Heather Bakken 🇨🇦 🇳🇴 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 📰

Partner @PendulumGroupCa. President @CDN_WPF (World Press Freedom Canada). Recovering journalist.

[Heather Bakken 🇨🇦 🇳🇴 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 📰 @bakkenbits]

It's World Press Freedom Day and below is the reason we need to protect and defend #PressFreedom as a fundamental right. A storied newspaper with a tagline 'Democracy Dies in Darkness' is dimming the lights. Its journalists march on. #Democracy

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

an extraordinary piece of writing and reporting

[Heather Bakken 🇨🇦 🇳🇴 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 📰 @bakkenbits]

This day in 1937 Margaret Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize for her only novel, Gone With The Wind. 2 years later it was adapted to the silver screen & won the Academy Award for Best Picture. @imcarolburnett made "Went with the Wind' the funniest comedy sketch of all time.#Comedy💖

[Heather Bakken 🇨🇦 🇳🇴 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 📰 @bakkenbits]

Your courage and commitment to the craft are inspirational, Mark. You have risked your life to give voice to the people who's stories would otherwise be unheard and your due diligence holds the powerful to account. That is quite the achievement at any age!

[Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon]

This was an amazing honour, even as it made me feel old… huge thanks to everyone at @CDN_WPF

[Heather Bakken 🇨🇦 🇳🇴 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 📰 @bakkenbits]

Go Canada - Yukon advances! 😜🏀 #marchmadnessinapril #ncaa 🇨🇦🍁

[Heather Bakken 🇨🇦 🇳🇴 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 📰 @bakkenbits]

🎙️One man has turned winter into a weapon of war. He has also mastered the art of fake peace negotiations. Why? Because his autocracy has been hollowed out by corruption and incompetency. Putin is also our neighbour to the North. Canada can't afford to let him win. #ukraine

[Yaroslav 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 @YaroslavB]

Four years into the fullscale invasion: prospects for peace, humanitarian devastation. On our pod, host & founding partner @BakkenBits is joined by Valeriy Kostyuk, Executive Director of @CUFCanada the Canada-Ukraine Foundation to unpack and assess.

🍎 https://t.co/bc9SGYqvEt

Spotify: https://t.co/aaHJ4wXFD4

[Heather Bakken 🇨🇦 🇳🇴 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 📰 @bakkenbits]

Tara was a force of nature who made a positive impact in so many ways. She will be dearly missed but her legacy and spirit live on.

[Yaroslav 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 @YaroslavB]

In loving memory of my late wife, Tara Baran. May she repose in peace and help us to find our own. ☦️🙏🏼 https://t.co/MttHwq9fKN

[Heather Bakken 🇨🇦 🇳🇴 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 📰 @bakkenbits]

Delighted to moderate this discussion about Canada's chance to double-down on Russia's frozen assets with @YaroslavB & our guest, security analyst Aaron Gasch Burnett, from the European Resilience Initiative Centre based in Berlin. 🍁

[Pendulum @pendulumgroupca]

🎙️Join us on The Swing as we delve into Russia’s frozen state assets. $300B USD are in financial deep-freeze in a Belgian securities depository, including money that's Canadian. Will it help Ukraine or fuel Putin's war chest? Listen➡️: https://t.co/aiDsIdZ4OR #Cndpoli #Ukraine

[Toronto Blue Jays @BlueJays]

After 32 years...

🇨🇦 O Canada at the #WorldSeries

[Heather Bakken 🇨🇦 🇳🇴 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 📰 @bakkenbits]

One down -- three to go #Bluejays! 🇨🇦⚾️ smackdown. #WorldSeries #game1

[Heather Bakken 🇨🇦 🇳🇴 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 📰 @bakkenbits]

🇨🇦🍁🤩💫

[Sportsnet @Sportsnet]

TORONTO BLUE JAYS, 2025 AL CHAMPS 🤩

[Heather Bakken 🇨🇦 🇳🇴 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 📰 @bakkenbits]

It was great catching up @_MarkSutcliffe . Thank you for the impactful work you're doing to make #Ottawa a proud G7 capital and for supporting our media community (your old haunt!) and press freedom. Go Team Canada! #OttCity #PressFreedom #Democracy 🍁

[Mark Sutcliffe @_MarkSutcliffe]

It was great to drop in on the @CPAC_TV Fall Parliamentary Reception and connect with Colette Watson, @MonaFortier,
@ScarpaleggiaLSL and former colleagues. 

