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austronauts · 1 year

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You got it spot on with your earlier rant but I think that's what really gets me about the whole Mitch discourse, the specific nature of the insults they're using like 'soft' and 'whiney' etc and how it just feels so insidious. They definitely have an idea in their minds of how a hockey player should look and act and because Mitch isn't masculine enough for them they make assumptions about his work ethic and status inside the locker room rather than his on ice performance, which is what they claim this is really about. I don't think they would call Auston a crybaby even if he outright said he complained to the coach about something. It's kind of funny because Mitch actually is a proper jock he's just... pretty. But it changes their entire perception and reception of him as a player. Even something like smashing his stick is normally received as a display of passion and masculine anger but when he does it he's being petulant and whiney- he can't win. It's like they want to be misogynistic but there's no women in the league so they focus on the men who don't care about presenting particularly macho

i don't think they realize how pitiful and pathetic they are? or is this an extended bit at this point and they want us to peer into their sad lives and scoff :( it's funny because auston is the one who loves to wear pink and has watched gossip girl 3 times and love is blind and knows how to sew (all of which i think is BRILLIANT and celebrate thoroughly btw) and i guaranTEE you if mitch did any of those things these men would grab mitch by the scruff of his neck and fire him into the sun for being girlypop.

also the litigation of the stick breaking thing as if he violated the Geneva Convention is - i...am?? is EVERYONE OKAY? he trotted off to go do it in the hallway in private away from his teammates and coach and fans who were already having a really bad time. like - at its most simple level i see that as considerate behavior from a coworker? i know WAY WAY WAY WAY too many men who make THEIR bad moods EVERYONE ELSE'S FUCKING PROBLEM (including my own father like hello dad) without a single OUNCE of thought about the impression they give or the impact they're having on the people around them, y'know? he clearly wanted that to be a private moment for himself to get his emotions under control because he - duh - uh... CARES about winning, contrary to what these very same fans have been accusing him of for years and years now.

and you're right about the stick breaking! the laughable thing is - like we see players break sticks all the time! and it's FINE. we get it - games get emotional. you get emotional. at least they're getting emotional about their actual jobs at work. why are these ontarian NPC's getting this ANGRY in the middle of THEIR workday about a bunch of men they don't know? go scratch your balls and do YOUR job instead of screaming at willy nylander and mitch marner to play a full 60 minutes ("wah wah well I'm not getting paid $11M like marner is" they'll cry. ok then go out there and hustle and GRINDSET your way into making $11M instead of complaining online like a DIVA BABY, bro? like bro, it sounds so simple to me!!! idk! just a thought! throwing it out there!)

as a decade+ fan of geno, i roll my eyes at all this discourse i am vaguely detecting in my peripheral vision (i say this because i refuse to look at any of these angry armchair GM's takes directly. i heard some of them last night and i no longer respect them because most of them are actual idiots desperate for scapegoats and twitter clout to fill their hollow tiny homunculus lives who would shit their sweatpants at the very prospect of coaching 1 pee wee hockey game and are content to sit around having the audacity to say that sheldon keefe should trade marner, play morgan rielly on right wing, and calle jarnkrok on defense. like. that's dumb. i just don't respect you.)

like im sorry to all these whiny babies but PLEASE get back to me when your favorite player and BRILLIANT franchise SUPERSTAR gets moody and sulky and suddenly crosschecks someone in the head and gets suspended for 2 games for no reason. then we can talk.

#why are they all so...pathetic i feel so sad for them #i LOVE the leafs fans ive met DEARLY but the vibes are rancid #it's only game why u heff to be mad its NOT that serious

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skillstopallmedia · 1 year

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The voice | Sophie flies away with the victory

As expected, Sophie Grenier won The voice Sunday night. Two months after taking off and establishing itself as the big favorite by taking over the bird from René Simard to blind auditions, the Franco-Ontarian continued her ascent by winning the popular vote. Posted yesterday at 11:17 p.m. Sophie collected 42% of the vote, far ahead of Jay (26%), Christopher (23%) and Adam (9%). “It means so…

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bomberqueen17 · 5 years

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so a while back my dad got put on the Terrorist Watchlist.

That’s a good story opener, yeah? Sounds pretty badass? I’ve told it before, though, it’s a really dumb story. Thing is, he’s got a really common name; currently, about seven thousand adult men are living in the US and have his identical first and last name. (Including a very prominent government figure up until last year, as it happens. Fuck that guy.) Anyway, one of these seven thousand guys did something, and is on the list, and that’s the entire level of detail anyone is able to surmise; there’s no court of appeals, there’s no process, for the Terrorist Watchlist. As it happens, my dad was in the Army for approximately ever, and has retained Top Secret clearance, and this did not help him. The TSA was going to strip-search him every time he flew, and that’s that. There is, let me state again, no way to be given any kind of information about the Terrorist Watchlist, and no way to appeal to be removed from it if you are not in fact the correct person with that name, and so on. It’s a hellscape and that’s not what this post is about but do think about that. (I do think we’ve moved beyond the point in our collective Discourse where any of us thinks there’s any good reason for the government to keep any kind of lists about any of us at all for any reason, haven’t we? I suppose that’s a nice side effect of the tire fire of politics of late; last time I talked about this was because people including my Senator were theorizing that some kind of watchlist was a good idea, which was horrifying. So, live and learn.)

Anyway.

My dad’s on the Terrorist Watchlist. Thing is, my parents are retired now, and they’re at an age where they want to travel. Went my whole life basically never going anywhere and then I moved out and now they’re going to see the world. I mean, they deserve it, fine. Also my dang sister had a bunch of babies and lives halfway down the coast, so if they want to see grandkids they’ve got to go hundreds of miles. (Used to be a thousand, now it’s down to like 300, an improvement, but still.)

But now that they’re flying a lot, my dad’s getting real tired of being enhancedly secure. They drove everywhere for a while, but they’re old, and that got old.

So now they take trains a lot. Amtrak is great if you’re not in a super hurry to get where you’re going.

One of their biggest travel things every year is that Dad’s Vietnam unit has an annual reunion. It’s extra interesting because it’s just a generic reunion and now there’s suddenly a bunch of much younger guys who are veterans of other wars, now.

Anyhow this year the reunion’s in Florida, so Mom and Dad are presently on the... I think it’s the Silver Meteor, that goes from New York on down? Not sure.

That’s the other thing about the old Amtrak lines-- most of them have wonderful poetic names. The Empire takes you across New York State; the Lakeshore Limited has never once been on time but will take you from New York to Chicago. The City of New Orleans, famous for the song, takes you from Chicago to New Orleans. And the Silver Meteor, I just looked it up, takes you from New York to Miami.

I wish I had the kind of lifestyle where I took trains more. I wish America had high-speed trains, any kind of trains. I wish I could take the train back and forth to the farm instead of the Thruway. (I usually get to do it about once a season, and it’s such a treat. The route runs right along the Mohawk River for a goodly portion of it, with fantastic views of my favorite bit-- Big Nose and Little Nose-- and some lovely marsh views near the Montezuma Bird Refuge area, and a really neat peek into the back of Schenectady, and the whole time you don’t have to get cut off by anyone with Jersey plates or boxed out by oblivious Ontarians who don’t know why there are two different lanes, and you can read a book or embroider or sew and nobody bugs you and maybe the state worker across the aisle can give you tips about getting around Albany once you get there, as if you’d ever go into Albany in your life.)

Anyway that was kind of what I liked so much about the Green New Deal, which I only skimmed a summary of-- the idea of excitement, the idea of proactive changes we could make, none of this “Welp the world’s ending so we gotta give up fun entirely” stuff, but rather “We could make something else, we could change how it works and have so much more than we have now, we could have high speed trains”, and it was so exciting.

Please, I want high speed trains.

#uh this wound up a personal essay #i was just going to shitpost about trains #anyway #amtrak #please give us trains

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dvp95 · 4 years

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is a poptart ravioli? which sport would you want to do if you could do anything? what's your favorite canadian slang?

sure, if it wants to be!

i desperately miss playing rugby but i think it would make me lose some permanent brain cells at this point in my concussion-heavy life. i always wished i was better at lacrosse than i was!!

