cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/42562799

Lucy is featured in this documentary filmed in Canada, the US, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Argentina and Swaziland, the docu-film contrasts the difference between elephants confined in zoos with elephants thriving in their natural habitat. The film is centered around Lucy, Edmonton Valley Zoo's 50-year-old elephant, and the work of animal rights advocates as they attempt to have Lucy moved from the Edmonton zoo where she can live with other elephants.

Vote Compass is a tool developed by political scientists to help you explore how your views compare with those of the parties.

CBC also has interactive tools for reading the parties' policies and promises: https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/features/2025/federal-party-platforms

And a poll tracker: https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/poll-tracker/canada/

The Pickering robotics teams is representing Canada at the FIRST Lego League Worlds tournament in South Africa. They qualified at the Ontario provincials and are raising funds for their trip to Worlds.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/705-cn-pickering-team-canada-goes-to-south-africa-worlds

This isn't about Canada specifically, but it feels like required knowledge given our proximity to the US

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/40849390

The latest article from SourcedPress details how Palestinian civilians, children, mothers, have been systematically starved of food and aid, now going on 1.5 years. SourcedPress articles are dense by design. More than 80% of the article is backed by supporting documents, fact-checked by at least four verifiers. You can see the citations, source material, and fact-checking notes inline, as you read. You get transparent access to all the effort behind the journalism.

The latest article from SourcedPress details how Palestinian civilians, children, mothers, have been systematically starved of food and aid, now going on 1.5 years. SourcedPress articles are dense by design. More than 80% of the article is backed by supporting documents, fact-checked by at least four verifiers. You can see the citations, source material, and fact-checking notes inline, as you read. You get transparent access to all the effort behind the journalism.

I was going to post this in /c/Canada, but figured I'd post it here first since we'd need someone to officially represent Lemmy.ca/Fedecan to make it happen and organize a sort of group-pledge from the lemmy.ca community.

They have tiers for a $500 Gold Sponsor, $1000 Diamond Sponsor, and $2500 Platinum Sponsor to get a logo on their website sponsor page. I figured aiming for $500 is reasonable.