If you can’t get a good one it’s not even worth trying. So I wonder if that’s the case for some people.
We didn’t have one for 5-6 years, finally I signed up for one and the guy sucks ass, so I just use whoever is available at the walk-in clinic. Even then only 1 out of 5-6 doctors there gives a shit, and 1-2 do depending in their mood.
My wife didn’t bother signing up with one after I told her my experience.

Pfffsh EZ win for Page by beatdown… in a dark alley, with no witnesses.

Yes, but they will be on the shelves late® it seems (Maybe different for eastern provinces?). In BC I only saw them late August/early Sept this year I think and since it’s end of the season for other suppliers, no good deals.
Mexico is usually already June if not earlier, even some deals to be had, usually found them to be easier to spot a good one and on average were better than US ones so I’ve been avoiding US even before turd2.

Edit: FWIW I mostly either see Mexican or some other foreign workers on farms, so I have my doubts they are treated particularly well. Ive seen some of the accommodations they have on farms (like those portable container size boxes at constructions, foremen? use as offices), they usually go to shop in groups, so I guess not much freedom or high enough pay to do what they want. I therefore don’t feel super inclined to buy only “Canadian” in that department. Meanwhile there are plenty of mansions being built up at various farms around lower mainland…

Dunno about the other airports, but what makes it particularly idiotic at YVR is that a lot of extra construction has been happening over the last few years (parking garages it would appear?). And you just know that any private owner will make parking costs sky high and government will see fuckall profit from that investment. Sure they could make very specific contracts with private owner about that, but this is government we’re talking about, buddy of a buddy will be raking it in.

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They could, for the time being, do account creation in bulk perhaps at infrequent intervals. Somewhat annoying for users, but would provide at least a bit more obscurity.

Better yet, it’s been so long that this could even be literally anyone with a bunch of plastic surgery lmao…

Holy shit that first example… CSIS is full of idiots… I guess no surprise there. Waaahh we need to track people… but let’s make random private company do the tracking cuz that’s a brilliant idea.

Last one of these for the summer.
https://www.coquitlam.ca/803/Summer-Concert-Series

No idea if it’s any good but out of the ones we’ve randomly seen, there was only one we didn’t enjoy. Genre doesn’t really matter to us, and free is free ¯\(ツ)/¯

Is there any real source for these? That article link does not exist

FWIW thanks to your comment my view of those two pairs is now the same; one is advertised (touristy?, free shuttle from Canada place anyone?) and the other is something you have to stumble upon and enjoy (hiking for when it came to Lynn Canyon bridge, or in this case scrolling Lemmy)

Must be very recent if so, did it that way in TarTube about a month ago or less and worked fine

Literally anything is better than what that wankstain has done. But IIRC he has said a little while back he would actually go listen to people in Clackton and then represent their needs in parliament.

Well oligopoly in the market, but I guess you can …umm…turn that 10k into profit iykwim

Let me guess, repeat offenders bit is there to ensure genuine protesters (not some asswipe convoyturds) get to never protest again after being arrested a few times.

Ikwym …I only checked as I was writing my original response and was disappointed myself.

They did open one during COVID actually IIRC, we went there at the time since everything was always empty but the choice of products (at the time) was poor. No idea what it’s like now, it’s kinda out of the way of any route we take to get anywhere so generally not worth a stop.

Good shout. I do know Lowa are, or at least some models(?), made in central Europe. I did like some design from them but it was seemingly impossible to find in lower mainland BC to try back then.

It’s been a while since I looked myself (not using the ones I bought all that often so they look almost new), but I don’t recall coming across any Canadian ones unfortunately.

At first I thought, Arcteryx has been doing some hiking shoes/boots, but they haven’t been Canadian owned for over 2 decades and I found them a bit too gimmicky personally.

As for what to look for, you need to realize what you find comfortable. For example I need arch support and wider toebox. You’re gonna be wearing them for extended periods of time and you don’t want blisters/discomfort.

I ended up trying a bunch in various shops and ordering a pair of Danners (not Canadian) online from a place where I could do free return, in case they didn’t fit. It was the closest to my need, but I still had to get additional insoles for arch support.

Once you think you got it figured out, do yourself a favour and wear them at home for a few days, and see if anything is rubbing etc. “Breaking shoes in” is bollocks, mine were leather and didn’t require any breaking in.

Hope that helps at least a little bit

Meh suggestions, find a farmland nearby where you live and see if there are any rivers with dykes and go for a stroll there. The parking along them isn’t usually too big though.
As an example you can lookup Harris road bridge or Neaves road in Pitt Meadows on the map as there several spots along to go stargazing/observe meteor shower.
Word of warning, I am not sure how much I can recommend those two specifically anymore as they did get very busy last summer during peak…unless you come out before nautical/astronomical twilight.

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