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JanYEG🇨🇦 🍁
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Proud Canadian, coffee drinker, fan of slippers and plaid shirts, likes cats, dogs and birds, enjoys sci-fi esp. Star Trek, amateur cyclist, kindness is everything, true north strong and free, ABC 🍁

🍁 Long live Canada / Vive le Canada 🍁
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Main gates to the beautiful Halifax Public Gardens in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 🍁

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFramed #Photography #YHZ #Garden #NationalHistoricSite
Halifax Public Gardens were founded by the Nova Scotia Horticultural Society in 1836 and were recognized as a Canadian National Historic Site in 1984. Photo shows the main black metal gates and gate surround framing a pedestrian wearing orange shirt and tan pants. Green leafy trees are in the background.
February 10, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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Every Monday, quick and easy

#health #flu #RSV #Covid-19 #FluWatchers
aerinj.bsky.social Aerin Jacob, PhD @aerinj.bsky.social · Sep 6
Join the community science project “Flu Watchers” (🇨🇦 wide).

public.cnphi-rcrsp.ca/fluWatcher/r...

Help track common viruses like flu, RSV, & COVID-19.

Each week you get an email asking if you’ve had a cough or fever. It takes 20 seconds, max.
February 9, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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Fairmont le Château Frontenac in Québec City, Québec. Named for Louis de Buade, comte de Palluau et Frontenac, Governor General of New France from 1672 to 1682, and 1689 to 1698.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEponymous #Photography #YQB
Fairmont le Château Frontenac in Québec City, Québec, Canada in the background with half bright blue sky and half white clouds. Foreground are several green leaves, old stone building roofs and chimneys in front of green trees.
February 2, 2026 at 11:28 PM
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Cloudy skies over the Wîhkwêntôwin neighbourhood in Edmonton, Canada 🍁

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDramatic #Photography #YEG #Clouds
Dramatic sky showing clouds in front of the sun over the highrise buildings at the south boundary of the neighbourhood of Wîhkwêntôwin in Edmonton, Canada. Photo is taken from the Groat Bridge crossing over the North Saskatchewan River. Wîhkwêntôwin is a Cree word with an English translation of "circle of friends"
January 27, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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Rose bushes from a sunny morning last summer in Edmonton, Canada 🍁

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCloseup #Photography #YEG
Red rose bush in foreground, green leaves in background on a sunny morning last summer in Edmonton, Canada
January 20, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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Books and a cute furball aka Mini Labradoodle 📚🐾

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBooks #Photography #Dogs
a tan/dark grey Labradoodle with books and gift items in the background.
January 16, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAbstract
Globelike sphere made of grey metal with turquoise glass circles.
January 10, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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Three zeros (actually the letter O but artistic license...) in the colourful sign in Corner Brook, NL, Canada 🍁

Corner Brook is definitely not a zero. Well worth a visit to this beautiful city.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekZforZero #Photography #CornerBrook #NL
Three zeros (actually the letter O but artistic license...) in the colourful city sign in Corner Brook, NL, Canada. The colours range from blue to purple to orange to yellow to green. There is green grass in the foreground and the background has grass and trees and an apartment building.
December 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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The smallest desert in the world, covering an square area of 2.6 km. Carcross Desert, Yukon, Canada 🍁

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekYforYearPast #Photography #Yukon
Carcross Desert sign with sand in the foreground and evergreen trees, mountains and cloudy skies in the background. Carcross Desert in Yukon, Canada is the smallest desert in the world, covering an square area of 2.6 km.
December 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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www.canada.ca/en/agricultu...

Reduced reliance on imports

The new 3-year, $10-million Growing Greenhouses program aims to stimulate industry growth and provide fresh fruit and vegetables to Albertans throughout the year.
Governments of Canada and Alberta are growing Alberta’s fresh food future - Canada.ca
A new program funded by the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership will accelerate expansion in Alberta greenhouses and vertical farms.
www.canada.ca
December 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Merry Christmas / Joyeux Noël 🎄

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekXforXmas #Photography #MerryChristmas #JoyeuxNoël
Four tea lights in front of a wooden Noël sign. A nutcracker and a pine tree are standing between the N and the o. The sign is in front of a photograph of a partially snow covered bicycle with a front woven basket. Another nutcracker stands guard beside the sign.
December 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Dans un monde dangereux et divisé, le Canada et l’Europe renforcent leur partenariat de défense.

