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Jonny Cargo<p>My Unsecret Agenda for Kanata-Carleton: a socialist political platform, now available on Substack: <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/KanataCarleton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KanataCarleton</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Kanata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kanata</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/CdnPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CdnPoli</span></a> <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/jonnycargo/p/my-unsecret-agenda" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/jonnycar</span><span class="invisible">go/p/my-unsecret-agenda</span></a></p>
Of Bookish Things<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@MardraS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MardraS</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/@redrozalia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>redrozalia</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/@pikesley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pikesley</span></a></span> </p><p>Trust the Force in <a href="https://c.im/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> (there is a Disturbance in The Force in the United States of Ignorance). 👍 🇨🇦 </p><p>There is an urban legend that a man named John Canada was the taxidermist who first identified and classified the Canada Goose from the North. He decided to name the bird after himself, hence the name Canada Goose.</p><p>To begin with, a "taxidermist" mounts the skins of animals. If the man was a biologist who classified new animal species, he would be a "taxonomist".</p><p>However, no record of a <a href="https://c.im/tags/JohnCanada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnCanada</span></a> exists in either profession.</p><p>The first recorded use of the name, '<a href="https://c.im/tags/CanadaGoose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanadaGoose</span></a>' appeared in 1772 in Carl Linnaeus' 8th-century work, Systema Naturae.</p><p>James Audubon called it the Canada goose in 1836.</p><p>The name Canada comes from the St. Lawrence Iroquoian word <a href="https://c.im/tags/Kanata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kanata</span></a>, meaning "village" or "settlement". In 1535, indigenous inhabitants of the present-day <a href="https://c.im/tags/QuebecCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuebecCity</span></a> region used the word to direct French explorer <a href="https://c.im/tags/JacquesCartier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JacquesCartier</span></a> to the village of Stadacona. By 1545, some European books and maps had begun referring to this region as Canada.</p><p>Note: There is a <a href="https://c.im/tags/JohnnyCanuck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnnyCanuck</span></a> - he fought <a href="https://c.im/tags/AmericanExpansionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanExpansionism</span></a> in the 1869 and the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nazis</span></a> in WWII. :bl51: </p><p><a href="https://www.birdful.org/why-is-it-called-a-canada-goose/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">birdful.org/why-is-it-called-a</span><span class="invisible">-canada-goose/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://canadianaci.ca/Encyclopedia/johnny-canuck/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">canadianaci.ca/Encyclopedia/jo</span><span class="invisible">hnny-canuck/</span></a></p>
CBC Ottawa<p>Striking Kanata nuclear workers say owner moved deal's goalposts<br>The owner of a Kanata nuclear facility whose workers have been on strike since last May scheduled negotiations last month. Then he cancelled a call with one union and began introducing new demands with a second union.<br><a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/negotiation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>negotiation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strike</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Kanata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kanata</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a><br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/best-theratronics-strike-ottawa-talks-update-1.7461854?cmp=rss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/best</span><span class="invisible">-theratronics-strike-ottawa-talks-update-1.7461854?cmp=rss</span></a></p>
YurkshireLad<p>People of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/barrhaven" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>barrhaven</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kanata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kanata</span></a>, you need to visit this deli - <a href="https://dukefinefoods.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">dukefinefoods.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ottawa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ottawa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a></p>
Richard W. Woodley ELBOWS UP 🇨🇦🌹🚴‍♂️📷 🗺️<p>Well <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/kanata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kanata</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ottawa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ottawa</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/snowfall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snowfall</span></a> wasn't that bad, managed to clear steps &amp; driveway by hand with two people in under an hour.</p>
AwattoAnalog<p>I stopped by the Mandarin Restaurant in Kanata for a tasty buffet, and to say hi to Manda, again.</p><p>Manda once again looked like it had a rough night, it was taking a long break situated next to the tasty desserts.</p><p>Manda is actually a KEENON DINERBOT T5, which looks to be discontinued from KEENON Robotics: <a href="https://www.keenon.com/en/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">keenon.com/en/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Old or not, I still love you Manda.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ottawa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ottawa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kanata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kanata</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/YOW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YOW</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sushi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sushi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Food</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/YouWantSomeMore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YouWantSomeMore</span></a></p>
