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I Live In A Home Not A House
Built In Canada By Immigrant Ancestors
Living my dreams in Northern Nova Scotia
Addicted to Ancestry !!
Just a Boomer 🇨🇦
No matter what you cannot go back ❤️
Be who You Are Not Who You Want To Be
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Flu & COVID-19 vaccines are now available across #NewBrunswick!

Protect yourself & your community this respiratory virus season — get vaccinated, wash your hands, mask up, and maintain good indoor air quality.

Learn more and book your vaccination:👉 nblung.ca/lung-health/respiratory-viruses
November 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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19 November 1890 | Swiss Jewish woman, Marthe Bader (née Weil), was born in Basel. She lived in France during the war.

On 3 February 1944 she was deported from #Drancy to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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November 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Saying it again.
November 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Remember that video I posted about N.I.C.E. agents #Halifax #NovaScotia Trent McClellan below (that’s him in the video) is thanking everyone for their kind feedback on his video

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November 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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On our YouTube page, we share videos about the history of Auschwitz, footage of commemoration events, educational materials, webinars, and podcasts.

Join us and subscribe: https://t.co/fP1wB5WizJ

Amplify our voice. We remember together.
November 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
And so it begins 😬😬
November 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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But yes, let’s put a golf course there. You know, the most water intensive use of land possible. 🤦🏼‍♀️

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Mabou, N.S., under mandatory water conservation order | CBC News
A western Cape Breton community is under a mandatory conservation order after Inverness County said the water level in Mabou's well was "critically low."
www.cbc.ca
November 13, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Last week, I wrote about the residents’ long fight against the expansion.

www.halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/...
'We're not being heard': Mount Uniacke residents wait on quarry expansion decision - Halifax Examiner
Tim Halman will make a decision on or before Nov. 12 if conditional environmental assessment will be granted.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Poilievre thinks Canada is a global Superpower with the ability to raise prices on everything around the world

Affordability is NOT a Canadian only issue - It’s global and the issue is linked to supply chain disruption and a shift in demand for limited resources via global migration
"With a doubling deficit—the biggest non-COVID deficit in Canadian history—Mark Carney has introduced a credit card budget that will drive up your cost of food, housing, and fuel," Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says re: his party's opposition to federal budget.

#cdnpoli
November 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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12 November 1904 | A Polish Jew, Gerszon Willner, was born. A farmer.

In #Auschwitz from 28 March 1942.
No. 27380
He perished in the camp on 12 April 1942.
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Our podcast talks about the situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp: https://youtu.be/_ZaWqIsmY4U
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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true story
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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11 November 1918 | A French Jewish woman, Victoire Jeanne Marx, was born in Brunoy.

On 20 July 1942 she was deported from Angers to #Auschwitz in a transport of 827 Jews. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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11 November 1921 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Alida Content-Levie, was born in Meppel.

In October 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive. Her younger brother Max (in the picture) was murdered in a gas chamber.
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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As far as I'm concerned NS Power should be folded into the government and turned into a public service. Power should never be a for profit business, especially not the way these greedy bastards run it. Affordability and reliability my ass!
November 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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👋 NS, NB, and PEI:

Starting Wednesday, November 12, 2025 masks will be required by all patients, staff, and visitors upon entering the IWK Health facility.

iwkhealth.ca/patient-and-...

NS Health has not yet decided to practice infection control by requiring masks.
November 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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10 November 1921 | A Dutch Jew, Samuel Berclouw, was born in Amsterdam.

In #Auschwitz from 17 July 1942.
No. 47971
He perished in the camp on 30 September 1942.
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Online lesson about Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Hey Nova Scotia, here’s some good news for a change.
November 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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9 November 1930 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Betsij Kaatje van Geldere, was born in Tilburg.

In October 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
November 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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November 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Dec 1 in #NovaScotia. Includes toothpaste tubes, hot + cold beverage cups.

"Nova Scotia has a long history of leadership in waste diversion, + this critical step builds on this experience + strengthens that legacy,” - Allen Langdon, CEO Circular Materials.

www.circularmaterials.ca/news/circula...
Circular Materials celebrates Nova Scotia’s transition to extended producer responsibility for packaging and paper | Circular Materials
Province-wide recycling milestone marks important step towards a circular economy across Atlantic Canada.
www.circularmaterials.ca
November 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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8 November 1921 | A Polish woman, Helena Przyborowska, was born in Warsaw.

In #Auschwitz from 19 January 1943.
No. 29898
She perished in the camp on 16 October 1943.
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Women at Auschwitz

Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
November 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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7 November 1935 | French Jewish boy, Claude Weinstock, was born in Paris.

He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 17 August 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
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The first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
November 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM