Jean Rath
@djeanr.bsky.social
Saskatchewan dweller and blogger at Living the Canada Life: https://livingthecanadalife.wordpress.com/
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Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
December 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
This is quite wonderful.
Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This is quite wonderful.
Remembrance Day. Moose Jaw has a wonderful way to honour its soldiers. Banners showing photos of veterans are installed on streetlight poles in the downtown core during the month of November: moosejaw.ca/awards-progr...
Veterans Banner Program | City of Moose Jaw
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November 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Remembrance Day. Moose Jaw has a wonderful way to honour its soldiers. Banners showing photos of veterans are installed on streetlight poles in the downtown core during the month of November: moosejaw.ca/awards-progr...
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Today is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day – a time to raise awareness for the ongoing impacts of residential school and remember the children who never came home.
September 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Today is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day – a time to raise awareness for the ongoing impacts of residential school and remember the children who never came home.
Today, school starts at St. Lambert Elementary in St. Lambert, Quebec. Sixty years ago at that school, a brand-new experiment began: French Immersion. A year later, I stepped into the experiment. Here is my story of being an experimental French Immersion kid: 105yob.blogspot.com/2012/04/try-...
Try-lingual
In 1965, an interesting experiment began at St. Lambert Elementary School: French immersion. A year later, I started Kindergarten at tha...
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September 2, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Today, school starts at St. Lambert Elementary in St. Lambert, Quebec. Sixty years ago at that school, a brand-new experiment began: French Immersion. A year later, I stepped into the experiment. Here is my story of being an experimental French Immersion kid: 105yob.blogspot.com/2012/04/try-...
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On National Indigenous Peoples Day, we honour the strength of First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities and the editors who carry our stories with respect and care. We celebrate Indigenous voices and support Indigenous-led storytelling.
#IndigenousPeoplesDay
#IndigenousPeoplesDay
June 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
On National Indigenous Peoples Day, we honour the strength of First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities and the editors who carry our stories with respect and care. We celebrate Indigenous voices and support Indigenous-led storytelling.
#IndigenousPeoplesDay
#IndigenousPeoplesDay
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Good morning, beloved.
It is one thing to proclaim liberation.
It is another thing to realize it.
Happy Juneteenth!
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
It is one thing to proclaim liberation.
It is another thing to realize it.
Happy Juneteenth!
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
June 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Good morning, beloved.
It is one thing to proclaim liberation.
It is another thing to realize it.
Happy Juneteenth!
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
It is one thing to proclaim liberation.
It is another thing to realize it.
Happy Juneteenth!
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
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@mark-carney.bsky.social Now is the time for Canada to stand against Israel's genocide in Gaza.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Israeli military fires near diplomatic group, including Canadians, in West Bank | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney says it's "totally unacceptable" that members of the Israeli army fired shots near a diplomatic delegation, which included Canadians, in the West Bank on Wednesday.
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May 22, 2025 at 3:01 AM
@mark-carney.bsky.social Now is the time for Canada to stand against Israel's genocide in Gaza.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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May 5 is Red Dress Day, the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
Today is dedicated to honouring the thousands of lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and Two-Spirit people.
Today is dedicated to honouring the thousands of lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and Two-Spirit people.
May 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
May 5 is Red Dress Day, the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
Today is dedicated to honouring the thousands of lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and Two-Spirit people.
Today is dedicated to honouring the thousands of lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and Two-Spirit people.
“In 2025, April 30 will be a Wednesday, as it was in 1975.” Kim Thúy in "em."
Here is my book review of Kim Thúy's incredible account of the April 30, 1975, fall of Saigon and other details of those times: livingthecanadalife.wordpress.com/2025/04/30/b...
Here is my book review of Kim Thúy's incredible account of the April 30, 1975, fall of Saigon and other details of those times: livingthecanadalife.wordpress.com/2025/04/30/b...
Book Review: “em” by Canadian Author Kim Thúy
Image by Marcel Dominic from Pixabay “In 2025, April 30 will be a Wednesday, as it was in 1975.” April 30, 1975, was the fall of Saigon. I read em when it came out in 2020. What stayed with me over…
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April 30, 2025 at 1:50 PM
“In 2025, April 30 will be a Wednesday, as it was in 1975.” Kim Thúy in "em."
Here is my book review of Kim Thúy's incredible account of the April 30, 1975, fall of Saigon and other details of those times: livingthecanadalife.wordpress.com/2025/04/30/b...
Here is my book review of Kim Thúy's incredible account of the April 30, 1975, fall of Saigon and other details of those times: livingthecanadalife.wordpress.com/2025/04/30/b...
This is a great recap of a wild time in Canadian history.
April 17, 1982:
On Parliament Hill, Queen Elizabeth II proclaimed the new Constitution Act. It transferred the country's highest law, the British North America Act, from the British Parliament to Canada's federal and provincial legislatures.
Learn more 👇
On Parliament Hill, Queen Elizabeth II proclaimed the new Constitution Act. It transferred the country's highest law, the British North America Act, from the British Parliament to Canada's federal and provincial legislatures.
Learn more 👇
The Constitution
You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at The Constitution Act It was one of the most important pieces of legislation in Canadian history. It was something that attracted controversy …
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April 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
This is a great recap of a wild time in Canadian history.
Here is an interesting thread about the switch to metric that officially began in Canada 50 years ago. I well remember it 🙂. I wrote about it on my blog: 105yob.blogspot.com/2014/01/cold...
April 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Here is an interesting thread about the switch to metric that officially began in Canada 50 years ago. I well remember it 🙂. I wrote about it on my blog: 105yob.blogspot.com/2014/01/cold...
Canada is having an election! Here is my story of that time around the zero years when we had four elections in seven years -- and each of the four seasons got to host an election: 105yob.blogspot.com/2012/07/elec...
Election Season
Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay On June 28, 2004, I did my duty as a Good Citizen and walked to my local school to vot...
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March 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Canada is having an election! Here is my story of that time around the zero years when we had four elections in seven years -- and each of the four seasons got to host an election: 105yob.blogspot.com/2012/07/elec...
I added the loonie and toonie to my page of 100 Canadian Things. We really are quite a nice and unique country 🙂 #Canada: livingthecanadalife.wordpress.com/100-canadian...
March 6, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I added the loonie and toonie to my page of 100 Canadian Things. We really are quite a nice and unique country 🙂 #Canada: livingthecanadalife.wordpress.com/100-canadian...
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Today, we remember.
On Jan 29, we mark the National Day of Remembrance of the Québec City Mosque Attack. Eight years ago, six worshippers lost their lives to hate.
We stand with Muslim communities—Islamophobia has no place in Canada.
On Jan 29, we mark the National Day of Remembrance of the Québec City Mosque Attack. Eight years ago, six worshippers lost their lives to hate.
We stand with Muslim communities—Islamophobia has no place in Canada.
January 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Today, we remember.
On Jan 29, we mark the National Day of Remembrance of the Québec City Mosque Attack. Eight years ago, six worshippers lost their lives to hate.
We stand with Muslim communities—Islamophobia has no place in Canada.
On Jan 29, we mark the National Day of Remembrance of the Québec City Mosque Attack. Eight years ago, six worshippers lost their lives to hate.
We stand with Muslim communities—Islamophobia has no place in Canada.
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The annual polar bear swim near my sister's house in North Hatley, Quebec, makes the front page of the local paper. Several members of my sister's family are in this photo: sherbrookerecord.pressreader.com/sherbrooke-r...
Sherbrooke Record e-Edition
Sherbrooke Record e-Edition
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January 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The annual polar bear swim near my sister's house in North Hatley, Quebec, makes the front page of the local paper. Several members of my sister's family are in this photo: sherbrookerecord.pressreader.com/sherbrooke-r...
Since much of Saskatchewan is under an extreme cold warning, and since it was 50 years ago that Canada switched to Celcius, this seems like a good time to revisit a blog post about cold that I wrote in 2014: 105yob.blogspot.com/2014/01/cold...
Cold
In a blog about Canada, there has to be at least one post with this title. Cold is the dominant theme this winter. There was a day in...
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January 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Since much of Saskatchewan is under an extreme cold warning, and since it was 50 years ago that Canada switched to Celcius, this seems like a good time to revisit a blog post about cold that I wrote in 2014: 105yob.blogspot.com/2014/01/cold...
Stepping into 2025 as a freelance copy editor...
@ivacheung.com is the god of editing comics (and she is definitely not AI!)
JANUARY CARTOON: ivacheung.com/2025/01/copi... #AmEditing
January 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Stepping into 2025 as a freelance copy editor...
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With this beautiful living tree in the wilderness of the Yukon, I wish everyone a Merry Christmas 🎄
December 24, 2024 at 6:10 PM
With this beautiful living tree in the wilderness of the Yukon, I wish everyone a Merry Christmas 🎄
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And, while Christmas isn’t part of my cultural traditions, I believe that sharing greetings and good vibes across faiths helps build much-needed bridges between cultures and faiths —especially important in our increasingly polarized world 🙏🏽❤️
December 25, 2024 at 2:22 PM
And, while Christmas isn’t part of my cultural traditions, I believe that sharing greetings and good vibes across faiths helps build much-needed bridges between cultures and faiths —especially important in our increasingly polarized world 🙏🏽❤️
My latest blog post is another tale to chronicle all the unfolding tech of our times: livingthecanadalife.wordpress.com/2024/12/21/t...
The Almighty Phone
Photo credit tungnguyen0905 A few years ago, my son and his wife were visiting. My son was applying to grad school, and after breakfast one morning, he asked me if I still had the transcripts of th…
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December 22, 2024 at 10:26 PM
My latest blog post is another tale to chronicle all the unfolding tech of our times: livingthecanadalife.wordpress.com/2024/12/21/t...
Dorothy Sayers is one my favourites for both fiction and non-fiction. She brings wisdom everywhere she goes.
Remembering the playwright and author Dorothy L. Sayers, who died this week in 1957.
December 19, 2024 at 6:37 PM
Dorothy Sayers is one my favourites for both fiction and non-fiction. She brings wisdom everywhere she goes.