Strippers Are Now No. 1 Donor of Toys to Children’s Hospital Rachel Saslow

Tatas for Toys benefit has made it rain $183,000 over the past 14 years.

Liberals Fear Closing Arms Export Loophole Would Anger U.S. A leaked briefing document gives the full picture behind the government’s talking points.

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Liberals Fear Closing Arms Export Loophole Would Anger U.S. www.readthemaple.com/liberals-fea...

I am enjoying the gay hockey show.

Reminder for the holidays: we're still boycotting Target!
#boycott #target

Please Advise! Is This Whole Pipeline Thing a Fantasy? | The Tyee Fantasy, bad dream or bad movie plot? Even the all-knowing Dr. Steve isn’t sure.

"Not everyone thinks the memorandum is pure fantasy. Liberal Steven Guilbeault resigned from cabinet over the deal — clearly, he does not believe the MOU is a Mother Goose fable.”... Is This Whole Pipeline Thing a Fantasy? via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

Thomas King and the Problem with Indigenous ‘Heroes’ | The Tyee These heroes were largely created by settler-controlled industries such as publishing, media and academia. Not by us.

"Turning people into heroes isolates collective struggles, conceals the systemic problems behind them and reinforces colonial ideas of individual exceptionalism” via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Make Amazon Pay For Its Abhorrent Labour Practices This weekend’s actions drew attention to Amazon’s negative impact on workers the world over.

Make Amazon Pay For Its Abhorrent Labour Practices

www.readthemaple.com/make-amazon-...

How Canada’s Purchases Of Israeli Weapons Fuel Genocide A transcript of a testimony given by The Maple’s news editor at a “people’s tribunal” on Canadian complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

How Canada’s Purchases Of Israeli Weapons Fuel Genocide www.readthemaple.com/how-canadas-...

some other familiar grocery store names that are brands for producer-owned agricultural co-ops:

Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's

The CAQ Forced An End To Montreal’s Transit Strike This is yet another example of government interference eroding free collective bargaining by curtailing the right to strike.

The CAQ Forced An End To Montreal’s Transit Strike

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As Military Spending Soars, Defence Department Fails On Transparency A report shows the Defence Department’s already poor transparency record is getting worse.

As Military Spending Soars, Defence Department Fails On Transparency www.readthemaple.com/as-military-...

Employment Inequalities Will Persist Until More Industries Unionize Fundamentally, addressing poor employment quality requires that more workers gain greater access to collective bargaining.

Employment Inequalities Will Persist Until More Industries Unionize

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Everything Wrong with Bill 60 well, *probably not everything*

Includes a handy open letter you can adapt and send to your MPP and the Premier!
open.substack.com/pub/katcooki...

Alberta chiefs say oilsands causing cancer surge, call for halt to tailings plan Indigenous leaders in Alberta say unchecked oilsands development is devastating their land and could be linked to rising cancer rates in their communities.

“If the water isn't able to be treated and reused in the mines and for development, why is it good enough for us to drink?” said Billy-Joe Tuccaro, chief of the Mikisew Cree First Nation. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/06/n...

About that budget… open letter to Carney Or ‘how I learned to start worrying about the bombs'

Ah the proposed 2025 budget… another reason for me to email the PM and my MP.
open.substack.com/pub/katcooki...

The Military Wins and Public Programs Lose in Carney’s Budget | The Tyee But will the Liberals find enough support to survive a non-confidence vote?

from @thetyee.ca - a good break down of the pros and sizeable cons of Carney’s budget.

“The budget is a win for the fossil fuel industry on multiple fronts — and a huge loss for tackling the climate crisis.” thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Triple your impact with a donation match this holiday season Thousands are counting on the Canadian Red Cross. Your support means they won’t be left behind. Your donation will be matched by Keurig Dr Pepper Canada.

I just wanted to let my friends and internet connections know that donations to the Canadian Red Cross are being matched x3 by Keurig Dr Pepper - this is a great time to support people in need around the world. and did I mention you can enter to win a holiday? www.redcross.ca/holiday?utm_...

Ask any of your favorite Black women writers from a decade ago why their bylines stopped appearing, and you’ll likely hear the same response: There is no place for us in media. In TV. In publishing or academia. For the majority of us, there’s no place but gone.

Teen Vogue Is Folding Into Vogue.com According to Condé Nast’s announcement, the outlet will keep its “unique editorial identity and mission.”

Condé Nast finally achieved its dream of wrecking Teen Vogue and killing its politics section.

www.thecut.com/article/teen...

Ontario, today. Or why I feel like I have to babysit Doug Ford.

Writing to my MPP and Doug Ford again, inspired by
@thenarwhal.ca
katcookie.substack.com/p/ontario-to...

It’s so weird to me that Ford keeps walking face first into obviously terrible ideas. Like. No, please do not do *less* to protect clean drinking water?

Ford government walks back on plan to consider changes to renters’ right to ‘security of tenure’ The Ford government says it won’t be moving forward with consultations to modify the law that protects tenants’ right to remain in their unit.

Your quarterly reminder that bullying the government works and we need to do more of it

www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/poli...

*uncontrollable screaming intensifies*

No. Math has shown time and again that austerity doesn’t actually improve a country’s finances. All it does is make life harder for most people and allows the super wealthy the opportunity to buy stuff at ‘life is falling apart’ discount prices.

An illustration of a smilodon skull over a green background, pink text reading "I'd rather die than use Ai"

Saw something that @realgdt.bsky.social said the other day, and remembered I had something I started a while ago that I should finish up.

I'm so tired of all this.

YouTube video by C. M. Alongi CaFae Latte Season 78 - TikTok Compilation

New season of CaFae Latte is out!

youtu.be/rSSNKXDpRbo
#cafae #cafaelatte #youtube

A lot of folks may think that just yelling at ICE agents is ineffective, but consider the cumulative psychological toll of being yelled at EVERY DAY when trying to do shit. Even the biggest asshole in the world who doesn't give a shit about other people will feel the pressure.

Ontario’s plan to ban bike lanes is ripped from the business lobby’s wish list ⋆ The Breach Buried in a new omnibus bill, the latest salvo in Doug Ford’s war on bikes is more than a vendetta—it’s a gift to corporate lobbyists

the breach reporting on Doug Ford ‘make life worse of everyone’ bill breachmedia.ca/ontarios-pla...

Ahh yes. The impossible standard of “don’t be a nazi.”

I have to log off but I’ve been writing about this for a couple weeks and hope I finish soon. It’s okay to have standards. It’s okay to have principles. It’s okay to say yes this is what we stand for even if it means making difficult decisions and not having mass appeal.