"oh, that's a beauty" and "just out for a rip" are the ones that stick in my head most i think

EDIT: you must add "bud" to both of these to sound like an actual rural ontarian

#daye answers #daye vs info

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if-you-fan-a-fire · 5 years

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“Wearer of Nine Medals Confesses He is a Fake,” The Ontarian (Belleville). July 3, 1919. Page 07. --- OTTAWA, June 30. - Robert Wm. Gunter, who under the names of ‘Major Campbell’ and ‘Sir James Cologne,’ posed in Montreal, New York, Rochester and half a dozen other cities as a returned war hero with a sensational record, was remanded for sentence in a police court after pleading guilty to all the charges of deception brought against him. When arrested he was wearing a Canadian major’s uniform adorned with nine war decorations.

One of Gunter’s favorite stories was that he was in charge of the firing squad which executed Carl Lody, the German spy, in the London Tower, After pleading guilty he said he held a commission in the Canadian army and blamed drink for his downfall.

#ottawa #fraud artist #braggart #war decorations #canadian veterans #world war 1 canada #deception #war record #military record #returned soldiers #drunk braggart #crime and punishment in canada #history of crime and punishment in canada

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thembutterflies · 6 years

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i met my 3 favorite ontarians this weekend @adifferentkindofson @floralhoran and @strangenewfriends !! 😁😻❤️

#sorry Mon if you got a new blog and i forgot it fjgjlgj #THANKS ALL FOR THE FUN TIMES #pls visit me!!#thanks for welcoming me in your beautiful city that doesnt get snow

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canadachronicles · 7 months

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There weren't too many wet days this past month; but every time the skies would roll out grey and dull, I'd listen to September In The Rain! I truly believe there is an Oscar Peterson song to fit any variation of my moods!

#September In The Rain #Oscar Peterson #Oscar Emmanuel Peterson #Jazz Pianist #Canadian Jazz Pianist #Pianist #Canadian Pianist #Canadian Musician #Canadian Legend #Canadian Virtuoso #Jazz #Jazz Music #Favorite Montrealer #Favorite Quebecer #Favorite Mississaugan #Favorite Ontarian #Favorite Canadian #Canada Chronicles #Spotify

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jacobhinkley · 6 years

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Bitcoin Awareness in Canada Rises to 85%: Bank of Canada Report

A survey by the Bank of Canada has found that 85 percent of Canadians are aware of Bitcoin. The survey further revealed that the level of ownership of the digital currency had nearly doubled in 2017, with most of the owners holding it for speculative reasons and as a form of investment. The residents of the western province of British Columbia were the most knowledgeable at 92 percent, with Quebec registering the highest increase over the year, standing at 77 percent. The survey was dubbed the Bitcoin Omnibus Survey and was conducted to assess the impact that the rise in adoption of cryptos could have on the country’s financial system.

Bitcoin’s Rising Prominence

The level of awareness rose by 21 percentage points in 2017 as the price of Bitcoin shot through the roof, from 64 percent to 85 percent. While the increased awareness was noted across all demographics, it was highest among residents with incomes exceeding $70,000. Residents of Quebec saw the largest increase in awareness, rising by 28 percentage points to stand at 77 percent. The province of Quebec has been in the news frequently as it strives to regulate crypto mining, having become a favorite destination for miners thanks to its low power costs and its cool environment.

Awareness among women also saw a great increase to stand at 80 percent, up from 54 percent the previous year. Despite the notable increase among women, men remained more aware at 91 percent, up from 75 percent the previous year. The survey also confirmed findings by similar surveys around the world which have correlated higher income and education to greater knowledge on cryptocurrencies.

The high awareness among Canadian residents hasn’t translated to ownership of the digital currency, with the survey finding that only 5 percent of the population owned Bitcoin. This is an increase from the 2.9 percent recorded a year earlier. As expected, the tech-savvy 18-24 demographic leads the race, having more than doubled from 6 percent in the previous year to stand at 14 percent. There was also a notable increase in the 45-54 demographic from 0.9 percent to 3.5 percent.

So, why do Canadians own Bitcoin?

The survey sought to find out why the residents owned Bitcoin, stating that this has major implications for central banks. Transactors who use Bitcoin to pay for goods and to send to their friends make up half the owner population, with non-transactors who have only used Bitcoin once or twice making up the other half. Among the non-transactors, an overwhelming majority held Bitcoin as an investment, with a small minority stating that they had Bitcoin because their friends did too.

