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Diane Marie

@dianemarie.bsky.social

Canadian, kitty person (but I secretly crave a dog), RCAF brat, ABC, voracious reader (Scandinavian noir, police procedurals, etc.). ***No religion***.

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No. He had a heart attack in early April and spent almost a month in hospital. He is not a candidate for either stents or a bypass surgery, sadly, so we are doing the best we can with drugs, careful diet, and as much exercise as he can handle.

15.05.2025 02:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I am. Health problems in the household, so a bit less time to post.

15.05.2025 01:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Forgive the rant, but what the hell is this Administration doing?ย 

Not gonna be easy to undo the damage, folks. But Iโ€™ve got some ideas on where to start.

12.04.2025 20:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7618    ๐Ÿ” 2108    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 499    ๐Ÿ“Œ 154

Do we want Mark Carney-a world-renowned economist, former Bank of ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ & Bank of ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Governor, trusted by global leaders to steer economies through crisis?
Or Pierre Poilievre-a career politician who backed Brexit, claimed Canadians could โ€œopt outโ€ of inflation by buying Bitcoin.
#elbowsup๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

05.04.2025 15:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 71    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Someone needs to wipe that smile off this smarmy son of a bitch. Can you imagine this face as your Prime Minister? If you can you are suffering from what is known as #PDS #PoilievreDerangementSyndrome

31.03.2025 18:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 142    ๐Ÿ” 48    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 28    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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'I want serve community and country again': Former Kelowna MP returns Stephen Fuhr was the MP for Kelowna-Lake Country from 2015-2019

'I want serve community and country again': Former Kelowna MP returns

www.kelownacapnews.com/local-news/i...

21.03.2025 21:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Dorothy the black and white pit mix sits on a pile of towels, curled up next to an emergency vet tech. she looks sad and exhausted as she peers off to the left of the frame.

Dorothy the black and white pit mix sits on a pile of towels, curled up next to an emergency vet tech. she looks sad and exhausted as she peers off to the left of the frame.

Dorothy, a black and white pit mix, being introduced to a litter of 5 very young puppies. she feeds them, and at one point, they are crawling all over her. she is officially a MOM.

Dorothy, a black and white pit mix, being introduced to a litter of 5 very young puppies. she feeds them, and at one point, they are crawling all over her. she is officially a MOM.

a black and white pit mix with large, warm brown eyes stands between a person's legs and stares right into our very soul. her snoot is so close yet so far, and we are very tempted to boop it.

a black and white pit mix with large, warm brown eyes stands between a person's legs and stares right into our very soul. her snoot is so close yet so far, and we are very tempted to boop it.

This is Dorothy. She was pregnant with a single puppy and needed an emergency C-section. Tragically, her puppy didn't survive. The same day, five puppies were surrendered to her rescue, and she stepped up for them. Help us cover this loving mama's emergency care below โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿฉน

15outof10.org/dorothy-3/

21.03.2025 16:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10199    ๐Ÿ” 1013    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 103    ๐Ÿ“Œ 37

An all hands on deck moment for Canada. Follow our journey at Stephen Fuhr CD on Facebook. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

21.03.2025 19:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Iโ€™m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

19.03.2025 16:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12502    ๐Ÿ” 4494    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 655    ๐Ÿ“Œ 436

I love this! ๐Ÿ’ž๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ’ž

19.03.2025 14:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Nancy, I think he's a zero-sum type. Mercantilism involves winning by making others lose, totally zero-sum.

20.03.2025 06:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Carney says Canada can stand up for its own sovereignty as European trip wraps up | CBC News Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada can stand up for its own sovereignty in response to annexation talk from the U.S. administration as he wrapped up his first international trip.

Admirable, unflappable. Heard on CBC radio news that during his European trip Carney said he didn't mention sovereignty, as there's no need for another country to confirm that Canada is a sovereign nation.

He's not taking the bait from the master baiter

17.03.2025 21:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 299    ๐Ÿ” 66    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Another thing that bugs me (though I have never used a drive-through) is servers commenting on my patronage or ordering decisions. Such as, you were here yesterday, you really like that particular item, why not branch out, etc.

