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Great Lakes governors stand with Canada ahead of Carney's high-stakes meeting with Trump | CBC News Pennsylvaniaย Gov. Josh Shapiro blasted U.S. President Donald Trump for his "tough-guy" approach to Canada after a meeting Monday with some provincial premiers in Quebec City.

Great Lakes governors stand with Canada ahead of Carney's high-stakes meeting with Trump

06.10.2025 16:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Stratford marks National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Education and solidarity were the focus of local observances

Stratford marks National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Education and solidarity were the focus of local observances
www.stratfordbeaconherald.com/news/local-n...

03.10.2025 13:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Some American travelers are โ€˜flag jackingโ€™ and Canadians are livid | CNN As Trumpโ€™s second term sparks global reactions, some Americans are posing as Canadians abroad โ€” infuriating real Canadians, who say itโ€™s cultural identity theft.
18.09.2025 19:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New trail signs in Dundas Valley tell the 'Basadinaa Experience' from the Indigenous perspective | CBC News The Basadinaa Experience shares stories of cultural and historical significance from the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and Six Nations of the Grand River โ€” the traditional lands of both grou...

Hikers in Dundas Valley can now experience the towering white pines, bubbling creeks and bird songs from the Indigenous perspective.

25.08.2025 18:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Women-led Iris Collective hosts events to amplify female voices 'We want women's voices to be heard,' says Sarah Merkel of the Iris Collective. And with every event they hostโ€”from leadership panels to social nightsโ€”theyโ€™re doing just that.
20.08.2025 01:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Buying Canadian? You may want to double check the signage Major grocery chains are trying to draw consumers to supposedly Canadian products with in-store stickers and signs, but the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says complaints that some are misleading are...

Major grocery chains are trying to draw consumers to supposedly Canadian products with in-store stickers and signs, but the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says complaints that some are misleading are on the rise.

24.07.2025 12:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Making the rite of passage accessible to every Indigenous person A camp in Alberta is working to inspire a renewal of rite of passage ceremonies by making them accessible to trans and two-spirit Indigenous people. CBCโ€™s Paige Parsons was invited to Humble Lodge to ...

A camp in Alberta is working to inspire a renewal of rite of passage ceremonies by making them accessible to trans and two-spirit Indigenous people. CBCโ€™s Paige Parsons was invited to Humble Lodge to learn more about the experience that participants describe as life-changing.

23.07.2025 13:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Schreiner preaches people power to local Green supporters Ontario's Green Party leader stops in Stratford to urge people to put pressure on government to abandon implementing Bill 5
18.07.2025 14:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Marie Wilson: Reflections on life as a TRC commissioner
YouTube video by CBC News: The National Marie Wilson: Reflections on life as a TRC commissioner

Marie Wilson is opening up about her years as a commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, about how her own experiences shaped her role and why she wants Canada to see the legacy of residential schools as a still-unfolding story.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0T_O...

17.07.2025 13:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Schreiner shows support for Wilmot farmers 'Wilmot farmers are ready to do whatever it takes to protect Ontarioโ€™s farmland,' the Ontario Green Party leader said.

Later TODAY, Schreiner will be at the Falstaff Family Centre to further discuss Bill 5. The event is free but you are asked to register on Eventbrite. tinyurl.com/dbthhkrj

15.07.2025 14:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What Finland wants Trump to do about Russian aggression As a wary neighbour of Russia and the leader of NATO's newest member, Finland's President Alexander Stubb has become a vocal advocate for Ukraine and European security. In conversation with The Nation...
10.07.2025 12:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How to Resist Amazon and Why: The Fight for Local Economics, Data Privacy, Fair Labor, Independent Bookstores, and a People-Powered Future! When a company's workers are literally dying on the job, when their business model relies on preying on local businesses and even their own vendors, when their...

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Order from your local bookstore...

๐ด๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š:
Barnes & Noble (United States) tinyurl.com/s2h6us9k
Indigo (Canada) tinyurl.com/5xe44kse

#PrimeDays #AmazonPrime #AmazonPrimeDays

08.07.2025 15:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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CBCโ€™s Eli Glasner met up with history professor Timothy Snyder to ask him about the impact of the Trump administrationโ€™s policies on academia and the potential fallout for education in the U.S. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

03.07.2025 13:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tech leaders ready launch of Canadian social-media platform Gander to buck U.S. dominance Founders aim to create alternative that addresses content, data sovereignty concerns

A new social-media platform built by Canadians, for Canadians, and operated in Canada, will publicly launch in October with support from some of the most prominent names in the Canadian innovation sector.

