Few performers have left a mark on comedy like Catherine O’Hara. She will forever be a part of Canadian cultural history.
This TVO archival clip captures her speaking about what it means to be a Canadian comedian, in her own words. 🤍
#CatherineOhara
Over the past 12 months, Canadian governments, investors, pension funds, corporations, etc. have increased US bond holdings by 27%, or 100B USD.
Why are we increasing our financing of US government debt at a time when the US government is so antagonistic towards Canada?
Yeah, well I'll start my own Board of Peace; with blackjack and hookers!
In fact, forget the Board.
Photo of Lego model of Nintendo Game Boy & Super Mario Land game cartridge beside original Game Boy and cartridge
Christmas present assembled.
Can confirm: Pulled 60 Minutes “Inside CECOT” segment on the El Salvador mega prison housing hundreds of Venezuelan deportees sent by the U.S. is on Global TV’s free app
From this CBC story on Marine Land:
"The plan also includes an on-site data centre, which would generate revenue for animal care."
That proposal by KNP also has bad AI concept art. For some reason I think their proposal might be half-baked.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
I will believe in the end of identity politics when steel and lumber (28,000 jobs and 105,000 jobs respectively) stop getting bailouts, while higher education (310,000 jobs) collapses in front of our eyes because it's full of ivory tower elites
As a Canadian (and perhaps on behalf of Greenlanders?) more than a little alarming at the bit near the end of this podcast where the comms guy for the Quartermaster General's office says they've been told to work on cold-weather fighting gear. www.articlesofinterest.co/podcast/epis...
I'm confused by why the panels would be cantilevered vs having supports at multiple points around the frame. Weight and depth makes snow slide off my panels, but I realize this will depend on angles & temperatures. Would be interesting to hear about snow factors from coragroup.com/properties/e...
The Canadien Government has made an ad about the proposed Ksi Lisims LNG terminal & PRGT Pipeline, and it's surprsingly honest and informative.
A plaque for tourists in French and English about shipwrecks in Saint Pierre. Text from the plaque: “Source of pillaging : On May 18th 1971, because of a thick fog and a failing radar, the Transpacific, a 3865 tons cargo ship coming from Québec and property of the company Poséidon Line, ran aground on the Marie-Rose reef, next to Trehouart cove. After several unsuccessful attempts to get the cargo off the reef, the captain and his crew abandonned the ship. The looting of the cargo started, an opportunity to a hundred savvy and fearless people. They loaded in their dories all kinds of goods: hundreds of lawn mowers, juke boxes, engines, food, beverage... and a part of the ship equipment : tableware, furniture, compass, wheel and bell. Fearing a pollution, the ship was partly burnt and nature took care of what remained, leaving only the bow as a reminder.”
The rusted front hull from the Transpacific cargo shipwreck in a shallow section by a rocky coastline and grass covered hill. Taken in July 2015, Île Aux Marins, Saint Pierre Et Miquelon
There were still shipwrecks after ‘68. I visited Saint Pierre in 2015 and took a picture of this one from 1971.
The "drill, baby, drill" slogan belies the relatively small role of *all* mining, quarrying, O&G extraction activities in the Canadian economy.
It's hugely capital intensive (only 1.2% of all jobs) but rip, strip and ship activities contribute just 5.1% to GDP... not even in the top 10 sectors.
"The real nightmare for political leaders, not to mention the hundreds of thousands of autoworkers throughout the value chain north of the border, is: what if Stellantis is just the beginning?" — @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social
Who Visited Epstein Island? Find out by watching 'The Onion Investigates: Jeffery Epstein' on The Onion here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjhSoGcQhWU
I got my 2018 Leaf just before Ford was elected and ended Ontario's EV rebate, paid $35k. I was hoping by now, nearly 8 years later, there would be better options in the same price range. There would be if I was outside North America.
Happy Spooky Season! 9 years of my favorite Halloween video... David S Pumpkins.
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I discovered you via BlueSky then searched for Volts in my podcast app. Don’t think I’ve been to the substack page.
Dutch late night TV has its take
Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star
He’s flown home today, but he was only able to get help by going to the airport, which is what Air Canada said not to do. He went 2 days ago and got switched to Saturday, then went this morning and got on a flight at noon that was half empty.
One month until the new season of Heavyweight begins on September 18th. Here's a post to get some buzz going.
My visiting friend's flight was cancelled and #AirCanada won't even put him on hold, they just say no one is available to take his call. Even though the general advice is not to take a refund, the website still tells him to call in for a refund, which again leads nowhere.
I find it mildly suspicious that this is in my feed the same morning as a Wall Street Journal article on the same topic. bsky.app/profile/amer...
I’m pretty sure the cyclist in yellow is in the Uptown King St. bike lane and the other is on the sidewalk.
Wrote about Substack not just being the Nazi Bar, but promoting itself as such.
Yes
Please enjoy my cartoon for Friday's Toronto Star
Western World to recognize Palestine as a state in September if it’s still there
Still blows my mind that my parents saw that production.
Passing legislation that violates Indigenous rights, spits on privacy, and now, appeasing Trump.
Why the fuck did we want Carney again?
