KimFromNovaScotia

@kimns

I read a lot, talk a lot, and procrastinate A LOT. I am too laidback, but when poked, I will detonate. I like that my beliefs are fluid, but not my values. And, although I value my Canadian identity, I do feel a sense of responsibility to the world itself.

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KimFromNovaScotia@kimns· Jul 7

KimFromNovaScotia@kimns· Jul 6

Ginger beef. Although found across North America in Chinese restaurants, it is a Canadian dish. George Wong's Original Silver Inn (Calgary, 1970s) Ginger Beef Recipe (shared by George via newspaper article found at (now obsolete) kingcalgary site).

George Wong's Original Silver Inn (Calgary) Ginger Beef Recipe (shared by George via newspaper article found at (now obsolete) kingcalgary site).

Recipe:

Ingredients for the beef
• 1 pound flank steak, sliced thinly against the grain
• oil for deep frying

Ingredients for the batter:
• 1 egg
• 1 cup water
• 1 1/4 cup corn starch
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1/2 tablespoon white pepper
• 2-3 cups oil

Ingredients for the vegetables:
• 1 large carrot, finely julienned
• 1 sweet red bell pepper, finely julienned
• 1 green bell pepper, finely julienned
• 6 cloves garlic, finely julienned
• large root of ginger, finely julienned

Ingredients for sauce:
• 1/4 cup soy sauce

• 2 tablespoons white vinegar
• 3 tablespoons mushroom soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon Chinese cooking wine
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 tablespoon crushed chilies

Instructions for batter:
1. Combine all batter ingredients, toss beef in batter.
2. Deep-fry strips of beef until crispy.

Instructions for sauce:
1. Stir fry vegetables until crispy; add sauce
2. Bring to boil for 2 minutes; remove from heat.
3. Add beef: stir to coat with sauce.

KimFromNovaScotia@kimns· Jun 8

A third option. 😸

Iconic 1971 poster with the words, Hang In There Baby, and a picture of a cat hanging desperately onto a thin branch with his two front paws and chin.

KimFromNovaScotia@kimns· Jun 8

Very tasty char sui recipe that's easy to make. I substituted honey with maple syrup (no water) - of course.😏 Once sliced, freeze. Grab a handful for rice, stir fry or noodles. www.madewithlau.com/recipes/char...

MAIN INGREDIENTS
2 lb pork shoulder
CHAR SIU SAUCE INGREDIENTS
1tbsp
garlic salt
4 tbsp
brown sugar
2 tbsp
oyster sauce
2 tbsp
light soy sauce
1 tbsp
hoisin sauce
2 tbsp
red wine
1 tbsp
Shaoxing wine
1 cube
red fermented bean curd
1tsp
five spice powder
BASTING INGREDIENTS
2 tbsp honey [or maple syrup but no water]
2 tsp water

Preheat the oven to 425° F or 218° C.
Set up the baking pan by lining the bottom with aluminum foil (so it's easier to clean!), and place the baking rack on top of the foil.
Using tongs, start laying out the pork or the baking rack and pan
Add 1 to 2 tbsp of water to the bottom of the pan to help generate some steam as the char siu cooks, and to help prevent the drippings from burning ano smoking
Carefully place it in the oven.

Now, we'll be removing the char siu periodically to baste it again with either our leftover pork marinade, or honey (2 tbsp) diluted with water (2 tsp).
Here's how my dad split up the cooking time:
• Cook for 15 minutes and baste both sides with the pork marinade
• Cook for another 15 minutes and baste both sides with pork marinade again
• Cook for 10 minutes and baste both sides with the diluted honey • And finally, we'll turn the heat up to 450° F, cook for another 5 minutes. baste both sides with honey, and let it cool for a few minutes before cutting into it.
In total, this is about 50 minutes in the
oven.

Once the char siu has finished its last cycle in the oven, we'll baste each side with our diluted honey.
Let the char siu cool for about 5 minutes before cutting into it.
And finally.. enjoy!

KimFromNovaScotia@kimns· Jun 7

Pork bites are great for making rice bowls (my supper tonight). I made kimbap with them too for my grandson's lunch.

KimFromNovaScotia@kimns· Jun 5

Wings over America live album cover (1976)

KimFromNovaScotia@kimns· May 25

The first one I saw was Stephen Harper with Orban, so I went with the second one.

Bruce Mackinnon's sketch of Nova Scotia Premier, Tim Houston, throwing open the door to mining while nailing the Mi'kmaq people to the wall.

KimFromNovaScotia@kimns· May 14

Moore is better...

Photo of Fred Moore's (claimed) largest anvil collection in the world.

