canada

RE: https://mastodon.social/@noaivancouver/116808223626839535

CANADIAN AI HATERS SHOW UP this Saturday June 27th! Especially if you're in a location where a data centre is being proposed.

And ESPECIALLY if you're a programmer / tech worker / computer toucher. The animators and artists have been consistently out there doing the work, we need to start growing a spine (:

The info is on the third image of the quoted text, but I'll pull it out here:

• Vancouver, 1pm - Art Gallery (Robson St. side)
• Victoria, 1pm - Victoria City Hall
• Kamloops, 1pm - Kamloops Courthouse
• Edmonton, 2pm - Alberta Legislature Steps
• Grande Prairie, 2pm - Grande Prairie City Hall
• Red Deer, 2pm - Red Deer City Hall
• Calgary, 2pm - Calgary City Hall
• Regina, 1pm - Victoria Park
• Moose Jaw, 2pm - Moose Jaw City Hall
• Hamilton, 1pm - Hamilton City Hall
• Toronto, 1pm - Toronto City Hall
• Halifax, 1pm - Halifax Pier
• Lorneville, 1pm - King’s Square

#noAI #canada

shocking only because it reveals how dependent #Canada is on USA finbros and techbros capitalism:

❝ Canada currently has relatively few direct international cable options that avoid U.S. routing, a structural gap the project is designed to address. That context, combined with growing government interest in infrastructure resilience, gives the proposal its strategic weight.❞

» Norwegian Company Pitches 2,800-Mile Undersea Cable Linking Canada and Europe to Bypass the US
https://www.gadgetreview.com/norwegian-company-pitches-2800-mile-undersea-cable-linking-canada-and-europe-to-bypass-the-us

“The evidence of foreign interference in the attempt to break up our country is becoming too obvious to ignore. We are witnessing a repetition of patterns that were used in Donbas and Brexit.

And yet there seems to be no sense of urgency from government officials over the emerging evidence of offshore bad actors and direct interference coming from the United States regarding the Alberta referendum.

Earlier this month, I made a public call for Anton Boegman, the new Commissioner of Foreign Influence and Transparency, to investigate the allegations.

Specifically, I asked him to look into the meetings held by White House officials and a group of Alberta separatists. According to media reports, there was discussion of a $500 million fund to help the separatist cause.“

https://open.substack.com/pub/charlieangus/p/i-stand-corrected?r=2m1hl&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

#Canada #Never51 #Alberta #ForeignInterference #ElbowsUp

Happy that "White Magic" came in third place in the 5/28/2026 Fine Art America "Hole Y Moly" contest held by the Masterpiece Gallery group. Many thanks to contest administrator, Debora Lewis and to everyone who voted for my image. Congratulations to the other winners!

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/white-magic-lois-bryan.html

#art #digitalart #Notai #digitallyhandpainted #CorelPainter #swans #Ontario #Canada #LoisBryan

ALT

“Monday night, #Trump shared an article on Truth Social that stated #Canada had entered a “technical recession” for the first time since 2020.

“In response, the US President wrote: ‘51st State!’”

https://time.com/article/2026/06/02/trump-annex-canada-51st-state-rhetoric-carney-us-partnership-message/

35.1 C in Stratford, Ontario, Canada 1830h UTC.

From when I visited this place regularly decades ago as a student, I recall zero 3-4 day stretches of such weather.

Meanwhile, our PM coddles an-oil-industry-intoxicated Alberta toward adding a million barrels a day to our contribution.

To an atmosphere so thin, it looks like a lightly drawn pencil-line from space -- our last shield against death by radiation.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/alberta-bc-oil-pipeline-9.7253528

#wx #weather #canada #climate #climatechange #science

👏 👍 Manitoba won't approve massive AI data centre proposed for south of Winnipeg: Kinew

"We've taken a look at this project. We've taken a look at AI more broadly — what's happening across North America — and these hyperscale data centres don't appear to be in the best interests of Manitobans," he told CBC Manitoba Information Radio host Marcy Markusa on Thursday.

#Manitoba #DataCentre #Canada #Tech

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/ai-data-centre-manitoba-9.7223138

From the lone shieling of the misty island
Mountains divide us, and the waste of seas—
Yet still the blood is strong, the heart is Highland,
And we in dreams behold the Hebrides…

—“Canadian Boat-Song” (Anon.)
published in Noctes Ambrosianæ, Blackwood’s Magazine Sept 1829

Happy Canada Day! 🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

1/7

#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Canada #CanadaDay

ALT

“A gripping, beautifully written, well-paced but introspective novel, it is perhaps Buchan’s finest achievement. He based the landscapes and the journey closely on some of his own travels in the northwest as Governor-General of Canada, and the book reflects clearly the immensity and variety not only of Canada’s landscapes but its peoples”

—Jordan M Poss on John Buchan’s SICK HEART RIVER 🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

https://www.jordanmposs.com/blog/2022/6/30/sick-heart-river

#Scottish #literature #novel #JohnBuchan #20thcentury #Canada #CanadaDay

Happy Canada Day!

The Indigenous flag was designed by artist Curtis Wilson (d 2019).

The renowned artist was born and raised in the Ligwilda’xw territories and he was a member of the Wei Wai Kum First Nation in Campbell River.

""Every day is a learning experience we must do our best to pass on the knowledge to our future generations." ~ Curtis Wilson

#Canada #CanadaDay #FirstNations #IndigenousPeople #AltText

ALT

Back to jail sirrah!
A 3 judge appeal panel described King's actions as “a co-ordinated, targeted attack on Ottawa residents aimed at coercing change through highly disruptive criminal conduct.”

“His purpose was to use the pressure that was being exerted against area residents to compel the Gov't of Canada to abstain from exercising its lawful authority to pursue... policies it considered to be in the public interest, and to instead change these policies to satisfy Mr. King,”

#King
#Canada

I’ve just become a massive Toronto baseball fan today! #Pride #Canada

(tbh I saw them twice when working in Toronto in 1993) 🏳️‍🌈

ALT

Le français suit dans les commentaires.

On June 13 I am going to walk at Relay for Life organized by Canadian Cancer Society all over the country.

I will do the Laf of Hope being a survivor and a career of a rare genetic mutation putting me at risk of different cancers. *The event is located at St. Peter Catholic High School, Orléans, Ottawa.

I'm fundraising to prove that together, we can change the future of cancer forever. I know money is tight for a lot of us, if you can only boost it is perfect. ❤️

https://support.cancer.ca/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFL_NW_odd_?pg=personal&px=15446499&fr_id=30913

#Canada #cancer #RelayForLife #FuckCancer #Ottawa #OttCity

Vivian Maier and her Camera
Canada, unknown date

Official website:

Vivian Maier' s camera looking at children in a car looking at Vivian Maier' s camera from a car.

https://www.vivianmaier.com/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_Maier

#vivianmaier #Canada #Fifties #city #streetlife #photo #photography

ALT

« L'entretien approfondit le processus par lequel les populations #Autochtones ont été progressivement exclues de la #politiqueCanadienne durant la première moitié du dix-neuvième siècle. »

La Sapience reçoit #MathieuArsenault, auteur de l'essai #NeRejettePasNosParoles : #PolitiqueAutochtone et gouvernance coloniale au #Canada (1815-1860)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y6fi0wRzv8

#Indigenous #PremièresNations #colonialismeDePeuplement #histCan #histQC #histoireAutochtone #livres @bookstodon

USMCA wasn’t renewed by #Trump today.

#Canada and #Mexico are now in for 10 years of constant reviews.

What does that mean?

“Without a 16-year extension, the agreement moves into a period of annual reviews that will last for a decade.

Technically, this is an exit ramp.

If no extension agreement is reached by 2036, the USMCA will expire.

However, there will be plenty of opportunities to reach an agreement before that final deadline.”

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-usmca-wasnt-renewed-whats-next-for-the-north-american-trade-deal/

Driving to Kelowna, spotted a bear ambling up a mountain (not pictured here). Gorgeous area. #BC #Canada

PRIVACY ALERT!
Please boost for reach! 🚨👇

The Canadian government is planning
to introduce a bill on Wednesday, June 10th, to mandate identity surveillance of every adult using social media in Canada! 👁️‍🗨️

https://globalnews.ca/news/11894610/canada-social-media-ban-teens-online-harms-bill/

A ban on social media for children
does nothing to reduce the harm caused by commercial social media. Instead, it means mandatory ID scans for every adult using social media.

We must stop this authoritarian proposal,
and demand our government focuses instead on reducing the harm for everyone using social media.

It has been explained by experts over and over that bans of social media are shortsighted lazy measures that do not help in the end, but in fact harm everyone, including the children.

Stop ID surveillance in Canada! ✊⛔️

Contact your MP and our Prime Minister TODAY to voice your opposition. Here's where to find their contact information: https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/search

If you aren't aware of this issue yet, here's more information on age verification: https://www.eff.org/issues/age-verification

#AgeVerification #Privacy #Canada #HumanRights #CanPoli #StopIDChecks #StopIDSurveillance

A thread to Stop ID Surveillance from coming to Canada ⛔️🧵

Yesterday, I sent a long letter to the Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, the Culture Minister Marc Miller, and the leaders of all other major federal parties in Canada.

I sent this letter to voice my concerns about the upcoming bill that is planned to be introduced today at 5 p.m. ET, to propose a ban of social media for children, therefore requiring all social media platforms to identify every adults accessing it.

This is a long thread of what I wrote (mute me for one hour if you don't want to see it).

Feel free to copy any parts you want to share in your own letter of opposition sent to your representatives this week.

Here's how to find their contact information: https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/search

(1/9)

#StopIDSurveillance #Privacy #HumanRights #AgeVerification #CanPoli #Canada

🧵
Things I wish I had known about living with #disability & #poverty in #Canada and you should know too.

1. Get your provincial disability coverage. Keep fighting after refusals until it goes to tribunal if necessary. Don’t let denials make you think it’s over. Don’t let the system which is purposefully and cruelly difficult get you down…there may be free legal supports for you that really help…

#Canada is aiming to co-announce around 10 founding nations for a #global #defense bank at next week's #NATO ​summit in Turkey, the lead Canadian negotiator told Reuters on Thursday.

Canadian Prime ‌Minister #MarkCarney is promoting the Defence, Security & Resilience Bank ( #DSRB ) as part of his call this year for an #alliance of "middle powers" to combat what he sees as the fracturing of ​the traditional #US led world order.

#NewWorldOrder #geopolitics #Trump
https://www.reuters.com/world/canada-aims-announce-10-countries-backing-global-defence-bank-nato-summit-2026-07-02/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

One year ago today.
Canadian sun at its best

Memories of last year’s BSDCan

#BSDCan #Ottawa #Canada

ALT

Did you hear that Canada under Carney has abdicated its commitments to reducing carbon emissions? Carney has slow-walked us from an MOU with Alberta about an impossible pipeline to guaranteeing a pipeline expansion that will cost even more than the last

The State is hoping that we will simply get real mad, calm down, and wait 4+ years under its swindled majority administration. I don't intend to do that, and I'm interested in how many others here feel the same

#CDNPoli #Canada #Poll

WTAF?? I had no idea this was going on. And in #Canada too?? Wow - #censorship is never good - #education and #freedomofchoice #books #reading #pride #PLFAG #LGBTQLibrarian fired after refusing to censor 2SLGBTQ+ books wins $700K US settlementwww.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...

Librarian fired after refusing...

RE: https://stranger.social/@DeniseG/116857279662851476

had to scour #weather apps to find service providers that don’t rely on #NOAA. found a couple that use #Norway’s weather service.

so am putting a call out for #Brasil #Chile #Canada #Mexico #France #Spain #Germany #weather app developers: if you use your countries’ weather services, i beg you to add them to @fdroidorg

and to those governments: PLEASE OPEN YOUR APIs & DON’T GEOBLOCK USERS

our lives depend on free-open access to weather reports in a world with a NOAA destroyed by #MAGA #Trump