TODAY IN CANADA: In 1925, Edward S. Rogers sold his first "battery eliminator", a power supply that could be used with other manufacturers' receivers to eliminate the need for expensive batteries, thus making household radios more accessible.
📻YOUR SAY: How has listening to the radio influenced your life?
I bought something from a what i thought was a known Canadian company... it shipped from China, was awful material and I had to pay to ship back to China. Who knows if I will see a refund. I love Tod's promoting Canada. Those I will trust. And a good idea to check reviews... I didn't
I found a post on Facebook I thought people here would find amusing: https://www.facebook.com/61572479859699/posts/pfbid0JkaseB6gYbNXytcEuG6frNoDutaVHE5upLx8AfD9z1msMnKkVytQLjTBTK1sRqwAl/?
I live in Michigan, I mean, Lower Ontario. If Trump wants to rename Lake Ontario, I think it’s only fair for Canada to return the favor!
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If you subscribe to an American streaming service, cancel it. They interfered with our negotiations. https://youtu.be/DNzNAgbjo8U?si=Gb2eqATs2W6Q-AJI
Here are some Canadian small businesses hit by the American tariffs that you can support. ✅ Shop, or list your store, at https://mainstreet.todmaffin.com https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-p_pzkFz5yY
RIP and safe journey to Miss Dolly Parton. From her incredible songs, her kindness, that infectious giggle to her bouffant blonde hair she will truly truly be missed.
I am currently proudly flying my Canadian flag.
Wouldn't it be lovely if our American friends and family showed their support for Canada by displaying a Canadian flag anywhere of their choice .. That would send a clear message to the US Government that they are on the wrong path ..That would be amazing! 🍁🍁 .. Ask them to do just that .. 🍁🍁🍁🍁
TODAY IN CANADA: In 2003, Prime Minister Chrétien signed the historic Tłı̨chǫ agreement in Behchokǫ̀ (NWT), giving the Tłı̨chǫ the power to make their own laws and control their own education, health, culture, and resources
🍁YOUR SAY: How did this agreement impact Canada?
If you're a small Canadian business and sell things impacted by the American tariffs, record a 10-sec video showing what you sell, and upload to https://mainstreet.todmaffin.com, and I'll likely share it to my 1.7M followers
P.S. Looking for a business to support? There's a directory too!
Does anyone know of a Candian made sugar substitute? Cannot have sugar and just learned that the kind I have been using is USA made.
I am asking what you do about stores like No Frills that have changed the tags on their fresh produce and they no longer say where the product comes from? I do see some people not even bothering to look and that’s up to them but it angers me to see that some stores are being so duplicitous. I usually look at a product and will say loudly enough to be heard by people around me “Where does this even come from? I’m not buying it if they can’t say where it comes from.”
And if it is American I say “USA! Oh hell no!”
I'm sending my son out on a quest to find Canadian celery in one of the nearby grocery stores
Wish us luck
I can't get to a farmers market until Saturday -
It's one if those strange Canadian things where I live surrounded by farms, but need to drive 45 minutes to get fresh local produce
I have what I think might still qualify as a garden
I attempted to grow celery
I failed
Celery likes damp, but I am in the part of the country that's not on fire, and the only reason I don't have Shrek moving into the neighborhood is I'm on Shield
I do have a lovely crop of algae in my Vegepod,
some amazing Potato trees (no blossoms, no potatoes), and a lot of very wet earth
¿although my Brussels sprouts are thriving
Anyone who doesn't believe in Climate Change because it's not described in the Bible¹ (I wish I was kidding) should talk to everyone in eastern Ontario considering rice as a crop option, and wondering if outdoor hydroponics is a thing.
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¹ I'm not a Xantian, but I am a recovering Catholic, so I gotta ask.... anyone else hearing trumpets?
I had an interesting and eye-opening experience on a comment I made on one of Carney’s videos. It got 2.1 K likes/❤ and hundreds of responses and the one thing that got me was being told thank you from French Canadians and one person said it was the first time they didn’t feel like “the pesky neighbour.” It made me so sad to think we had any Canadians who felt marginalized like this. I ask that we show some love to our wonderful French speaking Canadians. Imagine feeling marginalized in your own bloody country!
I’m not saying all French Canadians feel like that by any stretch but I don’t think any Canadians at all should feel like that.
I am not able to install the app - at least on my phone. Will have to give the laptop a go.
I coined the term “hobby effect” from James Burke’s Connections, specifically the episode “The Trigger Effect”. The episode shows how fragile our modern, electric, automated world is. First aired in 1978, Burke’s thesis is even more true now than it was then: the idea that interconnected systems provide a lot of convenience, but with that convenience comes a terrifying amount of fragility. The hobby effect is sort of the mirror image of the trigger effect. It refers to how useful living skills are being sustained, but they’re not being identified as such. https://makevbuy.substack.com/p/skills-costs-and-standards
I am American, curently in the very long line to receive Canadian citizenship, as my grandfather was born there, and his grandfathers grandfathers came to Canada on the Hoover. I’m waiting and hoping.
That said, I did not vote for our National Embarrassment, who has disgraced and debased the office of the President since he came down the escalator. Sometimes I read posts that say "look at all the terrible things you Americans have done" and I cringe. Impeach, Convict, Remove covers it for me.
I am sorry. I applaud your community efforts, determination and solidarity in standing up to bullying and greed. You are encouraging on the days when the news makes it hard to hope.
A spotlight on Canadian small businesses hit by U.S. tariffs.
Bee Keepers in Manitoba who ship their honey down to the States need to find new markets, fast. Let’s help them out. I’m posting an article and any company you find, contact them and see if they will send you their product. https://winnipeg.citynews.ca/2026/08/23/manitoba-beekeepers-u-s-tariffs-trade-war-threatens-honey-exports/
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