KimFromNovaScotia@kimns· May 11

My favourite as a kid was our 1972 Ford Ranchero. It had been used as a promotional car before we got it, so it was white and covered in big, bold - groovy 😎 - flowers with the words flower power along the sides. Although we begged to keep it as is, my parents had it painted.

KimFromNovaScotia@kimns· May 6

"An Open letter from Brian Dorey to Premier Houston re: offering Liquor to Indians (Mi’kmaq) to settle disputes" #TimHouston #Mikmaq #Mikmaw #nspoli #NovaScotia 1/2

An Open letter from Brian Dorey to Premier Houston re: offering Liquor to Indians (Mi’kmaq) to settle disputes

May 6, 2026

Dear “Honourable” Premier Houston:

Let me begin by stating how absolutely unacceptable, disrespectful, inappropriate, and short-sighted it is for you to offer the Mi’kmaq liquor stores as a means of settling the ongoing cannabis sales matter. The days of using liquor to encourage Indians to do as you wish have long passed. To not recognize this optic is inexplicable. Government history is repeating itself, but be assured: we remember our history and our past, and we have learned from it well. Remember, when you forget history, you tend to make the same mistakes.

Firstly, why are First Nations not eligible as candidates for their own independent liquor stores? Why must First Nations agree to limit the rights of their collective members just to be eligible to get a liquor store? What rights did non-Indian independent liquor store owners give up to get their liquor stores? Why would the Province not provide First Nations economic opportunities, without rights implications, as part of its responsibilities for economic reconciliation?

In reality, a liquor store on reserve is not even economically feasible for most Nova Scotia First Nations due to population and location. Your solution will not address the issue for these First Nation communities. Your “this one solution is best for you Indians” approach is as paternalistic as it is incorrect. Your solution undermines the Mi’kmaq leadership’s assertion of its right to regulate commerce, including cannabis. Why is Mi’kmaq self-regulation not an acceptable approach?

As well, and disappointingly so, alcohol use on many First Nations is an issue of health and safety concern. Providing greater, easier, and cheaper access will potentially, and negatively, affect our communities’ health. Did you not say you are responsible for the health and safety of the public? Are we not part of the public? Why is it provincially acceptable to create a situation in which the health and safety of First Nations is placed at further potential risk?

Secondly, limiting First Nation economic development to on-reserve activities does little or nothing to address the historic socio-economic disadvantaging of Indians by governments. Your approach is endemic of government approaches to Indian rights: offer them certainty in a small area – reserves – versus “uncertainty” in the larger area – Mi’kma’ki. Be assured, we are certain of our rights existing throughout our traditional territory

of Mi’kma’ki. It is only your government that claims uncertainty.

Your reference to the R. v. Marshall decision as the basis for your cannabis enforcement actions is hypocritical. You use a case that stated there was not sufficient evidence presented to support the Mi’kmaq treaty right for the sale of cannabis. The decision by Provincial Court Judge Ronda van der Hoek in June 2024 rejected the treaty rights defence for operating an unlicensed cannabis establishment. However, this decision is a limited one and in no way fully resolves the ongoing and hotly contested issue in Nova Scotia and elsewhere in Canada. The limited nature of Judge van der Hoek’s decision is emphasized by the following factor: the Judge expressly stated that the evidence presented in that case did not provide a factual basis to establish a treaty rights defence, but that she would “welcome a future such case on a stronger factual foundation.”

The hypocrisy is that you use that court decision to justify your actions, but when it comes to the “livelihood” fishery decision in Marshall in 1999, your government has actively frustrated the exercise of the Mi’kmaq right by increasing fines to lobster buyers for buying Mi’kmaq treaty fishery lobster catches. This action effectively takes away the market and the Mi’kmaq livelihood fishery. The fine was increased to some $1 million for lobster buyers. How is this provincial government action in keeping with implementing court decisions?

Additionally, you are relying on a Provincial Court decision on cannabis to justify your actions, yet you have frustrated the implementation of a Supreme Court of Canada decision on the livelihood fishery for the last 27 years. And R. v. Marshall has been appealed, with a final decision not yet rendered.

The Mi’kmaq/Indigenous cannabis issue has not been resolved at higher court levels in Nova Scotia or anywhere in Canada at this time.

Admittedly, I would recommend that the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs give notice to the Province that it intends to terminate all natural resource agreements with the Province, including mining, forestry, energy, and related agreements. Also, I would ask the Assembly to demand that all road construction, housing, commercial development, and such other activities affecting lands cease within the Province until full archaeological assessments are completed, consultations with the Mi’kmaq are undertaken in accordance with the Crown’s legal duty, and impact benefit agreements are completed and approved by the Mi’kmaq communities. After much thought, however, I realize that these actions would negatively impact the citizens of the Province, people we have no issue with and who, respectfully, should not be harmed for the actions of their government.
Premier, please share the financial and economic value of the agreements, including forestry,

KimFromNovaScotia@kimns· May 5

KimFromNovaScotia@kimns· May 4

Like Kim Adair? 🤣 "Tim Houston’s family doctor numbers have been doctored, says auditor general" www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file... oag-ns.ca/audit-report...

2. Tim Houston’s family doctor numbers have been doctored, says auditor general

Jennifer Henderson reports:

It is impossible to accurately compare the percentage of Nova Scotians attached to a family practice today with the percentage of people looking for a family doctor four years ago.

That’s because the government moved the goal posts.

Over the past 18 months, the method of...

~Halifax Examiner,
"Tim Houston’s family doctor numbers have been doctored, says auditor general",
by Jennifer Henderson
April 30, 2026.

reporting who is waiting and who has been attached to a family practice has morphed significantly.

So while the Houston government claims the time and hundreds of millions of dollars spent to recruit more doctors and open more clinics has significantly lowered the wait list to below 6%, that claim can’t be verified.

That was a key takeaway from yesterdays meeting of the Public Accounts committee where politicians asked senior managers from the Department of Health and Wellness to respond to a report by Auditor General Kim Adair that looked at the $1.3 billion the Houston government has spent over the last four years on its Action for Health plan to fix health care.
~Halifax Examiner,
"Tim Houston’s family doctor numbers have been doctored, says auditor general",
by Jennifer Henderson,
April 30, 2026.

KimFromNovaScotia@kimns· Apr 20

"Join us for our annual MMIWG2S+ Memorial March, hosted by the Violence Prevention and Human Trafficking Program." 📅 Tuesday, May 5 (Red Dress Day) 🕛 12:00 PM 📍 2021 Brunswick St, Halifax #halifaxns #novascotia #violenceprevention #MMIWG2S+ #violenceagainstwomen

Poster:
Join us for our annual MMIWG2S+ Memorial March, hosted by the Violence Prevention and Human Trafficking Program.

📅 Tuesday, May 5 (Red Dress Day)
🕛 12:00 PM
📍 2021 Brunswick St, Halifax

We will begin with an opening prayer before marching through the surrounding blocks (see poster for route). Following the march, there will be drumming, speeches, and a community barbecue.

All are welcome to come together in remembrance, reflection, and solidarity.

KimFromNovaScotia@kimns· Apr 20

We’re sharing this important community event in support of the 3rd Annual Walk to End Violence - rain or shine - as part of the Moose Hide Campaign.

📍 Beginning and ending at Grand Parade, Halifax
📅 Thursday, May 14, 2026
🕛 12:00 PM

The Moose Hide Campaign is an Indigenous-led movement across Canada. The moose hide symbol represents a personal commitment to honour, respect, and protect women and children, and to stand up against violence.

This walk is an opportunity to come together, raise awareness, and support safer communities for everyone.

For more information, please contact Jacqueline at 902-817-2855.

#MooseHideCampaign #EndViolence #HalifaxEvents #CommunityAwareness #TakeAStand

KimFromNovaScotia@kimns· Apr 18

I'm a generation older. So many more come to mind, but here are a few.

Photo of ironic Canadian images.

Fraggle Rock, Irish Rovers, Front Page Challenge, Mr. Dress Dressup, Beachcombers, Chief Dan George, The Log Dancers Waltz.

KimFromNovaScotia@kimns· Apr 18

Like Tim Houston tries to copy everything Doug Ford does? (Like Doug Ford and many of these other premiers try to copy the US?)

Photo of Niagara Falls and the commercial eyesore that was built nearby (on top).
(On bottom) Envisioned plan to capitalize on Peggy's Cove's tourism numbers.

KimFromNovaScotia@kimns· Apr 18

You're welcome.

Photo of Beaver vs Godzilla battle in Kitchener.

KimFromNovaScotia@kimns· Apr 17

Verified by Canadians.

Text with cartoon loon bird,
"Crazy as a loon"

KimFromNovaScotia@kimns· Apr 14

My favourite.

Photo of a very serious looking Jesus with a heart in his hand.
Caption: My cardiologist lecturing me about cholesterol.

KimFromNovaScotia@kimns· Apr 13

His tech team forgot to erase his demon shadow (over his head) when they tinted his green hellfire to look like divine light.

Picture of horned, winged demon with a green aura and green hellfire coming from his hands.

