Barbara Janes
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"Drama is life with the dull bits cut out." - Alfred Hitchcock
St. John's, NL, Canada
Joined May 2014
What does the NDP even stand for anymore? They’re caving to Pierre and abandoning dental care, pharmacare, school food program, and long-term seniors care. He’s even walking away from climate action with no plan of their own (not even the "concept" of a plan!)
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"Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre delivered a plethora of lies during his visit to NOTL, forcing The Lake Report to respond with the longest editorial it has ever published." Read the whole thing ⬇️ ⬇️ https://t.co/NmigolZf3Q
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"Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre delivered a plethora of lies during his visit to NOTL, forcing The Lake Report to respond with the longest editorial it has ever published."
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Today, Celine Dion’s management team and her record label, Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc., became aware of the unauthorized usage of the video, recording, musical performance, and likeness of Celine Dion singing “My Heart Will Go On” at a Donald Trump / JD Vance campaign
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"Through misrepresentation and mockery, disinformation and demonization, Poilievre and his allies are affirming a culture of bullying — social, economic, and political — that risks overtaking our civic square." #cdnpoli
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According to a Security and Intelligence Threats to Elections Task Force report, extremist narratives have "increasingly normalized" threats to politicians and “have the potential to negatively...
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.@Martina is as brave as she is strong. She has fought this battle before, and she is in our thoughts and prayers.
thetimes.com
Martina Navratilova, the greatest player in the history of the Wimbledon tennis championships, has two forms of cancer, she has announced.
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Alanis Obomsawin is a filmmaking legend whose work has impacted today's growing Indigenous film industry. ⏤ Alanis Obomsawin est une cinéaste légendaire et ses réalisations ont eu un impact sur le nombre toujours grandissant de films autochtones et sur l’industrie médiatique.
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Back on top 🥇 'Captain Clutch' comes through for #TeamCanada's women's hockey team to capture gold at #Beijing2022 💪 🇨🇦 Details ➡️ https://t.co/4jh0Bdw20l
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Federal Conservatives call for an end to all blockades, after first supporting protests
theglobeandmail.com
The move comes as the crisis grows bigger with a third blockade at a border crossing in Manitoba, in addition to those in Alberta and Ontario
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Erin O'Toole has been voted out as leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
cbc.ca
Candice Bergen was voted interim leader of the Conservatives on Wednesday evening after a majority of party MPs voted to remove Erin O'Toole as leader earlier in the day.
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Betty White, the Emmy-winning TV star who had a remarkable later-career resurgence in films, TV commercials and the hit series “The Golden Girls” and “Hot in Cleveland,” has died. She was 99. https://t.co/Yeqcj5w66e
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"The world has lost one of our great and purest artists and dreamers. And we lost our beloved friend. Our hearts are broken," Laura Dern said of Jean-Marc Vallée's passing. More tributes from his collaborators: https://t.co/xEWtggEtm7
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“Coloured,” “minority,” “diverse: into one box go people held together by the most tenuous of connections, that of being non-European. BIPOC too got swallowed up, quickly lost nuance and got spat out at a racial identifier to say “not white.” New from me:
thestar.com
Some are anxious to keep up with the terminology to signal support for anti-racism, but it’s a problem when they do so without paying attention to the nuance of those terms.
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From ‘Being the Ricardos’ to ‘House of Gucci’: The Tricky Balance When Playing Real-Life People
hollywoodreporter.com
The Academy frequently honors actresses for their roles in biopics — but before the nominations roll out, those stars often face tough criticism from skeptical audiences.
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#HouseOfGucci has ignited a war of words between Ridley Scott and the Gucci family. Scott isn't happy with the Gucci's slamming his casting of Al Pacino and more: "The people that were writing from the family to us at the onset were alarmingly insulting."
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"You probably have the best actors in the world, you should be so fucking lucky."
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JONI MITCHELL ARCHIVES, VOL. 1: THE EARLY YEARS (1963-1967) has been nominated for a Best Historical Album Grammy! Thank you @RecordingAcad.
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The ‘trauma-informed storytelling’ of Elle-Maija Tailfeathers
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The actor/director’s new documentary Kimmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy chronicles the frontlines of harm reduction
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It is my sincere honour to be sworn in today as Minister of National Defence. Thank you @JustinTrudeau for entrusting me with this portfolio.
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It's official. We're starting production on my official documentary. Looking forward to working closely with @irenetb and @sonymusic on this project - one that is very personal and will show everyone a part of me that they haven't seen before. – Celine https://t.co/0aTXES6Afv
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Absolutely brilliant work by @SethMacFarlane and the Family Guy team. If people still don’t know how vaccines work after this, then I really don’t know what to tell you. https://t.co/qg8dxBHCdp
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