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Stronach's lawyer accuses complainant of lying about memory lapses in sex assault trial | CBC News The lawyer for Frank Stronach accused one of the complainants in his sexual assault case of lying, rejecting her testimony that she couldn’t remember some details of the alleged attack.

I know the Epstein files are important and horrifying. But one of Canada's major business tycoons, Frank Stronach, is on trial for sexual assault and I don't see much discussion anywhere.

And the complainants are being accused of lying.

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

Manitoba volunteers turn Cuba vacations into lifesaving missions abroad In the wake of flight cancellations to Cuba, Canadian tourists may be disappointed — but one organization is ramping up to deliver essential medical supplies to the beleaguered nation.

One organization is ramping up to deliver essential medical supplies to the beleaguered nation #Cuba

Volunteers with #Manitoba’s chapter of Not Just Tourists have been packing donated supplies and sending them with travellers willing to deliver them to areas in need.

www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/art...

Send Canadian oil to Cuba - CCPA The United States is attempting to deliberately trigger a humanitarian crisis in Cuba. Canada must act in concert with regional allies to defy the blockade.

Canada is uniquely positioned to break the siege of Cuba—we should be leading a regional coalition to ship oil and aid to Cuba, and prevent the humanitarian crisis that U.S. regime is attempting to deliberately trigger.

I wrote about it, and the history of the blockade, for @policyalternatives.ca

In Cuba, people go without food and power as U.S. squeezes oil supply and tourists flee | CBC News Some Cubans say everyday life on the Caribbean island has reached a breaking point amid a fuel shortage brought about by the U.S. squeezing the country’s oil supply. Meanwhile, Canadian airlines suspe...

www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...

I dgaf how the US feels. Canadians have long flocked to Cuba. Me included. We have to help.

Entwistle says there may soon come a time when 🇨🇦 needs to step in and send significant humanitarian aid despite the tariff threats”

#Canada Mark Carney #Liberals #NDP #Ottawa send fuel and food to #Cuba! #FU #Trump #USA #GOP #Republicans #Rubio

From blackouts to food shortages: How US blockade is crippling life in Cuba US pressure pushes island nation's 11 million people to the brink as Cuba imposes emergency measures amid fuel crisis.

The US is starving Cuba to death

www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026...

a man with curly hair is laying on the ground in the woods and says mushrooms ! Alt: Billy Boyd as the hobbit Pippin Took in Fellowship of the Ring is lying on the ground among vegetables. He exclaims, "Mushrooms!"

9 days left to become a backer for the Fascination anthology. Amongst its pages can be found various wondrous and disturbing creatures.

Check out the fun(gus): www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyc...

Book promo post. Black, starry background with Art Noveau style gold filigree in the corner. A ghostly image of a luna moth hovers on the left. On the righthand side is a mock-up of a paperback book of the anthology Fascination. It's cover shows an antlered deer skull with mushrooms, vines, and flowers growing from and around it. Additional text says, Fascination, an anthology edited by Rhonda Parrish.

10 days to go for the Fascination Kickstarter! Base goal is funded & now we're unlocking stretch goals! Let's see how great we can make this book.

Become a backer: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyc...

Red Deer!
Looks like there's a permanent signing location now for both Jason Stephan and Adriana LeGrange
Downtown Office
4730 50 Street
1/2 Block East of Gaetz United Church
3:00pm to 7:00pm

Keeping Alberta Forever Canadian Join the Forever Canadian campaign to affirm Alberta remains in Canada. Volunteer, donate, or help collect signatures for this citizen‑initiated petition.

www.forever-canadian.ca

Thrilled to announce Fascination contains my latest story, "Hex Offender". Hope you'll check it out!

Book promo and Kickstarter post. Black background with gold, Art Deco-style filigree in each corner. In shimmery gold, the title Fascination spans the top. Beneath it in white says, An Anthology edited by Rhonda Parrish. On the left side is a water-colour style red-cap mushroom, and on the right-hand side is a trio of skinny yellow mushrooms.

okay, so in about 2 weeks, this is gonna go live! Hit the "notify me on launch" button so you don't have to worry about missing bsky announcements! 😂

Follow the project here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyc...

‘Frequent flyers’ behind surge in violence on public transit | CBC Accessibility Experts say that repeat offenders are one of the main drivers of transit crime in Canada. In Edmonton, for example, 22 per cent of offenders are responsible for almost half of the crime on transit.

This new segment focusing on Edmonton uses language like "surge in violence" and "dramatic spike" - then later accurately reports "violent crime rates have gradually started to come down after hitting a peak in 2023." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

From the DM’s…

It takes a special kind of “wait, what?” to actually reduce the number of available beds during a healthcare crisis.

But nonetheless, here we are.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Another Building Purchase by Sam Mraiche Raises Questions | The Tyee Not long after Addiction Ministry representatives toured the property, Mraiche bought it. Now it’s a detox centre leased to Métis Nation of Alberta.

Alberta government staffers tour a building; a few months later a private businessman with ties to that government buys it; then he leases it to the Métis Nation for use as an addiction recovery centre.

Another story about Sam Mraiche - by
@charlesrusnell.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...

Western Canada glaciers suffered 2nd-greatest ice loss on record in 2025 | CBC News "We have to understand that it's not a question of if the glaciers are going to disappear, they are going to disappear," warns Brian Menounos, a professor of earth sciences at the University of Northe...

Western Canada glaciers are fucked. Fuck fuck fuckity fucked.

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

Went into town to sign the recall petition for Jackie Armstrong- Homenuik yesterday. She is the UCP MLA for Fort Sask- Vegreville. If she's your MLA and you'd like to petition her out, the next opportunity is Jan 9 from 1 - 4pm in Lamont at 4809 51st. Near the post office. #abpoli #ableg

Step-daughter files lawsuit over man’s death at Whitehorse emergency shelter The step-daughter of a First Nations man who died at the Whitehorse emergency shelter is suing the Yukon government and the shelter’s operator over his death.

The stepdaughter of a First Nations man who died at the Whitehorse emergency shelter is suing the Yukon government and the shelter’s operator over his death.

Alberta school divisions remove handful of titles from shelves as new school library rules take effect | CBC News A newly enacted provincial order on school literary materials prompted some divisions to remove a couple of dozen books from school shelves, but the names of those titles are secret.

Colleague Jo Horwood and I tried to find out, how many books were pulled off Alberta school shelves as a result of the gov't order? And what books were they?

Turns out, the names of the books are a secret #AbLeg #AbEd

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

Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation sues over independence referendum, claims government 'conspired' with separatists A First Nation in northwest Alberta is suing the provincial government ahead of an anticipated separation referendum.

News: Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation is suing the Alberta gov over steps taken to enable a separatist referendum, saying it did so despite knowing it would violate treaty.

Suit also contains a summary of statements from separatists re: seeking Trump admin support edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

Enchanted Adventures ebook by Jane Glatt - Rakuten Kobo Read "Enchanted Adventures Four Fantasy Series Starters" by Jane Glatt available from Rakuten Kobo. Explore the fantasy worlds of Jane Glatt in this collection of four series starters. Thief - Book 1 ...

There are a bunch of Jane Glatt's boxsets but I'm going to highlight this new one specifically, which has FOUR series starters! Get a taste of four different fantasy series in one. www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...

Well look at that! My "extremely Fucking Canadian" books on sale until the 29th.

(Thanks for the mention, @skyladawn.ca )

this is a Canadian petition to uphold charter rights for transgender and minority communities

if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Ottawa to shift nearly $1-billion from public-service pension fund to general revenues Unions have long criticized the practice, with one vowing to ‘oppose any attempts to unilaterally allocate these funds’

“Using workers’ own pension surpluses to finance their departure sets an extraordinary and dangerous precedent…No employer should ever be permitted to unilaterally appropriate workers’ deferred compensation and repurpose it for its own purposes.” www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Citizen Initiative Notice of Intent Received - Elections Alberta EDMONTON – Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer, Gordon McClure, has received a notice of intent to apply for the issuance of a citizen initiative petition for a legislative proposal. The notice of inten...

He's back!

Elections Alberta says @CorbLund has filed a notice of intent on his anti-coal mining petition, meaning he won't be subjected to the increased cost of filing a citizen driven initiative.

He has until Jan 18 to resubmit formal application

www.elections.ab.ca/citizen-init...

Line graph time series showing daily Arctic sea ice extent in the Hudson Bay for 2025 compared to each year from 1979 to 2024. There is a large seasonal cycle on this graph and a long-term decreasing trend for days during the melt season from June to December.

The freeze-up in the Hudson Bay (Canada) has been one of the latest on record for #Arctic sea ice. This is consistent with the long-term trend of a lengthening open water season.

Data from @nsidc.bsky.social at nsidc.org/data/seaice_...

even though the Ban Coal in the Eastern Slopes petition is postponed, you can start to put your name forward as a canvasser for signatures, today.
www.coalpetition.ca

Skate Canada to stop holding national, international events in Alberta | CBC News Skate Canada says it will no longer host major events in Alberta following a review of the province's legislation on the participation of transgender athletes in women's sport.

""Following a careful assessment of Alberta’s Fairness and Safety in Sport Act, Skate Canada has determined that we are unable to host events in the province while maintaining our national standards for safe and inclusive sport," the organization said in a statement emailed to CBC News."

Canada Post is already one of the world’s most cost-effective postal systems - CCPA There’s a common narrative about why Canada Post is in such bad shape—the company’s financial difficulties lie in excessive spending, and that the decline of letter-mail has made Canada Post too costl...

When we crunch Canada Post's numbers, we don’t see a system bloated by high costs—and when we look at comparison countries, we see that budget cuts and falling revenue go hand-in-hand. By Ryan Romard @policyalternatives.ca #canlab
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

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