@stephanie I lurked on Street View and it does say « Bienvenue en Nova Scotia! » It's still so funny!
Now, I have so many questions about that lighthouse. Starting with: "Does it light up at night‽"
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Had a terrible (but free!) breakfast at the hotel, some coffee...@stephanie Jajajajaja!
Est-ce que ça lit « Bienvenue au Nova Scotia » ?
Also, magnificent entrance with a lighthouse. Definitely one of the best in Canada.
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Court orders 'tribe' to be evicted from Scottish woodlandhttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62zxjy0j91o?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Top Stories @top-stories-BBCNews@BBCNews @top-stories-BBCNews @AnnaAnthro This is so reminiscent to what happened in Richmound, Canada; the so-called "Queen of Canada"
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I don’t know if any other Shortcuts users run into this issue: For no reason a Shortcut will prompt for already granted privacy permissions each time it runs, basically making it impossible to run in the background.@heliomass I have something slightly different but related.
My monthly shortcut fails, because it can't start an app in the background. It reliably fails!
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Transport Canada is investigating last Tuesday’s fire of a Lion school bus@javensbukan
The LFSe and LFSe+ are not quite 1-to-1 replacements. LFSe were quick-charge buses. They ran exclusively on route 36; we had two series of them.https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/Société_de_transport_de_Montréal_36-901_to_36-903
Montréal uses New Flyer e-buses for non-quick charge. Although they have their first LFSe+ on order.
Tangent reply: Me too! Also, trams! We had trams!
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Had a terrible (but free!) breakfast at the hotel, some coffee...@stephanie Thank you for sharing bits and pieces of your vacation! It's really refreshing!
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Transport Canada is investigating last Tuesday’s fire of a Lion school bus@javensbukan I would trust the city on this one
They're the ones doing the order!Buses are quite customizable
Tangent: I just noticed that Volvo discontinued the LFSe, which would explain why Montréal stopped using them this year (and reverted to diesel buses)
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⚠️ Sept 12, 2025 The instance Beige.party's certificate expired so we can see their toots but they can't see our replies.@SnowyCA Ooooh boy.
I don't know why that certificate didn't auto renew, because it should be capable of doing that; only the admin will know.
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Transport Canada is investigating last Tuesday’s fire of a Lion school busIt seems that the Volvo/NovaBus LFSe+ does use full-electric heating: https://novabus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/LFSe_brochure_march2021_EN.pdf
New Flyer, the other manufacturer, is unclear: https://www.newflyer.com/site-content/uploads/2023/01/Xcelsior-CHARGE_NG-Brochure.pdf; I have not found their model listed anywhere.
These are standard options; it's possible that the corporations took some other out-of-spec option.
@Crispius That's the current hypothesis. We'll probably hear more after the TC investigation.
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Transport Canada is investigating last Tuesday’s fire of a Lion school bus@javensbukan It's well in place in Montréal, over 20 years ago; same for its suburbs. I can't speak for other Québec cities with public transportation.
https://www.stm.info/en/info/networks/bus-network-and-schedules-enlightened/bus-services-schools
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The 10-year education action plan in Newfoundland and Labrador uses at least 15 citations from non-existent references.The 10-year education action plan in Newfoundland and Labrador
uses at least 15 citations from non-existent references. The document could have been written using artificial intelligence.https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/education-accord-nl-sources-dont-exist-1.7631364?cmp=mastodon
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Un plan d'action de 10 ans en éducation à Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador utilise au moins 15 références non-existantes. Le document aurait pu être écrit en utilisant l'intelligence artificielle.https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2191808/rapport-education-tnl-sources-ia
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Transport Canada is investigating last Tuesday’s fire of a Lion school bus@javensbukan Better safe than sorry for sure.
I'm trying to find the press release on this one, but can't find it. It seems that the province didn't mention the heating system at all in its order.
This said, what we need to ask as well: For school boards and schools servicing a city that's capable, why not use the public transportation service instead (in general)? They also provide this service.
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Transport Canada is investigating last Tuesday’s fire of a Lion school busAll 1,200 electric school buses from Lion have been ordered off the roads in the province of Québec
last nighthttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/school-bus-fire-halted-1.7632024
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Tous les 1200 autobus scolaires électriques de la compagnie Lion ont été ordonnés à l’arrêt dans la province de Wuébev hier soir -
Transport Canada is investigating last Tuesday’s fire of a Lion school busTransport Canada is investigating last Tuesday’s fire of a Lion school bus.
No one was injured during that situation.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-electric-school-bus-fire-1.7631783
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Transport Canada enquête sur l'incendie d'un autobus scolaire Lion mardi dernier.Personne n'a été blessé pendant cette situation.
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The STM released its strike scheduleThe STM released its strike schedule.
Reduced schedules on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays starting 22 September through 5 October 2025.
https://www.stm.info/en/info/service-updates/info-strike
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La STM a publié son horodaté de grève.Horaires réduits les lundis, mercredis et vendredis du 22 septembre au 5 octobre 2025.
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There are new emoji!https://blog.emojipedia.org/whats-new-in-unicode-17-0/- - -Il y a de nouveaux emoji!// Publication en anglais //#EmojiThere are new emoji!
https://blog.emojipedia.org/whats-new-in-unicode-17-0/
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Il y a de nouveaux emoji!// Publication en anglais //
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The city of Montréal issued a new internal directive restricting communications to its English-speaking population@heliomass I will call some other city and have them deal with Montréal
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The city of Montréal issued a new internal directive restricting communications to its English-speaking populationThe city of Montréal issued a new internal directive restricting communications to its English-speaking population.
Me: I’m speechless in anger. Not respecting the OLA so blatantly…
https://montreal.citynews.ca/2025/09/08/montreal-guide-city-workers-english/
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La ville de Montréal a émise une nouvelle directive interne restreignant les communications avec sa population anglophone.Moi: Je suis bouche bée en colère. Ne pas respecter la LLO si ouvertement…
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@goetz @alyx@frogs.lgbt @alyx@ipv6.camp From your list, “a.gup.pe” is just generally gone https://social@goetz @alyx@frogs.lgbt @alyx@ipv6.camp
From your list, “a.gup.pe” is just generally gone
https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115164282623836102
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The STM is closing the Jeanne-Mance exit at Place-des-Arts 🟢 underground station for an undetermined period of time.@jfmezei What they’re doing now is disrupting the same region of the city for decades on.
Berri/de Maisonneuve has been closed regularly since at least 2017!