#Humanity feels burned. Enter Elon Musk.

#Humanity feels burned. Enter Elon Musk.

“#Humanity feels burned. Enter Elon Musk.” Image of the Week: Landing appears to be an issue for the SpaceX Starship. But hey, if we get off this messed-up planet, who says we’d want to come back? In a metaphor too painfully apt for 2020, Elon Musk witnessed his $200-million rocket explode Wednesday in a fiery…

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#A feel-good moment for the Nova Scotia lobster fishery

#A feel-good moment for the Nova Scotia lobster fishery

“#A feel-good moment for the Nova Scotia lobster fishery” Image of the Week: The fireworks around ‘Dumping Day’ were the type you’re actually glad to see Without being presumptuous, it’s fair to assume that, over the past two months, many Nova Scotia fishers have resented being lumped in with some of their counterparts in Lobster…

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#Spitting-mad Trump supporters are not going away

#Spitting-mad Trump supporters are not going away

“#Spitting-mad Trump supporters are not going away” Image of the Week: Laugh, cringe or succumb to outrage, there’s no avoiding the outgoing president’s COVID-denying true believers Some pictures say a thousand words. Others are much more succinct. Regardless of the nuance this image may lack, the baseness of it—an angry man yelling, saliva unchecked by…

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#A lonely day of remembrance in a time of COVID

#A lonely day of remembrance in a time of COVID

“#A lonely day of remembrance in a time of COVID” Image of the Week: A symbolic reminder that it is now up to everyday Canadians to keep our veterans safe Seventy-five years ago, more than a million Canadians travelled overseas to help defeat Germany during the Second World War. If not for a pandemic, tens…

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#Donald Trump’s other wall – Macleans.ca

#Donald Trump’s other wall – Macleans.ca

“#Donald Trump’s other wall – Macleans.ca” Image of the Week: On the eve of a pivotal election, signs of the dissent and division consuming America are right outside White House The White House has had a fence for most of its existence. Thomas Jefferson’s administration first erected a wood-rail barrier; a stone wall replaced that…

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#Andrew Wilkinson enters the five stages of political grief

#Andrew Wilkinson enters the five stages of political grief

“#Andrew Wilkinson enters the five stages of political grief” Image of the Week: B.C. election edition By the time the Zoom footage leaked to the public—the call in which older, white members of the BC Liberal party, including leader Andrew Wilkinson, chortled at the expense of a young, Asian-Canadian NDP MLA—the damage was already done. Apologies…

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#The powder keg that is Armenia versus Azerbaijan

#The powder keg that is Armenia versus Azerbaijan

“#The powder keg that is Armenia versus Azerbaijan” Image of the Week: The conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh was a bomb waiting to go off. It’s been that way for centuries. If you wanted to explain the current Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict, where would you begin? Would you start with the election held this spring by the self-declared (and…

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