HfxPam
@hfxpam.bsky.social
Halifax,NS.
News/Current Events/Political news enthusiast.
News/Current Events/Political news enthusiast.
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That halftime show is what people mean when they say "joy is an act of resistance."
February 9, 2026 at 1:54 AM
That halftime show is what people mean when they say "joy is an act of resistance."
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A fantastic review of Bad Bunny's performance at the Super Bowl by the Canadian Press.👏🇵🇷♥️
www.tsn.ca/nfl/article/...
www.tsn.ca/nfl/article/...
Bad Bunny brought Puerto Rico’s history and culture to a revolutionary Super Bowl show
The sun hung low when Bad Bunny emerged in Puerto Rico’s sugar cane fields during his half time show, surrounded by jibaros in pavas (rural farmers in traditional straw hats), viejitos playing dominos...
www.tsn.ca
February 9, 2026 at 2:04 AM
A fantastic review of Bad Bunny's performance at the Super Bowl by the Canadian Press.👏🇵🇷♥️
www.tsn.ca/nfl/article/...
www.tsn.ca/nfl/article/...
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It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me.
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
February 9, 2026 at 1:54 AM
It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me.
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
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Holding us accountable for the shameful failure to restore power to PR
February 9, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Holding us accountable for the shameful failure to restore power to PR
Ok this is incredible!!!
February 9, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Ok this is incredible!!!
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Some blind and low vision fans will get to use haptic tablets at Super Bowl 60. It allows them to feel the ball as it moves around the field.
Blind and low vision fans to experience Super Bowl 60 in new way
Some blind and low vision fans will get to use haptic tablets at Super Bowl 60. It allows them to feel the ball as it moves around the field.
n.pr
February 8, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Some blind and low vision fans will get to use haptic tablets at Super Bowl 60. It allows them to feel the ball as it moves around the field.
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How Scholastic became a cultural rite of passage for Canadian kids #Canada
From classroom catalogues to crowded book fairs, the mega book publisher continues to thrive in a digital age
www.cbc.ca/radio/costof...
From classroom catalogues to crowded book fairs, the mega book publisher continues to thrive in a digital age
www.cbc.ca/radio/costof...
How Scholastic became a cultural rite of passage for Canadian kids | CBC Radio
For decades, Scholastic has been a fixture in Canadian elementary schools, introducing children to reading while helping fund under-resourced libraries. Despite growing criticism over cost and commerc...
www.cbc.ca
February 8, 2026 at 12:02 PM
How Scholastic became a cultural rite of passage for Canadian kids #Canada
From classroom catalogues to crowded book fairs, the mega book publisher continues to thrive in a digital age
www.cbc.ca/radio/costof...
From classroom catalogues to crowded book fairs, the mega book publisher continues to thrive in a digital age
www.cbc.ca/radio/costof...
I think you are right @brucearthur.bsky.social . This may have brought a tear 🥰
I'm not sure even my generation understood what a miracle the Muppets were, and are
sabrina carpenter singing islands in the stream w the muppets has healed me in ways i did not know i needed
February 7, 2026 at 10:07 PM
I think you are right @brucearthur.bsky.social . This may have brought a tear 🥰
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It’s getting even harder now to secure student scholarships 👇
Student research award scrapped due to province's focus on economic outcomes
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Student research award scrapped due to province's focus on economic outcomes
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Student research award scrapped due to province's focus on economic outcomes | CBC News
The Scotia Scholars Award supported health-related research at Nova Scotia post-secondary institutions and was administered by Research Nova Scotia.
www.cbc.ca
February 7, 2026 at 3:11 PM
It’s getting even harder now to secure student scholarships 👇
Student research award scrapped due to province's focus on economic outcomes
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Student research award scrapped due to province's focus on economic outcomes
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The unpredictability of kids is just pure joy sometimes. This guy gets it!
From @acyn.bsky.social (posted on X)
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
February 6, 2026 at 5:29 PM
The unpredictability of kids is just pure joy sometimes. This guy gets it!
