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Justin Brake reports from Vancouver, where press freedom in Canada is having its day in court in Bracken/Narwhal v. RCMP.
“The man, whose tie is fastened to his shirt with a small golden pin in the shape of handcuffs, sits down two rows directly in front of me…”
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On the latest episode of In Bed with the Elephant, host @caradrianh.bsky.social interviews writer @jeetheer.bsky.social to discuss Donald Trump’s impact on Canada and the rest of the world.
Listen wherever you get podcasts:
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And check out our new #IBWTE graphics!
Is Doug Ford planning to axe elected public school boards in Ontario?
Critics warn the move would end more than two centuries of local #education governance, with damaging impacts on #Indigenous and other marginalized communities.
New from @jonthompson.bsky.social:
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Brandi Morin and Geordie Day’s latest documentary premieres today at 1 PM ET.
“Pipsell: The Last Stand” exposes the human and environmental costs of Canada's TMX pipeline. This film is a co-production with @therealnews.com
Watch live at 1, or on demand afterwards: m.youtube.com/watch?v=b4eo...
Brandi Morin's latest: On the front lines of #Edmonton’s Indigenous unhoused crisis.
On the frigid city streets, one woman, known as ‘Mama Bear,’ offers care and resistance as police intensify encampment crackdowns.
Read more from @brandimorin.bsky.social:
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#Alberta
War won’t free Iran.
As the US and Israel launch strikes that plunge #Iran into war, ordinary Iranians pay the price. It will empower hardliners and crush the same protesters demanding rights, dignity, and freedom.
New from Jasmine Ramze Rezaee:
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Who needs reporters
"The Trump team has multiple, overlapping motivations for each of these military actions. Suppressing non-U.S. oil production is rarely the primary driver for military action, but it is a recurring contributing factor that makes certain targets more attractive than others."
I’ve said it before and it’s demonstrably true: Conservatives consider drug users to be a drain on the state and would rather they die. So they enact a policy that hastens their deaths.
Israel is the real 51st state
There will be one more debate involving the NDP leadership candidates—I'm honoured to be hosting it!
"For People & The Planet"
Monday at 7 PM eastern/4PM pacific
Sponsored by @leadnowca.bsky.social
RSVP here > > leadnow.ca/campaigns/nd...
And a reminder that @ricochetmedia.bsky.social will never have paywalls. We believe public-interest journalism should always be free.
Modi and Netanyahu’s ‘bromance’ is more than optics — it’s a strategic axis in the making
#Canada must now decide whether its growing courtship of an increasingly far-right #India can truly remain anchored in human rights.
New from Shenaz Kermalli:
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#cdnpoli
Deeply disappointed to see @reuters.com put up a paywall. Legacy orgs should be doing everything they can to cut through the misinformation and disinformation, which is always free and never paywalled.
This is only helping the fascist far right. The world needs more free journalism, not less.
News outlets "likely hesitated to publish important leaks after seeing what happened" to Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson, whose home the government raided, FPF's Seth Stern said.
Read more from @brianstelter.bsky.social:
OpenAI is a menace. Two recent stories make that clearer than ever.
One day you have Sam Altman denigrating humanity to defend AI. The next, WSJ reveals OpenAI could have alerted Canadian police of a potential mass shooter, but refused pressure from employees. That person went on to kill 8 people.
It really is fascinating how overt it now is that there are certain - really not controversial - ideas that you aren’t allowed to say on television.
Oil giants trying to tie Canada’s future to Trump’s fossil empire.
Plan to ship Alberta crude through the Dakota Access Pipeline, deepening Ottawa’s alliance with far-right U.S. billionaires, despite Indigenous resistance from #StandingRock to #Wetsuweten.
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#cdnpoli
‘Militantly illegal police conduct’: Conviction shatters years of protection for #ThunderBay police sergeant.
The guilty verdict exposes not just one rogue officer, but a culture of corruption and systemic racism inside the TBPS.
New from @jonthompson.bsky.social:
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Giuffre bravely spoke up as early as 2011, but @jkbjournalist.bsky.social Brown came in in 2017-2018, reached out and gained the trust of other victims/survivors, and put together the massive investigation that led to Epstein's arrest and seizure of the evidence....
Feminism laid the groundwork, set it all into motion, etc.
"...older waves of feminism..had put women in positions to decide who matters and what’s true, in jobs as judges and lawyers, as editors and producers, as heads of institutions and elected officials, and had also equipped a lot of men to treat women as human beings whose rights matter...."
Canada should be a voice of moral clarity as world inches closer to Doomsday.
With scientists warning that humanity is closer than ever to catastrophe, Carney is aligning Canada with Trump instead of standing up oppose him.
New from @militaryimpacts.bsky.social:
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How Doug Ford is spreading surveillance tech throughout #Ontario
After scrapping speed cameras, Ford has overseen the expansion of a province-wide, cloud-based surveillance network — handing private firms control over public space.
New from @terraloire.bsky.social:
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On the latest episode of IBWTE, @caradrianh.bsky.social sits down with @marshalederman.bsky.social, award-winning columnist at @theglobeandmail.com. Lederman talks about how she's struggled to navigate the post Oct 7th world.
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Holy moly: Seattle’s millionaire tax, passed last year, is expected to bring in $115 million in its 1st year, way more than the $50 million anticipated.
The funds will go to the city’s new social housing developer publicola.com/2026/02/11/t...
(Is NY Gov Hochul paying attention?)
I've been working on the assumption that Earth has already passed the point of no return for some time now.
“Canadians think we are doing a better job than we are, in contrast to the United States, especially with Trump,” she said. “Canadians assume our leaders stand up for human rights. Except we don’t particularly.”
#CarneyCaves #CdnPoli
Elizabeth May: ‘Speechless’ at Carney’s climate betrayal.
On #IBWTE, the @canadiangreens.bsky.social leader sits down with @caradrianh.bsky.social to reflect on 50 years of activism — and warns that Mark Carney’s #climate rollbacks betrays future generations:
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