When our daughter was in university, she worked for Parks Canada for the summer as an historical interpreter. The first place she was offered was Ste-Marie des Huronnes. She turned that one down, pointing out that it was highly unlikely that the mission would have had a young, red-headed, definitely Celtic-looking female anywhere. :smack: Instead she ended up at the Naval Establishment at Penetanguishene, as a deckhand on “The Bee”. Still historically inaccurate, but slightly less jarring :D!
Does she work for Parks Canada still, and can she explain the recent idea to contract out tourist boats on the Rideau Canal to only electrically-powered boats?
So, now no tourist boats cruises the UNESCO, world heritage canal because some dipshits in Ottawa decided that electricity is preferable as a propulsion mode, and no operator was able to provide such a service.
Assholes. Complete assholes.
Follow the money.
What money? There are no tourist boats on the canal now because no one could meet the tender for electrically-powered boats. What a fucking joke. Read about it. It’s mind bogglingly stupid.
I don’t normally get involved in these kinds of things, but I’ve sent my negative comments to Parks Canada. Let’s see what the spin is.
Assholes.
Glad you enjoyed it. A pretty nifty place.
She would have fit in perfectly as a historical interpreter at Ft. William Historical Park in Thunder Bay, for it was originally populated by Scots who ran it, French-Canadians paddlers who freighted furs and supplies through there, and aboriginals who intermarried with the Scots and the French-Canadians.
BTW, if anyone is into building birch bark canoes, really, really big, birch bark canoes, only using home made hand tools and local trees, Ft. William is the place to be.
Nobody cares, but I’m struggling to believe anyone doesn’t know what they’re about. It’s an athletic competition of summer sports, everyone knows that.
Unfortunately, I am spending the week in Sidney, Ohio, which will make the Pan Am Games and attendant traffic actually seem exciting when I get back. A more boring place does not exist on this planet.
No canal tours on the Rideau in Ottawa? An astoundingly stupid decision.
I hear the Airstream Trailer plant tour in the next town up the way is pretty darn exciting.
Google it. Parks Canada sucks and the city of Ottawa licks. It’s an embarrassment and a shame. Email parks Canada, please. Tell them what fucking dickfaces they are.
Yeah, my language is inflammatory. Sorry.
Stephen Harper is like Jesus and CSIS knew of Air India bombing ahead of time and did nothing, Tory MP tells church congregation.
I know not many people on this board seem to be on Twitter, but the CPCJesus hashtag was amusing.
I can’t even spell Twiter.
Scroll down for an interesting image of Mike Duffy and his boss. There are others below that.
No interest here. Not just me, but nobody I know locally is watching or caring about the Pan Am games. Women’s World Cup soccer attracted far more attention.
Weather in Regina
April - light spring showers
May - no rain
June - no rain
July 1 to 26 - no rain
July 27, first day of Clan Piper summer holidays - torrential downpour; Enviro Canada issues heavy rainfall warnings for all of southern Saskatchewan; plus tornado warnings.
I’ve gone back to bed.
With the amount of coverage the CBC gives to the Pan Am Games, I think they’ve over-estimated the average Canadian’s interest in the event.
As for the weather here, we had major thunderstorms here last night and a poor guy was struck by lightning and is in the hospital and not doing well. 
My only thought about the Pan Am games was that it really cluttered up my Google newsfeed.
Is there a way to tell Google that you don’t want to get news on a certain topic?
Even those in Toronto.
Rain from snowmelt till yesterday - 18mm
Rain yesterday and today - 76mm
I guess I might have to mow my lawn a couple times now.