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D.L. Steel

@wearenananellie

I share photographs, amplify information from credible news sources about climate, environment, health, housing, politics, women's rights and more. I'll try to build a kind & thoughtful community square. A polite Canadian in rural Ontario.

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Who is in control of your social media? By Xavier KataquapitWe are all part of a great change in human civilization. Whether we know it or not, we are living through humanity’s first steps into the modern digital age.

“Our parents' generation had travelled alone on this... land without any contact with the outside world and now I was having a live streamed conversation with my brother as he moved over the frozen muskeg in a half ton truck and I was located 500 kilometres away.”

#Indigenous #FirstNations #tech

25.02.2026 14:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Got a message I was due for a mammogram. As a #cancer survivor I take this seriously. When hospital called to give me a date it was booked for December. Lady said it was 'cause they opened up mammograms to those in their 40s & they can't keep up. Question: Did they not put extra resources into this?

24.02.2026 21:47 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Governing Through One Crisis After Another with The Chiefs: Brodie, Murphy & Topp | The Herle Burly
Governing Through One Crisis After Another with The Chiefs: Brodie, Murphy & Topp | The Herle Burly YouTube video by Air Quotes Media

“They’re odd people. They’re not the sort of people we’re used to dealing with … These are a different group of people, but we don’t have any other choice but to deal with them.-- Ian Brodie, former Chief of Staff to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, on the Trump administration. Quote at 36:27

09.01.2026 02:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Books with author interviews 2025 Articles by Shari NarineWindspeaker.com Books Feature WriterLocal Journalism Initiative ReporterWindspeaker was honoured to spend time speaking with the authors and editors, academics and Elders, poet...

Windspeaker was honoured to spend time speaking with the authors and editors, academics and Elders, poets, illustrators and activists whose #books were making news in 2025.

#Indigenous #FNMI #GoodreadsYearinBooks

29.12.2025 20:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Film about declining caribou herds to premiere at Whistler festival Luke Gleeson insists all he is trying to do is start a conversation.Gleeson, a member of Tsay Keh Dene Nation in British Columbia, is not only one of the writers but he also produced and directed the ...

“We're just trying to get a conversation started… a lot of land-based stories, they tend to be hidden from the public lens. I don't think people really understand some of the obstacles we’re facing in the north.”

#Indigenous #FirstNations #film #documentary #caribou #Whistler

27.11.2025 15:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A young muskrat munching on grass. Long white nails.

A young muskrat munching on grass. Long white nails.

A young muskrat showing three of his feet with quite pointy nails.

A young muskrat showing three of his feet with quite pointy nails.

A young muskrat with an impressive long tail.

A young muskrat with an impressive long tail.

A young muskrat intent on eating.

A young muskrat intent on eating.

A young muskrat visited us this afternoon. He was unafraid. Let me get close to him to take photos, and Jim went to him and stroked his fur. He was just interested in feeding on the grass. We’ve never seen one in the backyard before. He had quite a long tail.
#mammal #wildlife #marine

20.09.2025 21:13 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Beefstake

Beefstake

Roma

Roma

Rutgers

Rutgers

Yellow Cherry

Yellow Cherry

It’s been a challenging weather year: An Ice Storm, a late Spring planting season, and now a heat dome. These tomatoes have been through the wars. But here they are, surviving and hopefully thriving.
#gardening #food #Ontario #Canada

25.06.2025 00:34 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Brooks and Capehart on Pope Leo XIV's potential impact on U.S. culture and politics
Brooks and Capehart on Pope Leo XIV's potential impact on U.S. culture and politics YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

Pointed opening statement by Brooks youtu.be/kR5C6eoQhMI?...,

10.05.2025 00:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Naheed Nenshi, Leader of the Alberta New Democratic Party | The Herle Burly
Naheed Nenshi, Leader of the Alberta New Democratic Party | The Herle Burly YouTube video by Air Quotes Media

Holy Moly! What just happened here? Herle just gave over his show. youtu.be/565Ls7nP8Ss?...

09.05.2025 23:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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🔴 LIVE: Power & Politics | May 2, 2025 YouTube video by CBC News

Must say, @davidwcochrane.bsky.social has been on fire of late. Tonight is no exception. In real time fact checks and push back. Much appreciated. www.youtube.com/live/iv_S1wp...

#journalism

02.05.2025 22:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Election Week 5: This peculiar campaign. With Vassy Kapelos, Hélène Buzzetti and Steve Murphy.
Election Week 5: This peculiar campaign. With Vassy Kapelos, Hélène Buzzetti and Steve Murphy. YouTube video by The Paul Wells Show

A great Paul Wells show; especially insightful near the end.
youtu.be/ALcnWFY3qoo?...

24.04.2025 01:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Power & Politics | April 21, 2025 YouTube video by CBC News

So Lisa Raitt disparages Atlantic Canadian voters and seniors on Power & Politics. The Conservatives are getting clobbered and are lashing out. www.youtube.com/live/ezk04kr...

