Happy Flag Day, Canada 🇨🇦

On this National Flag Day, the Maple Leaf flies at half-mast. Today our flag carries a message for the community of Tumbler Ridge: Canada is with you.

The big money behind Powell River’s controversial name change open.substack.com/pub/bchistor... #Canada #BC

Today, people will gather across BC to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and Two Spirit and trans people. We stand with families and survivors, and remain committed to working with Indigenous partners to advance safety, healing and lasting change. (1/2)

We unveiled our self-driving Project Arrow Borealis prototype at the Canadian International AutoShow yesterday with Minister Evan Solomon. Together with our faster, smarter, lighter Project Arrow Vector, come see what the future of 🇨🇦 auto tech looks like from Feb 13-23 in Toronto! Go Team Canada 🇨🇦

Lorne Greene was many things through his life. He was an inventor, an acting teacher, a celebrated broadcaster, a singer and, of course, a great actor. He may have been most famous as Ben Cartwright on Bonanza, but he was so much more than that. This is his story. 🧵 1/12

Love,Dignity and Respect given on one of many tough days to come. youtube.com/shorts/WWmNu...

Verified Tumbler Ridge GoFundMe www.gofundme.com/f/tumbler-ri...

Do you run a store in the #Nanaimo area? I might promote it to 1.3M people for free.

We built it

Countries (I’m looking at you USA) that are doubling down on oil and gas are simply backing the wrong horse.

An EV is a high-tech computer on wheels—software-defined, upgradable, efficient. ICE is a clunky remnant of the combustion era—mechanical, wasteful, capped by physics. One evolves with code and batteries. The other peaked last century. ICE won’t be a debate, just something in the rear-view mirror.

A few people asked for it, so I built it. Battery costs vs NEV sales. As battery pack costs fall toward ~$100/kWh & below, EV adoption doesn’t rise linearly — it inflects. Inflation & supply-chain shocks add noise, but manufacturing scale & chemistry dominate. Chart + data now live. #Bettrification

🚨PLEASE SHARE🚨 Bruce Fanjoy - who beat Pierre Poilievre in the riding of Carleton - has officially sponsored a petition which calls on all party leaders to have a security clearance. Sign here: tinyurl.com/yhu4hbth

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f... Great example of how we can do the right thing. The switch to EV’s will accelerate almost as fast as the electric cars themselves

Author names that became adjectives include Kafkaesque, Shakespearean and Byronic (and isn’t it Byronic, don’t you think?). Here are 10 suggestions for new ones… 1. Woolfish 2. Dickish 3. Orwell-endowed 4. Austentacious 5. Mannic 6. Audenary 7. Dahlicious 8. Remarqueable 9. Seusspicious 10. Poetic

The media should not be quoting ANY politician’s lies or #disinformation unless immediately calling them out as such, with additional context and clarity. That’s #Journalism101. #CDNmedia needs to prioritize reporting #TheTruth over spreading BS & lies fed to them by any source. #CDNmediaFAILed

Canada is hosting the important Nordic-Canadian Arctic Symposium at the University of Ottawa. I have only watched up to the end of Minister Anand's @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social incredible address (start @ 22 minutes) so far. Please see link for who is all represented. www.cpac.ca/headline-pol...

#MusicTalk #Canada #Greenland - Neil Young gifts Greenland free access to his music catalogue 'This is an offer of Peace and Love,' veteran rocker writes on his website. - via The Torontonian 🇨🇦🍁 Toronto's Voice #TOtalk #TObuzz www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...

There are now healthcare infusion chapters 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 of this country. But none in any of the northern territories yet. If you're there, and want to join the effort to get nurses and doctors in your community, visit startchapter.healthcareinfusion.org

In case you missed it, this was my biggest personal project from 2025: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k7O... Once you've watched it, don't forget to watch the Behind the Scenes documentary, which explains a lot of the references! It's at www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivBB...

