Canililac🍁🇨🇦
@canililac.bsky.social
Canadian, fan of cats, board games, fountain pens (left handed underwriter), tea, the Canadian Shield & British drama. Like history, music & travel. Left leaning, LGTBQ ally. Instant block for anyone who uses the hateful albeist word "retard" or "tard"
Origin of this false quote:
November 23, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Origin of this false quote:
The complete text of "In Flanders Fields"; every schoolchild in Canada knows this poem. It was published in 1917, sadly John McCrae did not survive to the end of the war. #Cdnhistory #Canada
November 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The complete text of "In Flanders Fields"; every schoolchild in Canada knows this poem. It was published in 1917, sadly John McCrae did not survive to the end of the war. #Cdnhistory #Canada
That's not Laurence Wong Prime Minister of of Singapore; that's President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea with his wife, Kim Hea Kyung the hosts at the APEC Summit Gala Dinner. PM Laurence Wong met PM Carney in Singapore on Oct 29th before AEC.(both attended APEC). Here is PM Carney with PM Wong.
November 1, 2025 at 12:53 AM
That's not Laurence Wong Prime Minister of of Singapore; that's President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea with his wife, Kim Hea Kyung the hosts at the APEC Summit Gala Dinner. PM Laurence Wong met PM Carney in Singapore on Oct 29th before AEC.(both attended APEC). Here is PM Carney with PM Wong.
Anyone who owns a #cat knows how they love to upstage. Prime Minister Carney's cat Nico shows in during the filming of his #Thanksgiving message. #Canada
October 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Anyone who owns a #cat knows how they love to upstage. Prime Minister Carney's cat Nico shows in during the filming of his #Thanksgiving message. #Canada
when they carried a memorial cloth over 50 metres long with the names of some of the children who didn't come home on it while a young Mi'kmaq singer/songwriter named DeeDee Austin sang "Buried Truth". It brought many in the audience to tears (and some of watching at home).
October 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
when they carried a memorial cloth over 50 metres long with the names of some of the children who didn't come home on it while a young Mi'kmaq singer/songwriter named DeeDee Austin sang "Buried Truth". It brought many in the audience to tears (and some of watching at home).
The ceremony on Parliament Hill in Ottawa for #TruthandReconcilation and #OrangeShirtDay was very moving & profound. They walked the over 60 metre memorial cloth for all the children who didn't home home (over 4,000 names so far) through the crowd while Deedee Austin performed "Buried Truth".
September 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The ceremony on Parliament Hill in Ottawa for #TruthandReconcilation and #OrangeShirtDay was very moving & profound. They walked the over 60 metre memorial cloth for all the children who didn't home home (over 4,000 names so far) through the crowd while Deedee Austin performed "Buried Truth".
one of the best signs.referred directly to this historical event in Toronto.
September 14, 2025 at 5:06 AM
one of the best signs.referred directly to this historical event in Toronto.
Some of the signs the counter protestors carried...
September 14, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Some of the signs the counter protestors carried...
Here's a collage I made of some of the many signs (the ones on the left in the middle row are mine & my husband's).
September 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Here's a collage I made of some of the many signs (the ones on the left in the middle row are mine & my husband's).
I was there too. Got a picture of the sign.
September 13, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I was there too. Got a picture of the sign.
We were there. Some of the many signs that were carried by the counter protestors (the ones on the left side middle row were ours, taken after we left).
September 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
We were there. Some of the many signs that were carried by the counter protestors (the ones on the left side middle row were ours, taken after we left).
I saw very few of them today but far more with great signs. Here's a sample (including the ones we carried on the left in the centre).
September 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I saw very few of them today but far more with great signs. Here's a sample (including the ones we carried on the left in the centre).
Collage of protest signs at the Christie Pitts counter rally in Toronto Canada today (to counter a white supremacist anti immigrant rally). #Canadians are proud of our #diversity. Hundreds of people came out to say that hate has no place in #Canada. #nohate
September 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Collage of protest signs at the Christie Pitts counter rally in Toronto Canada today (to counter a white supremacist anti immigrant rally). #Canadians are proud of our #diversity. Hundreds of people came out to say that hate has no place in #Canada. #nohate
I miss Jack. It's hard to believe that he's been gone for 14 long years. I've never forgotten his final words to Canadians in his last letter to Canadians.
August 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I miss Jack. It's hard to believe that he's been gone for 14 long years. I've never forgotten his final words to Canadians in his last letter to Canadians.
