Early candidate for word of the year: hydronyms

Thank you to CBC Ideas for having Holocaust survivor Jeanette Goldman and me on to speak about our family stories. Special thanks to Regis College at the University of Toronto for holding the event. And to Sean Foley for producing the piece. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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Absolutely devastating news out of Tumbler Ridge, BC. Nine people dead plus the shooter, according to an RCMP news release.

I cannot adequately convey how much I loved Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie. Read what @hertzbarry.bsky.social has to say about it - and then go see this movie Feb 13 when it opens. Elbows up, laugh your head off, go Canada. NTBTSTM is so, so great. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...

The Canadian time bandits behind Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie

Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol’s film is a lovingly crafted riff on Back to the Future

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HAPPENING NOW: Hanover County in Virginia unanimously opposes sale of warehouse property owned by Vancouver-based Jim Pattison Developments to Immigration and Customs Enforcement to be used as holding and processing facility. The local gov can't veto it, but hopes DHS will reconsider. Story to come

North Shore Reads tonight: I will interview Kara Stanley and Simon Paradis about their book The Pain Project. What they've accomplished is amazing - and the book is a must-read for anyone dealing with chronic pain. The event is online and free. You just need to register. www.nvcl.ca/events/north...

Journalists - and Canadians concerned about journalistic freedom: Photojournalist @amberbracken.bsky.social and @thenarwhal.ca are taking the government to court over Amber's arrest while covering a protest in 2021. The trial is underway in Vancouver now. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Opinion: A trial unfolding in a B.C. courtroom shows journalists are more important than ever

How much more easily might authorities control the story if journalists aren’t allowed to do their work?

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It’s day 12 of our press freedom trial against the RCMP. “If anyone needs proof of how essential it is that police actions be documented, we are seeing it in Minnesota,” writes @marshalederman.bsky.social for The Globe and Mail. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Opinion: A trial unfolding in a B.C. courtroom shows journalists are more important than ever

How much more easily might authorities control the story if journalists aren’t allowed to do their work?

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Okay, back to my empty and meaningless life.

Well at least we don’t have to watch that WestJet face-paint commercial again

Jays, you won our hearts.

Guys

Went from dying over here to crying over here

Nonononono

Stress-eating these Reese’s pieces is not helping

I actually am not sure I can take this.

Bad call

Can’t breathe

Dee-fence

Canada prays

I would be so ticked off if the people who bought my old house took *that* long to bring over my kid’s diapers.

Karma

I know we’re Canadian but this is not hockey

OMG

Okay Ramipril* don’t fail me now *high blood pressure meds

Paul Molitor - my 1990s baseball crush!

Spare a thought for Toronto Police, who may be dealing with a World Series win🤞on Halloween night ... Go Jays!

Good night sports fans

We’re at the are-you-still-there point of the baseball broadcast