Peter Nova Scotia
@peternovascotia.bsky.social
Retired Nova Scotian living by the shore. Eco-socialist. Certified chocolate sommelier. Atheist.
#TeamCanada
#BuyCanadian
#NeverConservative
#BoycottUSGoodsServicesandTravel
Have you ever had porcupine rappie pie?
#TeamCanada
#BuyCanadian
#NeverConservative
#BoycottUSGoodsServicesandTravel
Have you ever had porcupine rappie pie?
Fun!
⚠️ BREAKING:
Scientists Detect Live H5N1 (Clade 2.3.4.4b) in Ticks Feeding on Gulls, Raising Alarms Over a Possible New Transmission Vector
Scientists Detect Live H5N1 (Clade 2.3.4.4b) in Ticks Feeding on Gulls, Raising Alarms Over a Possible New Transmission Vector
December 1, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Fun!
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Mortality and health care privatization: A comparison between countries
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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Mortality and health care privatization: A comparison between countries - CCPA
Privatization is deadly. Canada needs to learn from other countries and focus on public health care instead.
www.policyalternatives.ca
December 1, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Mortality and health care privatization: A comparison between countries
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www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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Please Liberals, in detail, explain to me how this is helping Canada 🇨🇦, at al?
“Rather than reinvesting those profits in the Canadian economy, the four companies paid out $79.7 billion in dividends and share buybacks, nearly ¾ of which went to foreign shareholders, including 62% to American shareholders.”
www.theenergymix.com/u-s-owned-oi...
www.theenergymix.com/u-s-owned-oi...
U.S.-Owned Oil Sands Giants Send Profits Out of Canada Despite Public Support for Resource Sovereignty
Canada’s biggest oil sands producers are sending a large share of their profits out of the country to their shareholders in the United States, the CEO of the Trottier Family Foundation warns in an opi...
www.theenergymix.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Please Liberals, in detail, explain to me how this is helping Canada 🇨🇦, at al?
That's when I found out it was illegal to have a hidden gate in our town of Wolfville. Also, the first I heard our town mentioned on TV.
Didn't know that one 🤣.
I remember the old show "this is the law" where they had the person doing some stuff and you had to guess which law they had broken. Often difficult to tell
I remember the old show "this is the law" where they had the person doing some stuff and you had to guess which law they had broken. Often difficult to tell
November 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
That's when I found out it was illegal to have a hidden gate in our town of Wolfville. Also, the first I heard our town mentioned on TV.
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While renewables have become the cheapest power on earth, Ontario is pouring billions into massive nuclear projects that cost three to four times as much. That decision will lock ratepayers into decades of the most expensive electricity available.
Ontario faces high cost and high-risk nuclear future
Ontario is doubling down on costly, high-risk nuclear mega-projects while electricity prices climb and cheaper clean energy options are sidelined. Billions in public subsidies now hide the true costs....
canadiandimension.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
While renewables have become the cheapest power on earth, Ontario is pouring billions into massive nuclear projects that cost three to four times as much. That decision will lock ratepayers into decades of the most expensive electricity available.
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"This agrivoltaic crop yield bump has been shown for dozens of other crops and solar panel combinations all over the world, including basil, broccoli, celery, corn, grapes, kale, lettuce, pasture grass, peppers, potatoes, tomatoes and more."
#CDNag #Agrovoltaics
#CDNag #Agrovoltaics
The gift that keeps on giving: How solar panels on farms can help increase crop yields
A new study finds farmers can enjoy increased crop yeilds under partial shade of solar panels long after they stop working decades from now.
theconversation.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
"This agrivoltaic crop yield bump has been shown for dozens of other crops and solar panel combinations all over the world, including basil, broccoli, celery, corn, grapes, kale, lettuce, pasture grass, peppers, potatoes, tomatoes and more."
#CDNag #Agrovoltaics
#CDNag #Agrovoltaics
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
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Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
Personalized Cancer Vaccines Are Almost Here—But Federal Funding Cuts Could Derail Them
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
www.scientificamerican.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
An enlightening read.
Today we have "Building Anew: Ephemerality & the Igluvigaq (Igloo)" by Phoebe Springstubb
This is the seventh post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social & guest edited by @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/11/17/b...
#envhist
This is the seventh post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social & guest edited by @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/11/17/b...
#envhist
Building Anew: Ephemerality and the Igluvigaq (Igloo)
Snow architecture enabled Inuit placemaking, memory, and renewal, while Europeans misread its ephemerality to erase Indigenous history and justify imperial claims.
niche-canada.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
An enlightening read.
