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Shawinigan Moments
@shawiniganmoments.ca
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We're two queer persons reviewing the Heritage Minutes we have been subjected to since childhood plus whatever else Canadian or not we decide to chat about.

Hosted by @witchpixels.dev and @cariad.bsky.social

https://www.shawiniganmoments.ca
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We had a great time bringing our game to talk about Strombo and some other guy gave us this healthcare thing.
canuckisaslur.preg4pay.biz Canuck is a Slur Podcast @canuckisaslur.preg4pay.biz · Jun 1
New! @witchpixels.dev and @cariad.bsky.social from @shawiniganmoments.ca cover Strombo's pitch for Tommy Douglas as Greatest Canadian.
Included: Tommy's quest to bring us healthcare, force-femming Hitler, and Ilya Bryzgalov.

Audio version: rss.com/podcasts/bor...
Video version: youtu.be/Ys7xOYph9WQ
CIAS #14: George Stroumboulopoulos' pitch for Tommy Douglas
YouTube video by Canuck is a Slur
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June 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Part 2 of "Getting the Whole Country Railed" as part of our ongoing series about the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Did you know this almost tore the whole country apart in the 1870s?

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Steam locomotive on a rail trestle somewhere in British Columbia
May 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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It does, in fact, suck to suck apparently.

#cdnpoli
Carleton Ontario 2025 election results LIB Bruce Fanjoy 43900 Votes 50.8% CON Milhouse Van Houten 39585 Votes 45.8% Milhouse (actually Pierre Poilievre) lost his seat in parliament after blowing a 25-point lead on dumb noun-the-verb sloganeering and I am given life for it.
April 29, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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We forgot to post that we posted a new episode! Do you like trains?!? How about the Canadian Pacific Railway? Heather is back with origins of railways on this planet and how they came to Canada by way of beer money.

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April 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Been a bit of a content drought since Tam has been in maximum crunch mode with work. We'll be back to recording this week tho! Thanks all for being patient!

🙇
April 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Not in my wildest dreams did I imagine this result. Congrats to @lucymaloney.bsky.social and @seanorr.bsky.social and congrats to Vancouver.

To all my friends who I convinced to wait 1.5+ hours in line to vote, thank you!! Vancouver really needs to fix this in time for the next election.
Voting results from the Vancouver byelection, with Sean Orr and Lucy elected in a landslide.
April 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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I just want to add that this was one of the contenders for our national flag

#Canada #badVexillology #FlagDay
Actually serious submission for a potential Canadian. In the left half of the flag, three Canada Geese, on their way to fuck something up, as Canada Geese do. On the right, Nine maple leaves and one Fleur-de-Lis in a 2x5 grid over a Union Jack mean to represent the 10 provinces. All on an honestly pretty handsome red banner, contents aside.
February 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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We really are just watching the whole of the administrative state get plundered by fascists aren't we?
kimkelly.bsky.social Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · Feb 4
NEWS: Sources tell me that DOGE is setting its sights on the Department of Labor next. DOL workers have been ordered to give DOGE access to whatever they ask for—or risk termination.

“We’re supposed to stop everything we’re doing and do whatever the DOGE kids ask… It feels dirty and illegal.”
February 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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It's super scuffed but apparently Library and Archives of Canada archived our podcast site

webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20240810...

Mild call-to-action here: if anyone involved in Library and Archives wants to come on and talk about their work, drop us an email.

#archive #libraries
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We're two queer persons reviewing the Heritage Minutes we have been subjected to since childhood plus whatever else Canadian or not we decide to chat about. We aim to watch all of these short episodes...
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February 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Canada Is Hiring A "Fentanyl Czar"! youtu.be/DZXi2mUWzDw
Canada Is Hiring A "Fentanyl Czar"!
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February 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Tamarack has been alluding to buying an old car, and this is the results. Check it out! Or don't! I'm not your boss!
infernalmachines.bsky.social Infernal Machines @infernalmachines.bsky.social · Feb 3
Wanna learn how to fix a car? with a queer person? Check out this thing that I decided to do kinda on a whim.

I'm at least going to run this for the next six months, since that's how long the lease on the garage lasts.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmUI...

