Just an idle question: has anyone, anywhere in Canada, been arrested for any of those church arsons we had last year
Colby Cosh
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Also, she should have worn a tracksuit I guess
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The Mirror
@DailyMirror
Queen's speech in front of lavish gold piano blasted for being 'out of touch' mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/q
Do you remember electing this man President of the Internet
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CTV News
@CTVNews
Minister suggests with Bill C-10, CRTC could regulate online content if account has large enough following ctvnews.ca/politics/minis
$270M investment in Northvolt’s parent company now worthless, says Quebec government
Everything will have to go right for the Oilers to get back here, but I'd like the young people to know this feels more like 1983 than 2006
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Have you used a lot of doorways?
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The Economist
@TheEconomist
The pandemic is like a doorway. Once you pass through, there is no going back econ.st/3DZ5DFK
Oh, no, don’t worry, it’ll stop at the statues of the bad guys for sure
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Kim Smith
@Kim_SmithTV
Here’s a photo from early this morning, courtesy from the town of Morinville
“Just kidding, this is totally the penis museum”
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astafish.bsky.social
@asta_fish
First world problem in Iceland.
As the two craziest people in Canada collide like particles in an accelerator, I fear for the well-being of the many women of colour caught in the middle
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Rachel Gilmore
@atRachelGilmore
Nili, your crusade here is horrific.
As I suspected at the time, I take it you absolutely didn’t mean the apology you gave me after you made my friend, a woman of colour, cry because she said “free Palestine” and called for peace —for everyone. x.com/nilikm/status/…
It’s one thing to paint yourself into a corner and another to get thirsty and start drinking the paint
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Ashley Burke
@AshleyBurkeCBC
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau says he won’t raise flags on federal buildings until indigenous communities & leadership make a “clear determination” that it’s time to raise them again. Flags have been lowered since May 30 to honour residential school students who never came home
They have to follow Canadian content regulations like everyone else. x.com/EmmMacfarlane/
If only they’d had some warning, and weeks to leave.
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Dr Jordan B Peterson
@jordanbpeterson
BREAKING: OTTAWA: Truckers who agreed peaceably and quickly are trapped. If this is purposeful, it's inexcusable. If it's accidental, it's terrible planning: x.com/bjdichter/stat
All you uneducateds had better just stay home on election day and let your superiors choose a government. t.co/t5jya3QJBY
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Man, who could have seen the Calgary Flames’ lack of social conscience coming
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Sammy Hudes
@SammyHudes
Replying to @SammyHudes
FULL STORY: After the Calgary Flames season was suspended due to the global outbreak of the novel coronavirus, the team has informed hourly and event employees they will not be compensated for cancelled shifts moving forward.
calgaryherald.com/sports/hockey/
#Flames #COVID19
Wilson-Raybould’s remarkable resistance to pressure proves she was unprepared to face pressure. Oh, plus, she was never pressured, hahaha what am I even saying here
There's never a bad time to subscribe to the National Post.
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The Globe and Mail
@globeandmail
Sydney Sweeney’s ‘good jeans’ ad for American Eagle raises questions on race, beauty standards theglobeandmail.com/business/artic
The face of a man thinking about the soft life he still had just a few weeks ago
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Steven Chase
@stevenchase
Carney asked why Liberal candidate Paul Chiang is not standing behind him at GTA event Monday.
Chiang had said Conservative rival should be taken to Chinese consulate to collect bounty on him for criticizing Beijing’s crackdown on Hong Kong.
Mr. Carney said Mr. Chiang was busy
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Are these people aware that their “But MY shit’s important” answers aren’t really helping?
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Jordan Kanygin
@CTVJKanygin
Calgary Signal Hill MP Ron Liepert has traveled twice to his home in Palm Desert, California since March, including a trip during the recent break.
His office tells @CTVCalgary he traveled for “essential house maintenance issues.” #abpoli #cdnpoli #yyc
Calgary-made whisky named best in the world by annual Whisky Bible | CBC News cbc.ca/news/canada/ca
I'm thrilled Gord Downie was well enough to make an appearance at the CBC/Justin Trudeau event in Kingston tonight
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Bill Brioux
@BillBriouxTV
Remarkable -- any other broadcaster would have littered this showcase with promos and screen crawls #HipInKingston #CBCTheHip
Is an instant resignation the usual response to an anonymous accusation that has no truth to it?