Two weeks ago, yet another survey was released which focused on the popularity of cryptos in Ontario. Conducted by the Ontario Securities Commission, the survey revealed that only five percent of residents owned cryptos, with an additional four percent who previously owned them having sold them. Despite over 10 percent of the population having been approached to invest in an ICO, only 1.5 percent reported to having done so, with the majority of the respondents stating that they are unaware of who regulates this new crowdfunding space. Unlike most places around the world where the majority of people acquired cryptos hoping to sell it at a profit, most Ontarians purchased digital currencies because they were excited by the new technology, the survey found.

Bitcoin Awareness in Canada Rises to 85%: Bank of Canada Report published first on https://medium.com/@smartoptions

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bloody-punk-rocky · 7 years

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RULES: Answer all the questions, add one of your own and tag as many people as there are questions

Tagged by @peaceandcows and @mingyuie - Thanks my dudes!

1. COKE OR PEPSI: Coke

2. DISNEY OR DREAMWORKS: Disney

3. COFFEE OR TEA: I like both, but I’m more likely to drink tea than coffee. But I love it in desserts!

4. BOOKS OR MOVIES: Movies, though I really love books too

5. WINDOWS OR MAC: Windows, Mac is ridiculously expensive

6. DC OR MARVEL: Marvel! Though I really love DC as well.

7. XBOX OR PLAYSTATION: HNG. I’m a PlayStation girl, but we have the Xbox One instead of the PS4 bc my brother bought it so he could play with his friends... He misses PlayStation lmao.

8. DRAGON AGE OR MASS EFFECT: Wat.

9. NIGHT OWL OR EARLY RISER: Night owl. I can’t stand waking up early, and I can’t stand people that wake me up early as well.

10. CARDS OR CHESS: Cards, you can do much more with cards than a chess board. I loves me some President.

11. CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA: Chocolate.

12. VANS OR CONVERSE: Vans, Converse hurt my feet and look like clown shoes if you have big feet lmao. (I don’t have big feet, but I have an aversion).

13. LAVELLAN, TREVELYAN, CADASH, OR ADAAR: Again, wat?

14. FLUFF OR ANGST: HNG. Angst? I can go for angst at all times of the day, but I have to be in the mood to read fluff.

15. BEACH OR FOREST: Forest

16. DOGS OR CATS: Cats yo, dogs freak me out sometimes.

17. CLEAR SKIES OR RAIN? I prefer clear skies tbh.

18. COOKING OR EATING OUT: Eating out is nice, you get to change up what you eat and it’s almost guaranteed to be good.

19. SPICY OR MILD FOOD: Spicy af.

20. HALLOWEEN/SAMHAIN OR SOLSTICE/YULE/CHRISTMAS: Christmas holy crap. Christmas is so warm and toasty and I love having ten thousand santas sitting around my house.

21. WOULD YOU RATHER FOREVER BE A LITTLE TOO COLD OR A LITTLE TOO HOT: A little too cold? Heat can be overpowering, so a little bit too cold would be more preferable.

22. IF YOU COULD HAVE A SUPERPOWER WHAT WOULD IT BE: I wanna be able to fly so that I can get around faster and not have to walk everywhere.

23. ANIMATION OR LIVE ACTION: Animation is the best omg.

24. PARAGON OR RENEGADE: Once again, wat?

25. BATH OR SHOWER: Showers - baths feel unproductive.

26. TEAM CAP OR TEAM IRONMAN: Team Cap, Iron Man is being a douchebag and he’s fucking wrong.

27. FANTASY OR SCI-FI: I love both omg. I’m gonna say sci-fi bc Star Wars is my life.

28. DO YOU HAVE 3 OR 4 FAVORITE QUOTES IF SO WHAT ARE THEY: I don’t have any rn tbh.

29. YOUTUBE OR NETFLIX: Idk man, I like them both. I’m not gonna decide lmao.

30. HARRY POTTER OR PERCY JACKSON: *Hagrid voice* Haaaaarry Potteeerrrr

31. STAR WARS OR STAR TREK: STAR WARS <333

32. PAPERBACK BOOKS OR HARDCOVER BOOK: Paperback, though hardcover is good for reading while at a table.

33. FANTASTIC BEASTS OR CURSED CHILD: I haven’t seen them, but I don’t even have the opportunity to see Cursed Child, so I’m gonna say Fantastic Beasts

