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Pepper spray. The next walking/hiking "essential"?
A woman had a frighteningly close encounter with a grizzly bear while out walking her dog at a wilderness camp in Kananaskis Country, Alberta. The woman had stepped outside with her morning coffee to walk her dog when the bear appeared.
According to Wilderness Escape Adventures, In order to get away, she threw her coffee mug and when she saw the bear go to investigate it, she started running. Nearby campers yelled and waved their arms as a distraction. Eventually, the bear wandered off to chase a moose.
Watch more video: ow.ly/rEPw50ZhVeq
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Hi again! April is Cancer month. Join the fight today by donating to my ride. This is "the last ride". fundraise.yourrideforcancer.…
@jbcurio. @tvo Great article! An M.A. in 19C. southwestern Ontario history (Western) lived Chatham 8 years ancestors in Maple Leaf Cemetery - yet I never knew!
How a convention in Chatham helped spark the American Civil War | TVO Today tvo.org/article/how-a-conven…
Even the most addlebrained sycophant among his minions must now surely see the insanity of this behaviour and be looking to bail out now. bbc.com/news/articles/cn8z48…
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BREAKING: White House Press Secretary & Stepford wife, Karoline Leavitt self destructs after attempting to deflect from President Trump’s overwhelmingly racist truth social video depicting the Obama’s as monkeys.
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🚨 “A highway to hell”
An internal provincial government report quietly admits that Highway 413, a developer-driven mega-road, will cause devastating environmental harm, threatening at-risk species, sensitive ecosystems, and large areas of the Greenbelt and farmland.
Read more by Anushka Yadav: thepointer.com/article/2026-…
#ontarionature – at Mississauga, Ontario
It was a tough call. Was the choice, respond to “a bully” or stickhandle “an unstable and unrestricted sociopath”.
Carney’s answer to the reporter took the high road. theconversation.com/mark-car…
If Trump had a hissy over @fordnation recent “Reagan commercial”, he’d have been apoplectic if Doug used this one.
Reagan's Radio Address on Canadian Elections and Free Trade on... youtu.be/Tp1T7kPEdDY?si=PWw-… via @YouTube
Thank you to the organizers, sponsors, volunteers of the 11th BMO Ride for Cancer in support of @QEIIFoundation . Thank you to my own very generous donors who once more left me humbled with gratitude. Ride on! fundraise.yourrideforcancer.…
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NEW: Vehicles registered to Doug Ford's cabinet ministers have been caught by automated speed cameras more than 20 times.
In one case, they were driving 70 in a 40 zone. On average, they were 17 over the limit. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/11463735/…
With 9 days to go, I want to recognize all the people who will be "riding with me" on October 18 in the #BMORideForCancer yourrideforcancer.ca to support @QEIIFoundation
As a high school teenager, I had summer jobs in the mail room at the law firm where Ken Dryden articled. Articling lawyers hardly noticed us. Not Ken Dryden. Seeing me on the subway he strode right up sat down and had a conversation. Decent human being! cbc.ca/news/canada/ken-dryde…
Good read. Gets you thinking.
The B.C. Supreme Court’s recognition of Cowichan title is an invitation to enact transformative change theconversation.com/the-b-c-… via @ConversationCA
ANALYSIS: Make the 407 free for trucks? What if we charge them to use the 401, instead | TVO Today @jm_mcgrath And, let’s reduce single occupant commuters by making car pooling too attractive to pass up, and single use too costly. tvo.org/article/analysis-mak…
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“The government maps showing which parts of the park are included took my breath away: it’s a lot.”
The proposed plan could strip away nearly 60% of Wasaga Beach's shoreline, putting critical dune habitat and piping plover territory at risk.
More here:
tinyurl.com/vr7jn6pu – at Ontario, Canada
I guess you could call this “Thinking outside the ‘fire’ box!” theconversation.com/canada-c…