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An 11,000-year-old settlement in Canada is challenging the idea that early Indigenous people were nomadic.
The newly uncovered village site of Âsowanânihk, which means "a place to cross" in the Cree language,
is one of the oldest archaeological sites found on the continent
and suggests that an organized society existed in central Canada far earlier than experts previously thought.

11,000-year-old settlement in Canada could rewrite history of Indigenous civilizations in North America
The discovery of an 11,000-year-old village in Saskatchewan could rewrite Indigenous history in central Canada.

The province of Alberta pauses its broad ban on books depicting sex or "inappropriate" topics in schools, after backlash from authors including Margaret Atwood (Vjosa Isai/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/world/canada/a…

Alberta Backs Off on School Library Book Ban
Alberta ordered schools to pull “inappropriate” books, but paused its plan after a large school district banned scores of books in an apparent effort to make a point.

Überwachungskameras aus China: Kanada ordnet Schließung von Hikvision Canada an
Hikvision kommt aus China und verkauft Überwachungstechnik. Seit Jahren gibt es Kritik an dem Konzern. Nun lässt Kanada den dortigen Ableger schließen.

Doug Ford said he ordered new waterbombers to fight Ontario’s record wildfires. Budget documents show no money earmarked for their purchase
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/do…

Un nouveau directeur au #MILA
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2189881/hugo-larochelle-yoshua-bengio-directeur-scientifique-mila…

Hugo Larochelle occupera l’ancien rôle de Yoshua Bengio
L'ex-directeur du laboratoire de recherche en intelligence artificielle de Google à Montréal est le nouveau directeur scientifique du Mila.

“Excursion (same-day) travel to the United States by automobile dropped abruptly at the start of 2025, after holding consistently positive throughout 2024. Same-day returns fell by 40.3% year over year in May 2025”
That is an extremely high amount of change. After September 11, it was in the 30% range.
I miss my cross-border trips, but it’s just a bad risk reward calculation right now. #canada

Canada rescinds digital services tax to advance broader trade negotiations with the United States (Government of Canada)
https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2025/06/canada-rescinds-digital-services-tax-to-advance-broader-trade-negotiations-with-the-united-states.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250630/p7#a250630p7

No, #LaborDay is not simply Americans refusing to be like everyone else and celebrate May 1st. If you're looking for something on the holiday's #history in #Canada, Heron and Penfold's "The Workers' Festival&…

The workers' festival : a history of Labour Day in Canada : Heron, Craig : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
1 online resource (xviii, 340 pages) :

More on CBP treatment of Canadians at the US border, this time with CBP’s own statistics, which are interesting: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/us-canada-device-searches-1.7619944?cmp=rss

Surge in U.S. customs searches of electronic devices raises concerns about harsh treatment of Canadians | CBC News
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reports a sharp rise in electronic device searches at crossings, raising concerns about privacy, discrimination and harsher scrutiny of Canadians. "There's a lot of fear going into the United States," a Toronto-based immigration lawyer says.

Uber drivers in British Columbia joined a union, seeking to negotiate Canada's first bargaining agreement for rideshare drivers; Uber has agreed to meet (Thomas Seal/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

☄️ Methane leaks from dormant oil and gas wells in Canada are seven times worse than thought, study suggests
https://phys.org/news/2025-06-methane-leaks-dormant-oil-gas.html

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.

Ukraine gets $1.7 billion loan from Canada backed by Russian assets: https://benborges.xyz/2025/06/30/ukraine-gets-billion-loan-from.html

Donald #Trump behauptet, #Windkraftanlagen vor der US-Küste seien für den Tod zahlreicher #Wale verantwortlich.
Doch Daten der

Fact-checking Donald Trump's claim that wind turbines kill whales
The former president blamed wind farms for a spike in whale deaths - but his claims don't stand up.

Join us at DWeb Camp Cascadia this August on Salt Spring Island https://dwebyvr.org/camp/
You can follow the @… account or just use / foll…

Canada suspends Hikvision operations over national security concerns https://therecord.media/canada-suspends-hikvision-operations-national-security

apparently my grandma had the coolest spoons ive ever seen just lying around in the back of a drawer this whole time

Here are 10 wildlife organizations in Canada recommended by Cottage Life.
https://cottagelife.com/general/10-of-canadas-greatest-wildlife-rescue-centres/

happy day of not having an utterly broken government, Canada! I am envious.
#CanadaDay #Canada

happy day of not having an utterly broken government, Canada! I am envious.
#CanadaDay #Canada

Home sweet home
Tariff chaos has made many companies consider moving to the U.S. But these ones are going all in on Canada instead
https://archive.is/xEfDK

Muscovy Duck. Descanso Gardens, La Canada-Flintridge, California, USA. February, 2025. #descansogardens #duck #muscovyduck

Happy Canada Day | Bonne Fête du Canada
This is from a little more than a year ago, when I traveled to some Canadian islands to see a solar eclipse. I know there's a Maple Leaf flying on that boat, although you can't see it in this pic.

From The Narwhal
What we know about fossil fuel subsidies in Canada
Billions are given to oil and gas corporations each year, including loans, tax breaks and more. Exactly how many billions is a matter of debate
There is one simple truth when it comes to oil and gas subsidies in Canada: no one knows exactly how much money these companies are receiving from governments.

So Canada is out, closer ties with the EU can help them.
#usa

Trump says he is cutting off trade talks with Canada
Canada had been hoping to secure a trade deal with the US next month to avoid steep tariffs.

🇨🇦 Happy Canada Day to all who celebrate and particularly Canadian families abroad like this one ❤️

Countries on track to eliminate cervical cancer:
-Australia by 2028
-Sweden by 2027
-Rwanda by 2030
-UK by 2040
-Indonesia by 2030
-Bhutan 2030
-El Salvador by 2030
-Canada by 2040
How? HPV vaccine. Same one RFK Jr is trying to ban.
You will note USA is not on this list.
https://…

Thanks #Canada for the superb #running weather /sarcasm. The AQI at 171, but the temperature and humidity were good. A little trouble with breathing, but I didn't need the inhaler.
Saint Paul is getting no love lately; the city was also hit by a cyberattack late last week as well. …

#winnipeg

Happy Canada Day!

Canada rescinds digital services tax to advance stalled US trade talks | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canada-rescinds-digital-services-tax-bid-advance-trade-talks-with-us-2025-06-30/

Die #Klimakrise trifft #Kanada und #Europa.
Im Juli 2025 wurden auf beiden Seiten des Atlantiks außergewöhnlich starke

E quanto mais países reconhecem a Palestina mais vergonhoso se torna o silêncio do governo português.
https://assortedflotsam.com/@NewsBot/114944484752087167

Canada rescinds its Digital Services Tax "in anticipation of" a trade deal with the US, with trade talks resuming; the tax was set to go into effect on Monday (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/canada-us-carney-trump-…

Trump raises tariffs on Canada to 35 percent (Brett Samuels/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5431181-trump-raises-tariffs-on-canada-to-35-percent/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250731/p140#a250731p140

Six-yr SPIRou monitoring of the young planet-host dwarf AU Mic
J. -F. Donati, P. I. Cristofari, C. Moutou, A. L'Heureux, N. J. Cook, E. Artigau, S. H. P. Alencar, E. Gaidos, A. Vidotto, P. Petit, A. Carmona, T. Ray, the SPIRou science team
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01746

Six-yr SPIRou monitoring of the young planet-host dwarf AU Mic
In this paper we revisit our spectropolarimetric and velocimetric analysis of the young M dwarf AU Mic based on data collected with SPIRou at the Canada-France-Hawaii telescope, over a monitoring period of 2041 d from 2019 to 2024. The longitudinal magnetic field, the small-scale magnetic field, and the differential temperature of AU Mic, derived from the unpolarized and circularly-polarized spectra, were clearly modulated with the stellar rotation period, with a pattern that evolved over time.…

Understanding the bionic eye and retinal prostheses: Zoom meeting Wednesday, September 10, 2025 https://www.fightingblindness.ca/viewpoint/#innovative-treatments with Daniel Palanker, retinal implant.

View Point - Fighting Blindness Canada (FBC)
Jump to: Understanding the Bionic Eye and Retinal Prostheses| AMD Coffee Connections Ottawa| AMD Coffee Connections North York | View Point Toronto: Speaker Symposium | IRD Spotlight: Syndromic IRDs (Usher and BBS)...

