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US Border Expands Facial Recognition for Canadians
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Pre-Entry COVID Test No Longer Required at Canadian Border
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US Border Expands Facial Recognition for Canadians
Starting December 26th, Canadians travelling to the United States by air, land, or sea will no longer be able to opt out of having their photo taken at the border. The new rule, announced by the Department of Homeland Security, will make facial biometrics mandatory for all non-US citizens when entering or exiting the country. […]
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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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Things that make me cheer out loud – Canada grows, and Trump declines
Posted December 12, 2025 by Anonymous
So after yesterday’s gloomy post, I found some good stuff to share tonight:
First, Carney keeps growing that Liberal caucus!
Ontario MP Michael Ma crosses floor to Liberals. One short of a majority. 😬
— Holly Jolly Hoye 🎄 🇨🇦 (@hollyhoye.bsky.social) December 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Carney just needs one more now. Who’s next?
Live shot of Pierre Poilievre at the Liberal Xmas Party:
— Edge O. Erin (@edgeoerin.com) December 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Canada is quickly implementing an enormous but manageable expansion to its armed forces:
I did not realize our Arctic communications systems would be so complicated to build, but the Canadian governments are putting it in place:
Our agriculture production is finding markets worldwide – I’m not sure who’s post Ward is quoting from here, but this is well said:
#ElbowsUp is making Canada stronger:
“Canada’s GDP grew in Q3” because #CanadaStrong #UnCanadaFort 🇨🇦 #ElbowsUp #ViveLeCanada 🇨🇦 #BuyCanadian #MaîtresChezNous #CanadianStaycation
— Karen J Watson 🇨🇦 (@watsonkaren.bsky.social) December 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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“Canada’s new government is investing big to attract world-class talent in science and technology — and become an innovation powerhouse.”
— Mark Carney
Canada’s Prime Minister 🇨🇦PM Carney and his team are working hard for Canada while PoiLIEvre hang by a thread 🪡
❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️
— 🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 (@teamcanadaforever.bsky.social) December 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Meanwhile, it is gratifying to see how the Trump administration is getting pulled up short on its cruelty to immigrants:
BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from immigration detention after a federal judge’s order Thursday, his attorney’s office says.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) December 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Churches are speaking out:
Faith leaders across Minnesota are coming together in solidarity with their Somali neighbors!
Rev. Paul Graham with St. Ansgar’s Lutheran Church in Cannon delivered a #CupOfJoe w/ a message of #LoveThyNeighbor.
— TizzyWoman (@tizzywoman.bsky.social) December 9, 2025 at 8:53 AM
I don’t know what city this was, but this teacher telling ICE to get out of her school is wonderful:
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America is organizing to fight back:
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social is training thousands of New Yorkers on how to protect their neighbors from ICE. Today, they are currently running two trainings in Brooklyn and the Bronx, both of which hit capacity because interest was so high.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
— 50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 (@50501movement.bsky.social) December 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
— JeffTrnka (@jefftrnka.bsky.social) December 6, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Trump still yells at clouds but they’re not listening:
And apparently the MAGA faithful aren’t listening to President Whine anymore either:
Finally, even typefaces are choosing the right side:
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Things that make me go hummm…. a Russian plot, a tanker hijacking, old man goes crazy and takes America with him. And the world won’t forget it.
Posted December 11, 2025 by Anonymous
Today I seemed to see a lot of stuff that was just crazy, so I thought, hey, lets share it!
First, what?
Wow — Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/…[image or embed]— Aaro…
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Another Sideshow Bob moment for Poilievre. Another “bite me!” moment for Carney.
Posted December 10, 2025 by Anonymous
Today was the day that Parliament voted on the Conservatives Gotcha! motion about the Canada-Alberta pipeline MOU.
Poilievre stepped on a rake while Carney skated through it. In The Globe and Mail, Stephanie Levitz writes:
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Today in “Christ, what an asshole!” – Poilievre, Tech Bros, and our potash industry
Posted December 9, 2025 by Anonymous
Poilievre’s big idea – lets play “gotcha!”
So Poilievre thinks he can fiddle while Canada fights for its life against Trump. What an asshole.
As Dale Smith commented on Saturday:
Because Pierre Poilievre thinks he’s a tactical genius, he has announce…
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Funday weekend addendum: Everybody has fun mocking Trump’s FIFA Peace Prize
Posted December 8, 2025 by Anonymous
I usually don’t post on Sundays, but tonight I’m seeing so many great “prize” posts I have to share them:
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How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up “Peace Prize” &a…
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Sunday Funday: Posts about Oh Canada, Trump Stupid, Wasted Raccoon, and the Passing Scene, plus TrumpWatch and Animal Crackers
Posted December 7, 2025 by Anonymous
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@minibubbly.bsky.social @maej43.bsky.social @anniegirl.bsky.social @luciecatnip.bsky.social @univrsle.bsky.social @merlinofcanada.bsky.social @sask…
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A Thumbnail Roundup: America’s new National Security Strategy tells Europe and Asia to pound sand. But they still think they run the Western Hemisphere.
Posted December 6, 2025 by Anonymous
Tonight I saw great posts and commentaries on today’s news. Warning: some of these are lengthy reads.America has released a new National Security Strategy (pdf link) – which is telling Europe and Asia they’re on their own, while vowing to interfere wit…
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About Conspiracy Theories : “grime building up on the window until you can see only the outlines of shadowy figures”
Posted December 5, 2025 by Anonymous
I’m seeing posts recently about conspiracy theories, and related events — mainly, how crazy they are and how they’re going to get people killed! Then today I found a couple of great charts that show all of the recent conspiracy theories and pa…
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Today’s News: “this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans”
Posted December 4, 2025 by Anonymous
Of all the things Trump has destroyed that America used to be proud of – charity, fairness, openness, diplomacy, rule of law – it turns out to be the war crimes that are angering Americans the most. They used to take such pride in their military – …
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Today’s Commentary about Carney, about Ukraine, about Trump, about Venezuela, plus our “Mostly Harmless” B-Ark
Posted December 3, 2025 by Anonymous
I found some good commentaries to share tonight, plus a bit about the B-Ark.Commentary about Carney’s progress: Wayne Horton has started a fascinating series called The Carney Letters – an unauthorized series by Wayne Horton. Here is how he explai…
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Cue another Poilievre re-brand “The key to success is sincerity. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made”
Posted December 2, 2025 by Anonymous
At the Parliamentary press gallery dinner this weekend, Pierre Poilievre actually made fun of himself:
Right wing journalists were ecstatic. “Poilievre steals the show at parliamentary press gallery dinner” posted Rebel News.
Pierre Poilievre’s…
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Sunday Funday: Brittlestar, The Beaverton, I know you are but what am I, Amazing stuff, Comments on the passing scene, TrumpWatch, and Animal Crackers
Posted November 30, 2025 by Anonymous
Hey, I’m in a better mood tonight — it was a beautiful sunny day here today, so that was great!
Anyway, here’s some funny stuff and interesting stuff I found this week.Brittlestar to start things off:
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Today’s News: Fed up with awful news
Posted November 29, 2025 by Anonymous
Maybe I just felt grumpy because it’s snowing, but today I saw so many news stories that really pissed me off. First, an incredibly disrespectful and dismissive remark from Natural Resources minister Tim Hodgson:Does Tim Hodgson understand how …
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The Carney-Smith energy & pipeline MOU – is Carney crazy like a fox?
Posted November 28, 2025 by Anonymous
From Victoria Times-Colonist newspaper
Lots of opinions tonight, pro and con, about the Carney-Smith energy and pipeline MOU and the subsequent resignation from Cabinet of Carney’s Quebec lieutenant and official languages minister Steven Guilbeault.
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Today’s News: Cartoons on parade!
Posted November 27, 2025 by Anonymous
Today I’m seeing so many great political cartoons and comments about daily news I just want to share a few of them.
