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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 01/06/2025

We had a great time bringing our game to talk about Strombo and some other guy gave us this healthcare thing.

Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 25/05/2025

Part 2 of "Getting the Whole Country Railed" as part of our ongoing series about the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Did you know this almost tore the whole country apart in the 1870s? podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s... open.spotify.com/episode/5D6M...

Steam locomotive on a rail trestle somewhere in British Columbia

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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 30/04/2025

It does, in fact, suck to suck apparently. #cdnpoli

Carleton Ontario 2025 election results
LIB Bruce Fanjoy 43900 Votes 50.8%
CON Milhouse Van Houten 39585 Votes 45.8%

Milhouse (actually Pierre Poilievre) lost his seat in parliament after blowing a 25-point lead on dumb noun-the-verb sloganeering and I am given life for it.

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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 25/04/2025

We forgot to post that we posted a new episode! Do you like trains?!? How about the Canadian Pacific Railway? Heather is back with origins of railways on this planet and how they came to Canada by way of beer money. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s... open.spotify.com/episode/3pAe...

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Episode 22 - Getting the Whole Country Railed (Part 1)

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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 07/04/2025

Been a bit of a content drought since Tam has been in maximum crunch mode with work. We'll be back to recording this week tho! Thanks all for being patient! 🙇

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Mihai Cirstea @mihai-cirstea.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Not in my wildest dreams did I imagine this result. Congrats to @lucymaloney.bsky.social and @seanorr.bsky.social and congrats to Vancouver. To all my friends who I convinced to wait 1.5+ hours in line to vote, thank you!! Vancouver really needs to fix this in time for the next election.

Voting results from the Vancouver byelection, with Sean Orr and Lucy elected in a landslide.

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Infernal Machines @infernalmachines.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

I just want to add that this was one of the contenders for our national flag #Canada #badVexillology #FlagDay

Actually serious submission for a potential Canadian.

In the left half of the flag, three Canada Geese, on their way to fuck something up, as Canada Geese do. On the right, Nine maple leaves and one Fleur-de-Lis in a 2x5 grid over a Union Jack mean to represent the 10 provinces.

All on an honestly pretty handsome red banner, contents aside.

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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 04/02/2025

We really are just watching the whole of the administrative state get plundered by fascists aren't we?

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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 04/02/2025

It's super scuffed but apparently Library and Archives of Canada archived our podcast site webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20240810... Mild call-to-action here: if anyone involved in Library and Archives wants to come on and talk about their work, drop us an email. #archive #libraries

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We're two queer persons reviewing the Heritage Minutes we have been subjected to since childhood plus whatever else Canadian or not we decide to chat about. We aim to watch all of these short episodes...

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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 03/02/2025

Tamarack has been alluding to buying an old car, and this is the results. Check it out! Or don't! I'm not your boss!

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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 03/02/2025

New episode! @canuckisaslur.preg4pay.biz joins us as we go through a young Pierre Poilievre about what he would do as Prime Minister. Not for any topical reason mind you. Just for fun... this is fun... Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5e98... Or Apple: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e...

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Episode 21: If I had Ten Thousand Dollars I'd be Prime Minister

Title image depicts a young likely future Prime Minister of Canada, Pierre Pollievre, dressed by his mother for a photo shoot with his face replaces with Milhouse from the Simpsons, whose style Pierre copied for several decades in Parliament.

The other featured image is his graduation photo with a title "Pointed in the Right Direction" with one of his godawful Axe the Tax signs added into the image.

Both of these are composed to look like they came from the images in the artic;e he wrote as a second year university student which we read in the episode.

Honestly it's probably better if you can't see this one, I've created something truly cursed here, I don't know what I was thinking but I'm so so sorry.

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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 03/02/2025

I should add that I (Tam) am a syndicalist, my interest is making sure that through this shit show workers, particularly union workers, are going to be okay, and so far it looks a lot less bleak today than it did even on Friday.

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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 03/02/2025

Honestly I have to hand it to the current government. Looking through the tariff list, they managed to just hit imports of goods we already have domestic manufacturing of in Canada. It's kinda ironic that for a few companies in Canada this is going to be a huge windfall. #cdnpoli

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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 30/01/2025

Little preview of an episode dropping on Friday morning where Heather reveals that an essay she's reading off that screams first-year annoying ECON/POLI student is worth more than what appears on the surface.

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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 29/01/2025

New episode! In episode 20, we are joined by @postmpanda.bsky.social to discuss a time when Canadian content was produced somewhere in order to avoid health and safety regulations. Exclusive to Patreon! Free preview on our main feed! patreon.com/shawiniganmo...

