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Good Morning #Canada Technically Black Canadians, recently emancipated, earned the right to vote in 1837. However the reality of #VotingRights was very different for them, for women, Indigenous people, and poor Canadians. The history of voting rights in Canada was messy, unfair, and full of examples where our government abused their power. Remember, voting is a privilege achieved through significant struggle. Don't squander it. #CanadaIsAwesome #canpoli #Elections https://humanrights.ca/story/the-chaotic-story-of-the-right-to-vote-in-canada

Good Morning #Canada On this International Day of Happiness I think we should check on Canada’s world ranking on the #Happiness scale. It appears we're are not happy.I've put some blame on #PeePee in the past for negatively impacting Canadian satisfaction surveys because he incessantly tells us we're broken. Yes, he is exploiting rel issues but maybe working on real solutions would be a better approach. The latest World Happiness Report 2026 has Canada falling 25th place, continuing a downward trend - 18th in 2025 and 13th in 2024. The report suggests that countries who use social media for 5+ hours a day, particularly young people, are less happy than those who are doomscrolling less. IMO our youth are not happy because their salaries can't keep pace with the cost of living, but an algorithm would constantly reinforce that if you're active on the platforms owned by U.S. tech bros.Happy I'm on #Mastodon #CanadaIsAwesome #ItsTheAlgorithmhttps://www.cbc.ca/news/world/world-happiness-2026-canada-25-9.7134296

Almost forgot, #Sceptres won 2 - 0 versus the Seattle Torrent. Toronto was outplayed for the first few minutes but managed to score early in the 1st. It then became a goalie duel.The Torrent poured on the pressure in the 2nd... get it... Torrent... poured on...Toronto scored with 7 seconds left in the game when Seattle pulled their goalie. Very exciting game and the right team won.

Good Morning #Canada Canadian inventors have vastly improved every day life. Consider the innovations that global citizens are now thankful for: the telephone, basketball, snowmobiles, Imax movies, hockey, canoes, bras, insulin, zippers, paint rollers, athletic support, and poutine. Sorry we're so awesome. Now an invention by a Dartmouth emergency physician in 2022 has made it easier for emergency rooms to safely remove rings from fingers. Previously doctors and nurses would have relied on tools from hardware stores with all the scary moments a patient could experience. "You might want to look away while I do this...". A serendipitous meeting at a medical tradeshow will likely give the invention an added boost.#CanadaIsAwesome #CanadianInventionshttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/dartmouth-doctor-ring-rescue-medical-drama-the-pitt-hbo-9.7126246

Good Morning #Canada For North American male sports fans of a certain vintage (old guys) Bronko Nagurski will be somewhat familiar. Bronko was a legend in professional football & wrestling in the years leading up to #WWII, and he was Canadian, born in Rainy River Ontario in 1908. He's the subject of today's post because OTD in 1941 Bronko Nagurski regained the World Wrestling title from Ray Steele in Minnesota, after losing to him a year earlier. In 1943, 6 years after retiring from the Chicago Bears, he rejoined the team and led them to the league Championship. His son Bronko Jr., born Christmas Day 1937, played football at the University of Notre Dame, and became an all-star with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League.Despite being born a decade after the end of Bronko's sporting career, I'm aware of his Canadianship because my father would use it as a bit of trivia when his friends talked about the legend.Great Wiki on Bronko.#CanadaIsAwesome #SportsLegendhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronko_Nagurski

Good Morning #Canada You never know what the #Algorithm will shove into your feed, and sometimes you wonder just how closely the #TechBros are tracking you. So as someone who admittedly uses too much butter, it was interesting that this YouTube video just randomly showed up in my feed. There's some good info here on butter in general and specifically on pricing, even if most of it is common knowledge. And it's Canadian focused so that's a bonus. Remember, butter is a dairy product, like cheese and ice cream, so it's obviously very healthy when consumed in bulk...#CanadaIsAwesome #MmmButterhttps://youtu.be/DkNfQqlg1cE

Good Morning #Canada We're now getting to the big ones... as we break into the top 10 in #CanadaRivers. The South Saskatchewan River is #10, beginning at the confluence of the Bow and Oldman Rivers in southern Alberta and ends at the Saskatchewan River Forks, the confluence of the South and North Saskatchewan Rivers which then becomes the Saskatchewan River. Flowing for 1,392 km it drains a watershed of 146,100 km2, 1,800 of which are in Montana, USA.Major dams were constructed on the river to prevent flooding, for reservoirs, irrigation, and for hydroelectric power, The South Saskatchewan provides approximately 19% of the hydro-electricity generated by SaskPower. A 2009 WWF Canada report analysed the river flow on ten Canadian rivers & found the South Saskatchewan River was most at risk. Climate change, agricultural & urban infrastructure water use, and dams producing hydroelectricity, have all combined to reduce the flow of the river by 70%. #CanadaIsAwesome #Hydrology https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/a-prayer-not-a-protest/