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Canada's Really Big is from Arrogant Worms' 1997 album Live Bait, released in 1997. The band is from Kingston, Ontario, and is still active with all of its original band members! Their songs are focused on comedy with a focus on Canadian topics.

See my other post if you would like more info about Stompin' Tom Connor!

This song is best described by Roger Whittaker (Kenyan-born British Citizen) himself:

"CANADA IS was written by two young Canadians: Eric Robertson and Steve Hyde. To me it is special ... very special. It sums up in words and music my feelings for a country I have visited and enjoyed so many times. I have sung it on countless occasions in concert since it was first recorded in 1974 and every time, without exception, it has been emotionally and movingly received.

In all my world travels, it is quite the loveliest tribute to any country I have ever heard. It is appropriate to release it as a single now. To Canada - Thanks for all our good times. I salute your future." ~ Roger Whittaker

Quote sourced from: https://www.bydewey.com/canadais.html

This post is part of a series of songs to celebrate the country of Canada for Canada Day 2025!

Heart of Gold is considered not only one of the greatest songs by Neil Young, not only the greatest song created by a Canadian artist, but to many it is considered to be one of the greatest songs ever created - Ranking #259/500 on the Rolling Stone's 2021 greatest songs of all time list. Notably, the ranking has increased from its previous #297/500 spot from 2004.

The song was first performed early 1971, recorded later that year, and then published as part of the Harvest album. The song currently has nearly half a billion listens on spotify (extremely impression for a song published 50 years ago!).

Neil Young's music career has seen him celebrated by people over both sides of the border, winning multiple Grammys, Juno Awards, and being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. There can be (and probably are) entire books that could be written about Neil Young's talent's and influence over the modern music industry.

Personally, Heart of Gold is one of my favourite songs of all time. I don't have the vernacular or the musical understanding to praise it on anything but an amateurish level, but it strikes me as a song that has soul deeply embedded into it. For me, it is a song about the endless search for good in a world that seem hell bend on obscuring it. But a person should never stop searching for it.

I think this is a song that resonates differently for each person that listens to it.

"In August of this year, Rahul Goel will stand on the rocky cliffs of St. Lawrence, NL, watching a plume of fire rip across the sky.

If everything goes right, his company, NordSpace, will make history by orchestrating Canada’s first commercial rocket launch.

Canada was the fourth nation in the world to launch a satellite into space, helped pioneer aerospace engineering, and famously built the Canadarm. But for all its expertise, Canada has never launched a rocket from its own soil. Every satellite, every national security payload, every commercial launch is outsourced, mostly to the US."

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Connor Creates is a channel I ran across recently and liked quite a bit.

His titles and thumbnails seem like they would be clickbait, but I've watched more than a few of his videos and by all means he actually does what the title says he will do. He is kinda higher energy than I typically prefer, but he seems like a pretty nice and genuine guy -- not just putting on a weird fake high energy content creator persona. He gives strong dad energy, which makes sense considering he is actually a dad. He is kinda like Canadian William Osman but family friendly and less compsci stuff.

I'd definitely recommend this channel if you like DIY stuff, and especially if you have a child. All of his videos and projects lean towards to low budget side, so it would be feasible to recreate some of the stuff he does with your own kids.

Quotes are directly from the article. Below is NOT the full article. Visit the link for the full text. Written by Taylor Campbell of the Windsor Star, on the 20th of June, 2025.

"Some of the hundreds of U.S. mayors gathered in the American South this week are doing a particularly Canadian act: apologizing.

That’s according to Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens, who brought a northern perspective on President Trump’s tariffs to the 93rd annual United States Conference of Mayors in Tampa, FL.

'More of them have apologized to me than I can count,' Dilkens told the Star in a phone call from Tampa on Thursday afternoon."

"The conference is a non-partisan organization of cities with a population of 30,000 or more. It was founded in 1932 by Detroit Mayor Frank Murphy, who invited mayors to his city to confront issues stemming from the Great Depression and to lobby Washington for aid."

"The Federation of Canadian Municipalities asked Dilkens and Saint John, NB Mayor Donna Reardon to participate, Dilkens said. Both Windsor and Saint John are particularly vulnerable to Trump’s threatened and realized tariffs on Canadian goods. Windsor’s automotive sector and supply chain are completely integrated with Detroit’s, while Saint John’s oil refinery — the largest in Canada — exports more than 80 per cent of its product to the U.S."

"This week, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s office said Trump and Carney “agreed to pursue negotiations toward a deal within the coming 30 days.” The two leaders met during the G7 summit in Alberta."

Glad to see grassroots dissent and displeasure from Mayors of cities on both sides of the border making their anger known. It seems like by having open communications, the federal governments of both countries will understand that these tariffs are destructive without cause. Here's to hoping that an reasonable, clear minded resolution can be found and Canada and the US can once again continue to be good neighbours. Personally, this is very distressing that this is something to even hope for.

Love costco, but do we really need 2 costcos within 10km of one another? Feels like a bit much, but more jobs and competition for the market I guess.

Absolutely love Tasting History, I just wish there were more videos about Canadian recipes! Poutine itself would make for a wonderful episode.

It's Rush -- they hardly need any introduction!

I'm moving back to live in Canada in 9 days! It's going to be a drive of 10-12 hours nonstop, anyone got music to pad out a playlist? Anything thematically fitting for moving back to Canada, doesn't need to be neccarily a Canadian musician, but bonus if it is. Looking to really amp myself up for finally living in Canada again.

This youtube channel has caught my attention recently, I think it is a truly unique and well crafted series of videos that is getting regular updates. The project itself is interesting, and the cinematography is top notch. For anyone that wants a really laid back series to listen to and enjoy watching people create stuff and work with their hands, this would be ideal for you.