Adult Male Sea Otter Admitted From Tofino

On Friday, May 29, an adult male sea otter was admitted to the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Society (VAMMR) after being found in distress at Chesterman Beach near Tofino. A Fisheries Officer with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) responded to the animal and coordinated his transfer for rehabilitation. The sea otter was assessed to ... Read more

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Winning Canadian nominations that are being sent to the Lemmyvision contest

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67 points | 4 comments

If you would like to vote in the main contest, please keep an eye on !lemmyvision@jlai.lu for the main contest announcements.


Thank you everyone for the nominations, discussion, and for voting in the survey. We will eventually put together a page similar to last time on our website.

I am submitting the songs to the contest now.…

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Lemmyvision 3: Vote for Canada's submission to the contest

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37 points | 11 comments

For those unfamiliar, please see this post: lemmy.ca/post/63076630

To summarize, we will be submitting one song from each language category (English, French, Inuktitut).

Voting will be open from now until May 2nd, 11:59 PM PDT. You can find the link at the bottom of this post.

Playlists:

  • YouTube Music:…
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Lemmyvision 3: Nomination thread for Canada

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53 points | 12 comments

Hello everyone!

This is the nomination thread for Canada’s submission to Lemmyvision 3! Lemmyvision is an annual song contest held on the threadiverse, where regional communities / instances submit local songs to the global competition.

Timeline:

  • You can nominate songs for our submission until Saturday April 25th 2026 in…
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RESULTS: Fedecan 2025 Instance Census

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29 points | 4 comments
https://fedecan.ca/en/announcements/2026-04-03_censusResults

After taking a lot longer than I was expecting to, I’m pleased to announce the results of the census we ran earlier this year!

This year, the results are on our website instead of being copied into a post here. I’m hoping that this is better since the website charts are interactive,…

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Sleeping during morning commute gets B.C. driver a ticket

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28 points | 11 comments
https://www.castanet.net/news/Metro-Vancouver/605046/Sleeping-during-morning-commute-gets-B-C-driver-a-ticket

At about 8:30 a.m. on March 17, a police officer pulled up beside an electric car and observed a driver with her eyes closed and arms crossed while travelling eastbound on Highway No. 1 in Coquitlam in slippery, rainy conditions.

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YSK: NASA has a free guide on how to get into astrophotography with just a smartphone

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19 points | 0 comments
https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/psd/solar/2023/09/a/Astrophotography_Guide.pdf?emrc=69b3304cc3fd1

cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/65259722

Now you don’t need expensive equipment to debunk flat earthers!

Dinosaur Food: 100 million year old foods we still eat today

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9 points | 3 comments
https://borischerny.com/food/2022/01/17/Dinosaur-food.html

I just finished Oliver Sacks’ excellent Everything in Its Place. In it, he mentioned as an aside that the Ginkgo biloba tree is hundreds of millions of years old, and its phenotype has been practically frozen since then – a living fossil.

Of course, this is the same tree that…

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6 dead, shooter dead, 25 injured in Tumbler Ridge B.C. school shooting

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261 points | 50 comments
https://globalnews.ca/news/11662006/active-shooter-alert-lockdown-tumbler-ridge-bc/

When officers entered the school on Tuesday afternoon, they found six victims deceased, RCMP confirmed.

An individual believed to be the shooter was also found deceased with what appears to be a self‑inflicted injury.

Two victims have been airlifted…

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