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Steph F
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Book lover, classical music lover, wannabe Spanish-speaker, IT professional, trying to live ethically and responsibly … “peace, order, and good government”🇨🇦🍁
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What does it mean to sing back the buffalo?

This week on our Explore podcast, @davidmcguffin.bsky.social sits down w/ award-winning filmmaker, scholar, and advocate Tasha Hubbard to discuss her latest documentary, Singing Back the Buffalo.

Discover the 🦬's story of resistance & cultural renewal 🎧
Singing Back the Buffalo with Tasha Hubbard
The award-winning filmmaker explores her new documentary and her work examining buffalo restoration, Indigenous knowledge and cultural renewal
canadiangeographic.ca
April 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Posting random Canadian things I love 🇨🇦🍁

35/n

Our flag

#canadiana #canada #canadastrong #canadianheritage #ohcanada
#vivelecanada #canadasky
Canadian flag flying on a fence against a background of ocean and blue sky
April 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Picked up the new Iona Whishaw at my independent book store on #indiebookstoreday.

#books #booksky
The Cost of a Hostage by Iona Whishaw | CBC Books
Lane Winslow is back to crack a kidnapping case.
www.cbc.ca
April 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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The art of Annie Pootoogook

#canadiana #canada #canadastrong #canadianheritage #ohcanada
#vivelecanada #canadasky
#artsky

www.aci-iac.ca/art-books/an...
Annie Pootoogook – Cape Dorset Freezer
YouTube video by National Gallery of Canada
youtube.com
April 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Scientists have recently mapped the painted lady butterfly's annual flight from equatorial Africa to northern Europe and back, the world's longest butterfly migration. In Constant Bloom, photographer Lucas Foglia documents the journey.
Photos: Scientists trace a butterfly migration route that is millions of years old
Scientists have recently mapped the painted lady butterfly's annual flight from equatorial Africa to northern Europe and back, the world's longest butterfly migration. In Constant Bloom, photographer ...
www.npr.org
April 17, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Posting random Canadian things I love 🇨🇦🍁

32/n

Ketchup chips (Canadian made of course)

#canadiana #canada #canadastrong #canadianheritage #ohcanada
#vivelecanada #canadasky
Red bag of Covered Bridge ketchup chips
April 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Music for #easter Sunday morning.

Gorgeous performance by the great Elly Ameling .

#musicsky #classicalmusic
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: No. 45, Aria. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (Soprano)
YouTube video by Elly Ameling - Topic
youtube.com
April 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Posting random Canadian things I love 🇨🇦🍁

31/n

The ‘cozy’ Lane Winslow mystery series by Iona Whishaw

Fun and so Canadian and always some interesting historical details

ionawhishaw.ca

#canadiana #canada #canadastrong #canadianheritage #ohcanada
#vivelecanada #canadasky
#booksky #authors
This B.C. writer's mom inspired her mystery novels — because her mom was a spy | CBC News
Iona Whishaw's mother’s courage, beauty and smarts “lightly” inspired Lane Winslow, a young ex-spy from London living in B.C.’s Kootenays who is the heroine of Whishaw’s mystery series.
www.cbc.ca
April 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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30/n

The kermode bear

…I’ve never been lucky enough to see one but I love knowing they’re out there

#canadiana #canada #canadastrong #canadianheritage #ohcanada
#vivelecanada #canadasky
#nature
#canadiangeographic
Animal Facts: Kermode (spirit) bear
Commonly referred to as the 'spirit bear', the Kermode bear was named after Frank Kermode who was the former director of the Royal B.C. Museum, Victoria.
canadiangeographic.ca
April 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Today is the birthday of the great Danish author Karen Blixen, better known as Isak Dinesen. Blixen is particularly remembered for her memoir "Out of Africa." Her personal library has been partially cataloged on LibraryThing, as one of our Legacy Libraries. 💙📚
April 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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The lido pool in the village of Chester, Nova Scotia … like something from another era in an impossibly pretty village

#canadiana #canada #canadastrong #canadianheritage #ohcanada
#vivelecanada #canadasky
#novascotia
Lido Pool | Residents
The village of Chester, situated on a peninsula at the head of Mahone Bay along our South Shore, is one of the most beautiful and picturesque communities to be found anywhere.
villageofchesterns.ca
April 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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It’s Too Late was released April 16, 1971.
“It’s Too Late” (cowritten with Toni Stern) was
released April
16, 1971

Here is Carole King performing “It’s Too Late” Live on the 10th of February, 1971 with Danny Kortchmar for BBC.
well. 

#Music #RockNRoll #CaroleKing #ToniStern
April 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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28/n

Schitt’s Creek

hands up if binge-watching Schitts’s Creek got you through the pandemic

#canadiana #canada #canadastrong #canadianheritage #ohcanada
#vivelecanada #canadasky
#schittscreek #tvsky #comedy
30 memorable episodes of Schitt's Creek | CBC Television
CBC Gem has selected some of the most memorable episodes of the comedy series.
www.cbc.ca
April 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Beautiful sculpture by Lisa Huth of metalicart.ca. Part of a public art program in Oak Bay, BC. 🇨🇦

#artsky #canadianart
Metal work sculpture of a fish shape with waves on a stand overlooking the ocean with mountains in the background.
April 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Saskatoon berry pie …. who doesn’t love pie?

#canadiana #canada #canadastrong #canadianheritage #ohcanada
#vivelecanada #canadasky
#foodsky
A very Prairie pie starring Saskatoon berries | CBC Life
Make this oh-so-Canadian pie for cozy gatherings this holiday or any night you could use some comfort food.
www.cbc.ca
April 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Here we go Monday...

A family of Bigg's orcas cruising the calm waters of the Salish Sea with Mt. Baker in the background.

#orcas #killerwhales #MountainMonday #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #nature #naturephotography #whales #salishsea #pnw #pnwlife #pnwonderland #dolphins
A family of Bigg's orcas cruising the calm waters of the Salish Sea with Mt. Baker in the background. © Katie Jones
April 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Seems like a good week to celebrate choral music and all those busy choristers out there.

Love this arrangement and the collaboration of these two amazing groups.

Wishing everyone a peaceful week ☮️

#musicsky #choralmusic #voces8 #Ringmasters #vocalmusic
VOCES8 & Ringmasters: Shall We Gather at the River? arr. Blake Morgan
YouTube video by VOCES8
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April 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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26/n

Canada’s railway hotels

#canadiana #canada #canadastrong #canadianheritage #ohcanada
#vivelecanada #canadasky
#travel #travelsky
Bucket Listed: Canada’s grand railway hotels
Rival railway companies competed to attract visitors with hotels that recall Scottish castles, Bavarian fairy-tales, and the opulent French chateaux
canadiangeographic.ca
April 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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25/n

Ted Harrison’s paintings for “The Cremation of Sam McGee”

#canadiana #canada #canadastrong #canadianheritage #ohcanada
#vivelecanada #canadasky
#Artsky #booksky
The Cremation of Sam McGee
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April 14, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Oscar Peterson’s Hymn to Freedom

#canadiana #canada #canadastrong #canadianheritage #ohcanada
#vivelecanada #canadasky
#musicsky #jazz #Jazzsky #jazzfriday
Oscar Peterson - Hymn To Freedom
YouTube video by dgbailey777
youtube.com
April 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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This!!

#canadastrong
#elbowsup
#vote
Vote Science - Evidence For Democracy
Vote Science Let’s make science a priority this federal election! The 45th federal election is here, and now is the […]
evidencefordemocracy.ca
April 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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I actually lost my breath when I heard this. The chance that this could result in the US govt officially repudiating the science of vaccines is absolutely terrifying. Because we know that’s where he wants to go.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 10
RFK Jr: "By September we will know what has caused the autism epidemic and we will be able to eliminate those exposures."
April 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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23/n

Cox Bay beach, Tofino BC
(Photo is mine)

#canadiana #canada #canadastrong #canadianheritage #ohcanada
#vivelecanada #canadasky
#landscape #vancouverisland
Gray sky reflected in the water on a beach. Trees on rocky outcroppings to the left also reflected in the light. A band of light on the horizon.
April 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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The Debaters …see this show live if you can … Canadians - we’re pretty funny people

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#vivelecanada #canadasky
#cbc #cbcradio
Home | The Debaters with Steve Patterson | CBC Radio
The Debaters is the hit CBC Radio show that features Canada’s hottest comedians going toe to toe, debating topics in the news and on the minds of Canadians.
www.cbc.ca
April 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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21/n

Beavertails … bonus Canadiana points if eaten on a ski hill

#canadiana #canada #canadastrong #canadianheritage #ohcanada
#vivelecanada #canadasky
3 beavertail pastries - one covered with chocolate icing and sugar, one covered with white icing drizzled with chocolate and one covered with chocolate icing, m&ms and drizzled with maple icing.
April 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM