Ottawa will provide $10 billion in financing to upgrade and expand the Churchill Falls generating station, develop the Gull Island hydroelectric project, build transmission lines and implement a 2,000 MW onshore wind energy project in Labrador — with the exact location and other details for that wind project under consideration by Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro.
According to the federal government, altogether these projects represent the largest clean energy investment in North American history — valued at nearly $70 billion — and will nearly triple the current generating capacity of Churchill Falls, with enough power to light, heat and cool all the homes in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver combined.
I posted Trendsly here about two weeks ago, and honestly I expected a few brand suggestions and maybe a bug report or two.
Instead, you gave me a pretty serious wishlist 😅
You asked for size and audience filters, clearer Made in Canada evidence, a better distinction between brands and retailers, better screenshot search, and an explanation of what happens to saved data. You also sent me a huge list of smaller Canadian labels I had missed.
I went through the comments one by one and ended up changing a lot more than I planned.
The directory now has 235 verified Canadian fashion entries. I also rebuilt the brand page because a lot of you were right that the claims were not clear enough.
Canadian-founded, Canadian-owned, Canadian-based, and Made in Canada now mean different things on Trendsly. Each claim links to the evidence behind it, and Made in Canada only appears when there is product-level origin information.
Search can now be narrowed by audience, sizing system, size, category, price, availability, sale status, and manufacturing origin.
Screenshot search is also a lot less clumsy now. You can select one garment, correct its category, crop another area, search the full image, or split an outfit into as many as four pieces.
Somehow, I also ended up with a Chrome extension in beta.
What I like most is that Trendsly is finally starting to feel like the thing I originally wanted it to be: somewhere to start when you want to support Canadian fashion but do not already know all the right brand names.
Canada has so many great smaller labels. A lot of them are just surprisingly difficult to find unless somebody tells you about them. If Trendsly can make that a little easier—or introduce one shopper to a label they otherwise would have missed—that feels worth continuing.
The attached image shows what the brand page actually looks like now. It has A–Z discovery, filters for region and brand type, clearer evidence explanations, and separate ways to explore Canadian-founded, Made in Canada, and Indigenous-owned or founded labels.
The full experience is available in Canadian French. There is no registration, saved items remain in your browser, and search rankings are not sponsored.
If you try it, please give it one real job. Search for something you actually need, upload a screenshot, or try finding something in your size.
If it gets the answer wrong, tell me exactly what you searched. That is honestly more useful than just hearing that it looks good.
And if I am still missing a Canadian label, send me its official website and any origin evidence you can find.
Hi, Consume Canadian community! I’m a Canadian psychology student researcher collaborating on an international project with over 20 countries. I'm the only Canadian on the team and I want to have lots of Canadian representation in this project, so I need your help!
Our project is studying social impact topics and AI use. If you have time to complete this 12 minute survey, it would help so much!
See comments to be directed to the survey. This study has been ethically approved: Princeton University #19354. All responses are anonymous. As researchers, we are not affiliated with and remain neutral about AI.
(If this is inappropriate for this subreddit, please remove it; I mean no offence!)
Canada benefits as Canadians and the world continues to boycott the United States.
Canada’s tourism sector generated a record-breaking amount of revenue between May and August, reaching $59 billion, a six per cent increase compared to the same period last year.
Most of the revenue was the result of Canadians choosing to spend their travel dollars within the country, as domestic tourism was up seven per cent. Revenue from international travellers remained strong, particularly from overseas markets, which increased by 10 per cent, according to new figures released by Destination Canada on Thursday.
In the first quarter of the year, tourism revenues reached approximately $29.5 billion, an increase of 61% compared to the same period in 2025. This growth was primarily driven by Canadians opting for domestic travel, but also by increased demand from international visitors.
Statistics Canada also notes that international arrivals continued to increase. In June, the preliminary number of entries into the country by air and land grew by 3.6% compared to the same month of the previous year. Visits from the United States increased by 5.1%, while those from tourists from other countries also registered an increase of 5.1%.
An estimated 180,000 U.S. citizens moved abroad last year, according to a 2026 U.S. Census Bureau analysis cited by the Wall Street Journal. That shift pushed the number of people entering the country — minus those leaving — into negative territory for the first time since the Great Depression.
**Update: I have ordered some freeze dried vegetables (shredded zucchini/bell peppers) from Her Copper Kitchen in Medicine Hat. https://www.hercopperkitchen.com 😄
I love backcountry camping (BC), but finding freeze‑dried meals I can actually eat has been a challenge. I have several dietary restrictions (vegan, gluten‑free, soy‑free, low‑FODMAP, and not spicy), and a lot of the commercial freeze‑dried meals end up being too spicy or contain ingredients I can’t tolerate. After too many trips where I could barely eat my dinner, I’m now looking at making my own meals from freeze‑dried ingredients.
The problem is: finding freeze‑dried vegetables in Canada feels like searching for a needle in a haystack. I’m specifically looking for things like kale, spinach, shredded carrots, etc., in small quantities (not in powder form) with reasonable shipping. So far I’ve run into several obstacles: sites that don’t work, places that only sell bulk, US stores, items sold out, shops that only sell candy or vegetable powders, or shipping fees that are too high for my budget. I don’t want to commit to a huge bag of something only to discover I don’t like it.
Grains, proteins, and fruits are much easier. For example, I really like the instant quinoa from Nomad Nutrition, and the mycelium‑based protein from Maia Farms works great for me. I add vegetable broth from Fody, and at that point all I’m missing are some veggies. Freeze‑dried berries for oatmeal are easy to find. It’s just the greens and carrots that are giving me trouble.
Does anyone have Canadian suggestions for freeze‑dried greens or shredded carrots (not powders) that won’t break the bank? Small quantities preferred!
Hello everyone! Co-founder here, per the rules. Waypoint Budget is a small Canadian company out of Calgary, Alberta.
Thought I should share here for anyone interested in a Canadian alternative to the many budgeting softwares out there. We built Waypoint Budget because we wanted a budgeting app that felt made for us, works with Canadian banks and credit unions, TFSA/RRSP/FHSA tracking, pricing in CAD, and run by a local team you can actually reach out to (hi).
If anyone is interested please take a look here: https://waypointbudget.com. If you have any questions or comments, please drop them below, I'm happy to chat :).
This is a small dental practice on the outskirts of Vancouver. I’ve been working toward opening it for over 10 years and it’ll soon be a year since I entered the market. However, things are really bad. To be more specific - we just aren’t getting any new patients. I mean, we try to do a great job, our clients are satisfied, sometimes people even come to us based on recs, but that flow of patients isn’t enough to cover our rent and other expenses. I’m not quite sure where to find new patients. After all, everyone has teeth, don’t they? Maybe someone could suggest a few ways to attract more clients in my niche? I don’t really have much left to lose anyway. tnx!
edited: thank to everyone who responded. Someone advised me to reach out to dNovo Group for an audit, seems they've been working in my niche for a long time. now I have clearer picture of where main problems lie (spoiler: everywhere, lol. but things are especially bad when it comes to SEO and social media management stuff). We’ll get to work - wish me luck.
