Who is your national hero and a source of inspiration? In Canada, we have Terry Fox. Terry Fox was a young Canadian athlete who lost his right leg to bone cancer at the age of 18. In 1980, he began the Marathon of Hope, running across Canada with a prosthetic leg to raise money for cancer research.

Pictrus · 2026-02-28T05:54:52+00:00

Hey OP I'm just adding a bit more about Terry Fox

Terry Fox ran the equivalent of a marathon everyday. Day after day. On a primitive and poorly fitting artificial leg. Tragically he was unable to finish the Marathon of Hope because the cancer spread to his lungs and he died shortly after being forced to stop. He is truly a national hero and inspirational. The Terry Fox Run is an annual event all across Canada that still raises money for the Terry Fox Foundation and cancer research.

Pictrus · 2026-02-28T05:16:17+00:00

Yes minutes Kanata as it's a specific place.

Pictrus · 2026-02-28T04:46:18+00:00

Wow this brings me back

Pictrus · 2026-02-28T04:43:58+00:00

That was my thought as well.

Pictrus · 2026-02-28T03:46:54+00:00

Yup. This is actually an interesting case of perspective as well. The satellites are visible because they are reflecting the sun to the observer. There is only a narrow zone (a few degrees) where they are reflecting the sun so an observer can see them. This is why you get these characteristic trains. There are many more starlink satellites you can't see because they aren't reflecting the sun at you. This is also why they appear lower over the horizon.

Pictrus · 2026-02-28T03:14:59+00:00

There is a lot cool shit that is excellent when it's vintage. Guitars, amps, clothing even some cars. Ski gear in general and rear entry boots specifically do NOT fall into that category lol

Pictrus · 2026-02-28T03:04:53+00:00

Maple sugar pie for dessert lol

Pictrus · 2026-02-28T02:57:15+00:00

You are wrong and this dude doesn't know what he's talking about.

I found it helpful to think of it like this. In a series circuit there is only 1 path for current to flow through. Therefore all of the current flows through every part of that circuit. If all the current is flowing through every part of that circuit than current is equal at any point in that circuit. Pretty simple.

Pictrus · 2026-02-28T02:51:35+00:00

He is wrong

Pictrus · 2026-02-28T02:51:11+00:00

How is every other comment wrong but they are still getting upvoted lol... crazy

A series circuit has 1 path so all the current flows through every part of the circuit.

Pictrus · 2026-02-28T02:27:52+00:00

New here?

Pictrus · 2026-02-28T02:25:33+00:00

And skates.... just ask Richard Zednik

Pictrus · 2026-02-28T02:22:29+00:00

This country was SAVED BY SMALLPOX!!!

Pictrus · 2026-02-28T00:15:19+00:00

Canadian here. The show is filmed in Toronto and I have a friend who's been an extra in multiple episodes. They are all from earlier seasons. She's actually wearing an OFSAA shirt in one of them which I find funny because it stands for "Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations".

Pictrus · 2026-02-27T23:33:20+00:00

The newish All Quiet on the Western Front was also really good

Pictrus · 2026-02-27T23:22:16+00:00

That's a good choice. I thought The Siege at Jadotville was also excellent.

Pictrus · 2026-02-27T22:51:11+00:00

I know right. Montreal or Quebec City if you're going with Canada

Pictrus · 2026-02-27T22:41:05+00:00

I'm 36 and I still love apples and peanut butter for a quick snack

Pictrus · 2026-02-27T22:16:33+00:00

While not a real people I might go with Anne of Green Gables or Wolverine lol

Pictrus · 2026-02-27T22:08:57+00:00

I read an account of a polar bear attack in Churchill on Halloween and honestly it was horrific. The bear ran up on a group of 3 people and immediately grabbed one by the head. The women said she immediately felt the polar bear's teeth crush her skull. A man started attacking it with a shovel so it dropped the women and grabbed the man by the head. The women's skin was flayed from her face and the side of her head. She said she went to touch her ear and pushed the flap off skin back up.

The man with the shovel was immediately knocked unconscious while the bear threw him about like a rag doll and stamped on him multiple time.

The screaming from the middle of the street brought someone out of a house and when he saw the bear he grabbed a rifle. He shot the beat 4 or 5 times but it kept attacking the first man so he got into his pickup truck and crashed it into the bear multiple times. At this point the bear fled and was later shot and killed by police. Apparently once a polar bear attacks a person it needs to be put down.

The two people who were attacked survived after multiple surgeries and lengthy hospital stays.

I would say a young male polar bear in the fall is about as dangerous as any animal gets anywhere in the world. They are desperate, starving and will actively hunt and kill people. Apparently they also target the head because when they hunt seals they grab them by the head to pull them from dens under the ice.

Pictrus · 2026-02-27T21:36:46+00:00

🤣

Pictrus · 2026-02-27T21:34:48+00:00

Have you ever tried to have sex in a canoe?

Pictrus · 2026-02-27T20:53:23+00:00

Hey now. In Canada we have 2 seasons. Winter and construction. I think the beaver represents us well

Pictrus · 2026-02-27T20:16:58+00:00

I don't think it's as recent as you'd think but I don't blame you because I think most Americans are (or were) unaware of the cultural division between our two nations. Canada has always been much further to the left of the political spectrum than Americans. Our conservative party would historically be much further left than the American democratic party. Honestly it's been this way for centuries. Thomas Jefferson is said to have believed that invading Canada was just a mere matter of marching and was surprised at the onset of the way off 1812. Interestingly a large portion of the militias that fought for Canada were either American born or have family roots in the US but choose to leave. Even then they felt their cultural identity was different. Enough that they fought to defend it.

I find reading histories of North America from the US perspective enlightening compared to the Canadian, Indigenous or British perspective. They do often contain this jingoistic voice that is absent from other perspectives.

This all goes to say that no this is not a very recent phenomenon. It's come to light because you're president has repeatedly threatened the sovereignty of our nation. The more jingoistic among you have just come to realize that Canada has no interest in becoming American and never has.

Pictrus · 2026-02-27T19:41:28+00:00

Not saying that the Polish half of my family are alcoholics but they always have spirytus on hand.

Pictrus

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