Tom McIntosh

You’ll change your tune when take advantage of your first seniors discount! I get $4 off on movie tickets!!! 😎😎😎

Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux joins Liberal caucus | CBC News Edmonton MP Matt Jeneroux has crossed the floor to join the Liberal Party, nudging Prime Minister Mark Carney closer to the line of a coveted majority.

That 87% seems like a long time ago … no post-convention bump, polls look ever more depressing and now the LPC coax Jeneroux out of his self-imposed exile. Poilievre just cant catch a break www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

News to me too … but I was growing up in BC at the time and didn’t pay much attention to SK politics. If anything I was more interested in the Charter debate going on in ‘80/81. (Yes I was a political nerd at 16) This is quite the story … it should be wider known

Spot the mis/disinformation: The article treats "decaf" as if it is actually "coffee", but it isn't now, is it? 🙃

Alas, I don’t see govts on the left doing much to actually fix their systems. They keep applying band-aids but the patient needs surgery.

The death of public health care won't be in some 'big bang' privatization scheme of a provincial govt, but, rather, in the slow erosion of public confidence. If the middle class can't access care because they can't find a doc, then they will abandon the social contract that underpins the system.

Very true. Canadians' attachment to medicare is rooted in the belief that it will be there when they need it. The number of ppl who believe this is falling. If govts don't act to reverse this then ppl will, however reluctantly, look for alternative ways to get care, including private pay options.

Trump Administration Live Updates: Schumer Pressured to Support Renaming Dulles and Penn Station for Trump

There are no limits to Trump’s narcissism: Schumer Pressured to Support Renaming Dulles and Penn Station for Trump www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...

For someone who likes to tell the feds to stay in their lane, Premier Smith is certainly one for swerving all over the highway. The fed govt appoints fed judges. Full stop. Next she'll demand a say in when and how the personnel at CFB Cold Lake can be deployed ... they're in AB after all! 🙃

Minneapolis nominated for Nobel Peace Prize after anti-ICE protests The Nobel Peace Prize has never been given to a city in the past, typically only going to individuals and organizations.

The Nation has nominated the City of Minneapolis for the Nobel Peace Prize for both their solidarity with their vulnerable neighbours and their courage and discipline in confronting ICE. Can the FIFA Peace Prize be far behind? www.newsweek.com/minneapolis-...

I wonder if they will do a tribute to Catherine O'Hara ...

Annotating the Judge’s Decision in the Case of Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-Year-Old Detained by ICE Our critic annotates the barbed wordplay of a decision challenging the Trump administration’s theory of executive power.

The judge’s decision to release 5yr old Liam Ramos and his father from ICE detention uses humour to make a deadly serious point.
In Under 500 Words, a Judge Weaponized Wit to Free the Child Detained by ICE www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

For those UofR undergraduates who like to plan ahead ...

Question for my AB peeps (@duanebratt.bsky.social, @jlisayoung.bsky.social & @jaredwesley.ca) -- What's the public/press reaction to the NDP's "I ain't no separatist" pledge? Effective manoeuvre? Silly stunt? I'm very curious how it is being viewed inside the province ...

Nation could really use Catherine O'Hara to deal with passing of Catherine O'Hara OTTAWA - Following the passing of screen and comedy legend Catherine O'Hara, nationwide reports indicate that the only thing Canadians could use to cheer them up from their grief is Catherine O'Hara.

A truer headline never there was …

www.thebeaverton.com/2026/01/nati...

There is a real through line in her career from SCTV to her work with Chris Guest in movies like Best in Show, For Your Consideration and Waiting for Guffman and then the huge success of Schitt's Creek. Lots of people could have been Kevin's mom in Home Alone, only O'Hara could have been Moira.

Catherine O’Hara, ‘Home Alone’ and ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Actress, Dies at 71

She was a marvel ... www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/a...

2026 Woodrow Lloyd Lecture The Knowledge Crisis: How Did We Get Here and What Can We Do?

Early Bird Announcement: Dr. Tim Caulfield (@caulfieldtim.bsky.social) will deliver the 2026 Woodrow Lloyd Lecture entitled "The Knowledge Crisis: How Did We Get Here and What Can We Do?"@ URegina on March 12th @ 7:00pm. Free ticketss can be reserved at www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-woodr...

Opinion | The Coming Trump Crackup

Not usually a Brooks fan, but this is a very interesting and scary read … www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/o...

I feel seen …

Davos 2026: Special Address by Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada Watch Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada, deliver a special address at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026 in Davos on Canada’s global vision, economic partnerships and strategic cooperati...

There is no world in the multiverse in which Pierre Poilievre delivers the speech that Carney delivered to the World Economic Forum. It is a mic drop moment, a line in the sand, a declaration of independence. We have to hold him to this course. www.weforum.org/meetings/wor...

... mail them to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Maybe a flood of awards will make up for the fact that his father never liked him, that New York society looked down on him and Spy magazine called him a short-fingered vulgarian. Maybe some ego-balm can forestall real bombs ... just a thought. 3/3

Everyone probably has some kind of trophy or award in their closet or in their basement that they can spare -- a grade 8 Spelling Bee award, a 4H ribbon, a high school track meet medal, a World's Best Dad mug or even a pee-wee soccer participation certificate.
Let's gather them up and ... 2/3

A different kind of Greenland strategy:
It was revealed today that Trump is determined to take Greenland because Denmark didn't give him the Nobel Peace Prize.
He clearly feels hurt and under-appreciated.
So let's all do a Machado and send him our trophies ... 1/3

Two power outages in a single evening … delightful

Soon to be the Donald J. Trump University of Greenland ...

Who says the academic life doesn't pay! Just got a $52 royalty cheque from UofT Press for the e-book versions of three edited collections published 21 years ago.