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Experts warn Canada's wildfire season likely to be massive again #Canada

Experts warn Canada's wildfire season likely to be massive again
Two years after a historically devastating summer, Canada is once again facing a massive fire season, with burned areas already exceeding year-to-date averages from recent years.

Good Morning #Canada
OTD in 1972, construction begins on Canada’s largest single-site #Hydroelectric project at Churchill Falls, Labrador. To commemorate this minor historical event in our country's impressive record of hydroelectric technology and power generation, let's focus on one of the newest projects. The controversial Site C in British Columbia will begin filling its reservoir this summer in preparation for starting operations.
#CanadaIsAwesome
https://youtu.be/gZARb7pLQeo?si=Wo5iEWE9ushqGBaS

Bridging Data-Driven and Physics-Based Models: A Consensus Multi-Model Kalman Filter for Robust Vehicle State Estimation
Farid Mafi (University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada), Ladan Khoshnevisan (University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada), Mohammad Pirani (University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada), Amir Khajepour (University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada)

Bridging Data-Driven and Physics-Based Models: A Consensus Multi-Model Kalman Filter for Robust Vehicle State Estimation
Vehicle state estimation presents a fundamental challenge for autonomous driving systems, requiring both physical interpretability and the ability to capture complex nonlinear behaviors across diverse operating conditions. Traditional methodologies often rely exclusively on either physics-based or data-driven models, each with complementary strengths and limitations that become most noticeable during critical scenarios. This paper presents a novel consensus multi-model Kalman filter framework t…

Next time organize it as a G6 and if the orange felon decides to stay then treat it as a semi-bonus.
https://apnews.com/article/g7-summit-canada-trump-departure-ukraine-6c86a0a8463603c9b1a3e950382af0a2

How a Tiny Community Got Caught Up in Trump’s Attacks on Canada - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/business/us-canada-border-point-roberts.html

When Donald Trump last attended a Group of 7 meeting in Canada, he was in many ways the odd man out.
At that meeting, in 2018, Trump called for the alliance of Western countries to embrace Russia,
antagonized allies and
ultimately stormed out of the summit over a trade battle he began by imposing metals tariffs on Canada.
As he returns on Sunday for the Group of 7 meeting in Alberta, those fissures have only deepened.
Since retaking office, the president has sough…

As Trump Returns to G7, Rift With Allies Is Even Deeper
In 2018, the president called for the group to embrace Russia and stormed out of the summit. Now he is seeking to shrink America’s military role abroad and embarking on a more expansive trade war.

Interesting interview: Why a professor of fascism left the US: ‘The lesson of 1933 is – you get out’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/16/why-a-professor-of-fascism-left-the-us-the-lesson-of-1933-i…

At G7, Trump Renews Embrace of Putin Amid Rift With Allies (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/world/canada/trump-g7-russia-ukraine.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250616/p168#a250616p168

Tous les jours, cette belle connerie se révèle davantage.
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2171843/pont-tunnel-quebec-transport-deplacement

Une 3e lien pour économiser 2 minutes et 18 secondes
Deux minutes et 18 secondes : voilà l’économie de temps que feraient en moyenne les milliers d’automobilistes avec le corridor retenu.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Boards of Canada:
🎵 Dayvan Cowboy
#BoardsofCanada
https://boardsofcanada.bandcamp.com/track/dayvan-cowboy
https://open.spotify.com/track/2J4lJMCuFCA0zlwFOjePD5

Reckon it'd be pretty metal if Canada stopped Trump at the boarder, sending him back when he tries to get to the G7 Summit. No convicted felons/fascist autocrats allowed.

