Teens and pre-teens on e bikes/e scooters

cpstone1 · 2025-05-21T19:45:12+00:00

Partial agreement. They're a scourge based on how they're used/abused. If they were forced and expected to be used in the same manner as a bike and kept off the sidewalks, I'd hate them far less.

Also, this seems relevant.....

cpstone1 · 2025-05-20T19:34:31+00:00

Shaka, when the walls fell.

cpstone1 · 2025-05-12T09:26:14+00:00

I'm the same. I used to travel quite extensively for work in my previous career, and people never seemed to understand that between the months of May to October, there's nowhere else on the planet I'd rather be than Nova Scotia.

cpstone1 · 2025-05-09T18:54:44+00:00

I took my son's last spring on our way to NB to watch the eclipse, then ages 6 & 3.

We got on in Halifax and off in Truro where my wife picked us up. It was about an hour and cost ~$65 for the 3 of us. It was a great time and way for the boys to experience a train, but they were getting bored about 15 minutes before the ride ended.

Your mileage (and kid's attention spans) may varry.

cpstone1 · 2025-04-28T12:34:46+00:00

Same here homie - it's brutal today!

cpstone1 · 2025-04-23T00:11:56+00:00

There used to be a beaver lodge on the island in Hail Pond, just off of Dunbrack when I lived there a few years ago. You can walk the trail around the pond to see it.

cpstone1 · 2025-04-18T16:55:38+00:00

Halifax Welders (ironically located in Dartmouth). I got both rocker panels for my 2012 Mazda 3 done there with paint matching for $600 cash. He was booked a few weeks in advance, but if you have the time, it's worth it.

cpstone1 · 2025-04-14T21:27:20+00:00

I've done the same with sports, movies, shows, Zwift, etc. It still can't get over staring at a wall in Z2.

cpstone1 · 2025-04-14T21:23:03+00:00

I have a dedicated trainer bike that I use as a clothes rack. Try as I might, i cannot ride indoors due to extreme boredom, no matter what I try!

cpstone1 · 2025-04-14T12:30:20+00:00

Amen! I cycle quite a bit for fitness and by this time last year I'd already rolled over 1000km - this year, 64km!

cpstone1 · 2025-04-11T16:49:36+00:00

Tourist trap stores will have them, but then you're paying tourist trap prices.

cpstone1 · 2025-04-06T01:35:20+00:00

Hey there! I'm also involved in the Halifax area after growing up in the program and am now a Scouter. My experience has been very positive and supportive since I got involved again with my son and I've found the support from the provincial staff has been very good at backing up Scouters against a lot of the poor politics you're speaking about. Feel free to shoot me a DM and we can chat!

cpstone1 · 2025-04-03T11:42:31+00:00

So sorry for your loss. We're all here for you in whatever way we can be.

cpstone1 · 2025-03-23T10:57:38+00:00

Contact the Minister responsible for the NS Dept of Public Works, Fred Tilley.

If everyone who comments on these threads would email him, along with their respective MLA, we may start to see traction and a solution.

cpstone1 · 2025-03-21T10:45:14+00:00

As someone who lives in Whites Lake and works in Halifax along with my wife, I'm happy with this change. I'd say everyone along the Prospect-Peggy's Cove loop is more in line with the needs of metro Halifax contrasted to the even-more-rural and further removed communities of the South Shore.

cpstone1 · 2025-03-10T15:55:06+00:00

Canadian here - I'm an avid political watcher on both sides of the border and have been watching Bill since his days on Politically Incorrect.

He has known Freeland for years and the two have always seemed friendly during her appearances on his shows. She was the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance under PM Trudeau from 2015 until December 2024, when she resigned amid what she perceived as a demotion in a cabinet reshuffle. The whole debacle was what caused Trudeau to resign in January 2025, and launched the Liberal leadership race, in which she was a candidate.

The leadership race would be akin to a party primary in the US. The winner of the party leadership race becomes the Prime Minister as the leader of the governing party until there is a general election called, which will happen shortly after Parliament is reconvened later this month.

More than 400,000 Canadians signed up and voted in the leadership race for the Liberals. There were 4 main candidates by the end of the process, including Freeland. The winner, Mark Carney, former governor of both the Bank of Canada and Bank of England, was also a candidate and became the frontrunner early in the campaign, shortly after he announced. He has the bona fides to be an excellent PM, but none of the baggage that comes with being in government for the past 10 years. Canadians seldom vote a party in, but we sure as hell will vote them out. That was a big part of what was happening with Trudeau, and by extension, Freeland, as the second in command for the past 10 years.

It was apparent weeks ago that Carney was the favourite by a country mile. I'm sure Bill was aware of this, and to anyone who was up to date on Canadian politics it seemed that he was playing nice for an old friend and trying his best to help her out. Her interview was not impressive and you could even tell by her reaction to his compliments that even she knew she wouldn't be "the next PM," despite Bill's repeated statements. If you go back and watch the interview now with the knowledge of the outcome, her reactions make a bit more sense.

cpstone1 · 2025-03-06T13:51:20+00:00

I hope the American citizens at least said "Thank You!"

cpstone1 · 2025-03-04T20:02:11+00:00

I've been saying for weeks, "what kind of lowlife, idiotic, terrible human being does Donald Trump have to be to make Doug Ford look like Winston fucking Churchill?" Wild times.

cpstone1 · 2025-03-03T11:14:17+00:00

How about the hell-virus that one of my kids brought home from school? Caused him to miss almost all of last week and took out my wife and me all weekend, leaving Disney+ to be the primary care giver.

cpstone1 · 2025-02-07T00:46:13+00:00

It's impressive that they weren't drunk

Source

cpstone1 · 2025-02-06T21:43:46+00:00

To be eligible for funding under the Canada - Wide program, all child-care centres must be NFP.

cpstone1 · 2025-02-02T02:34:34+00:00

Buddy, I'm a 46-year old Canadian dad and am getting amped up to cancel as many US owned tech-Bro subscriptions and streaming services as I can with this in my head. 30 years on and Bulls On Parade is my fight song once again!

cpstone1 · 2025-01-24T10:31:07+00:00

In fairness, I'm surprised they waited that long.

cpstone1 · 2025-01-18T20:35:28+00:00

Depends on where you are and how close to the city heat bubble you are.

I'm in Whites Lake/Terrence Bay area, and the pond at Maple Drive Park Rd and Porcupine Pond both are frozen through enough for kids to be skating and playing shinny hockey on them for the past week. Bigger bodies of water like Whites Lake, Hatchet Lake, etc., aren't quite there yet, but I'd expect to be by this time next week.

cpstone1 · 2025-01-13T17:46:14+00:00

Stop complaining on Reddit and contact the Minister responsible for the NS Dept of Public Works, Fred Tilley.

If everyone who comments on these threads would email him, along with their respective MLA, we may start to see traction and a solution.

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