James Shedden

Gift inspector reporting for duty.

Our 6mo kitten (now Cat) got the go ahead to venture outside solo and immediately morphed into ancestor warrior.

New program in Halifax aims to help 2SLGBTQ+ people access food services | CBC News A new program in Halifax is tackling the barriers that keep some 2SLGBTQ+ people from food programs, while helping them build community and food security.

New program in Halifax aims to help 2SLGBTQ+ people access food services

The Lavender Kitchen is a new initiative to break some barriers that people face when accessing food programs #TheLavenderKitchen #Halifax #NovaScotia

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Nova Scotia has a major shortage of francophone schools, board says | CBC News A "significant infrastructure deficit" means only a fraction of eligible students are attending francophone school in Nova Scotia, said the superintendent of the province's French school board on Tues...

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Joining the ranks of the chunky glasses

Almost twice as many Canadians see immigrants as being unfairly scapegoated and most believe that we should continue to welcome newcomers while fixing housing and healthcare shortfalls.

Source: broadbentinstitute.ca/research/shifting-borders/

Tom Hanks explains to Stephen Colbert why he masks on the subway:

"I'm doing a play right now so I cannot get sick... I've had COVID enough in my life, I don't need to do that again. So I'm wearing this for health reasons."

Thank you Tom! Masks are still a key part of public health.

Disney Villains Ranked by How Likely They'd Be To Betray Christ Disney revealed the cast of Villains Land. Theologically speaking, just how evil are they? Which one would rat out Christ to the Romans?

Theologically speaking, just how evil are Disney's villains? Which one would rat out Christ to the Romans?

Did you know that November is Fall Prevention Month?

Falls can have serious consequences for people of all ages. We all have a role to play in preventing falls.
To learn more about preventing falls visit: https://www.ottawapublichealth.ca/en/public-health-topics/injury-prevention-and-safety.aspx

The Lonely New Vices of American Life Booze is down and weed is up, and that’s doing something to us as a country.

Booze consumption is down and weed consumption is up. The development has benefits, sure, but American culture may also be losing something along the way, Dan Brooks writes:

A young man tries unsuccessfully to relieve a type of itch that won't go away so easily.

"That itch."
Ink on paper

‘Zero-alcohol’ products and the guise of responsibility - Journal of Public Health Policy Alcohol companies have expanded their presence in the ‘zero-alcohol’ market with intensive product development and marketing activities. This has been framed by industry as an effort to reduce or solv...

Alcohol companies are using ‘zero-alcohol’ products to polish their image as responsible and health-conscious.

But new research finds their real goal isn’t reducing harm - it’s expanding markets and protecting brands.🧵

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10% rise in people needing food banks in Nova Scotia, new report shows People going hungry across Nova Scotia and the nation is a “new normal” according to Food Bank Canada’s latest report. Each year, the national organization records visits and surveys people at thousands of food banks in March to gain a snapshot and compare data to see if the issue of food insecurity is getting worse. […]

10% rise in people needing food banks in Nova Scotia, new report shows
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#MeanwhileInNovaScotia #Canada #ToothFairy #Halifax #Halloween 😆🤣 🎃

Credit to Simone Spears

How Dracula draws on our biggest health fears "Dracula" abounds with fascinating references to medicine of the day.

"The way Dracula spreads his vampirism — with a bite on the neck and drinking their blood, or forcing his victims to drink his blood — reflects the public fear of infectious diseases," Dr. Howard Markel wrote in 2019. https://to.pbs.org/3Q6P7eO

Illustration of a Day of the Dead skeleton riding a bicycle with a bloody chainsaw strapped to his back and and holding a pitchfork. He's breathing fire and has horns.

Don't forget to accessorize

Who in Canada is really getting the treats in "trick or treating"? (Hint: it's the rich) @policyalternatives.ca

Two pumpkinheads, a werewolf, a ghost carrying a pennant march in single file, leading the Halloween Brigade

The #Halloween Brigade

#Art by Natalie Hyland

A skull

👻Here's a chilling warning this #Halloween: WA #PublicHealth advocates sound the alarm on haunting #vaping effects.🕷️Young people who vape are 5 times more likely to begin smoking. Don’t let this public health fright go unchecked. Read the joint statement: shorturl.at/yp3Tq

Image: kabe32, Pixabay

Owl’s claw, clenched.

Owl claw. Unlike humans, in a relaxed state an owl’s claws are clenched.

Thanks to Dr. Brenna Frasier Curator of Zoology for these posts.

#halloween #spooky #nsmstrange #novascotia

Raven.

Raven (Corvus corax) taxidermy specimen. One of the primary ways to distinguish a raven from a crow is by their larger beak.

Thanks to Dr. Brenna Frasier Curator of Zoology for these posts.

#halloween #spooky #nsmstrange #novascotia

Young Canadians struggle to land minimum-wage jobs as youth unemployment hits new highs Young Canadians are finding it increasingly difficult to land even minimum-wage jobs as the country’s youth unemployment rate climbs to its highest level in years.

Young Canadians struggle to land minimum-wage jobs as youth unemployment hits new highs

CANADA’S DOUG FORD: “.. We achieved our goal. As we say, ‘mission accomplished. .. They’re talking about it in the U.S., and they weren’t talking about it before I put the ad on. I’m glad that Ronald Reagan was a free trader.”

@politico.com #ElbowsUp 🍁
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The Innovation That’s Killing Restaurant Culture Delivery has turned America into a nation of order-inners.

Food delivery was a convenience, until it became a lifestyle. Now America is a nation of order-inners—and it’s destroying restaurants as we once knew them, @elcush.bsky.social argues:

Jeff Wall’s Hyper-Real Visions - Macleans.ca The Vancouver-based photographer has built a career out of meticulously staged moments

Jeff Wall’s photos look like stolen moments—a woman falling off a horse, a man crumpled on the floor, smokers outside a club. The twist? Every scene is staged. A new exhibit unpacks his four-decade quest for realism. https://macleans.ca/culture/jeff-walls-hyper-real-visions/

i'm sorry you have to see this,
and that's all i'm saying.

Gee, I can’t imagine why…

Autophoto arrives at a time when the survival of analog photo booths is anything but guaranteed: https://gothamist.visitlink.me/RjpBll

For the first time in 200 years, the Parthenon’s exterior is entirely free of scaffolding on every side. It’s also the first time in two decades that the western facade is fully visible. At least six generations have never seen the monument unobstructed.

Lifelong bachelor you say?