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
I absolutely love that Toronto @mayoroliviachow.ca plays masquerade for Toronto Caribbean Carnival (formerly Caribana) and she loves it. Perhaps she can convince @jeromyyyc.bsky.social to do the same in Calgary at Carifest? #EmancipationDay
Now TorontoMayor Olivia Chow says she’s ready for the road! Ahead of the Toronto Caribbean Carnival, Chow is encouraging Torontonians to come out, support and celebrate one of the city’s biggest cultural celebrations. #TorontoCarnival
The 2026 Statement by PM @mark-carney.bsky.social on Emancipation Day. www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat... It's much better than the 2025 one. It could still be better. Emancipation Day is complicated and I can talk. I am a living legacy of those who were enslaved and those who enslaved others. 1/
Statement by Prime Minister Carney on Emancipation DaySlavery existed here – in New France, in the Maritimes, in the households of the powerful.www.pm.gc.caJamaican authors, living in Jamaica or out in the diaspora: Jamaica is creating a national children's book collection! 🇯🇲📚 jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news....
National collection of children’s books launchedThe Jamaica Children’s Book Collective (JCBC) has launched a national call for published children’s books that reflect Jamaican culture and experience, as part of a first-of-its-kind initiative to inc...jamaica-gleaner.comOkay, things have become politically interesting in my seaside conversations. Rumour has it that Jamaica is due for general strike in September; a very serious labour situation. I have read about the 1939 general strike. There are more details on the 1985 strike. www.nytimes.com/1939/02/15/a...
JAMAICA MOBILIZES MILITIA IN A STRIKE; Docks Tied Up as Workers Quit in Inter-Union Strife (Published 1939)Mobilizes militia as dockworkers strikewww.nytimes.comThere are less than a handful of countries that feature Black women on their currency. Jamaica is one of them (along with Canada). Nanny of the Maroons is a Jamaican national hero. She fought guerilla warfare against the British and won. jis.gov.jm/information/...
In Jamaica thinking about the absurdity of my life in Calgary. Recalled voting in the civic election in October where it took an obscene amount of time because of egregious & stupid changes this same provincial government made. Applied for a mail in ballot. specialballot.elections.ab.ca/index/8400
Special Ballot Request · Voter Registration Portal voter registration election elector registerspecialballot.elections.ab.caUmm, yes, BBC built a decades long reality show out of it. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
BBC One - Escape to the CountryA series which helps prospective buyers find their dream home in the countrywww.bbc.co.ukBloomberg NewsPeople are leaving London — and not just for the summer, new population figures show.
Quote: "“[Bob Marley's] songs are about justice and equity and peace and love and affirmation and dignity and freedom. Those are sacred words. ..." Emancipation Sunday was July 26 & Emancipation Day is August 1. 🙏🏾🇯🇲🇨🇦 jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news...
Anglican Church packs out for Caribbean ‘debut’ of Bob Marley MassWESTERN BUREAU: As Rita Marley celebrated her 80th birthday in Montego Bay, St James, on Sunday, an Anglican church in Barbados drew an overflowing congregation for what organisers described as the Ca...jamaica-gleaner.comInvestor demand holds up for environmental funds by another name - www.ft.com/content/9017... via @FT
Investor demand holds up for environmental funds by another nameImpact-focused infrastructure funds behind renewable energy sought outwww.ft.comHaving a mammogram at age 40 or younger as a Black woman isn't "peace-of-mind testing" in Alberta. Black women are diagnosed with breast cancer at younger ages and are diagnosed with more aggressive cancers for treatment. This isn't about "peace of mind" Premier Smith, this is about saving lives.
The Globe and MailHi @gregmcleanyyc.bsky.social, will you be participating in Calgary Pride, in your riding of Calgary-Centre in few weeks with this transphobic nonsense coming from the CPC leader? How do you reconcile this email from 'Team Pierre' with your 2SLGBTQIA constituents & allies in Calgary-Centre?
Dale SmithThe latest "Team Pierre" email is Very Concerned about trans athletes. #cdnpoli
Policing, police use of force, police governance, and policing regulatory policies need to be fixed, everywhere. Lawd have mercy. jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news...
EX-COP ARRESTED AT AIRPORTThe Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) says it will this week provide a comprehensive account of the circumstances surrounding the arrest and murder charge laid against former policema...jamaica-gleaner.comWhen I was a commissioner with the Calgary Police Commission another commissioner put an op-ed by Sarkonak in front of the entire commission as "journalistic evidence" against some racist garbage in policing. I had to say (& it was always me) that Sarkonak was regularly racist in her writing. Q.E.D.
Dr Lindsay TeddsJamie Sarkonak. How uneducated
This is nonsense. Since I know for a fact that my 4th breast reconstruction surgery (result of of breast cancer) was delayed because it was assumed that my surgeon only did 'cosmetic' surgeries. And if early detection was actually their priority, they'd reduce the screening age to 40 or younger.
Dr Lindsay TeddsAs a person with complex health conditions, this is not good and people will suffer www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...