But it will be in the path of the solar eclipse. 
Slightly different as the interstate net loss been happening in California for two decades -
I believe BC is still growing if you include people moving in from other countries whereas California actually started shrinking for the first time a couple of years ago.
I mean, Canada’s always been a couple decades behind. Nothing new there 
So we can expect a leader like Trump soon? Scary.
2040’s gonna be a doozy!
Don’t you guys have an election soon? Could happen sooner than you think
Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre is ejected from the House of Commons for breaking its rules and is playing the victim card for being “gagged”. He continues to emulate a certain former US President in his speech and tactics. Sad to see our politicians import the disrespect that characterizes Republican politics.
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Thats been making the rounds amongst my Canadian friends. There is a general antipathy towards Trudeau now but they were all a bit shocked by it. Its just such a petty and thuggish thing to do.
I suspect its a harbinger of future Canadian politics if Trump also wins.
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If that happens, maybe we’ll need to rename the thread: “Canada ≈ US”
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I don’t think Canada has one of these:
A $275 Bus Ticket to the Hamptons https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/28/style/blade-hamptons-bus.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pk0.oyL8.qu9dShMVuzse
Edit: the gift link article version above apparently blocks a preview of the article (not sure why).
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/28/style/blade-hamptons-bus.html?smid=url-share
No way Canadians would use something similar. They would use a combination train/bus service to at least avoid the slow traffic in the city part of the trip.
An American friend linked this for me and I was like wtf
$40,000 annual gym membership (Equinox)
How does this even make sense?
Could Equinox’s New $40,000 Membership Really Help You Live Longer? https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/07/well/live/equinox-40000-optimize-longevity-membership.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qE0.6sGi.BLLgIRbPV6gw
What can I say? My Vancouver gym membership costs under C$400 per annum and the gym has everything I need.
We are lucky to have a home gym. Anytime of day or night, it’s there. I suppose going external might be motivational but here it’s peaceful and private.
Good news, looks like the kid is moving out of the basement. He’s got a much bigger room than the gym, so his bedroom is going to be immediately repurposed for the gym. It’ll have enough space for my spouse’s yoga plus bike treadmill and weights. Might even add a weight stack.
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Have thought many times about converting the basement to a home gym but there has been a revolving door of family members living there (two bedrooms plus a large den.) We live conveniently close to UBC so should probably rent to students if our own family eventually ceases camping out there. The other factor is our system of excellent community fitness centres and low gym fees make the financials of it questionable at my age.
Since we’re in the Canada vs US thread…
Perhaps a rarity in the US, my city has a handful of facilities that are free or very low cost (taxes are relatively high in my city/county), plus a fair amount of bike paths.
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I always figured Americans US use private fitness clubs more than their Canadian counterparts? A wider demographic swath uses public pools and other fitness facilities in Canada compared to the US? My impressions are anecdotal: have no stats to show this.
I also have no data but would agree anecdotally.
You have to pay to use the “public” facilities near me (in the US), so the public vs private thing isn’t a big distinction, at least locally.
US: Death by overwork