@thewatchdog.ca @thewatchdog.ca Protecting the Public. Defending Democracy | Canadian public interest watchdog journalism
Adam (he/him) 🇨🇦 @adaminhfx.bsky.social Warning: May contain trace amounts of sarcasm.
Canadian in Kjipuktuk (Halifax)
Janet 🇨🇦 @jansplanet.bsky.social Treaty Seven Territory, Mohkinstsis
Calgary, Alberta, Canada 🌾🍁🏔🇨🇦
#TypoQueen
andrew @teachrprecarity.bsky.social PhD | researching teachers w/ precarious labour contracts in a polycrisis. #PublicEducation #PoliticalEconomy #PrecariousWork
#FreePalestine.
https://macsphere.mcmaster.ca/handle/11375/28889
Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social Current: Founding Partner, Meredith Boessenkool & Phillips Policy Advisors
Www.mbpolicy.com
Adjunct, University of Lethbridge
Former: AB NDP MLA & Minister of Environment, Parks & Climate Change
Library Evidence Synthesis Services Symposium @lesssymposium.bsky.social Library Evidence Synthesis Services Symposium (LESSS)
https://sites.google.com/view/lesss/home
Dave Nelson 🇨🇦 @davenlsn.bsky.social #CanadaSky
#BoycottUSA
#BuyCanadian
Elbows Up
Canadian Military RCEME retired
No DM's please.
M Edwards @mgae.bsky.social I’m a grumpy old man but sometimes I’m just old.
I have opinions, but I do listen.
Richie Assaly @rdassaly.bsky.social Writes about music, books and politics.
https://linktr.ee/richieassaly
@megincanada.bsky.social @megincanada.bsky.social 
@sumcanuck.bsky.social @sumcanuck.bsky.social 
Erin 🇨🇦 @spicyerin.bsky.social She/her Mom to a clowder of cats and a rescue pooch. Progressive. Ally. Overall very sweary. Very Canadian 🇨🇦
LilacsFire @lilacfire.bsky.social Silence is consent. Avoid being a bystander. The bravest words are "I'm here". They who give w/out asking give twice. Trust but verify.
Sue @sutherlasu.bsky.social 🇨🇦 😷
Lucie🐈⬛Catnip @luciecatnip.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Alberta cat lady, gardener, fibre artist, writer & unapologetic left-winger who believes in science, education, human rights, zen and country life. I swear.
Brandy with a why? 🍁 @brandywithawhy.bsky.social THRIVING "Nasty" Canadian. Embarrassed Albertan.
Much farther left than Liberal.
Living on Treaty 7 Territory.
She/Her
I swear. A lot. Not Sorry.
Holly Hoye 🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social recovering Albertan | Vancouverite on Muskweam X'Muzk'I'Um land | door-knocker | letter-writer | earth scientist | climate | politics | pets | you can find me in the forest
Shawna Gawreluck @shawnagawreluck.bsky.social Muskite refugee, Transfusion Medicine Lab Ninja, collector of interesting people & useless facts. Curator of many loud opinions. Firm in the belief that profanity can never be excessive.
🇨🇦MapleZero @maplezero.bsky.social Designer, artist,educator, creative,
progressive.
I won’t knowingly post AI content, especially without labels. We don’t need more of that shit.
Based in YYC. He/Him
Drew Anderson @drewanderson.bsky.social Dad, journalist. Prariries reporter for The Narwhal, knee deep in climate, oil and politics. Contact me securely over Signal here: https://signal.me/#eu/nVe9L2aRp1coMBOKdlERmvXWk8cNubW9f2jLEZ32MXntZ+Wd86ZN17ZyjSMXNNo9
https://thenarwhal.ca/author/drew-and
@warnkekim.bsky.social @warnkekim.bsky.social Treaty 7 by birth, meeting new friends in Treaty 6. No longer sure which way is up unless I'm standing beside a tree. Policy geek, woodworking hack
StacesCases2 🇨🇦 📎 @stacescases2.bsky.social Left leaning centrist, moderate, 🇨🇦 📎 allergic to bullshit
Facta Non verba - Deeds not words
Just a quick note if I start getting tons of camgirl requests because YOU'RE following them? I'll unfollow you.
#BlueResisters
No cams, scams, spam
Aryn Toombs @aryn.bsky.social Sometimes I write, sometimes I take photos, and sometimes I use R to parse large data sets in the millions of entries.