C'était formidable de passer à la réception parlementaire d'automne du @CPAC_TV et de retrouver Colette Watson, @MonaFortier, @ScarpaleggiaLSL et d'anciens collègues.

[Heather Bakken 🇨🇦 🇳🇴 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 📰 @bakkenbits]

First we take Manhattan... Go Jays! Go 🇨🇦⚾️https://t.co/GD1G1aZNRx #acls #BlueJays

[Heather Bakken 🇨🇦 🇳🇴 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 📰 @bakkenbits]

🎧📻 For anyone tracking Canada’s domestic politics, trade wars with the U.S., or the shifting global order, this briefing is a seven-minute investment you won't regret.

[Pendulum @pendulumgroupca]

Cdn lawmakers will return to the House for what promises to be a high-stakes fall sitting of Parliament w/ tariff shocks, fiscal pressure & a sharpened opposition.@YaroslavB shares insights on how Ottawa is preparing for its toughest test yet. #cdnpoli🎧
https://t.co/WAwGSo3Vo8

[Pendulum @pendulumgroupca]

📻This week on The Swing: a briefing on the Cabinet Planning Forum, Alberta's new Major Projects Office & the Shanghai surprise. How is Canada navigating global shifts and domestic strategy against the backdrop of emerging global power blocs?
🎧⏬https://t.co/v3NPY7PGmp #cndpoli

[Heather Bakken 🇨🇦 🇳🇴 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 📰 @bakkenbits]

🇨🇦🎙️PM Carney is on a strategic road trip in Europe to diversify Canada's #Trade, #Security and #Defence partnerships. And he upped our commitment to #NATO with troops on the ground in Latvia to bolster Peace, Security & Freedom. It comes as the U.S. is accused of staging a hostile campaign to destabilize Greenland. Check out our latest podcast for the details. ⏬#Cdnpoli

[Pendulum @pendulumgroupca]

🎙️This week on The Swing: PM Carney scraps tariffs, pledges $2B to Ukraine on Independence Day, & forges long-term strategic ties w/ Europe. Back home, Poilievre wins a seat in Parliament. And Canada’s infamous young crypto hacker is on the lam. #cdnpoli
📻https://t.co/ffLc9yCngy

[Pendulum @pendulumgroupca]

This week on 'The Swing' we break down three developments in Canadian politics: the August 1 trade deadline, a foreign policy shift in the Middle East & Elections Canada's by-election ballot change.
🎧Listen here: https://t.co/klJUQUbLNk
#cdnpoli #foreignpolicy #electionscanada

[Pendulum @pendulumgroupca]

🎧Hop on The Swing to hear @Carleton_U Prof. @FenHampson @YaroslavBaran & @bakkenbits break down the real stakes in Canada–U.S. trade as negotiators face a 35% U.S. tariff threat. Will it be Armageddon? Short answer is No. Find out why here:
https://t.co/kzOf5gjJB7 #cdnpoli 🇨🇦🇺🇸

[Pendulum @pendulumgroupca]

Canada's PM met w/ Indigenous leaders, U.S. Senators & provincial premiers this past week in a bid to fast-track major projects of national interest w/ a moving goal post on trade deals & tariffs. Hop on The Swing to cut through the headlines.⬇️ #Cdnpoli https://t.co/1OPWAB2b2x

[Heather Bakken 🇨🇦 🇳🇴 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 📰 @bakkenbits]

🎙️Hop on the Swing for a briefing on pre-budget consultations, commodity carve outs for the tariff tiff and why unique soles for unique souls should be part of this year's Budget Day tradition. (Calling all @Fluevog - ers). #Budget2025 #TrumpTariffs #BuyCanadian

[Pendulum @pendulumgroupca]

Pendulum’s @YaroslavBaran & @bakkenbits unpack Canada’s high-stakes lead-up to the Fall 2025 federal budget & why it matters beyond our borders. How about an @Fluevog shoe reveal on budget day? Cdn politics without the clutter.#CDNPoli #Budget2025 #Tariffs
https://t.co/RkpcNWL0Bf