#canada
“This study tells the genetic story of French Canadians, showing that their population structure today is not a result of ancestral French population structure, but rather one that has been shaped by events in North America over the past four centuries.” Prof Simon Gravel #migration #genetics #Canada #Quebec
https://theorkneynews.scot/2023/05/30/how-landscape-shaped-french-canadians/
#News #Canada #CanadianNews #TheGlobeAndMail
NDP’s Notley vows to stay on after losing tight race
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-alberta-election-rachel-notley/
#News #Canada #CanadianNews #TheGlobeAndMail
Danielle Smith wins over Albertans, but governing a divided province won’t be easy
LOL!!
This world is f*cked. Democracy just keeps on electing fascists. If that ain't an indication of abject failure I don't know what is...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-re-elects-ucp-government-cbc-news-projects-1.6853380
#News #Canada #CanadianNews #TheGlobeAndMail
Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party wins majority government in Alberta
I was following the count in Alberta on Global but it was just too depressing. Switched to CBC.
https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/alberta/2023/results/
Same numbers but they don't have that big 'projected seat count' at the top showing a UCP sweep. Just silly when so little's been counted so far and all leads are so razor thin.
Maybe I'll just go play Zelda for a bit instead of driving myself mad like I do every time there's an election.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/29/nova-scotia-wildfires-state-of-emergency | Nova Scotia officials declare emergency over rare and ‘very aggressive’ wildfires |
"Rare and “very aggressive” spring wildfires in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia have destroyed many buildings and forced thousands from their homes and prompting officials to declare a local state of emergency." | #Canada #NovaScotia #wildfires #ClimateChange
Douglas Abbott, born OTD in 1899, was Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of #Canada from 1954 to 1973; his appointment directly from Finance Minister was the most controversial in the court's #history https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/canada/ottawa/?s=mb #travel
PSA – Traffic Delay – Beaver Bank Road, at the intersection of Millwood Drive and Stokil Drive https://haligonia.ca/psa-traffic-delay-beaver-bank-road-at-the-intersection-of-millwood-drive-and-stokil-drive-3-292193/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook #hfxtraffic https://www.facebook.com/619544240204056/posts/625645932927220?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #halifax #novascotia #canada
Kate is obsessed with the sound of the rocks crashing when the waves pull back. ♥️
Cape Breton is so, so beautiful! Next level amazing. I don't think I've seen a National Park this scenic since we were out west two years ago. We went on a 4.7 mile hike today and we're rewarded with some cool views, but the drive itself was simply stunning.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=iShxVRPMaxo&feature=share
⚡️🇨🇦Kyiv hit with latest Russian airstrike (CBC - Canadian News in English VIDEO) #Ukraine #Canada #NATO #Press #News #Invasion #Russia #9yearsOfWarInUkraine #WantedDeadOrAlive
Global News BC: Iconic Vancouver cafe damaged in suspected arson, could be closed for months https://globalnews.ca/news/9731372/ovaltine-cafe-fire-arson/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #OvaltineCafeVancouverfire #OvaltineCafeVancouver #OvaltineCafeclosed #OvaltineCafeowners #ArsonOvaltineCafe #OvaltineCafearson #OvaltineCafeDTES #OvaltineCafefire #ovaltinecafe #Canada
#News #Canada #CanadianNews #TheGlobeAndMail
Government to recognize historical significance of Canada’s ban on Chinese immigrants
Beaverton: Election Day: Alberta decides between a traditional conservative government and whatever the hell the UCP is https://www.thebeaverton.com/2023/05/election-day-alberta-decides-between-a-traditional-conservative-government-and-whatever-the-hell-the-ucp-is/ #satire #canada #commentary #AlbertaElection #FeaturedPost #AlbertaNDP #AlbertUCP #Alberta
Global News BC: B.C.’s lieutenant-governor tours heritage site in Keremeos https://globalnews.ca/news/9731644/b-c-s-lieutenant-governor-tours-heritage-site-in-keremeos/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #BCIndigenousGolfChampionship #DesertCanyonGolfCourse #LieutenantGovernorOfBC #bclieutenantgovernor #GristMillAndGardens #southokanagan #JanetAustin #Politics #Keremeos #Okanagan #Canada #Tour
#News #Canada #CanadianNews #TheGlobeAndMail
Studies probe toxic burden on fish from algal blooms in Lakes Erie and St. Clair
🟠 Barrington Lake #Fire🔥, Nova Scotia, #Canada🇨🇦 - 28 May 2023 #Copernicus🇪🇺 #Sentinel-2🛰️ Full-size ▶️ https://flic.kr/p/2oDMuSy #RemoteSensing #OpenData #SciComm Image is about 23 kilometers wide @CopernicusEU @CopernicusECMWF @wildfirescience
200 homes or structures have been damaged as a result of fires https://haligonia.ca/homesdamaged-292200/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #halifax #novascotia #canada
Smallmouth bass are an invasive species that pose a severe threat to the entire #Miramichi system. If you catch one: retain the fish, note your location (GPS coordinates if possible), and contact DFO immediately at 1-866-759-6600 or invaders.glf@dfo-mpo.gc.ca.
#Canada #cdnpoli #fish #salmon #nature #newbrunswick #novascotia #invasivespecies
Haha fuckers. Maybe $1m for a place with an unfinished basement is a lousy fucking deal?
18 Salamander Way
https://housesigma.com/bkv2/landing/rootpage/listing?id_listing=jAXw7QplJNzyQOzg
#Ottawa #RealEstate #HousingCrisis #cdnpoli #CostOfLivingCrisis #Canada
Global News BC: B.C. woman wins Gloucester cheese-roll, unfazed by knockout: ‘Feels so good’ https://globalnews.ca/news/9731018/bc-woman-wins-gloucester-cheese-roll-concussion/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #britishcheeserollingcompetition #cheeserollingcompetition #Canadiancheeserolling #cheeserollingvideo #GloucesterCheese #cheesechasing #DelaneyIrving #CoopersHill #Gloucester #Nanaimo #Canada
Via 511NS: Lunenburg County- Beech Hill Road is now reopened to traffic. https://www.facebook.com/619544240204056/posts/625575522934261?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #halifax #novascotia #canada
#News #Canada #CanadianNews #TheGlobeAndMail
Iconoclastic theatre legend Daniel Brooks helped shape a generation of Canadian artists
#News #Canada #CanadianNews #TheGlobeAndMail
Manitoba politicians set to pass a host of new laws before heading into an election
#News #Canada #CanadianNews #TheGlobeAndMail
Several homes burned in Halifax wildfire, more than 16,000 evacuated
Canadian Letter: Decibel Cannabis is a Buy, says Haywood https://www.cantechletter.com/2023/05/decibel-cannabis-is-a-buy-says-haywood/ #canada #tech #Technology #Allposts #Analysts #Cannabis #db
Gouvernement of Canada: Minister Ng meets with Sir Lindsay Hoyle, U.K. House of Commons Speaker https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2023/05/minister-ng-meets-with-sir-lindsay-hoyle-uk-house-of-commons-speaker.html #Gouvernment #Canada #readouts
#News #Canada #CanadianNews #TheGlobeAndMail
Family of Quebec woman slain in 2017 suing police, says negligence led to killing
#News #Canada #CanadianNews #TheGlobeAndMail
Parliament votes down Conservative motion against safe supply of drugs
#News #Canada #CanadianNews #TheGlobeAndMail
B.C. creates anti-racism data committee, releases research priorities
Via 511NS: Cleared: #Highway103Exit30 Road Closure on Highway 103, Exit 30 Both Directions near Oak Park Rd. All Lanes Closed. Activities: Reduced speed, Be prepared to stop. https://www.facebook.com/619544240204056/posts/625538862937927?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #halifax #novascotia #canada
Very instructive for those of us interested in propaganda... Remember always, those who own the media control the propaganda.
Enforced Disappearances in Canada: Submission to Canada's 4th Universal Periodic Review (#UPR) by the #UN #HumanRightsCouncil. Peacemakers Trust made a submission to the UN Human Rights Council for Canada's fourth UPR scheduled for November 2023. The submission highlights concerns & makes recommendations regarding #Canada’s pattern of failure to ensure effective & timely remedies for enforced or involuntary #disappearances of #Indigenous persons. https://www.peacemakers.ca/publications/Canada.UPR4.2023.EnforcedDisappearance.html
PNW.Zone is a relaxed server for anyone who lives in or enjoys the Pacific Northwest of the US & Canada:
:Fediverse: https://pnw.zone
To find out more see their About page at https://pnw.zone/about or contact their admin @CurtisLBray
#FeaturedServer #PacificNorthWest #PNW #Pacific #NorthWest #Cascadia #Oregon #Washington #WashingtonState #Idaho #BritishColumbia #BC #Seattle #Vancouver #Portland #NorthAmerica #US #Canada #Fediverse
Texas Abortion Ban: Woman Claims She Was Forced to Birth Stillborn Son https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/texas-abortion-ban-forced-birth-1234739485/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #socialist #canada
Rick White of Eric's Trip covered "Nights in White Satin"! With One Hundred Dollars as backing band. Recorded in 2009, just released on Bandcamp!
https://rickwhitearchive.bandcamp.com/track/nights-in-white-satin #music #canada #toronto
Fire chief update on #NovaScotia #Halifax wildfires from earlier. #Canada #wildfires https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2216310339877
Mt Baker overlooking Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
#Photography #Vancouver #BritishColumbia #Canada #MtBaker #Washington #UnitedStates
photos by David McColm
14,000 evacuated in the #Halifax #Canada area due to #wildfires https://globalnews.ca/news/9729502/halifax-wildfire-state-of-emergency/
For #Halifax #NovaScotia fires, be sure to follow @MiBaWi @kichae @mappingsupport @BakerRL75 @ingalls (probably others) #wildfires #canada
Wildfire forces thousands of people to evacuate in eastern Canada
Building and development permits 101 with the City of Saint John https://saintjohn.ca/en/news-and-notices/building-and-development-permits-101-city-saint-john #sosj #saintjohn #newbrunswick #canada #nbnews #sjnews
Via 511NS: Updated: #HWY103 Road Closure on HWY-103 Both Directions near HWY-3. All Lanes Closed. Activities: One lane traffic, Reduced speed, Be prepared to stop. https://t.co/JtJKjyCHPp https://www.facebook.com/619544240204056/posts/625344679624012?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #halifax #novascotia #canada
My thoughts are with the people in the Halifax area of Nova Scotia as evacuations due to wildfires are underway. (Artwork has a stained glass effect and is not real stained glass.)
Art is here - https://peggy-collins.pixels.com/featured/the-worship-of-trees-peggy-collins.html
#trees #treehugger #art #artist #novascotia #halifax #canadian #canada #colorful #color #AYearForArt #MastodonArt #FediGiftShop #MastoArt #FediArt #BuyIntoArt #PeggyCollins
Today in 1950, the St. Roch arrived in Halifax, becoming the 1st vessel to circumnavigate North America, going from Halifax to Vancouver, then through the Arctic back to Halifax.
She is also the first vessel to complete a voyage through the Northwest Passage going west to east.
#Halifax #Canada #Arctic #NorthwestPassage #Canadian #RCMP #History #Histodon #Histodons
A grim vision of nuclear warfare in Ukraine https://johnmenadue.com/a-grim-vision-of-nuclear-warfare-in-ukraine/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #socialist #canada
The #climate-#denialist community has a higher proportion of Twitter accounts with inauthentic behavior (likely bots). At the end of 2022 in #USA + #Canada+ #Australia online communities, there was a sharp increase in the proportion of likely bots denialist accounts : +400%!