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Kate Purchase
@katepurchase
Please see this statement from @gmbutts. As someone who has worked closely with Gerry, I know how deeply he believes in public service and this country. We are lucky to have had him serve it in this capacity for so long.
Big congratulations to anybody who had this one on their election bingo card.
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Tim Robbins
@TimRobbins1
I’m not a Canadian so maybe I’m missing something. Help me understand. Has Carney ever been elected to Parliament or any other political office? Where has he lived for the last ten years? What was his job? Does he really care about Canada or was he sent in to accomplish what
Show moreWhy were we pouring money into one of the most profitable business industries in the province? t.co/2IMeiVoq1K
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It should still exist, and no explanation should be sought or given
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Morgan Cameron Ross
@Morgan_C_Ross
If you’re Canadian it’s still hard to explain why this existed
PHWA Injury Report: E. Francis day-to-day with upper-body injury from carrying unrealistic quantities of water
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Calgary Sun
@calgarysun
FRANCIS: Flames will be sold to Houston in three years ow.ly/9XLf30h9Nn6
Canada is a machine for making Canadians who go to the United States permanently and write endless reams of prose about the moral superiority of Canada, there’s no denying it
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The New Yorker
@NewYorker
What it is in the Canadian national character that makes Canadians so ready to take on bullies? Canada has been doing this as long as there has been a Canada. nyer.cm/lgvOaWn
Everybody claims their own familiar measurement system is intuitive. But only in Canada is the "system" for everyday nonscientific measurements an actual synthesis. We adopted the optimum unit for each application from imperial AND metric. OBJECTIVELY SUPERIOR
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Made In Canada
@MadelnCanada
Americans: I use miles and pounds
Europeans: I use kilometres and kilograms
Canadians: [snorting a line of assorted measuring systems] I'm 5'8, I weigh 150lbs, horses weigh 1000kgs, my house is an hour away and I drive 80 km/h to get there, I need a cup of flour and 1L of milk
"My government" is another constitutional faux pas, as Mr. Carney could have learned either at home or in other Commonwealth realms. It's a doubly bad error to make during an election, & arguably even worse if your parliamentary bona fides are a donut.
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Mark Carney
@MarkJCarney
Today’s layoffs are deeply painful news for autoworkers in Ingersoll and for workers throughout Canada's auto industry.
My government is fighting to defend our auto sector, protect our workers and build our supply chains in Canada. We've made it easier for affected workers to
Show moreYou remember him, he’s the guy who created that nasty “independent federal prosecutions” law! x.com/davidakin/stat
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Man charged in Winnipeg car attack on convoy protest is radical far-left anarchist rebelnews.com/man_charged_in via
Biggest charge: "assault with a weapon". That's what the poop thrower in TO got, so if you have shit in one hand & car keys in the other, go for broke
Is it the Oilers part that's upsetting you, or is it the relatively unfamiliar concept of a cup
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FlamesNation
@FlamesNation
Tim Hortons is giving out Edmonton Oiler cups 
MAKE THIS NIGHTMARE STOP
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Someday we’ll crack the mystery of why countries get tired of their elites and elect resentful, destructive right-wing populist governments
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Star Politics
@StarCdnPoli
Ottawa outsources student-grant program to a Toronto charity that works with Justin Trudeau’s wife dlvr.it/RZNMqF
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I’ve just been informed of some troubling things about Henry Ford and have decided to buy a Volkswagen instead
"We added a 'No murderers' rule."
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National Post
@nationalpost
Karla Homolka no longer able to volunteer at Montreal elementary school after rules changed bit.ly/2qMmaat
I think Chantal just invented the present perfect political verb tense.
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chantal hébert
@ChantalHbert
Ambassador McCallum has been resigned. Le premier ministre a demandé et accepté la démission de son ambassadeur en Chine.
Now THIS guy misses the point for a living, and it shows.
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Max Fawcett 
@maxfawcett
So now we're mad at the federal government because they didn't deliver vaccines in May of 2020? x.com/colbycosh/stat…