What a huge loss for Canada. Lloyd Robertson was a giant in Canadian news journalism and broadcasting. They don’t make them like Lloyd any more. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Did the Canadian federal government adopt quietly British spelling for its documents when the U.S. bullshit started? Two thoughts: 1. I support it 2. I love that there are people who (a) noticed, and (b) were so enamoured of the idea they literally wrote the PM lethbridgeherald.com/news/nationa...

Some Canadians tell Carney Ottawa's spelling protocol should lean British

OTTAWA — It seems some Canadians feel quite at home with the federal government's preference for British spelling. Messages to Prime Minister Mark Carney

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"I saw a TikTok video of something called the Vancouver Island Healthcare Infusion... Watching those TikToks, I thought, Maybe I could live there." #nanaimo #canada #cdnpoli ✅ READ THE FULL ARTICLE: macleans.ca/society/kell...

It's Try-It Tuesday! 🇨🇦 If you're out shopping today, buy a Canadian-made product that 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 and tell us about it in the comments here ⬇️

TODAY IN CANADA: In 1921, Maurice "Rocket" Richard was born in Montréal. In 1944 he scored all five goals in a 5-1 win over Toronto, then was named all three stars of the game, a first in league history. 🏒 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗦𝗔𝗬: Who was the greatest Canadien of all time?

This week's Cannections puzzle is live! We're going easy on you again this week, for a pretty simple puzzle, but they'll start getting harder soon! games.hey.cafe/cannections

It’s time for Pete “Chucklehead” Hoekstra, the American ambassador to Canada, to get the f**k out of our country. 1️⃣ Sign the House of Commons petition at b.link/chucklehead 2️⃣ Download this artwork at chucklehead.todmaffin.com and put it on shirts, signs, or whatever you want.

ACROSS 3. Out, as a secret once was 5. What Newton watched an apple do 6. Cast iron prep DOWN 1. Homophone of a preposition meaning "toward" 2. Multnomah and Niagara 4. Perseus used to dodge a deadly gaze 7. A common demonstrative pronoun

Does anyone in #Nanaimo know how much it would cost to charter a seaplane from Nanaimo harbour to Holberg, and then back again? Like, roughly.

In less than 24 hours, more than 3600 people have visited the "Give Owl Magazine to a Disadvantaged Canadian Child" campaign at owl.todmaffin.com If everyone who visited bought the subscription (it's NOT recurring), that's equal to 50% of the entire elementary school population of Nunavut ❤️

TODAY IN CANADA: In 1957 Canada and the US created NORAD, putting the two countries' air defences under one shared command to watch for Soviet bombers The U.S. ambassador to Canada, Chucklehead Hoekstra, has threatened that "NORAD would have to be altered" if Canada didn't buy US-made fighter jets.

Some kids have never gotten mail that wasn't a notification; let's fix that.

Some kids have never gotten mail that wasn't a notification; let's fix that.

Some kids have never gotten mail that wasn't a notification; let's fix that. 📰 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥: newsletter.todmaffin.com 👕 𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗖𝗛: shop.todmaffin.com 🎙️ 𝗣𝗢𝗗𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧: mirrorfalls.com ☕ Help support my work: support.todmaffin.com 🔗 Follow me on social: links.todmaffin.com ✉️ Contact my team: contact.todmaffin.com

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Later today, I'll be revealing my latest secret project — a project months in the making, that will help kids get off the social media algorithms.... and back outside. Stay tuned!

On today's date in 1957, the Distant Early Warning Line went fully operational, a chain of Canadian

On today's date in 1957, the Distant Early Warning Line went fully operational, a chain of Canadian

On today's date in 1957, the Distant Early Warning Line went fully operational, a chain of Canadian Arctic radar stations built to spot Soviet bombers. It stretched nearly 5,000 kilometres from Alaska to Greenland. DID YOU KNOW: The sub-plot of Tod's original fiction podcast series "Mirror Falls" involves the Distant Early Warning Line. Listen wherever you get podcasts or https://MirrorFalls.com 📰 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥: newsletter.todmaffin.com 👕 𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗖𝗛: shop.todmaffin.com 🎙️ 𝗣𝗢𝗗𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧: mirrorfalls.com ☕ Help support my work: support.todmaffin.com 🔗 Follow me on social: links.todmaffin.com ✉️ Contact my team: contact.todmaffin.com

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On today's date in 1957, the Distant Early Warning Line went fully operational, a chain of Canadian Arctic radar stations built to spot Soviet bombers. It stretched nearly 5,000 kilometres from Alaska to Greenland. 💡 The subplot of Tod's podcast Mirror Falls is about the DEW Line. mirrorfalls.com

There's no way that this new AI image generation feature in Google Earth, one of the most reliable sources of visual evidence for journalists and researchers, could possibly be abused to spread misinformation online and damage trust in satellite images. Absolutely no cause for concern here at all.

