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Mediocre white men will be the end of us - Halifax Examiner By Suzanne Rent This item originally appeared as VIEWS in Morning File, February 20, 2025 On Nov. 5, election night in the United States, I was thinking that Kamala Harris would easily win and become ...

I wrote this one year ago and it seems more relevant every day.

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First Nations orgs lobby to stop Hudson's Bay from selling artifacts First Nations organizations are calling for the Hudson's Bay Company to stop the sale of any Indigenous items in its possession.

The Assembly of First Nations is joining others in calling for the repatriation of cultural and sacred items currently being held by the Hudson’s Bay Company.

@thedailyshow.com Always love John Stewart’s commentary but also love to watch him “decorate” his notes as he speaks. Pretty please, could you a post pic of his notes after a show wraps? I feel like they could be abstract representations of the political landscape that day! 😂

Building a stronger Canada can only happen in full partnership with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis.

Thank you to the leaders of the National Indigenous Organizations for a productive and wide-ranging discussion today. It is the first of many.

I had the lemon last summer it it was the best ice cream I’ve ever had! And then Sobeys never restocked it. Didn’t get to try the peppermint. I hope Sobeys brings them both back and this new flavour!

I love your grandmother and this pan and the sweet irony of the name of the food-stuff next to it.

As a woman and feminist, I feel the same. However, I think that Trump won’t give a woman any respect, so the Liberals are better off with a (white) man at the helm. And bonus: if the Liberals bomb in the election, it will only kill the political career of someone who’s been in politics for 5 min.

"So, we're probably looking at a maple leaf ..."

Parliamentary committee choosing the new Canadian flag, from a lot of suggestions, 1964-65. #cdnhist

Library & Archives Canada. tinyurl.com/yk9244ma #flagday tinyurl.com/yeykmjx8

"As archivists, we adhere to a set of core values that champion accountability and social responsibility and promote preservation, access, and use. Protecting the integrity of the federal record and affirming the work of those who care for it aligns with our professional codes and responsibilities."

🧵Communication to SAA members today:

"The leadership of the Society of American Archivists (SAA) is alarmed by the dismissal of the Archivist of the United States on February 7, 2025. We believe the removal of AOTUS with no stated cause does harm to our nation and its people."

#archives #library 📚

What he said…

Council approves capital budget, staff corruption Halifax’s municipal council doesn't normally meet on Fridays, except during budget season. That’s when Fridays are held open as a contingency meeting day, to be...

"Cars don’t scale as mass transit. It’s physically impossible. If sprawling suburbs are unsustainable, then we need to densify, but if we densify, there will not be enough space for everyone to drive a car." Another zinger @landofsticks.thecoast.ca! #ZeroVisionHFX
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The province is going to spend a half a billion dollars on highways, but Halifax's transit plan goes mostly unfunded - Halifax Examiner No one blinks an eye at spending $500 million for highways — it's not even up for debate — but there's no money to fund the Rapid Transit Plan.

The province is going to spend a half a billion dollars on highways, but Halifax’s transit plan goes mostly unfunded www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file... Morning File by me

Hi you don’t have to post it. And you don’t have to re-post it.

And you can think about the fact that Jewish people are gonna be traumatized every single time you make us see it over and over and over and over.

You can just not post it.

Back on the grind tomorrow

Andy Fillmore could not be more wrong about the housing crisis - Halifax Examiner It's stunning how little knowledge of the actual state of the housing and homelessness issues Fillmore has.

Andy Fillmore could not be more wrong about the housing crisis www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file... Morning File by me

Calling all researchers working on or wanting to work on coastal topics (rural coasts, urban coasts, ports, history of environmental change of coasts, etc. etc.)! I want to start a #CoastalHistory starter pack, and to interest people in joining our Coastal History Network. Let me know if interested!

My favourite: Nova Scotia Out(r)age Map. (I cannot take credit for this stroke of genius wordplay.)

Thanks! Very cool feature of this app!

It seems I’m a late arrival at the Blue Sky party. What have I missed?