Nollies Capital
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The North’s Narrative 🇨🇦. Unpacking Canada. Everything from tech, to business, to the real economy. Writer on Substack🔴⚪️
CANADIAN FACT OF THE DAY: Hockey Night in Canada was experimenting with replay-style broadcast techniques back in the 1950s, long before replay became standard.
Canada helped build modern sports TV. 🇨🇦📺
Canada helped build modern sports TV. 🇨🇦📺
January 14, 2026 at 4:03 PM
CANADIAN FACT OF THE DAY: Hockey Night in Canada was experimenting with replay-style broadcast techniques back in the 1950s, long before replay became standard.
Canada helped build modern sports TV. 🇨🇦📺
Canada helped build modern sports TV. 🇨🇦📺
CANADIAN FACT OF THE DAY: In 1959, Jacques Plante helped normalize the goalie mask at the NHL level, a safety move that permanently changed hockey. Could you image staring down McDavid with no helmet on.
Sometimes the innovation is just… refusing to go back. 🇨🇦🏒
Sometimes the innovation is just… refusing to go back. 🇨🇦🏒
January 13, 2026 at 2:27 PM
CANADIAN FACT OF THE DAY: In 1959, Jacques Plante helped normalize the goalie mask at the NHL level, a safety move that permanently changed hockey. Could you image staring down McDavid with no helmet on.
Sometimes the innovation is just… refusing to go back. 🇨🇦🏒
Sometimes the innovation is just… refusing to go back. 🇨🇦🏒
Claiming Mr.wonderful as Canadian is similar to calling Ted Cruz Canadian it feels 😅🇨🇦
While technically true, I don’t think very many Canadians consider either.
While technically true, I don’t think very many Canadians consider either.
January 13, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Claiming Mr.wonderful as Canadian is similar to calling Ted Cruz Canadian it feels 😅🇨🇦
While technically true, I don’t think very many Canadians consider either.
While technically true, I don’t think very many Canadians consider either.
CANADIAN FACT OF THE DAY: In 1879, Canadian Sir Sandford Fleming proposed global time zones, the idea that helped standardize “time” worldwide.
Railways needed it. The world adopted it. 🇨🇦🕰️
Railways needed it. The world adopted it. 🇨🇦🕰️
January 12, 2026 at 2:34 PM
CANADIAN FACT OF THE DAY: In 1879, Canadian Sir Sandford Fleming proposed global time zones, the idea that helped standardize “time” worldwide.
Railways needed it. The world adopted it. 🇨🇦🕰️
Railways needed it. The world adopted it. 🇨🇦🕰️
DID YOU KNOW: In 2018 a Canadian bank bought an AI lab.
Very interesting as TD acquired Layer 6 AI (Toronto).
Very interesting as TD acquired Layer 6 AI (Toronto).
January 12, 2026 at 3:58 AM
DID YOU KNOW: In 2018 a Canadian bank bought an AI lab.
Very interesting as TD acquired Layer 6 AI (Toronto).
Very interesting as TD acquired Layer 6 AI (Toronto).
Exactly 104 years ago on January 11, 1922 doctors injected the first dose of insulin to a 13 year old boy in Toronto who was dying from diabetes.
This first dose failed.
12 days later the doctors decided to try again.
Amazingly, this time seemed to work!
Diabetes was no longer a death sentence.🇨🇦
This first dose failed.
12 days later the doctors decided to try again.
Amazingly, this time seemed to work!
Diabetes was no longer a death sentence.🇨🇦
January 11, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Exactly 104 years ago on January 11, 1922 doctors injected the first dose of insulin to a 13 year old boy in Toronto who was dying from diabetes.
This first dose failed.
12 days later the doctors decided to try again.
Amazingly, this time seemed to work!
Diabetes was no longer a death sentence.🇨🇦
This first dose failed.
12 days later the doctors decided to try again.
Amazingly, this time seemed to work!
