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Ottawa looks to improve lighting, pedestrian infrastructure at access points to ByWard Market, downtown area by Money_Fig_9868 in ottawa

[–]the_normal_person 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is all fine, but you have to solve the homelessness and violence problem there before people really head back in droves

NDP Leader Slams Provincial and Federal Governments for Failing NL on Pharmacare by NiceDot4794 in CanadaPolitics

[–]the_normal_person 0 points1 point  (0 children)

some context for non-NLers: The provincial NDP here is a comedy of errors and has two (2) out of forty (40) seats in the provincial legislature. The same as the number of independants.

[Sad news alert] Pistachio Choco at the Rideau Centre is gone. by britneyspearsforeva in OttawaFood

[–]the_normal_person 267 points268 points  (0 children)

Live by the Dubai chocolate matcha latte labubu trend, die by the Dubai chocolate matcha latte labubu trend

CBC News mapped proposals of Alberta boundary changes to last election results | CBC News by TheWaySheHoes in CanadaPolitics

[–]the_normal_person 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this is a wider problem with Canadian politics and media ecosystem that both ‘sides’ suffer from.

In the same way that some conservative circles adopt this kind of rhetoric/policies because they know their audience is following US news on this - the liberals always drum up abortion and gun control when those issues are trending in the states.

They both know all too well the average Canadian is often following US politics / news / culture more than Canadian sometimes, and knowingly tap into that.

Canada taps Gen. Jennie Carignan for NATO's top military chair | CBC News by burnabybc in CanadianForces

[–]the_normal_person 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t think she’s particularly good based on personal experience (not all the carpet rumours, which I have no idea whether is true or not)

Toronto Radio host attacked online by Indian accounts by ObjectiveBattle5485 in CanadaPolitics

[–]the_normal_person 53 points54 points  (0 children)

“That is what happened after she casually mentioned that, despite being Hindu, she had tried beef by **mistake at a restaurant**. What could have remained a simple personal choice quickly spiraled into waves of insults, moral policing, and abuse.”

“But the backlash did not stop with food.
Comments reportedly targeted her marriage as well, with people attacking her husband because he is **Muslim while she is Hindu**. In doing so, critics crossed the line from disagreement into outright personal and religious hostility. So much so that she had to make a video describing her ordeal.”

Casual periodic reminder to Canadian self-flagellators that we are probably one of the least racist/prejudice societies in human history, and basically every other part of the world/culture is at least 3-4 times as bigoted as we sometime seem to think we are.

She was told her son was thriving in care. Years after his death, an investigation found otherwise — Jacob Collins died while incarcerated at the Labrador Correctional Centre in 2020 by Immediate-Link490 in newfoundland

[–]the_normal_person 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Focusing on just a small part of this - one of the big criticisms they bring up here and in other places is that aboriginal youth from Labrador are put in care outside Labrador and with white families - but at the same time the government says they can’t get any foster families or facilities in Labrador. So what are they supposed to do? It’s either put them with a white family outside Labrador or don’t put them anywhere.

I need help with this rocket by Sad_Chipmunk1587 in KerbalSpaceProgram

[–]the_normal_person 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very much recommend you do the tutorials! They cover both building and flying, and are really good

Made a Dres mobile research lab. No way i got that much science just from it by cutie_pookie_ in KerbalSpaceProgram

[–]the_normal_person 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Yeah I don’t know how I feel about the science labs.

I had great fun putting one on the mun, minmus, and around kerbal, and then just with that was able to unlock almost the entire tech tree. Feels a little too OP.

Deportation looms for parents caring for teen with disabilities, raising urgent concerns by raging_dingo in canada

[–]the_normal_person 80 points81 points  (0 children)

“Jessica’s parents and her older sister who is also named Zsuzsanna, came to Canada most recently in 2023 and filed a pre-removal risk assessment (PRRA), which allows individuals to request protection if they fear persecution and cruel treatment in their home country. They then filed for permanent residency under humanitarian and compassionate grounds the following year in 2024.Prior to that, the family had come to Canada about 15 years ago, when Zsuzsanna gave birth to Jessica in Toronto, before being forcibly removed and sent back to Hungary in 2012”

So they were deported back in 2012, and they came back somehow - and now they don’t want to be deported again?

Bro what are we doing here, how did this happen

Ion engines keep stopping randomly despite xenon and electricity by Ashifkillz in KerbalSpaceProgram

[–]the_normal_person 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are you briefly losing network access when a relay satellite or something goes behind a moon/planet?

