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After failing to win the peace prize, Trump turns his focus to Nobel prize for war | John Crace As for Keir Starmer, even when he tries to make a reasonably sound judgment he somehow ends up losing both sides of the argument

After failing to win the peace prize, Trump turns his focus to Nobel prize for war | John Crace

Must read! Opens the window of prejudice, narcissism and the pain of estrangement, this book gets past our denial through its swift pace of story telling. @forourkidscanada.bsky.social @theresashea.bsky.social @wordfest.com @globalnews.ca @mattearoach.bsky.social @shelflifebooks.bsky.social

It's wonderful when readers share their enthusiasm!

Thanks, Mary Anne, for the kind words about THE SHADE TREE. It was lovely to meet you @shelflifebooks.bsky.social.

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

We're LITERALLY running out of water and our Minister of AI in Canada is talking about putting up massive AI Data Centres??

We sure hope @evansolomon.bsky.social – who has promised "data centres are coming" – realizes they GUZZLE water >> thenarwhal.ca/ai-data-cent... @thenarwhal.ca

friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there

If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.

Tim Hortons reminds Campbell's customers that they also make bad soup for poor slobs TORONTO - Following the news that a top Campbell’s executive was fired after being caught on microphone calling the company’s soups “shit for poor people”, Tim Hortons have released a statement remind...

Tim Hortons reminds Campbell’s customers that they also make bad soup for poor slobs

1. Reform political systems to make them democratic; aligned with issue-based representation.

2. Expand climate awareness in everyday life; integrate it deeply into public dialogue & cultural norms.

3. Elect mayors who present concrete visions & actionable plans for climate & community resilience.

Yep. My second novel came out in December, and it was old news as soon as the calendar flipped to the new year. Maybe “best booms of the quarter” would be better!

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Reporter: Do you think it would have been fitting to lower the flags for Melissa Hortman who was killed as well?

Trump: Uh, I’m not familiar, who?

Revealed: How the Meat Industry Uses Environmental Groups to Make Beef Seem Climate-Friendly Expert says non-profit partners provide a ‘fairy dust’ of legitimacy to beef industry.

New at DeSmog: @rachelsherrington.bsky.social reveals how the meat industry might have teamed up with prominent environmental groups to convince consumers that beef can be "climate friendly," even as the industry's emissions of planet-heating pollutants increase. #climatechange

Making sense of the weather that led to a horrible Texas flooding tragedy, plus Tropical Storm Chantal In brief: Invest 92L became Tropical Depression 3 yesterday and is now Tropical Storm Chantal.

The latest on TS Chantal today, but more importantly, we take a deep dive into the causes and forecasts leading up to the horrific flooding tragedy in Texas. A lot to unpack today. open.substack.com/pub/theeyewa...

I wanted to dig in more to understand the forecasts after the Texas flooding tragedy. Tough one to write knowing what happened.

I believe Danielle Smith has higher aspirations. Probably American ones. I wish she'd just get on with those and stop wrecking my home province.

Pierre Poilievre in a nutshell.
If ever there was a case to drain the swamp...

Opinion: Canada’s democracy had a decent day. But it can do better to reflect all Canadians in this moment of crisis In a democracy – and especially in a crisis – citizens need to feel represented. With our election delivering a deeply divided result, let’s ask: should we elect for proportional representation?

Once more, I make the case for electoral reform, now more than ever.

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The things people want in order to have kids are things the left would like to give them and the right would like to burn down. Healthy environment, social safety net, stable access to non-bankrupting medical care, thriving society, not killing the planet, stuff like that.

A lemon meringue tart on a white plate.

When passing by Sugared & Spiced you must stop and get a lemon meringue tart (or any other delicious treat). I don’t make the rules, I just follow them. #yeg #yegfood

“…I am furious that CTV caved.

Rachel became a symbol of the threats journalists face. Now, she is a symbol of what it means when institutions fail to defend them”

⚠️BREAKING: Repping the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, #Ecojustice lawyers have launched a legal challenge of Alberta's decision to renew its Mine Financial Security Program (#MFSP) rules without addressing critical flaws identified in its 2022-2024 program review.

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We need to talk about Rachel Because our democracy is not going to make it through the next years without strong journalists.

We need to talk about @rachelgilmore.bsky.social
Our democracy is not going to make it without strong journalists. Let me begin by stating the obvious: these thoughts are mine alone. They do not speak for my employers. They are personal and, at this moment, angry. #cdnmedia
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Bleeding Money: Alberta’s Private Health Shift | The Tyee The UCP’s surgical initiative has crimped care and raised costs, concludes a report. It’s not a new pattern.

My latest for @thetyee.ca

Bleeding Money: Alberta's Private Health Shift via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/04...

Booker: Strom Thurmond’s record always kind of just really irked me. That the longest speech on our great Senate floor was from someone who was trying to stop people like me from being in the Senate. So to surpass that became more important to me.

Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker

I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here: