Sign in

Nikki 🇨🇦

@nikkibc.bsky.social
3.5K followers 3.9K following 250 posts

Gen X Canadian version, pro-science, humanist, love animals & nature, retired, avid reader, gardener & amateur artist. RA, ebikes and escooters do mix well thank you very much.

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
Indivisible Vancouver @indivisiblevan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The group reportedly arrived on Sunday morning. Photos posted on social media show them wearing white masks and matching uniforms bearing shoulder patches similar to those of the Second Sons, a white nationalist group that has held demonstrations in Canada before. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
ctvnews.ca
‘Disgraceful, disgusting behaviour’: Political leaders condemn white nationalist demonstration on Indigenous land near Kamloops
Provincial political leaders have spoken out, condemning an apparent white nationalist demonstration at Tk’emlúps te Secwepemc native reserve near Kamloops, B.C.
286
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You take our bike lanes, we take the road. Toronto showed up Friday night. 📸 @geoffreybercarich via Instagram
Cyclists taking the lane stretching kms of a city street
211300238
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
Davey @davidlow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Laurie Proulx has lived with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis since she was 14. She is a part-time Managing Director for Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance and works with other organizations to bring patient and community perspectives to their work. #ArthritisAwarenessMonth 🇨🇦
042
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This entire slide deck from @ember-energy.org on "the Age of Power" is fascinating. Every policy maker and politician in Canada should be forced to read it over, and over, and over. #cdnpoli Share your favourite slide in the comments! ember-energy.org/app/uploads/...
810243
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
Blue Wave @votebiue.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Tell me this doesn’t give you chills. Japan opened the 12D theater. It is beyond your imagination.
42438001249
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
The Goose 🇨🇦 @the-goose-media.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
One of the worst things Canada imported from the US is car dependency. It is both financially and ecologically unsustainable that is bankrupting our cities. If want to build Canada strong, with more affordable and beautiful neighborhoods, we need to fully reject the US scam of car-centric cities.
48677112
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This guy from #BritishColumbia decided to create a way for locals to buy fresh fruit and vegetables directly from farms at wholesale prices #Canada Each family contributes $100 a month to get produce at less than half the cost of grocery stores. Credit to andyyjiang
19417180
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is the part many Americans -- including the Bezosites at the Washington Post -- don't understand. Canadians don't see this just as a Trump thing. It's that America elected him twice, and the second time with an even bigger mandate. The problem we're addressing is America, not Trump.
2923702925
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
“Local stores next to the protected bike-lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.” (Among MANY other public benefits.) Want To Make More Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com #BikeLanesMeanBusiness
fastcompany.com
Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane
Research from New York City notes that newly installed protected bike lanes do more than keep bikers safe--they raise the income of the stores they are in front of.
14671236
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
#Denmark built so much wind that some blustery hours the turbines out-produce what the whole country is using. When that happens, the extra power doesn’t sit idle. It moves through Denmark’s links into the wider European network and heads to neighbors like Germany, Norway, Sweden. #ActOnClimate
371147024387
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
LOL the community note
4324445805
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I've seen everyone sharing that US Dialect Quiz so I decided to make my own, much crappier, CANADIAN DIALECT QUIZ to guess where in Canada you're from
A flow chart I have created with multiple questions and the answers determine where you're from.

Question 1 is do you call it a hydro bill (which then branches down to ON, QC, BC, MB) or an electric bill (which then branches down to SK, AB, NS, NB, PEI, NL)

Question 2 is do you call it a cabin (BC, MB, AB, SK) cottage (ON and atlantic) camp (northern Ontario) chalet (QC) or bungalow (Cape Breton)

