[job interview] interviewer: so god killed all your kids? job: that's right
Alex Boutilier
@alexboutilier.bsky.social
Reporter, Global News | Late of Nova Scotia
It strikes me that I've been covering Parliament Hill for roughly 13 years and can recall precisely one Question Period that was worth watching.
A 15-minute city conspiracy theorist who lives in *Somerset* ward is the wildest thing. Like a flat-Earther astronaut. Just look outside your door! That’s the whole idea! The entire thing!
I met my first 15 Minute City conspiracy theorist while door-knocking tonight, and all I could think about was this explanation by @tomflood.bsky.social …
It appears the Conservative leader no longer likes them apples. www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
Poilievre takes great pains to avoid cameras, questions as caucus retreat wraps up
The two-day Conservative caucus retreat wrapped in British Columbia, with leader Pierre Poilievre taking great pains to leave without being seen by media and cameras.
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Canadians encountering EU politics for the first time: "So the French and Germans oppose any move they perceive as von der Leyen empire building?" "Yeah, but only after spending five days prior leaking anonymous, confusing details to any media outlet that will listen"
Man Explaining Conspiracy Theory
ALT: Man Explaining Conspiracy Theory
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Suggesting social media is "talking to your friends" is silly. That's a silly thing to say!
Can social media be addictive? @taylorlorenz.bsky.social says no. “You wanting to communicate and chat with your friends every day is not an addiction,” says Lorenz. “And to frame it that way is incredibly harmful and anti-science.”
Listening to Pierre Poilievre's pre-caucus retreat press conference, it's like he's giving his April 2025 election pitch. It's ... astonishing. Barely a nod to the current political conversation, and only to poke at Carney for going to Europe.
Perfect reason to do literally anything else with your life!
If you’re a college sophomore with investment banking ambitions and you haven’t started preparing for the job market, you’re already behind.
I know what he's saying but extremely funny to say this about a country that was created as "British North America", didn't have its own foreign policy until the 1930s, judicial supremacy rested in London until after WWII, and couldn't amend its own constitution into my lifetime.
*MERZ SAYS CANADA HAS BECOME MORE EUROPEAN THAN EVER BEFORE
🐈⭐️ COVER REVEAL!! ⭐️🐈 Thrilled to share the cover of my next graphic novel for young readers, MEATBALL: KING OF THE FOREST, coming March 2027 from @MacKidsBooks in the U.S. and @TundraBooks in Canada!
"Sir, do you know your last four Amazon purchases?"
New: a secretive DHS predictive policing unit is analyzing Americans' financial activity, feeding those names to police, then having cops pull them over. Not suspected of any particular crime We're revealing the unit name too: Predictive Intelligence Targeting Team www.404media.co/a-secretive-...
Running on Ottawa's "mixed-use" pathways has radicalized me against a very particular type of cyclist.
I've seen everyone sharing that US Dialect Quiz so I decided to make my own, much crappier, CANADIAN DIALECT QUIZ to guess where in Canada you're from