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John Deans 🇨🇦
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Father husband and grandad. Hospital Volunteer 2SLGBTQIA+ ally BLM,ECM. He/Him

By the sea in Nova Scotia
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Family docs in Ottawa just received a plea for help from our local children’s hospital: unprecedented volumes in the Emergency Department of children testing positive for influenza. Message to parents and primary care providers: Get flu shots out to the paediatric [email protected]
December 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
For almost two decades we rented a flat in North Yorkshire for upwards of six months. The owner would fly the Canadian flag when we were there. Sadly he is no longer with us.
December 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
My volunteer position at the hospital has been taken up by someone with a bit of Christmas spirit.
November 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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#BikeHfx and #KidicalMassHfx: please BOLO for Barb’s bike, stolen from Quingate area. It’s her kid-carrying machine!
November 2, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Pets Against Autumn Daylight Saving Time change.

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November 13, 2024 at 9:53 PM
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We’ll have kids & adult sized KN95 masks and a supply of rapid antigen tests at our Bedford #KidicalMassHfx ride this Sunday.

Help us keep our communities safe and healthy. If you’re feeling unwell with any symptoms please stay home. Test to protect, if you have access to rapid antigen tests.
Prévisions de COVID pour le Canada : OCT 11 - OCT 24, 2025

SÉVÈRE : TNL, NÉ, SK
TRÈS ÉLEVÉ : MB, NB, Nord, ÎPÉ
ÉLEVÉ : CAN, AB, CB, ON, QC
MODÉRÉ : aucun

Environ 1 personne sur 95 est actuellement infectée au Canada.
October 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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I'm really excited for tomorrow's ride. I hope #BikeHFX folks are able to attend
September 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
There were four deer that just appeared on the lawn but I only managed to get a photo depicting of three of them before they sprinted away.
September 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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This “motor vehicle collision” was apparently a driver hitting a 9 year old and then fleeinng.
August 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Complaining about removing cars and favouring pedestrians and cyclists outside your shop or business? Well this post is for you
“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
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.
www.fastcompany.com
August 17, 2025 at 7:16 AM
The view over the Minas Basin from the look-off near Canning Nova Scotia earlier today.
August 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Another lovely evening kayaking in Lower Prospect at East Coast Outfitters. A bit of wind from the North but overall a great night to be on the ocean.
August 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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hfxALERT (Tuesday, Aug. 12 at 4:30 p.m.)- HRFE and NSDNR are currently on scene at an uncontrolled wildfire in the Susies Lake area of Bayers Lake. Residents are advised to stay clear of the area at this time.
August 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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I know people are tired of living in the pandemicine and want to believe that covid is just a cold or stomach bug, but that doesn’t change the fact that covid is still actively killing and disabling people with heart, brain, lung, gut and other terrible permanent conditions.
August 1, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Sunset in Lower Prospect Nova Scotia this evening following a couple of hours sea kayaking. After a cloudy day it was nice to see the sun.
#seakayaking
#NovaScotia
#LowerProspect
August 2, 2025 at 12:45 AM
There’s a wee dog in there somewhere.
July 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Looking down the Northwest Arm in Halifax NS this afternoon. A lovely day though a bit cool in the shade with a bit of a breeze. Loads of small sale boats tacking up towards the Rotary.
July 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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#BikeHFX

Soberish Mocktail Shoppe said they received a survey in their inbox about bike lanes on Agricola. Likely other business owners on the street did as well.

Reach out to your favourite businesses and let them know they should support better access for pedestrians & cyclists on Agricola.
July 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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July 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Words of wisdom seen on a wall near the market in Chester (UK)
July 4, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland on a particularly lovely day.
July 1, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Kew Gardens on Thursday.
June 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Ballachulish Glen Coe Scotland
You can just see part of the West Highland Way foot path in the lower third of the photo. Been there done that.
June 19, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Stonehenge. Contrasting sky. I remember when you could walk among the stones. Not anymore. It is all fenced off now.
June 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM