Stephen Jeffery
@stephenej.bsky.social
Australian-Canadian. Producer at The Australian Financial Review. Formerly of The Hill Times and The Canberra Times. He/him
Adjusting back into Australian society very well, thank you very much, why do you ask?
June 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Adjusting back into Australian society very well, thank you very much, why do you ask?
Wildfires have been burning in the region surrounding Kenora due to heat and strong winds.
Today, it's snowing.
Today, it's snowing.
May 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Wildfires have been burning in the region surrounding Kenora due to heat and strong winds.
Today, it's snowing.
Today, it's snowing.
Spotted between Manitoulin Island and Sault Ste. Marie today (I was not ready with the camera, hence the very zoomed in shot through the back window)
May 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Spotted between Manitoulin Island and Sault Ste. Marie today (I was not ready with the camera, hence the very zoomed in shot through the back window)
Ottawa serving up an absolute passport-shredder of a day on my last weekend here.
May 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Ottawa serving up an absolute passport-shredder of a day on my last weekend here.
Spending the hour ahead of the Newfoundland polls closing focused on something completely different
April 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Spending the hour ahead of the Newfoundland polls closing focused on something completely different
And some wags in the comments are getting in on it.
April 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
And some wags in the comments are getting in on it.
How I expect this news will go down in the motherland:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
April 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
How I expect this news will go down in the motherland:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Before CN Tower stair climb/after CN Tower climb. Observation deck was surrounded by cloud when I arrived, but it didn't matter. Big proponent of escalators and lifts now.
April 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Before CN Tower stair climb/after CN Tower climb. Observation deck was surrounded by cloud when I arrived, but it didn't matter. Big proponent of escalators and lifts now.
Luv 2 get crypto scams pretending to be CBC posted as ads on my Facebook feed, months after the CBC told Meta this was an issue www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
March 31, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Luv 2 get crypto scams pretending to be CBC posted as ads on my Facebook feed, months after the CBC told Meta this was an issue www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Anything exciting happening in Ottawa this weekend?
March 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Anything exciting happening in Ottawa this weekend?
You know it's going well when ads for hotels in Florida targeting Canadians in late winter have mostly laugh or angry reactions, and the advertiser has turned the comments off.
March 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
You know it's going well when ads for hotels in Florida targeting Canadians in late winter have mostly laugh or angry reactions, and the advertiser has turned the comments off.
EPIC, the Irish Emigration Museum, may need to update this graphic after last week (pic taken last year)
March 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
EPIC, the Irish Emigration Museum, may need to update this graphic after last week (pic taken last year)
We have a prime minister again
March 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
We have a prime minister again
Gatineau erasure in the SMH travel quiz
March 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Gatineau erasure in the SMH travel quiz
GrogWatch addendum:
A note at the bottom of BC Liquor's website says some U.S. products are currently unavailable. British Columbia is stopping the sale of alcohol from Republican-controlled states.
A note at the bottom of BC Liquor's website says some U.S. products are currently unavailable. British Columbia is stopping the sale of alcohol from Republican-controlled states.
March 4, 2025 at 11:33 PM
GrogWatch addendum:
A note at the bottom of BC Liquor's website says some U.S. products are currently unavailable. British Columbia is stopping the sale of alcohol from Republican-controlled states.
A note at the bottom of BC Liquor's website says some U.S. products are currently unavailable. British Columbia is stopping the sale of alcohol from Republican-controlled states.
There is now a note on the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation's website that it'll stop selling U.S. products.
PEI, Quebec and Manitoba have done the same, but there's nothing on their homepages at the moment.
PEI, Quebec and Manitoba have done the same, but there's nothing on their homepages at the moment.
March 4, 2025 at 11:26 PM
There is now a note on the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation's website that it'll stop selling U.S. products.
PEI, Quebec and Manitoba have done the same, but there's nothing on their homepages at the moment.
PEI, Quebec and Manitoba have done the same, but there's nothing on their homepages at the moment.
Reuploaded with alt text
March 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Reuploaded with alt text
Here are a couple of shopfronts in Ottawa, the pics taken between the February tariff backdown and the implementation this morning. Canadians are angry, and are taking more action than just booing the U.S. anthem at hockey games.
March 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Here are a couple of shopfronts in Ottawa, the pics taken between the February tariff backdown and the implementation this morning. Canadians are angry, and are taking more action than just booing the U.S. anthem at hockey games.
Newfoundland and Labrador's liquor board's website notes that all American products will not be available until further notice. Ontario's liquor board's site is down as it removes "while we remove U.S. products in response to U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods."
March 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Newfoundland and Labrador's liquor board's website notes that all American products will not be available until further notice. Ontario's liquor board's site is down as it removes "while we remove U.S. products in response to U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods."
Voted in my first Canadian election!
No Democracy Sausage, so had to improvise with Democracy Chook
No Democracy Sausage, so had to improvise with Democracy Chook
February 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Voted in my first Canadian election!
No Democracy Sausage, so had to improvise with Democracy Chook
No Democracy Sausage, so had to improvise with Democracy Chook
Got out before the snow started.
February 16, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Got out before the snow started.
Personal brag: for the first time, I did a return trip on the full 7.8 km of the Rideau Canal Skateway yesterday. Given I could barely stand on skates last time it was fully open, I was pretty happy! A great distraction from The Horrors™
February 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Personal brag: for the first time, I did a return trip on the full 7.8 km of the Rideau Canal Skateway yesterday. Given I could barely stand on skates last time it was fully open, I was pretty happy! A great distraction from The Horrors™