Mike

Mike

@widerawake.bsky.social

Retired HD Mechanic. Blue Jays. Change of allegiance in hockey, don't let me down by being gross, please. Left of center. Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Not a lot of faith, but a little hope.

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Mike
@widerawake.bsky.social

I woke up this morning with a feeling of starting to move on from the USA. It's like the grieving process of a bad breakup I guess and I am now moving on with my life without this formerly significant other. Thinking back, I guess I have always thought Euros were more my type anyway.

Mike
@widerawake.bsky.social

The Babcock signing said something, this compounds it many times over. I will be purging all my Oilers jerseys, hats etcetera. I will have to have a NHL bye year at the least, not sure if I'll be able to ever be a fan again. So toxic 😪. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

cbc.caAcquitted 2018 world junior player Alex Formenton signs one-year deal with Edmonton Oilers | CBC NewsThe Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Alex Formenton to a one-year contract worth $850,000 US.
Mike
@widerawake.bsky.social

What a master of Stradgedy! Kind of the Shakespeare of the genre! Can't wait until his book "Mein Kopf" comes out, a real head scratcher who-done-it (he did of course)!

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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦
@todmaffin.com

Ten times Canada helped the U.S

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Craig Baird-Canadian History Ehx
@cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social

Happy birthday to Raffi, born on this day in 1948! One of Canada's most beloved entertainers, he has been delighting Canadians with his music for decades. A multiple Juno Award winner, he has received the Order of Canada, and several honorary degrees. 📸 Paquin Artists Agency

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CBC BC News RSS Feed (Unofficial)
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Quesnel rolling out the red carpet to attract U.S.-trained doctors — and it's working

cbc.caQuesnel rolling out the red carpet to attract U.S.-trained doctors — and it's workingThe community of Quesnel in northern B.C. is pulling out all the stops to attract U.S.-trained physicians and solve previously long waits for family doctors. A health-care recruiter in the community of around 10,000 people says the so-called "red carpet" approach is working — with at least four d...

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Timothy Caulfield
@caulfieldtim.bsky.social

As MAGA Alberta Premier pushes an independence vote, important to remember: Alberta separatist movement largely based on lies, conspiracy theories, intolerance, and myths of a magical past... My take: thewalrus.ca/albertas-sep... cc @jaredwesley.ca @ryanjespersen.bsky.social

thewalrus.caAlberta’s Separatists Are Chasing a Total Cowboy Fantasy | The WalrusThe province they describe—rural, homogeneous, under siege—bears little resemblance to reality

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NigelBankes
@nigelb.bsky.social

The good news is that Alberta's Chief Justices refuse to provide any judicial sanction to Premier Smith's efforts to undermine the ordinary process for the review of electoral boundaries. This is now way too political for any judge, sitting or retired, to accept such an appointment. #ableg #abpoli

The Breakdown AB@thebreakdownab.bsky.social

BREAKING! Today the UCP not only voted to circumvent the Chief Justice of Alberta, but they also voted to hide the letter the Chief Justice wrote raising concerns about the UCP's boundary process! We have the text of the letter in our new Substack! #abpoli open.substack.com/pub/thebreak...

open.substack.comHow Democracy is StolenThe Gerrymandering of Alberta Takes Another Step.

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Mark Gerretsen
@markgerretsen.bsky.social

Of course they did. This is the pattern: support something when it’s convenient… abandon it when it becomes politically useful to oppose it. #HighSpeedRail #RailInfrastructure #CanadianInfrastructure #OntarioTransit #FutureOfTransit

Mike
@widerawake.bsky.social

My wife and I were going on a year long motorhome trip across Canada and then down along the Gulf states for retirement, but we will never again cross the border into the Deadlands so now the year will include winter over in T.O. instead, (house sit? Airbnb?) Any favorites out east for us "Westies"?

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🇨🇦Merlin Ca🇨🇦
@merlinofcanada.bsky.social

Replying to @merlinofcanada.bsky.social

.Here you have Danielle Smith's letter demanding DOUBLE Alberta's allotment of immigrants. This referendum is nothing but a #WagTheDog move to distract from a disastrous budget and #UCP total incompetence. She needs a Scapegoat &Justin is gone so its the Immigrants.

Mike
@widerawake.bsky.social

I can see that the 1930's blueprint that Trump and the MAGAites have been following has entered a new stage. Was it too late a year ago? Is it too late now? Fade too black, I guess. deadline.com/2026/01/don-...

deadline.comDon Lemon Arrested By Federal Agents After Trump Administration Targeted Him Over Coverage Of Minnesota ICE ProtestUPDATED: Don Lemon was taken into custody by federal agents in Los Angeles on Thursday evening, as the journalist was in town to cover the Grammy Awards, his attorney Abbe Lowell said in a statement. ...

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Alt National Park Service
@altnps.bsky.social

Post from Mac Randolph RIP Alex Pretti, He was my Dad’s ICU nurse. He read my dad’s final salute at the VA after he passed away. Never wanted to share this video, but his speech is very on point.