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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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Time to make fun of the Poilievre campaign!
Posted April 25, 2025 by Anonymous
Three days to go!And I’m feeling deliriously hopeful (with a sliver of dread that Carney won’t get the majority government Canada needs).So I can’t focus on anything serious right now, just the funny stuff.On CBC’s At Issue panel tonight, Chantal Heber…
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Canada’s Red Dress Day
Posted May 6, 2025 by Anonymous
May 5 is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit+ People (MMIWG2S+) Red River Métis artist and activist Jaime Black founded the REDress project in 2010 after she displayed her first REDress in…
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Canada needs to tell Alberta we love her….
Posted May 21, 2025 by Anonymous
Here’s a snap I took on the Icefields Parkway, during one of our many great vacations in Alberta:We loved those vacations, and we love Alberta.I know that Wexit, AKA Alberta Separation Referendum, is just getting started and I know the percentages now …
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Weekend funny stuff: Let’s bring Stanley home! Let’s laugh at Trump! Plus some other good posts, and Animal Crackers
Posted May 4, 2025 by Anonymous
Go, Canada, Go!
when it comes to the nhl playoffs i would like to simply say, “play ball”— Jon Bois (@jonbois.bsky.social) April 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
you don’t get to have good politicians AND a second round of the nhl playoffs.— Elyse (@elysebee.bsky….
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Coming around the clubhouse turn, heading for the tape…..
Posted April 27, 2025 by Anonymous
It’s just too damned hard to act all solemn and serious right now — I’m laughing on the outside but quivering on the inside, just waiting for Monday to be over. In the meantime — here are a few posts and cartoons to enjoy!Lead on, Big Daddy! …
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Things I learned today: the new language of the Internet, the tariff “deal” with the US/UK, and Prof Galloway on Trump’s corruption.
Posted May 9, 2025 by Anonymous
Meet Tralalero Tralala, the Italian Brain Rot AI meme.
Did you know there is a whole new language around Artificial Intelligence and Internet memes now?
One of the internet columns I follow is Casey Newton’s Platformer, and today he introduced me to t…
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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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Weekend funny stuff: Cartoons, insult comics, Poilievre slogans, super cows and other funny posts, plus some good Animal Crackers
Posted May 18, 2025 by Anonymous
Just some funny stuff to enjoy this weekend, starting with some good cartoons:Next, I do love the insult comics of the internet:
JoJoFromJerz / Are you f’ng kidding me?
It Was the Darkest of Times, It Was the Dumbest of Times.
The stupid burns…
Let…
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Today’s News: a random roundup — Carney’s press conference; Smith’s carpet; Poilievre’s seat; and First Nations nix Wexit
Posted May 3, 2025 by Anonymous
Basically, it seems we are back to politics-as-normal now — tonight I have just a random assortment of political news and views tonight, without anything really dominating the headlines. Yet. First, we got some good news today that the King is co…
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Today’s News: Turning America into Oceania
Posted May 17, 2025 by Anonymous
*illustration from Wayne Horton’s substack
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It is not just Canadians and other foreign visitors who are running afoul of America’s border police. It’s now happening to Americans too. The US Customs and Border Protection and the Imm…
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Carney visits the lion’s den – oops, sorry, it was just a paper tiger after all 🐯!
Posted May 7, 2025 by Anonymous
Today was Carney’s day to visit Trump at the White House. No tariff deal resulted, so then the DOW dropped 500 points.But the 51st State talk is clearly dead now. And I must say, sometimes it was hard to tell who was the host and who was the guest…
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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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Just a bunch of random stuff – hockey downs and ups; Carney learns us some economics; fun with mis-pronouncing words; Pope Leo disses the Vances; Biden’s awful diagnosis; and the Battle Hymn Updated
Posted May 19, 2025 by Anonymous
OK, I think I can safely say now that we are finished with winter — it’s planting season for the flower pots, too. So for now, here’s just a random selection of interesting stuff I saw today: First, we watched Toronto lose – doom and …
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Let’s take a break for some funny stuff — good lines about our election plus other good posts, and of course, Animal Crackers
Posted April 30, 2025 by Anonymous
I have been seeing some great “takes” on the election results: View on Threads
Great routine from Colbert:
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Here is Carney dancing at the Liberal celebration Monday night. He just genuinely loves music, doesn’t he:
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Stormy weather over Stornoway
Posted May 2, 2025 by Anonymous
I keep waiting for wiser heads to prevail – will the Conservative party realize that they don’t need Canada’s version of the Trumpy Man-Baby as their leader anymore?Listen to this interview with Bob Fife: “We like some of the policies you’re doing abo…
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Alberta separatists want to have their cake and eat it too
Posted May 13, 2025 by Anonymous
Yep, let’s move fast and break things. This is NOT what Canada needs to deal with right now, but I guess we don’t have any choice:
An Alberta separatist group released on Monday a referendum question on independence from Canada that it will petit…
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One more sleep
Posted April 28, 2025 by Anonymous
Here are some good cartoons that sum up this campaign:
SAnd some final words:
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Lying right to the very end:Perspective is everything. Same venue, same crowd. How to make your rally look enormous by forcing phot…
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Post-election News: voting maps, Carney wins, Wexit update, Poilievre sad. Plus, it’s always fun to ridicule Trump!
Posted May 1, 2025 by Anonymous
In Canadian events today, some interesting maps showing how Canadians voted — much more clearly than just showing big empty blocks of red and blue:
In response to the election map of #Canada showing large areas voting Conservative blue, here’s a gr…
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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 […]
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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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Today’s News: let’s laugh at Poilievre; let’s laugh at Alberta separatists; let’s find out about Pope Leo
Posted May 10, 2025 by Anonymous
Let’s laugh at Poilievre!
So much for Poilievre regaining anyone’s respect now:
Inspiring!
Pierre Poilievre just released his new campaign slogan for Battle River-Crowfoot and it is truly moving!
One word, but it perfectly encapsulates voters who su…
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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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Pushing back against MacKinnon’s awful article
Posted May 16, 2025 by Anonymous
The University of Saskatchewan has been in the news lately. It’s where I worked for much of my career, so of course I’m interested in how they are getting along.
Very well, overall — but with evidence lately that some don’t want to get with the t…
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Weekend Stuff: More laughing at Poilievre, More in Elbows Up!, Other funny moments, More about Pope Leo, and Animal Crackers
Posted May 11, 2025 by Anonymous
First up, laughing at Poilievre never gets old View on ThreadsNext, here’s more in Elbows Up! Compare Poilievre’s histrionics with what Carney is doing:I totally agree!! – Canadian Gurl🍁🍁Read on Substack
Muskoka Roastery Coffee Co. just relea…
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It comes down to this: the banker vs the wanker
Posted April 26, 2025 by Anonymous
(Illustration from Wayne Horton’s substack )We’re almost at the end now, and the choice comes down to this:
Banker or wanker.Your choice, Canada.#cdnpoli #elxn45— Ian Morrison 🇨🇦 (@IanDMorrison) April 18, 2025
If you’d told me a few months ago …
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May the Fourth be with you, Justin Trudeau
Posted May 5, 2025 by Anonymous
I will miss the Star Wars socks:Trudeau ran for the leadership at just the right time, in 2013, when the Liberal Party was flailing and failing. And he left at just the right time too, as it turned out.Yes, by 2024 he had worn out his welcome with…
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Whew! Carney and the Liberals did it.
Posted April 29, 2025 by Anonymous
Whenever I get the Wordle answer on my sixth try, the computer says “Whew!” That’s what I feel tonight. It was much closer than I wanted it to be, and Carney had to survive an onslaught of smears and fears, and it’s going to be challenging fo…
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Just Keep On Truckin’
Posted May 20, 2025 by Anonymous
I started assembling a post tonight about all the ways that America is sliding into a lawless authoritarian pit, but I couldn’t finish it — because yes, we know that already and there’s just about nothing anybody can do, really. So all we can do i…
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Carney’s new cabinet – comments from Brittlestar, Delacourt, Wark;,Urback, Ling, and Scrimshaw.
Posted May 14, 2025 by Anonymous
I gathered some of the comments on Prime Minister Carney’s new cabinet.Overall, the judgement seems to be “lets wait and see”.
First, this is hilarious:
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Susan Delacourt / Toronto Star
Mark Carney is trying to tell you some…
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Canada’s Alberta square-dance: “Promenade and don’t be slow, Where we’re going nobody knows”
Posted May 8, 2025 by Anonymous
Just a little square-dance patter for Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, who seems to be doing the Wexit do-se-do– getting closer to it then backing around it, then sashaying closer again. She can’t say yes and she can’t say no, and where we’re going nob…
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.