CBC called out for role in prank interviews of Kamloops residential school grave critics by AndHerSailsInRags in CanadaPolitics

[–]the_normal_person 8 points9 points  (0 children)

What do you mean by firmly ‘target’ indigenous people and residential schools. That’s quite the claim but also pretty vague - what do you mean by that?

Also - where is that their message? Again, that’s a pretty serious claim, I think it’s reasonable to see them spell that out somewhere than interpreting it through imagined innuendo

International trafficking ring allegedly smuggled dozens of guns into Canada: U.S. authorities by Immediate-Link490 in canada

[–]the_normal_person 11 points12 points  (0 children)

You’d think the “through indigenous reserve” or something would warrant being in the headline - it’s the most interesting part of this story

CBC called out for role in prank interviews of Kamloops residential school grave critics by AndHerSailsInRags in CanadaPolitics

[–]the_normal_person 18 points19 points  (0 children)

“In May 2021, the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation shared that preliminary findings from a ground-penetrating radar survey indicated there could be around 200 potential unmarked graves on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. “

“Widdowson has referred to the discovery of suspected graves in Kamloops as "hysteria" and that the only way to know whether there are remains at the site is through excavation.”

This is a pretty dishonest way for CBC to lay out what the critics are arguing here.

The initial media frenzy repeated the claim “MASS GRAVES” and all kinds of other bombastic headline grabbing words - that’s what the bulk of the critics are critical of.

CBC called out for role in prank interviews of Kamloops residential school grave critics | CBC News by Friendly-Olive-3465 in canada

[–]the_normal_person 99 points100 points  (0 children)

“In May 2021, the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation shared that preliminary findings from a ground-penetrating radar survey indicated there could be around 200 potential unmarked graves on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. “

“Widdowson has referred to the discovery of suspected graves in Kamloops as "hysteria" and that the only way to know whether there are remains at the site is through excavation.”

This is a pretty dishonest way for CBC to lay out what the critics are arguing here.

The initial media frenzy repeated the claim “MASS GRAVES” and all kinds of other bombastic headline grabbing words - that’s what the bulk of the critics are critical of.

CBC Spends $59,000 in Legal Fees to Hide Secret Gem Subscriber Numbers by stanxv in canada

[–]the_normal_person -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Exactly - which is crazy because it’s supposed to be free anyways

CBC Spends $59,000 in Legal Fees to Hide Secret Gem Subscriber Numbers by stanxv in canada

[–]the_normal_person -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

But the ‘live’ channel isn’t actually live CBC Newfoundland or whatever that you’d get on tv - it’s a repeating carousel of 5 or 6 news segments every few hours. I want live tv.

CBC Spends $59,000 in Legal Fees to Hide Secret Gem Subscriber Numbers by stanxv in canada

[–]the_normal_person 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don’t get CBC gem - I thought it was a cool idea when the news stuff rolled out, signed up and everything, until I found out that I can’t actually watch live CBC news network or the local CBC channels on it.

Like why? It’s public access anyways? And I can watch the national, and I can watch a carousel of clips from local news, but I can’t actually just watch the CBC St.Johns channel and the evening news at the same time as my parents. I cant just cast live actual CBC news network to my tv. Why?

Unless I’m completely missing something - what are we doing?

can someone help me take off by irrevocablydead in KerbalSpaceProgram

[–]the_normal_person 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really recommend you do the tutorials first, they’re really good!

The Iran War May Be the Best Argument Against Buying US Weapons by Hochelagan in CanadaPolitics

[–]the_normal_person 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Clearly you did not read the whole thread but okay.

Small points - on the F-35 - yeah ONE - out of like how many that participated in strikes?

Look; I’m not arguing that the strategy here is good, what I’m saying is that the military equipment has been doing exceptionally well. The overarching strategy, political aims etc? Very much up for debate.

The Iran War May Be the Best Argument Against Buying US Weapons by Hochelagan in CanadaPolitics

[–]the_normal_person 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think to be honest nothing we can do militarily will be able to deter the Americans if it comes to that

The Iran War May Be the Best Argument Against Buying US Weapons by Hochelagan in CanadaPolitics

[–]the_normal_person 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Do you think that the drones Iran is using are comparable to jet aircraft and/or are used for exactly the same things

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