Ici, les #incendies au #Canada sont passés derrière un festival de cinéma et un jeu de baballe pour grands bourgeois. Mais ça crame encore, et même toujours plus. Halifax est en état d'urgence. Le réseau électrique prend cher. Les évacuations s'accélèrent. Ça crame tellement qu'on ne trouve même plus le compte des hectares partis dans l'atmosphère.
Et c'est pire en Russie, avec encore moins d'infos...
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1982710/feu-upper-tantallon-evacuations
https://youtube.com/watch?v=q4ltrcvuRc8&feature=share
⚡️🇨🇦Kyiv pounded by biggest Russian drone attack yet (CBC - Canadian News in English VIDEO) #Ukraine #Canada #NATO #Press #News #Invasion #Russia #9yearsOfWarInUkraine #WantedDeadOrAlive
#Halifax #Wildfires State of emergency declaration, plus links to other resources below #Canada https://www.halifax.ca/home/news/halifax-regional-municipality-declares-local-state-emergency
So I said something (which I've forgotten)
The Lodger replies with something like "I've heard the mermaids singing"
To which I started singing "There's a girl out on the sea. Floating on a pink surfboard"
If you know, you know.
Centralized media endangers us all.
Tonight, as wildfires tear through communities in western Halifax, Canadian broadcast television has been showing us Alberta election coverage. Even the CBC is giving us a national television feed (though CBC radio has been covering things, at least).
We saw the same thing during the overnight mass shootings in 2020.
The elimination of local, real time news media is going to get people killed. I'm beyond sure that it has in other communities. Maybe it even did here 3 years ago.
#Halifax #HRM #Canada #News
⚠ Confirmed: Network data indicate a significant disruption to internet services provided by Eastlink and City Wide in several communities in Nova Scotia, #Canada; the outage is linked to wildfires driven by strong winds in Tantallon and Shelburne, leading to evacuations 🔥📉
🟠 #Fire🔥 FS002-23 in the Northwest Territories, #Canada🇨🇦 (Lat: 61.820, Lng: -123.922) - 27 May 2023 #Copernicus🇪🇺 #Sentinel-2🛰️ Full-size ▶️ https://flic.kr/p/2oDw8AR #RemoteSensing #OpenData #SciComm Image is about 62 kilometers wide @CopernicusEU @CopernicusECMWF @wildfirescience
Canada is not immune to US-style book banning.
#Books #Bookstodon #Canada #Saskatchewan #alberta #ontario #cdnpoli
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-us-style-book-bans-and-censorship-could-happen-in-canada-too-if-were/
Today in 1947, Lynn Johnston was born in Colllingwood, ON.
In 1978, she created For Better or For Worse. The comic strip eventually reached 2000 newspapers worldwide, running until 2008.
She was the first woman & Canadian to win the National Cartoonist Society's Reuben Award.
#cartoons #cartoonist #artist #canada #history #histodon #histodons
We visited Cavendish Beach, a site that was suggested to us by a local. She referred to it as "cavy", and asked her co worker what she thought of the recommendation with an "eh?"
Cavy creates this beautiful gradation from blue to red as the water hits the red soil on the coast.
I practiced my kite stalls, barefoot on the beach, while the kids played in the cold water. I love beach days!
Time for therapy.
Mountains. Moving. Meditation.
#mountainbiking #mountainbike #mountains #cycling #mtblife #mtb #nature #landscape #yyc #canmore #alverta #canada
I'm told I need pinned posts on my profile.
I'm a #software #engineer living in #Saskatchewan, #Canada, the middle of the prairies. I've worked in countless domains, but find #python generally useful for many of them, and have been using it for nearly 30 years.
I'm a #HouseRabbit enthusiast and have had them for more than 20 years.
Other hobbies include #electronics, #rock music / playing #guitar, writing #FreeSoftware, and enjoying novelty music & #RiffTrax / #CinematicTitanic / #MST3K.
Happy birthday to Bruce Cockburn, born today in 1945!
In his career, he has written over 350 songs on 34 albums, 22 of which have gone gold or platinum.
He has won 13 Junos & been nominated for 33. He has sold more than seven million albums worldwide.
#BanAssaultWeapons
#ItsTheGuns
@composeroftheday
@electronicmusic
#ComposerOfTheDay May 27
Hugh Le Caine
Hugh Le Caine https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGT-itRivwZXhZoa8kej3wv_Yk0QX9Ycj via @YouTube
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Le_Caine
#ElectronicMusic
#HughLeCaine
#Canada
#MusiqueConcrète
One of the little-known pioneers of electronic music
Daria is a 24 year old white #transfem trying to escape #florida to be with her fiance in #canada . As her fiance is a canadian citizen she has a plan to stay, but need money to cover her moving expenses to get there. She is planning to move in a few months.
@mutualaid #mutualaid #mutualaidrequest #transcrowdfund #trans #transgender #queer #lgbt #gtfomystate
Hey Canadians, I haven't used cash in so freaking long, since when did we have vertical bills?!
I literally have not touched physical money in so long, I'm just realizing now... 😂 #Canada
Good for you to cancel netflix. Up here in #Canada we were a test market for the #netflix password-sharing crackdown. We cancelled our account. Make sure you change your password and click "sign out of all devices”, otherwise your ‘smart’ tv will re-activate netflix if you click on the app. Customer support is very good at fixing this up - which is one of the few good things I can say about netflix these days 😄
#CancelNetflix
From @BlackAzizAnansi
https://mas.to/users/BlackAzizAnansi/statuses/110426300617502015
190 #Calgary doctors warn emergency rooms 'collapsing' in open letter
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-doctors-warn-emergency-rooms-collapsing-1.6852938
@parkermolloy as a public servant in #Canada, we would often say that #2SLGBTQIA+ people are an equity-deserving group of the public that we serve. That is, trans people are who we serve, if we serve the public. I know Canadian federal law or policies don't affect American politics *at all* but I often think about how things would be different in the USA for trans people if they had The Charter and laws against frivilous, vexatious, or abusive use of the law.
Smoke from the big wildfires in #Canada reached Europe this week - see @CopernicusECMWF #CAMS data for details.
My son is over and we're playing a bunch of games. My current favorite (and also one of his) is the INCREDIBLE roguelike Death Road to Canada. And like it sounds, you're fighting pixelated digital zombies in the apocalypse, trying to make your way to the safety of Canada. This game is SO fun and replayable (but beatable, we've beaten it three times since he's been here) and I suspect it would make an EXCELLENT party game. Up to four players can jump in and out. Every game is random and you don't win every time, but it's so wild and really hilarious too. I won this game in a giveaway and was pretty psyched but had no idea it was such a great game. Just a blast. You can even make your own characters too (and you'll meet some familiar ones), as you grab buffs, upgrades, and all KINDS of weapons. There's some really cool decision making involved along the way, along with skill you learn and luck you hope to have. Onward to Canada!
#DeathRoadToCanada #IndieGames #SwitchGames #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch #zombies #ZombieGames #roguelike #roguelikes #roguelite #roguelites #horror #HorrorGames #Canada
Nova Scotia Sending Fire Crews to Help Northwest Territories https://haligonia.ca/nova-scotia-sending-fire-crews-to-help-northwest-territories-292144/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #halifax #novascotia #canada
We're just arrived on Prince Edward Island, and I noticed it was windy when we parked. Excited, I go out and try to fly my kite, which of course is when the wind dies.
I miss the constant wind on the Outer Banks. I hear they do some kite surfing here though, so maybe I'll have more luck on the beach. 🤞
https://www.alexstandiford.com/micro/1894
#Canada #Kiting #OuterBanks #PrinceEdwardIsland #RVLife #Travel
I am now following enough people on here that I feel comfortable to start unfollowing some accounts that aren’t producing the content I want to see all the time. Not real people, just a few news aggregators and such that I was following that are duplicating content and to make room for more local content. If you are in British Columbia in particular, give me a shout! I’d like to see more BC content and build the BC corner of Mastodon!
Introduction:
To remind me of the impermanent nature of Mastodon, my old instance is shutting down, hence the forced evacuation here, to the new one, hopefully for much longer this time.
I’m a former #photojournalist and #multimedia #producer from Toronto, #Canada. Retired to #Croatia, where I’m originally from, where living is (somewhat) cheaper, weather is warmer and sea is gorgeous. I #read quite a bit, run just as much, play guitar and strongly believe life must be enjoyed with whole heart.
Under no circumstances should book bans be tolerated in #Canada. As usual it is hyperventilation over #SexEd, #sex and #gender driving calls for bans. Enough. Librarians do amazing jobs and take great care in shelving books on many topics for various ages as described clearly in this article.
#books #bookstodon #canada #saskatchewan #manitoba #alberta #libraries
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-libraries-book-challenges-1.6851688
As our planet heats up and dries out, many countries around the world will be at ever greater risk from horrendous wildfires. But two countries in particular stand out.
These countries have the most to lose, in terms of human lives, biodiversity damage, and economic impacts. And the world will lose too, because as wildfires spread, growing larger and more devastating year after year, they send even more carbon into the atmosphere, which makes global warming speed up, which makes wildfires more probable — and so on in a vicious cycle.
Two of the countries at greatest risk are Russia and Canada, and not coincidentally, these are two places where the fossil fuel industry is working very hard to make bad conditions even worse...
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Lightning strikes the Earth millions of times a day, starting thousands of fires, but lightning’s got nothing on us.
For starters, about three billion people are still cooking and heating with open fires. Meanwhile, in the developed world, you’ve got hundreds of millions of gas stoves, water heaters, and home furnaces. The list of flammables goes on: Wars and trash generate a lot of fires; so does slash-and-burn agriculture, so do forest fires, and so does petroleum refining. According to the National Energy Board, Alberta’s bitumen industry uses more than 57,000,000 cubic metres (two billion cubic feet) of natural gas per day – the energy equivalent of 350,000 barrels of oil – for the sole purpose of separating bitumen from sand.
Canada is the fifth-largest producer of natural gas in the world; in 2017, nearly a third of Canada’s total production was devoted to processing bitumen. Even after this colossal energy input, the rendered bitumen will still need further, fire-intensive upgrading to be actually burnable. Lest there be any confusion, natural gas is about 80% methane, a greenhouse gas 50 times more potent than CO2.
Already, we’re into the billions of daily human-caused fires, but it’s when I started looking at engines that the numbers really took off. Globally, you’ve got well over a billion cars, a quarter-billion trucks, 200 million motorcycles, 25,000 passenger jets, and 50,000 ocean-going freighters (a third of which are devoted to transporting more fuel to burn). A single six-cylinder minivan running at driving-to-school speed will generate around 10,000 combustions a minute, more than half a million per hour. That’s a lot of fires. Add them all up and you get tens of trillions of individual combustions. That, roughly speaking, is the number of fires humans make every day – uncountable as stars in the universe.
Every single one of those fires generates CO2 emissions, and all of it stays here on Earth (no, carbon capture will not make a dent in this). A certain amount is absorbed into limestone by chemical weathering, but the bulk of anthropogenic (human-caused) CO2 is absorbed by our oceans, or set loose in our atmosphere where it remains active for decades, if not centuries. Findings published Tuesday in the journal Environmental Research Letters revealed that, over the past 40 years, roughly 40% of the area burned in wildfires in the western U.S. and southwestern Canada can be traced to industrial CO2 emissions.
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That's a short excerpt from an excellent opinion piece by John Vaillant, author of "Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast."
FULL ARTICLE -- https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-no-wonder-alberta-is-on-fire-we-made-this-planet-into-a-volcano/
#Canada #Russia #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #CO2 #Emissions #Wildfires
"When #journalists document the efforts of #Indigenous land defenders, the #RCMP obstructs and arrests them. https://breachmedia.ca/the-rcmp-suppresses-honest-reporting-about-colonialism/
Walked a short hike in Fundy National Park today. We didn't get to explore it as extensively as I'd like, but it has been lovely!
