Joanne Barnard

Joanne Barnard

@jobarn.bsky.social

Keen family historian and maker of original quilted art wall hangings. Proud Canadian.

190 Followers 96 Following 88 Posts Joined Nov 2024
5 days ago

Why does the bar for Canada not extend past the 2000 mark? Something is wrong there.

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2 weeks ago

Definitely. Also never liked Auston Matthews. But I cannot hate the Hughes brothers, no matter how hard I try.

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1 month ago
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From Calgary’s energy to Edmonton’s innovation, Alberta powers Canada — and Canada strengthens Alberta.

My Canada includes Alberta. 🇨🇦

Copy paste if you agree. ❤️

#TogetherWeThrive #AlbertaInCanada

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1 month ago

Five years of an emperor with no clothes is at least a decade too many.

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Trump:

"NATO has treated the United States very badly. We've never asked for anything. We've never got anything."

Tell that to the families of 850 soldiers from 19 non-US NATO countries who died fighting to defend the United States in Afghanistan - the only occasion Article 5 was ever triggered.

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1 month ago

Actually, I’m pretty sure I did hear him acknowledge the deal helping farmers and fishers - noticed it because I wasn’t expecting it from Doug Ford. Team Canada together forever please!

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2 months ago

Canadian tourism was already WAY down this year. This certainly won’t change our minds and get us crossing that border.

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2 months ago

Why didn’t the Conservatives elect the sensible Jean Charest when they had the chance? He is electable, unlike PP!

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4 months ago

I will definitely give this recipe a try. Sounds perfect!

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5 months ago

Surprised to log onto a local Victoria radio station poll to see current voting is 79% in favour and 21% opposed to another pipeline. Certainly not a reliable poll, but maybe there is more support in BC than one might think.

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5 months ago

Never watched Jimmy Kimmel’s show in my life — ‘til now, but have it set to record twice tonight. Just in case I miss it live.

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5 months ago
Migrant Drug and Gun stats 3024, between the US, Mexico and Canada.

Sigh.
Save. Repost. Share.
Don’t let them grind you down.
Let’s shut down misinformation and bot barf now.

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While America is embracing Nazis into the Mainstream, here is Canada proposing a new hate crime law that makes Nazi Symbols illegal.

❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️
❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🍁❤️

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Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:

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FYI

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5 months ago
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My latest quilted wall hanging based on a photo taken in the 80’s of my Dad’s old tractor. Even then it was being assimilated into nature.

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6 months ago

My favourite family divorce story from the same era is that of my great grandfather’s sister Grace Edwards who had married a man named John Lemon. After he deserted her she sued for and was granted a divorce; the newspaper headline was “Lemon Gets Lemon”.

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6 months ago
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BREAKING: The Trump Regime Is Fabricating a Canada ‘Trafficking’ Crisis to Militarize the Border and Punish Carney’s Stand Against Putin Crisis by Design: Trump’s Fentanyl/Smuggling Lies to Turn Canada into a “Security Threat” and Greenlight Force

The Trump Regime Is Fabricating a Canada ‘Trafficking’ Crisis to Militarize Border & Punish Carney’s Stand Against Putin @deanblundell.bsky.social #cdnpoli
Crisis by Design: Trump’s Fentanyl/Smuggling Lies to Turn Canada into a “Security Threat” & Greenlight Force open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...

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6 months ago
Prime Minister Mark Carney after running a 26K marathon greets and celebrates participants

OMG
What was your Prime Minister doing yesterday on their day off for R&R?
Ours was running a 26K marathon!
I gotta up my fitness level game, fight for 🇨🇦💪🏻!

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6 months ago
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Fellow Canadians 🇨🇦. If you ever needed a reason to boycott all American paths of commerce, this is it. This is an unabashed threat to your safety and liberty.
#cndpoli #boycotttheunitedstates #elbowsup #never51

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6 months ago
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2 trucks busted heading into Ontario from U.S. with 349 kg of cocaine: CBSA | Globalnews.ca On consecutive days in mid-August, the Canada Border Services Agency say their officers stopped trucks attempting to haul massive quantities of cocaine into Ontario near Sarnia.

Source: Global News
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6 months ago
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Steve Bardahl: Sheriff in the Old West (52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2025 Week 37 theme: "In the News") My great granduncle Steve Bardahl (1868-1947) was, for a period of time in the late 19th and early 20th centuries,  employed in law enforcem...

This week’s #52ancestors #genealogy #familyhistory story on suggested topic of “In the News” is about my relative who was a Sheriff in the Old West: victoriajosfamilystories.blogspot.com/2025/09/stev...

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TikTok - Make Your Day

Vaccines 👏 Don't 👏 Cause 👏 Autism 👏

Multiple studies have proven time and time again that vaccines 👏 don't 👏 cause 👏 autism 👏

Vaccines save lives. Period.

#Autism
#AutismAwareness
#Vaccines
#VaccinesSaveLives

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8BoSxrN/

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PM Carney after completing a 26km trail race in Haliburton, Ontario.

All Trump can run is his mouth.

#Canada
#MarkCarney

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Mass Shooters Are Not Disproportionately Transgender Most mass shootings are carried out by cisgender men.

Reminder: Most mass shootings are carried out by cisgender men.

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The ‘self-inflicted injury’ to U.S. tourism that’s making some Americans angry and disappointed Many Canadians have boycotted taking U.S. trips and buying American products since the spring. That’s when President Trump made false claims and belittling comments about Canada in the midst of a tari...

The ‘self-inflicted injury’ to U.S. tourism that’s making some Americans angry and disappointed

Hey, Europe, check out Canada! 😋

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"I've been working on the railroad, all the live long day . . ." (52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2025 Week 35 theme: "Off to Work") Children (boys, in particular) love trains - train songs, toy trains, train-watching, and perhaps aspiring to work on a train when they grow...

“Off to work” was the theme for this week’s #52ancestors #genealogy #familyhistory story. Gotta love trains, right? victoriajosfamilystories.blogspot.com/2025/08/ive-...

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