New Friday Round Table! Ryan Gauss, Mojdeh Azad and @caroldyck.bsky.social joined me to breakdown a big #ldnont mayoral campaign promise from Susan Stevenson - 1% tax hikes each of the next two years. Is this even possible without deep cuts? Will it convince voters? That and more!

It was a real pleasure to hear the Honourable Erin O'Toole yesterday at Huron University. His call for respectful conversations on difficult topics across differences and to listen, to "dare greatly" & serve your community were impactful. As ever, the students posed thoughtful questions. #cdnpoli

My husband's family has been evacuated because of the Bradley Creek fire. It is dangerously close to their house. My thoughts are with everyone affected by the wildfires in BC and across Canada. There is a lot of anxiety and sadness. Year after year this happens. It's heartbreaking. #BCwildfires

Will that #ldnont special constables debate become an election issue this fall? It may! Broke it down with @caroldyck.bsky.social, @jmccall54.bsky.social and Mojdeh Azad on this week's Friday Round Table! classicrock981.com/blogs/thecra...

Will Special Constables Become An Election Issue?

Friday Round Table! Craig was joined in the studio by organizational consultant Mojdeh Azad, community advocate Jeremy McCall and former Green Party candidate Dr. Carol Dyck to break down the week’s t...

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As this incredibly hot summer progresses, and now wildfires in northern ON are devastating entire communities while smoke blankets southern regions, threatening vulnerable citizens, I urgently want to talk about #climatechange policy. @mattbrownldn.bsky.social just reminded me that we did last year.

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Encore Episode: Outdoor @cityoflondon.bsky.social programming was cancelled yesterday & Rock the Park shut down early, too. Last Aug. @caroldyck.bsky.social joined to talk about climate change. The conversation we had is just as relevant today. the-matt-brown-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/enc...

New favourite mug. Particularly appropriate right now. Year after year wildfires impact Canadians. People are suffering tremendous loss with the Ontario fires. Here the smoke is thick. We should not normalize air quality so bad kids can’t play outside. It’s time to get serious about climate change.

Less than a week ago I met with my MP Peter Fragiskatos to call for the Canadian govt to implement concrete policies to cut emissions & adapt urban areas to rising temperatures. Days over 30C have doubled for July. It's time to take climate change & its effects seriously. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Toronto air quality among world's worst as wildfire smoke blankets city | CBC News

Environment Canada's poor air quality warning in Toronto due to wildfire smoke could stick around until the end of the week, said a meteorologist. The federal weather agency is urging people in the ci...

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The Trump administration has appointed a critic of climate science to oversee the federal government’s flagship report on how climate change affects the U.S.

Trump Administration Taps Climate Science Critic to Oversee National Climate Assessment

Matthew M. Wielicki has criticized the scientific consensus on global warming as alarmist. Now he’ll oversee a major federal report on the topic.

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Thank you to @pfragiskatos for meeting with dedicated SCAN (Seniors for Climate Action Now) members & myself today discuss the urgent need for Canada to establish clear climate targets & advance adaptation strategies esp with the rise in extreme heat & forest fires. Here the face of #climatechange.

Yesterday I successfully defended my Ph.D. thesis "Making Space for the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement in the Arctic Ocean: Reimagining Governance of a Melting Arctic" in the Faculty of Law at Western U. Thank you to my supervisor Prof. Oosterveld & my examination committee.

The ocean is an amazing place. www.theguardian.com/environment/... #marinebiodiversity #marineconservation

Deepest and most extensive whale graveyard discovered in Indian Ocean

Some remains found in Diamantina fracture zone date back more than 5m years and reveal species and ecosystems unknown to science

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"The financial case for deep-sea mining is being dismantled one argument at a time." news.mongabay.com/2026/05/as-e... #deepseamining #commonheritage #marinebiodiversity

As economic case for deep-sea mining weakens, industry should halt urgency to begin operation (commentary)

Why do we need deep-sea mining? Given the potential consequences for the health and biodiversity of the ocean, that seems a vital question to answer before any commercial mining starts. The question i...

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A completely unnecessary and frivolous purchase. When our healthcare system, schools and other social systems are struggling, buying yourself an expensive private jet is unethical and selfish. #onpoli bbc.com/news/article...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford criticised for $21m private jet purchase

The premier's office said the jet will support Ford's "extensive travel" including to the US to fight Donald Trump's tariffs.

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Poilievre has no sense. Not only do we need this project, it should have happened decades ago. AND, it should extend to Windsor & Sarnia. Canadian rail is severely underdeveloped. People need viable options other than cars & planes to travel that corridor. #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Poilievre says government should cancel Toronto-Quebec City high-speed rail project | CBC News

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the Liberal government should cancel the high-speed rail project planned to link Toronto and Quebec City.

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#WesternU's 2026 Climate and Sustainability Awards recognized: ⚡️🏡 A doctoral researcher testing a fully electrified house 🌍️🧡 A prof who is a global leader in Indigenous planetary health 🥼♻️ An undergraduate student with a lab coat recycling program

Western celebrates Climate and Sustainability Awards - Western News

Western celebrated the 2026 Climate and Sustainability Award winners: doctoral researcher Shafquat Rana, professor Nicole Redvers and undergrad Shely Kagan.

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Friday Round Table! Chris Moss, Matthew Newton-Reid and Jared Zaifman joined me in the Covent Garden Market studio to talk about the police investigation into these #ldnont overdoses and falling rents in the city. Links to your favourite platform here! classicrock981.com/blogs/thecra...

Is Somebody Poisoning People In London’s Downtown Core?

London Police are looking for information, after dozens of overdoses in the city’s downtown. Is somebody giving out “free drugs” with the aim of killing people in the core? Is this a dealer experiment...

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Fanshawe closes a campus as international student numbers dive, council set to discuss drug pipes given out by London Cares and we got rats in #ldnont! Friday Round Table with Nathan Caranci and @caroldyck.bsky.social! classicrock981.com/blogs/thecra...

“I, Also, Am Against Rats Being In The Streets”

Political insider Nathan Caranci and former Green Party candidate Carol Dyck joined Craig for this week’s Friday Round Table. They debated Fanshawe College shutting down their south London campus as t...

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A real lively chat this week on the @craigneedles.bsky.social Friday Round Table with Nathan Caranci. We definitely all agree that rats in homes or on the streets is a bad thing. #ldnont www.podbean.com/ew/pb-cz2j4-...

Anyone else in #ldnont feel their morning completely thrown off when @browncbc.bsky.social and the rest of the CBC London Morning crew are not on the radio? Nothing compares to local content.

Next up... lead permitted in gasoline again. www.bbc.com/news/article... #ClimateChange #AirPollution #PublicHealth

Shocked & devastated by the news from BC. My heart goes out to the parents of the deceased & injured teens. It also goes out to all the kids, who will be forever impacted by such a tragic event. The trauma in Tumbler Ridge is unimaginable. Just want to hold my own teens closer today. #TumblerRidge 💔

My latest on Existential Politics and climate change in @noemamag.com. Climate policy should focus on dollars, not tons of emissions!

It’s Time To Target The Political Power Of Polluters | NOEMA

We won’t make progress on decarbonization until we rein in the power of fossil fuel asset owners and invest in green assets. Tax and investment policy can help.

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An old story but needs revisiting. A Canadian-based company should have no part in this deal. ICE is committing atrocities against children, seniors, citizens, asylum seekers, human beings. #ICE #Minneapolis #https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ice-ordering-vehicles-brampton-roshel-9.7001107

ICE ordering fleet of 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian firm | CBC News

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement earmarked millions of dollars for a bulk order for 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian defence manufacturer Roshel that are built to resist bullets and bomb bla...

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"Whether or not American concerns are justified, there is a feeling in Ottawa that we have to satisfy [them]. No one takes the 51st state issue seriously, but what we do take seriously are the economic pressures that the US is able to impose." - Michael Byers #ArcticSecurity bbc.com/news/article...

Stuck between the US and Russia, Canada must prove it can defend its Arctic territory

Canada has been boosting its forces in the Arctic in the face of new threats - and US concerns.

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And with that President Trump proves that Prime Minister Carney was absolutely correct in his assessments and criticisms that he shared in Davos. #tariffs #cdnpoli #CarneySpeech bbc.com/news/article...

Trump threatens Canada with 100% tariff over China trade talks

Trump made the threat in a social media post as tensions rise between the US and its northern neighbour.

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2026 & back talking about the BRT. But, more importantly, as we come into a deadly stretch of cold weather, & those experiencing homelessness keeps rising, we must remember if the Ford govt doubled #ODSP it would go a long way to tackle many problems. #ldnont #onpoli www.podbean.com/ew/pb-jnjcn-...

"Trump wants subjects, but he’s getting rivals, and the American people will pay the price." - David French Divorce, Canadian Style www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/o... #Davos #WorldEconomicForum2026 #CarneySpeech #Geopolitics

Opinion | The Carney Doctrine

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"We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition...We [Canada] know that the old order is not coming back. We shouldn't mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy." - Mark Carney ICYMI: PM Carney delivered a first rate speech at #Davos. #ValueBasedRealism #MiddlePowers www.youtube.com/live/uStuQ-T...

PM Mark Carney speaks at World Economic Forum in Davos – January 20, 2026

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Excellent article on Russia's position regarding the current upheaval in US-EU relations. #Greenland #NATO #ArcticGovernance #Russia www.bbc.com/news/article...

'Europe is at a total loss': Russia gloats over Greenland tensions

The BBC's Russia editor Steve Rosenberg analyses why pro-Russian government papers are full of praise for Donald Trump's desire to buy Greenland.

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