Cath 🇨🇦 @cathmk.bsky.social Bleeding-heart. Antifa. Woke moralist. Atheist. Trying to be a good ally. No war but class war 👊
âpihtawikosisân @apihtawikosisan.bsky.social Award-losing national bestselling Métis author of "Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis & Inuit in Canada", from manitow-sâkahikan/Lac Ste. Anne in so-called Canada. Trying to debunk myths. She/her/wiya
https://linktr.ee/apihtawikosisan
Brian Platt @brianplatt.bsky.social Ottawa bureau chief, Bloomberg News
@choug.bsky.social @choug.bsky.social 
Ximena González @ximenaka.bsky.social Calgary journalist. Recovering architect. Reluctant urbanist.
http://ximena-gonzalez.com
Dena McMartin 🇨🇦 @dwmcmartin.bsky.social Environmental engineer and academic.
Advocate for equity & inclusion.
Dogs are love.
Prairies, science, water, travel, lifelong learning.
Settler in Blackfoot Confederacy territory.
I share what I personally find interesting, troubling, or necessary.
Adrienne Tanner @adriennetanner.bsky.social Freelance writer and columnist at Canada's National Observer, dog person, art lover, book fan
KW🇨🇦 the Proud Canadian @idontwanttogotousa.bsky.social Canada rocks!
A little bit of GenX this, a little bit of GenX that. Dad to a pair of wonderful LGBTQ+ kids. Guns suck.
A political outcast in good ol' Alberta, Canada. Home of the hard right and the hard stupid.
Schmutzie. @schmutzie.com They/them. I design & build websites. No AI. Also: writer/poet, playlist maker, softie, subject, boss. Saskatchewan, Canada. Posts past 7 days are deleted often. #Treaty4 #YQR #Sask
Links: linktr.ee/schmutzie
Playlists & blog: shiveryourtimbers.com
montymiff.bsky.social @montymiff.bsky.social Big ol' proud 🇨🇦 cat lady. Likes animals, street art, cool science. Trying to be calm and factual in political/cultural turbulance. From Alberta when it was nice; now in the last time zone, the Island. Foot in three platforms.
Delicately defiant🇨🇦 @tracydaniel17.bsky.social
Proud Métis ❤️ Canadian liberal (democratic in Canadian terms). Mom, wife and Grama. Loves gardening, fishing, hiking, photography and camping.
ANTI🖕Trump 🖕MAGA and🖕Danielle Smith/PP,
Elbows up 🇨🇦🍁
GregGinYYC @gregginyyc.bsky.social Fortis et Liber, folks. He/Him. Never give up. 
Jan Brown @writenrun.bsky.social Retired NS lawyer & civil servant choosing to live in the real world. She/her. Dog lover. Amateur photographer. Believer in justice, compassion, connection & clean air. Proud member of @popns.bsky.social & my local volunteer fire department. #CanadaSky
ScoTrek ElbowsUp! Slava Ukrani 🍁 @scotrekw2ts.bsky.social Trekker, Rush Fan, Bass guitar, Mustangs, Scotch, Leafs 🏒 🇨🇦🖖 Mind the snark. Never 51st state, You GiantSouthernOrangeSh8tgibbon
F Cancer, Trumpid, Harper, I.D.U. & Nazis!
sharwood 🇨🇦 @sharw00d.bsky.social Senior, liberal, LGBTQ+ ally, former librarian, NAFO supporter of Ukraine, never PP, no DM's🇨🇦
Siobhán McElduff @siobhanmcelduff.bsky.social 1st gen academic from Sligo/Donegal, now in Vancouver. Does research on obscure topics. Extremely fond of Cicero.
She/her nó sí/í
Opinions my own.
siobhanmcelduff.com
patrick callaghan @patricklpc.bsky.social Christian, struggling to follow Christ, husband, father, son, neighbour,therapist, social/economic justice advocate, lover of people, animals( esp cats),nature, music, exercise,peace,life...
Comox Tips @comoxtips.bsky.social Democracy requires an educated population and an independent press, not MAGA and Postmedia. We are doomed unless we fix this. Nonpartisan centrist living in the Comox Valley.
Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social Your Canadian Public Aggregator For Polling, Data, and Other Related Canadian Content // 338Canada Contributor // Consider Supporting: http://ko-fi.com/polling 🇨🇦🇺🇦
Sheryl Gervais @sherylgervais.bsky.social Semi-retired Humanities teacher. Canada. Endless appetite for good reading. 📚 Sometimes I write interesting ☺️ bits to share.
Living and playing in Treaty 7 Territory
Nigel Swedenborg 🍁🌻 @nigelswedenborg.bsky.social Former CountFloyd2020 at that other site.
#cdnpoli #abpoli.
No DMs please, unless it's something really good!
Слава Українi
Albrecht Schulte-Hostedde @albrechts-h.bsky.social Outraged Evolutionary Ecologist, former Tier 2 Canada Research Chair, LaurentianU survivor, beer/tequila/pastis drinker, squash, soccer, cycling, 
Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social Consultant! Writer! Programmer! Host! SEMcast, SHINY THINGS, "former Toronto fest film picker" - The Hollywood Reporter. He/him. https://linktr.ee/normwilner
Polar Platypus @polarplatypus.bsky.social Just trying to survive the stupidest timeline EVER. 😐🫤😑
RexLibris @rexlibris.bsky.social Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend.
Inside a dog it's too dark to read. 
@pamshaw.bsky.social @pamshaw.bsky.social 
MagicHummingBird @magichummingbird.bsky.social ❤️🍁🇨🇦💉😷🌈
Senior, born and raised in Alberta.
We are the people we walk with.
#AlwaysCanadianFirst #NeverVoteConservative #HandsOffMyCPP #VaccinationsSaveLives #NoCoalMIningInTheMountains
Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social Independent investigative journalist in Edmonton, Alberta. Ex Ottawa Citizen, Edmonton Journal, Canadian Broadcasting Corp. Contact in confidence at journalismtips@protonmail.com
Marcello Di Cintio @marcellodicintio.bsky.social I am a journalist and author of six books, including Precarious: The Lives of Migrant Workers, Driven: The Secret Life of Taxi Drivers, and Pay No Heed to the Rockets: Palestine in the Present Tense.🍉🇵🇸
Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social I am an independent Senator, representing Alberta in the Senate of Canada. I live on Treaty Six Territory. Host of the podcast Alberta Unbound. She/her/elle Vive le Canada. Forever a Canadian. No to the Nine. senatorpaulasimons.ca
YEGwindshield (Phil) @yegwindshield.bsky.social Crackmasters 105 Ave Edmonton West #YEG
Windshield chip/long crack repair &
Auto Glass replacement
(780)488-2255
17544 105 Ave NW Edmonton Alberta T5S 1G4
Playandscribe 🇨🇦🪕🎸 @playandscribe.bsky.social I play and I write, hence the name.
Author of the world famous book series Jacky the Brave, available at all good bookstores. No patience for corrupt governments.
Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com Data & Storytelling Strategist. Views my own and subject to change, especially in light of new evidence. 🌐 robsonfletcher.com
MandalaMushroom.bsky.social @mandalamushroom.bsky.social Never Vote Conservative
Democracy needs vigilant protection
🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦
Antifascist
Dog lover
ForeverCanadian
@edmontomb.bsky.social @edmontomb.bsky.social 
Elizabeth Payne @egpayne.bsky.social 
Nina Staum @ninastaum.bsky.social TV Editor. Podcast Producer @ The Climate Lens >> https://www.podcastics.com/podcast/4706/link/
Alberta hiker and nature lover.
Janet Lore @justdropthebomb.bsky.social Retired veteran journalist. News junkie. Mom to 3 and lucky Gigi to 7. Somewhere between psychotic and iconic.
grhoda @grhoda.bsky.social ♿
Ace Bastone @nintarii.bsky.social 
Cool Xenu 8647 @coolxenu.bsky.social Just an old guy, you know?
Kate @georgiasmum.bsky.social I used to be important. Now I live in the woods and watch birds. UEL. INFJ. Passed Gr13 Math by 1 mark - then got a PhD! 🇨🇦
BTW - I block nude pictures (I can’t believe I have to say this)
Dr. Bast 🇨🇦 @bastsbest.bsky.social I'm here!
Dedicated to saving Alberta's pristine mountains.
#CanadaSky. #YYC-based, for now...
Dejected historian, wannabe political pundit, enduring feminist who is pressing on...
Can't be tamed.
Adam Chapman @chiefgeekad.bsky.social Chief Geek at Heat Geek, pedant and obsessive. 
@heat-geek.bsky.social @heat-geek.bsky.social 
Mike Burton @mikefromregina.bsky.social Proud Father & Uncle. PhD Dropout. #Browns, #Canucks, #BlueJays, #Raptors & #Riders Fan. Principal, Burton Strategy Group
Chantal Hébert @chebert18.bsky.social Journaliste politique/CBC At Issue/Les Coulisses du pouvoir et C est bien meilleur le matin-SRC/Good Talk-Sirius XM & YouTube
Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social Reporter with the Investigative Journalism Bureau;
Author, Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person;
Nosy questions, mostly.
anna.mehler.paperny@gmail.com / amehlerpaperny@ijbureau.org
Bookstagramming/dogstagrammimg @mehlerpaperny
Nandana @nandanainthegarden.bsky.social Mature woman working on remaining "Woke" and counting my blessings.
Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social Posts are my opinion
I believe in science, climate change and in trying to make the world a better place for my kids
Living in Hellberta
Never vote conservative
🇨🇦 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
@e46kzr67.bsky.social @e46kzr67.bsky.social OMG, narcissists are running the world. Sorry, next generations...
Karl Bode @karlbode.com Seattle-based writer focused on tech, media, politics, and consumer rights.
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Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social Journalist, writer, author.
Ajuinata.
Aggie @aggiebobaggie.bsky.social 🇵🇱🇨🇦 awkwardly navigating life in 🇨🇿. swiftie 🦋🫶🏻. snowboarder. political curmudgeon. brittany spaniel appreciation account. #1 Canadian Tire stan.
put a bell on your bicycle.
she/her
Will Ratliffe @ratliw.bsky.social Retired enviro liability nerd, favourite season is whichever one I am biking in, passionate restoration volunteer.
Marcus Riedner 🇨🇦 @daraddishman.bsky.social Bitchin' 'bout politics. Pushing pixels. Chasing cows. Philosophizing about eschatology and epistemology using cuss words and catchy phrases.
Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social Live straight out of Bucha 🇺🇦
Craig @cancraig.bsky.social Built for this kind of weather
Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social Researcher, UCalgary
PhD, Political Science
Dr. Cronk, Historian of Complaints. I've written a book, The Press Gallery (release TBD).
Headline of the Year! Lots going on.
🇨🇦 Nico Carney, Purr Minister of Canada @purrministercarney.bsky.social Purr Minister of Canada. Acatemy graduate. Beloved cat of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney & Diana Carney. On Twitter as @CarneyPurr67561
Brent McMullen @brentmcmullen.bsky.social YYC liberal here for the good vibes. And for good vibes I block gratuitously.
Tim Ford @timfordwrites.bsky.social Writer. Mini Painter. Gamer Geek.
As seen in CBC, the Tyee, Reactor Magazine (TOR.com), Polygon, and many other places.
Based in lək̓ʷəŋən territory (Victoria, BC, Canada).- D @dgurdasani1.bsky.social @dgurdasani1.bsky.social
Bipolar Awareness ~ Stop the Stigma @stopthestigma.bsky.social A hub to find places to educate yourself about Bipolar Disorder
Join the conversation at #bipolarsky
Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦 @daveberta.bsky.social 🇨🇦🌾🏔️ Proud Canadian and proud Albertan. Writing and podcasting about Alberta politics, elections and history since 2005.
🤠 Subscribe: https://Daveberta.Substack.com
Darlene @westmm.bsky.social Veteran, teacher, grandmother 
Dr Lindsay Tedds @lindsaytedds.bsky.social Policy prof. Feminist. Gender, Policy, Taxes, Life, Equity, intersectionality. Personal account. TBI survivor. Government-funded. Difficult/Immodest/Condescending. 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇮🇪 www.lindsayTedds.ca, http://inclusiecon.ca/, factpartnership.ca
Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social A new communications-focussed collaboration launched to champion the truth and fight disinformation about how to make better cities for people. Formed by @brenttoderian.bsky.social @tomflood.bsky.social @grantennis.bsky.social.
www.UrbanTruthCollective.com
Hazel B. 🇨🇦 @hab3261.bsky.social Alberta-based Resister 🇨🇦. Even small voices can create waves 🌊. Science believer. Memes: Open source-use freely.
@camusorbust.bsky.social @camusorbust.bsky.social F🍁ck Poilievre. UCP is dogshit. #ableg #cdnpoli #FreeKananaskis #abparks #PublicLand 🚫 Don't vote for dogshit.
🇨🇦 @thomasowen7.bsky.social Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
Hands off Greenland 🇬🇱
The Canal belongs to Panama 🇵🇦
#WaterNotCoal
Never Vote Conservative
No To The Nine
Treaty 6 AB
Stridently Antifa
#ForeverCanadian
JRyerson @jryerson.bsky.social A Canadian supporting equality of opportunity to participate in all the great things our country has to offer. Passionate about arts and culture and democracy
Calgary Canuck @calgarycanuck.bsky.social I am a Canadian who just happens to currently live in Alberta.
We must destroy Alpha-60 before it destroys us.
Laurie Buckland @laurieinyyc.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Retired biologist. Canadian living in Alberta. Love hiking, nature, travel, cooking, reading, knitting, watercolour painting. #ABResistance #EnoughIsEnoughUCP #WomenAgainstPoilievre
Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social refugee from Xitter. meteorologist. photographer. youth soccer coach. recovering poligeek. trying to be positive and to stay above the fray
Pragmatical 🇨🇦 @allij.bsky.social Too much for some people, not nearly enough for others. I guarantee I will fail your purity test. If I don’t make you happy, I guess today’s not your day. Try again tomorrow. I don’t debate people in 300-character chunks, and I block rage-baiters.