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Tag: Canada

An Important Winter Advisory Message

Post author By Manon of MTL
Post date 2024-01-07
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public domain image, U.S. National Fish and Wildlife Service

“Try not to let moose lick your car.”
–Parks Canada

(…or anyone really, regardless of the season, but that’s just my non-delicious-vehicle-owner opinion).

Happy New Year. We’ll be back in Montréal in May, if all goes according to plan.… [Read More]

Tags Canada, critters, GoodIdeas, mooooooose

Experiences Musings and Observations

The Health System, a Semi-Outsider View

Post author By Sylvain Descartes
Post date 2023-09-10
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Part 1. What Happened.

We had some associates from the US visit us here, whom I will call Régis and Léontine (many of you reading will know who they are, but as this blog is publicly accessible this post will have some intentional vagueness).… [Read More]

Tags Canada, Covid, Health Care, Hospital

History, Culture, and Politics Musings and Observations Only in Canada

You Don’t Look A Day Over 39 Million

Post author By Manon of MTL
Post date 2023-06-16
2 Comments on You Don’t Look A Day Over 39 Million

The Canada flag on the Peace Tower is lit up by morning light on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 9, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

At approximately 3 pm today Canada’s population reached 40 million people (according to Canada’s population clock, which really looks more like test tubes….disturbingly).

By comparison, California has a population of about 39 million packed into a lot less geographical space–lookee here**:

This is one of the many reasons we’re in Canada.… [Read More]