Opposition mounts against Quebec’s new flood maps by MrFlagg in c/[email protected]
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as overheard during that North Carolina hurricane ... "if you live on the river eventually you live in the river"

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Posthaste: Canada could face two more decades of stagnant growth, report warns (ca.finance.yahoo.com)
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Alberta’s New Policies: Anti-trans, Anti-evidence by MrFlagg in c/[email protected]
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ah yes. The "its not happening and you wanting to ban it is fascism" crowd

TIL: Canada was involved in the creation of the current windchill reporting standard which is used internationally by MrFlagg in c/[email protected]
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aren't we also responsible for DST

What would it take for Canada to hit its climate targets? by MrFlagg in c/[email protected]
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neither will removing the carbon tax from heating oil. But it would certainly buy votes if an election was held today

Here's what El Nino means for Canada's winter by MrFlagg in c/[email protected]
[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

our boonies must be different. i was 3 feet of snow deep in the bush just north of Muskoka all last winter. that storm at Christmas was brutal.

Fighting against the USSR didn’t necessarily make you a Nazi by MrFlagg in c/[email protected]
[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

peak Lemmy

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Jewish group demands apology after MPs honoured man who fought for Nazis (www.ctvnews.ca)
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Trudeau takes first step to break Canada’s addiction to rising home prices - The Globe and Mail by MrFlagg in c/[email protected]
Government calls for meeting with CEOs of Canada's biggest grocery chains to talk food prices by MrFlagg in c/[email protected]
[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

didn't we already have this dog and pony show?

You have 1 wish... by MrFlagg in c/[email protected]
[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

i survived the Lotus123 change over to Excel. you'll survive this.

The Housing Crisis Isn’t Going Anywhere Until We Tackle Property Wealth Inequality by MrFlagg in c/[email protected]
[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

how does that not just increase rent?

1 in 5 homebuilders are nixing projects amid high rates. Here are your rights by MrFlagg in c/[email protected]
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The house will always cost the same to build.

yes largely its the price of land but lumber prices are insane. 1 sheet of OSB is like 50 bucks. 2x6x12 is 15. not to mention copper prices for all the wiring

I hit my first instance of Meta blocking Canadian news content. by MrFlagg in c/[email protected]
[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

go to https://translate.google.ca/?sl=auto&tl=en&op=websites

put in the url and translate from english to english

put that url in fb

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What Ontario's rising high school grades mean for university admissions (www.cbc.ca)
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Long-term trend of higher marks plus pandemic spike sees more top students competing for coveted programs

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‘There’s some merit to the criticism that CBC has a left-leaning bias’: Expert panel sees a murky future for the CBC - The Hub (thehub.ca)
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With competition from streaming services, a quickly-changing broadcast and news landscape, and diminished trust in the public broadcaster, the future of the CBC is as murky as ever.
Tara Henley, a former CBC producer who now runs a popular Substack, said the CBC lost trust when Canadians started to see it as overly politicized.
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre made defunding the CBC a centrepiece of his leadership campaign, sparking raucous chants in support of the idea at his rallies across the country.
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As demand returns, can short-term rentals co-exist with housing affordability? | Globalnews.ca (globalnews.ca)
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Platforms like Airbnb are receiving renewed scrutiny amid a return to summer travel and an uptick in demand for short-term rentals, because of their role in making housing less affordable for some Canadians. Anne Gaviola has more on the impact of short-term rentals and the push for regulation

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Ontario to boost early childhood educator wages to ease staff shortage (torontosun.com)
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