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2周前

U.S. House votes against Trump's tariffs on Canada
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Reannlegge @lemmy.ca 2周前
What? I am in Canada and we are doing a buy Canadian.

2周前

How to Cut the Cord in Canada (2026): The Ultimate Guide

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Reannlegge @lemmy.ca 2周前

Remove the “smart TV’s” from the internet all together.

2周前

How to Cut the Cord in Canada (2026): The Ultimate Guide

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Reannlegge @lemmy.ca 2周前

I use wireguard and duckdns.org, instead of paying for a static IP (even though I am fairly sure my ISP turned the rotating off as the fibre connects have a static IP but I don’t have fibre yet). In my I past I had a very basic over the web TV package from my ISP but at the beginning of 2925 that was canncelled, talk about easiest cancel plan when they try to down grade me more to keep me in the package I just said no I do not pay for US channels I do not use. I had the TV package just in case something big was happening and I wanted to watch CBC or if there was a CFL game on. I just pay for Gem every month and TSN+ during the CFL season.

I have been telling myself I just need that one last part for my home theatre pi and then it will be ready for a while, but something is always preventing me from getting it or something did not work. I just need to get an NVMe drive now and then I will be ready for it, I think. I have a system set up with pi’s 2 pi 5’s each operate pihole among other things, but one of them also hosts my *arr apps and Jellyfin server. I have a pi 0 2 hosting wireguard so that I can watch my movies and shows away from my LAN. Trump’s 51st state thing broke me and I started sailing the high C’s again, no looking back but if you do not want to be like me set up pihole so when you go to a channels web app on a “smart TV” or a box you do not get bogged down with the same four ads.

But do support Canadian and pay for and watch CBC gem content. Not saying go crazy and watch the news all the time but they do have some great shows.

2周前

Moderna says FDA refuses its application for new mRNA flu vaccine

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Reannlegge @lemmy.ca 2周前

Maybe they can get the okie dokie from Health Canada.

2周前

Europe's $24 Trillion Breakup With Visa and Mastercard

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Reannlegge @lemmy.ca 2周前

This appears to me to be like etransfer. I would love to see Canada do something similar to this but with etransfer.

Edit: so I have decided to start pushing companies to start excepting etransfers, I started with Skip I live in Saskatchewan so that is the only real big Canadian delivery system I could think of. Here is my email if anyone else wants to do it. I sent it to two email addresses that may work with skip as well as CBC market place. If people like my idea can we work together to push companies to do it?

marketplace@cbc.ca legal@skipthedishes.com support@skipthedishes.com

Dear SkipTheDishes Team,

I am writing to urge SkipTheDishes to offer payment options that do not rely on U.S.-based credit card networks such as Visa and Mastercard, for example Interac e-Transfer as a practical alternative to cash.

An increasing number of Canadians are actively boycotting U.S. financial infrastructure, including Visa and Mastercard, due to concerns about data sovereignty, privacy, and the ongoing commercialization of consumer transaction data. These networks do far more than process payments; they extract, analyze, and resell transaction level data, often to advertisers and third parties, at the expense of both consumers and merchants.

While cash is sometimes suggested as an alternative, it is not a realistic or accessible solution for many people. Many Canadians do not regularly carry cash, and accessing it can be inconvenient or costly. In a digital-first service like food delivery, telling customers to “just use cash” effectively excludes those who are intentionally avoiding U.S. credit card networks while still needing a functional, modern payment method.

This issue is gaining international attention. In Europe, banks, governments, and businesses are actively working to reduce dependence on Visa and Mastercard, with initiatives such as the Wero digital wallet and broader efforts to reclaim payment sovereignty. These moves reflect a growing recognition that payment systems are not neutral infrastructure, but powerful data and economic control points.

As a Canadian company, SkipTheDishes has an opportunity to align with this shift by supporting Canadian, debit-based payment options like Interac e-Transfer. Doing so would respect consumer choice, reduce reliance on U.S. controlled intermediaries, and demonstrate leadership on privacy, data protection, and economic independence.

Providing a non–credit card payment option would make SkipTheDishes more accessible to customers participating in this boycott while reinforcing trust that customer data is not being unnecessarily monetized.

Thank you for your consideration. I hope SkipTheDishes will take this concern seriously and explore more privacy-respecting, Canada-centric payment options.

Sincerely, Reann Legge

2周前

Sask. man fights off starving moose with fists, shovel and bullets to save his mother.

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Reannlegge @lemmy.ca 2周前

How to say Oh, Canada EH!

2周前

Trump threatens to bar the new US-Canada bridge from opening, demands talks with Ottawa

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Reannlegge @lemmy.ca 2周前

He is trying to grasp for air as the bodies are piling up around him, and the children’s bodies are coming out of the hiding spaces.

2周前

Trump threatens to bar the new US-Canada bridge from opening, demands talks with Ottawa

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Reannlegge @lemmy.ca 2周前

I saw a Guard the Leaf video about the Bad Bunny half time show today, where the guy talked about using Americans as someone who lives in the US is wrong there are two contents that make up North and South America. I will never call myself an American but I am from North America.

2周前

Getting MLA's off of Twitter and BlueSky

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Reannlegge @lemmy.ca 2周前

I am not paying for that Transphobic Right wing BS so I am not making that stuff.

2周前

Canada Post lost my passport with US visa and nobody seems to care

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Reannlegge @lemmy.ca 2周前

I only know things from the Canadian side but I know passports can be given to you rather fast.

2周前

Canada Post lost my passport with US visa and nobody seems to care

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Reannlegge @lemmy.ca 2周前

Go to the consulate tell them your passport is lost in the mail, it is their job to get you a new one.

2周前

What are some improvements that could be made to reduce US dependence in your country?

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Reannlegge @lemmy.ca 2周前

I should also add that I use ad blocking technology (pihole, for most ads. Unwatched for my phone and eventually some Firefox plugin when I get a Linux setup attached to my TV, for youtube.) the ad blocking via pihole started many years ago, but I was just paying the Google for YouTube premium before the boycott started. I moved my blog from some US Wordpress host to a Canadian host and changed from a .com to a .ca address. I already had great email hygiene so I would get next to no spam, thanks to Apple’s hide my email setup, but that needed to change so I got an unlimitted email package with my blog. Now if I get spam I figure out what address is sending it and close the address easy peasy. I am worthless to the ad market, and it is priceless for my sanity.

2周前

What are some improvements that could be made to reduce US dependence in your country?

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Reannlegge @lemmy.ca 2周前

Today I sent emails off to my privacy agencies around my Province, and my MLA’s (Member of the Legislature Assembly) to get elected officials off of US social networks. Suggesting they move to things like Mastodon and PeerTube.

3周前

I enjoy watching GuardTheLeaf

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Reannlegge @lemmy.ca 3周前

Welcome and thank you for coming from Reddit, I have not deleted my posts but I have been considering doing a copy and paste for them all saying something like I have moved to Lemmy.

3周前

Corus Entertainment shutting down several popular channels in Canada | National

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Reannlegge @lemmy.ca 3周前

I called up my TV provider in early 2025, when they did their whole let’s make a deal thing I just said that “I am not going to pay for US channels!” That was the fastest chicken challenge I had ever pulled with them to get out of paying more for TV. All I used it for was having the ability to occasionally watch news, if something major was happening and to watch the CFL, or maybe to sign in to a channel’s app to catch up on previous episodes of new TV shows. I now pay for CBC Gem and TSN during the CFL season, I would more than willing to pay for Global TV and CTV if they made more Canadian content rather than just airing US shows. The fact that Corus cannot do that is their problem.