How the N.W.T.'s polar bear licence plate became a 'holy grail' for collectors #canada https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/history-of-nwt-polar-bear-licence-plate-9.7021744

Canadians (and other visitors), including diplomats, will now be required to be taken in photo when entering and exiting the United States of America by any means of travel. https://montreal.citynews.ca/2025/12/26/us-travellers-photographed/ - - - Les Canadiens•nes (et autres visiteurs) […]

ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា (Cambodia’ 🇰🇭 and ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) 🇹🇭 have signed a ceasefire. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/thailand-cambodia-border-clashes-ceasefire-agreement-9.7028492 - - - Le ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា (Cambodge) 🇰🇭 et la ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thaïlande) 🇹🇭 ont signé un cessez-le-feu. […]

Political control over ancient sites sparks alarm in Ontario :flagon: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ontario-bill5-heritage-act-archaeology-indigenous-burial-9.6984496 - - - Le contrôle politique sur les sites anciens sonnent l’alarme en Ontario :flagon: // Article en anglais // #ontario […]

The invasive European Green Crab has reached the Magdalen Islands, Québec :flagqc: It could displace the lobsters and other species. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/green-crab-magdalen-islands-gaspe-research-9.7017591 - - - Le crabe vert européen, une espèce envahissante, a atteint les […]

A painted bunting has been seen near Bayfield, New Brunswick :flagnb: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/painted-bunting-rare-bird-in-bayfield-nb-9.7028376 - - - Un passerin nonpareil a été vu près de Bayfield, Nouveau-Brunswick :flagnb: // Article en anglais // #bayfield […]

[Canadian Politics 🇨🇦: Health / Politique canadienne 🇨🇦: Santé] The Minister of Health, Marjorie Michel, has said that Canada can’t rely anymore on USA’s information regarding health […]

Freezing rain is forecast for Montréal on Monday. Me: Eeeek! https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/freezing-rain-expected-in-montreal-9.7028365 - - - De la pluie verglaçante est prévue pour Montréal lundi. Moi: Iiiiiih! https://lp.ca/fQaSLx?sharing=true #Montréal #yulwx ##Montréal#MétéoYUL

U of #toronto professor challenges PM #carney to answer to her students on #climatechange policy rollbacks https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/24/news/university-of-toronto-professor-carney-letter

New air traveler rights have been promised in 2023 and it was pretty much “no change” since then https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/updates-air-passenger-bill-of-rights-complaints-backlog-9.7016844 - - - Des nouveaux droits de passagers aériens ont été promis en 2023 puis c’est pas mal « aucun […]

Somewhat regular ferry service between Kingston and Wolfe Island, Ontario :flagon: restored. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/wolfe-islanders-now-have-full-ferry-service-after-first-backup-failed-to-meet-safety-standards-9.7027837 - - - Un service par traversier quelque peu régulier entre […]

Veggie Paradise brand Vegan Bacon Slice recalled due to undeclared wheat. They were sold in Ontario :flagon: https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/veggie-paradise-brand-vegan-bacon-slice-recalled-due-undeclared-wheat - - - Rappel de « Vegan Bacon Slice » de marque Veggie Paradise en […]

Merry Christmas to everyone! 🎄 - - - Joyeux Noël à tous•tes! 🎄 #christmas #Noël

I do still lurk here. I hope you all have a healthy, happy, peaceful holiday. Eat yourselves into oblivion and rest while you can. Never give up. 💝

I didn’t know the STM decorated their MR-73 trainsets for Christmas… like at all! (Not posting image, because the employee is recognizable) - - - Je ne savais pas que la STM décorait ses trains MR-73 pour Noël… mais comme pas du tout. (Je ne publie pas la photo, parce que l’employé est […]

Canadian government sticking to allow exports single use plastics https://toronto.citynews.ca/2025/12/24/government-suspending-ban-on-single-use-plastic-exports/ - - - Le gouvernement canadien décide se continuer à permettre l’exportation de plastiques à usage unique […]