18.03.2025 23:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The tarriffs and also the fact that trump said they didnโ€™t need anything from Canada. Oh well, lol

18.03.2025 00:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Trump's quest to conquer Canada is confusing everyone Canadians and Republicans alike are confounded as President Donald Trump increasingly links a trade war to his push to annex America's northern neighbor.

This is new: โ€œA source with direct knowledge of the discussions told NBC News that Trump is heavily focused on Canada in conversations with aides, who believe he is completely serious about making the country the 51st stateโ€”even with Trudeau out of powerโ€

www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

14.03.2025 23:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 906    ๐Ÿ” 395    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 197    ๐Ÿ“Œ 212
Government of Alberta Alberta Economic Dashboard

Yes, and just look at how punishing the last nine years of federal Liberal government has been to Alberta's oil production /s: economicdashboard.alberta.ca/dashboard/oi...

15.03.2025 02:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I wish I lived in a country where Chuck Schumer and John Fetterman had at least half the balls of Nancy Pelosi or Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

14.03.2025 21:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10630    ๐Ÿ” 2200    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 424    ๐Ÿ“Œ 121

She's a shining example of Conservative leadership choices.

15.03.2025 00:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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WOW!

Danielle Smith's contempt for journalists and accountability was on full display today when she was asked about the RCMP investigation.

This is a much watch clip with audio up!

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

14.03.2025 20:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 293    ๐Ÿ” 116    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 50    ๐Ÿ“Œ 19

2/ TMX is in service and there's capacity yet to take advantage of. On Canadian soil and to a Canadian port. Under the current federal government, oil and gas production is UP.

14.03.2025 22:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

BNN can be counted on to give airtime to idiotic O&G whiners, this time Rick Rule. Mark Carney, he says, is anti-O&G. The Conservatives hook their wagon to Trump, who is putting tariffs on our O&G, whereas two Liberal governments made pipelines to *other markets* possible. /2 #cdnpoli #abpoli

14.03.2025 22:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We canโ€™t be activist if we donโ€™t have sovereignty.

14.03.2025 22:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The point is that we donโ€™t elect PMs or premiers except as they run in a district. We elect representatives (MPs, MLAs, MPPs, etc.) and they decide how we are going to be governed, including who is going to be first minister (PM, premier) insofar as party leaders are concerned.

14.03.2025 22:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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'Canada is a sovereign state': Trump's ambassador pick distances himself from annexation talk | CBC News The man with the delicate task of representing U.S. President Donald Trump in Canada has offered an indication of how he plans to handle it. At his U.S. Senate confirmation hearing for ambassador to C...

www.cbc.ca/news/world/h... It is remarkable that a Trump nominee affirming that Canada is a sovereign state is news.

13.03.2025 18:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 64    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Beautiful quilt and thoughts, Beth โค๏ธ.

14.03.2025 18:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Just as a small candle can dispel darkness, positive stories remind us of what bonds us together.

Beth from Vermont in this story, who โ€” though she didn't know me โ€” found a human connection across many levels of borders with her handmade quilt.

Gurdeep.org

13.03.2025 19:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1061    ๐Ÿ” 131    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 62    ๐Ÿ“Œ 23
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Maestro David Briskin led the National Ballet of Canada Orchestra and the audience in a rousing rendition of O Canada before the opening of Swan Lake. #ElbowsUp is not one of balletโ€™s traditional positions of the arms, but everyone in Canada is adapting.

13.03.2025 22:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 753    ๐Ÿ” 244    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 52

Itโ€™s a โ€œdisagreementโ€?! Youโ€™re threatening to take our country! Thatโ€™s not a disagreement, thatโ€™s a threat!

โ€œI want to rape you!โ€
โ€œNo!โ€
โ€œWeโ€™re having a disagreement ๐Ÿคทโ€
โ€œNo youโ€™re threatening me and Iโ€™m getting a restraining order!โ€

Clear?
#cdnpoli #usapoli

14.03.2025 17:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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