Wayne Leslie

For many across #Canada this is the start of #Ramadan, a month dedicated to spiritual reflection, self-discipline & renewed purpose. Whether you are observing through prayer and fasting or taking time to practice greater mindfulness, may this period bring you peace and prosperity.
Ramadan Mubarak!🌙✨

Jesse Jackson, U.S. civil rights activist and presidential candidate, dead at 84 | CBC News Jesse Jackson, the Martin Luther King protégé whose two bids for the U.S. presidency highlighted a lifelong fight for social and economic justice for all Americans, has died at age 84, his family ‌sai...

In many ways, his voice was the sound of a generation.

“Jackson helped register untold numbers of African Americans to vote. Jackson also used persuasion, pressure and boycotts to encourage U.S. companies to hire and train Black employees and to invest in impoverished neighbourhoods.”

Carney constructs a mega anti-Trump trade alliance The Canadian prime minister is spearheading discussions between the EU and a major Indo-Pacific trade bloc after calling on middle powers to join forces.

Carney is walking the 🇨🇦 talk. Spearheading negotiations for a major trade pact between the European Union and a 12-nation Indo-Pacific bloc with roughly 1.5B people to diversify trade routes in response to geopolitical volatility. Would leverage existing ties to build a “mega-corridor”. #Canada

Legendary actor Robert Duvall dead at 95 | CBC News Robert Duvall, the legendary actor known for his roles in The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, has died at 95, his wife confirmed in a social media post.

Very sorry to hear legendary actor #RobertDuvall has died. What a life he lived and for many of us, on a screen making an indelible mark on our lives.
"Yesterday we said goodbye to my beloved husband, cherished friend, and one of the greatest actors of our time. Bob passed away peacefully at home."

'Tumbler Ridge is full of grace this evening': PM gives emotional address at vigil for mass shooting victims | CBC News Prime Minister Mark Carney led federal, provincial and local leaders in offering support and praising the resilience and grace of Tumbler Ridge residents at a vigil in memory of the victims of Tuesday...

"When we leave here tonight, some you will go back to quiet houses, some of you will go home to empty rooms. Please know that you’re not alone."

#Canada #TumblerRidge

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Democrats to probe Trump, Lutnick links with Ambassador bridge owner after Gordie Howe bridge threat | CBC News Democrats in Washington say they’re launching an investigation into the Trump administration and its links to the wealthy owner of the Ambassador Bridge after the U.S. president threatened to block th...

“The Democrats' move comes after the New York Times reported that Donald Trump issued the threat only hours after Lutnick met with Moroun in Washington, then spoke by phone with the president about the meeting.” #Canada

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After Tumbler Ridge shooting, false claims about trans people have spread online | CBC News Anger and false claims are being directed at transgender people after Tuesday's mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., that left nine people dead, including the suspected shooter, who RCMP identified a...

As rare as they are in Canada, incidents like these are predominately committed by cisgender males.

“When a shooter is transgender, that fact becomes the story, especially on social media. Whereas when the shooter is male, their identity is never really mentioned because it's unremarkable".
#Canada

“🎶 My mama told me there’d be days like this 🎶”

It was a good day. We had some walks in between the rain storms, I ate well and I even chased my little sister around the house for a while.

And now some snuggles before bedtime. #seniordog #dogs #cavalierkingcharles

This is what happens when you walk back equity, diversity and inclusion. Actually, scratch that. This is what happens when you roll back all semblances of human decency.

The obvious choice of mug for a work-from-home day.

And please don’t ask me to explain why Gabby 🐶, who has been my furry work assistant for more than a decade, “sits" at her desk like that! I don’t micromanage my team. She gets her work done. How she does it is completely up to her. 😉 #dogs

YouTube video by Bruce Hornsby - Topic The Way It Is

Even though it’s now been 40 years since it released and 21 year old me heard it for the first time, it never gets old. From iconic piano riff to lyrics that still resonate today, I will happily let it take me back to my wonderfully #80s youth for years to come.

