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Canadian Border Now Fully Open
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Pre-Entry COVID Test No Longer Required at Canadian Border
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US Land Border Opens to Canadians
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When Will USA Border Open to Canadians?
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Where Can Vaccinated Canadians Travel?
Canadian Border Now Fully Open
On October 1st 2022, the Government of Canada removed all COVID-19 border measures such as required proof of vaccination, random testing, and mandatory isolation for high-risk travelers. For the first time since early 2020, the Canadian border is operating under “normal” conditions. For example: Americans interested in visiting Canada no longer need to download the […]
Pre-Entry COVID Test No Longer Required at Canadian Border
As of April 1st 2022, the Canadian border will no longer require a pre-arrival negative COVID-19 test from fully vaccinated travellers entering or returning to the country. Previously, a rapid antigen test or a PCR test indicating a person does not have COVID was required by border authorities. This rule change should encourage Canadians to […]
US Land Border Opens to Canadians
After being closed for nearly 19 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on November 8th 2021 the United States land border officially opened to all fully vaccinated Canadians. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced they will be staffing their border at pre-pandemic levels, but warns that wait times may be longer than in […]
When Will USA Border Open to Canadians?
On August 9th 2021, Canada opened its border to all fully vaccinated Americans allowing tourists from the United States to visit the country once again. The US border remains closed to Canadians, however, and American authorities recently extended the border closure until September 21st citing COVID-19 transmission rates south of the border as well as […]
Where Can Vaccinated Canadians Travel?
Most Canadians are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Consequently, Canadians are starting to think about international travel again, and are beginning to research possible vacation destinations. This leads to the question, which countries can a fully vaccinated Canadian visit? As of July 2021, Canadian citizens who have received two doses of the Pfizer, Moderna, or […]
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Some good reads: from Paul Wells, David Legree, Adam Olsen, Stephen Marche, Jim Coyle plus a Poilievre catchup and a vanishing Lego Homer
Posted July 3, 2025 by Anonymous
Just to entertain everybody while we wait for the apocalypse, here are some recent articles I liked:
From Paul Wells’ Substack:
I wrote about a national competition for Canadian portrait art that’s been going for 20 years, about the new book t…
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Talking about Canada Day
Posted July 2, 2025 by Anonymous
Some good articles and posts tonight about Canada and our Canada Day:
Paul Hunter / CBC News
He made the decision on impulse, but it sparked a movement. Mike Myers on elbows up
‘We can love Americans and not want to be Americans,’ actor tells CB…
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Today’s News: Celebrating Canada Day, and making a silk purse
Posted July 1, 2025 by Anonymous
It only feels like its been a decade since July 1 2024, doesn’t it? Time for some celebration: Trump to Canada: “I’m not talking to you.”
Canada: “Thank God. Now off to enjoy the Canada Day weekend in peace.”
#cdnpoli #USpoli[i…
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Sunday Funday: Laughing at Trump wanting a Nobel Peace Prize, a beaver shows us how to cut down a tree; other jokes and funny posts, and Animal Crackers
Posted June 29, 2025 by Anonymous
Nobel Peace Prize? For Trump? Oh my: Donald Trump wanting a Nobel Peace Prize is like Jeffrey Dahmer wanting a Vegetarian of the Year award. – The Mouthy Renegade WriterRead on Substack
Yeah, this is the way I feel too:
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Ti…
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Pride Month wrap-up: happiness and history
Posted June 28, 2025 by Anonymous
There were some great photos from Saskatoon’s Pride Parade last weekend:(All photos by Sherri Solomko)Sherri Solomko / SaskToday.ca
Pride not prejudice theme of 2025 Saskatoon Pride Parade
Saskatoon’s Pride Parade marked it’s 24th year of celebratin…
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Today in Elbows Up! Comments and posts about Quebec, sports MVPs, the ICE gestapo, Canadian deal-making, Carney diplomacy, American rallies, and a new book
Posted June 27, 2025 by Anonymous
Canada hasn’t had to do as much “Elbows Up!” cheering lately as we did last winter — we are rapidly getting used to the new reality of not travelling to the US, not buying US products, and laughing at the Orange Buffoon as often as we can.
