Category Archives: Canada

Music Monday – “The last goal he ever scored/Won the Leafs the Cup/They didn’t win another till 1962/The year he was discovered”

  “50 Mission Cap” – The Tragically Hip

Still Negative (And Some Random Covid News & Thoughts)

I’ve probably felt like I had Covid dozens of times over the past couple years – every sniffle, every scratchy throat – but the last few days were the first time I was *certain* I had it due to my symptoms – heavy cough, tight chest, fatigued, etc. etc. – along with the sense from […]

Friday Fun Link – Jagmeet Singh Is First NDP Leader To Become Liberal Health Minister ;-)

(via Reddit)

Universal Basic Income: Who Pays For It? (Not You!)

Saw this article explaining how the government could pay for a full Universal Basic Income program by properly taxing corporations, wealthy individuals and financial transactions. The article is definitely worth a read!

Music Monday – “I’m discovering uses for you I thought I’d never find/I could’ve made chancellor without you on my mind.”

“Chancellor” – Gord Downie

New Brunswick Lifts All Covid-19 Restrictions For Second Time, Hopes For Different Outcome

From the “Great Headlines of History” file… New Brunswick lifts all COVID-19 restrictions for 2nd time, hopes for different outcome: https://t.co/1v37QOT6tc pic.twitter.com/PUN1doH1Is — CBC New Brunswick (@CBCNB) March 14, 2022

Friday Fun Link – 3-Day Novel Contest Locked in A Chapters Bookstore

A writer I know recently posted about a contest he participated in where he spent three days in a Chapters bookstore trying to write a novel. The contest was put on by Book Television, a Canadian specialty channel that closed last year. When I worked in the cultural non-profit sector, I remember writing a letter […]

Instant Analysis: Who Won The Tyler Toffoli Trade – The Flames or The Habs?

 

Music Monday – “Thunder Bay must have been a big mess/Night bus to Regina not at my best/I’m trying to fly straight but I come undone”

“The Opening Act” – Blue Rodeo

Saturday Snap – Why Does Our Fence Lean Inward?

When we bought our house a couple years ago, we noticed a slight inward lean to the fence. I didn’t think anything of it but after a couple winters, I realise it’s probably because *all the snow* from the green space behind our house (note the grass showing in patches further out!) likes to blow […]