Canada

Shitty quebec french for “you farted microtonally Klek!”

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If you really don’t want to sign up for EhNow (which is Canadian), I added a screenshot with the info. EhNow link: https://ehnw.ca/e/s2xmHJqhTU6vvC0uHNFeZw

Canada recognizes foreign interference as a national security threat. But the people targeted by it often receive little practical support.

Report(PDF).

The Parti Québécois, which has maintained its lead in the polls despite growing support for the governing Coalition Avenir Québec, is facing criticism after Paul St-Pierre Plamondon stirred up controversy with comments about immigrants in schools.

The linked article is their write-up about this process and what they did.

Some more insight from Cory Doctorow

Lawyers representing victims and survivors of the Tumbler Ridge school shooting say they are filing 30 new lawsuits against OpenAI in U.S. federal court in California.

The framework sets out five expectations for data centre projects, saying they must:

You can buy a “My hydronym is Lake and Ontario” t-shirt by clicking on the hot link.

The news org has announced only 9/11 can be called a terror attack without any attribution.

B.C. Premier David Eby said Hegseth’s post and the Pentagon’s defence of it were an embarrassment.

Anita Anand, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced that she will travel to Dublin, Ireland, to participate in the informal meeting of European Union foreign affairs ministers (Gymnich) in Wicklow, Ireland, from September 1 to 2, 2026. This will be the first time a Canadian minister of foreign affairs has participated in a Gymnich meeting.

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The Canadian suspected of spying on the NATO military headquarters in Belgium is expected to remain in detention until her trial, which could be a year or more away.

United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent insisted his country is “not at war” with Canada, then proceeded to mock the threat Canada could pose to his country with “submarines from the Edmonton mall.”

The Liberals picked up three seats Monday night, the party’s second byelection hat trick this year.

This is truly scary

As described in today’s Morning File:

NPR article about that.

https://trumpstruth.org/statuses/41398

Even though I am not affected by this BS with the name in Saskatchewan, it just goes to show how much we rely on the U.S. big tech.

What exactly was Trump doing when he ‘changed’ the name of Lake Ontario? https://billhulet.substack.com/p/trump-is-flooding-the-zone

This is a great read outlining how the U.S. and Russia are influencing vast swarms of people in Alberta with pro separation propaganda. Spread this article if you agree with your peers, family, and friends especially inside of Alberta to help educate them on how they’re being manipulated by foreign powers.

For all of the confusion about where the Ottawa-Washington meltdown will lead, one thing seems certain. The big winners of this diplomatic collapse will be China and other repressive dictatorships eager to become our new “strategic” partners and further undermine the world’s stabilizing democracy bloc.

In early August, the Canadian government released a report on the “alarming prevalence of campus antisemitism” at postsecondary institutions. The mainstream media was quick to uncritically parrot the report’s findings, despite early alarm bells raised by independent organizations about the report’s methodology.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/70049717

Canada has convinced 64 international academics, mostly from the United States, to bring their work to Canadian universities through its new talent-attraction program.

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Concerns that phones and social media are harming student learning and youth mental health have pushed school systems across Canada and the United States to restrict student phone use.