KimFromNovaScotia@kimns· Apr 13

Tim Houston ran to Texas to sell Nova Scotia to the oil moguls there, but they laughed at his size (everything is bigger in Texas). Then, he ran to Alberta where Danielle Smith patronizingly assured him, it's not how big you are, but how you use it.

Picture of Nova Scotia within Alberta.
Alberta is 12 times bigger.

Picture of Nova Scotia placed inside of Texas.
Texas is 12 times bigger than Nova Scotia.

KimFromNovaScotia@kimns· Apr 10

But wait, there's more:

Screenshot of Danielle Smith's Facebook posting of her meeting with Tim Houston.

Three photos: 2 of her and Houston, and one of the other members of the round table.

Text:
"Premier Tim Houston and I are working closely together to build a stronger, more self-reliant Canada.

Alberta and Nova Scotia see eye to eye on the need to develop our natural resources, grow our economy, and reduce reliance on foreign energy. Today’s roundtable centered on ensuring we match oil and gas expertise here in Alberta with new opportunities in Nova Scotia’s onshore natural gas sector. Special thanks to Minister Brian Jean Brian Jean for putting today together."

KimFromNovaScotia@kimns· Mar 27

All Hands On Deck Rally Province House, #HalifaxNS #nspoli #timhouston #novascotia

KimFromNovaScotia@kimns· Mar 26

My niece, the Lara Croft of wildlife conservation, shared this very cool opportunity in Alberta for 16 to 18 year old girls. www.alberta.ca/fish-wildlif... #alberta #girlscamp #wildlifeofficer

KimFromNovaScotia@kimns· Mar 21

Pretty likely this was used for more than cleaning. 😏

1902 advertisement for a whirling vaginal spray syringe.
A rather large ball-like shape mounted on a rotating arm with a bulbous syringe, which can be squeezed to power the ball to spin. It is assumed water can be placed in the syringe.

KimFromNovaScotia@kimns· Mar 16

Me too. I cried when I saw this post the day of Maggie Smith's death.

Photo portraying two "Hook" movie cast members meeting in the afterlife.

Robin Williams on top with caption, Hello Maggie Lady.
Maggie Smith on bottom with caption, Hello Boy.

KimFromNovaScotia@kimns· Mar 15

Guess who else Tim Houston is hugging on? That's right, Robbie Picard.

Premier of Nova Scotia, Tim Houston, with his arm around Robbie Picard, one of the world's most vocal pro-oil sands activists (his words) during a meeting in Nova Scotia.

Accompanying text on set of 4 photos shared by Picard on his Facebook:

"I recently traveled to Halifax to conduct an interview with Nova Scotia's Premier, Tim Houston. Unfortunately, my team was on a different flight and was diverted to Montreal due to foggy conditions, which prevented them from landing in Nova Scotia. As a result, I had to adopt a more traditional approach to conducting the interview, with some assistance from Premier Houston's team. This interview marks the first of many that I will be conducting across Canada and in Washington and Texas, which I find very exciting."

KimFromNovaScotia@kimns· Mar 13

Katie Keen on Facebook provided this expansion of Gavin Dew's comments (see: attached photo).

Screenshot of Facebook Katie Keen comment:

More fulsome excerpt of MLA Gavin Dew's comments during the debate over Bill 9 (for which Minister Kelly Green is responsible), proposing amendments to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPPA) allowing govt more time when responding to FOI requests:

"She (Minister Green) would be railing against this legislation if she were in opposition.

She would be hurling invective at ministers and saying that they were hiding information from the people. She would be filled with righteous indignation as she stood in question period and thunderously called upon cabinet ministers to stop this horrific assault on freedom of information and to let the people have the information that belongs to them. And yet, she won’t do that. She will sit meekly and do what she is told. She will sit meekly and defer to men in suits. She will sit meekly and vote for this legislation because she and every other member of the government caucus lack the courage of their convictions. They lack any actual spinal fortitude. They lack any actual belief in the things that they said they believed in when they were opposition. They lack any belief that the people deserve freedom of information."

KimFromNovaScotia@kimns· Mar 8

Came across this today from another protest held 23 years ago.

Protest pin, March 2003, Peace sign with the words: No war on Iraq , NDP * NPD.

KimFromNovaScotia@kimns· Mar 3

#Mi'kmaw Shoulder to Shoulder: We Are All Treaty People Rally at Province House, #HalifaxNS March 3, 2026. ##TimHouston has done his mini-TACO thing after sucker punching us with his budget - he ran away to Toronto to join his friend, Doug Ford, in wooing industry.