ryanflanagan.bsky.social
Former journalist now working in media relations. Living in Kitchener after a few years away.
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I'm Canadian so often have the choice between U.S. and world feeds. This tournament is the first time I've ever picked the U.S. feed over the world feed for the same match. They're doing a great job.
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Some of these communities are one road in, one road out. Pukatawagan doesn't even have that -- the only ways in and out are by air and water. And it isn't safe to use the airport right now.
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The size of these four fires combined is larger than the entire City of Winnipeg. A fifth fire, which has prompted an evacuation order farther north in Lynn Lake, is almost as big as Winnipeg all by itself.
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Pope Ravioli IV. This sounds not completely implausible.
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"C-list Blue Jays prospects of the mid-1990s" was fun.
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Fantastic news!
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I can vouch for all three as fantastic!
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And, as Nora writes, variations of this are happening in basically every facet of life in small-town Canada.
If bigger is better, then small must be bad. But how can our neigbourhoods, our villages, the local flavours that make communities unique, be bad?
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It's not just about the loss of holding power to account (though that is very important!). It's also the loss of local history, of a community telling its own story, of a common language that's distinct from the one you'd find in the bigger city down the road.
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That book holds up so well.
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Yes, briefly a few weeks ago and more consistently over the last few days!
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Diversity AND quality! Yum Yum Kabob is hands-down the best Iranian food I've found in the region.
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I believe some of the most common technologies for the U.S.-style markings would struggle to survive snowplows.
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Thank you!
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Thanks Matt! Hope you're doing well.