02.07.2025 20:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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40 years on, Canada's stubby beer bottle is recast as a quiet form of protectionism | CBC News The stubby, a Canadian beer bottle that was once a fixture in fridges from coast to coast, is now being reinterpreted as a subtle form of economic self-defence as trade tensions with the U.S. heat up.
29.06.2025 13:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Seasonal tipi erected at Falstaff Family Centre on National Indigenous Peoples Day 2025 Shots from the tipi erection by knowledge carriers Kyle French and Steve Sturgeon on Saturday morning

www.stratfordtoday.ca/local-news/s...

24.06.2025 12:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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National Indigenous People's Day - Stratford, Ontario

Saturday June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day (NIPD). Itโ€™s a time to recognize and celebrate the traditions, cultures and contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Mรฉtis.

Stratford and Area, Events and Activities:
www.wisecommunities.org/nipd

19.06.2025 19:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Too many schools still asking why, not how to implement Indigenous curriculum, says son of late TRC chair | CBC News Teaching K-12 students about residential schools is just one step toward reconciliation, according to Niigaan Sinclair and other educators, who say incorporatingย Indigenous perspectives throughout sch...

Too many schools still asking why, not how to implement Indigenous curriculum, says son of late TRC chair

03.06.2025 11:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Local group delivers 100 postcards to MPP Rae opposing Bill 5 The postcards were written by local residents at a postcard party

Local environmental group Climate Momentum presented 100 hand-written postcards to MPP Matthew Raeโ€™s constituency office, as part of their 'Stop the Power Grab' campaign calling on the provincial government to withdraw Bill 5, the Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act.

02.06.2025 19:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What Doug Ford is really โ€˜unleashingโ€™ with Bill 5 New Ontario legislation "threatens everything we must be on alert to protect," writes one Star reader.
02.06.2025 15:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Canadians are boycotting the US. Are American travelers still welcome in Canada? | CNN Canadian tourism officials are working to reassure American travelers who are worried about their reception in Canada. American tourists who are โ€œrespectfulโ€ of Canadaโ€™s sovereignty are welcome, one b...

โ€œWe welcome Americans as long as they are respectful of our sovereignty and our culture. We arenโ€™t anti-American, weโ€™re pro-Canadian...โ€

27.05.2025 16:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Why Buying Canadian Matters In A Tough Economy?

Inflationโ€™s real. Budgets are tight.
But even small Canadian purchases keep jobs alive, help neighbours thrive, and protect our economy from foreign shocks.

Little shifts = long-term resilience. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

#BuyCanadian #MadeInCanada

13.05.2025 13:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Why vote now? Unless youโ€™ve been living under a rock, Iโ€™m sure itโ€™s not news that the upcoming April 28th Canadian federal election is considered by many to have a once-in-a-generation significance.

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๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ

OPINION: Loreena McKennitt (Wise Communities Founder)

16.04.2025 19:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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3 sneaky ways you could be influenced this election With little regulation and a massive active audience, social media is a hotbed for information manipulation during an election. CBCโ€™s Farah Nasser goes to the Media Ecosystem Observatory to find out w...
15.04.2025 14:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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CFUW Stratford to host reconciliation learning circle The guest speaker will be Emma Rain Smith, the interim director of the Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre/Shatitsirรณthaโ€™
11.04.2025 19:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Friends of Canadian Media presents Family: A Loving Look at CBC Radio - National Canadian Film Day This film and Q&A will go live at 7:00 PM EDT, and will be available for 48 hours.

Friends.ca hosts an online conversation between acclaimed singer-songwriter Loreena McKennitt and Friends of Canadian Media's Director of Government & Media Relations Sarah Andrews, discussing the enduring impact of the CBC, followed by a screening of Family: A Loving Look at CBC Radio.

10.04.2025 19:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Canadians are cancelling travel plans to U.S. over fears they could be detained at the border | CBC News The number of return trips among Canadians travelling to the U.S. has plummeted. Some travellers are cancelling plans due to concern over beefed up border security following the Trump administration's...
10.04.2025 13:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump pauses most global tariffs, but changes nothing for Canada and Mexico | CBC
09.04.2025 20:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How to โ€˜Buy Canadianโ€™ when supply chains are so murky As anger over U.S. President Donald Trumpโ€™s trade war fuels a surging โ€˜Buy Canadianโ€™ movement, The National asks marketing professor Grant Packard to help navigate supply-line confusion so Canadians c...
07.04.2025 13:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Mark Carney Makes Policy Announcement in Montreal Liberal Leader Mark Carney responds to questions from reporters after making a policy announcement in Montreal. (no interpretation)

Bold announcement - Carney will increase CBCโ€™s funding, and make the funding statutory.

Heโ€™s hanging it on the need to battle mis and disinformation against the avalanche of US content.

04.04.2025 14:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1506    ๐Ÿ” 370    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 66    ๐Ÿ“Œ 58

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