As a Saskatchewanian, I am so happy for BC!

Currently listening to Persephone’s Curse by Katrina Leno, and very much enjoying it.

Maybe cocoa butter?

Asked whether CIBC customers in Blairmore will have fee-free access to ATMs at any of the other financial institutions remaining in town — a question the federal regulator suggests customers ask their banks in closure scenarios — CIBC’s spokesperson noted that clients can use their debit cards “to receive cash back at retailers where offered when making a purchase using their card. This feature provides convenient access to cash without needing to visit an ATM.”

Way to pass the buck! Not many small businesses carry enough cash to be able to offer cash back, not to mention now some of those businesses may have to drive half an hour into Pincher in order to do deposits and withdrawals? Yeesh.

Yet another reminder not to blindly trust everything you see online, and to exercise critical thinking skills when something feels too good to be true.

I’ve noticed the same. A handful of LadyButterfly’s posts over various communities aren’t showing up at all or only loading a small portion of the image. Not sure why either!

Makes sense but it’s something I never really thought about before!

Equally important, my dog —who loves birds— is very intrigued by that video.

I’ve been primarily reading/listening to books through my Libby app, and I keep a handful on hold at all times as well as a tagged list of books that have caught my eye, as well as by authors or narrators that I’ve enjoyed in the past.

Whenever I finish one book I can immediately see what’s up next in my holds and if that doesn’t appeal to me I can pick a book out of my interesting books list. There’s usually something that fits the right vibe for me and if there’s not, I can find something I’m likely to enjoy because it’s by an author I like.

I mean technically it’s a turkeycock.

I think I see his halo!! 💜💜

Gus always makes my day!! Hope the dog park made his day. 💜

I particularly liked this quote:

“I feel like right now everyone has a car that goes 200 miles per hour, but there’s no seat belts, there’s no driving lessons, there’s no speed limits,” Brisson said.

Oh, I get it now… 😅

I think someone already made a murder of him. Maybe the word you meant was martyr?

It’s news that applies to Canada… Is there someplace else you would recommend I share it?

Ooh, now I want to read that.

I, for one, do not want to see Carney yell, shout, or otherwise match Trump’s vibe. I am sick of Trump’s performativeness (is that a word?) and think Carney’s calm collected demeanor is a breath of fresh air compared to him.

What I do want is to see the results we were promised… Strengthening our economy, and making Canada less dependent on the US for example. And it’s very likely that it’s happening already, we just haven’t seen the results yet. But there are also other “side quests” the government seems to be working on which don’t lead to those results, and that’s frustrating as well.

Perhaps they can’t say because they don’t actually know. They just feel like he needs to do better.

I think this is a valid assessment. For myself, I’m not particularly political, so a lot of this is new to me, but I do feel like things need to be better, I just don’t specifically know how they should be done.

I think your original comment came across a little trolley, which is why you got the response you did. Sometimes It’s hard to tell a genuine question from someone who is just trying to get a reaction.

I think that’s basically what this article boils down to. We haven’t seen as much of Carney’s backbone as we’d like, and for a lot of people he probably is on the list of politicians who have disappointed their constituents. Not as bad as some, yes, but still not holding up his end of the bargain as well as people had hoped. Hence this article, where Charlie Angus is asking that the government resist not accommodate, and keep the elbows up.

You asked in another comment what Carney can do to prove he’s a strong PM… There are myriad ways, but what it comes down to is not letting Trump or his minions walk all over him, nor control the narrative. As the article says it’s risky to push back, but it’s also risky to be too passive. Carney will probably have to find the line and walk it as best he can, as he promised the Canadian people he would.

Anyway, I feel like our discussion has gone full circle at this point, and I’m not sure what else I can add to make anything clearer.

There’s a lot more than just the 51st rhetoric, and not all Canadian politicians have been proving they have a backbone.

See: Danielle Smith, Scott Moe, Pierre Pollievre, and Andrew Scheer, among others.

PM Carney ran (and won) on a platform of not giving in to Trump’s manipulative tactics, of keeping Canada strong and independent, of protecting Canada’s best interests. Now the author (Charlie Angus, btw) is asking him to keep those promises, to be the strong prime minister he said he would be, and not back down from what he said he would do.

Hope that helps.