@paulbusch@mstdn.ca2026-02-01 12:45:03
Good Morning #Canada
I'm up early, cooking breakfast and got an 80s playlist on in the kitchen. What was happening in Canada in 1983...
- The metric system of weights and measures is officially adopted by the federal government
- Saskatchewan MLA Colin Thatcher resigns as Minister of Energy and Mines and a week later murders his wife, Joann
- Population of Canada hits 25M in November
- Steve Podborski wins Gold at the World Cup of Skiing
- Pierre Trudeau is PM
- Pay television begins operating in Canada
- Bill 101, protecting the French language in Quebec is ruled unconstitutional
- Brian Mulroney replaces Joe Clark as leader of Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
- Gas costs 47 cents/litre
- BC Place in Vancouver opens
- Air Canada flight 143 makes an emergency landing in Gimli, Manitoba
- Jeanne Sauvé is appointed Canada's first female Governor General
- Average house price is $74,500, 5-yr mortgage rate was 13.5%
#CanadaIsAwesome #History #CanadaFlashback
https://youtu.be/IPznPZLNQhI
@fgraver@hcommons.social2025-12-17 17:41:41
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@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2025-12-30 01:28:08
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Claudio Monteverdi, Gabriele Palomba, La Venexiana & Gabriele Palomba:
🎵 Bel pastor, from 'Madrigali e canzonette libro nono' (1651)
#ClaudioMonteverdi #GabrielePalomba #LaVenexiana
@brian_gettler@mas.to2025-11-03 19:51:17
Every time a student works on a project related to the fur trade, I'm reminded of how much I love the Biographical Sheets maintained by the Hudson's Bay Company Archives. They present the barest of outlines of the lives of workers over three centuries and across a staggering geographic area. Every one is an invitation to imagine a life that hasn't been celebrated by a monument or a movie.
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online2025-12-21 13:14:40
(€) Die Stadt #Wertheim plant einen neuen #Windpark im #Schenkenwald zwischen #Mondfeld und
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2025-11-17 13:48:06