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'A terrible experience': Patients spent days on overflow stretchers in Corner Brook hospital | CBC News After spending six days on a hospital stretcher, Jaymee Miller said she hopes she never has to be admitted to the Western Memorial Regional Hospital in Corner Brook ever again.

Woman who spent six days on overflow stretcher in a small windowless room of Newfoundland hospital says experience was ‘degrading’ www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca

Thousands take to streets to protest cuts to N.S. arts grants | CBC News About 2,000 people gathered outside Province House in Halifax to let the Houston government know cuts to arts, tourism, culture and heritage sectors would cause irreparable harm to their industries.

Thousands take to streets to protest cuts to Nova Scotia arts funding
Premier Tim Houston defends cuts in budget, says 'something has to give'
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#defendnsbooks

Heated Rivalry author Rachel Reid speaks out against N.S. arts cuts: ‘The arts are why I live in Nova Scotia’ Artists and arts-industry workers have issued warnings after the province axed $130-million in provincial grants

'The proposed cuts would be devastating, and would drive even more talent out of the province....Please don’t do this”
Heated Rivalry author Rachel Reid speaks out against arts cuts: ‘The arts are why I live in Nova Scotia’ @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...
#defendnsbooks

Tim Houston, why are you attacking one of the province's most valuable natural resources - Nova Scotia's artists, writers, culture and heritage? Reverse the cuts, NOW!
#defendnsbooks @writersfedofns.bsky.social @nimbuspub.bsky.social @pottersfieldpress.bsky.social @afterwordsliterary.bsky.social

This is very true

'Old guy with a ruler' keeping Newfoundland informed through record-breaking snowfall ST. JOHN'S - A 62-year-old retiree with an arsenal of rulers has been keeping people informed about snowfall in eastern Newfoundland during a record-breaking winter.

Lloyd Leaman and his arsenal of rulers are keeping people informed during a record-breaking winter.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/environment/...

N.S. book publishers slammed by provincial government's cuts to creative sector | CBC News A Nova Scotian book publisher says the provincial government's cuts to the arts and culture sector are "soul-crushing" when sales have already been decimated by uncertainty in the U.S. market.

Nova Scotia book publishers slammed by government's 'soul-crushing' cuts to arts sector
Budget eliminates $700,000 publishers assistance program
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#DefendNSBooks @writersfedofns.bsky.social @afterwordsliterary.bsky.social @nimbuspub.bsky.social @pottersfieldpress.bsky.social

From blowing up icebergs, to simply towing them. Tactics changed to keep ships safe | CBC News Every year, thousands of people flock to Newfoundland’s shores to gaze at icebergs as they glide past. A McGill scientist made a similar journey a century ago, but instead of watching the bergs, he wa...

Every year, thousands of people flock to Newfoundland’s shores to gaze at icebergs as they glide past. A McGill scientist made a similar journey a century ago, but instead of watching the bergs, he was hunting them www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Birder calls foul over a lethal gull control program at Robin Hood Bay | CBC News The City of St. John's has killed more than 11,600 gulls at the Robin Hood Bay landfill due to Transport Canada concerns over safety of aircraft landing at the airport.

Fascinating. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A year after a major comic book distributor went bankrupt, N.L. shops are still reeling | CBC News Comic book shops and a publisher in St. John's are still grappling with the repercussions more than a year after a major distributor declared bankruptcy.

Spoke with @elwhitten.bsky.social for a story on how the Diamond Comics Distributors bankruptcy has affected comic shops and publishers in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Trump officials met group pushing Alberta independence from Canada Separatists from oil-rich province try to capitalise on friction between White House and Mark Carney

I think this is what you call foreign interference, and it goes well beyond running an ad featuring a Ronald Reagan speech.

Great to see Joseph Hewitt's comics in the Newfoundland and Labrador Public Library system! I encourage people to pick up The Voles of the Dusk (which I interviewed Joseph about in my book Off Panel: A History of NL Comix)

Drop the names of any Canadian companies you’ve seen working with ICE in the comments.

I’m aware of Gardaworld, Roshel, Hootsuite.

Would love to gather any and all other names.

Safety first! Just a quick snap inside a MUN lab for a story I'm working on... 🧊💥

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Submersed YouTube video by Brandy Schillace

We're back this week with SUBMERSED and Matthew Gavin Frank! Let's all dive in to the human need to go below depths on Thursday at 7 ET!

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“you didn’t give me the peace prize so now i’m just taking whatever i want”

Took this shot while walking around Beffroi de l'Hôtel de Ville d'Arras in Arras on a past trip. Hoping to go back soon!

Polio, Bubonic Plague, Smallpox compete to see who can re-establish themselves in Canada next MEDICINE HAT, AB - With the announcement that Canada has officially lost its measles elimination status, a new social media phenomenon has established where individuals have been taking sides on which...

Polio, Bubonic Plague, Smallpox compete to see who can re-establish themselves in Canada next

I get such a great list of book recommendations, things I wouldn't necessarily come across otherwise! And an amazing community

Naturally, I had to share it with people at work 🪩🐌

Yay! And where else am I going to learn (and be mildly horrified) about disco snail parasites?

Love being a part of the Peculiar Book Club! 🔬🎙️🦑

From lemonade with a hit of espresso to zesty soups, new Canadians are having a tasty impact on this bakery | CBC News Rocket Bakery co-owner Kelly Mansell says a lot of her staff are new Canadians who have a lot to share from their previous homes, including some delicious additions to the menu.

This was published a few days ago, but here it is for the bluesky folks: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... I chatted about the tasty impact new Canadians are having on this local shop 🍲

For the last century, this N.L. courtroom clock has gone tick-tock | CBC News For more than a century, one clock has been keeping time in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador. Clockmaker Chris Hamelmann, who repaired it a few years ago, says it’s a well-made instrumen...

Ever since I got an impromptu demo of the clock winding a few months back, I have wanted to do a story on it and now it's out! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... 🕰️

A vintage sepia-toned lithograph illustration titled "SCENE OF THE HARBOUR GRACE TRAGEDY. OCCURRED ON DECEMBER 27TH, 1883." The image shows a snowy winter landscape with a long line of people in dark 19th-century clothing, likely Orangemen, marching in formation along a railway track. Two parallel rows face each other across the tracks, with some holding flags, including a red one. In the foreground, a few individuals stand apart near the tracks, possibly officials or observers. Snow-covered hills with rocky outcrops rise in the background, along with sparse bare trees and distant buildings. Telegraph poles and wires run along the left side. The overall scene is dramatic and somber under a hazy sky.

On Dec. 26, 1883 in Harbour Grace in Newfoundland, hundreds of Protestants and Catholics began to fight each other in the street.
Four people were killed and the incident led to the fall of the island's government.
This is the story of the Harbour Grace Affray.

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He lives in Belgium, but wants to be Bell Island’s newest resident | CBC News Steve Douglas has owned the British grenadier Bookshop and Salient Tours in Ypres, Belgium since 2008, but is looking to sell and move to Newfoundland and Labrador.

While walking down Menin Street in Ypres, Belgium this fall I saw a sign in a window that said "Canada is not for sale, but this shop is" - and had to go meet the owner. That's how I found out Steve Douglas' connection to Newfoundland and Labrador
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Writing a book takes a lot of research, at least for me, here's a snap from my trip to Library and Archives in Ottawa a few years ago. So many nuggets of information about WWI gas masks!

a close up of a cartoon batman with his hand on his chin ALT: a close up of a cartoon batman with his hand on his chin

I have some neat documents instructing soldiers on how to care for their live saving hypo helmets. I got them a while back from my appointment at Library and Archives Canada... now where to put it in the manuscript? #amwriting

Here's my little guy Toby, quite exhausted after hosting brunch today 🥂