Ontario Outbreak Information<p>Outbreak: <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Influenza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Influenza</span></a> A (not subtyped)<br>Facility: Aspira Red Oak<br>Facility Type: Retirement Home<br>Unit/Floor/Area: Floors 3 and 4<br>Location: <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Kanata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kanata</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a><br>Date: 2025-01-24</p><p>Public Health Unit: <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Ottawa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ottawa</span></a> Public Health<br>Facility Tracking Hash: <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/OPHU0079" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OPHU0079</span></a><br>PHU Tracking Hash: <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/OnObOPHU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnObOPHU</span></a></p><p>Click or follow tracking hashtags to see data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.</p>
Richard W. Woodley ELBOWS UP 🇨🇦🌹🚴‍♂️📷 🗺️<p>I'm over 65 in <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Kanata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kanata</span></a> and the system seems designed to force me to get my <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/COVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVID</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/vaccination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccination</span></a> from the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/private" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>private</span></a> sector. Perhaps there will be more <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/OPH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OPH</span></a> locations and ability to book through the portal after vaccinations open to the general public on October 28.</p>
Heinke<p>Power went out for a second <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/Kanata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kanata</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/Ottawa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ottawa</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/OnStorm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnStorm</span></a></p>
Jim Patterson 🇨🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://c.im/@cdarwin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cdarwin</span></a></span> Sadly the opposite is happening with a former golf course in <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Kanata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kanata</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> (now part of <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Ottawa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ottawa</span></a>). Even though the owners had a legal agreement with <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Kanata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kanata</span></a> that the course would always be <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GreenSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenSpace</span></a>, they've weaseled out of it and are planning a new housing development. Needless to say, their neighbours aren't too happy.<br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/clublink-clears-another-legal-hurdle-to-contentious-housing-development-1.7000521" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/club</span><span class="invisible">link-clears-another-legal-hurdle-to-contentious-housing-development-1.7000521</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/onpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onpoli</span></a></p>
GG<p>Doug Ford thinks he lost two by-elections because of lousy radio ads...</p><p>No Premier. <br>"Its the shameless corruption, the privatization of healthcare &amp; ER closures, the underfunding of Ontario social assistance &amp; Ontario Disability Supports, ignoring kids with autism &amp; their families, the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/OntarioPlace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OntarioPlace</span></a> blunder, broken <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Greenbelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenbelt</span></a> promise, undermining municipal democracy, and intentionally underfunding education"</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/onpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservatives</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/kanata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kanata</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/scarborough" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scarborough</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/toronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toronto</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/bill60" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bill60</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/bill23" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bill23</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/gradytripp00" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gradytripp00</span></a></span></p>
GG<p>Insiders say Doug Ford is "not happy."</p><p>As the dust settles after two by-election defeats, Premier Doug Ford’s <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatives</span></a> are scrambling to assess the damage.<br>Stung by setbacks last Thursday in <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Scarborough" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scarborough</span></a>-Guildwood and <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Kanata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kanata</span></a>-Carleton, Ford’s governing party wants to learn from its blunders before calling a byelection in <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Kitchener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kitchener</span></a> Centre.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ontario</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/onpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/topoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>topoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ottawa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ottawa</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://archive.ph/uoQ2L" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/uoQ2L</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
GG<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@TheWolfe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TheWolfe</span></a></span> Indeed.<br>And, after that massive failure in <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/LTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LTC</span></a>, Fullerton was assigned 'Ontario’s horrendously broken <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autism</span></a>-care programs in 2021. They remain horrendously broken.' <br>On the upside, there is a by-election on July 27 and a golden opportunity for the voters in her <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Ottawa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ottawa</span></a>-area riding of <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Kanata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kanata</span></a>-Carleton to show up and send a message. <br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/onpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ontario</span></a></p>
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