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Canadian Border Now Fully Open
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Pre-Entry COVID Test No Longer Required at Canadian Border
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US Land Border Opens to Canadians
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When Will USA Border Open to Canadians?
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Where Can Vaccinated Canadians Travel?
Canadian Border Now Fully Open
On October 1st 2022, the Government of Canada removed all COVID-19 border measures such as required proof of vaccination, random testing, and mandatory isolation for high-risk travelers. For the first time since early 2020, the Canadian border is operating under “normal” conditions. For example: Americans interested in visiting Canada no longer need to download the […]
Pre-Entry COVID Test No Longer Required at Canadian Border
As of April 1st 2022, the Canadian border will no longer require a pre-arrival negative COVID-19 test from fully vaccinated travellers entering or returning to the country. Previously, a rapid antigen test or a PCR test indicating a person does not have COVID was required by border authorities. This rule change should encourage Canadians to […]
US Land Border Opens to Canadians
After being closed for nearly 19 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on November 8th 2021 the United States land border officially opened to all fully vaccinated Canadians. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced they will be staffing their border at pre-pandemic levels, but warns that wait times may be longer than in […]
When Will USA Border Open to Canadians?
On August 9th 2021, Canada opened its border to all fully vaccinated Americans allowing tourists from the United States to visit the country once again. The US border remains closed to Canadians, however, and American authorities recently extended the border closure until September 21st citing COVID-19 transmission rates south of the border as well as […]
Where Can Vaccinated Canadians Travel?
Most Canadians are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Consequently, Canadians are starting to think about international travel again, and are beginning to research possible vacation destinations. This leads to the question, which countries can a fully vaccinated Canadian visit? As of July 2021, Canadian citizens who have received two doses of the Pfizer, Moderna, or […]
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Carney is moving fast and fixing things
Posted June 10, 2025 by Anonymous
The motto of Facebook used to be “move fast and break things”. But really, folks — that sounds cute but it doesn’t actually work out very well, as XKCD says (above) and as Elon has now found out.
In Canada, PM Mark Carney is moving fast and fixi…
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Monday funny stuff: TrumpWatch, AmericaWatch, some Canada posts, other odds and sods, some beautiful stuff, and Animal Crackers
Posted June 9, 2025 by Anonymous
This week in TrumpWatch:
Remember what happened to Anwar Sadat at his parade in 1981?!?!
#Resist #NoKings #TACO #DeportElon 
— So Cal Beer Guy (@socalbeerman.bsky.social) June 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
And now, I will be posting AmericaWatc…
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Tin soldiers and Trump is coming…
Posted June 9, 2025 by Anonymous
…but back in the day, Nixon was a lot scarier than Trump:
LAPD Chief McDonnell when asked if National Guard is needed: “This thing has gotten out of control.”
Everything Trump touches…— Wajahat Ali (@wajali.bsky.social) June 8, 2025 at 11:30 P…
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Los Angeles stands up to ICE
Posted June 8, 2025 by Anonymous
Photo credit: Eric Thayer, Associated PressReading the LA Times coverage about the people of Los Angeles tonight, I needed to do a post about their courage. Its not surprising that people are organizing to oppose what ICE and Homeland Security are…
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Remembering June 6
Posted June 7, 2025 by Anonymous
Remembering the Canadians at Juno Beach:
The Canadians, many of them volunteers, pushed furthest inland today. Allies matter. You don’t win wars without friends. pic.twitter.com/VBc32DGWKN— alex kershaw (@kershaw_alex) June 6, 2025
Here’s what D-Day…
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What happens to our Strong Borders Act if we ever elect a Canadian Trump?
Posted June 5, 2025 by Anonymous
Because we almost did.I don’t think Canadians have yet realized how lucky we are. Only a coincidental confluence of unforeseen and extraordinary events in the six months between November 2024 to April 2025 prevented the election of Pierre Poilievr…
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The latest in “Elbows Up”
Posted June 4, 2025 by Anonymous
Canadians salute (the president also known as) TACO, Ole YamTits, Orange Shitgibbon, Man-Baby, Tiny Hands, Diaper Don, Mushroom Dick, Toupe’d Fucktrumpet, Trumplesthinskin, Diaper Don, Grifter-in-Chief, Don the Con, DonOld, the Lyin’ King, Rug-wearing …
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Good reads about big events: Carney and the Premiers; Election post-mortem; Ukraine Spider’s Web; the GIGO of AI
Posted June 3, 2025 by Anonymous
Carney and the Premiers
Complete press conference is here and the communique is here.
