Blairmore latest Alberta community to lose bank branch — a trend seen across Canada
Valerie Robinson has been a CIBC customer for almost 30 years. Now, that’s coming to an end.
She lives and does her banking in the Crownest Pass town of Blairmore, Alta..
The bank notified the community of 1,500 in September that the local branch will close on Feb. 5. The nearest other CIBC branch is about 40 kilometres away in Pincher Creek.
CIBC will remove its ATM in Blairmore too.
Robinson is worried about locals’ reduced access to cash: the currency of the small transactions that fund the life of the town.
“All of our fundraising, like with the service groups, curling, sports activities for kids — you're not going to have a kid going around with a debit machine to sell their raffle tickets, you know.”
CachyOS founder explains why they didn't join the new Open Gaming Collective (OGC)
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Hi,
We have thought about this but we opted out, since we do not see all too much benefit from our side. Handheld stuff is not our major focus. Also, we had some concerns that this could get a "burocractic loophole", which seemd to be more or less true so far.
Additionally, to us all this "initiative" locked like an emergency rushed thing, so that Bazzite finds new kernel maintainers and for other technical stuff after kicking the maintainer, which basically made most integration work for them
We neither want to be associated with "Playtron" too. There are more reasons, but Ill keep them out of the public
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A Great Year for Linux - Linux Prepper podcast S01E01
cross-posted from: discuss.online/post/34432697
Show notes link, since Lemmy struggles with properly displaying posts from Castopod.
A Great Year for Linux
(00:00) Welcome to Linux Prepper (00:25) Keepass skit KeepassXC is recommended for desktop users. (01:32) Ameridroid Sponsor LINUXPREPPER at checkout (02:43) Lemmy discussions. It looks to be a great year for Linux.Podcasts by james.network
Mobile carriers can get your GPS location
Mobile carriers can get your GPS location
In iOS 26.3, Apple introduced a new privacy feature which limits “precise location” data made available to cellular networks via cell towers. The feature is only available to devices with Apple’s in-house modem introduced in 2025.Andy Wang (an.dy wa.ng)
"Leadership Would Like Your Help": Indian Billionaire Tapped Jeffrey Epstein Before Modi's Visits to U.S. and Israel
"Leadership Would Like Your Help": Indian Billionaire Tapped Jeffrey Epstein Before Modi's Visits to U.S. and Israel
New Department of Justice documents reveal Epstein’s direct role in fostering ties between Indian, Israeli, and U.S. elites.Meghnad Bose (Drop Site News)
Hiroshima scientists turn any smartphone into a radiation detector
Low-cost system turns smartphones into emergency radiation detectors
Prompt, individual-based dose assessment is essential to protect people from the negative consequences of radiation exposure after large-scale nuclear or radiological incidents.Hiroshima University (Tech Xplore)
Paving military roads, Israel prepares permanent control of West Bank camps
from +972’s Sunday Recap
972 Magazine [published in Israel]
Jan. 25, 2026
A year after their expulsion from the Jenin, Tulkarem, and Nur Shams camps, refugees wait not only to return, but to reclaim the rights the camps preserved.
Also:
* Germany never stopped arming Israel’s genocide
* Despite ceasefire, Israel’s siege allowing only a trickle of aid into Gaza
* Israel’s new national consensus: Returning to October 6
* PODCAST: ‘Israel is using organized crime to control Palestinian citizens’
https://www.972mag.com/wp-content/themes/rgb/newsletter.php?page_id=8§ion_id=189861
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Pro-Russian Narratives Target Wikipedia, Marking a Dangerous Trend for AI Chatbot Data
Pro-Russian Narratives Target Wikipedia, Marking a Dangerous Trend for AI Chatbot Data
Recent Wikipedia edits raising alarms in Estonia suggest attempts to reshape historical narratives, with implications for AI training and ideological biases.Cyril Barabaltchouk (UNITED24 Media)
Quiet Exhaustion, Still Holding On
Sometimes silence isn’t patience , it’s quiet exhaustion. 🇵🇸
Support has been very limited lately,
yet we continue with what little we have,
sharing the small things and holding on to hope where we can.
If you’re able to help, even a small gesture makes a real difference 🤍
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Tankies celebrating financial problems at the UN
Hypothetically if the UN stopped functioning, all their aid programs would stop and millions would starve and die of disease.
UN risks 'imminent financial collapse', secretary general warns
UN risks 'imminent financial collapse', secretary general warns
António Guterres says the international body could run out of money by July due to members' unpaid fees.Maia Davies (BBC News)
Indian gangs are terrorising Canada
Indias government is literally telling us that Canada brings in Indian criminals
ctvnews.ca/canada/article/indi…
CBC reporting that we do not do background checks on international students
cbc.ca/news/politics/internati…
Here is a Canadian senator stating we do not background check international students
sencanada.ca/en/sencaplus/opin…
Its gotten so bad it's making front page news in India
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/wo…
'We will kill your family': Indian man says he's leaving Brampton after goons target his house; 'No idea why'
Rest of World News: An Indian man who came to Canada three years ago and operates an immigration and education consulting company reported a chilling extortion attempt ta.TOI World Desk (The Times Of India)
How Netanyahu is sabotaging phase two of the Gaza ceasefire
from +972’s Sunday Recap
972 Magazine [published in Israel]
Feb. 1, 2026
Muhammad Shehada unpacked how Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is sabotaging phase two of the Gaza ceasefire. By undermining the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG), a new Palestinian technocratic body supervised by U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, Israel is trying to make Gaza appear ungovernable — and prove the need for its sustained military rule.
Also:
* What the Joint List’s revival signifies for Palestinian politics in Israel
* Inside a coordinated, multi-village settler-soldier pogrom in Masafer Yatta
* ‘Wet tent syndrome’ is killing Gaza’s infants
* ‘I cannot help my clients’: The impossible task of representing Palestinian detainees
* The theft at the heart of Israel’s booming wine industry
https://www.972mag.com/wp-content/themes/rgb/newsletter.php?page_id=8§ion_id=190041
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Epstein Files Jan 30, 2026 Release - Archived from Justice.gov
DOJ Epstein Files Release - December 2025 - Complete & Searchable (All 5 DataSets) : U.S. Department of Justice (compiled by independent researcher) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Complete collection of Jeffrey Epstein files released by the U.S. Department of Justice on December 19, 2025, pursuant to the Epstein Files Transparency...Internet Archive
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in reply to HellsBelle • • •Way to pass the buck! Not many small businesses carry enough cash to be able to offer cash back, not to mention now some of those businesses may have to drive half an hour into Pincher in order to do deposits and withdrawals? Yeesh.
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