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Brainiac Kim

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Canadian from Toronto. Political & news junkie. Work in law, worked on Parliament Hill & Toronto City Council. Loves volunteering to improve the community & world. Advocate for social justice, diversity, equity, inclusion & accessibility. Progressive

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Hook on Instagram: "Taking a look back at when Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas brought their signature energy to the festival of colours. From the rhythmic dhol beats to the electrifying vibes, t... 228 likes, 0 comments - hookonline_ on March 3, 2026: "Taking a look back at when Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas brought their signature energy to the festival of colours. From the rhythmic dhol...

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04.03.2026 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Paint ball fight by hand! πŸ˜‚πŸ₯³

04.03.2026 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Vancouver teacher says sudden licence suspension felt like a 'gut punch' | CBC News Dozens of Lower Mainland teachers were suspended after emails from the Ministry of Education about updating their criminal record checks ended up in their spam inboxes. Now, those teachers want to kno...

Who was in charge of teachers' renewals? That person needs to be fired. They didn't do their job to get confirmations. Some didn't get informed. No taxation without representation.

The affected employees should be retroactively compensated. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #BCpoli #cdnpoli

04.03.2026 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How sticky-fingered thieves use hot glue to find break-in targets in Vancouver VANCOUVER β€” Police in Vancouver are warning apartment residents of thieves using strands of hot glue to select which units they will break into.

ca.yahoo.com/news/sticky-...

04.03.2026 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ontario city to issue $100 fines for abandoned shopping carts | Globalnews.ca Brampton will charge retailers $100 for shopping carts abandoned on city property, as officials cite safety concerns, environmental risks and growing complaints from residents.

Toronto needs this! globalnews.ca/news/1171601... #TOpoli

04.03.2026 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nancy Guthrie Update: The One Thing Nobody Is Talking About There is a lot of buzz about the Nancy Guthrie, but no one is poking the most obvious holes in the case.

www.mensjournal.com/news/nancy-g...

04.03.2026 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wouldn't have* mattered

04.03.2026 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It happened in Anaheim by Disneyland. It was a luxury brand SUV. I was surprised that California was so racist & violent. My aunt didn't want my sis & I to explore without an escorts. That incident explained why, I thought it was extreme but not after that!

04.03.2026 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nope. My aunt, her adult step-daughter, my sis & I were traumatized. Dealership said cost of repairs to broken windshield wipers he ripped costed a lot of $. I was driven to LAX in old pickup truck & the vibrations didn't helped my brain injury or her new brain injury (both not from the incident)

04.03.2026 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜I want it to be a safe place’: Grade 9 student attacked by masked intruders at Nova Scotia high school | CBC News A family is speaking out after two masked intruders entered a Halifax-area high school and violently attacked a Grade 9 student, prompting concerns about school safety and security.

Very disturbing www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

04.03.2026 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Union urges federal government to halt early retirement program for public servants | CBC News The Public Service Alliance of Canada wants the federal government to suspend the early retirement program for public servants and has filed complaints to the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations an...

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #cdnpoli

04.03.2026 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Federal union files grievance over early retirement incentive for public servants Canada’s largest public sector union has filed a policy grievance over the federal government’s offer of early retirement packages to thousands of public servants, saying it circumvents β€œkey obligatio...

www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic... #cdnpoli

04.03.2026 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Federal government boosts scrutiny of businesses claiming to be Indigenous-owned - National | Globalnews.ca Gull-Masty stopped short of accepting the committee’s recommendation to put in place new eligibility and verification requirements for companies to be listed as Indigenous.

Businesses trying to scam and defraud taxpayers via Pretendians globalnews.ca/news/1171455... #cdnpoli

04.03.2026 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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City of Toronto countersues contractors who want $83M for St. Lawrence Market project | CBC News After Toronto was hit with an $83-million lawsuit from two companies who worked on the new St. Lawrence Market North Building last spring, the city is alleging it’s the contractors who should pay the ...

Private contractors suing at least $83M of taxpayers money www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #TOpoli

04.03.2026 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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John Tory says he won't run for Toronto mayor this fall | CBC News Former Toronto mayor John Tory has announced he will not run again for the city's top job in this fall's municipal election.

Oh, thank goodness he will not run for mayor again. He ruined Toronto so badly. He didn't raised taxes & it shows in the damaged city: no housing, homelessness, potholes galore. He had an affair for years. He stole & plagarized Olivia's transit plan www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #TOpoli

04.03.2026 04:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Did the world forget that Canada has oil and gas??? Canada is a great resource, pivot to Canada.

04.03.2026 04:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A ribbiting photo

04.03.2026 04:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I visited my aunt in California and our SUV was attacked by a racist white homeless man. No one waiting at the red light around us did anything = silence is agreement with the racism.

04.03.2026 03:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

No, but the billionaires would be at war with her because she would do her job to protect the vulnerable people.

04.03.2026 03:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

High-end car drivers double-park on two parking spots, just in hopes that others can't park near them and damage their cars.

04.03.2026 03:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Who Actually Makes Trader Joe’s Food?
YouTube video by Business Insider Who Actually Makes Trader Joe’s Food?

Eeewww, Trader Joe's plagiarized small business owners' ideas and profited off of that. Turn off from that company. It's also colonialism: cultural appropriation = racist. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOd0...

04.03.2026 03:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Modern resumes & cover letters, no:

Home address
Employer address
Legal name (can use preferred names, pronunciation underneath)
Hobbies/interests
"References upon request"

03.03.2026 21:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Job seekers don't realize that it's not required to put your home address or legal name on your resumes & cover letters in Canada. These lead to biases. Modern trend is that b/c it's all online applications. That's what an interview is for, to talk more about your work experiences. No hobbies.

03.03.2026 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today is #RareDiseaseDay

Through EB Research Partnership, families, scientists, and supporters are pushing research forward, pioneering progress in EB and helping reshape what’s possible for rare diseases.

It’s not a matter of if.
It’s a matter of time.

πŸ¦‹ Learn more: ebresearch.org

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Artist uses frozen Alberta lake as his canvas Turns out Alberta’s blue lakes freeze into a canvas unlike any other this New York artist has ever seen or worked with.

So cool www.cbc.ca/player/play/... #Alberta #art

03.03.2026 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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an elderly woman is holding a palm tree and says a curse on you ALT: an elderly woman is holding a palm tree and says a curse on you
03.03.2026 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Former Middle East adviser at the US Department of Defense, Jasmine El-Gamal, has it exactly right.

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Being transparent means people can plan their lives around the cuts instead of being blindsided and some people made decisions based on the assumption they would still have a job.

03.03.2026 21:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the hiring process because I can't do in-person interviews. They refused that option because I said I was going to be out of country for a month, they wanted to hire in March. Yet, employers bemoans they can't hire qualified job candidates - yet, make the process non-inclusive /2

03.03.2026 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0