TODAY IN CANADA: On today's date in 1992, Canada, the US, and Mexico finished negotiating NAFTA, creating the world's largest free trade zone at the time. It took effect on January 1, 1994.
🤝 YOUR SAY: Did NAFTA end up helping or hurting Canada more?
My husband and I recently returned to Nanaimo to try to get a sense of what part of VI we would like to Relocate to. We fell in love with your beautiful island when we attended the Nanaimo Infusion. We found a great little apartment to use as a base camp for exploring nearby towns. The owners said they would consider longer than typical air bnb stays - particularly for health care workers looking to explore locations /housing to relocate to. It had a full kitchen- BR/LR and washer dryer. Located at Departure Bay- about a 10
Min walk to The beach. Quiet neighborhood- super comfortable. It’s called “wild wood”. Thank you for sharing your beautiful island with us!!
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How a Canadian intern created the world's greatest marketing campaign
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I had 3 of them and really loved them. My first one came with the engine in pieces in a cardboard box and I had to rebuild it twice. The first time I neglected to change the exhaust valves and it went to lunch on one. The second time rebuilding it outlasted 3 bodies and 130000 miles before I sold it. It was really great fun to drive them on snowy roads and never got stuck with them.
The city is asleep for the next few weeks with Congress in recess. It's 8:30 pm and 91 degrees F (sorry, I can't do the calculations).
If you drive around DC you'll see Trump's fingerprints everywhere. The signs on the National Mall boasting about various beautification projects (which people give the middle finger to as they drive by), the pea-green reflecting pool, and the armed and uniformed men patrolling the sidewalks in pairs.
The heat and haze are the same. We're used to that. The constant feeling of unease and anxiety is relatively new. I don't want to get used to that.
If you have not listened to his brilliant songs, it's worth the time. I have a few favourites... No Kings and The Racist Sleeps Tonight.
TODAY IN CANADA: In 1576, Martin Frobisher entered the Baffin Island bay now bearing his name. He was sure he'd found the Northwest Passage. He was wrong, but Canada got a bay out of it.
🧭YOUR SAY: Should Canada have more or fewer places named after European explorers?
Hi all! We've added a "Hint" button to Cannections to help out a little bit. If you struggled yesterday you can try again with some hints. 🙂 https://games.hey.cafe/cannections/monday
Why isn’t it normal to repair your own computer? We had a family joke that the first TV set we had was "Frankenstein" brand. My dad had a second job at a TV repair shop, and if a set was brought in that was beyond help, he would ask the owner if he could bring it home for spare parts. Eventually, he had enough working components to assemble a working TV set. The case, screen, controls, and other elements were all from different brands, but it worked well enough until we could afford a new set. https://makevbuy.substack.com/p/remembering-repair-culture
Maybe an international coalition of the willing could be formed to achieve regime change here. That way America could get out of Iran, reverse some of the horrible policies and cuts, and possibly emerge as a second or third-tier developed nation.
It just really feels like we need adult supervision as a nation and Europe, etc. should intervene. Even if that best-case-scenario plays out, I'd rather be in Canada.
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TODAY IN CANADA: On today's date in 1960, the Canadian Bill of Rights received royal assent, becoming the country's first federal law guaranteeing rights like free speech, religion, and equality before the law.
🍁YOUR SAY: What right feels most at risk in Canada today?
It’s Monday, you know what that means…time for another Cannections! Cozy up on your chesterfield and see if you can solve today’s puzzle. https://games.hey.cafe/cannections/monday
Some (not so) oldie (but definitely) goldies of #NovaScotia literature, recommended for a (re)read:
Animal Person, Alexander MacLeod
Every Little Thing, Janice Landry
The Witches of New York, Ami McKay
You Won’t Always be This Sad, Sheree Fitch
The True Names of Birds, Sue Goyette
The Old Moon in Her Arms, Lorri Neilsen Glenn
Pride’s Fancy, Thomas H. Raddall
Fallsy Downsies, Stephanie Domet
Somewhere There’s Music, Sean Paul Bedell
Half-Sisters & Other Stories, Ryan Turner
Good Mothers Don’t, Laura Best
What Comes Echoing Back, Leo McKay
The Fortunate Brother, Donna Morrissey
Kin, Lesley Cynthia Crewe
No Great Mischief, Alistair MacLeod
A Dune Adrift, Marq de Villiers and Sheila Hirtle
The Waiting Hours, Shandi Mitchell
Roar, Shelley Thompson
A Bird on Every Tree, Carol Bruneau
Betsy Wickwire’s Dirty Secret, Vicki Grant
Birth Road, Michelle Wamboldt
Now, more than ever, get to the farmers’ markets in BC and help them out. Buy something. Anything.
I want to thank Tod and Jocelyn for the community they have built! I believe we (I) have a better understanding of what being a Canadian means. I would like to see more of our First People's involved as the original people of this land we call Canada. They have made vast contributions.
Has anyone else noticed the sheer number of YouTube vids showing up that are AI generated nonsense about how evil Canadian food is?
I just watched part of one on butter that was just utter nonsense. Whoever put it together has zero concept of how Dairy farming in Canada works.
It was full of meaningless pseudoscience about organic vs fake butter - and didn't bother to differentiate between actual Canadian brands and imported ones
And I'm pretty sure there are a few Co-Ops that would be stunned to learn they get their milk from a pool of 15,000 farms
Oh and milk that is from cows that spend less that 200 days per year grazing in open grasslands is impure and poor quality
The Food is Poison crew have gone full tilt wacko
Unless you're buying NoName butter (which isn't made from Canadian milk) you're probably okay not buying "Superior" butter, imported from Ireland, at $10/250g
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