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Be Safe In Cyberspace

By Greg Locke, Managing Editor for Visuals St. John’s, Newfoundland — Watching the tech billionaires lining up and bending over for Donald Trump at his inauguration, ushering in America’s Age of Authoritarianism, drove home who these people really are and the ethics and morals they believe in. Which are few. They are the new Oligarchs in Trump’s government. They control the money, the tech, mass communications …and your data. Every time you travel, use your credit cards, look up something on Google or Bing, browse websites, post a Happy Birthday on FaceBook, buy fast food, pet food or gas for

Happy 60th Birthday Maple Leaf

PHOTO: Susan Locke raises the Maple Leaf in St John's, Newfoundland for Canada;s Flag day February 16, 2024. Photo by Greg Locke © 2025. www.greglocke.com
Susan Locke raises the Maple Leaf in St John's, Newfoundland for Canada;s Flag day February 16, 2024. Photo by Greg Locke © 2025. www.greglocke.com

ST. JOHN’S, NL – On this day in 1965 the new Canadian Maple Leaf flag was raised over the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. As Canada was a colony of Great Britain the Dominion of Canada had, until this point, used versions of the British Union Jack. In 1960, Lester B. Pearson, then Leader of the Opposition, declared that he was determined to solve what he called “the flag problem.” To Pearson, this issue was critical to defining Canada as a unified, independent country. As the newly elected Prime Minister in 1963, Pearson promised to resolve the question

Out On The Borderline

North Portal, Sasketchewan. Photo by Greg Locke - www.greglocke.com. © 2007

On The Border By Greg Locke North Portal, SK – With the 49th Parallel between my legs I straddled the Canada USA border. One foot in Portal, North Dakota and the other in North Portal, Saskatchewan. ….and all that happened was someone asked if I wanted play a round of cross-border golf. It was 2007, and I was crossing Canada for Canadian Business magazine. The assignment: drive across Canada from Vancouver to Halifax along the Canada – USA border, searching for the stories of people, towns and businesses that span the “world’s longest undefended border,” as the saying goes. The

Jasper’s inferno proves that Canada needs a national wildfire strategy

As well as threatening lives and homes, wildfires put infrastructure from oil pipelines to phone lines--and Canada's economy --at risk. Trains on Canadian National Railway Co.'s main line through Jasper were suspended during the fire. © DEBORAH JONES

  By Edward Struzik, Queen’s University, Ontario This article was originally published by The Conversation. In what is becoming an unfortunately common occurrence, the town of Jasper, Alta., has been ravaged by a wildfire of unprecedented scale. Crews report witnessing “300- to 400-foot flames,” while one-third of Jasper’s buildings were destroyed. Luckily, there have been no reported fatalities so far. If a fire can burn the town of Jasper in a national park that has the resources to deal with fire, what does the future hold for hundreds of small boreal forest towns across the country that do not have

Eclipse over Eclipse Island, Newfoundland.

Solar eclipse of Eclipse Island. Burgeo Newfoundland. Canada. April 8, 2024. Photographed by Greg Locke.  © 2024. All right Reserved BURGEO, Newfoundland – On the remote south west coast of Newfoundland, Eclipse Island is nestled in the harbour of Burgeo. It was named by the legendary navigator and cartographer Capt. James Cook while he was moored there in 1766 and witnessed a total solar eclipse. From those observations, and comparing them to other observations in other locations, he was able to develop longitude and longitudinal global navigation. Much of Cook’s cartography, depth soundings and marine charts for Newfoundland and the

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