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#Canada ⚠️ I beg YOU🫵 to not only receive this message, but actually f*cking do something about it‼️
If you TRULY care for your loved ones YOU will do something!! Now! Today, not tomorrow! #cndnpoli #ABpoli #bcpoli #skpoli #cpc #lpc #ndp #papc #secu #inan #ONpoli #québec
If you TRULY care for your loved ones YOU will do something!! Now! Today, not tomorrow! #cndnpoli #ABpoli #bcpoli #skpoli #cpc #lpc #ndp #papc #secu #inan #ONpoli #québec
As some of us celebrate the #Soviet victory over Nazism, let us remember the filthy role of the Canadian state, before, during and after #WWII. Prime Minister King, a vicious anti-Semite, was the most pro-appeasement leader in the British Empire, and was fond of Hitler 
The Canadian state's interest in WWII was to use the war to whip up #nationalism and stamp out #socialist organizing at home, and to defend British #imperialism abroad. The Canadian state was happy to take on a founder of the Nazi Party, Otto #Strasser, as a political advisor.
As of Jan 21, an estimated 7547 Canadian children have lost a primary or secondary caregiver to Covid-19.
24% of those have been since protections were removed in individual provinces.
Individual provincial impacts are in this thread.
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#canpoli #cdnpoli
24% of those have been since protections were removed in individual provinces.
Individual provincial impacts are in this thread.
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#canpoli #cdnpoli
As of Jan 28, an estimated 117 NB children have lost a primary or secondary caregiver to Covid-19.
57% of those have been since protections were removed.
#NewBrunswick #nbpoli
57% of those have been since protections were removed.
#NewBrunswick #nbpoli
As of Jan 21, an estimated 107 NS children have lost a primary or secondary caregiver to Covid-19.
68% of those have been since protections were removed.
#NovaScotia #nspoli
68% of those have been since protections were removed.
#NovaScotia #nspoli
The History of Gun Control in #Canada
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#guns #BillC21 #guncontrol #hunters #legalgunowners
#yukon #bc #alberta #nwt #Saskatchewan #ontario #Quebec #Manitoba #NovaScotia #NewBrunswick #PEI #Newfoundland #Nunavut
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#guns #BillC21 #guncontrol #hunters #legalgunowners
#yukon #bc #alberta #nwt #Saskatchewan #ontario #Quebec #Manitoba #NovaScotia #NewBrunswick #PEI #Newfoundland #Nunavut
• 1913, you required us to have a permit to carry a handgun.
We complied. There was no discernible reduction in violent crime.
We complied. There was no discernible reduction in violent crime.
• 1920, you required us to have a permit to possess any firearm, regardless of where it was stored.
We complied. There was no discernible reduction in violent crime.
We complied. There was no discernible reduction in violent crime.
Today was the first day I took some time to wander around #PortauxBasques #Newfoundland after #HurricaneFiona and it really hurt. I’m not talking about my feet or my back. I mean my emotional and mental state.
Went to J.T. Cheeseman Provincial Park first. There was a couple honeymooning in their little red hatchback with a quiet, pure white husky tethered to a zip line. They were easily 200 - 300 feet inland from where the parking lot used to be.
There used to be a sand dune between the parking lot and the ocean. You’d climb from the lot, cross the ATV trail and get to the beach. Old railroad tiles - cause Newfoundland used to have trains - were visible to the right, just a foot or two poking out of the sand. Now?
Premier Furey and MHA @Andrew_Parsons1 have been attempting to get here most of the day but quite frankly they’d need to invent teleportation to accomplish it. There’s no getting through the Wreckhouse. Our understanding is the Premier was on a flight overseas but turned back.
Our connectivity challenges continue. Cousin Sharon’s roof has sprung multiple leaks. It’s a new roof. #nlwx #hurricanFiona #PortauxBasques #Newfoundland
Even if the politicians and outside assistance scramble, there can be no response until the winds abate further and the Trans Canada near the Wreckhouse becomes passable.
This series of photos comes courtesy of Velda Tapp. These photos are from East End Channel. #HurricaneFiona #nlwx #PortauxBasques #Newfoundland
Velda is safe and we are very grateful for that, and to her for these photos.
#Newfoundland & #Labrador's Liquor Corporation has for a long time, set some of the highest alcohol sticker prices in #Canada. And they're rising again! As much as 5 per cent per bottle, from wine to beer to coolers to spirits.
cbc.ca/news/canada/ne…
cbc.ca/news/canada/ne…
Last year #NLC brought in about $363M dollars in revenue, posting earnings of about $200M "the
highest in NLC’s history." #nlpoli This is from CEO & President Bruce Keating.
highest in NLC’s history." #nlpoli This is from CEO & President Bruce Keating.
As per #Newfoundland & #Labrador’s Compensation Disclosure agreement, about 18 (management) members of #NLC 600 employees were paid more than $100,000 in 2020.
20 years ago today we were on a Continental Airways (now @United) flight from Manchester to New York. It was for our first gig there for 4 years, to launch our 2nd Album, and we had a lot lined up. We were an hour off landing when the plane was diverted to a small town 1/
..in Newfoundland, called Stephenville. Stephenville had an old military runway big enough for passenger jets, so we landed with another 7 planes. We’d been in the air for about 6 hours. There was no infrastructure to deal with passengers,so we all had to stay on the plane for 2/
…another 17 hours while customs and extra police were brought in.When we got off the plane, the setup was amazing. It was 4am local time, and the local college (@CNA_News) had organised catering students to make food for everyone. We then all got a blanket,toothbrush,soap 3/
Meanwhile in #France,
"the peak of this second wave is over"
(according to the President in his Adress to the Nation):
"the peak of this second wave is over"
(according to the President in his Adress to the Nation):
Wait... "the peak is over" doesn´t mean "it´s back to normal"!
Confinement will only fall on December 15,
if there´s less than 5.000 new cases a day.
(today it´s ~9.000).
France is disappointed.🙁
Although they certainly can make it happen.
Confinement will only fall on December 15,
if there´s less than 5.000 new cases a day.
(today it´s ~9.000).
France is disappointed.🙁
Although they certainly can make it happen.
Meanwhile in #Switzerland:
(excess mortality of the second wave is significant)
Good news: fastest decrease in infections happens in the worst hit areas now.
(excess mortality of the second wave is significant)
Good news: fastest decrease in infections happens in the worst hit areas now.
For each #Province and #Territory in #Canada, here is the help that was offered to those living with #disabilities. This will include the #Federal help offered as well as any hoops #PWDs may have needed to jump through to get it and whether CERB was clawed back or not.
This is based on my own research, and if anyone sees anything I missed or may have gotten wrong please let me know.
Let's start with #Yukon
According to several articles, eligible families on #disability supports we're to get up to $400 to help with costs until August. Unknown what eligibility was.
#CERB was exempt from clawbacks.
According to several articles, eligible families on #disability supports we're to get up to $400 to help with costs until August. Unknown what eligibility was.
#CERB was exempt from clawbacks.
#SydneyMines played a key role in #NovaScotia’s coal mining and industrial history.
Here's the story...
#nspoli #cbpoli #CapeBreton #nshistory @HomeMattersCB @JaimeBattiste @CBRMGov @AllanMacMaster @KCoombesMLA #coal
Here's the story...
#nspoli #cbpoli #CapeBreton #nshistory @HomeMattersCB @JaimeBattiste @CBRMGov @AllanMacMaster @KCoombesMLA #coal
#SydneyMines was named after Thomas Townshend (1733-1800), First Viscount Sydney, who was British Home Secretary in the Pitt Government in the 1780s. He was an important player in negotiating the Canada-US border.
#nspoli #cbpoli #CapeBreton #novascotia #nshistory
#nspoli #cbpoli #CapeBreton #novascotia #nshistory
He felt the British needed to keep Canada so loyalists – Americans who supported the British side in the US War of Independence - would have a safe haven to go to after the war.
#nspoli #cbpoli #CapeBreton #novascotia #nshistory
#nspoli #cbpoli #CapeBreton #novascotia #nshistory
358/ #Alzheimers
Question on my cognitive quiz yesterday
How many animals can you name in one minute?
Test your ability. Have someone time you.
Prep for your cognitive exam.😉
@LukeEdwards504 @Gearoidmuar @reelbryanwilson
@julie_eye
My answer below
meandgin.blogspot.com/2020/08/how-ma…
Question on my cognitive quiz yesterday
How many animals can you name in one minute?
Test your ability. Have someone time you.
Prep for your cognitive exam.😉
@LukeEdwards504 @Gearoidmuar @reelbryanwilson
@julie_eye
My answer below
meandgin.blogspot.com/2020/08/how-ma…
359/ #Alzheimers
I am 9 months into writing my 3rd book on my AZ
I am providing a link that will take you to the draft.
The Pursuit of Happiness w AZ
docs.google.com/document/d/1IU…
@LukeEdwards504 @Gearoidmuar @julie_eye @bmaccullough @reelbryanwilson @FatEmperor @ZKForTre @johnzahorik
I am 9 months into writing my 3rd book on my AZ
I am providing a link that will take you to the draft.
The Pursuit of Happiness w AZ
docs.google.com/document/d/1IU…
@LukeEdwards504 @Gearoidmuar @julie_eye @bmaccullough @reelbryanwilson @FatEmperor @ZKForTre @johnzahorik
360/ #Alzheimers
I updated my draft today for the complete 9 months of my third year with AZ.
The free draft can be read at:
docs.google.com/document/d/1IU……
I updated my draft today for the complete 9 months of my third year with AZ.
The free draft can be read at:
docs.google.com/document/d/1IU……
This was the #AtlanticBubble 500 million years ago – underwater! In fact, Nova Scotia wasn’t even land back then. It was sand, silt and mud at the bottom of an ocean.
#nspoli #cbpoli #capebreton #novascotia #AtlanticBubble @NS_Museum @NS_Energy_Mines
#nspoli #cbpoli #capebreton #novascotia #AtlanticBubble @NS_Museum @NS_Energy_Mines
It wasn’t until continents collided 400 million years ago that these sediments were lithified (turned into rock) , squeezed, folded and thrusted up into mountains – eventually becoming the province we know today.
#nspoli #cbpoli #capebreton #novascotia #atlanticbubble
#nspoli #cbpoli #capebreton #novascotia #atlanticbubble
You can see the west coast of modern #Newfoundland and northern #NewBrunswick outlined on this map but all of #Atlantic was off the coast of the continent Laurentia which hosted most of North America.
#nspoli #cbpoli #capebreton #novascotia #atlanticbubble
#nspoli #cbpoli #capebreton #novascotia #atlanticbubble
As #COVID19 cases are found to spread, #Melbourne (city of ~5 million) tries to contain them by going into #Lockdown.
(The interview features the idea of a dedicated #Quarantine building - that would actually help, I guess)...
(The interview features the idea of a dedicated #Quarantine building - that would actually help, I guess)...
"People acting as if the pandemic was over was 'not the answer, it is part of the problem' ".
"The virus had leaked from postcodes already under the stay-at-home orders to other parts of #Melbourne."
(and beyond, it is feared).
"The virus had leaked from postcodes already under the stay-at-home orders to other parts of #Melbourne."
(and beyond, it is feared).
Due to #Melbourne's outbreak, neighbouring South Australia is about to completely close it's borders to #Victoria.
(Nearly) no exceptions. And those essential few who are allowed in, will have to wear facemasks the entire time...
(Nearly) no exceptions. And those essential few who are allowed in, will have to wear facemasks the entire time...
Few years ago, I was offered a scoop of an ice cream named “#ColonialStreet” at @NLChocolateCo
Which #bipoc wants to PAY for a taste of THAT when they can have it for free?
Same ppl who said to me then “what’s the big deal?” now supporting removal of racist elements
I see you
Which #bipoc wants to PAY for a taste of THAT when they can have it for free?
Same ppl who said to me then “what’s the big deal?” now supporting removal of racist elements
I see you
After learning that their ice creams are named after streets in #newfoundland , I filled out a survey asking @NLChocolateCo, “Why would you want to commemorate #colonialism by naming an ice cream flavour after it?”
I never heard back
I never heard back
For those asking why it was “such a big deal to me”
It was one of the many reminders that I didn’t “belong” in the city of #StJohns, #newfoundland & in #Canada. In that moment, I wished to go back to my homeland, India.
It was one of the many reminders that I didn’t “belong” in the city of #StJohns, #newfoundland & in #Canada. In that moment, I wished to go back to my homeland, India.
April 24 #COVID19 #Canada update. Explore the data on our (@ishaberry2) dashboard below.👇
art-bd.shinyapps.io/covid19canada/
art-bd.shinyapps.io/covid19canada/
I had to make a bit of a tweak to the rolling average plot for cases. #Newfoundland has gone 7 days without a new reported case, making its weekly average 0, which is a no-no for log scales.
Thus, all weekly averages of 1 case per day or fewer are now plotted at log(1) = 0 with the label "≤1".
Mines in #CapeBreton towns like #Donkin, #GlaceBay and #SydneyMines all mined the same huge coalfield (named for #Sydney) which extends from #CapeMorien-#CapeDauphin and 300 kms offshore.
#nspoli #cbpoli #novascotia @GeoffMacLellan @HomeMattersCB @AllanMacMaster @kendrachristin3
#nspoli #cbpoli #novascotia @GeoffMacLellan @HomeMattersCB @AllanMacMaster @kendrachristin3
98% of the #Sydney Coalfield is underwater – it extends almost to the south coast of #Newfoundland.
There have been about 100 mines in it and it has produced more #coal than all other #NovaScotia coalfields combined.
#nspoli #cbpoli @GeoffMacLellan @HomeMattersCB @AllanMacMaster
There have been about 100 mines in it and it has produced more #coal than all other #NovaScotia coalfields combined.
#nspoli #cbpoli @GeoffMacLellan @HomeMattersCB @AllanMacMaster
The Princess Colliery in #SydneyMines was the first to mine undersea #coal in the #Sydney Coalfield. Its main shaft was near the shore and the workings were entirely under the ocean.
#nspoli #cbpoli #novascotia @GeoffMacLellan @HomeMattersCB @AllanMacMaster @kendrachristin3
#nspoli #cbpoli #novascotia @GeoffMacLellan @HomeMattersCB @AllanMacMaster @kendrachristin3
We love getting questions about #mining, #minerals and #geology! We were asked about the red soil and sand at #CabotsLanding Provincial Park in #CapeBreton. Here’s our answer:
#nspoli #cbpoli #NovaScotia #CapeBretonHighlands #CB #NS
#nspoli #cbpoli #NovaScotia #CapeBretonHighlands #CB #NS
Sand and soil are eroded rock. Red sand and soil, like at #CabotsLanding, eroded from rock with significant iron content. Iron oxidizes/rusts when exposed to air, so the red is rusted iron.
#nspoli #cbpoli #NovaScotia #Capebreton #CB #NS
#nspoli #cbpoli #NovaScotia #Capebreton #CB #NS
The sand, soil and clay at #CabotsLanding are glacial outwash - sediments deposited by glaciers as they melted at the end of the last ice age 10,000 years ago. Much of the sediment is eroded from the #CapeBreton Highlands, which used to be much bigger.
#nspoli #cbpoli #NovaScotia
#nspoli #cbpoli #NovaScotia
We love getting questions about #mining, #minerals and #geology! We were asked about the historical #Torbrook iron mines in #AnnapolisCounty. Here’s our answer:
#nspoli #NovaScotia #NS
@GlavineLeo @KeithIrvingNS
@JohnLohrMLA @mmillershubie @scottbrison @AVRCE_NS @StephenMcNeil
#nspoli #NovaScotia #NS
@GlavineLeo @KeithIrvingNS
@JohnLohrMLA @mmillershubie @scottbrison @AVRCE_NS @StephenMcNeil
#NovaScotia’s first #iron mines were developed in 1825 at #NictauxFalls, #AnnapolisCounty.
#nspoli @GlavineLeo @KeithIrvingNS
@JohnLohrMLA @mmillershubie @scottbrison @AVRCE_NS @StephenMcNeil
#nspoli @GlavineLeo @KeithIrvingNS
@JohnLohrMLA @mmillershubie @scottbrison @AVRCE_NS @StephenMcNeil
Also in 1825, the #Annapolis Iron Mining Co. built a blast furnace at #MooseRiver (#Clementsport) to smelt the magnetic ore recovered from three seams in #Clementsvale (the Miller, Potter and Milbury), as well as to accommodate production from the #Nictaux deposits.
#nspoli #NS
#nspoli #NS
(1/3) #Canada va misser 95 persones in plu a #Australia por auxiliar it luctar contra li foyes forestal quel ha devastat li país e in quel ja 23 persones ha morit, 5 hectares ha esset incendiat, e circa 480 million animales destructet. Li pumperos canadés
#Occidental #Interlingue
#Occidental #Interlingue
(2/3) va esser misset del foy-servicies in li provincies de #Yukon, Britannic Columbia, #Alberta, #Saskatchewan, #Manitoba, #Ontario, #Quebec, e #Newfoundland. Chascun pumpero va laborar por 31 o 38 dies, sub un acorde secun quel li land besonant li auxilie paya. Australia ha ja
(3/3) auxiliat Canada durant su propri estives durant quel it esset hiverne in Australia, e con plu e plu foyes forestal chascun seson it sembla que li acorde inter li du landes va continuar. Lunedí matine, ancor 136 foyes brulat in #NewSouthWales e 31 foyes in #Victoria.
We love getting questions about #mining, #minerals and #geology! We were recently asked about the #ScotchLake #Quarry in #CapeBreton (aka the #GeorgesRiver Quarry). Here’s our answer:
#nspoli #NovaScotia #NS #cb
#nspoli #NovaScotia #NS #cb
This dolomite #quarry operated from 1899-1951 and was owned by the Dominion Iron and Steel Company (acronym: DISCO!). The #mineral dolomite has many uses, including for acid neutralization in the chemical industry, in stream restoration projects and as a soil conditioner.
#nspoli
#nspoli
DISCO made steel with #CapeBreton #coal and #iron from #Newfoundland in #Sydney's #WhitneyPier neighbourhood (named for Henry Melville Whitney, DISCO's president). #Steel is iron and carbon, and the carbon is derived from coal.
#nspoli #NovaScotia #NS #CB #mining #minerals
#nspoli #NovaScotia #NS #CB #mining #minerals
We often tout #NovaScotia's amazing #geology but all four #Atlantic provinces have great geological sights - partly because we were all connected in supercontinent #Pangea 200-300 million years ago! We're going to talk about some spots in #NL, #NB and #PEI this weekend.
#nspoli
#nspoli
This is #AtlanticCanada 10,000 years ago. #PEI was still connected to the mainland - no #ConfederationBridge needed! Sea levels are lower during ice ages because so much water is frozen. It wasn't until 5000 years ago that rising sea levels made PEI an island.
#nspoli #NovaScotia
#nspoli #NovaScotia
#Newfoundland's #BellIsland had iron mines from 1895-1966. The #NovaScotia Steel and Coal Co. helped open the first one. The iron was made into steel in #Sydney, #CapeBreton. Steel is iron and carbon (which is derived from coal) so #CB coal and #NL iron were a good match!
#nspoli
#nspoli
