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No matter how convenient and efficient pre-clearance programs might be, they raise challenging questions about Canadian sovereignty and the rights of Canadian citizens.

Stacie Smith (She/Her) 🇨🇦 🏒 🧠 @stacesmith94.bsky.social · 8h

Is the end looming for Canada’s border pre-clearance program with the United States?

Leaf-peeping season hampered by drought: Fall foliage dropping sooner, showing less color

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More than 40% of the country was considered to be in a drought in early October, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

More than 40% of the country was considered to be in a drought in early October, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

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Stacie Smith (She/Her) 🇨🇦 🏒 🧠 @stacesmith94.bsky.social · 8h

Apple Just Added A Powerful Anti-Scam Tool To iPhones — Here’s How To Activate It

The Latest iPhone Feature Will Actually Make You Safer Against Scams — If You Turn It On

This iPhone update is actually useful, but you need to turn it on yourself.

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Stacie Smith (She/Her) 🇨🇦 🏒 🧠 @stacesmith94.bsky.social · 9h

California enacts first U.S. law requiring AI chatbot safety measures

California governor Gavin Newsom on Monday approved a first-of-its-kind law regulating artificial intelligence chatbots, defying a push from the White House to leave such technology unchecked.

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Stacie Smith (She/Her) 🇨🇦 🏒 🧠 @stacesmith94.bsky.social · 9h

Canada’s rising poverty and food insecurity have deep structural origins

Though Canada, on paper, is committed an adequate standard of living, it needs social and economic laws to become more enforceable.

Apple will pay up to $2M for finding an iPhone security flaw

Stacie Smith (She/Her) 🇨🇦 🏒 🧠 @stacesmith94.bsky.social · 9h

Apple offers hackers bug bounty of up to $2 million

The company is restructuring its bug bounty program after rolling out several new security features in recent years.

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Canada isn’t content just being an energy su...

Stacie Smith (She/Her) 🇨🇦 🏒 🧠 @stacesmith94.bsky.social · 9h

Canada wants to power the moon

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There is a great deal of optimism surrounding Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan. But there truth is we’ve been here before.

Stacie Smith (She/Her) 🇨🇦 🏒 🧠 @stacesmith94.bsky.social · 1d

Will Trump’s ceasefire plan really lead to lasting peace in the Middle East? There’s still a long way to go

Russian military and economic weaknesses are apparently forcing Putin to use unconventional means to secure victory against Ukraine.

Stacie Smith (She/Her) 🇨🇦 🏒 🧠 @stacesmith94.bsky.social · 1d

Why Russia’s provocations in Europe actually signal a weakened strategic position

Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ reconsiders the cultural imagining of ‘the monster’ and how stories reflect attitudes about difference — especially difference in embodiment.

Stacie Smith (She/Her) 🇨🇦 🏒 🧠 @stacesmith94.bsky.social · 1d

In Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein, what makes us monstrous is refusing to care

Disclosing AI use on music platforms shouldn’t give streaming platforms a free pass to flood catalogues with AI content. Listeners deserve clear and transparent labelling.

Stacie Smith (She/Her) 🇨🇦 🏒 🧠 @stacesmith94.bsky.social · 1d

Why industry-standard labels for AI in music could change how we listen

From drought to soil degradation and environmental pollution, why does society overlook the most impactful disasters?

Stacie Smith (She/Her) 🇨🇦 🏒 🧠 @stacesmith94.bsky.social · 1d

The disasters we talk about shape our priorities and determine our preparedness

American spirit exports to Canada 'plummeted' 85%, says U.S. trade group | CBC News

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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Thanksgiving, Canada.

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 2d

85% drop of American liquor sales to Canada.
We were their biggest market.
Now we're done.
Bye bye mon cowboy.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

American spirit exports to Canada "plummeted" 85 per cent in the second quarter of 2025, with the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States calling the situation "very troubling" as consumers in ...

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Stacie Smith (She/Her) 🇨🇦 🏒 🧠 @stacesmith94.bsky.social · 2d

Has social media peaked?

In emails uncovered earlier this year, Mark ...

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Stacie Smith (She/Her) 🇨🇦 🏒 🧠 @stacesmith94.bsky.social · 2d

Coperni Expands to Beauty With Probiotic Athleisure

The French label launched the C+ collection, an athleisure line blending beauty and fashion with ingredient-infused fabric.

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Stacie Smith (She/Her) 🇨🇦 🏒 🧠 @stacesmith94.bsky.social · 2d

Chimpanzees may consume equivalent of 1 alcoholic drink a day from fermented fruit, study finds

Chimpanzees may consume equivalent of 1 alcoholic drink a day from fermented fruit, study finds | CNN

Chimpanzees may consume the equivalent of about one alcoholic drink per day due to the ethanol contained within the fruit they eat, according to a new study.

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Blue Rodeo, a band that’s etched itself into Canadian music culture and history, is now literally etched into a corn maze in New Brunswick.

Stacie Smith (She/Her) 🇨🇦 🏒 🧠 @stacesmith94.bsky.social · 2d

Blue Rodeo honoured with corn maze marking 40th anniversary

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Stacie Smith (She/Her) 🇨🇦 🏒 🧠 @stacesmith94.bsky.social · 2d

Google Japan’s concept keyboard is inspired by rotary phones

Speedy touch typists might want to look away.

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Stacie Smith (She/Her) 🇨🇦 🏒 🧠 @stacesmith94.bsky.social · 3d

Nova Scotia government’s record-breaking deficit threatens province’s economic future

The government increased spending by $503 million beyond its spring budget projections.

In 2023 and 2024, Canada suffered 62 transportation such work stoppages.

Stacie Smith (She/Her) 🇨🇦 🏒 🧠 @stacesmith94.bsky.social · 3d

Labour disputes loom large over Canadian economy

The government's spending review will simply slow the pace of spending increases rather than actually cut spending.

Stacie Smith (She/Her) 🇨🇦 🏒 🧠 @stacesmith94.bsky.social · 3d

Carney government refuses to make tough decisions to avoid larger deficit

There's a robust supply of people from around the world who want to study, work and live in Canada.

Stacie Smith (She/Her) 🇨🇦 🏒 🧠 @stacesmith94.bsky.social · 3d

Population declines loom large over Canada and other countries

Wealth Inequality Revisited

Stacie Smith (She/Her) 🇨🇦 🏒 🧠 @stacesmith94.bsky.social · 3d

Differences in people’s age explains most wealth inequality in Canada