u/Buff1965

With 99% of the votes counted 5,939,032 are "null", making up about 5% of all votes cast. This seems like very high percentage to me. What are the reasons?

I finally got around to watching Disclosure Day on a plane. Excellent cast. Beautiful cinematography. But the story was a big disappointment. It was basically a chase movie like The Fugitive or One Battle After Another.

It totally skipped what to me is the far more interesting question to explore - How would people react? In their personal lives? In their community lives? In their political lives? What, if anything, happened to that emerging war in Korea that was playing in the background? Spielberg did a better job of this in E.T. over 40 years ago.

Everyone expected the Liberals to win in BC and Ontario, but not by such big margins. In Quebec the Tories came 3rd in a riding they held for a decade and lost almostv2/3 of their 2025 vote share.

The New York Times reports that American negotiators asked for this (among other things):

The United States insisted on maintaining the freedom to change its tariff policy on Canada without a dispute resolution mechanism or warning built into the new agreement. It also asked for Canada to notify and coordinate with the U.S. on steel tariffs that Canada enforces on other trading partners.

Just back from a BC- Alberta loop and have 3 suggestions for people who can't afford or dont want to face the summer crowds of Banff:

1. Northern Rockies: Starting in Edmonton, drive to Jasper National Park (many natural attractions) then Mt. Robson/Valemount (highest peak in the Rockies), then via Prince George to Powder King ski resort/Azouette Lake, detour to Hudson Hope if you like to tour a hydroelectric dam, then to Tumbler Ridge (UNESCO Geopark, dinosaurs, 49 hiking trails), take a river excursion to Kinuso Falls (Wild River Tours did an excellent tour for 6 of us), then Dawson Creak (Mile Zero of the Alaska Highway) to Grande Prairie (more dinosaurs) along the foothills of the Rockies to Grande Cache and back to Edmonton

2. Cowboy Trail East: Starting in Calgary drive to Kananaskus Country (stunning mountain resort and oarks) continue south until the junction withon the Cowboy Trail, turn south past Bar U Ranch National Historic site, at the junction with Highway 3 turn east to Head-Smashed-In (UNESCO World Heritage Site, then south to Waterton Lakes National Park (Waterton Glacier International Peace Park from the better days of Canada-USA relations), then east to Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park (over 1,000 petroglyohs), then Highway 4 to Lethbridge (Canada's tallest Railway bridge, Fort Whoop-up, Water Tower grill), then return to Calgary

3. Cowboy Trail West: as above but turn west at Highway through through Crowsnest Pass (Leith Colleries, Frank Slide, Crowsnest Mountain), then to Cranbrook (Fort Steele) via Sparwood (world's biggest truck) and Fernie (ski resort town), then north on Highway 93 to the mountain resort towns of Fairmont Hotsprings, Invermere (30km skiting path on lake in winter) and Radium Hot Springs, then east through Kootenay National Park (many natural attractions) and back to Calgary on the TransCanada (this part does go through Banff)

I recently inherited my great grandparents photos from the early 20th century. Some are of friends and relatives of theirs. Ive traced who I could, but 4 generations later some have no descendants. Im reluctant to what feels like just throwing their lives in the trash. Do any public archives in Canada want photos of not-famous people living daily life?

I know the real world and impressions we have online are rarely the same. Fusses online in the USA, like recently about Spanish men embracing after winning the World Cup, make it seem like American men are more homophobic and insecure in their sexuality than men in Canada or Western Europe. But is that real? If so, why?

Por que o governo do Brasil deixo entrar a Milei si ese so vino para interferir na política doméstica?

I've noticed sone businesses refusing cash payments. It started during the pandemic before we knew that you couldn't get COVID-19 from touching surfaces, but it has continued for years in some places. If cash is legal tender isn't it illegal to refuse it?

Im in Vancouver and the reporting about the terrible shooting at the Salsa festival contains almost no information. I've seen the injured referred to as "bystanders" but not the two victims. We're they shooting at each other? There's also been no description of any other shooter, which i find odd with so many witnesses.

We associate the USA with innovation, adaptability and youth culture and yet Americans elect and re-elect very old politicians. The average age of other G7 leaders is 59. There is also no age when US Senators or Supreme Court Justices must retire (in Canada it's 75).

What explains this paradox?

Does anyone know where in Vancouver Ghana fans are gathering to watch Tuesdays match against England?

This isn't about travel in Canada, but I thought people in this group may know the answer.

I can't find a clear one online.

I have a 5 hour stopover in Copenhagen CPH between flights. Both flights are Schengen. It will be in the fall between 6 PM and 11PM, so it will probably be dark the whole time. I've read that it's a very quick train ride to the city centre. Should I go? If so, what should I see/do there in the evening? If not, what should I see/do in the CPH terminal?

Can anyone direct me toward more detailed information about the data centre announced for Georgia Street? In particular, I'd like to know how much water it will require for cooling, where that water will cone from and what will be done with the heated water afterwards.