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On the left: a photo of a construction vehicle scooping a pile of potash with a shadowed silhouette of President Donald Trump's face in profile on the left side of the image. On the right: text that reads “Trump is spoiling for a fight over Canadian potash.”

There are only a few potash deposits in the world—and they tend to be absolutely massive. The largest of them all is located in Saskatchewan, and with CUSMA talks looming, Canada’s pot of fertilizer gold may end up becoming a vulnerability for the US. https://ow.ly/vXBX50YnjWQ

Stop talking about every last thing as a distraction from the Epstein files. Sexual violence is part of how they do things. War is part of how they do things. White supremacy, anti-woman/LGBTQ policies, gross wealth, etc are all parts of how they do things. All of it is the point. All of it.

‘Diplomacy was betrayed by the Americans’: Iranian FM spokesman “This is the second time in less than a year that diplomacy was betrayed by the Americans.”

There's a general message here:

“This is the second time in less than a year that diplomacy was betrayed by the Americans.” An Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson slammed the USA for once again launching an attack against his country while negotiating with it."
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‘It’s been very hard’: Evacuees from northern Manitoba community have no timeline for return home Shelly Paupanekis has been stuck in a Winnipeg hotel since Jan. 3. She was among the hundreds of people evacuated from Pimicikamak Cree Nation, also known as Cross Lake, about 520 km north of Winnipeg...

‘It’s been very hard’: Evacuees from northern Manitoba community have no timeline for return home

Calls for Pakistan-Afghanistan dialogue after Kabul bombing, border clashes Pakistan said it targeted Taliban forces in Afghanistan's Kabul, border regions; UN chief says civilians also impacted.

Pakistan said it targeted Taliban forces in Afghanistan's Kabul, border regions; UN chief says civilians also impacted.

Pakistan has declared "open war" on Afghanistan after the Taliban government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid declared attacks against the Pakistani military along the Durand Line, which separates the two countries.

#Infograph

Israel's top court allows aid groups facing Gaza ban to continue working The Supreme Court ruling comes after Israel said it would ban 37 aid groups from Gaza for failing to follow new rules.

The Supreme Court ruling comes after Israel said it would ban 37 aid groups from Gaza for failing to follow new rules.

Record 129 press members killed in 2025; Israel responsible for 2/3 of deaths - Committee to Protect Journalists Key findings Introduction At a time when armed conflict has reached historic levels around the world, journalist killings also reached an all-time high primarily due to the actions of one government: ...

New @pressfreedom.bsky.social report shows that a record 129 journalists, media workers were killed worldwide in 2025, with Israel responsible for over two-thirds of those killings.

And drone killings of journalists spiked from two in 2023 to 39 in 2025 — with Israel responsible for 28 of the 39.

Again: trans people are a very small minority. If your *KNEEJERK* reaction when you encounter these rare & beautiful butterflies is *ANYTHING* other than “What can I do to make your life a little brighter?” you need to interrogate yourself. Impede the life of trans ppl & you’re in danger, from me. ❤️

SFU Contract Workers Sounded the Alarm on Abuse. Nothing Changed | The Tyee Workers, faculty and students have called on the university to bring workers in-house for years.

For years, contract workers at SFU have complained of bullying & harassment and workload issues. One janitor even died on the job. Despite organized advocacy from SFU faculty and staff to bring the workers in-house, nothing has changed. @isaacphannay.bsky.social reports thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

‘Bitterness and sadness’: Calgary disability hub closes, leaves gap for community An advocacy hub that has served Calgary’s disabled community for nearly three decades is closing after the province ended its funding contract a year early.

An advocacy hub that has served Calgary’s disabled community for nearly three decades is closing after the province ended its funding contract a year early.

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#Calgary #Alberta #abpoli

Afghanistan, DR Congo, Nepal Today's three stories you should know

News from Afghanistan, DR Congo and Nepal today. From an excellent global newsletter, Proximities, by Barry Malone. open.substack.com/pub/proximit...

