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  Tumbler Ridge shooting survivor released from hospital https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/maya-gebala-released-hopsital-9.7401403 Maya Gebala, nine months in the hospital.

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  @renata@cosocial.ca I read a post claiming there is major influx of Brazilians to the Fediverse at the moment: https://app.wafrn.net/fediverse/post/01a16ebb-1b59-720a-bdbd-1e4c2f7a1862 I'd like that to be true. But what do you think, is that really occurring?

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  @EdwinG@mstdn.moimeme.ca The MTQ should accelerate plans for replacing the Honoré-Mercier Bridge; I think the project has been studied for over a decade. #polqc #engineering

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  There are plenty of places to go to read smart independent pundits looking at #CanPol from the outside; but if you want to learn what MPs and other insiders of the Liberal party think, then go read the *Toronto Star*. Similarly, this article in the #NationalPost tells you how the #CPC feels about their prospects at the moment. In a word: bleak. And with no real solutions. https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/conservatives-search-for-hope-amid-mark-carneys-tide-of-good-fortune-and-find-only-s...

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  Does Canada make motorcycles? Maybe the ban is aimed at those three-wheeled vehicles I see on the highway... https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/politics-2qr4m137z/-/a-E3U0bCVpSpKU6SUBJPkbVw%3Aa%3A107108217-%2F0 #TrumpTariffs

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  Canadian governments ought to replace MS Office by #LibreOffice. (This is one of those actions that cause pain in the US, but benefit Canadians; governments should have done it long ago.) https://mastodonapp.uk/@wood5y/117161602409063499 #CanPol #cdnpoli #TrumpTariffs

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  RE: https://flipboard.com/@ctvnews/top-stories-19khdp21z/-/a-IBvbkXCUQdmMge8iLecX3w%3Aa%3A2823982346-%2F0 The Prime Minister should be able to take a Summer vacation, and his office shouldn't be afraid to say so. #CanPol #cdnpoli #MarkCarney #vacation

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  Mackenzie Gray: "The text of the Gordie Howe Bridge deal has been released, and it backs up our reporting from last week. #cdnpoli Canada will give the US 50% of the revenues, after expenses to operate the bridge for 15 years. [...] That calculation does not include Canadian debt payments on the bridge, despite Canada paying $6.4B to build the bridge and the US/Michigan putting up $0" https://gordiehoweinternationalbridge.com/proposed-agreement-in-principle/" https://nitter.net/...

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  The Terry Fox Monument, outside Thunder Bay. #TerryFox

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  @fname@kamloops.social The law itself hasn't gotten nearly the amount of attention it deserves. As I understand it, in November 2025, Parliament passed it, thinking it would affect a few hundred thousand people, and nobody really paid attention. A few months ago, I heard on #CBC that because of the law millions of Americans are now Canadian citizens, and they need only submit some paperwork to prove it. #CanPol #cdnpoli #citizenship

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  I have a classic Canadian #roadtrip planned this Summer, en famille. I'm thinking of preparing a songbook to occupy the hours. What songs should I include? *Northwest Passage*, of course; that goes without saying. *Wheat Kings*. *Take Me Home, Country Roads*. *Song for the Mira*... Suggestions (and boosts) would be very welcome. #Canada

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  Quebec's Angine de Poitrine fills jazz fest site to capacity for free outdoor blowout https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment-life/angine-de-poitrine-montreal-jazz-fest-free-outdoor-blowout/ "Speaking of which, it was a home run for the jazz fest: presenting a Quebec band at the height of its hype on the main stage and drawing the biggest crowd in years for a show that will go down in history as the night festival-goers were abducted by aliens." @mtlgazette@mstdn.social #Mont...

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  I wonder what will be the next major driver of #migration to the #Fediverse? X/Musk does something that drives away users, or governments? It catches on at last in the EU? Bluesky blows up? #Loops⁩ goes viral? Facebook shuts down? #Threads makes sharing the default? Many features people complained were lacking years ago are now in place, but it doesn't feel as if the Fediverse is growing much overall, ⁨https://fedidb.com/⁩ . #Mastodon

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  @ZebKing@mastodon.online I switched to French's when Heinz shut their plant in Leamington. That said, I understand that Heinz ketchup is now made in Montréal. So it's foreign-owned, but not foreign-made.

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  I'm having trouble with my #RPi4 again. #Debian updated the Linux kernel a few days ago to 6.12.90 (a security update); since then I've been getting segfaults, and when it reboots sometimes I get a kernel panic. Not really sure what to do; I could update the image on my SD card. I've been running Debian Stable for maybe 20 years. This is the first time I've had such problems.

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  Spain just became one of Europe's cheapest power markets. Here is how. https://janrosenow.substack.com/p/spain-just-became-one-of-europes (Wind and solar.) Via #MarginalRevolution #electricity

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  Today, let us remember the life of Queen #ElizabethII, on what would have been her 100th birthday. May her life of service be an example to us all. #Queen #Elizabeth #Canada

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  "So to recap the Liberals’ spring economic update: there is a sovereign wealth fund that is not a sovereign wealth fund, a capital budget that is not a capital budget, a balanced operating budget that is not balanced, a commitment to spend less while actually spending more, and a plan to invest more in things that are not really investments." Matthew Lau: Carney accelerates Canada's fiscal collapse https://nationalpost.com/opinion/matthew-lau-carney-accelerates-canadas-fiscal-coll...

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  Matina Stevis-Gridneff (@MatinaStevis): "Canadian red tape is worse than Trump tariffs This is a valuable reality-check: industry leaders tell @IlyaGridneff @FT that there is a gap between what PM Mark Carney says & what's really happening on the ground, that's costing Canada $$$ https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/07def50f-d16f-4674-a038-7a9cde8e2951" | nitter https://nitter.net/MatinaStevis/status/2048467587080614250#m #CanPol #cdnpoli #FinancialTimes

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  @ZebKing I've brought in three. Two stuck around, one has used the account so little that the password is lost. I'm planning to try to reel in some more in January.

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  What's your favourite #Christmas album? Reply with the artist and the album name. (Feel free to reply with non-English answers, "None" and "Bah, humbug!", as appropriate.) Boosts welcome. #records #albums #CDs #music

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  Thanks for pointing that out, @virtuous_sloth@cosocial.ca ; I wasn't aware of the issue. Nothing I can do about it though, the problem is that Flipboard doesn't permit #quoosts by default.