But I thin…
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Some comments on the passing scene: the US is destroying university research; NATO is buttering up Trump; Carney is winning military hearts & minds; and Americans are fighting ICE gestapo
Posted June 26, 2025 by Anonymous
I’m seeing random stuff all over tonight, so here’s a few of my comments on the passing scene. First, the destruction of academic and scientific research in the United States continues. I just do not understand why they are so angry and what they…
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Today’s News: Carney’s CNN interview, Poilievre’s parade bust, Trump’s F-bomb
Posted June 25, 2025 by Anonymous
Carney:Amanpour calls Carney “the Trump whisperer”. Really good, substantive interview. #cdnpoli youtu.be/l8gWyt4wZjc?…[image or embed]— Steve Valeriote (@stevev68.bsky.social) June 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I’m seeing more online progressives saying “Fu…
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Compare and contrast: Trump’s bombastic stupidity vs. Carney’s smooth effectiveness
Posted June 24, 2025 by Anonymous
First, here’s Trump. How stupid is this?
The night the Iran bombing was announced, this is what I posted:
I suspect Trump bombed Iran tonight because his military parade was a bust & the G7 leaders laughed at him & Fox News’ Jessica Tarlov rid…
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Sunday Funday: funny posts, some interesting stuff, more Trump Watch, and Animal Crackers (with a goofy camel, too)
Posted June 22, 2025 by Anonymous
I usually save most of my funny clips and posts for Saturday night, to make a funny post for people to read on Sunday.
Tonight everyone is doing hot takes on Trump’s decision to bomb the nuclear sites in Iran — but we don’t know yet how Iran will res…
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The funny side of the news
Posted June 21, 2025 by Anonymous
I’m seeing some funny posts tonight about recent news stories so I wanted to share. It looks like the G7 may have had an uninvited guest: View on Threads
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Russell Crowe is crossing Canada and post…
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Today’s News: Cons step on a rake in Alberta; Updates on Jerome Powell, Trump’s decline, Los Angeles, and ICE Gestapo, plus America #KneesUp
Posted June 20, 2025 by Anonymous
Just a few updates today —
Canadian unity 
https://t.co/Jb8ZqG0zR4— Laura Babcock (@LauraBabcock) June 18, 2025
How NOT to win Alberta hearts and mindsTalk about stepping on a rake! The Conservative campaign manager Jenni Byrne ap…
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War between America and Iran? “Avoid history at all costs. History is too big, too abstract, too dangerous.”
Posted June 19, 2025 by Anonymous
They’re doing it again.
It sounds like Trump is going to get the United States involved in another damn war in the Middle East.
Heard the same thing going from 3 to 2 pic.twitter.com/8yHK5Wpeql— Nancy Just Nancy (@NancyJustNancy) June 19, 2025
It to…
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Today’s News: Oilers lose, Singh apologizes, Poilievre gets his chance, Liberal bills criticized, G7 continues, Rothkopf on Trump; Xi on America
Posted June 18, 2025 by Anonymous
Well, the Oilers won’t be bringing the Stanley Cup back to Canada this year. They played well overall but in the end they just gave up too many goals. Tonight’s game was not a joy to watch.
Sorry about the Oilers. I prefer the Leafs win the Cup …
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Well, that was unexpected! Trump left the G7 early….
Posted June 17, 2025 by Anonymous
Hundreds of people on social media predicted all weekend that Trump would leave the G7 in Canada early because he is:
1. mad that his parade was a bust
2. bored with Canada
3. outclassed by Carney
4. hurting in his fee-fees because all the other l…
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Sunday Funday: Some very odds and sods, including Poilievre, Elbows Up, & Derek Guy; plus TrumpWatch and Animal Crackers
Posted June 15, 2025 by Anonymous
Here are this week’s odds and sods – and some are very odd indeed!
Poilievre is just a joke!
A collection of recent Poilievre cartoons:Poilievre is fading into oblivion in the minds of Canadian voters and he’s dragging down the CPC with him. How long…
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Some Funny Ha-Ha and Funny Strange posts about Trump’s parade and the No Kings protests, plus how it feels to cut off America
Posted June 14, 2025 by Anonymous
I don’t know who get AI to do this, but isn’t it great! The MacDonald’s “medals” in particular.
Looks like its going to rain on Trump’s parade. With any luck…
People are talking about the parade tonight on social media, plus about the…
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Today’s News: Just some updates on the Sask wildfires and on the ICE protests, plus saying goodbye to Brian Wilson
Posted June 12, 2025 by Anonymous
First, yes I feel this way too:
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Just when my frenzied mind feels that it’s about to explode from the barrage of dystopian news, some well-balanced optimist posts a video clip of a chipper goofball dog bouncily trot…
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Newsom’s speech: “The rule of law is giving way to the rule of Don”
Posted June 11, 2025 by Anonymous
California governor Gavin Newsom gave a powerful speech to California tonight, and to the nation:
Wow! “You are the antidote to fear. What Donald Trump wants is your fealty, your silence, to be complicit in this moment. Do not give into hi…
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Carney is moving fast and fixing things
Posted June 10, 2025 by Anonymous
The motto of Facebook used to be “move fast and break things”. But really, folks — that sounds cute but it doesn’t actually work out very well, as XKCD says (above) and as Elon has now found out.