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Google Earth, a tool often used as a source of satellite imagery to verify photos and videos, has added a feature that allows you to alter satellite imagery with AI, for reasons. blog.google/products-and...

CONFIRMED: The boycott is working, Americans moving to cut a deal

CONFIRMED: The boycott is working, Americans moving to cut a deal

CONFIRMED: The boycott is working, Americans moving to cut a deal 📰 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥: newsletter.todmaffin.com 👕 𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗖𝗛: shop.todmaffin.com 🎙️ 𝗣𝗢𝗗𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧: mirrorfalls.com ☕ Help support my work: support.todmaffin.com 🔗 Follow me on social: links.todmaffin.com ✉️ Contact my team: contact.todmaffin.com

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“[The #Nanaimo Infusion] has provided a noticeable boost in staffing — not only at the hospital, but also at medical clinics across the region, helping address a chronic shortage of care providers. nanaimonewsnow.com/2026/07/30/n...

On this date in 1962, British Columbia premier W.A.C. Bennett pulled off a deeply Canadian passive-aggressive move. He cut the ribbon on the Trans-Canada Highway near Revelstoke, weeks before the feds' planned national ceremony at Rogers Pass. 🚗 What's your favourite stretch of the Highway?

Great nations don't die, they just stop being taken seriously

Great nations don't die, they just stop being taken seriously

Great nations don't die, they just stop being taken seriously 📰 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥: newsletter.todmaffin.com 👕 𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗖𝗛: shop.todmaffin.com 🎙️ 𝗣𝗢𝗗𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧: mirrorfalls.com ☕ Help support my work: support.todmaffin.com 🔗 Follow me on social: links.todmaffin.com ✉️ Contact my team: contact.todmaffin.com

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🇮🇸 Did you know there's a place called New Iceland in Canada? On today's date in 1873, 285 Icelandic settlers arrived in Québec, bound for Manitoba. Fleeing volcanic eruptions and famine, they went on to found New Iceland on the shores of Lake Winnipeg.

I read the Canada Gazette so you don’t have to…

I read the Canada Gazette so you don’t have to…

I read the Canada Gazette so you don’t have to… 📰 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥: newsletter.todmaffin.com 👕 𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗖𝗛: shop.todmaffin.com 🎙️ 𝗣𝗢𝗗𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧: mirrorfalls.com ☕ Help support my work: support.todmaffin.com 🔗 Follow me on social: links.todmaffin.com ✉️ Contact my team: contact.todmaffin.com

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On today's date in 1921, Frederick Banting and Charles Best isolated insulin in Toronto from a dog's pancreas. Within months, it saved human lives and earned Canada its first Nobel Prize.

You can now play Cannections online! Anthony Lee, who runs the fantastic Canadian social network Hey.Cafe, created this app out of the clues I came up with. ✅ PLAY IT NOW: cannections.hey.cafe New puzzles every Monday.

Introducing... Tod's Clubhouse 🇨🇦 No ads, no cost, and no anger algorithm. Just a tiny social network for people who still hold doors. ✅ clubhouse.todmaffin.com Doesn't YOUR feed need more joy and decency in it? Also check out the bigger #Canada networks: Eh!, Hey.Café, Gander, and North Social.

🇨🇦 Canada Fact of the Day: Mary Simon was installed as Canada's 30th governor general, its first Indigenous one, on today's date in 2021.

How to make Naneemonineamou bars

How to make Naneemonineamou bars

How to make Naneemonineamou bars 📰 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥: newsletter.todmaffin.com 👕 𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗖𝗛: shop.todmaffin.com 🎙️ 𝗣𝗢𝗗𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧: mirrorfalls.com ☕ Help support my work: support.todmaffin.com 🔗 Follow me on social: links.todmaffin.com ✉️ Contact my team: contact.todmaffin.com

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Come for Confederation, stay for the Cheezies

Come for Confederation, stay for the Cheezies

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BREAKING: Trump vows #tariffs to come for Canada over wildfire smoke [CBC]. Oh noes! I can't even begin to imagine what this will do to our financial markets. Oh, wait...

I made 12 (!) videos about Canada, the tariffs, and stupid science this week. ✅ Missed any? Check them all out at www.youtube.com/@todmaffinvi... My favourite: "Wildfires: A Musical Fact Check" www.youtube.com/shorts/60JTV...