50 years ago today, Nov. 10, 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank beneath the waves of Lake Superior during a massive storm. The sinking took the lives of all 29 men on the ship, and became immortalized in Gordon Lightfoot's song. This is the story of this terrible tragedy. 🧵1/20

Fifty years on, Edmund Fitzgerald remembered through song and mystery #Canada Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum to honour the 29 crew members lost in Lake Superior sinking on Nov. 10, 1975 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Here's the Ronald Reagan ad from Canada that Trump calls "fake."

www.instagram.com/p/DP17Q_lj4S... #fibrearts #novascotia

Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s. This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:

Has it really been 26 years since a nuclear accident blasted the Moon out of Earth orbit and into deep space, with all crew of Moonbase Alpha presumed lost? Well, Happy Breakaway Day then! badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/ban-461-as... #Space1999

"We are in a crisis, the global trading system has been upended, supply chains have been destroyed, McDavid is unsigned." Prime Minister Mark Carney started his caucus in Edmonton by talking about ... the McDavid contract. #cdnpoli

There are perhaps no more iconically Canadian things than the Heritage Minutes and the music of The Tragically Hip. This Canada Day, we present a salute to Canada pairing The Hip’s “It’s a Good Life (If You Don’t Weaken’)” with scenes from the Heritage Minutes. When others forget, we remember.

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He who defeated PP vm.tiktok.com/ZMS6qbYQX/

The one where the George Costanza of Canadian politics goes to work where he’s no longer employed and acts like he’s supposed to be there.

Amen to this! 💙

Waiting for first results to start coming in for #Canada’s Federal Election

In a small church in Musquodoboit Harbour — democracy showed up - thestar.com www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Prime Minister Mark Carney does an interview with 22 Minutes

The population crash myth, pronatalism, eugenics and the threat to women’s rights: why is the right obsessed with reproduction? | Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social

Happy #Easter Weekend! 🤣

Calls political opponents juvenile names Brags about crowd sizes Marginalizes unsupportive media No real success in the private sector Sells merch to supporters Wants to cancel public broadcasting Exaggerates accomplishments Supports people who occupy nation's capital Detests social safety nets

1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.

How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia? Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵

On April 28 - our Canadian Federal Election Do not trust the polls Do not trust the size of rallies Do not listen to media stating this person or that person is winning. EVERY VOTE COUNTS. The only thing you can trust is your vote, this is how you make change. #VoteABC

“He made 2.5 million today and he made $900 million. That’s not bad.” Sounds like market manipulation to me. That’s bad.

Defence Ministry: Shoreline defence force Gentoo’s prepare mortars. Our Navy Seals conduct clandestine training, and teach tactical camouflage and concealment to juveniles. We stand ready. Flippers Up.

The Prime Minister of the Heard / McDonald Islands Speaks on Trump’s Tariffs

Welcome to Idiocracy.

Quebec professors are concerned by Pierre Poilievre’s promise to target “woke ideology” in university research, describing it as a direct threat to academic freedom that echoes recent actions taken in the United States. www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada/...

The government’s statement is a flex, not a confession of error. The important elements of the flex are these: 1. We send enemies to brutal foreign labor camps. 2. We decide who enemies are. 3. We may decide you are an enemy based on a secret informant, or our view of your tattoos. /1

Really interesting article about Musk's grandfather. www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...

It’s like Watergate, only in this version Nixon directly mails the tapes to Woodward and Bernstein

I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.

Surprising to hear that a government formed exclusively of a country’s most stupid people isn’t really working out.

“Wait guys, P. Hegseth is typing…”

The first and most important thing to know about last night's Exec order is that it's intended to break current law and allow people throughout the federal gov look at yr tax returns. Beyond that it's intended to compel states to turn over all their data to the fed govt.

Elbows up, Canada.

“Nice country you’ve got there, be a shame if something happened to it”

KRAZY KARL'S KARS WHITE HOUSE CAR LOT

A lot of the details in this NY Times story are previously reported but this part - this part! - is new. It's either wild freelancing from an unconfirmed nominee; a vicious negotiating squeeze; or Canada is in severe peril with the threat coming from Washington. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/w...

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A new version! #elbowsup youtube.com/watch?v=_Ozb...

When the rogue state says they may roll back tariffs after only 24 hours, but you're already good to go for the fight they started...

👏👏👏 ❤️ if you agree. vm.tiktok.com/ZMB1W6HGT/

When Mike Myers wore his "Canada Is Not For Sale" t-shirt on SNL, he mouthed a secret code: "elbows up." It's a reference to the great Gordie "Mr. Elbows" Howe who punished those that messed with his team. You heard him Canada: elbows up. If anyone asks why, tell them that Mike Myers sent you.

The boycott is strong and getting stronger every day.