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"Measles is an extremely contagious disease and is spread easily through the...

"Measles is an extremely contagious disease and is spread easily through the air,"

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/measles-warning-calgary-airport-taber-march-18-2025-alberta-1.7487107

Colleague who taps maple trees for syrup told me it was so warm this weekend that the sap was cloudy instead of clear. Cloudy sap isn’t...

Colleague who taps maple trees for syrup told me it was so warm this weekend that the sap was cloudy instead of clear. Cloudy sap isn’t good for syrup and it usually appears at end of season when tree gets ready to send energy for budding. Might be a very short season for syrup.

#quebec

This BYD rapid charge news seemed gimmicky to me at first but if you can charge in five minutes then an EV no longer needs the big batteries...

This BYD rapid charge news seemed gimmicky to me at first but if you can charge in five minutes then an EV no longer needs the big batteries that some cars have.

Most of my return trips in my EV are under 100km, why get an EV with a battery that can provide 500km of range.

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Shares of Tesla tumbled 5.3 per cent Tuesday, while BYD Co. shot to an all-time high after unveiling an electric car that can be charged as quickly as a gas vehicle is refueled.

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#EV
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/international/2025/03/18/tesla-stock-slapped-down-by-chinese-rivals-game-changer-tech/

Tesla is toast.`BYD’s Chairman and founder Wang Chuanfu said a new battery and charging system was capable of providing 470 kilometers...

Tesla is toast.

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BYD’s Chairman and founder Wang Chuanfu said a new battery and charging system was capable of providing 470 kilometers (292 miles) of range in 5 minutes in tests on its new Han L model.

Being able to charge a car in the time it takes a combustion engine vehicle to pull in and out of a gas station could convince drivers who aren’t willing to make lengthy stops to go electric.

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#EV
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-17/byd-unveils-battery-system-that-charges-an-ev-in-five-minutes

`Anyone who plays with the idea that Canada is not a real place is warmongering and preparing the way for North American catastrophe.Big...

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Anyone who plays with the idea that Canada is not a real place is warmongering and preparing the way for North American catastrophe.

Big lies are powerful; but they are also vulnerable, at least before war begins. Wars begin with words, and we have to take words seriously, at the time when they matter most, which is now. When we see the truth of where this is all meant to go, we can prevent it: by calling out the big liars and telling the small truths.

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https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-absurdity-is-the-point

`"We were coming back from a fishing trip, and we actually saw the mushroom cloud. Just like an explosion, but without the fire. What...

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"We were coming back from a fishing trip, and we actually saw the mushroom cloud. Just like an explosion, but without the fire.

What he didn't know was that instead of oil or natural gas, compressed and liquefied carbon dioxide was running through the pipes. 

The surrounding area was immediately flooded with the suffocating gas. Burns called his mother about the explosion. Seconds later, the car's engine stopped; Burns, his brother and cousin all passed out.

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https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whatonearth/carbon-dioxide-pipeline-satartia-1.7482854

Destroying wetlands to grow cranberries.‘En 2010, près du quart des tourbières présentes au début du développement de l’industrie...

Destroying wetlands to grow cranberries.

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En 2010, près du quart des tourbières présentes au début du développement de l’industrie dans la région de Bécancour avaient subi des perturbations irréversibles, principalement en raison de la culture de la canneberge, affirment les chercheuses Karine Avard, Marie Larocque et Stéphanie Pellerin dans une étude publiée en 2013.

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https://ici.radio-canada.ca/recit-numerique/12147/canneberge-milieux-humides-pesticides-foret-environnement?fromApp=appInfoIos&fromMobileApp=ios&marketingCloudId=673DD35C-779E-4123-BB5A-7354B3CBAC7C

`The Austin Fire Department said dispatchers have received calls about smoke in the Austin area, and they are attributing it to the...

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The Austin Fire Department said dispatchers have received calls about smoke in the Austin area, and they are attributing it to the wildfire.

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https://www.kxan.com/news/local/hill-country/wildfire-burning-near-fredericksburg/

`Which UK political party threatens to decimate the civil service, slash welfare payments for the disabled, crack down on independent...

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Which UK political party threatens to decimate the civil service, slash welfare payments for the disabled, crack down on independent regulators and take a chainsaw to overseas aid to pay for more guns and bombs? The Tories in their worst Donald Trump mode? The wild radicals of the populist Reform UK party? No: Meet Keir Starmer’s hard-faced — and broke — Labour government.

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https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-03-15/keir-starmer-is-channeling-his-inner-margaret-thatcher

Premier of Alberta having second thoughts about axing the carbon tax.Gotta laugh to keep from...

Premier of Alberta having second thoughts about axing the carbon tax.

Gotta laugh to keep from crying.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/carbon-tax-carney-alberta-1.7484760

`When Hurricane Irma blasted through the state’s orange belt in 2017, Florida’s signature crop already had been on a downward spiral for...

