World Cup virus wastewater update. While I wait ‘patiently’ for the sequences from this week (which was supposed to be done already), here is a summary of the 4 lineages that have been on the rise since the games began across our 43 sampling sites. 1/

Re-upping from 2023 because of what I’m seeing at work Get vaccinated, wear a mask indoors/crowds outdoors, and push for clean indoor air and treatments ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...

Just received an email myself.

#Ontario #wastewater graph updated with June 21 data - Kingston, London, Peel, Toronto updated: wwater.ca/Ontario - Also updated: AB, BC, MB, NL, NS, QC, SK, YT wwater.ca Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/

The Tommy Hunter Show gave a young Gordon Lightfoot, Garth Brooks, and Shania Twain some of their earliest television appearances on Canadian screens. Its host, Tommy Hunter, has died at the age of 89. zurl.co/uXJqZ

Warning labels on alcohol caused sales to drop — until the alcohol industry pushed back Study done in #Canada in the Yukon in 2017. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

tern: "Why can't people understand that the damage caused to the body by covid infections comes *after* the infections, not just during? <screams>" Source: x.com/1goodtern/st...

If you're in Ontario or Quebec - on Equifax and Transunion you can lock / freeze your credit to prevent fraud for free (and unlock when needed): money.ca/news/ontario... Officially starts tomorrow July 1 but available now (I just froze mine) Equifax: my.equifax.ca Transunion: ocs.transunion.ca

#Hantavirus update: @drtedros.who.int says the final people who were being quarantined for exposure to hantavirus on the MV Hondius cruise ship have cleared the 42-day quarantine period. No new cases. #WHO considers the outbreak over. 13 cases in total, 3 of them fatal.

Ontario Provincial Liberals ... any thoughts on the leadership candidates, thus far? If you want to vote, ensure to be signed up or renew your membership by the September 7th deadline. #ONpoli leadership.ontarioliberal.ca/details

youtube.com/watch?v=jC8o... We can only control what we do. Only arrogance will be the action that precludes a downfall. Fear is not a plan. Stay the course. Live in integrity, honour and a respect for the rule of law. TNSF 🇨🇦☮️🍁💯

US declined to renew USMCA early, leaving the North American trade pact in force until 2036 unless a country withdraws. Instead, it will now face annual reviews, opening the door to renegotiations and creating new uncertainty for businesses that rely on cross-border trade.

My plan for this afternoon is to meet others in my area & learn more about what people are saying about the leadership candidates. I want to know who might be willing to work with other parties to defeat Doug Ford. I'll also be requesting they be a presence on this site. #stthomas #ONpoli

Class-action lawsuit launched over #Alberta voter database breach www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

This kind of simple spray bottle can save your life. When it’s super hot, in addition to staying out of the sun, drinking lots of water and avoiding strenuous activities, spraying yourself and others with water and fanning does a great job of cooling you down. At the World Youth Day 2002 in … 1/2

GOOD NEWS! A personalized mRNA vaccine, known as mRNA-4157, has shown promise in keeping melanoma, a deadly skin cancer, from returning. FIVE years later, NEARLY 70% of people in the vaccine group are CANCER-FREE. The vaccine also cut a person’s risk of the cancer metastasizing by NEARLY 60%.

If you wish to donate to the restoration of 24 Sussex, here is the link. rhf-frh.ca

Things that break the internet 😎😎 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

Dougie’s got the grifting down to a fine art. Time for a reckoning … #onpoli #cdnpoli

Australia: "Thousands of patients caught COVID in NSW hospitals last year and hundreds died, new data shows" Published: 14 October 2024 "At least 6,007 patients caught COVID in NSW public hospitals in 2023 and 297 died — about 115 infections and 6 deaths per week, on average."

Ottawa set to relaunch federal green home retrofit program in 4 provinces—Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec and British Columbia New version directed at low-and medium-income households, including renters /1 thread www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

"Doug Ford didn't get rid of his #gravyplane. He just found a way to keep flying it on your dime. The taxpayer funded Bombardier Challenger was sold at a $200k loss to Chartright — the same company now chartering it back to Ford at $10,000 an hour. Also billed to Ontario." Lee Fairclough.

Oh, wow, you don’t sayyyyyyyyy

France records around 1,000 additional deaths as extreme heat sets European records

Our pretty girl, Aurora. #caturday

Naming your kid 'Donald' has never been more unpopular. In 2025, the baby name 'Donald' hit its lowest point of popularity in U.S. history, according to data maintained by the Social Security Administration and reviewed by NOTUS.

Ford: "....If we don't inform people, the only choice they have is to listen to the media, and I'll hold my comments on that." Attacking the media, sound familiar? I encourage everyone to read the article and see how much money we're paying for DoFo to promote himself. #onpoli #DougFord #ABC

Official residences around the world have gone through their own transformations. Here's how they compare to 24 Sussex. globalnews.ca/news/1193892...

To save money on 24 Sussex Dr. Simply sell Stornoway, the proceeds and the salaries of the staff, to the PM. Who is the only one who needs an official residence. As no other opposition party gets one. Anywhere. Ever. Problem solved. Watch PP cry...that part is the bonus. Free of charge. #cdnpoli

Montreal research team developing medication to combat Ebola #Canada If successful, the medication could be taken to prevent people from contracting Ebola, as well as help those already infected. www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/hea...

A small Australian 2026 #flu update. 26JUNE2026 🦠It is a 'normal' pre-peak-pandemic start to the 2026 season. That is a really nice change from several past years. In the ~10 days since my last update (16JUN), detections have risen by 3,843. That's a daily rate of 384, up from 234. We're off!

Add up the left with a coalition & he's gone.

Older adults who spend just 1 night in the Emergency department waiting for an inpatient bed was associated with a 4% higher risk of dying - see report. @CAEP www.caep.ca/breaking-new...

#1 Iceland #22 Canada #104 United States

holy shit bsky has a water sealant expert that predicted the reflecting pool failure mode perfectly

Nothing says "we should probably do something about this" quite like an extreme heat conference being canceled because it's too hot. 🫠🌡️

Why would that be?

Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts

London, Ont. teen designs micro-home to help solve home affordability crisis $20,000 per micro home #Ontario www.ctvnews.ca/london/artic...

The doctor was "immediately admitted to a specialised facility" and is in a stable condition, the French health ministry said on Wednesday. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Reminder: Danielle Smith brought this hateful bullshit to Canada, and used the notwithstanding clause to do it.

Justice Minister & Attorney General of Canada, @seanfraser.bsky.social, visited St Thomas last night. It was nice to meet him. I forgot to ask why his account isn't active here. 😕 #canpoli

An #AI hospital scheduling system caused a patient's death when it didn't send her to intensive care when it should have: futurism.com/artificial-i... #ArtificialIntelligence

I always wonder how much science would have advanced if it wasn’t held back by religion. #Atheist

Did you know that community food organizations can now apply for federal support?    The Government of Canada has launched a new $20-million stream of the Local Food Infrastructure Fund to help food banks and local organizations deliver nutritious food to families in need.

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"Unlike his predecessors, Ford hasn't provided the media with a daily itinerary of his public events since he took office in 2018." We should know who our leaders are meeting with & what they're doing. Especially if the legislature isn't sitting.