April 🇨🇦

If you're an American who's upset Russians think Alaska belongs to them then you know how Ukrainians feel.

Crimea is Ukraine. Donbas is Ukraine. If you can't say that then you have no business saying Alaska is USA.

A grey tree frog on the back of a brown wicker chair

Also my coffee buddy this morning...grey tree frog

One of the greatest city maps ever made (by @chazhutton.com)

A wood pecker hanging from the bottom of a hummingbird bird feeder

Juvenile birds are ridiculous....hours of entertainment to watch but completely silly in what they will attempt...and yes it got a drink...

Bumble bee on flowering light purple Beebalm

Just the bumbles hanging out in the garden...

Imagine … taking a train from Brantford to Goderich … or from Glencoe to Strathroy … or from Palmerston to Elora … or, well, to just about anywhere (our rail network in 1901).

That was the most stressful two hours I've had in a while and we still don't know if we have care or not after school next year....but we've registered...

Am I trying to sign up for after school child care today? Of course....is the system a total disaster again this year...you know it...WRDSB you didn't fix anything..

Ontario’s development and mining law, Bill 5, explained | The Narwhal Public commenting on Bill 5 closes in a few days. Here’s everything you need to know about Ontario’s omnibus development bill

From repealing the Endangered Species Act and lifting requirements for environmental assessments, to creating zones where no provincial laws apply, here’s what you need to know about Doug Ford’s omnibus Bill 5 before public commenting closes on May 17 #ONpoli thenarwhal.ca/ontario-bill...

MPs who lose their seat in an election receive 50% of their annual salary in severance pay and I’d love to hear someone in the media ask Pierre if he’s cashing that cheque before he tries to win another seat but now I’m being ridiculous because we all know Pierre will not be taking media questions.

I need to find the tap attachment but we are set up, filled and ready to go...#rainbarrel

Driver alone in a car taking up most of the street space beside a packed city bus, a bike lane that’s too tight, and a sidewalk crowded with people. The driver says “Damn those bike paths and bus lanes taking up all the space.”

This iconic Fabian Todorovic cartoon is still one of the best I’ve seen at illustrating the remarkable amount of space we surrender to cars, leaving little space left for everyone and everything else. The text added later makes the bonus point that many drivers still manage to complain about it.

So this happened while everyone has been focused on the federal election 👇https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/ontario-species-at-risk-changes-1.7522227

What a crock of first-past-the-post nonsense. A fantastic representative who basically everyone likes got edged out by the unknown Conservative candidate presumably because a lot of people voted for the unknown Liberal candidate assuming that was the strategic choice

Almost forgot my obligatory posting of this clip

Ontario’s new mining bill is a ‘vendetta’ against species at risk: environmentalists | Globalnews.ca Ontario is moving to gut protections for endangered plants and animals as part of a mining bill, environmental groups say.

Sigh 😑😒😣

globalnews.ca/news/1114917...

Bon fire, picnic lunch in April...makes for a good day...aside from the fact that we are still cleaning up from the ice storm last month....

Rainfall warning and I've been watching snow and hail all morning....

Yes, the GTA is quite red on the Polling Canada model

This is what happens when the Liberals are polling 11 points ahead

canadianpolling.substack.com/p/e-26-liber...

My parents are without power and have been since last night & the power is estimated to be out until tomorrow night at the earliest. Thankfully, a generator installed last year so they have essentials...living #rural comes with its challenges...but running water and a heat source go a long way...

We need a life size Roll Up the Rim card that says "please play again" any time a federal or provincial government thinks more demand side measures are what we need rn.

Lots in the cabinet announcement today, yet one I don't understand..."The Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks will now have responsibility over conservation authorities"...so CAs go to MOECP but natural hazards and flooding standards are still MNR along with wetlands 🙃😑🙄

A red maple leaf with these words on it: Elbows up. Buy Canadian. Never 51.

If the rumours are true and Trump decides to remove or reduce the tariffs tomorrow it won't change a thing for me.

Elbows up, Canada.

#Never51
#ElbowsUp
#BuyCanadian

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Ontario Provincial Polling:

PCPO: 44% (+3)
OLP: 30% (+6)
ONDP: 17% (-7)
GPO: 6% (-)
Others: 4%

Mainstreet / Feb 26, 2025 / n=1211 / MOE 2.7% / IVR

(% Change w 2022 Election)

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Doug Ford promised to end hallway medicine. But Ontario’s ER wait times have gotten worse in the past three years, confidential report shows According to an internal provincial report, patients visiting Ontario ERs in the past three years waited longer than they did in the previous 13 years.

"Despite Ford’s 2018 election promise to end hallway medicine, data shows wait times for ambulance offloads, initial physician assessments and admissions to in-patient beds became notably worse in the last three years, while patients spent more time overall in emergency departments"

Why Does US Coal Get a Free Ride through BC? | The Tyee Americans reject terminals, so Wyoming’s coal heads to Asia through the Lower Mainland.

🇨🇦 CANADIANS PLEASE REPOST!

This article is from 2017 but today it needs to be revisited.

Why do we have US coa trains coming through the border of Southern BC heading to China via our port. FREE

TARIFF THE CRAP OUT OF THESE TRAINS!!

@tariffscostus.bsky.social

thetyee.ca/Opinion/2017...

Venn diagram of the three words “what,” “the” and “fuck.”

You know I love a good Venn Diagram. Been seeing this one around lately. Seems to sum up the times.

This 👇...since we are having an election anyway, how about we do something about it?

“Doug Ford is uniquely unqualified and unsuited to be a leader for this moment. His years in office have been defined by shortages — a lack of homes, doctors, teachers, jobs, skilled workers, subways, buses, and bike lanes.”

Well said, @justinling.ca.

#OnPoli
#AnyoneButDougFord