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#ScienceSunday
#Vaccines
Here is another example where scientists have generated systemic immunity against human papilloma virus using nasal delivery of a cationic nanogel containing the HPV16 E7 protein as an antigen. In addition, an anti-tumor effect was seen. Game-changing!
Vaccines save lives.
#Vaccines
Here is another example where scientists have generated systemic immunity against human papilloma virus using nasal delivery of a cationic nanogel containing the HPV16 E7 protein as an antigen. In addition, an anti-tumor effect was seen. Game-changing!
Vaccines save lives.
Cationic nanogel–based nasal therapeutic HPV vaccine prevents the development of cervical cancer
Cationic nanogel–based nasal therapeutic vaccine induces cancer-specific immune responses and inhibits cancer development in cervical tissue.
www.science.org
November 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
#ScienceSunday
#Vaccines
Here is another example where scientists have generated systemic immunity against human papilloma virus using nasal delivery of a cationic nanogel containing the HPV16 E7 protein as an antigen. In addition, an anti-tumor effect was seen. Game-changing!
Vaccines save lives.
#Vaccines
Here is another example where scientists have generated systemic immunity against human papilloma virus using nasal delivery of a cationic nanogel containing the HPV16 E7 protein as an antigen. In addition, an anti-tumor effect was seen. Game-changing!
Vaccines save lives.
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This article helps pin down the #Carney govt #budget2025 initiatives that impact #olderadults.
It’s a very easy read and breaks down programs or changes this year.
Useful guide to government supported programs. ✅👍🏼
#cdnpoli #Budget2025 #SeniorCare #AgeingInPlace
www.niageing.ca/commentary-p...
It’s a very easy read and breaks down programs or changes this year.
Useful guide to government supported programs. ✅👍🏼
#cdnpoli #Budget2025 #SeniorCare #AgeingInPlace
www.niageing.ca/commentary-p...
2025 Federal Budget Roundup: Initiatives to Support Older Adults — National Institute on Ageing
On November 4, the Government of Canada tabled its 2025-2026 budget. Entitled “Canada Strong,” Budget 2025 outlines the government’s commitment to responding to significant global economic shifts, str...
www.niageing.ca
November 15, 2025 at 11:43 AM
This article helps pin down the #Carney govt #budget2025 initiatives that impact #olderadults.
It’s a very easy read and breaks down programs or changes this year.
Useful guide to government supported programs. ✅👍🏼
#cdnpoli #Budget2025 #SeniorCare #AgeingInPlace
www.niageing.ca/commentary-p...
It’s a very easy read and breaks down programs or changes this year.
Useful guide to government supported programs. ✅👍🏼
#cdnpoli #Budget2025 #SeniorCare #AgeingInPlace
www.niageing.ca/commentary-p...
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You don’t call climate change an "existential threat" and the "single biggest investment risk that we face", and then spend the next year pouring $7BN from the Canada Pension Plan into investments which make this crisis worse. That’s reckless and absurd.” #cdnpoli www.shiftaction.ca/news/2025/11...
Statement: Facing climate litigation, CPPIB made at least $7.1 billion in new fossil fuel investments in the last year — Shift - Protect Your Pension and the Planet
Facing landmark climate litigation, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments, or CPPIB) has committed at least $7.1 billion to new oil, gas, coal and pipeline assets in the last year....
www.shiftaction.ca
November 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
You don’t call climate change an "existential threat" and the "single biggest investment risk that we face", and then spend the next year pouring $7BN from the Canada Pension Plan into investments which make this crisis worse. That’s reckless and absurd.” #cdnpoli www.shiftaction.ca/news/2025/11...
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“Banker's Budget,” Evin Collis (@evincollis.bsky.social), 2025
November 13, 2025 at 10:32 PM
“Banker's Budget,” Evin Collis (@evincollis.bsky.social), 2025
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“A lot of people worked for a long time to achieve that measles elimination status, and to lose it in one year because of a failure of government action … for a disease that’s totally preventable, it just makes me sad."
-Dr. James Talbot, former CMOH for Alberta.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
-Dr. James Talbot, former CMOH for Alberta.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta's role in Canada's loss of measles elimination status embarrassing, former chief medical officer says | CBC News
The latest federal data shows Alberta accounts for 38 per cent of Canada’s cases.
www.cbc.ca
November 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
“A lot of people worked for a long time to achieve that measles elimination status, and to lose it in one year because of a failure of government action … for a disease that’s totally preventable, it just makes me sad."
-Dr. James Talbot, former CMOH for Alberta.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
-Dr. James Talbot, former CMOH for Alberta.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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CBC once again called the Ksi Lisims LNG project “Indigenous-led” on the National last night, despite the fact that it’s 100% American-owned by a Texas shell company, Western LNG.
Yikes!!!!!
Anyway, here’s a very funny video that breaks this down: youtu.be/Lt6Hmp9ndkI?...
Yikes!!!!!
Anyway, here’s a very funny video that breaks this down: youtu.be/Lt6Hmp9ndkI?...
Honest Government Ad | Watch out, Canada
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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November 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
CBC once again called the Ksi Lisims LNG project “Indigenous-led” on the National last night, despite the fact that it’s 100% American-owned by a Texas shell company, Western LNG.
Yikes!!!!!
Anyway, here’s a very funny video that breaks this down: youtu.be/Lt6Hmp9ndkI?...
Yikes!!!!!
Anyway, here’s a very funny video that breaks this down: youtu.be/Lt6Hmp9ndkI?...
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November 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Two years in a row this brazen government has lied for their own political agenda on the backs of veterans. -ND
November 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Two years in a row this brazen government has lied for their own political agenda on the backs of veterans. -ND
Some good news on the bat conservation front. It's my understanding that our little brown #bat here in #NS is increasing at about 2% a year from their crash 10 or so years ago.
The extraordinary benefits to which human ingenuity and inquiry can be put - probiotic treatment boosts bat survival from white-nose syndrome, a catastrophic fungal infection. Just as pro-biotics balance your tum, so they balance a bat's chance at life. Thanks for this incredible work, WCS!
🦇ICYMI: a great video on our work developing a "probiotic" to help bats survive white-nose syndrome infections. This beautifully shot video also gives a good primer on what the probiotic is all about. This was 2yrs ago -good news...our studies show the probiotic is working!
youtu.be/VOtuiB6aiLE?...
youtu.be/VOtuiB6aiLE?...
November 6, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Can't stop thinking about the fact that the government is literally slashing public service jobs while bringing in AI for use in the public service.
They are literally doing, as a government, what we scream at tech bros for doing to their employees.
Pretty gross!
They are literally doing, as a government, what we scream at tech bros for doing to their employees.
Pretty gross!
November 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Can't stop thinking about the fact that the government is literally slashing public service jobs while bringing in AI for use in the public service.
They are literally doing, as a government, what we scream at tech bros for doing to their employees.
Pretty gross!
They are literally doing, as a government, what we scream at tech bros for doing to their employees.
Pretty gross!
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Another petition calling for MP accountability on disinformation
#CDNpoli
I think we need a clear petition calling for MP Accountability and stripping of pension & benefits for breeches
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#CDNpoli
I think we need a clear petition calling for MP Accountability and stripping of pension & benefits for breeches
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
November 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Another petition calling for MP accountability on disinformation
#CDNpoli
I think we need a clear petition calling for MP Accountability and stripping of pension & benefits for breeches
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#CDNpoli
I think we need a clear petition calling for MP Accountability and stripping of pension & benefits for breeches
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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In 1933, the CCF warned that private finance sacrifices the majority to profiteers. The Regina Manifesto, the party's founding policy document, called for public ownership of banks to serve society, not speculators. Today, its lessons are more relevant than ever.
The Regina Manifesto’s unfinished business: the case for public banking
Canada’s banks no longer serve the real economy. Decades of private lending have fuelled housing bubbles, record household debt, and economic instability. Revisiting the CCF’s Regina Manifesto, James ...
canadiandimension.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
In 1933, the CCF warned that private finance sacrifices the majority to profiteers. The Regina Manifesto, the party's founding policy document, called for public ownership of banks to serve society, not speculators. Today, its lessons are more relevant than ever.
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New report ‘unearths’ environmental impact assessment trends of Canadian mine and quarry projects
reported by @dentremy.bsky.social
reported by @dentremy.bsky.social
New report 'unearths' environmental impact assessment trends of Canadian mine and quarry projects - Halifax Examiner
Researchers behind database tracking impact assessments of Canadian mine and quarry projects over a 50-year span have found significant gaps in transparency, consistency, and data availability.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
New report ‘unearths’ environmental impact assessment trends of Canadian mine and quarry projects
reported by @dentremy.bsky.social
reported by @dentremy.bsky.social
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Canada's low ranking here is no surprise
Britain one of least ‘nature-connected’ nations in world – with Nepal the most
Britain one of least ‘nature-connected’ nations in world – with Nepal the most
Others languishing near bottom of 61-country study include Canada, Germany, Israel, Japan and Spain
Britain is one of the least “nature connected” nations in the world, according to the first ever global study of how people relate to the natural world.
Britain ranks 55th out of 61 countries in the study of 57,000 people, which looks at how attitudes towards nature are shaped by social, economic, geographical and cultural factors. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Canada's low ranking here is no surprise