Nous profiterons d’un meilleur accès à de l’équipement pour nos forces armées, à plus d'investissements au Canada et à d'énormes possibilités pour nos travailleurs et entreprises.
Capture d'écran d'un article de Radio-Canada intitulé : Défense : le Canada participera à un programme européen d'armement.
December 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Windows, and tulips, at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 🍁

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWforWindows #Photography #YOW #Ontario #Canada #tulips
Dozens of mostly white tulips, with a few red and one yellow/red tulip in front of windows beside the entrance to the Canada Aviation and Space Museum in Canada's capital city, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, June 2019.
December 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Here I am standing beside the Iconic totem poles in front of the Carcross Tagish First Nation Learning Centre in Carcross, Yukon, Canada.

#AlphabetChallege #WeekVforVowels #Photography #Yukon
Here I am standing in front of the Carcross Tagish First Nation Learning Centre in Carcross, Yukon. There is one totem pole for each of the six clans in the First Nation. The sky is overcast.
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Congratulations, Dolly! We love to see it!
Dolly Parton Was Just Awarded Her First Oscar—And Her Poignant Speech Has Fans Cheering
www.comicsands.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Rusted car in north Kelowna, Canada 🍁

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUnloved #Photography #OldCars #YLW
Old car with rusted body and missing or broken windows sitting under two pine trees on a sunny day in north Kelowna, Canada. June 2022
November 17, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Shadows on one of the trestle bridges in Mill Creek Park, Edmonton, Canada 🍁

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekSforShadows #Photography #Cycling #YEG
Shadows from the railings and a cyclist resting on one of the trestle bridges in Mill Creek Park in Edmonton, Canada. Green trees and blue sky with some wispy clouds.
November 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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#RemembranceDay #Veterans
Canadian Armed Forces members in uniform walking toward an open door of a hangar. The text on the image reads: November 11 - The most unforgettable day of the year. Remember Canada’s Veterans. The Canada wordmark is in the bottom right hand corner.
November 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Rocky shoreline, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada 🍁
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekRforRock #Photography #PEI #YYG
Low tide and rocky shoreline with a few yellow flowers, green trees and a clear blue sky. Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Sep 2022
November 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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NDP leader Naheed Nenshi pulled few punches today…

Not only did he condemn Smith’s claim Peter Lougheed would support her attack on human rights…

He called her and the entire UCP caucus cowards.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
October 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Thank you to my fellow Albertans who signed and volunteered. Thank you Thomas! We are proud Canadians! #ABleg #ABpoli #Cdnpoli #Canpoli
Forever Canadian 456365
October 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Quiet, serene, calm, peaceful and awesome, Kluane National Park and Reserve, Yukon, Canada 🍁

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekQforQuiet #Photography #Yukon #Mountains
a few evergreen trees and bare bushes in the foreground and in the background are Kathleen Lake and the Saint Elias mountain range, Kluane National Park and Reserve, Yukon, Canada. Oct 2025
October 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Pink flowers in Gibsons, BC

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPink #Photography #BC #SunshineCoast
Pink flowers, yellow flowers and green foliage with a brick pathway along the side of a house on the Sunshine Coast in Gibsons, BC. June 2022
October 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving, Canada.
October 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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You haven't already signed the #foreverCanadian petition you can find a signing location at the link below
This would be a great thing to do on Thanksgiving weekend
www.forever-canadian.ca/sign-the-pet...
Forever Canadian Official Campaign Website
Forever Canadian campaign is a grassroots coalition of Canadians aimed at reinforcing Canadian unity. It is a proactive vehicle to secure Alberta's continued place in Canada.
www.forever-canadian.ca
October 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM