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[allthecanadianpolitics]

The BC Wildfire Service has reported that seven wildfires ignited in B.C.’s Cariboo region Saturday afternoon. The only wildfire deemed to be burning out of control is at Burgess Creek. The fire is burning between Quesnel and Williams Lake and is an estimated 1,600 hectares, up from the 50 hectares reported on Saturday. Strong winds have led to the growth, according to the wildfire service.

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[rabbitcruiser]

The Canadian National Railways was established (North America’s longest, 50,000 km/ 31,068 miles) on December 20, 1919. 

[oldshowbiz]

CBC North

[sconesfortea]

Countdown to the 60th anniversary rewatch | 6.00: A Christmas Carol

[ilwolf]

Tagged by @engelsschwert

to make my OC and their sword of choice in these picrews!

Quesnel My precious Plague Doctor kinda being girly

and her sword would be ornate and useless cause she went for pretty. Swords are useless for medical uses

[nicascurls]

Something about this photo makes me happy.

Headcanon: Sometimes, when Sarah was doing a bit better and Barb could visit, Nica and Barb would take her to the movies for a girls' night.

[moviehealthcommunity]

Curse of Chucky (2013)

This is a Movie Health Community evaluation. It is intended to inform people of potential health hazards in movies and does not reflect the quality of the film itself. The information presented here has not been reviewed by any medical professionals.

Curse of Chucky has multiple extended scenes with bright, harsh strobes of lightning. In one scene, the camera looks directly at the strobe lights on top of one police car, and the spinning lights on another.

All of the camera motion is either stationary or very smooth. There is some brief peril at dangerous heights.

Flashing Lights: 10/10. Motion Sickness: 1/10.

TRIGGER WARNING: The violence is less bloody in this film than its predecessors, but there is one moment of sudden gore.

Image ID: a promotional poster for Curse of Chucky

[hardcockcafe]

June 2023!! ☀️

[taraxacum-vulpes]

@tiredsleep

When I'm reading a romance novel and I find out the male lead looks like a football player and not lithe and effeminate like a wounded gazelle

[allthecanadianpolitics]

There are growing calls for Quesnel Mayor Ron Paull to resign after revelations his wife has been handing out a book that, according to promotional material from its publisher, questions whether residential schools were fundamentally harmful to Indigenous communities and people who attended them.

More than 200 people marched outside city hall Tuesday evening before packing into an emotionally charged council meeting in the city of roughly 23,000 people, located in B.C.'s Cariboo region about 400 kilometres north of Vancouver.

"We can no longer work with this mayor and we will not work with the City of Quesnel until [the] issue has been resolved," said Lhtako Dene Chief Clifford Lebrun. 

"We can't have a community that hands out hate literature and expect people to listen to us and to take it seriously."

The meeting also heard from the mayor's wife, Pat Morton, and one of the authors featured in the book who had travelled to Quesnel to speak to council. [...]

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[rabbitcruiser]

Talk Like a Grizzled Prospector Day

Talk Like a Grizzled Prospector Day commemorates the start of the  California Gold Rush, which began on January 24, 1848, when James  Marshall discovered gold while building a saw mill for John Sutter, near  what is now Coloma, California. The day has its roots in International Talk Like a Pirate Day, and was inspired by Prospectors Day, which was once held at Knott's Berry Farm each year on January 24. It also was inspired by an episode of the Simpsons with the following exchange:

Bart: That ain't been popular since aught-six, dagnabbit. Homer: Bart, what did I tell you? Bart: No talking like a grizzled 1890's prospector, consarn it.

Common examples of characters talking like grizzled prospectors in popular culture include Dallas McKennon narrating Disneyland's Mine Train Thru Nature's Wonderland and Big Thunder Mountain, Gabby Hayes—both drunk and sober—in many Western films, Gabby Johnson in Blazing Saddles, Will Ferrell as Gus Chiggins on Saturday Night Live, and Walter Huston in The Treasure of Sierra Madre.

Prospectors first came to the Sacramento Valley after Marshall found  flakes of gold in the American River near Sutter's Mill, at the base of  the Sierra Nevada Mountains. At the time there were less than 1,000  non-native inhabitants in California. Newspapers began reporting the  discovery of gold, and by August, 4,000 miners had descended on the  area. The first people that came from outside of the territory came by  boat, and arrived from Oregon, the Sandwich Islands—soon to be called  the Hawaiian Islands, Mexico, Peru, China, and Chili.