Yes, we had acoustic coupler modems we could borrow from the grad school along with a portable TTY to dial into the mainframe. You stuck the phone headset on it. In library school, they had accounts so we could to call up internationally & search the databases like DIALOG. (Before the Internet.)
July 14, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Yes, we had acoustic coupler modems we could borrow from the grad school along with a portable TTY to dial into the mainframe. You stuck the phone headset on it. In library school, they had accounts so we could to call up internationally & search the databases like DIALOG. (Before the Internet.)
A quotation from the late, great John Lewis, civil rights activist and congressman.
July 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A quotation from the late, great John Lewis, civil rights activist and congressman.
1/2 I'm so grateful to be #Canadian as my parents chose #Canada. My parents met in 51 in Detroit with my dad (Cdn) in university & my mom (US) working. They married in '53 & moved to Canada. Why? McCarthyism & the Korean War. My Usian mom said she did not want to raise children in "THAT atmosphere".
July 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM
1/2 I'm so grateful to be #Canadian as my parents chose #Canada. My parents met in 51 in Detroit with my dad (Cdn) in university & my mom (US) working. They married in '53 & moved to Canada. Why? McCarthyism & the Korean War. My Usian mom said she did not want to raise children in "THAT atmosphere".
For Americans - the Shawinigan Handshake was the chokehold our former PM Jean Chretien gave to a protestor who wouldn't get out of his way in 1996.
June 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
For Americans - the Shawinigan Handshake was the chokehold our former PM Jean Chretien gave to a protestor who wouldn't get out of his way in 1996.
They're not ducks, Canada geese, also called "cobra chickens" in Canada. They can be quite aggressive protecting their nests (like us Canadians).
June 14, 2025 at 11:52 PM
They're not ducks, Canada geese, also called "cobra chickens" in Canada. They can be quite aggressive protecting their nests (like us Canadians).
Toronto No Tyrants Protest Sat June 14th 12-3pm
12 PM: Meet at courthouse across the street from the US consulate: 361 University Avenue (Toronto, Canada)
1-3 PM: March to Queen's Park South Lawn for a rally with guest speakers
Please go if you can & share
#ElbowsUp #Canada #NoTyrants #protest
12 PM: Meet at courthouse across the street from the US consulate: 361 University Avenue (Toronto, Canada)
1-3 PM: March to Queen's Park South Lawn for a rally with guest speakers
Please go if you can & share
#ElbowsUp #Canada #NoTyrants #protest
June 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Toronto No Tyrants Protest Sat June 14th 12-3pm
12 PM: Meet at courthouse across the street from the US consulate: 361 University Avenue (Toronto, Canada)
1-3 PM: March to Queen's Park South Lawn for a rally with guest speakers
Please go if you can & share
#ElbowsUp #Canada #NoTyrants #protest
12 PM: Meet at courthouse across the street from the US consulate: 361 University Avenue (Toronto, Canada)
1-3 PM: March to Queen's Park South Lawn for a rally with guest speakers
Please go if you can & share
#ElbowsUp #Canada #NoTyrants #protest
Low: Platinum Preppy, buy an ink syringe to refill the cartridges (as the ink convertor costs more than the pen)
A Bit More: Asvine P20 (piston filler) or Lamy Safari (buy Lamy convertor)
Must have accessory: Ink Miser, buy the freestanding one for filling from sample bottles or 1/2 empty bottles
A Bit More: Asvine P20 (piston filler) or Lamy Safari (buy Lamy convertor)
Must have accessory: Ink Miser, buy the freestanding one for filling from sample bottles or 1/2 empty bottles
June 7, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Low: Platinum Preppy, buy an ink syringe to refill the cartridges (as the ink convertor costs more than the pen)
A Bit More: Asvine P20 (piston filler) or Lamy Safari (buy Lamy convertor)
Must have accessory: Ink Miser, buy the freestanding one for filling from sample bottles or 1/2 empty bottles
A Bit More: Asvine P20 (piston filler) or Lamy Safari (buy Lamy convertor)
Must have accessory: Ink Miser, buy the freestanding one for filling from sample bottles or 1/2 empty bottles
What a terrific show this afternoon with The Grievous Angels in Toronto this afternoon. If you love great music, make sure you see them. PS Charlie, can’t wait for the new album & enjoyed meeting your mom.
June 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM
What a terrific show this afternoon with The Grievous Angels in Toronto this afternoon. If you love great music, make sure you see them. PS Charlie, can’t wait for the new album & enjoyed meeting your mom.