34. ROCK OR POP MUSIC: Rock tbh, the radio makes me mad lmao.

35. WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN YOUR LIFE: My mom or my siblings, or maybe painting.

36. THE LAST BOOK YOU READ/THE ONE YOU’RE CURRENTLY READING: The last book I read was the translation of Oedipus Rex by Sophocles for English class, but the last novel I read was The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood

38: SONG THAT MAKES YOU SMILE/SONG THAT MAKES YOU CRY: A song that makes me smile would be Senza un Perche by Nada, and a song that makes me cry would be A Million Years Ago by Adele

39. SUSHI OR WAN TAN SOUP: sUSHI, BUT I LOVE BOTH

40. SPRING OR AUTUMN: Spring, fuck autumn. Autumn is shit.

41. DRAWING OR WRITING: Drawing, even though I’m really not the best at it.

42. SINGING OR DANCING: Both tbh, even though I’m not very good at either of them.

43. TV SHOW/MOVIE/BOOK THATS LIKE YOUR HAPPY PLACE, SOMETHING THAT ALWAYS MAKES YOU SMILE: The Young Pope gets me omfg. I have such a big crush on him tbh lmao. I love how confident he is in himself, and he inspires me.

44. FIRST GOOD CHILDHOOD MEMORY THAT POPS INTO YOUR HEAD: Oh boy, I think maybe the time that we went to my brother’s hockey tournament in Ottawa and he got into a huge fight after some kid hit him in the back of the head with his stick. That fight was epic and hilarious, and he’s so proud of it lmao.

45. IF YOU COULD VISIT ANY HISTORICAL TIME PERIOD, WHAT WOULD IT BE AND WHY? The 60′s or 70′s because of the music, the cars, the style, and a bit more common sense lol

46. PINEAPPLE PIZZA OR NAH? nO

47. TV OR MOVIE? TV, though movies are awesome ;; I’m more likely to watch shows though bc they take less time

48. FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR: Pumpkin pie ice cream from Kawartha Dairy (I think only Ontarians know about this lmao)

49. WHAT FICTIONAL CHARACTER DO YOU RELATE MOST TO? So many, oh boy. Alec Lightwood, Mai, Lapis Lazuli, and Rin Matsuoka. P much I relate if they’re salty.

50. LAST SONG YOU LISTENED TO? While My Guitar Gently Weeps by The Beatles

51. TOP 5 OTPS?: Kylo Ren and myself (lmao), Reaper 76, Malec, Rick and Morty (not romantic lmao, their friendship is the best), and Garnet ohboi.

52. What makes you happy?: GOOD QUESTION. Not a lot lmao. Ajin, Reaper 76, and p much anything that has to do with Star Wars, and sleep.

(My question!) 53. ALL TIME FAVOURITE MOVIE?

I tag @smilefortheaudience and whoever wants to do it?

(Edit: I forgot to remove @mingyuie ‘s tags, I apologize to the few people that I tagged by accident ;;)

#bloodypunkrocky #personal #question tags

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darkohexar · 7 years

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I was tagged by @junkobears for a thing! Thanks yo!

Rules: Answer the 20 questions and tag the amazing followers you would like to get to know better.

Name: Brandon Nicknames: Darko Zodiac sign: Aries Height: 5′11 Orientation: Straight probably Ethnicity: White, French-ontarian Favorite fruit: Pears and strawberries Favorite season: Spring

Favorite book series: Amos Daragon Favorite flower: Sunflowers are pretty solid Favorite scent: Vanilla Favorite color: Teal, purple and orange Favorite animal: Cats, turtles, crabs Coffee, tea, or hot cocoa: Hot chocolate Average sleep hours: Ideally 7-8 Favorite fictional characters: Too many to list, although if a character seems very out of place in a series, you can probably bet I’ll like them. Number of blankets you sleep with: Two, maybe three, it gets cold up here Dream trip: Anywhere with a mix of pretty natural scenery and nice cityscapes, Japan and Europe in general would be nice to visit. Blog created: February 2012 Number of followers: 800 something

It’s very late here and I’m a bit too tired to think of who to tag, if you’d like to do this, just say I tagged you!