Diabetes was no longer a death sentence.🇨🇦
PM Mark Carney heads to China Jan 13 to 17 in a bid to diversify Canada’s trade ties beyond the U.S. The backdrop: canola duties after Canada’s tariff on Chinese EVs.
I’ll be keeping an eye on this pretty closely especially with the recent Venezuela news
I’ll be keeping an eye on this pretty closely especially with the recent Venezuela news
January 11, 2026 at 5:16 PM
PM Mark Carney heads to China Jan 13 to 17 in a bid to diversify Canada’s trade ties beyond the U.S. The backdrop: canola duties after Canada’s tariff on Chinese EVs.
I’ll be keeping an eye on this pretty closely especially with the recent Venezuela news
I’ll be keeping an eye on this pretty closely especially with the recent Venezuela news
CANADIAN FACT OF THE DAY: In the late 1930s, Canadian inventor Donald Hings developed the “Packset,” an early portable two-way radio often cited as a walkie-talkie precursor.
Backpack comms before it was normal. 🇨🇦📻
Backpack comms before it was normal. 🇨🇦📻
January 11, 2026 at 2:35 PM
CANADIAN FACT OF THE DAY: In the late 1930s, Canadian inventor Donald Hings developed the “Packset,” an early portable two-way radio often cited as a walkie-talkie precursor.
Backpack comms before it was normal. 🇨🇦📻
Backpack comms before it was normal. 🇨🇦📻
CANADIAN FACT OF THE DAY: IMAX’s giant-screen tech took off from Canada, with early films at Expo ’70 and the first permanent IMAX theatre opening in Toronto (Cinesphere) in 1971.
Canada built the big screen. 🇨🇦🎬
Canada built the big screen. 🇨🇦🎬
January 11, 2026 at 2:17 AM
CANADIAN FACT OF THE DAY: IMAX’s giant-screen tech took off from Canada, with early films at Expo ’70 and the first permanent IMAX theatre opening in Toronto (Cinesphere) in 1971.
Canada built the big screen. 🇨🇦🎬
Canada built the big screen. 🇨🇦🎬
Canadian history lesson: One of the foundational quantum cryptography protocols (BB84) dates to 1984.
Canada’s Gilles Brassard is a co-creator.
Canada’s fingerprints are on the foundations. 🇨🇦
Canada’s Gilles Brassard is a co-creator.
Canada’s fingerprints are on the foundations. 🇨🇦
January 11, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Canadian history lesson: One of the foundational quantum cryptography protocols (BB84) dates to 1984.
Canada’s Gilles Brassard is a co-creator.
Canada’s fingerprints are on the foundations. 🇨🇦
Canada’s Gilles Brassard is a co-creator.
Canada’s fingerprints are on the foundations. 🇨🇦
Canada says it’s investing $244.2M into NRC IRAP (starting 2025–26) to launch Defence Industry Assist for Canadian SMEs.
Essentially this means:
Funding + advice for high-potential, innovative SMEs building defence and dual-use tech.
Happy to see emphasis on defence and innovation.
Essentially this means:
Funding + advice for high-potential, innovative SMEs building defence and dual-use tech.
Happy to see emphasis on defence and innovation.
January 10, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Canada says it’s investing $244.2M into NRC IRAP (starting 2025–26) to launch Defence Industry Assist for Canadian SMEs.
Essentially this means:
Funding + advice for high-potential, innovative SMEs building defence and dual-use tech.
Happy to see emphasis on defence and innovation.
Essentially this means:
Funding + advice for high-potential, innovative SMEs building defence and dual-use tech.
Happy to see emphasis on defence and innovation.
I love this:
Canada has added MORE jobs in the last four months than the US
And it is not even close.
🇺🇸 Jobs added September from December: +38,000
🇨🇦 Jobs added September from December: +188,800
Even the private vs public sector breakdown still points towards Canada
Canada has added MORE jobs in the last four months than the US
And it is not even close.
🇺🇸 Jobs added September from December: +38,000
🇨🇦 Jobs added September from December: +188,800
Even the private vs public sector breakdown still points towards Canada
January 10, 2026 at 4:50 PM
I love this:
Canada has added MORE jobs in the last four months than the US
And it is not even close.
🇺🇸 Jobs added September from December: +38,000
🇨🇦 Jobs added September from December: +188,800
Even the private vs public sector breakdown still points towards Canada
Canada has added MORE jobs in the last four months than the US
And it is not even close.
🇺🇸 Jobs added September from December: +38,000
🇨🇦 Jobs added September from December: +188,800
Even the private vs public sector breakdown still points towards Canada
Today I sit at 53 followers.
I’m a young Canadian with a goal of spreading awareness regarding the positive sides to Canada! The amazing people, history, culture etc that has built this nation.
Follow along if that’s something you support as it helps tremendously!
🇨🇦❤️
I’m a young Canadian with a goal of spreading awareness regarding the positive sides to Canada! The amazing people, history, culture etc that has built this nation.
Follow along if that’s something you support as it helps tremendously!
🇨🇦❤️
January 10, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Today I sit at 53 followers.
I’m a young Canadian with a goal of spreading awareness regarding the positive sides to Canada! The amazing people, history, culture etc that has built this nation.
Follow along if that’s something you support as it helps tremendously!
🇨🇦❤️
I’m a young Canadian with a goal of spreading awareness regarding the positive sides to Canada! The amazing people, history, culture etc that has built this nation.
Follow along if that’s something you support as it helps tremendously!
🇨🇦❤️
Canada had the best-performing stock market of 2025 which returned 36.5% 😎❤️🇨🇦
January 9, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Canada had the best-performing stock market of 2025 which returned 36.5% 😎❤️🇨🇦
CANADIAN FACT OF THE DAY: Insulin was discovered in 1921 at the University of Toronto.
Banting, Best, Macleod, and Collip helped turn diabetes from a death sentence into a treatable condition. 🇨🇦🧪
Banting, Best, Macleod, and Collip helped turn diabetes from a death sentence into a treatable condition. 🇨🇦🧪
January 9, 2026 at 7:38 PM
CANADIAN FACT OF THE DAY: Insulin was discovered in 1921 at the University of Toronto.
Banting, Best, Macleod, and Collip helped turn diabetes from a death sentence into a treatable condition. 🇨🇦🧪
Banting, Best, Macleod, and Collip helped turn diabetes from a death sentence into a treatable condition. 🇨🇦🧪
If yesterday taught me anything, it’s that the political divide is increasingly prevalent.
The lady had a child.
There needs to be empathy regardless of political differences
The lady had a child.
There needs to be empathy regardless of political differences
January 8, 2026 at 5:55 PM
If yesterday taught me anything, it’s that the political divide is increasingly prevalent.
The lady had a child.
There needs to be empathy regardless of political differences
The lady had a child.
There needs to be empathy regardless of political differences
CANADIAN FACT OF THE DAY: Bombardier’s Ski-Doo (1959) helped turn the snowmobile into a mass-market machine.
Quebec basically industrialized winter mobility. 🇨🇦❄️
(It was also a typo that essentially caused the naming)
Quebec basically industrialized winter mobility. 🇨🇦❄️
(It was also a typo that essentially caused the naming)
January 8, 2026 at 2:32 PM
CANADIAN FACT OF THE DAY: Bombardier’s Ski-Doo (1959) helped turn the snowmobile into a mass-market machine.
Quebec basically industrialized winter mobility. 🇨🇦❄️
(It was also a typo that essentially caused the naming)
Quebec basically industrialized winter mobility. 🇨🇦❄️
(It was also a typo that essentially caused the naming)
CANADIAN FACT OF THE DAY: In 1884, Canadian Marcellus Gilmore Edson patented a “peanut paste” often cited as an early peanut-butter precursor.