Scattered Spider has successfully breached the computer networks of multiple airlines in the United States and Canada this month according to the FBI and experts.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/28/business/cyberattacks-airlines-fbi-criminal-group

Rampant cybercriminal group targets US airlines
A notorious cybercriminal group has shifted its attention to the aviation industry, successfully breaching the computer networks of multiple airlines in the United States and Canada this month, according to the FBI and private experts responding to the hacks.

Climate-driven wildfires reversing pollution progress in N. America: study #America

Climate-driven wildfires reversing pollution progress in N. America: study
Global air pollution is worsening, with the United States and Canada experiencing the sharpest increases due to record-breaking, climate-supercharged wildfires that are undoing decades of progress, a study said Thursday.

On the final day of #BeaverWeek, we focus on Beaver Rescue efforts. Many organizations across Canada care for injured Beavers, abandoned kits, or bonded pairs that have to be relocated. Here is a list of recognized Beaver rescue organizations (worldwide) in case you're feeling generous and looking for a charitable organization to support.
#CanadaIsAwesome
https://martinezbeavers.org/beaver-friendly-organizations/

Pond Slider on a rock. Descanso Gardens, La Canada Flintridge, California, USA. March, 2021. #descansogardens #turtle #slider

Fuck ya #ElbowsUp
https://mstdn.social/@carrieberry/114951229963331546

"U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he's terminating all trade discussions with Canada effective immediately.
"We will let #Canada know the #Tariff that they will be paying to do business with the United States of America within the next seven day period," Trump said in …

This is the moment to defend the right to strike in Canada - CCPA https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/this-is-the-moment-to-defend-the-right-to-strike-in-canada/

This is the moment to defend the right to strike in Canada - CCPA
The ongoing strike by CUPE flight attendants at Air Canada has sparked a moment in the Canadian labour movement. Unions across Canada have been pledging their support for CUPE flight attendants and showing up on picket lines at major airports. 

Ukraine, Canada sign joint defense production agreement: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/24/ukraine-canada-sign-joint-defense.html

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Orchestra of London, Canada, Uri Mayer & Ottorino Respighi:
🎵 Vetrate di Chiesa (Church Windows)
#OrchestraofLondon #Canada #UriMayer #OttorinoRespighi

Canada and Mexico are creating a new trade route,
the "Northern Corridor",
that bypasses the United States entirely.
This move is projected to cost the U.S. economy $125 billion
while adding billions to the economies of Canada and Mexico.
https://www.

Skipping the US: Mexico and Canada enter into trade bypass agreement
It seeks to safeguard the continuity of trade flows between the two nations without US border interference.

The United States in the last 8 months has threatened to invade, or invaded:
Canada
Mexico
Panama
Greenland
Denmark
Venezuela
Los Angeles
Washington DC
Chicago
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Boston
And many others. potus and kegseth plan to rename the Department of Defense the Department of War.
This sounds like Nobel Peace Prize behavior, am I right? 🤦‍♂️

A downturn in international travel to the US may last beyond summer, experts warn (Rio Yamat/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/international-travel-us-decline-trump-canada-fd1b3fc3225703ee3e521754a171ecfb
http://www.memeorandum.com/250901/p51#a250901p51

We’re still on for tonight. Don’t let the weather and the extra-long weekend might dissuade you, it’ll be a cozy event. Victory Cafe at 440 Bloor St. W. is open today (we checked!). #Toronto #tech #pizza

Today is the 40th anniversary of the Air India Flight 182 bombing that departed Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and exploded off the coast of Ireland.
Many lives stolen - never forgotten. We still grieve. We still love.
My best friend and her family were on that plane. She was 11.
🤍

'My kids haven't heard about this': Community calls for Air India bombing learning centre in B.C. | CBC News
A coalition of B.C.-based faith groups and community members are calling on the province to build a large memorial and education centre to honour the victims of the 1985 Air India bombing, considered the worst terrorist attack in Canada's history.

Comscore: US and Canada summer box office revenue was $3.67B, down slightly from $3.68B in 2024, and well short of the $4B from the Barbenheimer-fueled 2023 (Pamela McClintock/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/m

Summer Box Office Clobbered by Kryptonite: Domestic Revenue Barely Matches Last Year
The May to Labor Day season initially soared, but global grosses took a nosedive as foreign movie ticket sales plunged further and a glut of male-skewing tentpoles battled for scraps in the U.S.

Blue Dasher dragonfly resting on a blade of grass. Descanso Gardens, La Canada Flintridge, California, USA. June, 2024. #descansogardens #bluedasher #dragonfly

Biryani, chotpoti, and spicy mango in the park was the perfect Canada Day lunch.