We call Millie our “Hearth Girl” for a reason. 🔥😊 The #Chihuahua side of our little rescue dog loves the warmth. #dogs #rescuedog

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre wins leadership review with 87.4% approval | CBC

Context matters:
Carney won the leadership race in 2025 with 86% after nearly 152,000 party members voted in an OPEN RACE that allowed members across the country to participate.

Poilievre won 87% after 2500 members voted in a CLOSED RACE that limited participation to those at the event.

#cdnpoli

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The subtle art of procrastination so many fail to recognize.

😢 I have the overwhelming urge to re-watch this beautifully funny series and its incredible cast.

I have to think #CatherineOhara is enjoying the absolute outpouring of love on her passing. Like one final performance, she’s the heartfelt timeline cleanse we all needed right now.

Saddened to hear #CatherineO’Hara has died. Loved her in so many roles, from her work on #SCTV to Schitt’s Creek. If I listen closely, I am pretty sure I hear her and John Candy laughing.

#Canada and the world is less shiny today with the loss of this gem.

And not a lick of snow. (Apologies to the rest of #Canada digging out of a brutal dump of snow ☃️ and/or managing brutally cold temps 🥶)

Gorgeous ☀️😎 day in #Vancouver but a bit chilly for our old girl, so it was a swaddled ride. Unsurprisingly, a #CavalierKingCharlesSpaniel takes to this treatment like a duck to water. #dogs

‘Repatriate the gold’: German economists advise withdrawal from US vaults Shift in relations and unpredictability of Donald Trump make it ‘risky to store so much gold in the US’, say experts

Germany holds the world’s second biggest national gold reserves after the US.

“Given the current geopolitical situation, it seems risky to store so much gold in the US. In the interest of greater strategic independence from the US the Bundesbank would be well advised to consider repatriating gold.”

Trump threatens Canada with 100% tariffs if country 'makes a deal with China' | CBC

Sloppy CBC reporting. You write that Carney said China is "a reliable and predictable" partner. INCORRECT. He said the relationship with China has become "more predictable" than the relationship with the US. The difference is not semantics.

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The rest of the world, and assuredly those who served, know the truth about who fought & died, ON THE FRONT LINES in Afghanistan. This includes 160+ Canadians who never came home. Callous, grossly insensitive lies that suggest otherwise cannot be allowed to diminish these sacrifices. #canada

The world is watching, so I’ll just quietly but PROUDLY leave this here…
#Canada #Canadian #Davos2026

Started watching season two of #ThePitt. Excellent! At least, it sounded like it was excellent. I think I watch about 1/4 of it with my hands over my eyes.🫣 Let’s just say I managed the tender moment with the abandoned baby a bit better than I did the scene with the dislocated shoulder. 🤢

Proud #Canadian here. I am neither a Greenlander or Danish but today I feel so proud of each, it feels like I am. 🇨🇦🇩🇰🇬🇱 #Greenland #Denmark

A wonderful childhood memory came to life. Parked down the street from our place was the Scooby Doo Mystery Van.

Scooby, Shaggy, Daphne, Velma and Fred were off solving a mystery I presume.

My wife wouldn’t let us wait by the van until they returned. #scoobydoo #childhoodmemories #70s

Saddened to learn #KenDryden has died. It feels like one of my most precious childhood memories has faded a bit with this news. As a kid in small town Nova Scotia in the 70’s, playing street hockey was everything. When I was in net with pads and a blocker fashioned out of cardboard, I WAS Dryden. 😉

My wife’s flower find at the Kitsilano Farmer’s Market this morning is off the hook! #Vancouver #flowers

A happy, happy hour with friends, sunshine and an English Bay view that goes for miles. Cheers to the weekend that feels like summer! #vancouver

Saturday afternoon #scrabble on the patio with #dogs be like…

Norm! Cheers star George Wendt dead at 76 | CBC News George Wendt, the actor known for his portrayal of beer-loving Norm Peterson on the hit NBC sitcom Cheers, has died at the age of 76.

Thanks for the memories Norm! 😢 “My agent said, It's one line. Actually, it's one word.' The word was 'beer.' I was having a hard time I was right for the role. So I went in, and they said, 'Why don't you read this other one?' And it was a guy who never left the bar”. #GeorgeWendt