Not the whole story, but a real milestone. 🇨🇦🥜
Not the whole story, but a real milestone. 🇨🇦🥜
January 7, 2026 at 6:31 PM
CANADIAN FACT OF THE DAY: In 1884, Canadian Marcellus Gilmore Edson patented a “peanut paste” often cited as an early peanut-butter precursor.
Not the whole story, but a real milestone. 🇨🇦🥜
Not the whole story, but a real milestone. 🇨🇦🥜
Little Canadian Technology Fact: In 2017 a Montreal startup called "Element AI". raised a major early round which played a huge role in signalling Canada's AI momentum and talent.
January 7, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Little Canadian Technology Fact: In 2017 a Montreal startup called "Element AI". raised a major early round which played a huge role in signalling Canada's AI momentum and talent.
I strongly believe TVs will become obsolete and instead everyone will have projectors.
January 7, 2026 at 12:50 AM
I strongly believe TVs will become obsolete and instead everyone will have projectors.
CANADIAN FACT OF THE DAY: The early telephone story runs through Brantford, Ontario , “Telephone City.”
Bell worked from the Bell Homestead area, and a Bell Telephone company operated in Brantford by 1877. 🇨🇦☎️
Bell worked from the Bell Homestead area, and a Bell Telephone company operated in Brantford by 1877. 🇨🇦☎️
January 6, 2026 at 2:24 PM
CANADIAN FACT OF THE DAY: The early telephone story runs through Brantford, Ontario , “Telephone City.”
Bell worked from the Bell Homestead area, and a Bell Telephone company operated in Brantford by 1877. 🇨🇦☎️
Bell worked from the Bell Homestead area, and a Bell Telephone company operated in Brantford by 1877. 🇨🇦☎️
Canadian technology fact of the day: In 2013 Google acquired Toronto’s DNNresearch (reported ~$44M).
Hinton + his students, fresh off the AlexNet moment.
It signaled: Canadian AI labs were now global recruiting targets. 🇨🇦💰
P.S. RECOMMEND CANADIAN FOCUSED FACT SERIES 🙏
Hinton + his students, fresh off the AlexNet moment.
It signaled: Canadian AI labs were now global recruiting targets. 🇨🇦💰
P.S. RECOMMEND CANADIAN FOCUSED FACT SERIES 🙏
January 6, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Canadian technology fact of the day: In 2013 Google acquired Toronto’s DNNresearch (reported ~$44M).
Hinton + his students, fresh off the AlexNet moment.
It signaled: Canadian AI labs were now global recruiting targets. 🇨🇦💰
P.S. RECOMMEND CANADIAN FOCUSED FACT SERIES 🙏
Hinton + his students, fresh off the AlexNet moment.
It signaled: Canadian AI labs were now global recruiting targets. 🇨🇦💰
P.S. RECOMMEND CANADIAN FOCUSED FACT SERIES 🙏
CANADIAN FACT OF THE DAY: Basketball was invented in Dec 1891 by James Naismith, a Canadian-born teacher from Almonte, Ontario.
First game was in Massachusetts, but the inventor was 🇨🇦.
First game was in Massachusetts, but the inventor was 🇨🇦.
January 5, 2026 at 2:32 PM
CANADIAN FACT OF THE DAY: Basketball was invented in Dec 1891 by James Naismith, a Canadian-born teacher from Almonte, Ontario.
First game was in Massachusetts, but the inventor was 🇨🇦.
First game was in Massachusetts, but the inventor was 🇨🇦.
Do I even need to caption this
January 5, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Do I even need to caption this
It’s crazy how I literally have so many ideas of things I wanna build, but it’s to the point where I can’t focus on one.
Might just be the ADHD but damn
Might just be the ADHD but damn
January 4, 2026 at 4:11 PM
It’s crazy how I literally have so many ideas of things I wanna build, but it’s to the point where I can’t focus on one.
Might just be the ADHD but damn
Might just be the ADHD but damn