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Heather Campbell

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Same as before. Inspired, engaged, politicised, compassionate, engineer, and citizen of the world. Reader of banned books. Irascible spinster. Posts are usually awesome & always my own. Call me: she & her

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Ask a stylist: how do you pack for business travel? Do your pre-trip homework, focus on neutrals — and take nothing that isn’t multifunctional

Ask a stylist: how do you pack for business travel? ft.trib.al/vV4oNI5 | opinion

11.03.2026 05:37 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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‘The other side' of IITs: Student suicides haunt India's top tech schools Nearly 160 deaths recorded across the premier engineering colleges in past two decades - 69 of them in last five years.

Nearly 160 deaths recorded across the premier engineering colleges in past two decades - 69 of them in last five years.

11.03.2026 06:00 👍 57 🔁 19 💬 0 📌 0
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Epstein had two key aides - so why do they still control his money and secrets? Richard Kahn and Darren Indyke administer Epstein’s estate - court filings allege complicity in his crimes.

Quote: "Court documents from the case alleged the pair helped Epstein manage 140 bank accounts." Follow the money.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

11.03.2026 01:37 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A poster for the Textile Museum of Canada's fabric sale, with roughly quilted pieces scattered about. The sale is March 27-28th 2026 from noon to 5pm, and tickets are pay-what-you-wish. The Textile Museum's address is 55 Centre Avenue, Toronto ON M5G 2H5. Comrags gave us bolts & bolts of fabric to sell when they closed, and we've cut some of it into 2-3 metre lengths for grab & go and also have some still on the bolt that can be cut to order.

A poster for the Textile Museum of Canada's fabric sale, with roughly quilted pieces scattered about. The sale is March 27-28th 2026 from noon to 5pm, and tickets are pay-what-you-wish. The Textile Museum's address is 55 Centre Avenue, Toronto ON M5G 2H5. Comrags gave us bolts & bolts of fabric to sell when they closed, and we've cut some of it into 2-3 metre lengths for grab & go and also have some still on the bolt that can be cut to order.

Toronto people, the Textile Museum of Canada will be having a fabric sale on March 27-28 from noon-5pm. There is fabric from Comrags, some cut in 2-3 metre lengths, some still on bolts.

Tickets are here, pay what you wish:
textilemuseumcanada.ticketing.veevartapp.com/tickets/view...

10.03.2026 21:30 👍 27 🔁 14 💬 1 📌 2

When we support @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social, we support journalism that
- is meticulously researched, connects dots over time,
- uncovers stubborn assumptions or oft-used playbooks,
- seeks out perspectives that are unique or underrepresented, and
- fosters a deeper understanding of ourselves.

10.03.2026 15:35 👍 14 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0

Quote: "Double denim, or the ‘Canadian tuxedo’, is the trickiest part of the cowboy uniform to master, but it, too, is making a comeback (though influential people such as designer Tom Ford never stopped wearing it after its peak in the 1980s)."

Stampede clothes will be less cosplay, more fashion.

10.03.2026 07:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Alexander brothers are convicted of sex trafficking in case that shocked real estate world Three brothers, including two of the nation’s most successful luxury real estate brokers, have been convicted of charges that they conspired to drug and rape multiple women.

Three brothers, including two of the nation’s most successful luxury real estate brokers, were convicted of sex trafficking charges Monday after a five-week trial over accusations that they used drugs and force to rape scores of women they had dazzled with their wealth and opulent lifestyle.

10.03.2026 03:00 👍 280 🔁 73 💬 27 📌 13
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Family of Tumbler Ridge shooting victim suing OpenAI | CBC News The mother of Maya Gebala, a 12-year-old who remains in hospital after the shooting on Feb. 10, alleges the tech company failed to alert authorities to prompts from the shooter related to violence.

The family of one of the victims of the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge is suing OpenAI.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

10.03.2026 01:26 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Go to jail, Marco Van Huigenbos. Go directly to jail. Do not pass go, do not collect $200.

09.03.2026 19:04 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Journalism Spotlight Justin Ling “Telling the Truth In Hyperreality: Journalism in a Time of Lies” The Faculty of Business, Communication Studies and Aviation of Mount Royal University is proud to present a public lecture featuring distinguished ...

As the White House posts videos blending real footage of its war in Iran with clips from movies and video games, this talk from @justinling.ca is incredibly timely.

It's this Wednesday evening, at Mount Royal University in Calgary. Also will be livestreamed.

And it's free!

Registration ends soon:

09.03.2026 18:31 👍 36 🔁 24 💬 1 📌 0
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Why do we need International Women’s Day? Apart from misogyny and Christian nationalism, you mean? | Zoe Williams I should probably be fuming about the way that companies try to cash in on IWD. But there are so many vile opinions to worry about instead, writes Zoe Williams

Why do we need International Women’s Day? Apart from misogyny and Christian nationalism, you mean? | Zoe Williams

09.03.2026 17:03 👍 124 🔁 46 💬 5 📌 1

Again, many of us in energy industry will not be travelling to Houston, TX. A booth from NRCan won't keep me safe from U.S. government authorities who would immediately identify me - a Black woman - a danger, a threat, an illegal, an alien, plus more names.
natural-resources.canada.ca/ceraweek-2026

09.03.2026 17:07 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hi @scienceupfirst.bsky.social, you are being requested to grow your mandate and vision.