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Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
February 6, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
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Canadians! Marche's piece in the NYT is excellent. So much quotable, but this one resonates: "For Canada, though...[t]he U.S. ambassador to Canada... seems to have been installed primarily as an insult engine, tasked mainly with belittling his hosts wherever and wherever possible." #cdnpoli #uspoli
Opinion | The Globalization of Canadian Rage
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:47 AM
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It's a gift article, so enjoy! 🍁
February 6, 2026 at 11:47 AM
It's a gift article, so enjoy! 🍁
Nova Scotia’s QEII
QEII acquires DaVinci Robot for surgeries
It's hoped the coveted, futuristic piece of technology will help recruit new doctors. The CBC's Carolyn Ray has the story.
www.cbc.ca
February 5, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Nova Scotia’s QEII
Watching snowboarding and listening to the commentary (I have no idea what they are saying lol). I don’t watch a lot of tv nor do I love fossil fuel company sponsorship but this Team Canada Olympic commercial set to David Wilcox’s Do the Bear Cat is actually so very 🇨🇦
#teamcanada#2026Olympics
#teamcanada#2026Olympics
Petro-Canada’s Grizzly Bear Rejects Hibernation, Rallies 2026 Winter Games Spirit | LBBOnline
Little Black Book, New McCann Canada work sees six Team Canada athletes remind people across the country that while the coldest months of the year might normally be associated with resting, now is the...
lbbonline.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Watching snowboarding and listening to the commentary (I have no idea what they are saying lol). I don’t watch a lot of tv nor do I love fossil fuel company sponsorship but this Team Canada Olympic commercial set to David Wilcox’s Do the Bear Cat is actually so very 🇨🇦
#teamcanada#2026Olympics
#teamcanada#2026Olympics
Who is this and where is the real SH?
Stephen Harper calls for Liberals, Conservatives to come together in the face of Trump, separatist threats | CBC News
Former prime minister Stephen Harper urged the Liberal and Conservative parties to take on the challenges of our time together as the country stares down potentially two existential threats to its sov...
www.cbc.ca
February 3, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Who is this and where is the real SH?
This makes my blood boil. It’s not at all helpful.
Down payment for first-time homebuyers drops to 2% under N.S. pilot program | CBC News
A new pilot program is promising to make it easier for Nova Scotians to become homeowners by slashing the minimum down payment to two per cent of the cost of the home.
www.cbc.ca
February 3, 2026 at 10:24 PM
This makes my blood boil. It’s not at all helpful.
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This is really good. Easily updated for our time.
Who goes Nazi? was written 85 years ago. You should try it at the next party or a meeting: harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
February 3, 2026 at 11:23 AM
This is really good. Easily updated for our time.
This guy is a phenomenal athlete but his taste in friends sure is questionable.
Figure skating star Ilya Malinin meets the media here in Milan.
The 21-year-old just completed his first practice.
And reveals to us he’s wearing Alex Ovechkin laces, that were gifted to him by Ovechkin. Malinin will wear them thought out the Olympics.
The 21-year-old just completed his first practice.
And reveals to us he’s wearing Alex Ovechkin laces, that were gifted to him by Ovechkin. Malinin will wear them thought out the Olympics.
February 2, 2026 at 11:41 AM
This guy is a phenomenal athlete but his taste in friends sure is questionable.
While I hate the snow, I can get behind this as a benefit.
@yhzweatherguy.bsky.social
Please tell me we won’t have 6ft snowbanks until May/June like in 2015…right???!!!
@yhzweatherguy.bsky.social
Please tell me we won’t have 6ft snowbanks until May/June like in 2015…right???!!!
Heavy snowfall should help replenish soil following drought in Nova Scotia
As winter rages on, meteorologist Jim Abraham sees an upside that could help farmers recover from last summer’s record setting drought conditions in Nova Scotia.
www.ctvnews.ca
January 31, 2026 at 12:03 PM
While I hate the snow, I can get behind this as a benefit.
@yhzweatherguy.bsky.social
Please tell me we won’t have 6ft snowbanks until May/June like in 2015…right???!!!
@yhzweatherguy.bsky.social
Please tell me we won’t have 6ft snowbanks until May/June like in 2015…right???!!!
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The light is coming back.
12/21/2025 had 8:48:35 of light.
Today has 9:47:28 of light.
We gained 0:58:53 of light.
This is our last day at under one hour.
Spring arrives in 49 days.
12/21/2025 had 8:48:35 of light.
Today has 9:47:28 of light.
We gained 0:58:53 of light.
This is our last day at under one hour.
Spring arrives in 49 days.
January 31, 2026 at 10:02 AM
The light is coming back.
12/21/2025 had 8:48:35 of light.
Today has 9:47:28 of light.
We gained 0:58:53 of light.
This is our last day at under one hour.
Spring arrives in 49 days.
12/21/2025 had 8:48:35 of light.
Today has 9:47:28 of light.
We gained 0:58:53 of light.
This is our last day at under one hour.
Spring arrives in 49 days.
💔
January 30, 2026 at 7:59 PM
💔
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She deserves a national funeral.
Catherine O’Hara, the Canadian actor known for her comedic roles across the decades including Schitt’s Creek and Home Alone, dies at 71.
tgam.ca/4qcKxLX
tgam.ca/4qcKxLX
January 30, 2026 at 6:55 PM
She deserves a national funeral.