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candrinthewildpig.bsky.social
Shoutout to TheCanadianPooperALT for putting together the mash-up version of Groove Tonight + September!

www.youtube.com/@thecanadian...
TheCanadianPooperALT
This is the Alt account for my main channel TheCanadianPooper. This is where I'll be posting memes, short YTP's, occasional mashups, etc. Also, if any video I make has been done before, please let me...
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September 22, 2026 at 11:50 PM
sean.scoat.es.ap.brid.gy
Home for the next 97+ hours. Toronto to Vancouver. Excited to see the parts of Canada I’ve only ever flown over.

#viarail #thecanadian
The exterior of VIA Rail train #1 Cabin for 1 Skyline dome car still inside Union Station A view from the dome, with the rest of Train #1 curving ahead (behind; we’re reversing).
September 20, 2026 at 2:11 PM
quaff.thecanadian.social.ap.brid.gy
RE: https://mastodon.social/@MastodonEngineering/117275612258138503

Happy release day! Another security patch update is out.

Our instances #thecanadian #journahost #newsiesocial are now running Mastodon v4.7.2.

Have a great day! 👋

#mastoadmin
mastodonengineering.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Mastodon Engineering @mastodonengineering.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13d
We just released Mastodon v4.7.2, v4.6.8, v4.5.18 and v4.4.25.

In addition to several bugfixes, they disable HEIF processing to avoid a known critical security issues. We encourage server administrators to update as soon as possible.

Full release notes and update instructions are available on […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
September 15, 2026 at 3:13 PM
warreninphilly.bsky.social
Get on board #TheCanadian!
September 10, 2026 at 8:25 PM
northerntracksblog.bsky.social
Le premier ministre Carney annonce le plus important investissement dans l’histoire de VIA Rail afin de relancer la fabrication de voitures voyageurs au Canada
#viarailcanada #NordDeLOntario #sudburywhiterivertrain #TheCanadian #passengerrail
tc.canada.ca/fr/transport...
Document d’information : Le premier ministre Carney annonce le plus important investissement dans l’histoire de VIA Rail afin de relancer la fabrication de voitures voyageurs au Canada
Le gouvernement du Canada investit plus de 4,7 milliards de dollars pour permettre à VIA Rail d’acquérir et de maintenir 313 nouvelles voitures voyageurs d’Alstom Canada pour ses services de liaisons ...
tc.canada.ca
September 3, 2026 at 9:20 PM
northerntracksblog.bsky.social
Prime Minister Carney announces the largest investment in VIA Rail’s history to bring passenger rail car manufacturing back to Canada
#viarailcanada #northernontario #sudburywhiterivertrain #TheCanadian #passengerrail
tc.canada.ca/en/rail-tran...
Backgrounder: Prime Minister Carney announces the largest investment in VIA Rail’s history to bring passenger rail car manufacturing back to Canada
The Government of Canada is investing more than $4.7 billion for VIA Rail to acquire and maintain 313 new passenger rail cars from Alstom Canada for its long-distance, regional and remote services.
tc.canada.ca
September 3, 2026 at 9:18 PM
quaff.thecanadian.social.ap.brid.gy
RE: https://mastodon.social/@MastodonEngineering/117196710499860627

Happy Tuesday!

I see there has been a security patch released for Mastodon!

That means #thecanadian #journahost #newsiesocial have all been bumped up to v4.7.1.

Hope y'all have a great day 👋

#mastoadmin
mastodonengineering.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Mastodon Engineering @mastodonengineering.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27d
We just released Mastodon v4.7.1, v4.6.7, v4.5.17 and v4.4.24.

These include important security fixes.

We encourage server administrators to update as soon as possible, especially if you are using LDAP, PAM or an external SSO for user authentication.

Full release notes and update instructions […]
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mastodon.social
September 15, 2026 at 3:04 PM
quaff.thecanadian.social.ap.brid.gy
RE: https://mastodon.social/@MastodonEngineering/117196710499860627

Happy Tuesday!

I see there has been a security patch released for Mastodon!

That means #thecanadian #journahost #newsiesocial have all been bumped up to v4.7.1.

Hope y'all have a great day 👋

#mastoadmin
mastodonengineering.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Mastodon Engineering @mastodonengineering.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27d
We just released Mastodon v4.7.1, v4.6.7, v4.5.17 and v4.4.24.

