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Host, The World This Hour - CBC Radio News, ex-Marketplace co-host, ex sports reporter, still proud Newfoundlander

Toronto, Ontario
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Joined March 2009
Born on March 21
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Feb 22

    I've been looking for this tweet. Will pin it to my account as a reminder of the threat of disinformation, doublespeak.

    The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda. It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.
    16 replies 112 retweets 210 likes
  2. 44 minutes ago

    Well my day on air is done. A day I'd rather forget but won't for awhile. Time for a glass of wine & to cheer my

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  3. Retweeted
    1 hour ago

    Tribute to Las Vegas shooting victims planned before Redskins-Chiefs game

    1 reply 4 retweets 2 likes
  4. 2 hours ago

    Latest on Tom Petty. Alive but barely.

    UPDATE At this time, Tom's still clinging to life. A report the LAPD confirmed the singer's death is inaccurate
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  5. Retweeted
    2 hours ago

    Tel Aviv, Israel municipal building is lit up like the US flag in solidarity with victims of the shooting.

    290 replies 2,933 retweets 9,214 likes
  6. 2 hours ago

    Latest info on , ammonium nitrate found in home and car, 18 guns at home, almost same # in hotel, girlfriend was in Manila at the time. Mystery deepens

    1 reply 2 retweets 1 like
  7. Retweeted
    3 hours ago

    'I just couldn't leave him,' says Vegas bartender who held Canadian's hand as he died

    , , and 2 others
    46 replies 521 retweets 759 likes
  8. 3 hours ago

    Meanwhile in Puerto Rico...

    LATEST: 47% of customers have potable water on Puerto Rico; governor's office says it will be a month until 80% of customers get water.
    4 retweets
  9. 3 hours ago

    Clearly there was something not right with Stephen Paddock

    Replying to @NPR
    Explosives and several thousand rounds of ammunition were also removed from the home, Lombardo said
    1 reply 2 retweets 4 likes
  10. Retweeted
    3 hours ago

    Hearing conflicting reports, but praying for Tom Petty tonight. 🙏❤️

    48 replies 265 retweets 1,272 likes
  11. 3 hours ago

    (AP) -- Sheriff says 59 people killed, 527 injured in Vegas shooting.

  12. Retweeted
    3 hours ago

    The general manager of the gun shop where the Las Vegas shooter was a customer:

    29 replies 85 retweets 105 likes
  13. 3 hours ago

    This will be memorable tonight on with

    She didn't know . But stayed with him, answered his phone, had to tell mom and girlfriend he was dead. lede
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  14. 3 hours ago

    Now this is outstanding Canadian trivia (I mean that in a good way) from

    A reminder that every single Canadian-born Governor General has served just one monarch: Queen Elizabeth II. Remarkable.
    1 reply 2 retweets 14 likes
  15. 4 hours ago

    hmmm

    Jagmeet Singh soon on , after threatening to cancel if not told the questions first. He reconsidered on being told no.
    2 replies 3 likes
  16. 4 hours ago

    (AP) -- Two officials familiar with investigation say Las Vegas shooter had at least 17 guns in hotel room .

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  17. 4 hours ago

    Not so fast on Tom Petty says

    Replying to @TMZ
    UPDATE At this time, Tom's still clinging to life. A report that the LAPD confirmed the singer's death is inaccurate
    5 retweets 4 likes
  18. Retweeted
    4 hours ago

    Just when I thought today could not get any worse… R.I.P. Tom Petty. Thank you for your beautiful music and inspiration.

    501 replies 4,146 retweets 14,284 likes
  19. 5 hours ago

    Tom Petty, Walter Becker, Glen Campbell. There's one helluva guitar session happening somewhere.

    1 reply 2 retweets 16 likes
  20. 5 hours ago

    Tom Petty gone. Heartbreaking. 💔

    1 reply 6 likes
  21. 6 hours ago

    BTW don't dismiss the Tom Petty story because its . They had Prince first.

    2 replies 1 retweet 9 likes

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