Across the street from Prince Albert’s City Hall.

Things I find in Co-Op that make me smile.

Canada Is About To Pass Sopa’s Evil Little Brother. Politely. →

demons:

livelaughawesome:

“I’m a Canadian.

We’re a quiet bunch; prone to enjoying hockey, drinking stronger beer than our friends south of the border, and lovers of fries smothered in cheese curds and gravy.

We also, apparently, have an inferiority complex when it comes to being evil dirt bags, because we’ve decided to pass our very own version of SOPA up here.

Only better*

Meet Bill-C11. Formerly Bill C-32. (I think they thought if they made the number lower people would care less about it?)

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But, as innocuous as it sounds, C-11 does a whole lot that SOPA did with a few extra twists you might not find in the Wikipedia write-up.

Like your PVR? You can’t keep it under C-11.

Like ripping CDs to your iPod? Say bye-bye.

Hey, do you want to be able to unlock your $500 smartphone and take it to a provider less dedicated to violating your wallet? That won’t be allowed either.

Did you get accused of internet piracy but no evidence has been presented and a trial date hasn’t even been set? Under C-11 your ISP will now be forced to terminate your internet access.

And people say that governments can’t be bought.

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There are only 14 days left people. Get active.”

Send a letter to your Member of Parliament now. The letters are prewritten, you just need to click send.

http://www.ccer.ca/success/

Come on non-Canadian people, please signal boost this for your Canadian friends.

Because anything that tries to threaten the internet threatens us all!

necrodelic:

 Banff

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Snowy ride home.

These mountains are amazing irl.

So close to Banff. Mountains! :D

Harry Colebourn and Winnipeg the bear, 1914.

"My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world."

Jack Layton, R.I.P

liarsparadox:

A 21-year-old page lost her job Friday after walking onto the Senate floor during the speech from the throne to protest against Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Brigette DePape, a recent University of Ottawa graduate, carried a sign reading “Stop Harper” and walked out in front of Gov. Gen. David Johnston as he read the afternoon speech.

Senate pages are hired for one to two years to work in the upper chamber, providing basic support to the senators during sittings and in committee meetings, which generally means fetching water, photocopying documents and passing messages. They tend to be politically engaged, but this type of protest is unprecedented.

DePape went as far as to prepare a news release, which a friend distributed after she was removed from the Senate chamber by security. The release identified her as Brigette Marcelle, but the Senate website and her email address identify her as Brigette DePape.

Good for her.

(via hitodeman)

rexhicks:

Pile of bison skulls, circa 1870.

In 1857, an explorer by the name of Captain James Palliser heard the Cree word “Oskana kasateki” which means “the bones that are piled together,” and the first Metis settlement called the area “Pile O’Bones.” The name finally adopted was suggested by Princess Louise, wife of the Governor General at the time. The Princess proposes the name “Regina” to honour her mother, Queen Victoria who was reigning at the time. [this has little connection to the picture, but I thought it was interesting~]