Wow that confirms this was an incredibly successful program. That’s better than I would’ve guessed on basically every metric!
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Wow that confirms this was an incredibly successful program. That’s better than I would’ve guessed on basically every metric!
“there should be “debate” in Canada about a social media ban for children, Prime Minister Mark Carney says he has not made up his own mind on the issue yet.”
This is a fine position to take for someone who admits he hasn’t thought about it deeply!
“Weird why did kids stop dying for like 60 years and then suddenly start again?”
too many people think measles is just chicken pox plus, and brother it is not
Yeah taking regional transportation infrastructure seriously is a much better use of provincial authority than “no more bridge tolls” or “we’re gonna dig a tunnel under Toronto and use the material to make an artificial island!” 🤣
I think it was only viable because of freight running on the same lines; there was enough gypsum being moved for a small freight line to keep running on a chunk of it into the late 90s. These days I think you’d want to electrify it.
I remember the timing was more or less perfect for spending a day in the city from the Valley but I was also very young so that could easily be me forgetting a stay over
I was a train-mad little kid and it was really upsetting for me. I think the Annapolis Royal line got shut down even sooner didn’t it?
Moncton also used to be a significant rail hub; we had a lot of infrastructure out here!
To my Canadian friends, an acquaintance started a petition to allow US transgender citizens to claim refugee status here.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
If you’re Canadian please sign it.
If you’re not, please share ❤️
Please sign this and support Canada as an escape for our transgender friends and family in America (and people who we don’t know yet too)
I am happy that the Liberal government reversed its decision to defund the costs of postal shipping for libraries.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The Dayliner probably wasn't economically viable without CP running freight on the same rails. But mode shift away from cars in small town NS *happened* in the 1980s.
The Dayliner was regularly running four RDCs in a train when Benoît Bouchard cancelled it in the 1989 budget, saying "Ten years from now, no one will remember Benoît Bouchard cut Via Rail". I'm not as familiar with the rest of Canada but I believe Bouchard's cuts were heavily focused on local lines.
The oil crisis of the late 1970s meant folks had a keen interest in alternatives to driving, despite recent improvements to highway 101. I was very young at the time, but I remember (and have some transfers of ... I'm pretty sure Super 8? film as evidence) using the service with family.
Did you know that (at least part of) Canada responded to a gas crisis by large-scale mode shift to mass transit? It's true!
After Via Rail took over operation of the "Dayliner", it became a very popular way to get to Halifax from the Annapolis Valley!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangel...
Wait if plants are underway how are states bidding on them?
What can we possibly need aluminum for? ... Missiles? ... Drones? Why would we need THOSE? Anyway BRB closing the Strait of Hormuz for reasons.
Halifax Water has temporarily shut down its Customer Connect online portal while we investigate unauthorized access to information associated with the portal.
halifaxwater.ca/notice/halifax-water-customer-portal-privacy-incident-investigation
The other Globe piece in question is this silliness here:
I regret to inform you that the Globe and Mail's business section is at it again.
I'll be taking two pieces into the ol' woodshed today. Let's start with this one:
MOOD
cars are tyranny. nazi shit. i want that truck obliterated
I think this is a situation where Trump can't TACO on his own.
That's why Anand has been running around since last Sunday desperately trying to convince everyone involved to de-escalate.
Update regarding lower cost AAA options motion.
The portion of this project from the end of the HUG at Bellevue & Beaufort to SMU is part of our AAA minimum grid. The full project is the HUG extension.
engagehalifax.ca/urban-greenway
A lot of what I'd read was early 2010s econ blogs, which I've long since lost the links to; Wikipedia has some solid, basic coverage.
I think the total cost savings from narrowing is minimal unless you actually remove lanes, though there is a safety gain.
You really want to understand a lot a lot, read up on late 19th century American economics - bimetalism debates, bank crises, and the like.
Article III judge is perfectly capable of saying "that's toooooooooo bad"
