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Otter Raft@lemmy.caOPMto Canada@lemmy.ca•Election Day Discussion thread [Monday April 28]English1·16 days agoThank you, I’ve added that link to the top of the post
How busy was it when you went?
It’s a good idea to have extra staff available. Advanced polls already set records for the number of voters, and the day is just getting started.
Otter Raft@lemmy.caOPMto Canada@lemmy.ca•Canadian Election - Advanced Polling Days are starting - April 18 to April 21English11·25 days agohttps://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/elections-canada-record-turnout-first-day-advance-voting-1.7514390
Elections Canada has announced preliminary estimates that show nearly two million electors voted Friday, the first day of advance polls.
François Enguehard, a regional media advisor in the Atlantic region for Elections Canada, said the turnout is up 36 per cent from the first day of advance polling in the last election in 2021.
Otter Raft@lemmy.caOPto[Dormant] moved to !space@mander.xyz@lemmy.world•NASA Webb’s Autopsy of Planet Swallowed by Star Yields Surprise - NASA ScienceEnglish2·29 days agoI can also do better, I forgot to fix the autofill title afterwards
Otter Raft@lemmy.caOPMto Canada@lemmy.ca•Why are so many second-generation South Asian and Chinese Canadians planning to vote Conservative?English1·1 month agoThe Wikipedia article was jargon-y
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/racialized-minorities
Otter Raft@lemmy.caOPto Videos@lemmy.world•UBC Engineers Develop Stir Stick to Detect GHB & Spiked Drinks in SecondsEnglish2·1 month agoI couldn’t find an exact number, but the goal seems to be to make it cheap
Santos says targeting the hospitality industry at large, including bars, pubs, clubs and other party venues where drinks flow freely, means patrons can have access to a simple drug testing tool for “every cocktail on every table.”
“The idea is that it’ll be completely ubiquitous,” she said. “Every drink leaving the bar will have a stick in it. Every drink will be stirred, every drink will be tested, every drink will be safe.”
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ubc-stir-stick-spiked-drinks-1.7495753
Otter Raft@lemmy.caOPto Videos@lemmy.world•UBC Engineers Develop Stir Stick to Detect GHB & Spiked Drinks in SecondsEnglish5·1 month agoWhile I still can’t say this is novel, this other article mentions that the goal is to make it cheap enough that venues can have enough for every drink that they serve and to put the responsibility on venues rather than the user
“In the anti-violence sector, you know, there’s a lot of very strong feelings about people who are being targeted with violence being told that the burden of safety is on them, and that they have to buy more and do more to protect themselves constantly,” she said.
“The idea is that it’ll be completely ubiquitous,” she said. “Every drink leaving the bar will have a stick in it. Every drink will be stirred, every drink will be tested, every drink will be safe.”
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ubc-stir-stick-spiked-drinks-1.7495753
Otter Raft@lemmy.caOPMto Canada@lemmy.ca•New Brunswick premier calls for 'free trade area' within Atlantic regionEnglish3·2 months agoGood call, done!
Otter Raft@lemmy.caOPMto Canada@lemmy.ca•U.S. officials cracking down on people trying to bring valuable eggs across the borderEnglish2·2 months agoI was curious about that, and found this article:
https://www.morningstar.com/news/marketwatch/20250315219/why-america-is-obsessed-with-eggs
Otter Raft@lemmy.caOPto British Columbia@lemmy.ca•B.C. aims to poach U.S. doctors and nurses by highlighting 'uncertainty and chaos' south of the borderEnglish1·2 months agoIf somehow we didn’t before, we probably will now with the trade war and changes in manufacturing
Otter Raft@lemmy.caOPto British Columbia@lemmy.ca•B.C. aims to poach U.S. doctors and nurses by highlighting 'uncertainty and chaos' south of the borderEnglish1·2 months agoI don’t have any resources on hand, but I would think so. There are a number of infrastructure and housing projects in the works, and (experienced) software engineers seem to be in demand everywhere
PoorlyDrawnLines comics are like that, they’re silly and simple. I’ve seen better ones, this just happened to be recent
What I found slightly funny about this one was that ‘shooting all the bullets out’ is how it works in games if you want to make a weapon useless
Otter Raft@lemmy.caOPto Interesting Shares@lemmy.zip•[Article] Lago Blog - I reviewed every snack in our office kitchenEnglish1·2 months agoDone!
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Thanks! I added a direct link to the list in the post