Hey, looking for Bitcoin advice. I cashed out (almost all of) mine in 2017: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2017/12/19/How-To-Sell-Bitcoin-in-Canada
Just now, a nag email from my wallet provider reminded me to peek in there for t…

How To Sell Bitcoins

Full Stokes magnetometry of the active M dwarfs AU Mic and EV Lac with SPIRou
J. -F. Donati, P. I. Cristofari, B. Klein, B. Finociety, C. Moutou
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01754

Full Stokes magnetometry of the active M dwarfs AU Mic and EV Lac with SPIRou
We report in this paper circularly and linearly polarized observations of the young active M dwarfs AU Mic and EV Lac with the near-infrared SPIRou spectropolarimeter at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, collected from August to October 2023 over a few rotation cycles of both stars. Applying Least-Squares Deconvolution (LSD) to our spectra, we detected Zeeman signatures in circular (Stokes V) and linear (Stokes QU) polarization, and Zeeman broadening in unpolarized (Stokes I) LSD profiles, al…

Good Morning #Canada
March 1975, the Beaver is officially designated as a National Symbol of Canada, meaning #BeaverWeek is helping us celebrate 50 years of celebrity status for the tail slapping mammals. The National Symbol of Canada Act came about because in January of 1975, a New York Senator proposed making the Beaver an official state animal. Canadians, who loved Beavers more than Americans, moved quickly. The youngest MP in history, 23 year old Sean O’Sullivan, introduced a private member's bill to counter the American attempt to grab our Beaver. O'Sullivan should be immortalized on the $5 bill.
#CanadaIsAwesome
https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/the-dam-the-myth-the-legend-50-years-of-the-beaver/

Happy #Canadog Day

Canada to send over $700 million in drones and ammunition to Ukraine in September: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/24/canada-to-send-over-million.html

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.

Canada rescinds Digital Services Tax after Trump cuts off U.S. trade talks (Lim Hui Jie/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/30/canada-rescinds-digital-services-tax-after-trump-cuts-off-us-trade-talks.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250630/p5#a250630p5

Cybersecurity threats continue to mount, so eyes akimbo and don't forget to check out today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--Airlines, transportation sector are Scattered Spider's latest targets,
--Sinaloa cartel used hacked phone records and surveillance cameras to help kill FBI informants,
--Germany orders Apple and Google to remove DeepSeek from app stores,
--Fake US bank accounts fuel romance scam indu…

Airlines, transportation sector are Scattered Spider's latest targets
Sinaloa cartel used hacked phone records and surveillance cameras to help kill FBI informants, Germany orders Apple and Google to remove DeepSeek from app stores, Fake US bank accounts fuel romance scam industry, Trump builds giant US citizen database, Canada orders Hikvision to shut down, more

Canada's Rogers launches the Rogers Xfinity StreamSaver plan, which bundles Netflix, Disney , and Apple TV for CA$22 per month (Etan Vlessing/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/rogers-bundle-netflix-disney-apple-tv-canada-1236355729/
http://mediagazer.com/250828/p9#a250828p9

Canada-based Clio, which makes cloud tools for law firms, agrees to acquire vLex, which offers a legal and regulatory database and an AI assistant, for $1B (Alex Riehl/BetaKit)
https://betakit.com/clio-to-acquire-american-legaltech-vlex-for-1-billion…

Clio to acquire American legaltech vLex for $1 billion USD
vLex offers an extensive legal and regulatory database alongside an AI-powered assistant.

Canada-Europe security and defence pact to be signed Monday
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/canada-europe-security-and-defence-pact-to-be-signed-monday-in-brussels/?taid=6855bdfae74102000174bf16

#3GoodThings
Celebrating labour (today was the workers' holiday in North America).
Swimming (or rather dunking myself ever so briefly) in a very cold (oh so cold) Lake Ontario along with Kid2 on the last day of summer vacation.
Watching the Women's Rugby World Cup with the family (Go Canada Go! Allez les Bleues!).

Happy Canada Day (a smidge early)!
#ElbowsUp #CanadaStrong

Good Morning #Canada
Conservationists who focus on restoration of wetlands are increasingly "Leaving It To Beaver." Beavers are considered the ultimate Keystone Species because they area they re-engineer offer benefits to many other species, and an entire ecosystem can collapse if a Beaver is removed. A Beaver dam doesn't just hold and conserve water. Beavers increase the population of frogs, fish, insects, birds, and small mammals and extend the range of larger mammals like moose, deer, and bears. The quantity and variety of vegetation are increased. Water is filtered and saturates the land, refilling artesian wells. It's unbelievable that we almost lost this amazing creature because of a hat fashion trend.
#CanadaIsAwesome #BeaverWeek
https://news.maryland.gov/dnr/2021/01/01/leave-it-to-beavers-keystone-species-provides-nature-based-restoration/

Magnetic field monitoring of four massive A-F supergiants
Gregg Wade, Mary Oksala, Coralie Neiner, Etienne Boucher, James Barron
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.00282

Magnetic field monitoring of four massive A-F supergiants
We report magnetic field measurements spanning about 15 years of four massive ($7.5-15 M_\odot$) supergiant stars: $α$ Per (HD\,20902, F5Iab), $α$ Lep (HD\,36673A, F0Ib), $η$ Leo (HD\,87737, A0Ib) and 13 Mon (HD\,46300, A1Ib). For each star, spectropolarimetric observations were collected using ESPaDOnS at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope. The observed spectra were co-added, normalized, then processed using Least Squares Deconvolution (LSD) to yield mean Stokes $I$ and $V$ profiles. Each s…

Ukraine and Canada have signed an agreement on the joint production of defense equipment,
Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal announced on Aug. 24.
The announcement coincides with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's first official visit to Kyiv.
The prime minister arrived in the capital on Aug. 24 to celebrate Ukraine's Independence Day and announced a military aid package worth over $700 million.
"The agreement aims to deepen bilateral defense and industr…

Ukraine, Canada sign joint defense production agreement
The deal will make it easier to establish Ukrainian defense companies in Canada and provide Kyiv "with modern weapons and military equipment in the long term," Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal said.

Canada orders Chinese video surveillance tech provider Hikvision to cease all operations and close its business in the country over national security concerns (Yi Wei Wong/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-…

Just got tickets for Matthew Good and I Mother Earth (in the fall, here in #Montreal).
1998 in #Canada is going to be a good year.

Canada's US trade minister exits DC as tariff talks stall (Mike Blanchfield/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/01/canadas-u-s-trade-minister-exits-d-c-as-tariff-talks-stall-00488775
http://www.memeorandum.com/250801/p118#a250801p118

Good Morning #Canada
On this date in 1608, Samuel de Champlain founded Québec, the city and the colony. For 25 years, he tirelessly championed the ambitious project to establish a French colony in the St. Lawrence Valley. And that ladies and gentlemen, is how Canada became famous for #Poutine.
#CanadaIsAwesome #History
https://youtu.be/5JbmGhS84WM?si=Pk6ajCXxkrXZSuaj

Street trees unequally distributed across Canada, study finds #Canada

Street trees unequally distributed across Canada, study finds
A new study from the University of Toronto Mississauga finds that street trees are unevenly distributed across Canadian cities, with marginalized neighborhoods often seeing fewer and smaller trees and less species diversity.

Lyft completes its €175M acquisition of European taxi app Freenow from BMW Group and Mercedes-Benz Mobility, its first global expansion beyond the US and Canada (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

At this point, I’m in the camp of: We should stop wasting our time on this clearly-bad-faith “deal negotiation”.
We had a deal. The liar is going to lie. He’s going to chicken out of every deal. The dead USMCA deal we had was *his* deal. It’s negotiating with a child.
Yes, it’s going to hurt Canadians and Canadian business, but it’s going to hurt anyway. Time to focus on dealing with buyers who aren’t throwing yet another tantrum every week or two. A different future.

U.S. and Canada might not reach trade deal, Trump says | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump says his country may not reach a new trade deal with Canada and could simply impose more or higher tariffs on its northern neighbour — something he's threatening to do in one week's time.

Good Morning #Canada
July 1840 - British parliament passed the Act of Union 1840, and it was proclaimed officially on February 10, 1841, in Montreal. The act abolished the legislatures of Lower Canada (basically the East coast and Quebec) and Upper Canada (most of present day Ontario) and established a new political entity, the Province of Canada to replace them. British objectives were to exert more control of their colony and suppress the French speaking population. In 1848, the Province of Canada was allowed "responsible government," giving them limited rights to pass laws, and some of the more repressive laws of the Act of Union were repealed.
#CanadaIsAwesome #History
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/act-of-union

Good Morning #Canada
In my opinion, Great Bear Lake doesn't get enough attention or respect. It is the largest lake entirely in Canada (Lake Superior and Lake Huron are larger but straddle the Canada–US border), the fourth-largest in North America, and the eighth-largest in the world. The lake has a surface area of 31,000 square km and a volume of 2,234 cubic km. Its maximum depth is 446 m with an average depth of 71.7 m. In the winter, ice hijghways are opened across Great Bear Lake to supply northern communities and provide heavy equipment for resource companies.
#CanadaIsAwesome
https://youtu.be/kJXBUbVwBNo?si=fyUDnLuvMs_BgdNL

Quebec plans to table bill banning prayer in public (Matthew Lapierre/CBC News)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/public-prayer-ban-quebec-1.7619985
http://www.memeorandum.com/250829/p12#a250829p12

Call center agents in Australia, Canada, Greece, and the US say they've been repeatedly mistaken for AI, as the industry rapidly integrates AI alongside humans (Morgan Meaker/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Good Morning #Canada
OTD in 1977, Tim Severin landed on Peckford Island, Newfoundland. Severin had set sail from Ireland on May 17th with a five-man crew in a boat built using only techniques and materials available in sixth-century Ireland. The arduous 7,300km journey was meant to prove that St. Brendon had discovered North America almost 1,000 years before Columbus. I'm sure we were polite and didn't smirk when we welcomed him to Canada.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Myth
https://lookingnorth.blog/2020/07/the-brendan-voyage/

Good Morning #Canada
Summer is over, and this morning, approximately 5.5 million primary and secondary Canadian students go back to school. Lunches are packed, stylish new backpacks have a light load, and sneakers are fashionably untied. Stay alert for school busses, crosswalks, and that speed camera newly installed outside your local school. Yes, it's hectic today as you relearn how to get your kids out the door on time. Enjoy the change of pace because soon you'll be shoveling snow.
#CanadaIsAwesome #BackToSchool #WinterIsComing
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3710010901

Good Morning #Canada
Capitalism certainly doesn't waste an opportunity, and as entrepreneurs were trying to make Beavers extinct, they made use of every part, including the Beaver's secretions. Castoreum is a yellowish exudate from the castor sacs of mature Beavers used in combination with urine to scent mark their territory. Butt for centuries Beaver Castor Oil was used to flavour food, make perfumes more interesting, and cure every ailment known to the human race. Rumors persist about its use in many products, but it's rarely used today. I will not make a tasteless, smelly Beaver joke this morning.... you're welcome.
#CanadaIsAwesome #BeaverWeek #Eewww
https://www.vice.com/en/article/a-history-of-flavoring-food-with-beaver-butt-juice/

Good Morning #Canada
Today is move in day, so what better day to share some horror stories about unscrupulous movers. Everyone has horror stories about moving from one home to another, and even our meticulously planned event has had some hiccups. Like the truck being 4.5 hours late when we moved out and getting our keys for the new house 8 hours after the deal closed. But we didn't hire anyone from this CBC investigation, so it's all good.
#CanadaIsAwesome #MovingSucks
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/marketplace-moving-companies-1.6371262

Good Morning #Canada
In August 1998, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that Quebec could not legally secede from Canada unilaterally. The court's decision affirmed that any secession would require a constitutional amendment negotiated with the federal government and other provinces. This ruling stemmed from a reference case initiated by the federal government following a close referendum on Quebec sovereignty in 1995. Although Quebec was represented at the Supreme Supreme Court hearing, they did not participate in presenting arguments. They essentially ignored the ruling and planned a future referendum, which never happened.
This ruling established an important precedent that Alberta separatists should pay attention to. But details such as this ruling, aboriginal rights, or common sense seem to escape their attention spans.
#CanadaIsAwesome
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/supreme-court-says-quebec-can-t-separate-unilaterally-1.159509

Good Morning #Canada
I'm still recovering from doing almost nothing yesterday, so it's time for a #MercerMemories post. This gem is 15 years old and really nailed the complete career of #PeePee at that time. Rick is a clairvoyant.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Comedy
https://youtu.be/gnmgL5CZqfs?si=9MlC8VIiIxVoCHYZ