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We live in the dumbest timeline www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Ontario rethinking support for high-speed rail after feds reject Billy Bishop expansion: source | CBC NewsThe federal government's rejection of a plan to allow commercial jets at Toronto's Billy Bishop Airport is threatening a wedge between the Ford government and Ottawa — and potentially strengthening op...www.cbc.ca
Your reminder that fairy tales are full of stepmothers because women once routinely died in childbirth, from postpartum sepsis, or from other infectious diseases and left behind housefuls of motherless children. Stable nuclear families are made possible by vaccines, antibiotics, and safe abortions.
Catherine FriemanOne reason i think everyone should take an archaeology class is to internalise with tangible examples that there is no pure, natural past utopia and that antibiotics and vaccines are what stand between us and a 50% child mortality rate and scores of women dying needlessly during pregn and birth
I have my doubts CBC News would have run this story had it not been for the attention @rachelgilmore.bsky.social brought to the issue Predictably CBC doesn’t mention the fact that an independent journalist got there first or even the journalist’s name #cdnmedia #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Shopify CEO appears to endorse giving more votes to wealthy Canadians | CBC NewsThe billionaire CEO of one of Canada's largest companies has come under fire for seeming to endorse stripping voting rights from some and giving more votes to the ultra wealthy. Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke...www.cbc.ca
Cue the thundering silence from the same groups who express outrage when a First Nation closes a park for a few days. thenarwhal.ca/bc-carmanah-...
Logging company closes access to B.C. provincial park | The NarwhalMany B.C. parks are accessible only by resource roads controlled by private companies. The Carmanah Walbran closure raises questions about access to public landthenarwhal.ca
a terrific example of why regulation IS important if, for some reason, the poo poo salad stuff hasn’t convinced folks! companies are not incentivized to do good, they are regulated to do good.
Sean HollisterScoop: Logitech will sell two different versions of its products: user-replacable batteries for Europe, fixed batteries in the US and elsewhere. Just like Nintendo with the Switch 2. www.theverge.com/tech/971963/...
I hate it here ... 🫠 New from me, on the Canadian discount coffee chain in the year 2026 (!!) choosing to partner with the British anti-trans lady's three-decade-old children's book series ⬇️ xtramagazine.com/culture/tim-...
Tim Hortons and the no good very bad ‘Harry Potter’ collaboration | Xtra MagazineTim Hortons licensing “Harry Potter” in 2026 essentially means directly funding J.K. Rowling’s anti-trans crusadextramagazine.com
The August event list for Metro Vancouver is ready. It's updated daily so check back often:
Best Events in Vancouver This Month » August 2026 CalendarEvents and fun things to do around Metro Vancouver this August 1-32, 2026 including dozens of free activities, shows, festivals, and more.miss604.com
As a species, we are right now unthinkingly recreating the very conditions that gave rise to global mass extinction events in prehistory.
NatureFern-covered landscapes dried out and fuelled gigantic wildfires some 200 million years ago during the mass-extinction event that ended the Triassic period of geological history go.nature.com/45r5jzz
I want companies to understand that when I see an AI flier, my brain instantly deletes it. I don't think, "Ooh, I should go to this event!" I rush past it like it's a pile of dog poop. Same for ads with AI models. I assume that if your marketing is cheap garbage, so is your product.