#autos #autoRepair #vw #mk2jetta
I bought a dead 80's Jetta, so I guess we should talk about that.
YouTube video by Infernal Machines
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February 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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New episode! @canuckisaslur.preg4pay.biz joins us as we go through a young Pierre Poilievre about what he would do as Prime Minister. Not for any topical reason mind you. Just for fun... this is fun...

Listen on Spotify:
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Or Apple:
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Shawinigan Moments Episode 21: If I had Ten Thousand Dollars I'd be Prime Minister Title image depicts a young likely future Prime Minister of Canada, Pierre Pollievre, dressed by his mother for a photo shoot with his face replaces with Milhouse from the Simpsons, whose style Pierre copied for several decades in Parliament. The other featured image is his graduation photo with a title "Pointed in the Right Direction" with one of his godawful Axe the Tax signs added into the image. Both of these are composed to look like they came from the images in the artic;e he wrote as a second year university student which we read in the episode. Honestly it's probably better if you can't see this one, I've created something truly cursed here, I don't know what I was thinking but I'm so so sorry.
February 3, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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Honestly I have to hand it to the current government. Looking through the tariff list, they managed to just hit imports of goods we already have domestic manufacturing of in Canada.

It's kinda ironic that for a few companies in Canada this is going to be a huge windfall.

#cdnpoli
February 3, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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Little preview of an episode dropping on Friday morning where Heather reveals that an essay she's reading off that screams first-year annoying ECON/POLI student is worth more than what appears on the surface.
January 30, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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New episode! In episode 20, we are joined by @postmpanda.bsky.social to discuss a time when Canadian content was produced somewhere in order to avoid health and safety regulations.

Exclusive to Patreon! Free preview on our main feed!
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January 29, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Can anyone think of a speech by Jean Chretien where he says "Shawinigan"? Could you link to a video or audio recording of him saying it? I am only finding text.

I am asking for a friend. #canpoli

Also for nefarious @shawiniganmoments.ca reasons.
January 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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New episode! Ep. 19, It's Trudeauver.

Justin Trudeau has resigned and we're joined by
@canuckisaslur.preg4pay.biz to talk about him--and other matters affecting Canada and progressive-ism.

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January 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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We are working on a last minute episode. 👀
January 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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The one time we'll repost content about Dune on this account.
December 31, 2024 at 3:54 PM
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New episode!

It's Christmas and we're on a war... to give each other "presents"! In this episode, Tam and Heather discuss Canadian Christmas and the experiences they've both had!

Apple:
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s...

Spotify:
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December 24, 2024 at 12:10 PM
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Liberal MP for who gives-a-fuck when asked if Trudeau will resign: "Now is not the time for slogans" followed by Liberal sloganeering.

Cooked. Entirely Cooked. #cdnpoli
December 16, 2024 at 7:37 PM
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Me rn. #cdnpoli
Figure pokes the logo of the Canadian New Democratic Party logo with a stick. They say "C'mon, do something..." Much like poking a dead thing with a stick, the NDP does not, however, do anything.
December 16, 2024 at 7:25 PM
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Okay okay the thing I actually signed in to bsky today:

We have a new bonus episode for patrons! On Guns!

We've go previews on Apple Podcasts and Spotify:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

open.spotify.com/episode/0vd0...

#podcast #history #canadianHistory
Text Reads Shawinigan Moments Episode 17: I support the Second Amendment and so does Marlaina Danielle Smith. In the centre is an image of a parade float from a Canadian firearms manufacturer Cooey who prided themselves on making very safe to operate firearms.
December 16, 2024 at 7:06 PM
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WAT?! Why?! This is absolute madness. Like I know the Liberals are already totally cooked for next election, but like, this is literally begging the Cons, who have done nothing but try for confidence votes for months to knock your government over. #cdnpoli
1:30 p.m. EST: Fall economic statement set to go forth The Department of Finance has confirmed that the fall economic statement lockup will begin at 1:45 p.m. EST, with Deputy Minister Chris Forbes providing remarks at 2 p.m.
December 16, 2024 at 6:43 PM