Tim Fontaine
@anishinaboy.bsky.social
Anishinaabe factotum. Creator of Walking Eagle News. Showrunner, writer, director. Rep’d by Vanguarde.
I don’t know about the rest of you swingin’ cats, but I enjoy baking bread.
October 7, 2026 at 12:26 AM
I don’t know about the rest of you swingin’ cats, but I enjoy baking bread.
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White supremacy isn't just some masked pissbags rallying near a rez—it is also the wanton destruction of lands + waters
First Nations along the 'Pacific Link' pipeline route are speaking out about the lack of consultation by the Carney government over the project now designated in the national interest. One is pondering legal action. www.aptnnews.ca?p=295352
First Nations along Pacific Link route denounce lack of consultation
A First Nation along the route of the proposed West Coast Oil Pipeline (now called Pacific Link) says it’s considering court action.
www.aptnnews.ca
October 1, 2026 at 8:11 PM
White supremacy isn't just some masked pissbags rallying near a rez—it is also the wanton destruction of lands + waters
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“Crime is happening all over the city,” said Winnipeg's would-be mayor Kevin Klein.
September 19, 2026 at 6:37 PM
“Crime is happening all over the city,” said Winnipeg's would-be mayor Kevin Klein.
Always tempted to shout "you're welcome!" during land acknowledgements.
September 16, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Always tempted to shout "you're welcome!" during land acknowledgements.
I was waiting for an order the other day. When they called my order, I got up and old-person-grunted much louder than I expected. Everyone turned around and looked. Quite a moment in my life.
September 11, 2026 at 9:18 PM
I was waiting for an order the other day. When they called my order, I got up and old-person-grunted much louder than I expected. Everyone turned around and looked. Quite a moment in my life.
Two questions about Jaws and specifically Quint:
1. What kind of cracker was he eating?
2. What did he serve Hooper & Chief that night on the boat?
1. What kind of cracker was he eating?
2. What did he serve Hooper & Chief that night on the boat?
August 27, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Two questions about Jaws and specifically Quint:
1. What kind of cracker was he eating?
2. What did he serve Hooper & Chief that night on the boat?
1. What kind of cracker was he eating?
2. What did he serve Hooper & Chief that night on the boat?
yeah but elbows up tho
Inclusion of the Shawinigan Handshake killed this for me, celebrating the PM physically assaulting an anti-poverty activist protesting Chretien’s Employment Insurance Act which destroyed Canada’s unemployment insurance program.
August 25, 2026 at 5:42 PM
yeah but elbows up tho
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Miss us with this mawkish Canadian exceptionalism
August 23, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Miss us with this mawkish Canadian exceptionalism
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“The increasing occurrence of destructive fires means some communities are facing displacement repeatedly... Indigenous communities are particularly vulnerable because they’re overrepresented in fire-prone areas.”
🔥 About 700 fires are burning in Canada right now. Climate change made the record-breaking fire season twice as likely. 🧪
eos.org/research-and...
eos.org/research-and...
Climate Change Made This Summer’s Canadian Wildfires Twice as Likely
The likelihood of extreme fire weather in Ontario and the Northwest Territories was doubled by climate change. Indigenous communities disproportionately bear the effects.
eos.org
August 8, 2026 at 6:20 AM
“The increasing occurrence of destructive fires means some communities are facing displacement repeatedly... Indigenous communities are particularly vulnerable because they’re overrepresented in fire-prone areas.”
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Someone check on Earl Camembert.
August 5, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Someone check on Earl Camembert.
This right here.
July 26, 2026 at 9:25 PM
This right here.
Scott Gilmore can eat shit.
July 26, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Scott Gilmore can eat shit.
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“If we really want to end the violence and depravation that plagues Canada’s remote Aboriginal communities, we need to help them leave these communities, forever. [If not,] the least we can do to help is to send them a backhoe as they keep digging graves.”
Scott Gilmore, now part of Team Carney
Scott Gilmore, now part of Team Carney
First Nations commentators are reacting to Scott Gilmore being appointed as Prime Minister Mark Carney’s senior advisor after inflammatory comments he had made after a tragic shooting in La Loche, Saskatchewan back in 2016.
Reacts to prime minister’s new senior advisor after comments made after a 2016 shooting | APTN News
First Nations commentators are reacting to Scott Gilmore being appointed as Prime Minister Mark Carney’s senior advisor after inflammatory comments he had made after a tragic shooting in La Loche,…
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July 25, 2026 at 6:39 PM
“If we really want to end the violence and depravation that plagues Canada’s remote Aboriginal communities, we need to help them leave these communities, forever. [If not,] the least we can do to help is to send them a backhoe as they keep digging graves.”
Scott Gilmore, now part of Team Carney
Scott Gilmore, now part of Team Carney
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"End Homelessness Winnipeg estimated 8,248 people were homeless in March, including 4,463 who are considered chronically homeless"
"Housing, Addictions and Homelessness [Manitoba] Minister Bernadette Smith [said] the province has housed 249 people [since early 2025]"
Success rate: ~3%
"Housing, Addictions and Homelessness [Manitoba] Minister Bernadette Smith [said] the province has housed 249 people [since early 2025]"
Success rate: ~3%
Nearly 250 people have moved out of Winnipeg encampments under the Manitoba government’s Your Way Home strategy, which is more than 70 per cent of the NDP’s goal for its first term in office.
Hundreds being housed: minister
Almost 250 people moved from city encampments under provincial strategy
www.winnipegfreepress.com
July 24, 2026 at 5:06 PM
"End Homelessness Winnipeg estimated 8,248 people were homeless in March, including 4,463 who are considered chronically homeless"
"Housing, Addictions and Homelessness [Manitoba] Minister Bernadette Smith [said] the province has housed 249 people [since early 2025]"
Success rate: ~3%
"Housing, Addictions and Homelessness [Manitoba] Minister Bernadette Smith [said] the province has housed 249 people [since early 2025]"
Success rate: ~3%
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Reposted by Tim Fontaine
“Everyone’s throwing each other bones,” Kinew said. “I think it’s an exciting time to be a Canadian"
CHARLOTTETOWN – Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says he’s open to a west-east pipeline being pitched by his counterparts in Alberta and Ontario.
Manitoba Premier Kinew 'willing to entertain' Alberta to Ontario pipeline
CHARLOTTETOWN – Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says he’s open to a west-east pipeline being pitched by his counterparts in Alberta and Ontario.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
July 22, 2026 at 7:21 PM
“Everyone’s throwing each other bones,” Kinew said. “I think it’s an exciting time to be a Canadian"
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“[T]he old [federal climate] plan was an open opportunity for those people who wish to pull Canada apart...”
🗣️ Canadian PM Mark Carbon
'Pulled apart' the way this and many other roads just were by waves of flooding in Manitoba?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
🗣️ Canadian PM Mark Carbon
'Pulled apart' the way this and many other roads just were by waves of flooding in Manitoba?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Western Manitoba First Nation declares state of emergency as flooding sparks calls for federal aid | CBC News
Minegoziibe Anishinabe First Nation, in Manitoba’s flood-stricken Parkland area, has declared a state of emergency due to washed out infrastructure, joining more than 30 communities that have done the...
www.cbc.ca
July 2, 2026 at 9:29 PM
“[T]he old [federal climate] plan was an open opportunity for those people who wish to pull Canada apart...”
🗣️ Canadian PM Mark Carbon
'Pulled apart' the way this and many other roads just were by waves of flooding in Manitoba?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
🗣️ Canadian PM Mark Carbon
'Pulled apart' the way this and many other roads just were by waves of flooding in Manitoba?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
yeah but remember when he changed that tire?
Kinew’s “mine baby mine” strategy to fast track MB mining is being used by the US (his main customer) for their military. Critical minerals “are needed to build fighter jets, drones, missiles, radar systems, submarines, armour, and ammunition.” Great reporting here.
breachmedia.ca/elbows-up-ca...
breachmedia.ca/elbows-up-ca...
Elbows up? Canada is letting Pentagon take ‘unprecedented’ stakes in Canadian mines ⋆ The Breach
By fast-tracking critical minerals, Canada is not simply building a green economy. It is being further integrated into the U.S. war industry
breachmedia.ca
June 17, 2026 at 4:52 PM
yeah but remember when he changed that tire?
Sometimes you just gotta listen to Hildur Guðnadóttir's soundtrack for the HBO series Chernobyl whilst puttering around the house.
June 17, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Sometimes you just gotta listen to Hildur Guðnadóttir's soundtrack for the HBO series Chernobyl whilst puttering around the house.
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Kinew’s “mine baby mine” strategy to fast track MB mining is being used by the US (his main customer) for their military. Critical minerals “are needed to build fighter jets, drones, missiles, radar systems, submarines, armour, and ammunition.” Great reporting here.
breachmedia.ca/elbows-up-ca...
breachmedia.ca/elbows-up-ca...
Elbows up? Canada is letting Pentagon take ‘unprecedented’ stakes in Canadian mines ⋆ The Breach
By fast-tracking critical minerals, Canada is not simply building a green economy. It is being further integrated into the U.S. war industry
breachmedia.ca
June 13, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Kinew’s “mine baby mine” strategy to fast track MB mining is being used by the US (his main customer) for their military. Critical minerals “are needed to build fighter jets, drones, missiles, radar systems, submarines, armour, and ammunition.” Great reporting here.
breachmedia.ca/elbows-up-ca...
breachmedia.ca/elbows-up-ca...
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Another article on how fast tracking MB mining (« mine baby mine ») is for the US military.
« Canada’s critical-minerals pivot isn’t a niche Canadian story. It is the quiet edge of U.S. military readiness and industrial resilience. »
MB specifically mentioned.
thehill.com/opinion/nati...
« Canada’s critical-minerals pivot isn’t a niche Canadian story. It is the quiet edge of U.S. military readiness and industrial resilience. »
MB specifically mentioned.
thehill.com/opinion/nati...
Canada is quietly building the trusted minerals base the Pentagon needs
That shift will shape the availability of magnets, batteries and guidance systems across the U.S. defense-industrial base for decades.
thehill.com
June 13, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Another article on how fast tracking MB mining (« mine baby mine ») is for the US military.
« Canada’s critical-minerals pivot isn’t a niche Canadian story. It is the quiet edge of U.S. military readiness and industrial resilience. »
MB specifically mentioned.
thehill.com/opinion/nati...
« Canada’s critical-minerals pivot isn’t a niche Canadian story. It is the quiet edge of U.S. military readiness and industrial resilience. »
MB specifically mentioned.
thehill.com/opinion/nati...
Let me be the first to say that it was a very stormy night in Winnipeg.
June 10, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Let me be the first to say that it was a very stormy night in Winnipeg.
It’s the atomic snownado you really gotta worry about.
June 10, 2026 at 12:16 AM
It’s the atomic snownado you really gotta worry about.
cormac mccarthy’s the winnipeg
May 15, 2026 at 12:05 AM
cormac mccarthy’s the winnipeg
yeah but elbows up tho
We told you. Carney is worse than Harper. Please, please wake up before it's too late.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Natural gas to play key role in strategy to double Canada’s electricity grid by 2050 | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced his government's new national electricity strategy Thursday, saying his plan will double the the capacity of Canada electricity grid by 2050.
www.cbc.ca
May 15, 2026 at 12:02 AM
yeah but elbows up tho