“We’re united, we’re going to build together, and we’re going to build for all—we’re going to build for all Canadians. That’s what came out of this meeting,”…
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Weekend funny stuff — Trump Watch, The Passing Scene, Animal Crackers
Posted June 1, 2025 by Anonymous
Trump Watch: Trump Watch is a regular feature now, mainly to collect the funny death-wishes I see all the time, and also to highlight other funny Trump stuff – there’s just so much of it!
Narrator: He would continue to confuse “transgenic” and “t…
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Updates of the week: Prairie wild fires; TACO Trump tariffs; Trudeau’s shoes; and Poilievre is still unpopular
Posted May 31, 2025 by Anonymous
Prairie wildfires update Media are doing a good job covering the wildfires now. The Weather Network piece reports on wind directions around the threatened communities. Here is another report on the urgency of the evacuations in Manitob…
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“Telling the truth is a revolutionary act”
Posted May 30, 2025 by Anonymous
One of the signs of the apocolypse is when speaking the truth is not required or even expected. The United States has now reached this point:
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential comm…
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It was an awful Wednesday for Trump – the TACO slur, the Musk and Miller scandal, the Pope dis, and his tariffs are toast
Posted May 29, 2025 by Anonymous
hopefully we’re entering the “then suddenly” phase of regime collapse— 
hoopy frood 
(@huwupy.kawaii.social) May 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Lots of “holy shit” moments on Wednesday: TACO Wednesday! Trump was told about Wall Street’s TACO …
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Wildfires across the northern Prairies tonight
Posted May 29, 2025 by Anonymous
It has been a terrible fire day in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba with thousands of people now evacuating:
Manitoba is in the worst situation.
The Manitoba Fire View page is here. The Saskatchewan Active Incidents page is her…
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The King’s Speech: “Canada has what the world needs and defends the values that the world respects”
Posted May 28, 2025 by Anonymous
“Today, Canada faces another critical moment. Democracy, pluralism, the rule of law, self-determination, and freedom are values which Canadians hold dear, and ones which the government is determined to protect.”
—King Charles III, deliveri…
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Today’s Quotes – Carney promises “We will prevail” & King Charles is cheered “Rock on,
Chuck!
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Chuck!”
Posted May 27, 2025 by Anonymous
There were a couple of memorable quotes in today’s news. The first one was in the speech that Prime Minister Carney gave in the House:Hey, I’m starting to love ChatGPT — just tell it to print a little poster based on Carney’s “We will preva…
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Weekend funny stuff: Some posts from here and there, TrumpWatch, Animal Crackers
Posted May 25, 2025 by Anonymous
I’m using the Monty Python picture here because this year marks the 50th anniversary of the release of Monty Python and the Holy Grail — and the Knights Who Say Ni! will never be forgotten!Tonight I have just a few funny posts, my new “Trump…
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Today’s News: My response to the Carney push-backs (Plus, Sunshiny’s excellent Mandate Letter tweet thread)
Posted May 24, 2025 by Anonymous
So the usual suspects are whining about PM Mark Carney tonight — there seem to be three
“push-backs” underway.
The first pushback is about Carney’s
mandate letter. If you haven’t seen it already, at the end of this post I have reposted…
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Harvard, keep your Elbows Up!
Posted May 23, 2025 by Anonymous
So the Trump administration is trying to wreak its vengence on Harvard for lèse-majesté — they wouldn’t knuckle under to the Orange King and his MAGA knuckle-draggers. Searching for excuses to deport anyone brown, the Trump administration h…
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Canada needs to tell Alberta we love her….
Posted May 21, 2025 by Anonymous
Here’s a snap I took on the Icefields Parkway, during one of our many great vacations in Alberta:We loved those vacations, and we love Alberta.I know that Wexit, AKA Alberta Separation Referendum, is just getting started and I know the percentages now …
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Just Keep On Truckin’
Posted May 20, 2025 by Anonymous
I started assembling a post tonight about all the ways that America is sliding into a lawless authoritarian pit, but I couldn’t finish it — because yes, we know that already and there’s just about nothing anybody can do, really. So all we can do i…
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Just a bunch of random stuff – hockey downs and ups; Carney learns us some economics; fun with mis-pronouncing words; Pope Leo disses the Vances; Biden’s awful diagnosis; and the Battle Hymn Updated
Posted May 19, 2025 by Anonymous
OK, I think I can safely say now that we are finished with winter — it’s planting season for the flower pots, too. So for now, here’s just a random selection of interesting stuff I saw today: First, we watched Toronto lose – doom and …
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Weekend funny stuff: Cartoons, insult comics, Poilievre slogans, super cows and other funny posts, plus some good Animal Crackers
Posted May 18, 2025 by Anonymous
Just some funny stuff to enjoy this weekend, starting with some good cartoons:Next, I do love the insult comics of the internet:
JoJoFromJerz / Are you f’ng kidding me?
It Was the Darkest of Times, It Was the Dumbest of Times.
The stupid burns…
Let…
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Today’s News: Turning America into Oceania
Posted May 17, 2025 by Anonymous
*illustration from Wayne Horton’s substack
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It is not just Canadians and other foreign visitors who are running afoul of America’s border police. It’s now happening to Americans too. The US Customs and Border Protection and the Imm…
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Pushing back against MacKinnon’s awful article
Posted May 16, 2025 by Anonymous
The University of Saskatchewan has been in the news lately. It’s where I worked for much of my career, so of course I’m interested in how they are getting along.
Very well, overall — but with evidence lately that some don’t want to get with the t…
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Carney’s new cabinet – comments from Brittlestar, Delacourt, Wark;,Urback, Ling, and Scrimshaw.
Posted May 14, 2025 by Anonymous
I gathered some of the comments on Prime Minister Carney’s new cabinet.Overall, the judgement seems to be “lets wait and see”.
First, this is hilarious:
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Susan Delacourt / Toronto Star
Mark Carney is trying to tell you some…
Canadian Border Now Fully Open
Posted November 24, 2022 by Ben
On October 1st 2022, the Government of Canada removed all COVID-19 border measures such as required proof of vaccination, random testing, and mandatory isolation for high-risk travelers. For the first time since early 2020, the Canadian border is operating under “normal” conditions. For example: Americans interested in visiting Canada no longer need to download the […]
Pre-Entry COVID Test No Longer Required at Canadian Border
Posted April 2, 2022 by Ben
As of April 1st 2022, the Canadian border will no longer require a pre-arrival negative COVID-19 test from fully vaccinated travellers entering or returning to the country. Previously, a rapid antigen test or a PCR test indicating a person does not have COVID was required by border authorities. This rule change should encourage Canadians to […]
US Land Border Opens to Canadians
Posted November 8, 2021 by Ben
After being closed for nearly 19 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on November 8th 2021 the United States land border officially opened to all fully vaccinated Canadians. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced they will be staffing their border at pre-pandemic levels, but warns that wait times may be longer than in […]
When Will USA Border Open to Canadians?
Posted August 25, 2021 by Ben
On August 9th 2021, Canada opened its border to all fully vaccinated Americans allowing tourists from the United States to visit the country once again. The US border remains closed to Canadians, however, and American authorities recently extended the border closure until September 21st citing COVID-19 transmission rates south of the border as well as […]
Where Can Vaccinated Canadians Travel?
Posted July 1, 2021 by Ben
Most Canadians are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Consequently, Canadians are starting to think about international travel again, and are beginning to research possible vacation destinations. This leads to the question, which countries can a fully vaccinated Canadian visit? As of July 2021, Canadian citizens who have received two doses of the Pfizer, Moderna, or […]
Interesting Fact of the Month
Did you know visiting Canada with a DUI is difficult? If a US citizen has a DUI or DWI they could be denied entry at the Canadian border! Even a misdemeanor for reckless driving, or a traffic ticket for impaired driving, can prevent an American from entering Canada. In order to enter Canada with DUI charges many people hire an immigration lawyer. Going to Canada from USA with other criminal convictions like theft or assault can also be challenging.
Did you know visiting Canada with a DUI is difficult? If a US citizen has a DUI or DWI they could be denied entry at the Canadian border! Even a misdemeanor for reckless driving, or a traffic ticket for impaired driving, can prevent an American from entering Canada. In order to enter Canada with DUI charges many people hire an immigration lawyer. Going to Canada from USA with other criminal convictions like theft or assault can also be challenging.