These include important security fixes.

We encourage server administrators to update as soon as possible, especially if you are using LDAP, PAM or an external SSO for user authentication.

Full release notes and update instructions […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
September 1, 2026 at 4:41 PM
northerntracksblog.bsky.social
VIA Rail Canada Annual Public Meeting
#viarailcanada #passengerrail #northernontario #sudburywhiteriver #TheCanadian
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh3x...
VIA Rail’s 2026 Annual Public Meeting
YouTube video by VIA Rail Canada
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August 26, 2026 at 1:31 PM
quaff.thecanadian.social.ap.brid.gy
RE: https://mastodon.social/@MastodonEngineering/117128796127029335

Good morning, y'all!

There has been a new (big) minor release to Mastodon!

Our instances #thecanadian, #journahost, #newsiesocial are now running v4.7.0.

This update took a little longer due to large database migrations, so […]
August 20, 2026 at 4:54 PM
quaff.thecanadian.social.ap.brid.gy
RE: https://mastodon.social/@MastodonEngineering/117089259381900496

Happy Thursday!

Looks like there was another security patch released for Mastodon 🫡

Our #thecanadian #journahost #newiesocial instances are now running the latest v4.6.6.

Have a great day y'all 👋

#mastoadmin
mastodonengineering.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Mastodon Engineering @mastodonengineering.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 13
We just released Mastodon 4.6.6, 4.5.16 and 4.4.23.

They contain minor bug fixes and we advise server administrators to update when they can.

Full release notes and update instructions are available on the GitHub releases page. https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases

#mastoadmin
Releases · mastodon/mastodon
Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community - mastodon/mastodon
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August 13, 2026 at 5:02 PM
ladyscotia.bsky.social
Very apparent like many things I thought - I was wrong and mail fraud is a daily occurrence. The coins crappy gifts etc are annoying. TheCanadian Red Cross has started the same gift crap. I sent money to them to support those who had lost their homes in one of our devastation fires last year..5
August 11, 2026 at 2:33 PM
quaff.thecanadian.social.ap.brid.gy
RE: https://mastodon.social/@MastodonEngineering/117049108962684337

Happy Thursday!

Here at #thecanadian, we're now running the latest 4.6.5 version of Mastodon. Which means that #journahost and #newsiesocial are as well.

Hope everyone has a great day! 👋

#mastoadmin
mastodonengineering.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Mastodon Engineering @mastodonengineering.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 6
We just released Mastodon 4.6.5. It contains one important bug fix and we recommend every instance running 4.6 to update.

We are also releasing Mastodon v4.5.15 and v4.4.22 with minor bugfixes

Full release notes and update instructions are available on the GitHub releases page […]
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mastodon.social
August 6, 2026 at 4:27 PM
northerntracksblog.bsky.social
Passenger Rail Locomotive Assembly Returns to Canada Through a $1.95 Billion Government of Canada Investment #viarailcanada #passengerrail #TheCanadian #sudburywhiteriver #northernontario www.canada.ca/en/transport...
Passenger Rail Locomotive Assembly Returns to Canada Through a $1.95 Billion Government of Canada Investment
Rail helped build Canada, connecting people and communities across vast distances and helping unite the country. Today, a modern and resilient passenger rail network is essential to supporting economi...
www.canada.ca
July 29, 2026 at 2:50 PM
quaff.thecanadian.social.ap.brid.gy
RE: https://mastodon.social/@MastodonEngineering/116992447094087771

Happy Monday! Hope y'all had a great and relaxing weekend.

Mastodon has just released a critical security update. If you're a #mastoadmin, please upgrade ASAP.

