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Canadian Border Now Fully Open
On October 1st 2022, the Government of Canada removed all COVID-19 border measures such as required proof of vaccination, random testing, and mandatory isolation for high-risk travelers. For the first time since early 2020, the Canadian border is operating under “normal” conditions. For example: Americans interested in visiting Canada no longer need to download the […]
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Pre-Entry COVID Test No Longer Required at Canadian Border
As of April 1st 2022, the Canadian border will no longer require a pre-arrival negative COVID-19 test from fully vaccinated travellers entering or returning to the country. Previously, a rapid antigen test or a PCR test indicating a person does not have COVID was required by border authorities. This rule change should encourage Canadians to […]
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US Land Border Opens to Canadians
After being closed for nearly 19 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on November 8th 2021 the United States land border officially opened to all fully vaccinated Canadians. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced they will be staffing their border at pre-pandemic levels, but warns that wait times may be longer than in […]
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When Will USA Border Open to Canadians?
On August 9th 2021, Canada opened its border to all fully vaccinated Americans allowing tourists from the United States to visit the country once again. The US border remains closed to Canadians, however, and American authorities recently extended the border closure until September 21st citing COVID-19 transmission rates south of the border as well as […]
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Where Can Vaccinated Canadians Travel?
Most Canadians are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Consequently, Canadians are starting to think about international travel again, and are beginning to research possible vacation destinations. This leads to the question, which countries can a fully vaccinated Canadian visit? As of July 2021, Canadian citizens who have received two doses of the Pfizer, Moderna, or […]
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“Courage is found in unlikely places”: Chris Kluwe, Charlie Angus, AOC, Zelenskyy and Europe, Mike Pence, FP Wellman, John Cole…
Posted February 22, 2025 by Anonymous
Taking one of my favorite Lord Of The Rings quotes as my text today, I thought I should highlight some of the people – both likely and unlikely – who are showing courage against the fascist hellhole that is today’s America: Football player Chris K…
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What a game!
Posted February 21, 2025 by Anonymous
I had a post about politics almost ready to go, but not tonight!
What a great game:
Report: CANADA! CANADA! CANADA! CANADA! CANADA! CANADA![image or embed]— The Beaverton (@thebeaverton.com) February 20, 2025 at 10:43 PM
You can’t take our co…
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Some days, we just need to laugh…
Posted February 19, 2025 by Anonymous
How funny people can be about politics, even when things are just so grim!First, isn’t this good news!And isn’t this the way we all feel now:
Moving on:
Can’t spell tariffs without FFS.— Jen The Feisty Librarian (@Feisty_Waters) February 12, 2025…
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“No Kings Day” – A day of protest against Trump and Musk
Posted February 18, 2025 by Anonymous
America won’t go down without a fight. There were massive protests across the US on Monday, with the rallying cry “No Kings!” — that precisely expressed the new American message to Trump and Musk. Here are some of the best signs – and I also…
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Taking a step back
Posted February 17, 2025 by Anonymous
So now, in this Year of Our Lord 2025, let’s look at where are we at.
In Canada, by mid-March, we will have a new federal Liberal leader – I hope it will be Pat Carney – who will immediately need to deal with Trump attempting to crush us with tariffs….
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Weekend funny stuff: The ridiculous weather: Our ridiculous politics; and Animal Crackers
Posted February 16, 2025 by Anonymous
Our weather here on the Prairies has been generally awful this winter — cold cold and more cold, week after week since November.Well, its going to be a little more springlike next week, apparently.
Next up — politics!
It sounds like our prem…
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Canada’s National Treasures: Elizabeth May – Craig Baird – Gurdeep Pandher – Wab Kineau, P.J. Akeeagok and R.J. Simpson – Canadian Hockey Fans. And Moose Art
Posted February 15, 2025 by Anonymous
Just a post to highlight some of our most impressive Canadians in these times. First, Elizabeth May is a national treasure:
Elizabeth May: “This is what you get: free health care – universal free health care….Those gun laws that your Congress i…
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Yes, Carney actually did save us in 2008
Posted February 14, 2025 by Anonymous
The Cons are trying to re-litigate and downplay Mark Carney’s role in protecting Canada from the world financial melt-down in 2008, and Scrimshaw is having none of it:Mark Carney was an “invaluable support” to Jim Flaherty, who praised him relentlessly…
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Things I learned today: Canada is really pissed; the “White Horse Prophecy”; “Leprechaun economics”. And an excellent rant!
Posted February 13, 2025 by Anonymous
Doom-scrolling through social media today, I learned some things:First, its always better to be pissed off than pissed on!
This is what is happening across all of Canada right now!🇨🇦😊 pic.twitter.com/VgtW7rJvVU— JustMePam (@PamelaApostolo1) February 1…
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Bending the knee
Posted February 12, 2025 by Anonymous
Media organizations in the US are expected to bend the knee now:
There is going to come a time in the very near future where the only way to resolve this is for every non-MAGA media company to band together and simply refuse to walk into the pr…
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Our Tangled Border War — comments by Charlie Angus, Wesley Wark, Dan Gardner, Paul Krugman. And new tariffs!
Posted February 11, 2025 by Anonymous
To illustrate this post, here is an artwork called Non-Sign II, which was built at the Peace Arch border crossing in 2010 – I think that messy tangled black border framing an empty centre is symbolic of our Canada-US border war today.Here are some usef…
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Weekend funny stuff: new maps & cartoons & football plays & funny posts & animal crackers, plus Mark Twain at the end
Posted February 9, 2025 by Anonymous
After this week, we need a little break:First, some new maps for Canada to enjoy:A comment on DEI:Some comments on our times:I don’t plan on watching the Super Bowl – except maybe to enjoy the whole stadium booing Trump! – but here’s a good football po…
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Today’s News: America is shooting the messenger
Posted February 8, 2025 by Anonymous
Coming soon to a university hospital in America:
“Maybe us barbers have been wrong all these years to rely on ideas which have failed us. Maybe we should study the human body intently and make our observations on fact, not superstition. Perhaps t…
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What a week! “Imagine watching a documentary reenacting the burning of the Library of Alexandria set to the soundtrack of Yakety Sax”
Posted February 7, 2025 by Anonymous
Well, this has been a shit show of a week, eh:
attempting to describe the vibes of the moment. have yet to do better than: “imagine watching a documentary reenacting the burning of the Library of Alexandria set to the soundtrack of ‘Yakety Sax'”…
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Today’s News: Protests at last
Posted February 6, 2025 by Anonymous
I’m seeing many people running around with their hair on fire tonight, desperately trying to get the Democrats in Congress to stop bleating about bipartisanship and finding common ground, and to FIGHT BACK. The American people are slow to rouse, but I …
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And its only been 15 days!
Posted February 5, 2025 by Anonymous
I am seeing real fear tonight in the United States. This sums it up in a few paragraphs:Paul Krugman
What the Musk is Happening?
It’s a catastrophe, but what kind of catastrophe?
….Musk associates have been given access to the U.S. Treasury’s …
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And we were singing, bye-bye Miss American Pie
Posted February 4, 2025 by Anonymous
Well, what a day, eh?…We all got up to dance Oh, but we never got the chance ‘Cause the players tried to take the field The marching band refused to yield Do you recall what was revealed The day the music died?*Here are…
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Today’s News: American Tune – “…We lived so well so long…. I wonder what’s gone wrong”
Posted February 3, 2025 by Anonymous
Does anyone still remember Paul Simon’s American Tune?
…And I don’t know a soul who’s not been battered
I don’t have a friend who feels at ease
I don’t know a dream that’s not been shattered
Or driven to its knees
But it’s alright, it’s …
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Trudeau’s Finest Hour
Posted February 2, 2025 by Anonymous
I think this will go down in history as Trudeau’s best speech — warm but resolute, articulate, clear, telling America they are wrong without blaming them, reassuring Canadians they will be treated fairly without minimizing the pain, detailed wit…
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Tariff Suggestion Box: Maybe we should just send Trump a few million?
Posted February 1, 2025 by Anonymous
So it looks like the tariffs are on, and the suggestions are coming thick and fast — some funny, some serious: First up, maybe a bribe?
