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Paul Preston
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In a time of AI, a wordsmithy is nostalgic for the written word... #history #politics #Canada #Alberta ...I digress!
THINK IT'S CHILLY HERE?
Here are civilian contractors and crew members of HMCS HARRY DEWOLF conducting ice operations alongside during Cold Weather Trials near Frobisher Bay on February 20, 2021.
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#RCN #Photos #History
#harrydewolf #aops
December 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
“Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling.”
- Edna Ferber
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For a special holiday wish
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December 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The glass-domed atrium is a marvel.

By day, it’s best seen in bright sunlight.
At night, when the city quiets and the dome turns black and reflective, the stars reveal themselves.

But not this Christmas Eve.
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December 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟐 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬
𝘚𝘏𝘈𝘙𝘌 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯
December 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟐 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬
𝘚𝘏𝘈𝘙𝘌 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯
December 24, 2025 at 3:08 AM
☆☆ 𝐒𝐍𝐎𝐖𝐅𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 ☆☆⁣
𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 23, 2025 ☆ 7:35 𝘗𝘔⁣

𝐔𝐏 𝐓𝐎 𝟐𝟎 𝐂𝐌 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐈𝐒 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐃⁣
by Christmas morning (CLICK link for 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 )⁣
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December 24, 2025 at 3:06 AM
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟐 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬
𝘚𝘏𝘈𝘙𝘌 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯
December 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟐 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬
𝘚𝘏𝘈𝘙𝘌 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯
December 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟐 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬
𝘚𝘏𝘈𝘙𝘌 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯
December 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟐 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬
𝘚𝘏𝘈𝘙𝘌 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯
December 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟐 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬
𝘚𝘏𝘈𝘙𝘌 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯
December 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟐 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬
𝘚𝘏𝘈𝘙𝘌 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯
December 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Rob Reiner
1947-2025
December 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟐 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬
𝘚𝘏𝘈𝘙𝘌 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯
December 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟐 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬
𝘚𝘏𝘈𝘙𝘌 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯
Bill Watterson
December 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
-53°C overnight in Braeburn, Yukon - one of those, "I was there when" moments for your grandchildren.

SOURCE: The Weather Network
December 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐃𝐀𝐘: 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐤𝐲
Every year on December 11, the world pauses to 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐠𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬: the mountains that store our water, shape our weather, shelter biodiversity and remind us how small & lucky we are to stand in their shadow.
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December 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐥, 𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲:
𝐄𝐝𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧’𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚
doesn’t just sit on Sir Winston Churchill Square, it 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬.
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December 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
𝐇𝐞𝐲 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐬 — 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐂𝐍 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲! 🇮🇸⚓️

𝐇𝐌𝐂𝐒 𝐒𝐭. 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧’𝐬 pulled into 𝐑𝐞𝐲𝐤𝐣𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐤, 𝐈𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 today, giving the crew a cold-but-gorgeous change of scenery while they’re on 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 with our 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐎 pals. www.facebook.com/share/p/1Bxr...
December 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Skating in Victoria Park, Edmonton, AB - Nov 2018
IMAGE: Matt Thiessen
@mthiessen IG
#exploreedmonton
December 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
As Canadian As… Jazz
The heartbeat of a small Montréal neighbourhood helped transform the city into Jazz City!
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December 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟕, 𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟏
"𝘕𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘳."
- Rob Citino, PhD
December 7, 2025 at 11:30 PM
𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐀 𝐃𝐈𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐀 𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐍𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐔𝐌 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐒:
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐝𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐮𝐦?
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December 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
𝐍𝐄𝐄𝐃𝐒 𝐀 𝐂𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍!
𝐌𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲:
𝘉𝘙𝘌𝘈𝘒𝘐𝘕𝘎: 𝘔𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘑𝘢𝘸 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 9.5 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘺, 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 “𝘔𝘢𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘐𝘤𝘦 𝘛𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘰𝘦.”
𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐲, 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚. #𝐆𝐞𝐭𝐀𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐩

This once in a lifetime photo was taken by Ernie Serediak in Kelowna, BC. November 29, 2020
December 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Today would've been Matthew Shepard's 49th Birthday. While we remember those we lost to AIDS, let's not forget those we lost to hate. #RememberMatthew #NOH8
December 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM