Karen Walton

What are the Ontario Cons hiding this time? Sounds bad, right?

Hold my set pack. Ask their voters why. #freedomofinformationAct

Instagram to discontinue end-to-end encryption for DMs [Update: Meta's statement] Pulling the plug on privacy?

Meta spent seven years telling us they were working on true end-to-end encryption across all their various messaging apps... and finally rolled it out in 2024. And then less than three years later, they're shutting it off for Instagram? What?

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Suspended U.S. Sanctions Add a Political Win to Russia’s Economic Gains

🙄 (after mimicking illegal invasion) Suspended U.S. Sanctions Add a Political Win to Russia’s Economic Gains www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/w...

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But we all (except for the willfully dim) knew this. #USinterference #BigOil

Belarus: PEN Belarus labelled ‘extremist’ amid systematic crackdown on cultural rights  — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide

#Belarus: We vehemently condemn the authorities’ decision to criminalise the activities of @penbelarus.bsky.social and scores of publishers amid an ever-growing crackdown on the cultural sector. #StandWithBelarus

Read our statement ⬇️

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The Fallout from Reporting on White Nationalism in Canada | The Tyee Journalist Rachel Gilmore published an investigation in The Tyee. The men she unmasked showed up to intimidate her in person.

“The extent of Canada’s problem with far-right extremism stared me in the face on an ordinary Wednesday night.” 🇨🇦

After The Tyee published @rachelgilmore.bsky.social’s report on a white nationalist club meeting at a Montreal gym, today she reports the fallout.

An Israeli arms company that sued Canada’s government over a failed defence contractor bid didn’t meet criteria on using Canadian labour and materials, according to internal federal documents.

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Ontario fast-tracks mine despite Grassy Narrows First Nation’s concerns | The Narwhal Grassy Narrows First Nation has challenged a water permit for Kinross Gold’s Great Bear project, as well as the Ontario Mining Act

The Ford government has named a third mine for fast-tracking, but downstream, Grassy Narrows First Nation has already challenged a water permit for the gold mine, and has a pending court challenge against Ontario’s Mining Act. thenarwhal.ca/grassy-narro...

Vancouver Coun. Sean Orr Sues Mayor Ken Sim | The Tyee The defamation lawsuit follows Sim telling media Orr distributed illegal drugs.

Two weeks after news broke that ABC Coun. Lenny Zhou used Chinese-language social media to accuse unnamed fellow councillors of dispensing illegal drugs, COPE Coun. Sean Orr has filed a civil suit against the accusation’s source — Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim. #vanpoli

We join @penamerica.bsky.social in strongly condemning the labelling of PEN Belarus as ‘extremist formation’, yet another brazen attack on the country’s cultural sector. #StandWithBelarus

Advocates Hope a Ruling Will Change RCMP Treatment of Indigenous Witnesses | The Tyee But critics say the Canadian rights tribunal didn’t go far enough after finding police discrimination.

A Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruling that RCMP officers discriminated against several Indigenous witnesses during a major investigation may be the first of its kind, the lawyers who fought the case say.

The Musqueam Agreements Are a Good Step Forward, Despite Some Stumbles | The Tyee The Crown erred by not engaging, and the BC Conservatives fanned false fear.

@adampolsen.bsky.social: The cost of getting this wrong is not immaterial, and it is not evenly distributed. It is borne by the communities who have been waiting the longest. #bcpoli

I wrote a book about resistance movements in Iran. This is what Canada needs to do now Iran is not a monolith, nor is there a simple divide between good and evil.

Opinion: I wrote a book about resistance movements in Iran. This is what Canada needs to do now, writes @maralkay.bsky.social

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they lost me at adapting so-called “AI”. Which isn’t. Nice to know my gut instinct on this company has been validated.

Cartoon by @dennisgoris.bsky.social

RCMP renews calls for information about Lorlene Bone A decade after she went missing, the RCMP in Manitoba are renewing calls for information on the disappearance of Lorlene Bone.

Lorlene Bone was last seen in Sapoteweyak Cree Nation in north-western Manitoba on Feb. 29, 2016. Story by Creeson Agecoutay.

when you try to share this in canada via any meta platform. The notice misleadingly suggests our federal government censors journalism. In fact, this is the punishment of legit legislation that insists meta pay for aggregating CDN media: no media for CDNs.

“From the ground, it is a literal wasteland. Scarecrows in construction hats line the perimeters of the tailings to keep migratory birds away. An oily film coats the mailboxes, the doorknobs and the windshields of trucks that haul across open pits where pine trees used to be.”

Cancer Haunts Neighbors of Canada’s Oil Sands Wastelands

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The shortest distance between where we are now and entrenched fascism is a terror attack. That is why we are at war with Iran. That is why Trump shrugs at the possibility of deaths on U.S. soil. And that is why Patel fired the FBI's Iranian counter-intel personnel before the first bomb fell.

Companies and PR firms that are actively lobbying Alberta’s government made dozens of donations to the United Conservative Party after the province ended a ban on corporate political contributions last year. Read our investigation.


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The many eras of the AIDS Committee of Toronto—including its final bow | Xtra Magazine As Canada’s oldest AIDS organization closes its doors after more than four decades, Xtra dives deep into its community history and why it’s come to an end

This month, the country’s oldest AIDS organization closes its doors for the last time: the number of stories there are to be told and community members there are to speak to its legacy are abundant.

Alberta Federation of Labour calls for oil windfall tax to avoid profiteering amid war in Iran When oil prices surge, profits often get sent abroad. Which is why the Alberta Federation of Labour is calling for a windfall tax.

When oil prices surge, profits often get sent abroad. Alberta Federation of Labour calls for oil windfall tax to avoid profiteering amid war in Iran. #oil #canlab

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