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Gabrielle Huston

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CBC Journalist ๐Ÿ Ottawa She/They ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ Also seen in the Globe and Mail, TechRadar, the Kitchissippi Times, MobileSyrup, TheGamer ๐Ÿ’ป gabrielle.huston@cbc.ca ๐Ÿ“š Journalism & Humanities at @carleton.ca Alumna

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I love when people beautify their parkway corners.

03.08.2025 22:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 144    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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The only way Nintendo can make this up to me is by making The Legend of Zelda: Nintendogs of the Wild

04.08.2025 01:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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In Nier: Automata, petting the robot pod enough times will result in special dialogue, which confirms that affinity has reached "maximum level." The pod then pledges to "protect 2B in any situation."

03.08.2025 21:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1909    ๐Ÿ” 257    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16
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What's planned for Pride month in Ottawa this August | CBC News With August being Pride month, there is no shortage of events around Ottawa celebrating the breadth of the 2SLGBTQ+ culture and experience.

If you're in Canada's capital for Pride month (which is August in Ottawa), check out some of the incredible events being held all over the city!

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

01.08.2025 19:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Carla MacLeod Among 2025 Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame Inductees At an event held at the Gary W. Harris Centre in Red Deer, Alberta, six individuals, and the 1995 Centennial Cup champions, were inducted into the Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame. Among the inductees was ...

Last night, Ottawa Charge head coach Carla MacLeod was among six individuals, and a team, to be inducted into the Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame.

My latest for @thehockeynewsw.bsky.social:

thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/...

20.07.2025 13:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Dangerously smoky air in some places as heat warnings persist | CBC News Smoke from wildfires in eastern Ontario is settling in amid the ongoing heat warning, prompting Environment Canada to issue a special air quality statement for large parts of the Ottawa-Gatineau regio...

Ottawa is still under a heat warning and wildfire smoke is drifting into parts of eastern Ontario. You may notice a little haze this morning.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

14.07.2025 14:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Severe Thunderstorm Warning in effect for:
Ottawa North - Kanata - Orlรฉans

This line of severe thunderstorms is located from Fitzroy Provincial Park to Moulton Lake, moving east at 40 km/h.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning in effect for: Ottawa North - Kanata - Orlรฉans This line of severe thunderstorms is located from Fitzroy Provincial Park to Moulton Lake, moving east at 40 km/h.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning in effect for: #Ottawa North - #Kanata - #Orlรฉans

This line of severe thunderstorms is located from Fitzroy Provincial Park to Moulton Lake, moving east at 40 km/h.

From: weather.gc.ca/en/location/...

#weather #meteorology

13.07.2025 18:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Canada needs a U.S. trade deal but shouldn't have set a negotiation deadline, says Poilievre | CBC News Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Canada urgently needs to land a trade deal with the United States but it should not have set a deadline for negotiations because U.S. President Donald Trump โ€œ...

EXCLUSIVE: Pierre Poilievre tells CBC's The House that Canada needs a US trade deal, but it shouldn't have set a deadline for negotiations since Trump will leverage the pressure.

His first English CBC News interview since becoming CPC leader. #cdnpoli #cdnpolitics

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

11.07.2025 23:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

An incredible performer to see in our city!

13.07.2025 03:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Orange background with a red sun and houses and a thermometer.

It's a hot one out there.
Head to our OttawaPublicHealth.ca/BeatTheHeat webpage for an interactive map of places to cool off, and information about preparing your home for the heat, who to call for help, staying healthy during a heat wave, dealing with power outages, and other resources.

12.07.2025 17:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Should Tim Hortons repay all Canadians promised a boat? This Ottawa man thinks so | CBC News In June, a judge authorized a class-action lawsuit against Tim Hortons after the company mistakenly told thousands of customers โ€” including Ottawa's Michel Leveillee โ€” that they'd won a boat and a tra...

Tim Hortons promised Michel Leveillee a boat and trailer -- along with thousands of others. A class action law suit is going forward, but only for Quebec.

Leveillee told me he thinks Tim Hortons should be held acountable to all its Canadian customers.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

10.07.2025 20:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is definitely my next campaign idea.

06.07.2025 16:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A waterfall seen at a distance on a sunny summer day.

A waterfall seen at a distance on a sunny summer day.

I could have spent much more time hiking the trails around Inglis Falls, Ont. -- it's a stop on the Bruce Trail and there are a bunch of little loops to do!

27.06.2025 13:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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He Had a Mental Breakdown Talking to ChatGPT. Then Police Killed Him Alex Taylor believed he had made contact with a conscious entity within OpenAIโ€™s software, and that she'd been murdered. Then everything went wrong.

Grateful to all whoโ€™ve read and supported my AI coverage lately. This is probably the most difficult work Iโ€™ve done on the subject to date and I hope it it can be a wake-up call. My profound thanks to Kent Taylor for trusting me with his son Alexโ€™s story.

22.06.2025 19:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2144    ๐Ÿ” 593    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 51    ๐Ÿ“Œ 95
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Valedictorian told to stay home after making pro-Palestinian remarks in grad speech | CBC News Elizabeth Yao, the graduating valedictorian at Bell High School in west Ottawa, was told not to go to school on Monday after she made pro-Palestinian remarks during a speech at her commencement ceremo...

After Elizabeth Yao's valedictorian speech last Thursday - in which she discussed the children killed in the war in Gaza - her principal called and told her not to come back to school on Monday.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

16.06.2025 10:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 92    ๐Ÿ” 37    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
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The Ottawa air is a bit better tonight than yesterday, but the haze from the forest fires is still blanketing the valley.

08.06.2025 00:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Have you or your family, your work or your school had to change plans because of the wildfire smoke in Ottawa today? Send me a DM.

06.06.2025 13:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How will Canadian film and TV change if streamers don't pay into it? | CBC Arts Storyteller Jesse Wente, policy expert Vass Bednar, and showrunner Anthony Q. Farrell discuss the recent CRTC hearings and what they mean for the future of Canadian content.

An interesting discussion about how the CRTC's "CanCon" rules build investment in Canada

www.cbc.ca/arts/commoti...

04.06.2025 01:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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All ages are welcome. We'll have activities set-up for tots, children, and youth: from cute discovery stations, button-making, a Centre33 art exhibit, refreshments, outdoor games, a visit inside our space, and more. #ottawapride

31.05.2025 01:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Gardeners call for more help, less bureaucracy in battle against invasive plants | CBC News Invasives are plaguing community gardens in Ottawa, and it's representative of a citywide problem, according to Coun. Marty Carr. She believes mobilizing volunteers is the answer.

I spoke to a few gardeners -- of many across the city -- who are dealing with encroaching invasive species. Some are volunteering to rip them out of city land, and Councillor Carr thinks the city should have a better program to support them.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

30.05.2025 15:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Every year on Memorial Day, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring.

They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.

France also gave us this land as American soil.

26.05.2025 17:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 44650    ๐Ÿ” 10680    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1142    ๐Ÿ“Œ 684
Two swans on the lakeshore.

Two swans on the lakeshore.

One of my favourite photos of some of the local swans. #photography #swans #LakeOntario #Toronto

23.05.2025 21:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 162    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This feed has a bunch of Ottawa folks on it, if you need a place to look! bsky.app/profile/did:...

24.05.2025 01:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We are so back.

21.05.2025 01:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 312    ๐Ÿ” 48    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Kingston woman's death declared a femicide, man charged with murder | CBC News Police in Kingston, Ont., say they've charged a 26-year-old man with murder in the death of his intimate partner. It's the first time they've declared a killing to be a femicide.

I'm in Kingston to teach consent and healthy relationships to middle schoolers.

On Friday, a 26 year old man murdered his 25 year old partner here. It is the first time the Kingston police have used the term femicide.

20.05.2025 20:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 65    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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strawberry blonde goat next to an almost equal size microphone

Kelvin with a classic Shure Brothers microphone

13.05.2025 22:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 335    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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Today is the first day of the tulip festival ๐ŸŒท the opening ceremony is tomorrow, if you want to check it out!

10.05.2025 03:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hockey and hijabs: New to Canada and the sport, these girls have found their game | CBC News Newcomer girls in Ottawa are celebrating their new-found hockey skills at an end-of-seasonย tournament, just as the Ottawa Charge prepares to takeย to the ice for the women's team's first-ever playoff g...

Young women, new to Canada, are getting the chance to enjoy our country's national winter sport.

My colleague, Hallie Cotnam, talked to them about their league and why it helped them feel like they belong.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

08.05.2025 11:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tulips in Ottawa, with the Chรขteau Laurier in the background ๐ŸŒท (Ontario, Canada)

#ottawa #canada #tulips #tulipfestival #travel #spring #photography

05.05.2025 19:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 121    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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May the 4th be with you!

I was lucky enough to see Revenge of the Sith on the big screen for its 20th anniversary this year! I was too young to see it in theatres back then.

04.05.2025 12:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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