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Since some of you have asked, here are links to the Canadian projects we've launched:

👩🏻‍⚕️ National Healthcare Infusion Movement
🧳 Tourism Infusion Handbook
🛒 Main Street Canada
🔌 Unplug America
💪🏻 Canada Is Not Broken
▶️ Videos about Cdn identity
🍫 Canadian snacks

See them all ▶️ projects.todmaffin.com
TODAY IN CANADA:In 1911, the Royal Mint in England shipped the master dies for Canada's proposed new silver dollar to Ottawa; because the traditional Latin phrase "Dei Gratia" was left off the coin, only 3 were made.
YOUR SAY: We’ve eliminated the penny should we eliminate the nickel and dime next?
October 19, 2026 at 9:00 PM
I asked everyone on my newsletter if politicians in Quebec should have to swear allegiance to the Monarch (as they do everywhere else in the country).

How would YOU have voted?

✅ Weigh in on the next poll this weekend. Join the newsletter: join.FarAndWide.news
October 19, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Start your week off on the right foot with an all-new Cannections! Share your scores in the comments. 🍁

games.hey.cafe/cannections/...
Cannections Monday Edition / Hey.Café Games
The Monday Edition of Canadian based word matching game where you pick 4 words that match. Puzzles by Tod Maffin and his team with a new one every Monday for you to enjoy.
games.hey.cafe
October 19, 2026 at 4:00 PM
You folks asked for it, so here it is... How to switch to Canadian companies: The HOUSEHOLD edition! 🙂
October 19, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Well, pack it up. @donnamatrix.bsky.social has the best post of the night.
October 18, 2026 at 4:48 AM
I feel like I’m more invested in that Kelowna candidate who seemed like he really didn’t want to run at all. I keep refreshing to see if he got a seat 😂 #bcelections
October 18, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Things are getting weird, y’all 🫪

(Photo taken at a No Kings rally in the U.S.)
October 17, 2026 at 11:04 PM
I read the Canada Gazette so you don’t have to 🙂
— Banks can't do any significant side hustle
— They still can’t lease you a car
— Political candidates get most security costs repaid
— The EU’s bank wants Canada to rule it isn’t “foreign”
...and more!

✅ My free newsletter: join.farandwide.news
October 17, 2026 at 6:09 PM
TODAY IN CANADA: On today's date in 1841, Queen's University in Kingston received its royal charter. Oddly, the charter required the college stay within three miles of a specific Presbyterian church.

