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Since we're doing Buy Canadian, what's some Canadian media worth checking out?
  • From the music section of the Great Canadian Library:

    One from the prairies

    And one from the east coast

  • www.leadedsolder.com Let’s Make A Space Shooter With Nintendo Family BASIC

    Nintendo’s Famicom game console had an implementation of the BASIC programming language available for the system. The Family BASIC cartridge is studied, and a space shooter game is programmed with it.

    Let’s Make A Space Shooter With Nintendo Family BASIC
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    Ontario slaps 25% increase on electricity exports to U.S. in response to Trump's trade war

    apnews.com Ontario slaps 25% tax increase on electricity exports to US in response to Trump's trade war

    Ontario’s premier, the leader of Canada’s most populous province, is now charging 25% more for electricity shipped to 1.5 million Americans.

    Ontario slaps 25% tax increase on electricity exports to US in response to Trump's trade war

    cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/34158085

    > Ontario’s premier, the leader of Canada’s most populous province, announced that effective Monday his province is charging 25% more for electricity to 1.5 million Americans in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war. > "... the impact on Minnesota if Canadian potash fertilizer gets caught up in the trade war. “If it starts with this, the one that I’m really worried about is potash, when it comes behind it. If they do potash, that’s a big one on agriculture,” he said."

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    Measles outbreak reported in northern Alberta community of John D'Or Prairie [CBC]
  • Ah, thanks! I should have reloaded and checked again... And thanks for the welcome too!

  • Measles case reported at Montreal Canadiens game

    globalnews.ca Measles case reported at Montreal Canadiens game | Globalnews.ca

    The warning applies to people who were at the Canadiens-Sabres game on March 3.

    Measles case reported at Montreal Canadiens game  | Globalnews.ca

    Concerns are mounting as the number of measles cases in Canada continues to rise. In Quebec, the current outbreak has grown to 31 cases. Pediatric infectious diseases expert at the Montreal Children's Hospital, Dr. Earl Rubin, joins Global News Morning’s host Laura Casella with more.

    The warning applies to people who were at the Canadiens-Sabres game between 5:30 p.m. and midnight, in red sections 111 to 117, as well as employees of Tim Hortons and Pizza Pizza stands at the Bell Centre.

    “Measles contacts who are not protected against this disease are recommended to isolate themselves at home until March 17 inclusive,” public health said in a statement on Monday.

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    Polls open in Greenland for parliamentary elections as Trump seeks control of the strategic island

    apnews.com Polls open in Greenland for parliamentary elections as Trump seeks control of the strategic island

    Polls have opened in Greenland for early parliamentary elections Tuesday as U.S. President Donald Trump seeks control of the strategic Arctic island.

    Polls open in Greenland for parliamentary elections as Trump seeks control of the strategic island

    Polls have opened in Greenland for early parliamentary elections Tuesday as U.S. President Donald Trump seeks control of the strategic Arctic island.

    The self-governing region of Denmark is home to 56,000 people, most from Indigenous Inuit backgrounds, and occupies a strategic North Atlantic location.

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    Measles outbreak reported in northern Alberta community of John D'Or Prairie

    So Measles is a thing again?

    "The outbreak could include the first cases of measles in Alberta this year, according to the latest data.

    As of Monday evening, three people in the same household were confirmed to have contracted the virus, according to Little Red River Cree Nation Chief Conroy Sewepagaham. "

    EDIT: for link inclusion, sorry, new workflow for me :)

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  • 'morning! I'm in. Though I scrubbed my reddit content back in the 'strike' my eyeballs still regularly contributed to their site. I guess I'm stopping that now too. Small steps, as they say. Looking forward it.