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Public Servant Surprised by Voicemail from Doug Ford Suggesting They ‘Get Another Job’ The worker had messaged Ford's number to express concern about the Ontario government's return-to-office mandate

A public servant texted Doug Ford's number to express concern with his government's return-to-office mandate.

They received a voicemail suggesting they "go get another job."

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LOL!! Article has been updated with comments from the PM.

"Minister LeBlanc gave a briefing to Mr. Jivani, who I don't believe is the trade critic for the opposition, certainly not the minister of international trade or the prime minister of Canada," Carney said."

ICE has offices in 5 Canadian cities. Is your city on the list? | CBC News The U.S. government’s website lists ICE offices in five Canadian cities: Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal and Ottawa.

Did not know this. "[ICE offices are] in five Canadian cities: Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal and Ottawa...an ICE spokesperson confirmed Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) conducts work at the U.S. embassy in the country’s capital, and at consulates in the other four cities."

He causes me so much distress. I am sorry some of your FB friends are finding an appeal in what he's peddling. The way religion has a tight grip on US conservatives is scary and it is creeping in here too. Incredibly unsettling.

Also: Hi, neighbour! ☺️ 👋

Husband and I are not, by nature, angry people. In fact, anger is an emotion that's stunted in me, an emotion I really struggle with thanks to ACEs and trauma. But, we have both noticed how we seem so angry at everything, understandably, and had a big talk about this last night. No one is okay.

Conservative MP Jivani heads to Washington after Liberals snub offer to collaborate | CBC News Conservative MP Jamil Jivani, a longtime friend of U.S Vice-President JD Vance, is travelling to Washington to advocate for better Canada-U.S. relations after multiple unsuccessful emails to members o...

Jivani wants to be Conservative leader, wants to be PM, wants to push things even harder to the right. That he occupies the riding immediately east of me is constantly unsettling. National Prayer Breakfast. Sharing emails. Sigh. He creeps me out. I wish he'd stop being platformed by the media.

Scientists discover brain network that may cause Parkinson’s disease An “extraordinary” brain network discovery shows that Parkinson’s disease may not be a movement disorder after all

Wow!

“Parkinson’s is not just a movement problem involving one body part. This study shows it is a whole-body brain network disorder that links movement, thinking, arousal and internal body control...It’s an “extraordinary” set of findings...”

* but I am not an expert, an historian, or a political scientist.

Nenshi throwing in 'populist' to describe the Alberta NDP. While not inherently incompatible, populism excludes many marginalize people & communities.*

"We need to show [Alberta voters] what a pragmatic, populist, progressive party looks like and what a government in waiting looks like," he said.

There's a petition to the House of Commons to introduce stricter rules to prevent foreign entities from holding controlling interests in Canadian media.
Long overdue for govt to act & require Postmedia to have Canadian ownership and/or sell off parts to local buyers
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

So the guy who started amassing his fortune by selling books online, doesn't want to promote the reading of books through an engaging books section in the newspaper he bought, staffed by so many talented journalists.

Do I have that right?

Rectum? Damn near killed 'em!

I'll see myself out. 🤣 Sorry!

Inside Switzerland's extraordinary medieval library The Abbey Library of St Gallen is a Baroque hall of globes, manuscripts and curiosities that has survived, improbably, for 1,300 years.

"The meeting of the spiritual and secular life brings conflict in an active monastery," he said. "By their very nature, monasteries and abbeys are restrictive places. But many are struggling and tourism is one of the solutions in helping keep these cultural institutions alive." #Library #Booksky

I read this, and I almost regret it. What do you even do with the knowledge that Epstein wanted and was trying to engineer societal breakdown via far right populism bc he thought it would benefit his sex trafficking business?

a close up of a woman making a funny face with her hands in the air . Alt: GIF shows a close up of actress Kate Walsh (not sure which role, Grey's Anatomy or Private Practice). She has a very frustrated look on her face - she scrunches up her face and makes claw hands, like, ARGH!

Still shaking my fist at the sky over Liquid Glass and Apple's stupidity with this change.

Been trying to migrate away from problematic providers - and it's nearly impossible when you have no money. But last year, I switched over to Pages, and Numbers - premium and subscriptions are now things.

Ford government storing records ‘central’ to secret cabinet deliberations in Google Docs | Globalnews.ca New information shows staff within Ontario Premier Doug Ford's office are using unsecured Google services to create or circulate official documents.

"The use of Google documents and email instead of official, secure systems goes back years in the Ford government and was a key concern raised by the auditor general during the Greenbelt scandal."

#OnPoli

Inside Kash Patel’s F.B.I.: Meltdowns, Chaos, Vendettas (Gift Article) Forty-five current and former employees on the changes they say are undermining the agency and making America less safe.

"I did not go to law school, go to Quantico and work counterterrorism operations overseas to be doing traffic control for arrest-a-brown-person day."

#GiftLink 🎁

Jim Pattison won't sell U.S. warehouse proposed as new ICE facility | CBC News Jim Pattison Developments has announced it will not sell an industrial building in Ashland, Va., that was set to be turned into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing facility.

NEWS: Canadian billionaire Jim Pattison was planning to sell a warehouse for use as an ICE detention and processing facility. After pressure from the public, and from B.C. Green Party leader @emilylowan.bsky.social, Pattison's company has cancelled the sale

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

Amber Bracken is one of Canada’s greatest photojournalists, and for the RCMP to mistake observers for participants, arrest her and prevent her from doing her vital work is a deeply dangerous precedent. This case is important for all of us.

So. Fucking. Stupid. How. Undervalued. Writers. Are.

(And how fucking stupid their HR department is... or 'talent and culture experience guru' or whatever stupid fucking language they use for HR roles.)

& that's not even getting into how disconnected this job is in the 1st place.

Not today, X.

This isn’t okay :(

a woman in a black and white polka dot shirt says someone slap me . Alt: GIF of Catherine O'Hara from the TV series Schitt's Creek. Her character, Moira Rose, looks perplexed. She turns her head while saying, "Someone slap me, I appear to be in a waking nightmare."

Canada is in mourning for a beloved icon.

Catherine O'Hara was such an incredible performer, and over my lifetime - from SCTV to Schitt's Creek, to Christopher Guest films, to... everything (!) - she's brought so much good into my life. We were so lucky to have her.

Absolutely heartbroken. 😭

Catherine O'Hara, 'Schitt’s Creek' Star and Comedy Legend, Dies at 71 Catherine O'Hara has died at the age of 71. O'Hara was known for her appearances in movies including 'Beetlejuice' and 'Home Alone', as well as her Emmy-winning role as Moira Rose on the TV sitcom 'Sc...

People has confirmed.

And... NO. This is heartbreaking, and I was in no way prepared for this. At all. AT ALL.

O'Hara's been making me laugh my entire life and I cannot wrap my head around this loss. May all who love her and know her take solace in her outstanding body of work.

RIP Queen.

WHAT IN THE LEVER-LOVING CHRIST?!
That can't be right.

Snow-covered Keele Street sidewalk along a wall at dusk.

Sidewalk on a major Toronto street, four days post-snowfall.

“It seems to be this accepted collateral damage that disabled people need to be homebound during the winter.” - person who uses a wheelchair on CBC radio just now. 📣📣📣

Title page of Oxfam Canada’s latest report, Rising Up Against Wealth Inequality in Canada

While things are getting harder for many of us, with the rising cost of groceries, housing, and other essentials - that's not the case for everyone.

The richest 40 billionaires in Canada? Their wealth grew by a whopping 20% between 2024 and 2025. An additional $95 billion! 1/3

GM Canada layoffs hit Oshawa plant, putting up to 1,200 autoworkers out of work Friday | CBC News The day Oshawa, Ont., autoworkers have dreaded for months has arrived, as GM Canada is poised to cut a shift at the city’s plant, costing over a thousand workers their jobs.

It's just grim everywhere. And in the neighbourhood today, the layoffs begin.

"You feel very nervous and anxious that you can continue to provide a living for yourself and your family," said Gray.” (Jeff Gray, Unifor Local 222 president, represents workers at the Oshawa plant.)