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When Hurricane Irma blasted through the state’s orange belt in 2017, Florida’s signature crop already had been on a downward spiral for two decades because of the greening disease. Next came a major freeze and two more hurricanes in 2022, followed by two hurricanes last year. A tree that loses branches and foliage in a hurricane can take three years to recover.

Those catastrophes contributed to a 90% decline in orange production over the past two decades.

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https://apnews.com/article/florida-citrus-oranges-hurricanes-agriculture-1b15f4d51cd6df41188a1884aa38dd8e

"The Trump administration will treat climate change for what it is, a global physical phenomenon that is a side effect of building the...

"The Trump administration will treat climate change for what it is, a global physical phenomenon that is a side effect of building the modern world."
*- *Sec. of Energy Chris Wright

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Even by the usual wild-weather standards of March, this event could be historic. A surface low intensifying across the Central Plains on Friday is predicted to carve out a central pressure near or below 975 millibars. This would put it among the strongest lows ever observed in this area

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https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/03/potent-march-storm-to-deliver-a-dangerous-multi-pronged-extreme-weather-onslaught/

"The Trump administration will treat climate change for what it is, a global physical phenomenon that is a side effect of building the...

"The Trump administration will treat climate change for what it is, a global physical phenomenon that is a side effect of building the modern world."

*- *Secretary of Energy Chris Wright : Keynote Remarks at CERAWeek 2025

https://www.energy.gov/articles/secretary-energy-chris-wright-delivers-keynote-remarks-ceraweek-2025

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Mar 13, 2025 Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook

https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/fire_wx/fwdy2.html

‘The Canadian women's rugby team is used to pulling above its weight.The amateur team is currently ranked second best in the world,...

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The Canadian women's rugby team is used to pulling above its weight.

The amateur team is currently ranked second best in the world, despite having only a fraction of the budget of some of its professional competitors.

Now, the women are heading to the 2025 Rugby World Cup with the goal of unseating England to become the best team in the world. But in order to achieve that, they say they need the financial support of Canadians.

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#rugby #canada
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/rugby-womens-world-cup-fundraiser-1.7480474

A relative who lives in Toronto told me it is pointless to drive at rush hour, and yet this‘There is also a report prepared by the...

A relative who lives in Toronto told me it is pointless to drive at rush hour, and yet this

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There is also a report prepared by the engineering and urban planning firm CIMA+ for MTO that says collisions for all road users could increase by upwards of 54 per cent when bike lanes are removed, based on prior research

"Given that current data and research does not confirm that removing bike lanes that occupy a lane of traffic would significantly alleviate congestion."

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-bike-lanes-internal-documents-1.7481729

Switching to an EV hurts Trump's backers. Make them hurt.`“Operators had most likely planned for prices to be over $70 this year, so...

Switching to an EV hurts Trump's backers. Make them hurt.

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“Operators had most likely planned for prices to be over $70 this year, so at $50, rigs would likely drop and activity slow. And when the rigs drop in the Permian you lose the associated gas that the LNG industry is counting on at the end of the year,” he said.

Daniel Yergin, a Pulitzer Prize-winning energy historian and author of *The New Map* said that “at $50 a barrel the economics of shale don’t work”.

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https://www.ft.com/content/6b7f0af8-6c59-44bb-b07a-43d4768b96fd

‘Palestinians in Gaza could be out of clean drinking water in a matter of days after Israel cut off its electricity supply to the...

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Palestinians in Gaza could be out of clean drinking water in a matter of days after Israel cut off its electricity supply to the territory, which drastically slashed operations at a water desalination plant.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gaza-israel-water-plant-electricity-1.7479215

My reality too.´According to the coalition, 52,000 Ontarians are on waitlists for developmental supports and services, including...

My reality too.

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According to the coalition, 52,000 Ontarians are on waitlists for developmental supports and services, including about 5,000 in eastern Ontario and Ottawa.

Melanie Groulx is among those waitlisted. She's an Ottawa resident who has autism and high support needs, and she's been on the emergency waitlist for supportive housing for four years.

Her mother, Carrie Groulx, said one question haunts her: "What's going to happen to my child after I'm gone?"

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/support-system-for-ontarians-with-developmental-disabilities-on-verge-of-collapse-coalition-1.7435338

`As the planet heats up and weather whiplash spreads, compound weather events are poised to wreak even greater havoc: A study published last...

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As the planet heats up and weather whiplash spreads, compound weather events are poised to wreak even greater havoc: A study published last year in *Nature* projected climate damages could cost the global economy $38 trillion (in 2005 dollars) per year by mid-century.

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-09/cascading-extreme-weather-events-drive-damages-around-the-world
https://archive.ph/qsYJN

Link to Phillips O'Brien's post from where the above excerpt came from:...

Link to Phillips O'Brien's post from where the above excerpt came from:

https://phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/weekend-update-123-the-week-the-usa