Newspapers let the fox in and now they dead... Canada too. Even after FB banned news orgs on their platform here in Canada those news orgs STILL used it slavishly.
Like some weird media-version of Stockholm Syndrome.
#canpoli #journalism #media #canada #truth #posttruth #democracy
https://games.ngo/@crecente/114696097895857405

Donald Trump urged Iranians to evacuate Tehran,
citing what he said was the country's rejection of a deal to curb nuclear weapons development.
Trump was due to leave the Group of Seven summit in Canada later on Monday -- a day early -- due to the Middle East situation, the White House said.
Fox News reported Trump would convene his National Security Council.

European leaders clamor to be the G7's Trump whisperer (Stefan Boscia/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-g7-canada-kier-starmer-tariffs-middle-east/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250616/p4#a250616p4

Inside job
When an account gets hacked, social media giant Meta offers little support, spawning a shadowy network of brokers and Meta employees who profit from helping users get back online
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/art

The “evidence-based” messaging of this bus-shelter ad in #ColeValley #SanFrancisco near #UCSF, one of the U.S.’s premier medical research institutions, shows how other countries are eager to scoop up students …

Is now a bad time to point out Canada already has a king, I've met him, he's a nice fellow as is his brother I dined with. Thing is, like most kings, he has absolutely no power whatsoever, the Commons write his speeches. It's a very good system, a living fairy tale.
In the seventies I lobbied to have PET declared king for the same reason, to get him out of politics.

First Canada Goose babies and the Baltimore Orioles are chattering up a storm. Must be early May in south-central Ontario.
#canada #birds

It's early June, and already 180 wildfires are burning in Canada, 90 of which out of control.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/canada-calls-for-international-help-to-battle-massive-wildfires/?ftag=CNM-00-10aac3a

Good Morning #Canada
OTD in 1904, the City of Niagara Falls was incorporated, with a population of approximately 7,000 residents. Niagara Falls was already a major tourist attraction with numerous hotels established in the 1880s, and it was the honeymoon destination for most of Canada and the USA. Today, you can visit the far superior Canadian Falls and play golf, visit War of 1812 historical sites, or deposit some money at the casino.
#CanadaIsAwesome #History
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/niagara-falls-ont

Antidote est souvent très utile. À d'autres moments, par contre...
Homophone – Ne pas confondre acadien (« habitant de l’Acadie (région du Canada)» ou « langue (l’acadien)») et akkadien (« habitant d’Akkad » ou « langue (l’akkadien)»).

I noticed that OpenStreetMaps somehow lost Lake Michigan, so I went investigating. Apparently back in April somebody accidentally changed it from a "lake" to a "school" and it's taking months to be fixed across all regions/renderers.
https:/…

A Smoky Start to Saskatchewan’s (Canada) Fire Season:
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/154287/a-smoky-start-to-saskatchewans-fire-season

What they don't say (but is clear to all):
In order to protect themselves against the US.
https://assortedflotsam.com/@NewsBot/114654374046615933

The US Ambassador to Canada is a gas lighting, lying nutcase like his Administration.
“"Coming to the U.S., that's a decision for the Canadians to make. Searching devices and all of that is not a well-founded fear. We don't do that. America is a welcoming place," he said.
"I've heard that from Americans coming into Canada as well, OK? Saying, 'You know, we've not received a warm reception when we've gotten to Canadian customs,'" he said.”
#usa #canada #never51
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/border-device-searches-us-ambassador-1.7555350

Rauch von Waldbränden in #Kanada hat am Wochenende für ungewöhnlich orangefarbene Himmelsphänomene über dem Vereinigten Königreich gesorgt.
Die Partikel in der #Atmosphäre streuen blaues Licht, sodass Rot- und Orangetöne dominieren. Die

Canada wildfires smoke turns UK skies orange
Smoke from wildfires burning in central Canada was visible in the skies over the UK this weekend.

Stoller: “Private Equity, UnitedHealth Take a Huge Loss as Oregon Bans Corporate Control of Doctors”.
Here in Canada, the home of single-payer free-for-residents healthcare, we’ve also had financiers rolling up a variety of healthcare operations and we should do like Oregon.
https://www.