Could reinstating Sumas Lake be a solution for flooding in Abbotsford, British Columbia :flagbc: and Semá:th First Nation? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/sumas-lake-flooding-9.7026967 - - - Ramener le lac Sumas serait-elle une solution aux inondations à Abbotsford […]

'Twas the night of the moratorium, and all through the cloud not a pager was beeping: no deploys were allowed. The packages frozen on the servers with care, In hopes that an outage would strike nowhere; The developers still pondering code to embed, While visions of monads danced in their heads […]

HO HO HO! Hope you enjoyed yesterday’s holiday-themed weather #OttCity! As you’re out panic shopping or visiting friends, you’ll see our crews out continuing clean up work from last night.

Four months after Québec :flagqc: schools banned mobile phones, the impact ‘is major’ https://montreal.citynews.ca/2025/12/24/four-months-after-quebec-schools-ban-cellphones-impact-is-major/ - - - Quatre mois après que les écoles du Québec :flagqc: ont banni les téléphones mobiles, l’impact « […]

[Québec Politics :flagqc: : Electoral Map / Politique du Québec :flagqc: : Carte électorale] Québec government plans to ask Supreme Court to weigh in on electoral map changes https://montreal.citynews.ca/2025/12/24/quebec-asks-supreme-court-to-weigh-in-electoral-map-changes/ - - - Le […]

Residents of Yukon :flagyt: need to prepare for -40° temperatures, which could lead to power disruptions https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/be-prepared-in-case-of-power-outage-in-extreme-cold-say-yukon-officials-9.7027221 - - - Les résidents du Yukon :flagyt: doivent se préparer à des […]

Hundreds of thousands of used tires piling up after Ontario :flagon: cuts recycling targets https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/tires-piling-up-ontario-recycling-targets-cut-9.7025225 - - - Des centaines de milliers de pneus usagés s’empilent suite à la coupure des objectifs de recyclage par […]

Dear Santa, I don’t want to be sick for Christmas. Thank you #tootstoandfromthenorthpole #hashtaggames

R.I.P. CoSocial Digital Ocean DB Cluster (Aug 27, 2023 - Dec 22, 2025) You were very reliable, quite fast, and far too expensive. #cosocialtechops

Gift wrapping before I transform myself into Santa two days from now. #waitingforsanta #hohoho #hashtaggames

Ottawa, why?

A new Banksy has been observed in London https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/new-banksy-art-london-9.7025378 - - Un nouveau Banksy a été observé à Londres https://lp.ca/ehyQlC #london #londres #streetart #artderue #banksy

295 various pistachios and pistachio-containing products recalled due to Salmonella Me: I just don’t want people to get sick https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/various-pistachios-and-pistachio-containing-products-recalled-due-salmonella-5 - - - Rappel de 295 diverses pistaches […]

To one year of boycotting Starbucks and the USA - - - Un verre (de café) à un an à boycotter Starbucks et les ÉUA #boycottusa #buycanadian #achetercanadien

[Canadian Politics: Satire / Politique canadienne: Satire] PM Mark Carney urges Canadians to make holiday donations to struggling shareholders https://www.thebeaverton.com/2025/12/carney-urges-canadians-to-make-holiday-donations-to-struggling-shareholders/ - - - Le premier ministre urge les […]

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Apple receives a €98.6M fine in Italy 🇮🇹 for requiring double consent for tracking consent in GDPR countries. And for putting the burden on developers https://www.macrumors.com/2025/12/22/italy-fines-apple-over-app-tracking-transparency/ - - - Apple reçoit une amende de 98,6M€ en Italie 🇮🇹 pour […]

Major incident declared over emergence of a Shropshire canal 'sinkhole' #uk https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2lvq0yk9dko

A distributed denial of service attack disrupts France’s 🇫🇷 postal service and banking during Christmas rush https://toronto.citynews.ca/2025/12/22/cyberattack-disrupts-frances-postal-service-and-banking-during-christmas-rush/ - - - Une attaque distribuée de déni de service perturbe le service […]

A mudslide between Slhx̱í7elsh (Siwash) Rock and Prospect Point is causing a partial closure of the Seawall in Stanley Park https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-bc-seawall-section-closes-mudslide-9.7024719 - - - Un glissement de terrain entre Slhx̱í7elsh (Siwash) Rock et […]

Proposed rules aim to stop CRA from paying out more bogus refunds https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/carousel-scheme-budget-update-9.7023232 - - - Des règles proposées tentent de prévenir l’ARC de payer de nouveaux remboursements bidons // Article en anglais // #canada #taxes #gst #tps #hst #tvh […]

Muhamad Mehri, a cobbler in Ottawa, revealed why your shoes don’t last long… it’s sidewalk salt! https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-cobbler-on-25-years-of-fixes-and-the-sidewalk-staple-that-will-kill-your-shoes-9.7005164 - - - Muhamad Merhi, un cordonnier d’Ottawa, dévoile pourquoi […]

A study found that Canadians are more easily persuaded by a chatbot on electoral issues. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-elections-artificial-intelligence-9.7021876 - - - Une étude a trouvée que les Canadiens•nes sont plus facilement persuadés•es par un robot conventionnel sur les […]

I tried to write a "bridge" that would send Canadian emergency alerts to the Fediverse. After 6 months of work, the whole thing is quite unreliable - silently crashes when any parsing error occurs - and too many to dos that I wrote for myself (> 60). I know why I'm no software developer... I […]

Significant increase in the circulation of counterfeit bills in retail stores https://toronto.citynews.ca/2025/12/21/significant-increase-in-the-circulation-of-counterfeit-bills-in-retail-stores/ - - - Augmentation significative de la circulation de billet de banque de contrefaçon dans les […]

Certain Pillsbury brand Pizza Pops Pepperoni + Bacon recalled due to E. coli O26 https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/certain-pillsbury-brand-pizza-pops-pepperoni-bacon-recalled-due-e-coli-o26 - - - Rappel de certains « Pizza Pops » Pepperoni + Bacon de marque Pillsbury en raison […]

Just had someone leave feedback on my F/OSS project saying “maybe that's fine if a product is focused on your Chinese community.” I'm Korean. Every single piece of documentation is in English. There's nothing in Chinese anywhere in the project. This kind of microaggression is exhausting. As a […]

Reading a family recipe. Half is in metric, half is in legacy units. The recipe is from my European grandmum. I have questions about my ancestry! - - - Je lis une recette familiale. La moitié est en métrique, l'autre moitié est en unités d’antan. La recette vient de ma grand-mère européenne […]

Québec :flagqc: has reported 8 measles cases so far in December. Me: How many more until people learn the lesson https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/measles-montreal-sites-of-exposure-9.7024507 - - Le Québec :flagqc: a rapporté 8 cas de rougeole en décembre à date. Moi: combien de cas […]

How traditional Québec :flagqc: became traditional… https://montreal.citynews.ca/2025/12/21/poutine-tourtiere-ragout-how-did-these-dishes-become-traditional/ - - - Comment la cuisine traditionnelle du Québec :flagqc: est devenue traditionnelle… // Article en anglais // #Québec #cuisine

Dramatic increase in Fintrac fines coming, but their effectiveness is less clear https://toronto.citynews.ca/2025/12/21/dramatic-increase-in-fintrac-fines-coming-but-their-effectiveness-is-less-clear/ - - - Une hausse dramatique des amendes de la CANAFE s’en vient, mais l’efficacité en est […]

How did we get to this year’s words of the year? https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/words-of-the-year-9.7021930 - - - Comment sommes-nous arrivés aux mots de l’année de cette année? // Article en anglais // #wordoftheyear #MotDeLAnnée

“Maplewash” is the Canadian word of the year for 2025 https://www.thewhig.com/news/local-news/queens-university-helps-to-determine-canadas-first-official-word-of-the-year - - - « Acériblanchiment » mot canadien de l’année 2025 // Article en anglais // #canada #wordoftheyear #MotDeLAnnée