Category: Canada 🇨🇦 (Page 9 of 27)

Canada is the second largest country on Earth

2023-07-01 / Downshift

The Earth’s 10 largest countries (as calculated by total area) »

Russia » 17,098,246 km² (6,601,670 sq mi)
Canada » 9,984,670 km² (3,855,100 sq mi)
China » 9,596,961 km² (3,705,407 sq mi)
United States » 9,525,067 km² (3,677,649 sq mi)
Brazil » 8,515,767 km² (3,287,956 sq mi)
Australia » 7,692,024 km² (2,969,907 sq mi)
India » 3,287,263 km² (1,269,219 sq mi)
Argentina » 2,780,400 km² (1,073,500 sq mi)
Kazakhstan » 2,724,900 km² (1,052,100 sq mi)
Algeria » 2,381,741 km² (919,595)

Source » Wikipedia

🇨🇦 Happy Canada Day! 🇨🇦

2023-07-01 / Downshift

July 1 is our national holiday!

On July 1, 1867, the British North America Act (today known as the Constitution Act, 1867) creates Canada.

Canada Day is a day to reflect on what it means to be Canadian, to share what makes us proud and to celebrate in our own way.

The History of Canada Day

Google announces it is removing Canadian content from its news, search and discover products

2023-06-30 / Downshift

… after failing to ~~bully~~ – I mean lobby – Ottawa, Canada’s parliament this week passed bill C-18, known as the Online News Act. The new law requires tech giants like Google and Meta/Facebook to pay news outlets for their content.

Meta, parent of Facebook and Instagram, and Google will block local Canadian news from their platforms after the country became the latest jurisdiction to pass a law aimed at forcing tech giants to pay news providers for content.

Behemoth American companies like Facebook and Google have been killing local Canadian media while profiting off their backs for many years now. It’s time to be thinking about alternatives to these giant juggernauts and supporting local media.

National Observer » Silicon mobsters’ chokehold on Canada

BBC | UPI | The Guardian

Nathan Starzynski » Cycling Canada solo tour » Manitoba

2023-06-30 / Downshift

In the summer of 2022, Nathan Starzynski cycled 15,000 km across Canada in 175 days from May 21st to November 11th, Departing Victoria, BC, and arriving Cape Spear, NFLD.

This is the story of the fourth province of that journey. The Manitoba adventure took place from July 11th to July 24th, 2022.

Cycling Canada Ep 4 - Manitoba