb Bobak
1977
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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docrevan.bsky.social
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper

www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
And in that pause between pitch and contact - longer than logic, shorter than hope - we remembered why baseball existed long before we judged a sport's value by viral moments and betting apps. It is the romance of failure. The mortal beauty of trying and missing seven times out of 10 and still being considered great. It is the only sport where patience is a weapon, and panic the surest death. You cannot simply run out the clock in baseball; you must face it, pitch by terrifying pitch, until it finally releases you.
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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canadianpaintings.bsky.social
The Blue Jay
Bryan Nəqsalqn Smith ~ Syilx
2022
October 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM