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Feb 19

https://twitter.com/MariekeWalsh/status/1494869534859169792

Yeah, that was the Church of Bubbles guy.

He’s throwing a dance party down at Metcalfe and Slater.

https://twitter.com/MariekeWalsh/status/1494869534859169792

Jim Kerr (aka “Church of Bubbles”) was featured in our comprehensive round-up of extremists and social media influencers behind the occupation.

He drives around in a school bus that looks like the creative byproduct of an LSD trip.

pressprogress.ca/meet-the-extre… #cdnpoli #ottnews

Oh, interesting – I actually wasn’t that far off.

The origin story of the Church of Bubbles bus is that someone at a Burning Man town hall said they wanted to “make Toronto more like an acid trip.”

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Luke LeBrun

@_llebrun

Feb 13

This hasn’t gotten as much attention as the one at the baseball stadium or the one briefly at Confederation Park, but there is a base camp located 30 minutes outside Ottawa in a farm field near Embrun.

This morning, there were 50 or so vehicles at the Embrun base camp.

#ottnews

For those unfamiliar with the Ottawa Valley and Eastern Ontario, this is where it is located on a map:

#ottnews

Here is the aft-view of the Embrun base camp as of this morning:

#ottnews

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Luke LeBrun

@_llebrun

Feb 12

Ottawa Councillor Rick Chiarelli, who is the subject of numerous controversies re: allegations of sexual harassment, went on a video stream run by Laura Lynn-Tyler Thompson, a well-known figure in the anti-lockdown / COVID conspiracy movement:

ottawacitizen.com/news/local-new… #ottnews

Here are a few highlights from Rick Chiarelli and Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson’s listening tour:

Asked if he has anything to say to an Ottawa councillor, one convoy member asks Chiarelli if he’s heard of the “Great Reset” or “the 2030 Agenda” (Chiarelli says he has not).

#ottnews

This other guy tells Chiarelli the Holiday Inn in Gatineau is discriminating against the unvaccinated.

He shows him photos he claims proves vaccinated guests are getting eggs, bacon, sausages and toast for breakfast whereas unvaxxed guests get “an apple and whatever.”

#ottnews

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Luke LeBrun

@_llebrun

Feb 6

Here’s the view of the illegal base camp at Ottawa’s baseball stadium, which appears to be growing – easily 100 vehicles.

One protester told me a “rich man from Ottawa” dropped off 3 months worth of food (they didn’t know his name, just that he “owns a lot of land”).

#ottnews

They’re storing all their food and supplies in these tents.

They described it as kind of like a potluck, where people bring over whatever they can. But they said there are growing fears in the camp donated food could contain “poison.”

The saunas are next to the tent.

#ottnews

They’re pretty rattled by the reaction of local residents. They understand the nuisance they’re causing, but seemed to believe they would be welcomed as liberators.

They don’t see how this stalemate will end – their goal was to force Trudeau to negotiate with them.

#ottnews

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Luke LeBrun

@_llebrun

Jan 3

https://twitter.com/TaraRHenley/status/1478004698913378305

CBC employee says she quit her job in protest of CBC’s “radical political agenda” to promote “the idea that race is the most significant thing about a person and that some races are more relevant to the public conversation than others.”

Sounds like one less headache for CBC HR.

https://twitter.com/TaraRHenley/status/1478004698913378305

Not clear how her “journalistic integrity” was compromised by CBC’s “radical political agenda.”

Her most recent bylines were in 2018 (years before CBC brought in policies re: systemic racism). They’re breezy lifestyle / personal finance articles + a paid advertorial for Whistler

Speaking of “political agendas”…

The National Post managed to publish an “adaptation” of her Substack article only a few hours after it went live:

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Luke LeBrun

@_llebrun

Aug 15, 2021

@pressprogress

So, Canada’s having an election.

One of my beefs with how Canada’s legacy media covers elections is they can be very superficial: Lots of commentary about horse race polls and staged events, not much focus on issues and ideas.

Here’s what @pressprogress does to fill those gaps:

@pressprogress

The reason something like @pressprogress exists is because bigger outlets keep missing important stories.

We focus on stories on underreported issues like social and economic inequality, big business and labour, right-wing politics and extremism, civic institutions, etc.

@pressprogress

That’s our editorial mission. Those are our perameters. We basically spend our time looking for original stories inside those areas of coverage.

During this election, @pressprogress is going to keep doing what we always do, but we want to emphasize a few other things too:

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