#thecanadian #journahost #newsiesocial have all been upgraded to […]
July 27, 2026 at 4:13 PM
tinkiegurl.bsky.social
This so-called agreement to remove inter-provincial trade barriers is nothing but a ruse we may not be able to get food and stuff from Atlantic Canada but at least we'll have all theCanadian wine we can drink.
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
Booze rules may be easing, but other interprovincial trade barriers still remain | CBC News
Though it will soon be easier for Canadians to buy alcohol from outside their home provinces, a litany of other barriers remain. Here's a look at some key issues that hinder the free flow of goods, se...
www.cbc.ca
July 25, 2026 at 5:36 PM
northerntracksblog.bsky.social
Passenger train service disrupted by fires
#viarailcanada #passengerrail #TheCanadian #northernontario #armstrong #siouxlookout #hornepayne #redditt #greatersudbury #foleyet #gogama #greenstone
www.snnewswatch.com/local-news/p...
Passenger train service disrupted by fires
Passengers who booked seats are receiving refunds after Via Rail suspended train service through Northwestern Ontario.
www.snnewswatch.com
July 21, 2026 at 11:53 AM
northerntracksblog.bsky.social
Wildfires stop VIA’s Canadian again, this time in Ontario
#viarailcanada #thecanadian #passengerrail #northernontario #forestfires
www.trains.com/pro/passenge...
Wildfires stop VIA's Canadian again, this time in Ontario - Trains
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — The same set of VIA Rail Canada Canadian equipment that had its westbound trip terminated at Kamloops, British Columbia, last week because of a wildfire threat has been halted again on its return trip. This time, the train made it as far east as western Ontario early today (Tuesday, July 14), only [...]Read More...
www.trains.com
July 16, 2026 at 12:30 PM
northerntracksblog.bsky.social
VIA Rail postpones its annual public meeting to August 25, 2026
#viarailcanada #passengerail #TheCanadian #SudburyWhiteRiverTrain #northerontario
www.aol.com/articles/via...
VIA RAIL POSTPONES ITS ANNUAL PUBLIC MEETING TO AUGUST 25, 2026 - AOL
www.aol.com
July 6, 2026 at 5:05 PM
quaff.thecanadian.social.ap.brid.gy
RE: https://mastodon.social/@MastodonEngineering/116856425277313070

Happy Friday!

#thecanadian #journahost #newsiesocial are now all running Mastodon v4.6.3!

Have a great day y'all 👋

#mastoadmin
July 3, 2026 at 4:43 PM
northerntracksblog.bsky.social
VIA Rail cancellation in Winnipeg gives travellers trouble
#VIARail #TheCanadian #passengerrail
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
VIA Rail cancellation in Winnipeg gives travellers trouble
Travellers on a train going from Ontario to British Columbia had their plans disrupted after mechanical issues forced VIA Rail to cancel the trip.
www.cbc.ca
June 29, 2026 at 12:03 PM
quaff.thecanadian.social.ap.brid.gy
RE: https://mastodon.social/@MastodonEngineering/116810207094278507

Another security patch update!

All our instances have been upgraded to v4.6.2 without incident.

Have a great day y'all! 👋

#mastoadmin #thecanadian #journahost #newsiesocial
mastodonengineering.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Mastodon Engineering @mastodonengineering.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Jun 25
We just released Mastodon 4.6.2, 4.5.13 and 4.4.20. Those versions only update our container image to fix an important security issue in ffmpeg, which Mastodon uses to process videos.

If you do not use our container image, you may skip this update but you need to update your installed ffmpeg to […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
June 25, 2026 at 4:40 PM
quaff.thecanadian.social.ap.brid.gy
RE: https://mastodon.social/@MastodonEngineering/116806085498460059

Happy release day!

#TheCanadian #journahost #newsiesocial instances have been updated to Mastodon 4.6.1 🫡

For #thecanadian fedizens, you may notice that our Maple flavour has returned!

Thank you @matt_birchler for picking up […]
June 24, 2026 at 7:16 PM
quaff.thecanadian.social.ap.brid.gy
And of course, here's the link to repo of the theme we're using in case anyone wants to fork or play with it!

For the keen: you'll notice I left a little bit of Tangerine UI in there to indicate where our theme's DNA originated from 🫡 🍊

https://git.sr.ht/~quaff/thecanadian-maple-theme
~quaff/thecanadian-maple-theme - 🍁 TheCanadian.social Maple theme - sourcehut git
git.sr.ht
June 19, 2026 at 6:18 PM
quaff.thecanadian.social.ap.brid.gy
RE: https://thecanadian.social/@quaff/116766868277158709

Update on #thecanadian Maple theme & Mastodon v4.6.0:

I was missing our colours so I've added a lighter version of the Maple theme. It's just colours and some logo treatment. 🙏

If anyone spots any issues, please feel free to let me […]
June 18, 2026 at 10:07 PM