Forward Guidance with Prime Minister Mark Carney YouTube video by Mark Carney

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Scientists Engineer “Tumor-Eating” Bacteria That Devour Cancer From Within Researchers are exploring an unconventional cancer treatment that uses engineered bacteria to target the unique, oxygen-free environments inside tumors. A research team led by the University of Waterl...

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Lip Sync Battle - S 03 E 16 - Zendaya vs. Tom Holland Dailymotion video by Marrycoolman

This is the first time I’ve watched the whole Holland/Zendaya Lip Sync Battle before!

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I challenged someone I know connected to mRNA research on their use of the phrase “COVID is over” They meant COVID had become endemic, not that it had gone away. I pointed out that the general public would interpret “COVID is over” as it was gone. Language matters, especially in public health.

CBC News article. Headline: “Hospitalization rates for illnesses like COVID, flu have doubled since pre-pandemic, report finds.” By Lauren Pelley, April 16, 2026. Subheading notes vaccine-preventable respiratory infections are sending thousands to hospital while vaccine uptake declines. Image shows a hospital patient lying in bed with medical lines attached, while a healthcare worker wearing gloves adjusts equipment near the patient’s arm.

Canada: "Hospitalization rates for illnesses like COVID, flu have doubled since pre-pandemic, report finds"

“People assume that COVID-19 is done … but what our data is showing is that it’s still having a big impact on our hospitals”

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The City of Vancouver has just announced they had a $530 million surplus last year.

It follows a $860 million surplus the year before, and years of $300+ surpluses.

It's the annual reminder that when local politicians say times are tough, they're usually being misleading to suit their agendas.

Actual quote from Poilievre's speech today:
"If you asked a neutral and objective AI bot to go into all of the policies on the books of the government of Canada, what would you find has actually changed in the last year?"
There is no such thing as a "neutral and objective" bot.
Absolute clown show.

Mark Carney: The 100 Most Influential People of 2026 Find out why Mark Carney is on this year’s list

He’s been nicknamed “the George Clooney of finance”?

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Mark Carney: The 100 Most Influential People of 2026 Find out why Mark Carney is on this year’s list

“Mark Carney first came to global fame during the 2008 financial crisis when, together with a small group of ambitious and highly skilled colleagues, he designed the regulatory framework that would define and strengthen banking and finance for decades.”

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In Question Period, Poilievre and his caucus have flat-out lied and said that the clean fuel standard is just a rebranded carbon tax, when it's not a tax or a charge at all, but a hypothetical estimation of how much it might cost refiners to meet that standard.

Punish kids who are likely already struggling?

Tylenol is safe to take during pregnancy and can play a key role in relieving pain and bringing down fevers.

Taking Tylenol during pregnancy has no link to autism, another study finds www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/13/tyle...
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How big of a tent is it?

"”Gripen data will also be housed here, securely within Canadian borders," Fullerton said. "With the fighter mission system, communications and technical data all hosted in Canada, Gripen exceeds all industrial, security and controlled goods requirements.”
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Hear Rachel Gilmore and More: A Tyee Event on Battling Online Lies | The Tyee We’re calling it Reality Check LIVE. Get your ticket for May 21 in Vancouver.

#EVENT🗓️: On May 21, join us for Reality Check LIVE at the Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema for a discussion on how misinformation spreads, how journalists verify what’s true and what it takes to report on extremism.

Ft. @rachelgilmore.bsky.social, @jenstden.bsky.social, @vancolour.bsky.social and more.

Esquimalt student robotics team fundraising for trip to world championship A high school robotics team from Esquimalt is looking to raise money to send the team to a world championship event in Houston, Texas.

A high school robotics team from Esquimalt is looking to raise money to send the team to a world championship event in Houston, Texas.

Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu crosses the floor to the Liberals Longtime Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu is crossing the floor to the Liberals. The Liberals announced Gladu is joining their ranks in a statement Wednesday morning. Gladu is the fifth MP to join the Li...

Not sure about this one. #CDNPoli

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Nothing to see here.

Have you tried WordroW? It’s similar to Wordle but run by The Walrus (🇨🇦) instead of NYT (🇺🇸).

Yes! Coop housing, coop grocery stores with gas stations and pharmacies…. Membership run, community benefiting, non-corporate/profit driven services.

We have one co-op grocery store with multiple gas stations locations. I’d never even heard of a co-op grocery store until we moved here and it seems like such a good addition to a community.

And yet we see it all the time, particularly coffee shops, gas stations, liquor stores, pharmacies, and most places (even smaller municipalities) have multiple grocery stores.

As do school PACs/DPACs/BCCPAC. Volunteer positions have become harder and harder to fill. Even school boards struggle to attract qualified people and they offer a (small) stipend.

Yes, those clauses affect all competition and I would imagine it would feel like a larger hurdle to a co-op board than a corporation.

How do we inform communities that it’s an option? It’s strange to me that more don’t already exist. Are corporate grocery stores obstructing them in some way? I recall seeing a report on CBC that corporate grocery stores sometimes place anti-competition clauses in the lease agreements.

How do we get more local co-ops across Canada? Gas stations, liquor stores, grocery stores, home and building, and pharmacy. All working for, and owned by, local members. #CDNPoli

I got this Masdevallia herradurae from Paramount Orchids in Oct 2025 and it’s started to bloom for me. #Orchids

BC’s Free Contraceptives Program Has Been Hugely Successful | The Tyee More people are using IUDs and hormonal implants now that cost isn’t an issue.

Reproductive justice is being rolled back across the world, making it all the more important to celebrate B.C.’s “wildly successful” free contraceptives program, said Teale Phelps Bondaroff, District of Saanich councillor and co-founder of AccessBC. #bcpoli

This is genuinely terrifying and horrifying. Pseudoscience over science.

“the Court held that because conversion therapy often takes the form of talk therapy, Colorado’s law amounts to a content-based restriction on speech and cannot survive First Amendment scrutiny.”

“the Court held that because conversion therapy often takes the form of talk therapy, Colorado’s law amounts to a content-based restriction on speech and cannot survive First Amendment scrutiny.”

This is genuinely terrifying and horrifying. Pseudoscience over science.