*people want a government that governs well*
Retired & recovering nonprofit & social justice warrior, still seeking better communities & moments of wonder. Ocean & trails lover.Trying to be hopeful about our planet, hard as it is. Like b'ball, tennis, St Mirren FC. Unama'ki/Cape Breton/Nova Scotia🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇨🇦
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*people want a government that governs well*
You guys see where this is going? Right?
Here's hoping!
Has to be seeing Leonard Cohen in May, 2008 at the Savoy Theatre in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, capacity 761 soft seats. He waxed poetic about watching a sailor tie knots earlier that day. 2 months later he performed a concert at the O2 in London, capacity 16,000, which became his Live in London album.
Funny, shouldn't the gains of your hard work go to ... you?
Evergreen action.
Who will do the work of these 1.2 million immigrants gone from the labour force? Kids? Inmates? People kicked off Medicare?
Ha, ha. Margaret Atwood writes a new story.
It’s that season again!
Shocking incident on the usually very quiet New Campbellton road. Not far from our place in Cape Dauphin.
Proposed by Nova Scotia's opposition Liberal party just last week also.
Important thread about state violence enacted through bureaucracy to criminalize trans people's bodies and relationships.
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Canada.
Don't think that's going to end well.
I haven't read the book, but found the movie very mediocre.
Friggin golf courses.
Welcome news for many. Hiking allowed in Cape Breton again!
And hardcore Alberto straightness. My condolences.
Yes, right at teeth brushing time. Hope not start of a new trend.
Obituary: Veteran CBC journalist Joan Leishman became a mentor and advocate for refugees. She died at age 67 after falling down the stairs while gardening. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com @pencanada.bsky.social #journalism
Oh my. Such a familiar voice and respected journalist.
Aug. 27 is our anniversary; Aug. 24 is our first daughter's birthday, which means it's also the day I thought my wife was dead. I wrote about it once, and no less a source than the God Action Cookbook likes it!
Beautiful piece. Thank you for writing this and for sharing.
Temporary foreign workers are doing the jobs young/many Canadians don't want to do. This is true for jobs in food delivery, food processing, agriculture, cleaning and, importantly, the care economy. Just today, StatCan published this report. www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/pub/36... 🧵
Why am I not surprised. electrek.co/2025/08/25/s...
NS Liberals will table the Social Media Responsibility Act. If passed Bluesky will no longer be available in Nova Scotia. The platform would be required to prove all users are 16 years of age which it has refused to do in other areas.
Go Venus and Leylah!!
Fun Fact: Today is the anniversary of decriminalization of homosexuality in Canada - Aug 26 1969.
A life-sized bronze statue has been unveiled on the island of Papa Westray, Orkney, in memory of the last known Great Auk Pinguinus impennis killed there in 1813. The statue is an exact replica of the preserved remains of the bird, which are held by the Natural History Museum.
Safe travels and hope your year is a positive one.
Disappointing to see @jengerson promoting the right-wing fiction that fire-related woods bans are the thin edge of a totalitarian wedge. Amateur NS historian Chris Gertridge has been posting clips of the 7(!) such bans from the 1950s.
Yay, plants - and you!!
Barbora was on fire, playing so well. Sorry to see Victoria out. Still learning!
Kamala Harris called it.
Killam made a PROFIT, after expenses, of $34 MILLION this first half of the year. Housing is supposed to be a human right - not a monster profit machine for huge corps. This is gross.
Prince. His parents live under the giant hosta with the fairies. In the hot, dry weather he cools off in the driveway gravel, a shady spot near the foundation. He discovered that the hose tap will give up a few drops of water when in use so he sits under it. Smart ‘lil toad. 🐸
An area I keep meaning to explore. Have to get on that! One of our forgotten coasts, like the southeastern part of Cape Breton. (Though I kind of like the deserted beaches at this end of Cape Breton.)
Peace be upon them.
This is hilarious and so well drawn!
A well-deserved honour for Canadian doubles tennis ace Daniel Nestor. What an amazing record!
A report has confirmed that parts of the Gaza Strip are now in famine. Our charts and maps show what will happen if current trends continue
DO NOT GO TO THE US OF A
Canada measles cases pass 4,500, highest count in Americas u.afp.com/SQjG
Yup, I'd put my money on climate change being the real Armageddon, not EV mandates.
Important investigation here from @rorywh.bsky.social on The Epoch Times circumventing Meta's ad ban to pump out disinformation, and Meta's ongoing refusal to credibly enforce its own rules. It's one of the many ways Canadian democracy is being poisoned. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/21/i...
You may think a hurricane would lower wildfire risk, but the high winds and drying effect of hurricanes offshore can actually increase the risk. Think of the devastating fires on Maui a couple of years ago. #AtlanticCanada
Well said!!! Loving this tennis karma!
Part of an excellent thread about fighting the inevitable "bikelash" against any pro-cycling initiatives. Hard to argue against making things better for kids. And tell the stories, create an emotional response with people. Stats alone won't do it.
Poilievre’s New Gaslighting Campaign. As Canada burns, what does the Conservative leader do? Hysterically switches attack to electric vehicles, Christopher Holcroft writes thetyee.ca/Analysis/202... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Will the sanctions include the ability to freeze bank accounts or seize assets with any US links?
I don’t see how any country can now allow US-regulated providers to supply critical state infrastructure like cloud hosting, utilities, or financial services. They’re too exposed to US government control. Your critical infrastructure could be frozen at any point if you anger the US
Scientists leaving Twitter for Bluesky: "I use social media to talk about fish. When I talk about fish on Bluesky, people ask me questions about fish. When I talk about fish on Twitter, people threaten to murder my family because we’re Jewish." Bluesky: No algorithm, and easy to nuke Nazis. 🔬💪✊️
... it's a meaningless exhibition.
Interview request! I am looking to speak to someone who lives in the Wildland Urban Interface of the Halifax area for a @nationalobserver.com story. Please dm me or shoot me an email at cloe[at]nationalobserver.com
Calling all petrostates, Canada included.
Seems newsy.
There's not much Nova Scotians can do about Northern Pulp now. But they should remember this saga — the disgusting pollution, the financial irresponsibility, the generous handouts — the next time a big multinational company asks to assault the province in the name of jobs.
Govt intervened way too early in the Air Canada strike, and it's caused chaos. If the strike had been allowed to play out for days, pressure increases on both employer and union to bargain. Instead, AC ran to govt to put their thumb on the scale, and now the natural balance is skewed
Perspective in one shot.
Wild how Ontario, Nova Scotia & Alberta think banning or ripping out bike lanes will reduce congestion. When you remove alternatives to driving, you don’t get fewer cars—you get only cars. Congestion doesn’t vanish, it multiplies. #bikelanes #cdnpoli
Water main break in Sydney and Glace Bay so no water. Not ideal. Restoration crews working on it, but no estimated time of restoration yet. Resist any fire urges, people. #NovaScotia #CapeBreton
This short video of a marmot getting a shower/bath is the thing you didn't know you needed to see today. Forget all the political dramas, the infighting, the droughts and fires, just for a few seconds and reset your brain to a little bit of joy.
Yowza! Another bagel place to check out in Montreal, now that I know they employ wizardry in their making.
Good job @ontariosdoctors.bsky.social for taking a step in the right direction. What we truly need is #Healthcare4All regardless of immigration status. Healthcare providers shouldn't need to decide on who "deserves" health care based on immigration status. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Great context against a gvt horrified by electric vehicle charger requirements, bike lanes and buildings set back from wetlands
I wrote about how the NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya can assuage his concerns about public trust in mRNA vaccine technology by not lying about them anymore. open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
Good investigative story.
“This is something we’ll see more of in the future and we’re learning things we can apply in future years. Including how to build resilient and sustainable infrastructure and communities in the face of climate change” - Premier Holt Why can’t Houston say these things?
And Houston only mentions 'weather', not climate change in his response. Disappointing, not surprising from this government.
Was a federal candidate for PPC party in my local Cape Breton riding. Totally deluded guy.
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Paging Canada's public pension plans. CPPIB in particular bdscoalition.ca/2024/05/31/c...
Let's make a decree to rename it the CanaCup.
Great city. Hope the fires don't get any closer.
What the actual hell?!
I was supposed to go on the radio to talk about this column this afternoon but they cancelled because a fire is threatening Bayers Lake park and they need to cover that.
Next it will be raining frogs.
Predawn light in Cape Dauphin. 5:30 am.
"...the truth is, there’s no evidence suggesting that aliens have ever been here. Invoking a supernatural explanation for some of the most monumental of human achievements skips over the ingenuity of prehistoric civilizations."
I know! Coolest thing I've learned in awhile!
the planet is literally on fire and the NS province wants to put wetlands at risk. don't go into the woods, but also let's reduce fire buffers 🤦
Oh my! Thousands of roosting birds taking off at sunrise create expanding 'roost rings' that show up on the weather radar along the southern Great Lakes. #Birds
Spoke to players about how they’re expected to always be gracious in defeat, in a sport that gives a runner-up a microphone just moments after a tough loss. “We're not politicians. And we're also not robots. At the end of the day, we're just humans.” www.thenationalnews.com/sport/tennis...
Excellent article. Thanks for bringing forward these player perspectives. A reminder to us all to not be so judgemental.
In the early aughts, a teenager was sued $675,000 for downloading 31 songs. Maybe if your entire business is built on the theft of copywrited material, and your argument when sued is that your company would be doomed if you had to operate lawfully - maybe that’s not a company that needs to exist.
Wondering if the Canada Border Services Agency could face human rights complaints over this change?
Seems rather accurate. Okie dokie indeed.
It's been great fun following her rise. Thanks for adding to that with your reporting.
A wee reminder: if you see a marine animal in distress, dead or injured, in the Canadian maritime provinces contact MARS. There was a pilot whale in Sydney River #CapeBreton getting help from MARS today ❤️ marineanimals.ca/Paste
I love when men's tennis gets overshadowed 😍
What a thrilling tennis match! Victoria Mboko from Burlington, Ontario looked like she was down and out 3 or 4 times, but never gave up. Something to cheer about. On to the final tomorrow!
Please remember, when I die being hit by a tractor-trailer while cycling, it was because there are no bike lanes in Halifax, and that I was doing my best to avoid being in the woods while also reducing my carbon footprint. #nspoli
RFK Jr is destroying research on vaccine technology that has saved millions of lives in favor of antiquated vaccines that don’t work as well and take longer to produce. Killing mRNA vaccines will kill people. open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...
Here is my story on #Halifax regional council's vote to rescind its decision on the Morris Street bike lane project. But also how does this decision connect to the ban on going into the woods? It's all about climate change www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...
Happy hunting!
and remember, the US hoarded vaccines during the pandemic. most of the globe never got access to them because of us. the back of the line is probably our future next time, especially since we are no longer at the table with WHO, etc.