#answer thing #about me #junkobears

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jkszgz-blog · 4 years

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Boxing Day Vs Black Friday

What is Boxing Day? The Black Friday of Christmas Boxing Day, the day after Christmas, is usually the day when sales appear with discounted prices on everything from clothes to holiday themed items. Boxing Day originally began in the United Kingdom and was also known as the Feast of St. Stephen, where people used to open church alms-boxes and give them to the poor. This later turned into the custom of giving Christmas boxes to servants then later to tradesmen, such as postmen and dustmen. In many other countries, Boxing Day vs black Friday is a bank holiday and most offices are closed. Boxing Day is not only a day to exchange or give gifts but also a day to buy more and is seen as a day of sales for retailers.

In the U.S., Boxing Day can be considered as a Black Friday-like event. It’s a great time to buy gifts or furnished goods, as sales are rampant. An article in USA Today looked towards The International Council of Shopping Centers, which reported that retail sales for the week ending Dec. 22 were up at 0.7%. It was reported that the ICSC estimate is in contrast to the increase MasterCard Advisors said it saw in the months leading up to Christmas. MasterCards estimates is for sales using cash, check and all credit cards in categories such as luxury goods, clothing, electronics, and furnishings along with online sales.

Last year, MasterCard estimate were up by 2%, though there was little worry as the week after Christmas accounts for about 15% of holiday sales. For this year, there is little doubt that few people will take advantage of the sales, whether it be online or in store.

With Christmas over, the post-holiday sales have already begun. In the UK, shoppers have been flocking to malls and stores to get the best deals. As reported in The Independent, UK shopping sales were forecasted at an alltime high. In the U.S., the post-holiday sales are expected to rise following a meager start brought on by Hurricane Sandy and fiscal cliff concerns.

The National Retail Federation is expecting that holiday sales will increase by 4.1% to $586 billion compared to last year, which is certainly a high point.

Black Friday 2019

There was a not-so-distant time when the best Black Friday deals could only be found in stores. Thankfully for those of us who can’t take the crowds, more and more retailers have begun offering serious discounts online, too, so you don’t have to wait until Cyber Monday to shop. To make things as seamless as possible, the Mic editors will be doing all the legwork for you and curating the top deals here. Until then, keep scrolling for answers to some of the most common Black Friday-related questions, as well as some solid deals that are going on right now.

When is Black Friday? Black Friday 2019 will be falling unusually late in the month, on Friday, November 29. With its proximity to the holidays, this makes it an especially good opportunity to finish all your holiday shopping early on the cheap (or to gift yourself a gadget or two — we’re not here to judge).

When was the first Black Friday? There are a lot of misunderstandings and myths about the origins of Black Friday. While it originally had a less pleasant association, it was during the 1980s when Black Friday began to evolve into the shopping event we all know it as today. The term “Black Friday” has come to represent the idea of retailers going from being in the red for the year to being in the black (and also when consumers get a lot of their holiday shopping accomplished).

Where are the best places to shop on Black Friday? When it comes to Black Friday deals, some of the biggest players include Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart, Target, and Costco. Whether you’re looking to shop in person or at home in your pajamas, chances are most of your favorite retailers will have something for you. But to save you the trouble of having to click around aimlessly the day-of, we’ll be using this digital space to curate all the most impressive deals.

What time does Black Friday start? In-store doorbuster sales typically start as early as Thanksgiving night. Last year, Walmart opened its doors at 6 p.m., while Target and Best Buy opened at 5 p.m., which means the most dedicated shoppers were lining up outside even earlier than that. Online sales work a little differently, depending on the retailer. Some brands roll out deals that last all week leading up to Black Friday and Cyber Monday, while others run a rotation of sales that go all month long (which is how this month has come to be known by some as “Gray November”). This means that whether you’re looking to snag a new laptop, a Nintendo Switch, or any of the latest Apple products, you can still get some serious shopping done from the comfort of your crowd-free home.

When do Black Friday Ads come out? Participating retailers have already begun to release Black Friday ads, and some have even gone so far as to debut some sales. Costco released its Black Friday ads for 2019, revealing over 30 pages of ongoing deals that will be kicking off on November 7. Target’s Black Friday deals have yet to be unveiled, but you can sign up to with the retailer to stay in-the-know. And we’re still waiting for Walmart’s ads, too, but in the meantime, you can sign up for their Early Access email program to stay up-to-date on deals. If the best in tech is what you’re looking for, you’ll definitely want to keep an eye out for when the Best Buy Black Friday ads debut — while the retailer hasn’t released any info just yet, it’s already talking up a big game about outdoing last year’s offerings.

What are the best things to buy on Black Friday? While you can find discounts on products in a wide variety of categories, Black Friday is the perfect time to get unbeatable deals on the latest tech products — especially if they’re normally out of your budget at full price.

Amazon has already introduced some worthy sales, including many deals of the day and lightning deals. Year-round, the mega-retailer is a good place to find everything from a pair of wrinkle-free dress pants to one of the best tablets with a stylus, and while some critics were disappointed in its Black Friday offerings last year, we have high hopes that Amazon will step it up this year. And whether it’s Black Friday or Prime Day, it’s usually a safe bet that Amazon will offer deep discounts on its own devices, like the Echo Show 5, which is currently on sale for 33% off, and the Fire TV Stick 4K, which is currently 20% off.

Black Friday becoming the new Boxing Day A new survey released Tuesday by Leger for the Retail Council of Canada — its second annual Holiday Shopping Survey — underlines the changing dynamics of retailing, but also shows that shoppers still want to go to the stores in person.

It shows Canadian consumers are all in on Black Friday (more Canadians intend to take advantage of bargains that day compared to the other shopping event days) and more people are shopping on-line.

The survey underlines a lot of things that retailers will not be surprised about especially when it comes to the Manitoba content — Manitobans intend to spend below the national average, we love deals and are more prepared than anyone else in the country to wait in line for them.

Reading between the lines, it also shows that bricks and mortar retailing has plenty of legs left in it.

"The retail brick-and-mortar apocalypse is a myth, but the fact that retail is transforming is not," said Michael Leblanc, senior retail advisor at the Retail Council of Canada (RCC).

He said what retailers might take away from the survey is that they can see a growing recognition of the importance of having a store that integrates multiple behaviours that consumer are engaged in.

"There is more e-commerce but e-commerce needs to be part of the store," Leblanc said. "What retailers are recognizing and building towards is not store channel vs on-line vs mobile. They see that it is important that they understand how best to serve the customer in whatever way they want to shop."

The survey shows that 72 per cent of Canadians still intend to spend the largest portion of their Christmas shopping budget in-store, but that number has decreased slightly from the year before. And those saying they will spend more on-line — 20 per cent this year — is more than it was last year.

"Retailers are all trying to figure out how the nature of retail is changing... on-line, off-line, mobile, event days themselves," Leblanc said. "The survey helps them understand what motivates people, what they are thinking about when they shop, what sort of things are they looking at."

The survey asked 2,500-plus people (just six per cent of them were from Manitoba and Saskatchewan, which skews the survey's results) about their attitudes and intended behaviours regarding the upcoming 2019 holiday shopping season.

Manitoba and Saskatchewan residents plan to spend $588 this holiday season, significantly below the national average of $792. In comparison, Ontarians plan to spend $1,058 while Quebeckers plan to spend $503.

Just as was the case last year, Black Friday (which falls on Nov. 29 this year) has unseated Boxing Day as the day shoppers most intend to look for sales — 43 per cent on Black Friday compared to 34 per cent on Boxing Day.

Leblanc said that 10 years ago Black Friday was just starting to catch on in Canada. Now Canadian retailers are planning for it all year.

And when it comes to shoppers' dedication to a deal, Manitoba and Saskatchewan are more committed than the rest of the country. The survey found that more people in the Prairies are willing to line up early on Black Friday, Boxing Day or Cyber Monday than anywhere else in the country (23 per cent vs. 17 per cent nationally).

But even though the day after American Thanksgiving has now usurped Boxing Day as Canadians' favourite shopping day it's not to say retailing in Canada has become Americanized.