In Canada, PM Mark Carney is moving fast and fixi…
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Monday funny stuff: TrumpWatch, AmericaWatch, some Canada posts, other odds and sods, some beautiful stuff, and Animal Crackers
Posted June 9, 2025 by Anonymous
This week in TrumpWatch:
Remember what happened to Anwar Sadat at his parade in 1981?!?!
#Resist #NoKings #TACO #DeportElon 
— So Cal Beer Guy (@socalbeerman.bsky.social) June 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
And now, I will be posting AmericaWatc…
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Tin soldiers and Trump is coming…
Posted June 9, 2025 by Anonymous
…but back in the day, Nixon was a lot scarier than Trump:
LAPD Chief McDonnell when asked if National Guard is needed: “This thing has gotten out of control.”
Everything Trump touches…— Wajahat Ali (@wajali.bsky.social) June 8, 2025 at 11:30 P…
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Los Angeles stands up to ICE
Posted June 8, 2025 by Anonymous
Photo credit: Eric Thayer, Associated PressReading the LA Times coverage about the people of Los Angeles tonight, I needed to do a post about their courage. Its not surprising that people are organizing to oppose what ICE and Homeland Security are…
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Remembering June 6
Posted June 7, 2025 by Anonymous
Remembering the Canadians at Juno Beach:
The Canadians, many of them volunteers, pushed furthest inland today. Allies matter. You don’t win wars without friends. pic.twitter.com/VBc32DGWKN— alex kershaw (@kershaw_alex) June 6, 2025
Here’s what D-Day…
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What happens to our Strong Borders Act if we ever elect a Canadian Trump?
Posted June 5, 2025 by Anonymous
Because we almost did.I don’t think Canadians have yet realized how lucky we are. Only a coincidental confluence of unforeseen and extraordinary events in the six months between November 2024 to April 2025 prevented the election of Pierre Poilievr…
Canadian Border Now Fully Open
Posted November 24, 2022 by Ben
On October 1st 2022, the Government of Canada removed all COVID-19 border measures such as required proof of vaccination, random testing, and mandatory isolation for high-risk travelers. For the first time since early 2020, the Canadian border is operating under “normal” conditions. For example: Americans interested in visiting Canada no longer need to download the […]
Pre-Entry COVID Test No Longer Required at Canadian Border
Posted April 2, 2022 by Ben
As of April 1st 2022, the Canadian border will no longer require a pre-arrival negative COVID-19 test from fully vaccinated travellers entering or returning to the country. Previously, a rapid antigen test or a PCR test indicating a person does not have COVID was required by border authorities. This rule change should encourage Canadians to […]
US Land Border Opens to Canadians
Posted November 8, 2021 by Ben
After being closed for nearly 19 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on November 8th 2021 the United States land border officially opened to all fully vaccinated Canadians. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced they will be staffing their border at pre-pandemic levels, but warns that wait times may be longer than in […]
When Will USA Border Open to Canadians?
Posted August 25, 2021 by Ben
On August 9th 2021, Canada opened its border to all fully vaccinated Americans allowing tourists from the United States to visit the country once again. The US border remains closed to Canadians, however, and American authorities recently extended the border closure until September 21st citing COVID-19 transmission rates south of the border as well as […]
Where Can Vaccinated Canadians Travel?
Posted July 1, 2021 by Ben
Most Canadians are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Consequently, Canadians are starting to think about international travel again, and are beginning to research possible vacation destinations. This leads to the question, which countries can a fully vaccinated Canadian visit? As of July 2021, Canadian citizens who have received two doses of the Pfizer, Moderna, or […]
Interesting Fact of the Month
Did you know visiting Canada with a DUI is difficult? If a US citizen has a DUI or DWI they could be denied entry at the Canadian border! Even a misdemeanor for reckless driving, or a traffic ticket for impaired driving, can prevent an American from entering Canada. In order to enter Canada with DUI charges many people hire an immigration lawyer. Going to Canada from USA with other criminal convictions like theft or assault can also be challenging.
Did you know visiting Canada with a DUI is difficult? If a US citizen has a DUI or DWI they could be denied entry at the Canadian border! Even a misdemeanor for reckless driving, or a traffic ticket for impaired driving, can prevent an American from entering Canada. In order to enter Canada with DUI charges many people hire an immigration lawyer. Going to Canada from USA with other criminal convictions like theft or assault can also be challenging.