First up, Carney and SmithI don’t know enough about pipelines and oil production to say anything sensible about what Carney is trying …
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Updates: “Who cares?” is trending, Mamdani v Trump shows us ‘this is the way’, and some good news from xkcd
Posted November 26, 2025 by Anonymous
Seems like a lot of the news today was really just an update of the news from the weekend. So here’s some good commentary and update posts: “Who cares?” is trending
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OMG and its only Tuesday! The weekend news roundup – Carney’s “Who Cares?” riposte, Why a new pipeline? Why war with Venezuela? What if AI is just a house of cards? And Dutch Strong!
Posted November 25, 2025 by Anonymous
So its only Monday but it seems like its already been a busy week. Carney’s “Who Cares?” riposte
and cue the Poilievre hissy fit tempest in a teapot. Here’s the story that Canadian Press reported:
…While taking questions from reporters in Johan…
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Sunday Funday: Good Cartoons, Canada stuff, US stumbles, Funny comments and posts; TrumpWatch, Animal Crackers
Posted November 23, 2025 by Anonymous
Here are some good cartoons that I enjoyed
Here’s some good stuff about Canada
Elizabeth May lays it DOWN!
Elizabeth May is our old school common sense voice of reason in a world that is quicky (and wrongly) coming to belie…
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Russia-Ukraine War update: the world is hoping that Ukraine can still fight on
Posted November 22, 2025 by Anonymous
Didn’t we always think it would come to this?To his everlasting shame, Trump is turning tail and getting ready to pull America out of supporting Ukraine in the war with Russia. What a gutless coward. Ukraine is grappling with despair:
President Ze…
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The stupid, it burns!
Posted November 21, 2025 by Anonymous
I try not to pay attention all the time to the crazy stuff happening in the US, but some days…..
Well, you missed that the US tried to invade Mexico
Those Department of Defense signs on a Mexican beach were intentional. They put them up afte…
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Today’s commentary: the F-35 v Gripen decision, and Carney’s role in the world now
Posted November 20, 2025 by Anonymous
First up tonight, the fighter jet decision – F-35 v. Gripen – has become a Canadian loyalty test and rightfully so. The idea of spending our millions on American jets right now just sticks in Canada’s craw.Sweden’s Gripen is a mostly-viable alternati…
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Today on “Christ, what an asshole!”: Danielle Smith, Poilievre, Trump, Epstein, and the ICE gestapo guys
Posted November 19, 2025 by Anonymous
I haven’t done a “Christ what an asshole!” roundup for a while. So I thought I would do one tonight, just to keep up with all the assholes we’ve been seeing lately.
First up, Alberta premier Danielle Smith is using the Notwithstanding clause to disc…
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Today’s News: Whew!
Posted November 18, 2025 by Anonymous
Had our Covid and flu shots today so I’m not feeling energetic right now. So here’s a few items I found about Monday’s budget news:
Artwork by Dave Davies
#CanadaBudgetVote Thanks to these five MPs, Canada won’t be having a Christmas elect…
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Saskatchewan Roughriders Win!
Posted November 17, 2025 by Anonymous
I usually don’t do a post on Sunday nights, but today was so great I just had to put this one together.
Earlier today our son said that after the year we had — Canada didn’t win the Stanley Cup nor did we win the World Series — he was trying to prepa…
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Sunday Funday: TrumpWorld is falling apart, Canada is OK, Winter is coming, Random funny stuff, TrumpWatch, and Animal Crackers
Posted November 16, 2025 by Anonymous
Here is my usual Sunday collection of random pieces plus some funny stuff. Enjoy!TrumpWorld is falling apart
Rogan and Musk decide Trump’s “assassination attempt” in Butler PA in July was staged:
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US Border Expands Facial Recognition for Canadians
Posted November 12, 2025 by Ben
Starting December 26th, Canadians travelling to the United States by air, land, or sea will no longer be able to opt out of having their photo taken at the border. The new rule, announced by the Department of Homeland Security, will make facial biometrics mandatory for all non-US citizens when entering or exiting the country. […]
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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.
