The Long Ukrainian Winter How You Can Help

Russia’s full-scale invasion began 4 years ago. It began in winter, and so this winter is the 5th. And, for civilians, the worst. Russia launches missiles and drones at energy infrastructure to force Ukrainians to endure the freezing cold. Here's how you can help
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Quiet Evening
Holly Dyrland
2023

YouTube video by Senator Paula Simons Why we need a Made-In-Canada Verified Traveller Program

If Canadians, travelling domestically, want to use the "good" security line at the airport, they need a NEXUS card, even if they aren't going to the US. And they need the blessing of Donald Trump's Homeland Security apparatus to get one. I'm calling on Canada to end this absurdity. #Canada #NEXUS

Better headline: PM Carney risks the wrath of the American owned newspaper chain the National Post.

Share your experience: survey for people using breathing support devices at home. QR code to English survey link

Have you used CPAP, BiPAP or home ventilation? Researchers want to hear from you. Take the survey here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/Z6B3CGB
En Francais: -https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/IMPORTANCEHMV?lang=fr

Literally begging for help to save civilian lives from being murdered while Trump blames Ukraine, threatens Greenland, plays golf for the next 4 days, and Witkoff and Kushner negotiate deals with Putin.

End of the Day
Claude Picher
1990

ACOG eschewing federal funding is about action, not talk For more than a decade, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has been an international leader working to mitigate the maternal mortality crisis through education, advocacy, a...

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has made the decision to forego federal funding in order to maintain the integrity of their evidence-based work on maternal health, preventive care, and more.

Find out more in @lancetobgyn-wh.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/2jzcv766

"We’re going to be doing something with Greenland, either the nice way or the difficult way.”-trump
Mob lawyer Roy Cohn was Trump's biggest political influence.
It's always been about shakedown and threat.
Time for Canada and Europe to stop pretending.
We stand up to gangster fascists or roll over

YouTube video by Charlie Angus CANADA IS THE LYNCHPIN OF GLOBAL DEMOCRACY

Either Canada and its allies stand together at this time or we will be broken. I think of the words of Winston Churchill in the darkest part of the Second World War when he said that Canada was the lynchpin holding democracies of the world together.
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This is Ollie. He found a perfectly placed carrot snack on his walk. Simply can't believe his luck. 13/10 best day ever (TT: maxime_aries)

Vaccines Are Helping Older People More Than We Knew

This is so true. The more data we get, the more we're important, unanticipated protection
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/h...

Prime Minister Carney announces new support for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine Since Russia’s unprovoked, unjustified, full-scale invasion, Canada has provided nearly $22 billion in multifaceted assistance for Ukraine, including over $12 billion in direct financial support – mak...

Ukraine’s cause — freedom, democracy, sovereignty — is Canada’s cause. At this critical juncture, we are reinforcing our support with up to $2.5B in new loan guarantees and other mechanisms to help Ukraine secure a just and lasting peace, and to recover and rebuild.

www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...

Christmas Travellers
Maud Lewis
c. 1960

Your Christmas tree can be a great gift to the environment The trees form riverbanks that channel stormwater and also provide refuge to wildlife.

Hamilton #HamOnt folks, Royal Botanical Gardens is asking for your used Christmas trees after the holidays.

They re-use them to fortify riverbanks at Chedoke & Grindstone Creeks, and provide habitat for wildlife.🐦🦊🐢
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Register your🌲donation: www.rbg.ca/events/donat...

Solstice Drive to St. Anthony
Christopher Pratt
2008

Building military aircraft in Canada would create more than 12,000 jobs, Saab tells Ottawa Proposals to build Gripen fighter jet and GlobalEye surveillance plane being taken ‘very seriously’, Industry Minister says

🎶 our allies are moving on without us 🎵

But sometimes it’s glorious to watch

This would be a good partnership in a new transatlantic alliance

www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/26ffc6d...

clause = 📝

claws = 🦞

Claus = 🎅🏻

Out of the Blue
Monica Morrill
c. 2025

The most dangerous

$15,000 will become $30,000 with the generosity of Margaret Atwood! She is doubling your donation for a limited time to celebrate her birthday and to save the birds!
Your gift is doubled today here: https://bit.ly/440se4o

newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.

Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.

This is the power of vaccines.

The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.

Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!

YouTube video by TED This Country Runs on 98 Percent Renewable Electricity | Ramón Méndez Galain | TED

Ramón Méndez Galain led the transformation of Uruguay’s power sector to achieve 98% renewables—including solar, wind, hydropower, and biomass from agricultural waste. Resulting in a 40% reduction in electricity generation costs, the creation of 50,000 jobs and reduced energy poverty.

A vintage red hoodie with some fading.

A man wearing a green Roopa hoodie and yellow beanie pours something into his drink at a cafe.

Don't just think about the price. Consider how much you'll love wearing the garment, which will be about finding a manufacturer that produces things to your taste. A $100 hoodie worn for a decade is cheaper than a $40 hoodie you replace in a year.

As usual, the key is to buy less, buy better.

It seems like so many people on the right should be aligned with so many people on the left over the doomsday existential threat of AI and robotics in the hands of a handful of greedy oligarchs. But they have succeeded in pitting us against each other with culture war drivel.

A word that has become a euphemism for promoting and selling things without data or evidence

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

October Sky
Holly Dyrland
2024

The New Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary 12th Ed.

Technically, this is a book of spells.

Think birdwatching ends when the snow falls? Think again. Feathers in the Frost shares expert tips for spotting and supporting your local flock in winter. #NatureTalks natureconservancy.ca/events/feath...