Snowshadow

Snowshadow, 8 days ago to news

Conservative Rage Farming !!

Doug Ford stands behind controversial remarks: ‘I stick with what I said’
[edited: should read as "racist remarks"]

"There is no indication from police at this time that any of the suspects involved were immigrants, as Ford appeared to suggest, adding: “Before you plan on moving to Canada — don’t come to Canada if you’re going to start terrorizing neighbourhoods like this.”

#NEws #DougFord #politics #Racism

https://globalnews.ca/news/10536711/doug-ford-immigrant-remarks-update/

Snowshadow, 8 days ago to news

Some Who Guard Alberta’s Legislature Have Done Crimes

The hiring of four former EPS officers raises questions about the vetting process for security officers. A Tyee investigation.

#NEws #Alberta #Politics #Crime
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/29/Some-Who-Guard-Alberta-Legislature-Done-Crimes/

Snowshadow, 8 days ago to news

Human smuggling from B.C. to U.S. is soaring, border stats show

"... human smuggling groups see people as a "commodity," and seek to profit off people seeking to get into the U.S. because "there's tons of opportunity here."

"Canada and the United States are places that people want to come and there is always going to be smuggling involved,"

#News #HumanRights #BorderSecurity
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/human-smuggling-b-c-u-s-soars-train-uber-foot-1.7220751

Snowshadow, 10 days ago to news

Although there are no suspects in the shooting at the empty Jewish girls school two days ago in Toronto, Premier Doug Ford this morning wrongly blamed immigrants for the rise in antisemitism in Ontario.

Once again the Conservative Party flaunts their racist rhetoric and tries to deflect from their own Trump-style home-grown rage farming that is dividing Canadians at a time when we need to be united to solve our problems.

cc @GottaLaff
#News #OnPoli #Immigration
https://montrealgazette.com/news/national/ontario-premier-suggests-immigrants-behind-jewish-school-shooting

Snowshadow, 9 days ago to random

🇺🇸
TO ALL USA CITIZENS

TRUMP IS GUILTY X 34

TIME TO CELEBRATE A WIN

@GottaLaff
@TonyStark

Red, Green and purple fireworks. Congrats.

Snowshadow, 10 days ago to random

@GottaLaff

👋 Good morning.

Sending you a
Welcome To Canada Pie
with wishes for a wonderful first day as a new resident.🇨🇦

Snowshadow, 10 days ago to random

@gemelliz
Today there was a Trudeau-Ford joint announcement about an investment in a vaccine factory after that questions from the press. While discussing the recent shooting at a Jewish girls school Trudeau and the mayor of Toronto spoke about the need for safety and how the rise in antisemitism is unacceptable, Ford pulled a " racist Trump move".

Completely ignoring the home grown Conservative rage-farming....

Ford: "Those of you coming to Canada to cause trouble..."🤦

#DougFord #OnPoli

Snowshadow, 10 days ago to news

🚨 🚨 ⚠️ Nissan Canada issues
DO NOT DRIVE WARNING ⚠️ 🚨 🚨
for 48,000 vehicles over airbag issue

The automaker is asking drivers of the 2002 QX4, 2002-2004 Pathfinder and 2002-2006 Sentra to stop driving their vehicles and contact to Nissan for a free recall repair.

#News #Cars #Recall
https://montrealgazette.com/news/national/nissan-canada-issues-do-not-drive-warning-for-48000-vehicles-over-airbag-issue

Snowshadow, 10 days ago to news

🦦 Now who doesn't love a cute sea otter? Here's one more reason why we should!😀

"Hungry sea otters are helping save California's marshlands from erosion"

"A new study shows the return of sea otters and their voracious appetites has helped rescue a section of California marshland"

#News #Oceanography #Marshland #Conservation #Otters
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-california-washington-wolves-nature-b2488195.html

Snowshadow, 11 days ago to news

Off-grid power in a shipping container?

"New portable solar power plants make it easier than ever to go off-grid. An entire plant of solar panels can be folded into a single shipping container.The power plant is easily deployed – and folded up again when it needs to move on."

#News #Innovation #Energy #Solar #ClimateCrisis

https://interestingengineering.com/videos/off-grid-power-in-a-shipping-container

Snowshadow, 11 days ago to news

Suffering from depression and standard anti-depressants aren't working? You might want to read the transcript or listen to the podcast.

"Drugs that target the neurotransmitter serotonin have long been prescribed to treat depression. Now the spotlight is turning to other aspects of brain chemistry. In this episode, the neuropharmacologist John Krystal shares findings that are overturning our understanding of depression."

#News #MentalHealth #Psychology #Neurology
https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-happens-in-the-brain-to-cause-depression-20240523/

Snowshadow, 11 days ago to news

😀 🦑 🦑 📹
Rare deep-sea squid filmed at depth

“The squid, which was about 75cm long, descended on our camera assuming it was prey, and tried to startle it with is huge bioluminescent headlights,” Associate Professor Stewart said.

Watch the video here:

#News #Oceanography #Photography #Videography #Biology

https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2024/may/rare-deep-sea-squid-filmed-at-depth

Snowshadow, 11 days ago to random

@GreenFire
Hi there. Has your power been restored yet?

Snowshadow, 12 days ago to news

Fossil fuel industry in full spin mode
🧵 1/?

"Many governments, companies and communities are taking action to reduce their use of fossil fuels. The petroleum industry is responding to this threat by ramping up their campaigns to manipulate public opinion. People like to believe they aren’t susceptible to the dark art of marketing, but Canadian advertisers...."
(cont' below)

@gemelliz
#News #PierrePoilivre #ClimateCrisis #Politics #DanielleSmith #fossilfuel
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/05/28/opinion/Canada-fossil-fuel-advertising-propaganda

Snowshadow, 12 days ago to news

Regulator ruled against LNG ads, leak reveals

🧵 1/?

"The industry organization that regulates advertisements in Canada has ruled against one of Canada's largest pro-fossil fuel advocacy groups for spreading disinformation about the harmful climate impacts of liquified natural gas (LNG), according to a confidential decision. "
And they are ignoring that ruling!

@gemelliz
#News #ClimateCrisis #Politics #FossilFuels

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/05/28/news/Ad-Standards-LNG-advertisements-misleading

Snowshadow, 12 days ago to news

After a few days of offline due to a faulty modem I was excited to fire up my computer until I opened the news and this was the first news article to greet me:
[BTW....People get your head on straight--Jews are not Netanyahu!!!]

No one was injured after shots were fired at the Jewish girls school in the city's north end shortly before 5 a.m. Saturday.

#News #Antisemitism #Toronto #Ontario #Gaza
https://montrealgazette.com/news/national/were-resilient-principal-says-after-shooting-at-jewish-girls-school-in-toronto

Snowshadow, 18 days ago to news

🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Are you travelling to the US with a dog???🐶 🐕

Then you need to know this new border crossing rule from the CDC

New U.S. border rules for dog owners...
"As of Aug. 1, all dogs entering the U.S. will need a form signed by a vet within 30 days of travel time"

#News #Travel #USA #Canada #Dogs #Pets
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/cdc-border-dogs-rabies-veterinarians-1.7208074?cmp=rss

Snowshadow, 18 days ago to news

Protections that could cool workers on a warming planet

"If we're going to fight climate change, we obviously need to address the [impact of] climate change on the most vulnerable populations. And that is service workers and outdoor workers and immigrant workers: they're going to be the first to be impacted,”

#News #ClimateChange #HumanRights #Health

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/05/22/news/heat-dome-labour-CUPE

Snowshadow, 18 days ago to news

Cumberland House, Sask., has limited access to food, supplies, while Highway 123 is a 'muddy road,'
"Community is running low on groceries with poor road conditions cutting them off from the rest of Sask."
"Despite being the oldest community in Saskatchewan, Laura said they can't "get the services that other communities get".

"Where is Premier Scott Moe driving up and down our highway? This should not be happening in 2024. It's absolutely horrible,"

#News #Indigenous
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/highway-123-to-cumberland-house-just-a-muddy-road-1.7209393

Snowshadow, 18 days ago to news

Small island states hail ocean court victory on greenhouse gases

"Ruling says countries' targets for cutting greenhouse emissions must be set based on best available science"
"Small island nations with scant economic power but vulnerable to climate change have long felt neglected by successive global summits where pledges to cut carbon emissions have fallen far short of the minimum for limiting the worst effects of global warming."
#News ClimateCrisis #HumanRights
https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/maritime-court-climate-change-1.7210270

Snowshadow, 18 days ago to news

🚨 ⚠️ 🚨 ⚠️ 🚨 ⚠️
Here is yet another example as a reminder:
If your bank "contacts you" DO NOTHING until you have phoned your bank to check on the validity of the contact.

"$100K sent to wrong bank account in EMAIL SCAM"

Please Boost-thanks.

#News #Internet #Scam #Email #Banking #Crime #Security

https://globalnews.ca/news/10515102/bc-100k-email-scam-shuswap/

Snowshadow, 19 days ago to news

Canada’s Big Five banks are still infiltrated by fossil fuel directors

🧵 1/?

"Canada’s largest banks are deeply entrenched in fossil fuels, having pumped at least $1.2 trillion into the sector since the Paris Agreement was signed in late 2015. But it’s not just their investments and lending that are increasingly under scrutiny –– it’s their leadership, too."
(continued below)

#News #Finance #FossilFuel #ClimateCrisis

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/05/21/investigations/canadas-big-banks-are-still-infiltrated-fossil-fuel-directors

Snowshadow, 19 days ago to news

An excellent article about the TMP:

"The Trans Mountain Pipeline is open and it's costing me sleep"

"While Alberta Premier Danielle Smith issued an uncharacteristically gracious news release “to thank the federal government for seeing this project through,” P.M. Justin Trudeau was nowhere around to bask in that gratitude. Nor were any Liberal ministers. It’s almost like they’re not proud of what they have done."

#News #FossilFuels #Politics #ClimateCrisis
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/05/21/opinion/trans-mountain-pipeline-open-and-its-costing-me-sleep

Snowshadow, 19 days ago to news

🚒 Fire-proofing an entire city: How Yukon is working to protect its capital

Work began in 2020 on a fuel break intended to be a permanent line of defence against wildfire from the south

#News #ClimteCrisis

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/whitehorse-firebreak-construction-wildfire-risk-1.7206428

Snowshadow, 20 days ago to news

📢 🚨 An important announcement from the federal 🇨🇦 government about how to track and keep informed about air quality in your area.

This article has details; please take the time to read it.

🔥 💨 🔥 Wildfires: Changes are coming to better inform people about smoke hazards

Environment Canada hopes several changes being made this year will improve how air quality-related health risks are communicated

Please boost: thanks.

#News #Wildfire #ClimateCrisis
https://montrealgazette.com/news/national/wildfires-changes-are-coming-to-better-inform-people-about-smoke-hazards