Private Equity, UnitedHealth Take a Huge Loss as Oregon Bans Corporate Control of Doctors
Oregon passes SB 951, a bill that prohibits private equity and corporate decision-making in health care. UnitedHealth Group, Amazon, and private equity lobbied fiercely, but lost. Is it a trend?

“#Montreal police arrest 13 suspected of extorting restaurant owners”
The local mafia is going to be *cheesed* about this.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/mo

Montreal police arrest 13 suspected of extorting restaurant owners for money | CBC News
The alleged crimes include one in February where a restaurant’s glass facade was shot on Ste-Catherine Street West, near De Bleury Street. Another restaurant owned by the victims was also targeted, as was the residence of one of the co-owners, the SPVM says.

There's still time. Get out and vote, Canada.
It's a big one.
#Election #Canada #Vote

Here Lies Hudson’s Bay Company, Murdered by Private Equity https://jacobin.com/2025/06/hudsons-bay-canada-private-equity/

Here Lies Hudson’s Bay Company, Murdered by Private Equity
Hudson’s Bay Company, Canada’s oldest retailer, didn’t die of natural causes — it was gutted by private equity. Stripped of assets and loaded with debt, it leaves behind job losses, endangered pensions, and a hollowed-out legacy reduced to branding rights.

I'm old enough to remember when our president talked excitedly about invading Canada and Greenland. Now he sees a few protestors and screams about foreign invaders.. 🙄

United Natural Foods, a grocery distributor to 30K stores in the US and Canada and Whole Foods' main distributor, hit by a cyberattack, halting some operations (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/09/majo

Major US grocery distributor warns of disruption after cyberattack | TechCrunch
UNFI, a grocery distributor for Whole Foods and others, warned of disruptions to customer orders after a cyberattack.

Pond Slider and Leaf. Descanso Gardens, La Canada Flintridge, California, USA. May, 2025. #descansogardens #turtle #pondslider

Methane leaks from dormant oil and gas wells in Canada are seven times worse than thought, study suggests #Canada

Methane leaks from dormant oil and gas wells in Canada are seven times worse than thought, study suggests
Methane emissions from Canada's non-producing oil and gas wells appear to be seven times higher than government estimates, according to a new study led by researchers at McGill University. The findings spotlight a major gap in the country's official greenhouse gas inventory and raise urgent questions about how methane leaks are monitored, reported and managed.

From The Conversation - Canada
What is modern monetary theory? An economist explains how it could help Canada
Few words spark more anxiety in public debate than “national debt” and “government deficit.” National debt is the total amount of money the government owes, accumulated over years of running deficits. Government deficit is when the government spends more money than it collects in taxes and other revenues.

What is modern monetary theory? An economist explains how it could help Canada
A heterodox school of economic thought known as modern monetary theory has significant implications for how Canadians understand public debt and deficit spending.

#TIL: Canada is a global hammerthrow powerhouse. https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/british-columbia-i8sdok9nz/-/a--YFZQWC3Riel9pofq186JA:a%3…

Canada's Katzberg, Rogers win hammer throw titles at Kip Keino Classic
Canada's top hammer throwers continued to shine at the World Athletics Continental Tour in Nairobi, Kenya, on Saturday. Reigning world and Olympic …

Bought a couple breadboard power supplies from Canaduino awhile back. Noticed one on a friends bench and after examining it decided I needed one too. Better than the ones with linear chips. If this fails it just stops working does not send whatever source voltage was to your project. Took awhile to get. They used a shipper called Sendle to ship it from Canada to the U.S.
Anyway I looked around and ordered one of these to to send to the niece.

Electronic Education DIY Kit “The broken code lock” (Troubleshooting Project)
A DIY soldering kit with “integrated” design flaws. Understand the working principle, find the mistakes on the PCB and in the schematics, and make it work.

Canada sends $ 35 mn military aid to Ukraine: Coyote armoured vehicles and anti-jamming systems delivered - Euromaidan Press
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/06/07/canada-sends-35-mn-military-aid-to-ukraine-coyote-armoured-vehicles-and-anti-jamming-systems-delivered/

Call your senators and thank them, or not, for their votes.
Contact your Representatives and urge them to reject Trump tariffs.
#Democracy

The Tiny Border Town Getting Battered by Trump's Tariffs on Canada (Chris Cannon/New Republic)
https://newrepublic.com/article/196172/trump-tariffs-canada-point-roberts-border-town-battered
http://www.memeorandum.com/250610/p62#a250610p62

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https://mstdn.ca/@CycleWR/…

CycleWR (@CycleWR@mstdn.ca)
Attached: 1 image Tuesday is World Bicycle Day! It’s also day one of the Vélo Canada Bikes annual pedal poll 😀🚴🏼‍♀️ There’s still time to claim your volunteer count shift to help collect crucial cycling data. The poll runs all across Canada. We're focussed on Waterloo Region, but there's a good chance it's happening where you live. We need more safe places to ride and this is how we prove it. Sign up for a shift & join the movement! #Cycling #PedalPollSondoVelo #Waterlo…

"A Weaponized AI Chatbot Is Flooding Canadian City Councils with Climate Misinformation"
#Canada #Climate #ClimateChange

A Weaponized AI Chatbot Is Flooding Canadian City Councils with Climate Misinformation
Thousands of councillors in more than 500 municipalities have received AI emails from a group called KICLEI, a name that mimics the international network ICLEI.

Good Morning #Canada
Today is a tough day for our family, so something with positive vibes is needed. It's a perfect opportunity for some #MercerMemories chock full of Golden Retrievers.
#CanadaIsAwesome #DogsOfMastadon
https://youtu.be/x75HcXnmwbA?si=yfRVkGw3HgOdlOXE

Cuando el autor del libro “Cómo funciona el fascismo” (aquí publicado por Blackie Books) abandona la universidad de Yale para irse a la Universidad de Toronto, Canadš, porque tiene miedo por sus hijos…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/26/y…

Anyone familiar with general travel insurances in Canada?
Does the travel advisories on the Canadian government website matter in determining if a region is eligible for coverage while travelling?
#canada #insurance

Collette and I on the Athabasca glacier. Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦 #CanadianRockies #Glacier #Alberta

UK and partners unite to sanction ministers inciting West Bank violence - GOV.UK https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-and-partners-unite-to-sanction-ministers-inciting-west-bank-violence

UK and partners unite to sanction ministers inciting West Bank violence
UK sanctions Israeli government ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich in response to their repeated incitements of violence against Palestinian communities, alongside partners Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway

Video (can’t be in same post) #Bochum #Canada #goslings

Defence lawyer in Hockey Player Sex Assault Trial:
"She may not have initially planned a night like this, but her “inhibitions were lowered and her sexual interest was heightened.””
Tell Me I'm Wrong: the lawyer basically just argued that if you get a woman (or any unwilling partner) drunk or high enough that it ‘lowers” their inhibitions and “heightens" their sexual interest, then you can do whatever the hell you want. No regrets.
Disgusting violent-misogynist-excusing bullshit.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/livestory/defence-targets-e-m-s-credibility-judge-questions-consent-videos-shown-at-world-juniors-sex-assault-trial-9.6790561

Early dusk in the Netherlands due to smoke from Canada's wildfires.

Good Morning #Canada
In 2022, this town was voted by CBC readers and viewers as the "Best Small Town in B.C.". Sure, it's got skiing, golf, scenery, and friendly people but it's also a destination for your next #BigStuffInSmallTowns road trip. Kimberley's downtown was designed to resemble a Bavarian tourist village, so it features an almost 7 metre tall cuckoo clock where Happy Hans, a Bavarian-style mountaineer, announces the time.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Yodel
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kimberley-best-small-town-bc-winner-1.6434796

TIL that the family coat of arms used as a logo by Donald Trump is just some *other* family's arms.
> The Trump Organization made only one change: replacing the word "Integrity" with the word "Trump"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40097665

Right to bear arms? Trump accused of plagiarising family crest
Donald Trump has been criticised for using another man's coat of arms, but what are the rules?

A huge outbreak has made Ontario the measles centre of the western hemisphere
Three-quarters of cases are in unvaccinated children, and this week saw the first fatality:
a premature baby
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun

My mind boggled the first time I was walked around some major Canadian city and came across a Hudson's Bay Company store. It'd be like walking around Kolkota and running into an East India Company store—not just the same name but also the same company.

From DeSmog International
Top Free-Market Think Tank Unsure That Canada Needs More Pipelines
While Alberta premier Danielle Smith demands new oil corridors, the Macdonald Laurier Institute notes that pipeline capacity is currently ‘sufficient.’
This pro-oil and gas organization stated in an April report that there is currently “sufficient pipeline capacity” for western Canadian oil

Top Free-Market Think Tank Unsure That Canada Needs More Pipelines
While Alberta premier Danielle Smith demands new oil corridors, the Macdonald Laurier Institute notes that pipeline capacity is currently ‘sufficient.’

Canadians, please confirm this is valid
EDIT: Added in better alt text

Smoke from Canadian fires reaches Europe: EU climate monitor #Canada

Smoke from Canadian fires reaches Europe: EU climate monitor
Heavy smoke from intense wildfires in Canada has reached northwestern Europe, the European Union's climate monitoring service said on Tuesday.

Tax the rich.
https://mastodon.social/@Maxfieldripken/114626174731247935

2 years later, my Freedom of Information Request shows a snapshot of Government ignoring Vancouver Islanders for 20 years.
On June 28, 2023 I submitted a Request for Information to the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure of British Columbia for documents related to the Island Railway on Vancouver Island. It took two years to receive the response.
#VancouverIsland #BC #BCPoli #transportation #FOiA #Canada #CdnPoli
https://chrisalemany.ca/b/2tp

Good Morning #Canada
Today is "taking a break from packing up the house and going golfing day." Did you know there are over 2,200 golf facilities in Canada, with 90% of those being public. That means golf remains accessible and it's becoming less expensive to get started with lower cost starter sets and growth in the used club marketplace. Here are the top 50 public and private courses as ranked by Canadian PGA members.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Golf
https://golftalkcanada.com/pga-of-canada-top-100/

When unvaccinated families present with measles at healthcare centres, doctors sometimes struggle to even discuss vaccination with the parents, Hussain said.
“It’s really hard to even approach the conversation.
I would ask: ‘How come you aren’t [vaccinated]?’
And they will say: ‘Oh, we’re exempt’
or ‘We’ve had this discussion before and we just don’t want to,’” she said

Merci Š l'équipe radio du Radio-Canada Š Toronto pour cette infopub de 10 minutes sur Apple. Heureusement les journalistes économiques de nos médias publiques sont lŠ pour nous faire comprendre l'intérêt de soutenir les grandes entreprises.

Thrilled to have won a Global Partnership Engagement Grant at the University of Adelaide. I'll be working with Leon Tikly, University of Bristol to expand ideas with our larger collective on a global network on epistemic justice.
Our larger collective involves partners from the Gulu University (Uganda), PRIA (India) and the University of Calgary and University of Victoria (Canada).
Great to be at an institution that values early development of big ideas.

“If there was a book on astrophysics that had graphic sexual content, I would have the exact same concerns.”
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-alberta-to-hold-public-consultation-on-what-books-should-be-banned/

The way we talk about housing in public discourse is so broken. How does kicking unhoused people out onto the street "deal with" homelessness in any sense other than a murderous one?
"Montreal's public transit agency is lifting a temporary rule against loitering in the Metro — a controversial measure established in mid-March to help deal with rising social problems in the network, including homelessness."

Canada Goose on guard duty. LA Arboretum, Arcadia, California, USA. April, 2025. #laarboretum #bird #birdphotography

Good Morning #Canada
I was going to post something about Preston Manning's birthday, but the related web surfing about how the parties he founded provided platforms for the worst Canadian politicians was too depressing. So instead, I'm starting a new feature called "Mercer Memories," where Rick Mercer gets centre stage on days where nothing interesting happened or topics don't pique my interest. You're welcome...
#CanadaIsAwesome #MercerMemories
https://youtu.be/yi1yhp-_x7A?si=dMmAuI2p0Sy_mXgO

I am sure Trump had no desire to see Zelensky and risk a repeat of his embarrassing performance while surrounded with people who also think he is a dangerous fool.
He's an ambusher... not ambushee.
aka. coward
The good news is, now the adults on the Good Guys side can have a proper discussion on how to keep Putin (and Iran and Israel) from making things even worse.
#theAmericanFascist #g7 #canada #carney #cdnpoli #canpoli #russiaukrainewar #israelIranWar

Fire smoke from Canada
2025-06-01
#ClimateEmergency #Canada #USA
https://…

On Friday, we saw the largest gathering of Canadians I’ve ever seen in the Ruhr area #Bochum #Canada 🐥🐥🐥

Mehr als 17.000 Menschen müssen in #Manitoba wegen schwerer #Waldbrände evakuiert werden.
Die Provinz hat den #Notstand ausgerufen, da sich Feuer über alle Regionen ausbreiten. Rund die …

Canada calls on Israel to abandon plans for new West Bank settlements
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/canada-calls-on-israel-to-abandon-plans-for-new-west-bank-settlements/

Had no idea it was happening.
Some of it is an hotel which is great to see but if the rest is built with very small condo sizes it will be a hard sell on the current market.
#condos #Toronto

Donald Trump recently said Canada could freely participate in his Golden Dome in exchange for annexation. The US president’s post came on the heels of Mark Carney expressing interest in the missile ‘defense’ initiative, betraying his election promise to distance Canada from the US.
Take a minute to email Carney and defence minister David McGuinty to reject Canadian participation in Trump’s Golden Dome.

Hello #birding mastodon. I saw a bird ground feeding yesterday (no photo) that I can only identify as a painted redstart, but that would be wildly unusual here in southern #Ontario #Canada. It was red-brown un…

Interesting… Canadian GitHub competitor: https://about.worktree.ca

Good Morning #Canada
OTD in 1866, the Fenian Brotherhood crossed the Niagara River to invade Canada. This group was an Irish American organization that was dedicated to freeing Ireland from British rule, and they believed that if they captured Canada, they could use it as a bargaining tool. We could have become a nation of red-headed brawlers who were terrible hockey players.
#CanadaIsAwesome #History
https://qormuseum.org/history/timeline-1856-1899/the-fenian-raid-1866/

Ontario NDP, Liberals successfully stall Bill 5 after filibustering until midnight Thursday | CBC News
Bill 5 would create so-called "special economic zones" where the government can exempt companies or projects from complying with provincial laws or regulations. It would also replace the province's endangered species act, replacing it with an new law that critics say waters down protections.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-ndp-liberals-stall-bill-5-after-filibuster-1.7546691

1/ Canadian Diplomacy according to Mark Carney's facial expressions. #CanPoli #CdnPoli #G7 #Trump #TradeWar
A reporter asks Trump: “What is holding up a deal with Canada?”
😏

Good Morning #Canada
OTD in 1946, the Canadian Library Association (CLA) was founded in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1946 and incorporated on November 26, 1947. The CLA represented #Library workers and advocated for funding and improvements. Due to declining membership, it was replaced by the Canadian Federation of Library Associations. Here are 6 of Canada’s most beautiful libraries.
#CanadaIsAwesome #ReadABook
https://travel.destinationcanada.com/en-us/things-to-do/most-beautiful-libraries-canada

Enormous early-season wildfireshave erupted across the prairie provinces of Canada this week,
taxing local emergency response and threatening a long stretch of dangerous air quality across eastern North America.
The country’s largest fires
– the Bird River fire and the Border fire
– remain completely uncontained in northern Manitoba.
In Manitoba alone, wildfires have burned about 200,000 hectares already this year – already about three times the recent full-year …

Trump leaving Canada's G7 meeting early to go do war things is pretty on brand for a fascist, but also for pretty much every USA President.
#canpoli #g7 #cdnpoli #israelIranWar #gaza #genocide #usa

Good Morning #Canada
Another day in history... another invading force from the USA. Those pesky Fenians were back on this day in 1866, and this time, the 1,800 Irish-Americans riders were repelled back to the United States after they looted and plundered around Saint-Armand and Frelighsburg, Quebec. Although the Fenian raids were unsuccessful, they did encourage the Canadian provinces to band together for defense, leading to our Confederation as a country.
#CanadaIsAwesome #History

SIGN THE PETITION: PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS. STOP BILL C-2
Prime Minister Mark Carney ran a campaign on leading Canada through Trump’s tariffs & attacks on sovereignty & a cost-of-living crisis. Instead, his first piece of legislation, Bill C-2, is an attack on migrants & privacy rights straight out of the Trump playbook.
Bill C-2 drastically restricts refugee protection, allows for mass deportations & gives security officials unchecked power to access everyone’s data…

SIGN THE PETITION: PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS. STOP BILL C-2 - Leadnow

Millions of non-producing oil and gas wells around the world are leaking methane and other contaminants,
contributing to increased greenhouse gas emissions and polluting our water, soil, and air.
The total annual methane emissions from non-producing wells in Canada is 7 times higher than estimated in Canada’s National Inventory Report
The U.S. no longer even estimates it's methane emissions

Good Morning #Canada
It's a golf day, playing 9 holes with my daughter in Toronto, so obviously, some golf content is appropriate for this morning's post. I'd like to introduce you to the regional director of Ontario for Golf Canada. Amaya Athill is a rare jewel, being both female and Black, and she is opening up the sport to a wider demographic. She is the founder of Black Women in golf, which provides lessons and encouragement to new golfers.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Golf
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/opinion-shireen-ahmed-black-women-golfers-may-27-1.7543822

From Translink
Oakridge–41st Avenue Canada Line Station to close early for seven weeks
Two phases of night work necessary to install support structures at station entrance
The Canada Line’s Oakridge–41st Avenue Station will be closing at 11 p.m. from Sunday to Thursday nights over seven weeks, to allow for important upgrade work.

The temporary closures will happen in two phases and are necessary to ensure customer safety.
🧵1/n

Good Morning #Canada
#HappyBirthday to Robert Norman Munsch, born June 11, 1945, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but thankfully, he became a Canadian citizen in 1983. He has published more than 60 books in 30 languages and is a Member of the Order of Canada and Canada’s Walk of Fame. Health issues have ended his writing and public appearances, and in 2021, he was diagnosed with dementia. But his stories continue to speak to children.
#CanadaIsAwesome #CanadianHeroes
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thenextchapter/full-episode-oct-2-2021-1.6193424/the-stories-will-be-the-last-thing-to-go-robert-munsch-on-his-legacy-as-one-of-canada-s-great-storytellers-1.6193428

“Today Canada is tabling Supplementary Estimates.... this will bring Canadian spending in line with NATO commitments this year.”
"They deserve better"
"Salary Increase"
"Military Equipment”
"Technology"
"Drones”
.....
He also said, in French, that it was time to assert its sovereignty, its values, with allies that share those values.
He's now taking questions.
#Canada #CanPoli #NATO #RussiaUkraine #USA