To delineate BC from MB: do you call it dinner or supper

To delineate southern Ontario rural or big city: have you heard of a stag & doe

To delineate SK from AB: do you call a hoodie a bunnyhug

And finally to delineate NL from the other atlantic provinces: whaddayat? (Correct answer: dis is it b'y)
1462053749
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
Christopher Dornan @chrisdornan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Need an explainer on why Canadian grocery chains continue to import U.S. produce when A) Canadians no longer have any interest in buying the stuff, and B) there are plenty of non-US alternatives.
81588104
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Just expel him, Canada.
34763071043
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
AVK | Wide World of Batshit @avk.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This notice has been posted throughout my store this morning. Fortunately, I have very few U.S. made products left on the floor and within the next two weeks I'll slowly be whittling it down to as close to zero U.S. made products as possible.
4235
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
Marc 🍁 @marc55.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Canadian grocers really need to pick a fucking side. Canada? Or your fucking greed? #cdnpoli
119325
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
In his speech yesterday, Canada PM Mark Carney seemed to try to explain to the President what a “trade deficit” is. You’re not just giving another country 100s of millions of dollars… You’re buying things from them! That you want!
Another prominent justification for U.S. tariffs has been their claim that, since the United States runs a trade deficit with Canada, we were "ripping them off"
But the United States' narrow merchandise trade deficit only exists because the U.S. buys so much of its energy from us.
Canada fuels American growth: supplying 99% of their natural gas imports, 85% of electricity imports, and 60% of crude oil imports. I don't think they want us to stop sending it.
And the comprehensive U.S.-Canada trade balance, which includes the many services - from finance to entertainment - that we buy from the U.S. shows a persistent American trade surplus.
Most fundamentally, trade is about building mutual strength - creating a relationship that benefits both countries.
For example, Canada is the largest customer for U.S. cars - in fact, we buy more American-built cars than the United Kingdom, Japan, and China combined.
1212460428
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Two Canadian Scientists Develop an Inhaled Vaccine Mist That Delivers Immunity Directly to the Lungs, Right Where Viruses Enter Two scientists, Fiona Smaill and Zhou Xing, developed AeroVax, an inhaled vaccine mist designed to reach the lungs in just 2 minutes.
512184974967
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
Dan Marshall @retiredjailer.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
We need more of this information, because grocery stores and other companies are anti Canadian. This list is great. Canada strong 🇨🇦.
55129
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
THX•1138 @ithx1138.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Here's How to #buycanadian
HOW TO FIGHT BACK
READ THE
"Product of Canada" means
at least 98% Canadian content.
"Made in Canada"
means at least
51%,
with a qualifying
statement.
SHOP
LOCAL
Prioritize local farms, producers, and independent retailers over US chains. Farmers markets, local grocers, and Canadian co-ops keep money here.
VACATION IN CANADA
Canada offers stunning natural beauty, vibrant cities, and rich cultural experiences. Domestic tourism also supports Canadian jobs.
YOUR DOLLARS MATTER
Every purchase is a vote. You choose where your money goes.
Choose wisely.
Learn more at bit.ly/buy-canada.
Made with love for Canada, by Karmen McNamara.
Thank😃You Karmen for this
amazing infographic 

Have a Great Day
13221
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
Tibor M. Kalman @kalmantibs.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The Illitona panpipe group playing on homemade instruments in a village on the Island of Kolombangara, Western Province, Solomon Islands 🇸🇧. 🙏🏼🌏🕊️ 📹 Alphonse Betokera©
86915
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
Radio Canada International @rci.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Health Canada has given Moderna the green light to launch a clinical trial for a vaccine targeting the Bundibugyo form of the Ebola virus, which continues to surge throughout the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/...
ici.radio-canada.ca
Health Canada authorizes mRNA vaccine trial for Ebola virus causing huge outbreak in Congo | RCI
More than 3,800 cases have been recorded in eastern Congo, with some 1,700 deaths, according to latest figures
02311
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
SON OF ANTIFA @highway38.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Hope they work and become available in the US eventually along with Chinese EV’s etc.
33661411648
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
Mark Gerretsen @markgerretsen.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
The opposition’s job isn’t character assassination — It’s offering a better alternative. What do you think of the job they are doing?
2520292
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
Keubiko 🇨🇦 🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦 💪 @keubiko.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
If anyone needs me I'll be out raking 350 million hectares of forest.
1792981356
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
This is the most hilarious little league home run I've ever seen, the Royals have outdone themselves
1613852729
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
In case you missed it, Utrecht, Netherlands has begun building the largest Dutch “car-free” neighbourhood. With: 12K people 6K homes 1.8K social rental homes 1.5K mid-range rental & affordable owner-occupied homes 21K bike parking spaces 250 shared cars 2 parcel hubs Parking structures on the edge.
nltimes.nl
Utrecht to start construction on largest car-free neighborhood in the country next week
Construction of a new neighborhood is set to begin in Utrecht next week. The neighborhood, called Merwede, is scheduled to be the largest car-free district in the Netherlands, with 6,000 homes. The ar...
11601159
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
MFCarter @mfcarter.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
“The notes I write are only a quiet sigh compared to the magnificent symphony written by nature.”
964232706
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 29/06/2026
It’s weird to be clearly living through exactly what was warned about with global warming and still have the concept treated as a future event or hypothetical.
21492302469
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I was the host at the Calgary Folk Festival back in 2013. The rules were that the show had to end at 11. The main act were killing it onstage. The crowd was wild. at 10:59 the show stopped. People went home happy. This is MAGA Maple's latest culture war. www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
ctvnews.ca
Poilievre adviser’s agency registers as lobbyist in ruckus around Cowboys
An agency headed by a former key handler of Pierre Poilievre is a registered lobbyist in the loud fight over noise in Calgary.
714451
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
Marc 🍁 @marc55.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
To save money on 24 Sussex Dr. Simply sell Stornoway, the proceeds and the salaries of the staff, to the PM. Who is the only one who needs an official residence. As no other opposition party gets one. Anywhere. Ever. Problem solved. Watch PP cry...that part is the bonus. Free of charge. #cdnpoli
33010
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 22/06/2026
The Walrus and Peter Mansbridge have partnered to launch the Mansbridge Essay, an annual $5,000 program for original reported writing exploring Canadian issues from a Canadian perspective. Submit your pitch by July 15. thewalrus.ca/new-essay-program
A black and white photo of Peter Mansbridge.
2174
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
Being_Melissa @melissag.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
0135
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
TimBert @timbert.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
#BirdOfTheDay #feathersandlight Starlings are not one of my favorite birds, but when they get in just the right light, their colors are amazing.
0232
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
My first takeaway here is that most major news outlets in Canada still enjoy decently high levels of trust. www.pollara.com/wp-content/u...
16439
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
"Plug-in and portable solar are not replacing rooftop solar. They are creating a new lane. They are for people who want a lower-cost way to use solar without a roof project. They are for renters, apartment residents, campers, and homeowners who want backup power for smaller loads."
microgridmedia.com
Plug-In Solar Is Turning Small Spaces Into Power Sources - Microgrid Media
Solar power is no longer only a rooftop story. A new wave of smaller systems is putting panels on balconies, patios, decks, backyards, and camping tables. The
7739301084
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Statistics Canada reports manufacturing sales up 4.2 per cent in April at $77.1B #Canada #StatCan halifax.citynews.ca/2026/06/15/s...
halifax.citynews.ca
Statistics Canada reports manufacturing sales up 4.2 per cent in April at $77.1B
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales rose 4.2 per cent to $77.1 billion in April, as the petroleum and coal product group hit a record high. Petroleum and coal product sales jumped 22.6...
87031
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Discovery of a 14-protein biomarker that predicts lung cancer 5.6 years before it is diagnosed, even in non-smokers, and an anti-inflammatory medicine that prevents its progression. And, challenging dogma, the proteins are not coming from cancerous cells!
422366710
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Reeve’s pheasant is a rare game bird endemic to central and eastern China. The male famous for its tail, holding the record of being the longest tail of any bird species 210 cm. Here two males are attempting to mate with this female.
992204314
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
Sarah @sosomanysarahs.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Some people seem to be unaware that eliminating bike lanes doesn't eliminate bikes. People still ride. Without lanes, it's far more dangerous for them, and it's also going to be riskier and less convenient for you. If you can't deal with other people at all, you're unsuited for urban life.
1137462
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
rodmickleburgh.bsky.social @rodmickleburgh.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
#BlueRodeo stamps! How cool is that??? @canadapostcorp.bsky.social
1104
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
El Niño is officially here, and scientists say it will be particularly strong with widespread impacts 'El Niño conditions will pour fuel on the fire of a warming world,' says UN secretary general www.cbc.ca/news/science...
cbc.ca
El Niño is officially here, and scientists say it will be particularly strong with widespread impacts | CBC News
El Niño, nature's chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is expected to grow to historic strength, meteorologists said Thursday.
11304146
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
Saskboy from Saskatchewan @saskboy.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I did not know this story of the Golden Spruce. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiidk%2...
en.wikipedia.org
Kiidk'yaas - Wikipedia
242
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
We started with 96 Fiction and 96 Non-Fiction Books and over the course of the voting rounds and over 100,000 votes, we have our winner! Canada's Favourite Book is....Anne of Green Gables! Thank you to everyone who voted. Canadian polls will return after my summer trip.
38417
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
Scott Robertson @sarobertson.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Chrétien: When you look at the polls, Canadians have never been more united. Thank you to Donald Trump for that. I should propose him for the Order of Canada, but I cannot succeed. Do you know why? Rosie: He's not Canadian? Chrétien: Because we don't give it to a person who has a criminal record.
18509202
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
We're like frogs boiling in the pot. Slowly and steadily it keeps getting worse and worse, and we keep thinking we're adapting to it.
713746
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Congratulations to Pierre on his new job as a @thebeaverton.com satire writer! Looking forward to working with him!
3229740
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
Castanet.net @castanet.net · 01/06/2026
Canadians united on MAID, divided on its limits, survey says (Canada)
castanet.net
Canadians united on MAID, divided on its limits, survey says - Canada News
The survey, released June 1, finds 77 per cent of Canadians continue to support the original MAID criteria introduced when assisted dying was legalized in 2016. Those rules limit eligibility to people
031
Reposted by Nikki 🇨🇦
Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
I don't understand why the powers that be measure the economy by the stock market, which is too easily manipulated I would love to see the economy measured by the average persons' disposable income Leave those thieves in suits out of the equation
30064511385