@alysson4ck.bsky.social
Councillor #ckont & FCM Board member. Hwy 401 safety advocate. Musician. Rotarian. "A candle loses nothing by lighting another". Ally & survivor.
Rondeau Friday evenings. Smoky. #ckont
07.06.2025 00:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0So thrilled to see my (now former) Federation of Canadian Municipalities Board colleague Rebecca Alty as a new Minister! I know she will be an excellent leader on the Crown-Indigenous file. Congratulations! @fcm.ca #addwomenchangepolitics
13.05.2025 20:26 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
"Premier Ford has already set expectations for a return to deficit territory. The questions now are: how big, and for how long?" β Brian Lewis #onpoli
13.05.2025 15:55 β π 3 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
Happy 75th Birthday, Stevie Wonder. π
To celebrate, here is a list of the soul visionary's best 50 songs
More concerning news in the automotive sector. Whatβs next? And how will it impact Chatham-Kent, which still relies heavily on the manufacturing and automotive sectors? #ckont
13.05.2025 20:19 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Relieved to hear that all the advocacy from my sector ensured that Carney re-introduced a Minister for Women and Equality.
Reminder that holding politicians accountable is literally our job as voters.
Calling out Carney did not mean we wanted the CPCs to win. It was for this exact outcome.
I donβt even know where to start. It is so despicable.
13.05.2025 12:20 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Everything about this is so despicable.
13.05.2025 12:19 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Cities are the resistance.
07.05.2025 13:00 β π 68 π 7 π¬ 2 π 0Iβve faced down economic challenges before.
Iβm ready to do it again. #CanadaStrong
Election Day is just around the corner, and if you're unsure who to cast your ballot for, we have the list of candidates running in the riding of Chatham-Kent-Leamington.
cknewstoday.ca/chatham/news...
Anyone between the ages of 16 and 20 who is participating in a full-time post-secondary course is eligible to receive $1,500.
cknewstoday.ca/chatham/news...
Historically, hygiene and health are reasons to have effective government. Without it, people senselessly die. Demolishing the federal government will have terrible costs.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Judge Hannah Dugan, the Wisconsin judge who was arrested on Friday morning on charges of obstructing immigration enforcement, spent most of her legal career working on behalf of low-income people and marginalized groups. Here's what to know.
25.04.2025 19:14 β π 10092 π 2613 π¬ 422 π 183Previous reporting on this event really sanitizes just how extreme this group was
I watched hours of livestream videos. They kept screaming at Liberal supporters *repeatedly* calling them "pedophiles" and shouting homophobic and transphobic slurs, along with anti-immigrant and antisemitic rhetoric
Lawn watering restrictions are in place for Tilbury and Wheatley. Have you started watering your lawn yet this year? Let us know in our CK News Today Question of the Day here --> cknewstoday.ca/poll #ckont
25.04.2025 12:17 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0This has been such a fun series to watch! #ckont
25.04.2025 23:15 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Due to increasing homelessness in Chatham-Kent, the municipality keeps looking at ways to address the problem. #ckont cknewstoday.ca/chatham/news...
25.04.2025 17:50 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
The Municipality of Chatham-Kent has taken another important step to clean up an eyesore in downtown Tilbury. #ckont cknewstoday.ca/chatham/news...
25.04.2025 21:10 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Two new measles exposures have been reported in Chatham-Kent. #ckont cknewstoday.ca/chatham/news...
25.04.2025 21:12 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0I think about this literally every day. No one can be complacent about E-Day.
24.04.2025 21:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0*whispers*
Credentialism for the point of credentialism is 1) incredibly classist; 2) harmful to progressivism's fundamental goals (that being broader equality)
This trial is a perfect example of why "Just leave it up to the legal system" is a terrible response to rape culture.
She is going to be cross examined by several lawyers in front of a jury.
Juries are made up of every day citizens. How *we* think of these things clearly matters!
Will a U.S. travel boycott be a boon to Canadian tourism? What impact is trade dispute having on Canadian border towns? @jeyantvo.bsky.social asks Tania Lee (Frontier Duty Free Association), tonight at 8/11pm
24.04.2025 20:35 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Chatham-Kent Public Utilities Commission has put lawn watering restrictions in place for municipal water users in Wheatley and Tilbury. #ckont
cknewstoday.ca/chatham/news...
Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
24.04.2025 00:22 β π 79493 π 20349 π¬ 840 π 1265
See the problem here?
24.04.2025 17:15 β π 14404 π 5064 π¬ 402 π 223I had a similar experience recently with an older lifelong Tory (a former MP!) who spoke in almost shell-shocked terms about the election. This is someone who hasnβt voted anything but Conservative in their 80+ years. Except this year. You could have knocked me over with a feather when they said it.
24.04.2025 15:26 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0How vulnerable are Canadian voters to the disinformation and deepfakes theyβre exposed to online? @spaikin.bsky.social asks @taylorowen.bsky.social (@meo-cdmrn.bsky.social @mediatechdemocracy.bsky.social) tonight at 8/11pm #cdnpoli
23.04.2025 19:29 β π 12 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
Nearly a quarter of all eligible voters in the riding of Chatham-Kent-Leamington took advantage of the advance polls. #ckont cknewstoday.ca/chatham/news...
24.04.2025 12:27 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
