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Day: December 6, 2024
ICYMI: Couple discovered animal in their driveway in northern Ontario, where climate crisis can change bear behaviour
A man who “leapt on” a polar bear to protect his wife in a northern First Nations community in Canada is expected to fully recover from the severe injuries he sustained in the attack.
But experts caution that changing environmental conditions will lead to a shift in where and when polar bears are spotted, increasing the risk of surprise encounters. Continue reading…
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Audience also taunted Canada in chant of ‘51’, suggesting northern neighbour should be 51st US state
Donald Trump belittled the leaders of the United States’ closest neighbours, Canada and Mexico, at a Fox awards ceremony intended to celebrate his role as America’s greatest “patriot”.
Two weeks after threatening the two countries with 25% tariffs on their imports for supposedly failing to prevent drugs and migrants from crossing the border, the president-elect took evident pleasure in an audience chant that taunted Canada as the 51st US state. Continue reading…
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New plans include more aircraft and drones to grow foothold as other powerful countries seek base in far north
Canada will boost its military and diplomatic presence in the Arctic to counter what it calls threats from Russia and others seeking a foothold in the far north, as part of a new doctrine unveiled on Friday.
The government envisions the deployment of new patrol ships and navy destroyers, ice breakers and submarines capable of operating beneath ice sheets, as well as more aircraft and drones. Continue reading…
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Reliable character actor Margo Martindale gets the chance to lead her own show, an unfunny take on a real story
As soon as Margo Martindale walked away with the second season of Justified, it became inevitable. Her rich portrayal of the show’s second-season lead villain Mags Bennett is exactly the kind of turn that vaults a reliable character actor and veteran scene-stealer to the next level of audience awareness. It also sets into motion a more starstruck form of casting, where the performer will eventually be given the leeway and screentime to overact like crazy, based on the assumption that audiences will delight in their every outburst. Martindale was too busy, in-demand and skilled for it to happen right away, but The Sticky, a new series on Prime Video, makes up for any lost time, placing Martindale in a leading role and then having her scream, emote, swear and do that thing where a character saying another character’s name a lot is supposed to be hilarious.
Playing Canadian maple syrup farmer Ruth Landry, the object of her scorn – the guy whose name gets repeated in place of the show having jokes – is Leonard (Guy Nadon), the greedy and seemingly corrupt head of a syrup governing body whose actual function is not fully or clearly explained during the first season’s six episodes. Leonard is after Ruth’s land, knowing she’s in a bind with her husband (whose name is on all the farm’s paperwork) in a coma. Ruth refuses to give up, storming into Leonard’s office, storming through the streets in her truck, swearing up a storm at anyone else in her path, and generally giving the usually-nuanced Martindale the opportunity to turn every dial up to 10. She’s more subdued in later episodes than in the first couple, but by that point the show has more mostly unfunny business to deal with. Continue reading…
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