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Cake day: Jun 09, 2023

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I’m familiar with the others, but the Alberta one stands out the most to me as odd. Still fascinating though.


That’s interesting if it’s an older convention. I don’t normally read Alberta-focused literature, so it comes up for me a lot less.


Bit of a sidenote, but when did the shorthand for Alberta become “Alta”? “AB” is right there and is shorter.


I have a friend that I’ve tried to convince using a notes app, but he swears that emailing himself notes and to-do lists is more effective. He’s wrong, but to each their own.



That’s a very valid point.

For an average vehicle I was thinking either a midsize sedan or SUV that seats up to 5.





Pretty sure they’re plenty mad amongst themselves as it is.


Didn’t know that the Palestinian death toll is in the 40,000 tier now.




If we’re gonna talk about safety and reliability, GM would probably be one of the worst performers in that test.


Hopefully mom doesn’t have her baby boy on her insurance.



“It also makes you wonder if something as egregious as this bill payment has gone through, how many other smaller ones have gone through that have never been caught?”

Excellent point. When’s the Water & Waste Department’s next audit due?




Typical boilerplate response. I may be misreading it, but I didn’t read a ‘no’.


Gallacher later told 404 Media that the email was something of “a joke,” but reaffirmed the agency’s wish to obtain a Cybertruck before other agencies, even if more for “community engagement” than using it as a patrol vehicle.

In other words, we have too much money.



“Your children can be the richest in the world if we unleash these opportunities and that’s why we will be laser-focused on economic growth and opportunity for First Nations,” Poilievre said.

Didn’t the colonials of yore already share the promise of riches with indigenous people?


You never know when those weaselly wabbits are gonna fire back.


The Conservative leader has pledged to change the culture of the Canadian Armed Forces from what he calls a “woke” culture to a “warrior” one.

Really didn’t take long to find the culture war dog whistle.


I personally prefer the headlines remain non-editorialized, and the info added to the body text instead.



Maybe now I can splurge and buy butter.


I have to applaud these mental gymnasts. It must be exhausting to shift your identity from cult to cult.



[…] the department said in its letter that it has decided to cancel her citizenship because Townsend’s mother didn’t take her oath before Townsend was born.

What triggers are in place for the government to review ancestral citizenship history?


Didn’t help that this only played in my city for a limited time in select theaters. Give us blurays!



How about campaigning for better healthcare access and mandatory maximum hospital wait times? Maybe controlling grocery profitability? Housing developer profits?

*checks notes*

Ok, just mad about a rebate.


I can’t even fathom the problems someone with a $400K salary has to deal with.


She said she was then advised to withdraw money from her bank accounts and deposit it through a Bitcoin machine, where it would remain in an account for safekeeping until the investigation was over.

That poor woman. Even if she hadn’t seen all the other red flags, this was the flare gun shot in the night sky.


During that committee, the Conservatives proposed 19,600 amendments to the 18-page bill. That number decreased to 200 once the bill left committee and headed back to the House of Commons.

Government House leader Steven MacKinnon said Thursday those amendments were “robo-amendments created by AI.”

[Conservative Leader Pierre] Poilievre now will have to have his members come here and vote for as long as it takes on a couple of hundred amendments that survived that robo-amendment process that they admitted was undertaken by artificial intelligence, by robot caucus members and robot parliamentarians," he said.

99% of the amendments were actual GPT-fluff.


Why does this necessitate being a televised event? Sounds like this is just going to be a set-up to dunk on climate policy for sound bites without accomplishing anything meaningful.


The Bank of Canada held its policy rate at 5 per cent on Wednesday, saying it needs to see a sustained decline in inflation before rate cuts can begin. The central bank projects inflation to ease from 3 per cent earlier in of 2024 to 2.5 per cent by the end of this year. Inflation is expected to return to target by 2025, and fell to 2.8 per cent in February. The bank projects gross domestic product (GDP) growth to pick up in the latter half of this year, with the economy expected to grow by 1.5 per cent this year, 2.2 per cent next year and 1.9 per cent in 2026. The next rate announcement is scheduled on June 5.
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"Consumption of milk per capita has gone down every year over the last 30 years," says Sylvain Charlebois, director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University. "Actually, it's gone down by more than 20 per cent since 2015." While bagged milk is often cited as a unique Canadianism, it's actually not sold west of Ontario. Those who prefer it, however, say it's more cost efficient and some even believe it tastes better.
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On April 8, 2024, a spectacular and rare celestial event is set to unfold over Canada, the United States and Mexico – a total solar eclipse. As the Moon aligns perfectly between Earth and the Sun, temporary darkness will sweep across parts of the country, captivating countless spectators.
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Previously known as the Climate Action Incentive Payment, the Liberals are now calling it the "Canada Carbon Rebate." The change does not come with any adjustments to how the federal fuel charge system and corresponding refund actually works. "The name was updated to the Canada Carbon Rebate to clarify its function, and make its meaning and relationship to the carbon pricing system more intuitive for Canadians," reads a government press release.
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As summit on auto theft begins, audit finds most border agency investigators lack basic training
The audit concludes that most investigators had not completed core training, which "could be negatively impacting the quality of investigations." The audit says no investigator working under the $35 million criminal investigations program had completed the full set of required courses — and less than half of them had completed the CBSA's introductory course, called "Foundations of Criminal Investigations." "The impact of no training is significant," said another CBSA employee quoted in the audit report, "because you're not supposed to enforce legislation without training." It's not clear what the current rates of completion are for CBSA investigators.
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