I have a copypasta that I’ve been using to suggest that my fellow Canucks open a Mastodon account, along with suggestions with good CanCon follows.

I’d like to hear anyone’s suggestions for further Canadian news or just prolific posters that I might have missed.

It does open with a listing of Canadian Mastodon instances, which I think is secondary. It only matters for a Canadian focused Live feed, which does help with discovery. Still, if there is a Canadian instance I missed I’ll add.

I know there is some irony in talking about Canadian Mastodon on Canadian Lemmy without promoting Canadian Lemmy, but I think Mastodon is better for just following news sources. Lemmy is more for discussion and has a little bit more of a barrier to entry.

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Consider making an account on a Canadian Mastodon instance, Mstdn.ca, TheCanadian.Social, CoSocial.ca or SocialBC.ca.

There’s not so much of an algorithm to entertain you, so you’ll need to do some work following, but check out Fedi.Directory, Interesting Accounts to Follow on Mastodon and the Fediverse and Fedi.Tips- An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse. It’s not all-or-nothing though. I would suggest setting up an account on a Canadian instance, supporting that Canadian instance, and then installing one of the many mobile apps for the Fediverse.

For some Canadian themed news sources, I recommend the following Mastodon follows:

• CBC News
• Global News
• The Tyee
• PressProgress
• Meanwhile In Canada
• Winnipeg Free Press
• The Narwhal
• Cory Doctorow
• Michael Geist
• Senator Paula Simmons
• Canadian History Ehx

Following #Hashtags is also a good way to stay in the loop on a topic. For now, I’d suggest #Canada and #CdnPoli .

There are also Canadian instances for other Federated services, but Mastodon is probably a good gateway.