Good Morning #Canada
So you think you're pretty smart. Well, if you're Canadian, then it's obvious you are very smart... and pretty. Canadians have contributed some important inventions to the world, and this short video highlights just a few. It doesn't include some life changing Canadian inventions, like the athletic cup and the Wonderbra, but the rest are just as incredible. If you're not Canadian, don't hate us because we're awesome.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Inventions
https://youtu.be/cC0nuASZBfY?si=r_RWq9s0jCl6n4Nt

What could go wrong.
#EndFossilFuels #ABPoli #OilAndGas #Fracking #Environment
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-to-explore-injecting-oilsands-tailings-deep-underground-as-disposal-option-1.7560144

More than 25,000 residents in three provinces have been evacuated as dozens of wildfires remain active and affect air quality in parts of Canada and the US, according to officials.
Most of the evacuated residents were from Manitoba, which declared a state of emergency last week.
About 17,000 people there were evacuated by Saturday, along with 1,300 in Alberta.
About 8,000 people in Saskatchewan had been relocated as leaders there said the number could climb.
Smoke was r…

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It's #FridayThe13th, which is a lucky day for me as 13 is my favourite number. 13th place was also Canada’s rank in the 2024 Happiest Country study, but unfortunately, we fell to 18th place in 2025. IMO, having #PeePee trash Canada and the government incessantly for the past few years has contributed to that drop. We also have a lot of work to do to match the happy Nordic countries in social and economic support.
#CanadaIsAwesome #BeHappy
https://gfmag.com/data/happiest-countries/

And if you're wondering what happened to those three Fast Cats.
In January 2024 someone tried to get someone to buy them by putting them up on Facebook Marketplace (yep!) for $15 Million for all three. (98% off original price lol). They were, and likely still are, sitting tied up in Alexandria, Egypt. They were last owned by the Egyptian Government.
At least one of them was essentially unchanged inside since the 1990s. (a Nanaimo Bar for $1.5!)
#BCPoli #BCNDP #FastFerry #Shipbuilding

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Former privateer, a polite name for a pirate, Martin Frobisher left England on May 31st, 1578, for his 3rd voyage seeking gold and the elusive Northwest Passage. On this voyage, he also held the 1st Thanksgiving in North America when he and his crew landed safely in Nunavut on the shore of Hudson Bay. Ultimately, the ore he mined was not gold, and the Northwest Passage remained elusive, but he had a bay named after him.
#CanadaIsAwesome #History
https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/frobisher_martin_1E.html

The small Island Class vessels (2019-2021) were built in Romania by Dutch firm Damen Shipbuilding: #BCPoli #BCNDP #FastFerry #Shipbuilding

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As part of my research into yesterday's post, about another Fenian invasion of Canada, this story about the murder of D'Arcy McGee was suggested by that Google thingy. How did I not know that a Father of Confederation was assassinated by Irish terrorists? Or that McGee himself formerly fought for Irish independence before coming to Canada where he fought on the political front for an independent Canada.
#CanadaIsAwesome #History #Assassination
https://youtu.be/ueTqBHfngPY?si=nlfQDL6eRbdsiX4l

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The Battle of Jumonville Glen, OTD in 1754, between French Canadian and American military forces, was notable because it was the opening battle of the French and Indian War, the 1st combat action for 21 year old George Washington, and ultimately led England and France into conflict in the global Seven Years’ War. The assassination of the French-Canadian commander would also darken Washington's reputation for life.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Colonialism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jumonville_Glen

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On May 27, 1957, at 6:00 a.m., the CHUM radio station (1050 AM) increased power from 1,000 watts to 2,500 watts and switched from a daytime station to 24 hours. At that same moment, radios all over Toronto started playing Elvis Presley singing “All Shook Up” as the "New CHUM" became Canada’s first Top 50 music format. The station launched hundreds of careers and introduced new music to young and old alike.
#CanadaIsAwesome #MusicHistory
https://chumtribute.com/chumtribute-history.html