09.03.2026 16:54 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Young people:
1. Please read all of the banned books, on principle. Please go to your local library (until Minister Williams & Premier Smith get books banned from those public libraries too).
2. Be so knowledgeable & so creative that you write & produce more books worthy of being banned by the UCP.

09.03.2026 16:48 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Sir Sandford Fleming rolls in his grave.

08.03.2026 09:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Picture of Prelude, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra program on my lap.

Picture of Prelude, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra program on my lap.

Yes! Dance Dance Disco was amazing. Thank you @calgaryphil.bsky.social!

1. Yes, I danced the entire show & sang along. No shame.

2. No, I'm not an actor, singer, or performer. This is what an engineer looks like.

3. Epic. That the orchestra did a Sylvester tune in front of Minister Fir, 🔥.

08.03.2026 05:30 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Opinion: I’ve had a chronic illness for 25 years. Your advice won’t fix me Everyone I know with a significant illness or disability gets a never-ending tide of suggestions from every angle, help they never once asked for

www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
👏🏾🙏🏾

08.03.2026 00:12 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1

March 8 is International Women's Day. All over social media organizations will make performative posts about uplifting women & girls. Those same people voted for the political party led by this woman, Premier Smith, and should be accountable for the harm & risk to women & girls from her decisions. ♀️

07.03.2026 23:47 👍 29 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 1

Ooof. I told my church brother featured in this piece, Reza Dehaki, last Sunday: "I have no words...won't say thoughts & prayers, that's insulting...this is the worst kind of awful." I embraced him & his wife Ladi.

I worry for my former Edmonton based colleague who has her mother & sister in Iran.

07.03.2026 22:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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AltaGas CEO says company will defend interests in B.C. First Nation's fight with port CALGARY -

This @cdnpress.bsky.social piece showed up on page 6 of the @theglobeandmail.com print edition in Alberta because it is a much bigger deal than the coverage it is receiving in the energy community.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/alt...

07.03.2026 22:11 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Danielle Smith drags the judiciary deeper into her partisan mud slinging The Alberta Premier’s referendum is a direct threat to the proper functioning of our justice system

"This isn’t about constitutional reform. It’s about politics. More specifically, it’s part of a broader and increasingly brazen [UCP] effort to either control the courts or, failing that, convince the public not to trust them. "
www.canadianlawyermag.com/news/opinion...

07.03.2026 21:07 👍 73 🔁 45 💬 4 📌 1
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La directrice générale du National Symphony Orchestra quitte le Kennedy Center C’est le dernier départ depuis que le président Trump a commencé à exercer un contrôle sur cette institution.
07.03.2026 13:30 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Not in my experience. I have had several family doctors + gynecologists (the outcome of moving cities for work). It wasn't diagnosed until the pathologist put it on the report of my uterus after a hysterectomy & oophorectomy. Even my late mother, a nurse, was trained to think 'just bad periods'.

06.03.2026 23:03 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Obama: Rev. Jesse Jackson 'inspires us to take a harder path' Former President Barack Obama spoke at the funeral service for Rev. Jesse Jackson in Chicago, remembering him as a "born leader" who "rose above despair" to advocate for civil rights. He recounted the...

This is giving me hope, inspiration, and perspective today. Thank you @barackobama.bsky.social for honouring the late Reverend Jesse Jackson with these words, all of them. ✊🏾🙏🏾

www.nbcnews.com/video/obama-...

06.03.2026 22:56 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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The math doesn't lie.

Danielle Smith spent $17 million on "Alberta is Calling" to recruit new residents. But spent $0 on the infrastructure to support them.

Now that the bills are due and the services are failing, she’s pointing the finger at the very people she invited.

#ableg #canpoli #abpoli

01.03.2026 15:29 👍 214 🔁 114 💬 8 📌 11
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I will not be running for mayor of Toronto I even asked my editor at the Star for a two-page spread to help readers understand the extent to which I am not running for mayor of Toronto.

Breaking news! I have my first opinion piece in the Toronto Star today! I got to make fun of John Tory AND make a joke about me playing for the Blue Jays, so it's safe to say that this was the most fun I've had writing something in a while. 💙 www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

06.03.2026 19:00 👍 299 🔁 42 💬 30 📌 4
FILM — THIS IS ENDOMETRIOSIS

Endometriosis and adenomyosis are medical conditions where you are not believed. Where, in my experience, male doctors don't have the first clue and just keep prescribing you more pain medication. A film worth your time "This is Endometriosis". Award winning.

www.thisisendo.com/watch-this-i...

7/7

06.03.2026 20:44 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

The day of my 2nd round of chemotherapy, adenomyosis came with avengence. Could barely walk, was so bloated & swollen I almost couldn't find trousers to fit. I couldn't take pain meds - I was in chemotherapy. My mother said, "you're not the first to get her period". I drove to the cancer centre. 6/

06.03.2026 20:41 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Whenever I was publicly ill, it was embarrassing to my family. I vomited in a bathroom sink at my own scholarship award ceremony at a fancy venue in Hamilton. My mother told people the Cornish game hen at dinner didn't agree with me. I took the train back to uni like nothing happened on Sunday. 5/

06.03.2026 20:36 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I quietly missed days of school, days of work & never once disclosed the cause for fear of the shame I was told to have over my "bad periods". In university I wrote exams where I fought to stay upright at the desk & coherently answer exam questions while managing piercing pain in my midsection. 4/

06.03.2026 20:21 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0