Canada eh and Oh Canada

Headlines from 1982 proclamation of the Charter

racoon on Toronto transit….

Swearing on Feathers in Ottawa Court Truth Swearing Oaths

Ujjal Dosanjh gestures as he stands in the House of Commons during Question Period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on April 20, 2010. Four former B.C. attorneys general, including Dosanjh, are calling for the legalization of marijuana, saying the current ban on pot is only fuelling gang violence and clogging the courts, but they’re not getting any support from the province’s current premier. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Pawel Dwulit

vancouver new year swing band man Dal Richards

West Vancouver, July 23, 2008 Dal Richards and his orchestra are performing a Sunset Concert at the Harmony Arts Festival Aug. 3. With David Gordon Duke story. (Photo: Undated handout) [PNG Merlin Archive]

WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 28: This file photo taken 28 April 1988, shows former US Vice President George Bush (R) as he shares a laugh with Canada’s former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, following a question from a reporter outside Bush’s residence in Washington, DC. Mulroney was scheduled to have a second meeting with former US President Ronald Reagan later in the day. AFP PHOTO Mike SPRAGUE (Photo credit should read MIKE SPRAGUE/AFP/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: POS1211221818313466

 

American and Canadian flags for Canada Day

B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell is shown in these police booking handout photos from Maui police on Friday Jan. 10, 2003. Campbell is facing an impaired driving charge in Hawaii.
(CP PHOTO/Maui Police-HO)

Trudeau and Fidel Castro, arrival in Havana 1976 mandatory credit: photo by Rod MacIvor/Ottawa Ottawa Citizen use only. : Trudeau: Photos by Rod MacIvor Ottawa Citizen use only. :

Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien(R) and Cuban leader Fidel Castro(L) wave to reporters 28 April at Havana’s Jose Marti Airport during a farewell ceremony for Chretien who returned to Canada following a three-day official visit to Cuba. Chretien called for the release of four prisoners detained without trial. AFP PHOTO/Adalberto ROQUE

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau speaks to media during a break at the federal Liberal summer caucus meeting in Edmonton on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Bat man and Cat Woman?

Prime Minister John Diefenbaker is seen here with U.S. President John F. Kennedy in Ottawa in 1961. (CP PHOTOS)

Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, left, greets President George W. Bush during their meeting in Quebec City, Canada, Friday, April 20, 2001. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper and U.S. President Barack Obama (R) talk before a working session of a G7 summit at the hotel castle Elmau in Kruen, Germany, June 8, 2015. Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) industrial nations vowed at a summit in the Bavarian Alps on Sunday to keep sanctions against Russia in place until President Vladimir Putin and Moscow-backed separatists fully implement the terms of a peace deal for Ukraine. REUTERS/Michael Kappeler/Pool

The then US and Russian presidents, Bill Clinton, left, and Boris Yeltsin, right, with Canadian premier Brian Mulroney in 1993. Picture: Getty

Peter Mansbridge CBC News Oil Price Butterfly

The Governor-General settles in.

Political Spectrum (Hans Slomp European version)

TOTAL RECALL, Michael Ironside, 1990

Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper delivers a statement during a photo opportunity with ambassadors to Canada from Ukraine, Estonia, Poland and Latvia in his Langevin Block office in Ottawa April 14, 2014. Chris Wattie/Reuters CREDIT: Photo illustration by Levi Nicholson and Richard Redditt

 

Creston, B.C.- 08/03/04- On a ridge above the Bountiful comminity, painted white stones with the reminder…KEEP SWEET. Ian Smith/Vancouver Sun [PNG Merlin Archive]

DCF 1.0

DCF 1.0

DCF 1.0

Liberal MP Marc Garneau announces his candidacy for the Liberal party leadership Wednesday, November 28, 2012 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

***FREELANCE PHOTO – POSTMEDIA NETWORK USE ONLY*** TORONTO: DECEMBER 1, 2013 — Prime Minster Stephen Harper performs with his band Herringbone at the 2013 Negev Dinner, hosted by the Jewish National Fund of Toronto, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013. The Prime Minister announced that he will be making his first official visit to the Middle East in 2014, visiting Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority. (Matthew Sherwood for National Post)

View of the “Second Narrows” Bridge towards the pier where the spans collapsed (photo by James Marsh).

Marc Garneau takes part in the Liberal leadership debate in Mississauga, Ont., on Saturday, February 16, 2103. Sources close to Garneau say he is pulling out of the party’s leadership race in the face of what appears to be an insurmountable lead for front-runner Justin Trudeau. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Justin Trudeau, left, and Marc Garneau exchange views at the Liberal party leadership debate in Halifax on Sunday, March 3, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

Mission specialist Marc Garneau of Canada waves to photographers as he leaves the Operations and Checkout Building on Nov. 30, 2000. A senior federal minister warmly thanked Liberal MP Marc Garneau for helping to get the Canadarm displayed in a national museum — just three weeks before Garneau was snubbed at the official unveiling. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP,Chris O’Meara

Nina Grewal Says, ‘Political Correctness Is Diluting Christmas’

MANDATORY PHOTO CREDIT: Collection of Red Robinson
Vancouver, Aug. 16, 2007 Elvis Presley with Vancouver disc jockey Red Robinson before his concert at Empire Stadium on Aug. 31, 1957. With John Mackie story. [PNG Merlin Archive] MAKING HEADLINES

prv082899robinson01–SEEEMMA POOLE STORY FOR CITY– Aug. 28,1999 — North Vancouver, B.C. — Sunday is Red Robinson Day at the Pne. Robinson introduced the Beatles in 1964 and Elvis in 1957 at Empire Stadium. LES BAZSO/PROVINCE [PNG Merlin Archive]

FILE–Queen Elizabeth II signs Canada’s constitutional proclamation in Ottawa on April 17, 1982 as Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau looks on. Michael Pitfield in glasses is showing Queen Elizabeth where to sign the document. It¾s filled with high-flying rhetoric, but it was the product of backroom wheeling and dealing. Its purpose is to safeguard individual liberty, but it can be overruled in the name of the common good. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which marks its 25th anniversary this month, is a uniquely Canadian document. Photo by Wayne Cuddington, The Ottawa Citizen. file number 82-2127 constitution Can be used with Randy Boswell (Postmedia News). CHARTER-MODEL

DCF 1.0

Prime Minister Stephen Harper shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the APEC summit in Vladivostok, Russia, Saturday Sept 8, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Dead Like Me TV Series starring Ellen Muth, Callum Blue, Jasmine Guy, Cynthia Stevenson, Mandy Patinkin, Britt McKillip, Christine Willes, Laura Harris and Rebecca Gayheart [dvdbash]

Dead Like Me TV Series starring Ellen Muth, Callum Blue, Jasmine Guy, Cynthia Stevenson, Mandy Patinkin, Britt McKillip, Christine Willes, Laura Harris and Rebecca Gayheart [dvdbash]

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google search “John Baird gay” less than 1 second this shows up
do straight guy sit like that with their buddies?
I don’t know any straight guys, so you tell me
(yes I am a lesbian. so this is okay if it is confusing to you. conservative queers are confusing to us too.)

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) Legislative Conference and Presidential Forum in Washington, Tuesday, March 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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International Yoga Day – a grand old tradition dating back all of 6 months.
National Aboriginal Day – declared for Canada in 1996.

Tom Mulcair’s face says it all in dealing with Bernard Valcourt’s refusal to stand for the murdered and missing Indigenous women

I’d rather the problems be solved by his son, than wait for Harper’s granddaughter… unborn right?

   

Photo by Yemeni photographer Boushra al-Moutawakel.

 

Meanwhile in Canada
During this season of peace, may we reflect on who we are and who we truly want to be.
Poster inspired by a tweet from Kelly Gaudreau.