"Ye Hypocrites, are these your pranks To murder men and gie God thanks Desist for shame, proceed no further God won't accept your thanks for murder." Robert Burns

There is a reason that Scots all over the world celebrate Robbie Burns. By oppression's woes and pains! By our sons in servile chains! We will drain our dearest veins, But they shall be free! Lay the proud usurpers low! Tyrants fall in every foe! Liberty's in every blow!— Let us do or die!

Canada, China, and CUSMA: Facts vs. Trump’s Rhetoric 🧵 1/5 — Canada, China, and CUSMA: Facts vs. Trump’s Rhetoric Let’s be clear: Trump’s threat of “100% tariffs on Canada” is a political stunt, not a trade rule. This isn’t about CUSMA violations. It’s about pressure.

🇨🇦Elbows Up Canada🇨🇦 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

open.substack.com/pub/drangela... Always interesting reads

During his life, Mistahi-maskwa (Big Bear) was one of the most important chiefs of his era. A gifted and respected warrior, he often pushed for peace and to help his people. Despite this, he spent his last years imprisoned for treason. This is his story. 🧵 1/11

Canada has 41.5 million people, and its governing party is posting messages on a platform that are on average viewed by only a few hundred people What do Canadian MPs actually gain from using X? What would Canadian MPs stand to lose by leaving X?

Living up to our name? Sunshine Coast!

From 1663 to 1673, 800 French women immigrated to New France. The Filles du Roi came to the colony in a program sponsored by King Louis XIV to boost the population of New France. Their descendants include Madonna, Angelina Jolie and Bernie Geoffrion. This is their story. 🧵 1/10

From Rufus Gifford: Thoughtful, emphatic and diplomatic statement this morning from the Prime Minister of Greenland, Jens-Frederik Nielsen (translated from Danish). 🇬🇱🇩🇰❤️

A comparison of the things that generally mean the most to women. We are not the same. #Canada #USA

Baby Sulwe is one of our grandcalves, born in 2024 to ex-orphan Sonje. Since her birth, we've met a further 18 wild-born babies, who were all born in 2025. Meet 18 reasons that gave us hope this year: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/o...

Santa Claus is now authorized to make his deliveries in Canada 🇨🇦 I showed this video to my 8 year old son and he is pumped 😂 🎄🎅🏼🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🎄🎅🏼 🎄🎅🏼 🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🎄🎅🏼

Can you help a local historian locate and map examples of historic Gaelic inscriptions on Scottish gravestones? Read the latest blog on our website here that explains more about this interesting project 👇 www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/blog/in-sear...

Among his other numerous acts of philanthropy (google him), Michael Sheen sold his properties to fund the homeless World Cup. File him under ’not an arsehole’. bsky.app/profile/mgua...

Some times it is best to get out and enjoy the outdoors. This was from earlier this year and is taken in Hidden Grove on the Sunshine Coast, British Columbia 🇨🇦 #photography

The best stat is Canadian median wealth is over $30,000 HIGHER. That's in USD too. US GDP per capita is 30% higher, but it doesn't trickle down to regular folks like you and me.

Don Van Vliet was a great musician and artist and sadly died too young.

What if awakening is not somewhere far away, but already present in each moment? This year’s Meditation Month invites you to explore this question through Zen koan practice with Haemin Sunim.

I enjoy learning old slang expressions. Many of them are still in use too. open.substack.com/pub/drangela...

I remember one time at an editors’ conference I was carrying some books and had a camera sitting on top of them, and someone I didn’t know saw me and informed me that her father had been a photographer and *always* wore his on a strap. She would have burst into flames at the sight of this guy!

The Canada Strong Pass comes into effect next week, for the winter, which means national parks, historic sites and attractions will have no admission fee (til Jan 15). Near Vancouver that includes Fort Langley, as well as the Gulf of Georgia Cannery.

'She was very wonderful': Fan meets Canadian icon Joni Mitchell in B.C. store

I never get tired of watching this. Gratitude and freedom.