21.04.2025 22:02 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Election Ad Review with Rosenberg, Matthews and Blais | The Herle Burly
Election Ad Review with Rosenberg, Matthews and Blais | The Herle Burly YouTube video by Air Quotes Media

It's funny. I watch political news many hours a day. I have not encountered many, or any, political ads this election. Isn't that weird?

11.04.2025 22:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Power & Politics | April 11, 2025 YouTube video by CBC News

A very thoughtful discussion starting about 32:16 min. www.youtube.com/live/VGwblSU...

11.04.2025 21:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Good Talk --  Poilievre's Terrible Day
Good Talk -- Poilievre's Terrible Day YouTube video by The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge

The last segment of this conversation after the last ad break was particularly poignant. The relationship between Canada and the U.S. is over. There will be a divorce. That’s really heartbreaking. youtu.be/Hmtj-zn6GtM?...

28.03.2025 18:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The spin by all parties (except Greens that I have seen) being put on the G&M story on India interference in the Conservative leadership race that elected Poilievre is epic. This race may get right ugly.

25.03.2025 23:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Candidates debate their parties' policy promises as the federal election campaign kicks off
Candidates debate their parties' policy promises as the federal election campaign kicks off YouTube video by CTV News

I would forego putting Charles Souza out there as a spokesperson for the federal #Liberal campaign. He is an unpleasant guest. He's combative and can't give a straight answer. Fair questions deserve fulsome answers. I expect aggression from the Cons. Souza is a dud, IMHO.
youtu.be/CERTaRLBwFg?...

24.03.2025 22:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Author introduces children to their plant relations and what makes up a healthy ecosystem Both on the page and in real life, Leigh Joseph is giving her children an opportunity that wasn't there for her grandparents.  As the characters in her first children's book, The Land Knows Me: A Natu...

“I hope that there's kids out there that listen to the story and just let their imagination take them on this walk and that it's something that stays with them in some way in their life, just even a little part of it.”
#Indigenous #books #children #plants #environment

19.03.2025 20:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The choice of being immortal over having children explored in new short film The fact that Amanda Wandler has made a film about immortality shouldn’t come as a surprise. “I'm a really big fan of science fiction,” said Wandler, a Secwépemc filmmaker. “I consume a lot of science...

“We get three days to film it and then five days for post-production… I am really proud of the result that we achieved though in those eight days.”

#Indigenous #film

19.03.2025 18:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ambassador Hillman looks very concerned during the press conference with federal ministers LaBlanc and Champagne and their response to media on meeting today with U.S. reps on #tariffs. Diplomats hear with different ears. I wonder how she's parsing today's discussions. #Canada #elbowsup

13.03.2025 23:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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338Canada | EKOS federal poll, March 2025

Federal 🇨🇦 voting intentions from EKOS:

🔴LPC 41%
🔵CPC 36%
🟠NDP 13%
⚜️BQ 5% (23% in QC)
🟢GPC 3%
🟣PPC 1%

338canada.com/20250303-eko...

[EKOS, Feb.27-Mar.5, 2025, n=1,980]

#canpoli

06.03.2025 23:26 👍 368 🔁 80 💬 19 📌 75
We Are Canadian
We Are Canadian YouTube video by Jeff Douglas

Remake of a classic.
youtu.be/_OzbmriDgQc?...

06.03.2025 12:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
image of Canada red and white flag with Elbows Up, Canada writing.

image of Canada red and white flag with Elbows Up, Canada writing.

If you do not know the meaning of "Elbows Up", in Canada we use that term when we are ready for a fight and someone is going to bleed. #ElbowsUp #Canada #BuyCanadian #BuyLocal #cdnpoli

04.03.2025 18:49 👍 5062 🔁 1116 💬 245 📌 81

Heard today that the U.S. administration could revoke Canadians' access to "The Cloud" storage system during the trade war. Wow, talk about a security weakness in our defences. All should be paying attention to this. #elbowsup

04.03.2025 23:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A graphic that reads Elbow's Up with a Canadian maple leaf symbol

A graphic that reads Elbow's Up with a Canadian maple leaf symbol

04.03.2025 03:22 👍 198 🔁 52 💬 0 📌 1
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04.03.2025 01:29 👍 151 🔁 20 💬 1 📌 2

“Slava Ukraini”

28.02.2025 23:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Numbers: The NDP is in deep trouble
The Numbers: The NDP is in deep trouble YouTube video by Éric Grenier

Federal NDP losing ground in latest polls youtu.be/xXSmscGFPFQ?...

20.02.2025 22:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I do not understand the announcement of the Heritage minister on cbc at this time when a new PM will soon be elected and we head into an election where all manner of different policy will be put forward. New budget, new fiscal order with possible tarrifs. Liberals shooting new leader in the back.

20.02.2025 15:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Charlie Angus Message to Donald Trump: we won't kiss the gangster ring
Charlie Angus Message to Donald Trump: we won't kiss the gangster ring YouTube video by Charlie Angus

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Looks like Charlie is angling to replace Singh after the NDP gets its bum spanked in the upcoming federal election. He invokes Danny Williams in this presser. Cool. I'd forgotten about him. Another shoot from the lip Canadian who didn't mind getting mucky.
youtu.be/ZJEM5nMsyPU?...

15.02.2025 20:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0