    

Harper Smiles as Canada joins the Crusades 2.0 in progress

Conservative response to Canada declaring Crusades 2.0 Canada Edition

Hycroft Manor Vancouver BC Canada – a swanky dress party

Peaceful Parenting, Atheism, and Anarchism
September 19 ·
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VERSE OF THE DAY:
“You must kill them all – every man, woman, and child – except the young virgin girls. Keep the virgins for yourselves.” – Numbers 31:15-41
No, no – of course… It wasn’t religion that called for the killing of all the men, women, and children – it was Moses. You know, just one of the central prophets of Christianity – the purveyor of the Ten Commandments that are still displayed very prominently in many public places and referenced when people are in need of piety.
QUESTION: Where was God during these slaughters? Well… sitting back, waiting for his 32 virgins.
http://www.awkwardmomentsbible.com/32virgins/
Get the Awkward Moments Children’s Bible here ➤ http://amzn.to/1cqqsth
(Book is not actually for children)
#Awkward Moments Children’s Bible

raw recovery specialist – I did this photo so I would have a reminder to drink water. Hydration is critical to managing diabetes.

public-history-under-harper-government/article19798322/

 

Nina Tryggvason this is awesome. we need to make this go viral. I would like to feature it on my blog https://dykewriter.wordpress.com
is that okay? i had someone freak a me for blogging their meme – even though I gave full source credit
source: sun news

https://dykewriter.wordpress.com/2014/02/11/symbols-of-authority-hobby-or-fetish/

Nina’s new meme series: Queens of Comedy

Women in Film & Television (Vancouver Chapter) Spotlight Gala 2007
Theme: Film Noir
Me: Nosy Landlady
Location: Hycroft Manor
Left to Right: with Meghan Ciana Doidge, Sarah Deakins. Nina Tryggvason and Christine Willes – see also: https://dykewriter.wordpress.com/2013/08/09/raw-recovery-process-double-tv-character-feature-christine-willes/

it haunts me every time I share this
to think of that 30 something woman who died in a ditch in Abbotsford BC last year
she fell through the cracks of the health care system
she had very involved family who said of her “she had a happy childhood.”
this was a week after I made this meme
when I read that in the newspaper, it was all I could do to not start crying and screaming in public
but that would have resulted in me being taken away by first responders
who I am the most afraid of of all people
December 12, 2013
this is the 50th share

This is the official Vancouver audience photo of The Beatles 1964.
The woman that I am pointing to is my Auntie Diane.
My Mom was just outside of the frame.
But there is video of her screaming “I love you Paul”
I saw it on the 80s video show Good Rocking tonight

 

Moment in time: Jan. 7, 1950, Hank Snow makes his first appearance at Grand Ole Opry — Before he sold more than 70 million records and had Elvis Presley as an opening act, Clarence Eugene “Hank” Snow struggled to establish himself. He was born in Brooklyn, N.S., and went to sea on fishing schooners as a 12-year-old cabin boy. With his first pay he bought a guitar for $5.95 and taught himself to play. By the time he was 19, he had developed the style that would one day make him famous. But first he paid his dues, touring county fairs all across Canada. At age 36 he was invited to play the Grand Ole Opry, the country music mecca in Nashville. The singer “from up Canada way,” as his introduction had it, received a lukewarm reception, but later that year his song I’m Movin’ On topped the country charts and he was invited back for each of the next 45 years. Hank the Singing Ranger died in 1999. – Mark Hume
Photo: AP

without apology to Margaret Meed
warning: viewing may be distressing, 9/11 content

 

circa 2006

“The growing mobilization against Harper: Not your ordinary revolution
Scientists. Doctors. Nuclear engineers. Academics. Researchers. Stephen Harper has a big problem.
He has ticked them all off. And they are not suffering their grievances or concerns for informed, fact-based public policy and decision-making, the environment, the health of Canada’s most vulnerable citizens and the safety of all of us in silence.
No. Instead they are protesting, marching, disrupting government news conferences. They are mobilizing.
Their website notes that the only specific evidence “Mr. Harper wants the public to know about is that which supports his political objectives and ideology. That’s not science, that’s propaganda.”
http://rabble.ca/news/2012/07/growing-mobilization-against-harper-not-your-ordinary-revolution

 

for a long time
the only people I could bear to talk to were combat Vets
but this book has more meaning to me than the content.

Spotlight Gala 2007
Theme: Film Noir
Me: Nosy Landlady
Location: Hycroft Manor — with Meghan Ciana Doidge and Sarah Deakins. and Christine Willes