In December 1848, President James K. Polk announced a report by  Colonel Richard Mason which spoke of the abundance of gold in  California; this prompted more prospectors to travel to the territory.  Throughout 1849, thousands arrived, either traveling by sea or over  land, and became known as '49ers. Mining towns popped up in the area,  and with them came shops, saloons, and brothels. Many mining towns  became lawless, and San Francisco became an important city in the  territory. By the end of 1849, the non-native population had swelled to  100,000. The Gold Rush helped California gain statehood in 1850, and  gold discovery peaked in the state in 1852. In all, more than 750,000  pounds of gold were extracted during the Gold Rush.

The implication of a grizzled prospector is of one who has stayed so  long searching for gold that their hair has turned gray. Some  prospectors refused to quit the profession and continued to live in the  Western territories. So, when Bart Simpson mentioned a grizzled  prospector from the 1890s, he was referring to a prospector that had  stayed more than forty years after the Gold Rush happened, still trying  to find gold, or other commodities such as silver, oil, radium, and  uranium. Besides a gray beard, the stereotypical grizzled prospector had  faded clothes, missing teeth, a pickaxe, and a mule. They had bouts of  gold fever, and were suspicious of whoever came close to their claim.

How to Observe Talk Like a Grizzled Prospector Day

Celebrate the day talking like a grizzled prospector. Here are a few words prospectors commonly used, that you could use today:

Dadburn: to curse; e.g.: "Dadburned boll weevil done 'et my crop!"

Hornswoggle: to embarrass, disconcert, or confuse; e.g.: "I'll be hornswaggled!"

Consarn: the entirety of something, also a curse word.

Dumbfungled: all used up; e.g.: "This claim is dumbfungled! There's no gold left!"

Bonanza: a mine with lots of gold.

Borrasca: a mine with no gold.

Baby buggy: wheel barrow.

Muck: to dig with a shovel.

Powder monkey: a miner who used dynamite to make holes.

Johnny Newcome: a miner new to camp.

Blackjack and saw bosom: coffee and bacon.

Paydirt: land rich in gold.

Panned out: if they had found gold while sifting through dirt with a mining pan, then things had "panned out."

Flash in the pan: something shiny in pan that turned out to be nothing, or just a small piece of gold.

Stake a claim: claim a piece of land as your own as a place to  search for gold, must stake the land with wooden stakes when you arrive.

The day could also be spent watching films such as The Treasure of Sierra Madre, or old Western films starring Gabby Hayes. A visit to the Sutter's Mill replica and the Gold Discovery and Visitor Center in Marshall Gold Discovery State Park could also be planned. The days' Facebook page could also be explored.

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[oldshowbiz]

December 1976.

Nestor Pistor, a vulgar dialect comedian who told racist street jokes, bombed at the Quesnel Volunteer Firemen's Association Stag Dinner at the local Legion Hall.

[bdqg]

Québec Rock

Gerry et Marjo Offenbach vs Corbeau Québec Rock

Le passé tend à être relégué aux oubliettes. Un chouïa de son influence se fait sentir, mais son apport à la civilisation demeure bien dissimulé aux générations futures, et ce, dans toutes les sphères. Un exemple probant nous vient du monde de la musique où tout est un copié/collé arrangé au goût du jour. Le Québec n’est pas épargné même si son héritage est plus modeste. Réduit au gaminet de…

[ilwolf]

For Ques:

🎮 VIDEO GAME CONTROLLER — what are three of your oc's favorite hobbies?

🎶 MUSICAL NOTES — what type of music does your oc like? do they listen to music very often?

🔱 TRIDENT EMBLEM — can your oc swim? do they enjoy swimming?

🍎 RED APPLE — where was your oc born? do they still live in/around their place of birth or do they live somewhere else? how do they feel about their birthplace?

🍝 SPAGHETTI — what is/are your oc's favorite food(s)?

🎮

Sewing, Causing problems on purpose, reading

🎶

Shes not a fan of tavern music unless shes drunk She would rather listen to the birds or people screaming in pain (however she'd probably listening to anything that she can bounce up and down to)

🔱

Quesnel cannot swim, she is terrified of bodies of water. She would rather die and become an abomination than get into a boat

🍎

Boston Massachusetts (because Arkham was too on the nose)

She left as soon as she could and has absolutely no plans on going back.

🍝

Rabbit Stew followed up by apple pie

[famousdeaths]

Joseph Quesnel was a French Canadian composer, poet and playwright. Among his works were two operas, Colas et Colinette and Lucas et Cécile; the former is consi...

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[milkolya]

its awesome how the BC wildfire season started over last weekend lol. nine fires in 24 hrs .....