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Old school country music was about robbing banks, killing cops, and being so lonely and heartbroken that you want to die. Now it’s just like “try that in a small town” and being weirdly protective about your daughter sexually

Cool, tbh

On a new episode of @broadbent.bsky.social's 🌅PERSPECTIVES🌅 journal podcast host Dave McGrane looks at Tommy Douglas’ legacy & outlines 10 notable contributions to Canadian Society that resonate today from his 1964-1971 Saskatchewan CCF government perspectivesjournal.ca/tommy-douglas/

Reread the Gormenghast trilogy recently and concluded that Steerpike did nothing wrong. Every evil thing he did was because the fucked up and backwards society around him drove him to it. Its a metaphor for the British.

it's the kind of election where I have to check if 'blackface' is one word, two words, hyphenated, etc

After a reader reached out with questions about BC’s primary care provider waitlist, I went looking for data that would shed some light on the system, since the gov doesn’t voluntarily provide much info. I found data in an FOI response showing some residents are on the waitlist for 5+ years.

Off to go vote in this dumb thing we’re doing today I guess

Alberta reporter @stephenmag.bsky.social and Ontario Reporter @ericwickham.ca have asked the tough questions, with years of reporting on Alberta separatists culminating in one educational podcast for your listening pleasure pressprogress.ca/the-people-d...

Exactly. It’s not the mischief I have a problem with. That statue is a monument to a Nazi and and embarrassment to the country. It shouldn’t exist. It’s the doing it and then reporting on it part. And THEN letting people defend you, and ask for financial help on a crowdfund campaign.

Duncan Kinney pled guilty this morning to defacing a statue and then writing about for his publication at the time, the Progress Report (NOT to be confused with PressProgress). An absolutely egregious and baffling ethical disregard. He's no longer a journalist, and hasn't been for quite some time.

They're calling it R-Day! Re-sharing my Globe column from last month on the Alberta referendum and Danielle Smith's dangerous attempt to scapegoat immigrants to deflect from her own political failings. (Free link in next tweet)

There's a vote going on in Alberta today that everyone in Canada should be paying attention to. To help make sense of how we got here, I sat down with @stephenmag.bsky.social to talk about the people behind the Alberta separatist movement. pressprogress.ca/the-people-d...

You Can See Everything is going to stick with me all week. Best movie I’ve seen in a year probably

On a new @pressprogress.ca 🔴SOURCES🔴 host @ericwickham.ca welcomes @stephenmag.bsky.social for a conversation breaking down the key figures in the Alberta separatist movement. pressprogress.ca/the-people-d...

Hi everyone, sorry to interrupt your Saturday 👋 I am excited to announce that @thewatchdog.ca is now officially launched I published an Editor’s Note this morning explaining: ✓ What The Watchdog is ✓ Why it’s focused on wealth, power and democracy ✓ The vision for this scrappy upstart publication

I have spent a lot of time speaking with Alberta separatist leaders, more than most Alberta separatists, I'd wager. My latest. pressprogress.ca/who-are-the-...

I get the top gun reference but goose isn’t my favourite. Then again bros don’t get to choose their nicknames, by law, and it’s not the worst I guess.

Who are the key ringleaders behind Alberta separatism? A coalition of Christian Nationalists and disgruntled rural Albertans will face a major milestone following the weekend New from @stephenmag.bsky.social pressprogress.ca/who-are-the-...

I have spent a lot of time speaking with Alberta separatist leaders, more than most Alberta separatists, I'd wager. My latest. pressprogress.ca/who-are-the-...

BC Conservatives Run Full Slate of Candidates With Views Ranging from Conspiratorial To Bigoted Party leader Doerkson refused to drop candidate who made anti-LGBTQ statements. pressprogress.ca/bc-conservat...

Professional news! Today I officially started in my new position as an Investigator with @antihate.ca, where I’ll be focusing on researching, documenting, and reporting on anti-trans hate movements in Canada. It's heavy and challenging work, but work I am excited to dive into. ✨🏳️‍⚧️

Check out @ericwickham.ca’s new podcast about the data centre fight in Mississauga! I’m one of the voices interviewed for it. Can’t wait to listen!

Key Parts of Canada’s Drug Laws Found Unconstitutional as Judge throws out Charges Against Founders of Vancouver ‘Compassion Club’ DULF co-founders won’t go to jail as Supreme Court judge rules CSDA violates members’ “right to life and security” pressprogress.ca/key-parts-of...

PRIMETIME delivers pretty much what it promises with a surprising amount of laugh moments for that kind of topic. A few standout scenes. 3/4 stars

Why is everyone throwing down takes on the Tragically Hip today

Very happy to be back at @pressprogress.ca starting this week, now in the role of Associate Editor! I'll be covering the health beat while my colleague is on maternity leave, so please send story tips and let me know what's not being covered enough in health.

The Heavy Metal movie didn’t quite do his stuff justice IMO. It sort of reduced the satire to a “getting high lol” joke

The Calgary zoo heavily featured lots and lots of Hyraxes decades before they became a popular meme. It’s like they were on the cutting edge of realizing how funny those weird pointless little things are.

dude didnt factor in his band's opinion before making a decision on this. good to know that Ed Sheeran is not only spineless, he's also dumb as fuck

This by-election in Calgary’s deep suburbs, in a seat UCP won last time by 14%, had potential to become either a clear warning about Danielle Smith and referendum politics in urban Alberta, or about the NDP leadership of Naheed Nenshi. And well whaddya know. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I stumbled across this entirely new type of normie dad type of guy online and for some reason it’s fascinating me.

One of Alberta’s finest oafs.

I dug through Canadian media archives to pull out a sample of the bloodthirsty commentary that dominated pages post-9/11, including from: Christie Blatchford, Rosie DiManno, Margaret Wente, Mark Steyn, Andrew Coyne, Marcus Gee, Rex Murphy and Paul Wells. www.readthemaple.com/remembering-...

👀 "Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau spoke after French modelling scout Daniel Siad, who is accused of helping Epstein to traffic women, was found dead in his home in July before he could be questioned." www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...