Ford government unveils designs for proposed Ontario Science Centre despite opposition Cost for planned facility on Toronto’s waterfront is about $1-billion, including a 30-year maintenance contract, premier says

My confusing day: Government claims the new, smaller proposed building will actually have more "exhibition space" than its shuttered predecessor, despite releasing numbers showing it in fact has less -- and then couldn't explain itself.
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YouTube video by CBC News Ottawa Meet the man who got chased by turkeys in Ottawa

If you want a really enjoyable few minutes watch this man explain how he got chased by turkeys on the streets of Ottawa.
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Longtime LLRIB chief reconsiders decision to step away from politics - Prince Albert Daily Herald After discussions with family, Elders, community members, Chief Tammy Cook-Searson announced, in a Facebook post, she will seek re-election as Chief of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) in the upcoming March 30 election. “Our Nation is at a pivotal moment. We have important work underway in housing, health, education, infrastructure, economic development and

Longtime LLRIB chief reconsiders decision to step away from politics


#ChiefTammyCookSearson #CommunityNewspaper #PADailyHerald #politics
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How a convention in Chatham helped spark the American Civil War | TVO Today John Brown held a meeting to discuss liberating slaves via a guerrilla war — just before his infamous raid on Harpers Ferry.

NEW! For TVO @therundowntvo.bsky.social I look at a convention convened by American abolitionist John Brown in Chatham in 1858 that served as a prelude to his raid on Harpers Ferry the following year - one of the events on the road to the Civil War #BHM #cdnhistory

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Canada’s largest AI data centre proposed in rural Alberta | The Narwhal Proponents of the $10-billion project plan to build an AI data centre that would consume as much power as the city of Edmonton

A $10-billion AI data centre races ahead in a rural Alberta town, population 9,679: thenarwhal.ca/olds-alberta...

you know what I miss like crazy? an internet that doesn't constantly "suggest" what I should do. I know what I want, trust me.

brought to you by an experience ordering cat food that had all the presumptuous greatest hits

Trump the Traitor Is in the Clear Amid the ongoing chaos in MAGAstan, a recent court ruling may have slipped your attention.

Maybe you missed the ruling by the Florida judge to permanently block the release of the report on Trump's theft of boxes of top secret documents.
The traitor in chief just got his 1,000th get out of jail free card.
My latest:

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Nate Horner's big deficit budget Another year, another Alberta budget at the whim of oil and gas royalties

🤠💸There’s a baked-in analysis in every Alberta provincial budget that is impossible to ignore: Alberta relies too much on revenues from oil and gas royalties to fund the daily operations of government.

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Cover of The Lancet:

@thelancet.com
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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.

Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.

Four giants control 80% of meat processing.

The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.

It means more power for them and less freedom for you.

BREAKING: We're suing Kansas for a law that invalidates transgender people's updated driver's licenses and authorizes anyone to sue anyone they suspect of being trans for using the "wrong" bathroom.

"All of the producing nations have a massive blind spot on how China has & will continue to completely & utterly disrupt the global auto industry. It now has the capacity to make 56% of the 88 million new cars manufactured on the planet & they'll most certainly be almost entirely EVs." #ElectricCars

"We will not sit back and watch as this government lays out the welcome mat for making Alberta the 51st State in breach of our Treaties."

Mikisew Cree First Nation has filed a lawsuit for Danielle Smith’s flagrant disregard for Treaties.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

I Don’t Recognize Alberta Anymore - Macleans.ca My province has always fought with Ottawa. What’s new is a premier who gives legitimacy to separation.

Maclean's approached me about writing a personal essay on Alberta Secession and my opposition to it.
It was published today.
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Provincial budget does little to address Alberta health care chaos - CCPA Following decade of hospital cuts and privatization, Alberta is blaming the system’s failures on immigrants

New Alberta budget analysis from me:

Provincial budget does little to address Alberta health care chaos

Following decade of hospital cuts and privatization, Alberta is blaming the system’s failures on immigrants

www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

#abpoli

NDP MP Jenny Kwan Urges Govt Help for Palestinians with Relatives in Canada At a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Jenny Kwan, the NDP critic for immigration and citizenship, calls on the federal government to reform its Special Immigration Measures program to ass...

At today’s press conference on Parliament Hill, I urged fed govt to urgently reform & accelerate the Special Immigration Measures program to help Palestinians reunite w/family in Canada.
Joined by affected families—enough is enough. Loved ones are still in danger. www.cpac.ca/headline-pol...

Fees and taxes: How the 2026 Alberta budget may hit your wallet | Globalnews.ca While income taxes aren't increasing to make up the shortfall, there are several other ways Albertans will be paying more through fees and changes to the education property tax.

NEW: The Government of Alberta is increasing its education property tax requisition from Calgary to $1.2B.

The typical Calgary homeowner will pay an extra $340 this year.

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Alberta forecasts $9.37-billion deficit, spending expected to hit record Premier has blamed province’s financial situation on oil prices, immigration

"The budget will break a law implemented by Premier Danielle Smith’s own government three years ago that aimed to prohibit deficits, except under exceptional circumstances."
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