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7 Things I Learned About Halifax While Attending AtlSecCon 2026
Earlier this week, this country bumpkin had the chance to visit the beautiful city of Halifax for the very first time. I was graced with three very full days in this city, with an entire day of travel in each direction… which is not surprising, given that qathet and Halifax are pretty much as far
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Learning and Improving Your French in Canada
There are many reasons individuals and families choose to learn or improve their French. From supporting children in immersion or francophone school systems, to opening up career opportunities, to maintaining cultural identity, or simply wanting to feel more at home in a bilingual country—each path looks a little different. If you’re trying to support your
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Wild foods: Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)
For years, I’ve been harvesting Stinging Nettles (Urtica dioica) on the west coast. I blanch them (quickly boil and then ice bath), squeeze them into a ball, and freeze them on a tray. Super simple, and if I harvest enough in one session or two, I can stock the freezer to get me through to
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Film and TV: Survival, Resilience & Decision-Making Under Pressure
Stories about survival aren’t just about the environment—they’re about human nature. Strip away systems, routines, and safety nets, and what you’re left with is decision-making under pressure. These films explore what happens when things go wrong, resources are limited, and outcomes depend on judgment, adaptability, and resilience. Below are some of my favourite survival /
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Guess Who? A Practical Look at Today’s Threat Actors
Aka, who’s actually out there, doing shady stuff… Understanding the different types of threat actors is one of the most effective ways to make sense of how and why incidents actually happen, and why many of them are far less sophisticated than we tend to assume. In today’s article, we’ll be exploring some of the
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Gmail address tagging… How and why to use it
A Simple Email Trick to Track Your Online Exposure There’s a small trick built into Gmail that most people either don’t know about or never think to use—and it can give you a surprising amount of insight into where your personal data ends up. Google refers to it as using email tags. On the surface,
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Your email is more than just your contact…
Your Email Address Is Not Just Contact Info It’s easy to think of your email address as something trivial—just the place where messages land. You give it out to sign up for things, to receive receipts, to log into services. But from a personal security perspective, your email address is one of the most stable
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Don’t Let This Be You – Falling for a Tutoring Scam
Back in 2021 and 2022, I was doing some English language tutoring as a volunteer with Powell River Immigrant Services. Things were going so well that I thought, “hmm… maybe I should put my name and email on a tutoring services list running out of the local university.” After all, it’s always good to have
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Internet archive websites
Time travel is impossible… Internet archives are the next best thing! When you’re conducting research or an online investigation, you don’t need to be limited to what is currently live on a website… Tools like the Internet Wayback Machine let you access historical snapshots of existing websites, which is useful for finding content that used
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Scanner Code of Practice (aka not getting ripped off at the till)
If you’ve bought groceries lately, you don’t need a report to tell you something is off. Prices are up, portions are down, and everything seems to taste worse. 😬 Most days, we feel like we’re splurging just by purchasing out basic staples, even when we buy them on discount. And in this high-inflation context, the