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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

Canada : "Le coût estimé pour l’achat de 88 nouveaux F-35A auprès des États‑Unis a explosé de près de 50 % depuis 2022"
#F35 #défense

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?

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.. 🙄

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

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

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.

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/

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

“#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.

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

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

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

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.

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

#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 …

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

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.

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

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

@… @…
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.

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

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…

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.

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/

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

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."

“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/

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

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.

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

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.

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

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?

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

"new evidence considered by the appeal court was that an eyewitness was given "substantial sums of money by the authorities pursuant to an agreement after he testified at the trial," Innocence Canada said."
https://www.cbc.ca/1.7550389

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

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

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.’

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/

Das ist kein Nebel, das ist Rauch von den Waldbränden in Canada

@… @… Welp, suddenly I find myself planning a trip to Canada.

"The American elites of the past 20 years have called their foremost principle freedom, but what they meant was impunity. That’s what the original slave masters built: a world where they could do whatever they wanted to whomever they wanted, without consequences. That’s what the techlords dream of today."

Met @… at @… event. #CoSocialCa members in the wild.

Current probability of aurora.

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

Watching Trump and Musk turn off the NOAA data centres, threatening irreplaceable archives of weather and climate data and analyses. Remembering when Stephen Harper’s government shut down a bunch of government libraries and archives, including literally throwing irreplaceable records in the trash.

The Harper Government Has Trashed and Destroyed Environmental Books and Documents
In the first few days of 2014, scientists, journalists, and environmentalists were horrified to discover that the Harper government had begun a process to close seven of the 11 of Canada's world-renowned Department of Fisheries and Oceans libraries...

Folks at EPA and NOAA are still keeping critical services alive.
#fire #WildFire maps can be found here:
https://fire.airnow.gov/
Today: a huge smoke plume over central Canada/ with attendant low air quality over Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Most of the US is good to moderate (until those plumes head south).

Another good #running day, a little chilly wind from our northern friends in Canada (for the love of god, please invade Minnesota) 🇨🇦
Looking forward to warmer weather here in a few weeks, hopefully.
#runnersofmastodon

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

aus labor likely to get re-elected, canada libs re-elected and gta vi release date announced i could coom rn

“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

That sewing machine part from Canada? It was reshipped, and hopefully will arrive this time. Who knows what process it will go through, or what I will have to do to get it. If the gub-mint imposes a tax, do I pay it on pickup or what? All this to get a sewing machine from 1953 sewing again. Yeesh. I other sewing news, the 1937 Featherweight is working. I removed the old busted (and hardwired) pedal, and got a replacement cord/pedal. I just need to finish the cleaning / lube job and then gif…

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

Duizenden Canadezen worden geëvacueerd wegens bosbranden, noodtoestand uitgeroepen.
Het attributen onderzoek is er nog niet, maar durf er al wel een fles wijn op te zetten dat #klimaatverandering de bosbranden verergert en de kans er op vergroot.

Duizenden Canadezen worden geëvacueerd wegens bosbranden, noodtoestand uitgeroepen
Natuurbranden: De premier van de provincie Manitoba, gelegen in centraal Canada, heeft de noodtoestand uitgeroepen. Het rampgebied is drie keer groter dan de gemiddeld 70.000 hectaren die jaarlijks in de Canadese provincie in brand staan.

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

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 …

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.

A limit on the mass of the Taurid Resonant Swarm at sub-100 meter sizes
Paul Wiegert, Denis Vida, David L. Clark, Auriane Egal, Richard Wainscoat, Robert Weryk
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.03327

A limit on the mass of the Taurid Resonant Swarm at sub-100 meter sizes
We report on a pencil-beam survey of the Taurid Swarm, a possible concentration of bodies in the Taurid meteoroid stream associated with the 7:2 mean-motion resonance with Jupiter. Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope MegaCam observations reaching apparent magnitudes of 24.5 in the gri filter were taken over three nights. Rates of motion on the sky allowed for the quick elimination of main-belt objects from the over 1000 moving sources seen. Eight candidates with on-sky rates of motion consistent wit…

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

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/

Als Frankrijk, het VK, en Canada "aan de verkeerde kant van de menselijkheid staan", zouden ze aan dezelfde kant staan als Netanyahu. Dat lijkt me niet.

#DJT expected to quickly run to pals in #SCOTUS to overturn 3 judge panel's ban in US Court of International Trade to resume his chaotic #WhiteHouse wank off of tariff tirades that many experts agree exceeds executive branch authorit…

Court blocks Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs
Trump imposed tariffs on most of the countries in the world in an effort to reverse America’s massive and longstanding trade deficits. He earlier plastered levies on imports from Canada, Chin…

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…

"The most effective countermeasure is simple: tariffs for oligarchs. Countries should tie market access for foreign multinationals and billionaires to fair taxation. As soon as Trump follows through with tariffs on Canada and Mexico, those countries should retaliate by taxing US oligarchs."
https://

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

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 …

@… @… This is how I see London too, and I miss it very much.
(I do not miss the tube.)
Sadly, I foresee very little long-haul travel in my near future, but when I get a chance, Toronto (and other parts of Canada) is high …

This morning I have a meeting with a PhD student who's working on the history of media coverage of the royals in Canada at exactly the same time as the throne speech. Maybe that's the least interesting part of the day?

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

Burnbrae egg cartons show a smiling egg, grassy fields, and sunny skies. But the hens that laid those eggs live trapped in small wire cages, inside industrial barns. #AnimalRights

The Burnbrae Truth I The Truth Behind Canada's Largest Egg Producer
Burnbrae Farms is Canada’s biggest egg company.  They still keep hens in tiny cages, and mislead consumers about it. Burnbrae egg cartons show a smiling egg, grassy fields, and sunny skies. But the hens that laid those eggs live trapped in small wire cages, inside industrial barns. The Burnbrae Truth ​

You know that thing we hear from Americans all the time?
"If Bush gets elected again, I'm leaving the USA."
"If Obama doesn't win, I'm moving to Canada."
"If Trump wins, I need an exit plan."
Well, this time it's actually happening. Not just words, but I personally know several people who are not just threatening to leave the United States, but they actually have a plan and are literally in the middle of packing and shipping…

Trump, Modi, MBS
G7 is an Every Fascist Welcome Hangout now?
Gross
#G7 #Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mohammed-bin-salman-g7-1.7556077

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

Gosling eating breakfast. LA Arboretum, Arcadia, California, USA. April, 2025. #laarboretum #bird #birdphotography

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

My favourite thing about the monarchy is that it's transparently BS. Like, no one actually believes that the King of England has some sort of divine right to rule over Canada. The trouble with republican forms of government is that the will of the people, often imagined in terms of the political calculus of the US's electoral college or first-past-the-post or whatever, is far less transparently BS, though perhaps equally so. Artifice, when it's obvious, can have a positive effect…

Good Morning #Canada
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

on paying for it all... cuts, tax rises, or debt?
he doesn't really answer.
"we just cut taxes, we're not raising taxes”
"we'll give an update on the outlook for the deficit in due course”
There will be a Fall fiscal update.
#Canada #CanPoli #NATO #RussiaUkraine #USA

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…

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

It was an interesting and fulfilling experience to be part of the @… working group on Winter Science in the Great Lakes. There are so many nuances to how #ClimateChange and development are likely to impact ice and seasonality in the

TIL the last time Canada spent 2% of GDP on defence spending (no date was given) we had Aircraft Carriers in our Navy.
The Bonaventure was the last Canadian aircraft carrier. And no, it wasn't a hand-me-down, though it began construction for the Royal Navy at the end of WWII but was stopped in 1945 then bought and completed by the RCN.
It was decommissioned and scrapped in 1970. It flew a squadron of F2H Banshee jets for the first few years of its life, then converted to a helicopter carrier for the final years.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #RCN #CAF
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Bonaventure

Good Morning #Canada
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

Notice scientists aren't exactly beating down Canada's door either.
Perhaps if we funded post-secondary and research. 🧐
or maybe even provded tuition some or all free education like most of those in this list
#braindrain #education https://mas.to/@mikegalsworthy/114584609202908831

Good Morning #Canada
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

Watching the first Question Period of the 45th Parliament of Canada!
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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

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Another installment of #BigStuffInSmallTowns takes us to Dewberry Alberta, the home of chuckwagon racers. So it's no surprise that the world's largest chuckwagon was unveiled at the 1995 Chuckwagon Races held in Dewberry, a full 1.5 times the size of a real racing wagon. There may be more deserving oversized monuments across Canada, but the YouTube feature on this big wagon only has 54 views and needs some love.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Chuckwagon
https://youtu.be/O47HcrOI39g?si=J6Zbl-74jw8f_T-B

Super informative video from @… for health care professionals in the USA considering moving to Canada (specifically British Columbia).
The process has been sped up from 4-5 months to 3 weeks using the "HealthMatch" system in BC.
Lots of detail here for doctors specifically looking to make the move and probably informative for other healthcare folks too.
#BCHealth #HealthCare #Canada #Immigration #USA #CanPoli #CdnPoli
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryTdNBC9mn8

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In May of 1733, the government of Quebec City upheld the right of Canadians to hold Indigenous slaves. This decision, though controversial, reflects the broader practice of #Slavery in New France and later Canada, particularly the enslavement of Indigenous people, alongside enslaved Africans. This serves as a reminder that Canada was complicit in the practice of slavery until abolished in 1834.
#CanadaIsAwesome #History
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/slavery-of-indigenous-people-in-canada

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In June of 1759, new settlers began arriving in Nova Scotia, not from Europe but from the American colonies. French Canadians, known as Acadians, were removed from the Atlantic colony in 1755, and the British governor of Nova Scotia was anxious to repopulate his territory with loyal subjects. Many farmers in New England were struggling, and over the next decade, some 8,000 Americans were lured to Canada.
#CanadaIsAwesome #History #Colonialism
https://pier21.ca/research/immigration-history/journey-of-new-england-planters-to-nova-scotia

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On June 6, 1944, my father was hospitalized in England, recovering from shrapnel wounds inflicted during the Italian campaign, and he joked that he missed all the excitement. That "excitement" included 1074 casualties on D-Day, including 359 killed, as Canadian troops secured Juno Beach to begin the defeat of Nazi Germany. It took another 11 months of bloody battles before Allied military forced surrender.
#CanadaIsAwesome #WWII #CanadianHeroes
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/wars-and-conflicts/second-world-war/d-day-and-the-battle-of-normandy