Want to get a head start on your day? Get the day’s breaking stories, weather forecast, and more sent straight to your inbox every morning. The survey also found that a strong majority of Canadians (85 per cent) still agree that it’s important to buy from a retailer within Canada during the upcoming holiday shopping season.

Leblanc thinks it's not just about "buying Canadian".

"We know that consumers, for practical reasons and for other reasons, continue to want to spend their money here in their own back yard," he said. "I also think a contributing factor is that the retailers here are just as savvy and bring on great offers and great value."

People used to stream across the border in days gone by, looking for brands they just could not find in Canada. But that is less the case now.

"Something like 50 international retail brands have launched in Canada in just the last 18-to-24 months," said Leblanc. "Between that and ecommerce there is not much that you need to go outside Canada to shop for that you can’t find here."

Black Friday More Popular Than Boxing Day in Canada Boxing Day is losing its lustre with Canadian shoppers. Black Friday is now the day that Canadians turn to when shopping for deals.

According to a survey from the Retail Council of Canada, 43 percent of Canadians plan to take in Black Friday festivities this year and half (50 percent) will shop in-store. In comparison, 34 percent of shoppers plan to take advantage of Boxing Day deals and 61 percent plan to make the trek to the mall rather than go online. Door Crasher Deals Are Good, Parking Lot Crashes Are Not You may be all set to save but are you ready for the parking lot chaos that comes with Black Friday shopping? As retailers get ready for the crowds to kick off the holiday shopping season, make sure you lessen the chance of a parking lot accident or theft claim with these Black Friday parking lot tips:

Chances are slim that you’ll get a parking spot near the main mall entrance. Instead of circling around, seek out a spot further away or near a secondary entrance where parking spots may be easier to find. When looking for a spot, minimize the number of left turns you take. If you have the option, turn right to save time and minimize congestion. Use your turn signal indicator as you navigate your way around the parking lot. Drive slowly and be on the lookout for pedestrians eager to get to the sales or loaded down with parcels. Where possible, back into the parking space. That way, when it’s time to leave you can drive out with ease. Park in a well-lit area and make sure your doors are locked before you head inside. When heading back into the mall after dropping off your purchases, take a few moments to make sure nobody is watching. If necessary, move your car to a different location. Place purchases in the trunk so they are not easily visible to thieves. After a successful day of shopping, remember to turn your headlights on when you go to leave.

Black Friday vs. Cyber Monday: What's the difference? One is all about retail stores, the other is all online -- right? Actually, there's more to it than that.

It's beginning to look a lot like fall, and that means we're coming up on three big American holidays: Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday. You don't need me to tell you what Turkey Day's all about (duh: turkey), but maybe you have some questions about those other occasions? Because, seriously, what's the deal with Black Friday and Cyber Monday? They're just big sales that bookend the holiday weekend, right?

Actually, there's a bit more to the story.

When did Black Friday start? Black Friday's origins are a bit nebulous, with a fairly apocryphal theory the most widely believed: Because the day after Thanksgiving was typically a day off, it allowed Christmas shoppers to get a jump-start on their gift buying. Retail stores took advantage of this opportunity by holding major sales, which in turn helped them tip their annual sales numbers into "the black" (meaning out of "the red," which is accounting parlance for losing money). It certainly sounds plausible enough.

But the real story is a bit different. According to History.com, the Philadelphia police force used the term "Black Friday" in response to the chaotic traffic caused not by big sales, but by massive attendance for the Army-Navy football game held annually on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. (Apparently everyone came to town a day early.) It was only in the 1980s that retailers began to truly embrace the day for sale purposes.

This year, Black Friday is on Nov. 29 -- but deals can be found sooner than that.

When did Cyber Monday start? It's hard to believe, but Cyber Monday dates back to just 2005. Back then, before it was natural to order anything and everything online, shoppers still needed encouragement. Online stores began running their own big sales to compete with the brick-and-mortar juggernaut that was Black Friday.

Why "Cyber Monday"? Because in the old days, the internet was often referred to as "cyberspace." Quaint, no?

Why Monday and not Saturday? Because it turns out people like to shop while they're at the office, using fast computers and high-speed connections. (Remember, once upon a time, most people had only dial-up modems at home.) In the early days of online shopping, Monday proved a lucrative day for online stores -- so they embraced it.

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