🎓️ YOUR SAY: Should post-secondary education be paid for by the government?
October 16, 2026 at 9:00 PM
America: Meddling in Canadian Elections Since 1962
America: Meddling in Canadian Elections Since 1962
The U.S. is complaining about Canadian influence on American elections. It's a joke. Here's a documented and sourced list of times the United States put their thumb on ours. WHAT I COVER IN THIS VIDEO - Alberta separatists met U.S. State Department officials three times in 2025, and reportedly discussed oil royalties, fresh water and railway land access - Trump saying he would rather deal with a Liberal, then posting to Canadians on election day in 2025 - Obama endorsing Justin Trudeau in 2019 and again in 2021 - The 2005 speech by U.S. ambassador David Wilkins in the middle of a federal campaign - Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter weighing in on Quebec separatism - Kennedy, Diefenbaker and the 1962 and 1963 elections: a pollster with a fake passport, a State Department press release and a forged letter - Trump's endorsements in Colombia, Hungary, Poland and Honduras, his aid threat to Argentina, and the U.S. capture of Venezuela's president Canadian sovereignty is not a bargaining chip. Share this with someone who needs the history. Get my free weekly newsletter: https://newsletter.todmaffin.com TOPICS: U.S. interference in Canadian elections, Trump and Canada, Alberta independence referendum 2026, Alberta separatists and the U.S. State Department, Kennedy and Diefenbaker, Canada-U.S. relations, Canadian sovereignty, 51st state #Canada #AlbertaReferendum #CanadaUS #ElectionInterference #CanadianPolitics
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October 16, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Reposted by Tod Maffin 🇨🇦
Meta’s new commercial terms will allow the scraping of news sites, legal experts say | Nieman Journalism Lab
Meta can use web scrapers to crawl and collect content from websites “associated with” business accounts on its platforms, according to its new commercial terms of use.<p>The update, set to go into effect on October 30, will include news publishers with business accounts. These accounts allow companies or public figures to manage Facebook pages, Messenger accounts, Instagram profiles, or WhatsApp channels from one place. While journalism isn’t the only industry that will be affected by this update, virtually every news organization has at least one Meta business account, including Nieman Lab.<p>The new terms broadly cover business accounts that manage pages and groups, run advertisements, push marketing messages, and use the platform’s business account dashboard. As written, the new terms could be used to argue that Meta can scrape content from news sites and use that content to train the company’s AI products, according to three legal experts who reviewed the terms at Nieman Lab’s request.<p>“This is a remarkable provision to bury in [the] terms of service, given that this would give Meta access to material that would likely cost many millions of dollars in a licensing market,” said Matt Topic, a media and intellectual property attorney at Loevy & Loevy. “It’s not clear whether a court would enforce this, but publishers should assume that it would be enforceable.”<p>In early October, Meta alerted users to the update in a blog post and on the Meta Business Suite. The updated terms explicitly state that Meta can use the content it collects from associated websites to “train” Meta products. Elsewhere in its terms of service, the company defines “AI at Meta” as one of those products.<p>Here’s the new language about scraping in full:<p>You authorize us (or any entity acting on our behalf) to use automated software (such as web scrapers, bots, robots, spiders, crawlers, and user agents) and create test credentials to access, index, cache, analyze, collect, retrieve, or crawl the domains, web pages, or URLs (and any content available through them) that are associated with your products or services, or that are made available through your or users’ use of Meta Company Products and services, and to periodically pull updates from such domains, web pages, or URLs. Meta may use any content from such domains, web pages, or URLs to provide, develop, improve, research, train, and maintain the integrity of, the Meta Company Products, services, and features provided under these Commercial …
www.niemanlab.org
October 16, 2026 at 2:13 AM
437 Canadian small businesses are now on Main Street Canada!

I made a spreadsheet.
Then I made charts.
You're welcome, fellow nerds.
Swipe for the highlights.

✅ See them all at mainstreet.todmaffin.com
October 16, 2026 at 5:23 AM
TODAY IN CANADA: In 1979, Terry Fox wrote a letter to the Canadian Cancer Society introducing himself, his mission, and asking for their support.
🍁 YOUR SAY: What are your memories of doing the Terry Fox Run as a child?
October 15, 2026 at 9:00 PM
This week's act of "Relentless Decency"
Bystanders, including an off-duty firefighter, saved the life of a window washer who came into contact with a power line in Courtenay, BC.
www.timescolonist.com/local...893560
https://www.timescolonist.com/local...893560
www.timescolonist.com
October 15, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Today's Cannections is ready to solve! Share your scores in the comments.🙂

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Cannections Thursday Edition / October 15th, 2026 / Hey.Café Games
Games built by Hey.Café.
games.hey.cafe
October 15, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Some cool stuff coming for the "Dear Canada" postcard project!

What do YOU want to tell all of Canada? Only two weeks left to send your message to Canada (even if you're not from here).

✅ Get the mailing address at postcard.todmaffin.com
October 15, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Which ones did I miss? Post them in the comments below ⬇️
October 14, 2026 at 10:33 PM
TODAY IN CANADA: In 2019, Margaret Atwood became the oldest recipient of the Booker Prize; this win was also the third time in the prize's history that resulted in a tie.
📖YOUR SAY: Which Canadian novel has had the greatest impact on you?
October 14, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Can someone who's been married a long time help me figure out why my wife isn't talking to me this afternoon?
October 14, 2026 at 8:40 PM