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Cariad Heather @cariad.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Can anyone think of a speech by Jean Chretien where he says "Shawinigan"? Could you link to a video or audio recording of him saying it? I am only finding text. I am asking for a friend. #canpoli Also for nefarious @shawiniganmoments.ca reasons.

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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 07/01/2025

New episode! Ep. 19, It's Trudeauver. Justin Trudeau has resigned and we're joined by @canuckisaslur.preg4pay.biz to talk about him--and other matters affecting Canada and progressive-ism. zencastr.com/z/dgO-9DYR open.spotify.com/show/1bK8Q1v... podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s...

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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 06/01/2025

We are working on a last minute episode. 👀

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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 31/12/2024

The one time we'll repost content about Dune on this account.

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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 24/12/2024

If you want a preview of our episode, here's some poetry @cariad.bsky.social put together. bsky.app/profile/shaw...

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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 24/12/2024

New episode! It's Christmas and we're on a war... to give each other "presents"! In this episode, Tam and Heather discuss Canadian Christmas and the experiences they've both had! Apple: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s... Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/1bK8Q1v...

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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 16/12/2024

At least Singh did ask the question that everyone was asking... 🤷

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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 16/12/2024

Liberal MP for who gives-a-fuck when asked if Trudeau will resign: "Now is not the time for slogans" followed by Liberal sloganeering. Cooked. Entirely Cooked. #cdnpoli

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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 16/12/2024

The cynic in me still thinks he will somehow cling onto power through all of this.

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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 16/12/2024

On a lighter note, the reason this post is so late is that I (Tamarack) had to pack for a little bush shooting excursion that was super fun!

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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 16/12/2024

We (still) have not been able to get permission from Alberta Premier Marlaina Smith's parents to use her preferred name.

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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 16/12/2024

Okay okay the thing I actually signed in to bsky today: We have a new bonus episode for patrons! On Guns! We've go previews on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... open.spotify.com/episode/0vd0... #podcast #history #canadianHistory

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Episode 17: I support the Second Amendment and so does Marlaina Danielle Smith.

In the centre is an image of a parade float from a Canadian firearms manufacturer Cooey who prided themselves on making very safe to operate firearms.

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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 16/12/2024

I swear to god this if this triggers an election this is going to go down as the stupidest election in Canadian history and the biggest Liberal own-goal. And Liberal party own-goals are a bountiful resource up here. Christ. #cdnpoli

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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 16/12/2024

WAT?! Why?! This is absolute madness. Like I know the Liberals are already totally cooked for next election, but like, this is literally begging the Cons, who have done nothing but try for confidence votes for months to knock your government over. #cdnpoli

1:30 p.m. EST: Fall economic statement set to go forth

The Department of Finance has confirmed that the fall economic statement lockup will begin at 1:45 p.m. EST, with Deputy Minister Chris Forbes providing remarks at 2 p.m.

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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 16/12/2024

I will be forever aghast with how Jagmeet Singh's NDP is just unwilling to capitalize on the constant catastrophic failures of the Liberals.

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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 16/12/2024

I guess Freeland is joining the Morneau school of waiting out Justin and trying to be the last liberal with any name recognition standing. #cdnpoli

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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 16/12/2024

Yet another career-ending scandal for the Prime Minister with all the career-ending scandals.

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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 07/12/2024

Sneak preview of our Christmas special coming out on December 24th. @cariad.bsky.social found herself writing some poetry after learning that some useless electric vehicles were finally being imported into the country.

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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 04/12/2024

Now we won't need to cut any more times of Tam forgetting the actual domain name component of bluesky accounts! :D

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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 03/12/2024

You can tell this is an untrustworthy news outlet, as communism is, in fact, cool.

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Cariad Heather @cariad.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Last night, I had an article forwarded to me that ended up being by that dipshit Food Professor--the one who got C$60,000 to be a shill for Loblaws. So a question popped to mind: how bad is grocery store competition in Metro Vancouver? It's real bad and I can show this with maps.

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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 27/11/2024

Like for real, the premier of a whole ass province went and made a policy agenda of making life very dangerous for two elementary school girls. The worst part being, he's not the first in Canada to do this...

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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 20/11/2024

Look we all know that I can't type for shit. That's why I only do jobs that require a tonne of typing...

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Shawinigan Moments @shawiniganmoments.ca · 20/11/2024

However, Shawinigian Moments Podcasting Exploration and Extracting Industries Ltd does not condone Heather's slander of the glorious and flawless Mark I Skytrain Cars. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG68...