When I read Josh Marshall’s comments today, it made me wonder — since the Trump administration appears to b…
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Trump 2 The Revenge Tour: Son of Sharpie-gate
Posted January 31, 2025 by Anonymous
What a shameful day – 67 people die and Trump makes it all about him. This is really just another “Sharpie-gate” — remember in 2019 Trump insisted that he hadn’t made a mistake when he panicked Alabama about a hurricane warning, by inviting …
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Turn-around? The Liberals are rebounding
Posted January 30, 2025 by Anonymous
Yes, I know, I know, the Foreign Interference Commission report is more important than a polling bump – and if you want some good reporting on that report, see Dale Smith and Wesley Wark and Scrimshaw. And the tariff questions. And the Onta…
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“Gargle my balls!”
Posted January 29, 2025 by Anonymous
Well, yes, maybe it’s hopeless but we can still laugh.”GARGLE MY BALLS!” will be my new battle cry. https://t.co/gkuezCaBtP— Qiilu (@Qiilu1) January 29, 2025
“Gargle my balls” is the revolutionary slogan this country needs.— Pete Kotz (@petekotz.bsky…
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Weekend round-up: Great stories; FOTUS first week; Funny stuff; Outstanding stuff; and Animal Crackers
Posted January 26, 2025 by Anonymous
Well, it sure wasn’t a pleasant week, really, but I still found a few good posts for everyone.First, some great stories: View on Threads
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Next, the FOTUS (Felon of the United States) first week: 🤣 gotta love a good ches…
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Today’s News: In our polite Canadian way, we’re actually Mad as Hell!
Posted January 25, 2025 by Anonymous
In our Canadian way, we’re all actually mad as hell at Trump and MAGA and the whole benighted American enterprise tonight.
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‘Canada is Not for Sale’ hats go viral in response to Trump’s tariff threats and suggestions …
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Canadian Border Now Fully Open
Posted November 24, 2022 by Ben
On October 1st 2022, the Government of Canada removed all COVID-19 border measures such as required proof of vaccination, random testing, and mandatory isolation for high-risk travelers. For the first time since early 2020, the Canadian border is operating under “normal” conditions. For example: Americans interested in visiting Canada no longer need to download the […]
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Pre-Entry COVID Test No Longer Required at Canadian Border
Posted April 2, 2022 by Ben
As of April 1st 2022, the Canadian border will no longer require a pre-arrival negative COVID-19 test from fully vaccinated travellers entering or returning to the country. Previously, a rapid antigen test or a PCR test indicating a person does not have COVID was required by border authorities. This rule change should encourage Canadians to […]
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US Land Border Opens to Canadians
Posted November 8, 2021 by Ben
After being closed for nearly 19 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on November 8th 2021 the United States land border officially opened to all fully vaccinated Canadians. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced they will be staffing their border at pre-pandemic levels, but warns that wait times may be longer than in […]
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When Will USA Border Open to Canadians?
Posted August 25, 2021 by Ben
On August 9th 2021, Canada opened its border to all fully vaccinated Americans allowing tourists from the United States to visit the country once again. The US border remains closed to Canadians, however, and American authorities recently extended the border closure until September 21st citing COVID-19 transmission rates south of the border as well as […]
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Where Can Vaccinated Canadians Travel?
Posted July 1, 2021 by Ben
Most Canadians are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Consequently, Canadians are starting to think about international travel again, and are beginning to research possible vacation destinations. This leads to the question, which countries can a fully vaccinated Canadian visit? As of July 2021, Canadian citizens who have received two doses of the Pfizer, Moderna, or […]
Interesting Fact of the Month
Did you know visiting Canada with a DUI is difficult? If a US citizen has a DUI or DWI they could be denied entry at the Canadian border! Even a misdemeanor for reckless driving, or a traffic ticket for impaired driving, can prevent an American from entering Canada. In order to enter Canada with DUI charges many people hire an immigration lawyer. Going to Canada from USA with other criminal convictions like theft or assault can also be challenging.
Did you know visiting Canada with a DUI is difficult? If a US citizen has a DUI or DWI they could be denied entry at the Canadian border! Even a misdemeanor for reckless driving, or a traffic ticket for impaired driving, can prevent an American from entering Canada. In order to enter Canada with DUI charges many people hire an immigration lawyer. Going to Canada from USA with other criminal convictions like theft or assault can also be challenging.
