Laurie Allan
@lajeer.bsky.social
Public radio producer. Prolific author of internal monologues.
This thread – about Dr. Fauci needing extra security while appearing on a public radio quiz show.
Peter Sagal@petersagal.bsky.social · last wk.For no reason: www.npr.org/2024/08/03/1...
One of the best concerts I’ve ever attended. I’m gutted by the news of Glen Hansard’s death. We saw him in Toronto in April. Every one of his shows felt like a gathering of friends. He was a brilliant musician and I’m so sorry for his family.
A sad day in New Brunswick for our proud pressmen, the community, and the history of the newspaper.
"When the announcement was made on Facebook that Beantrees was closing, there were some sympathetic posts, but others who said the biggest enemy to the business’s success was the owner’s politics." edmontonjournal.com/news/cold-la...
How a Cold Lake cafe became a hotspot for the separatist debate
After hosting a Stay Free Alberta petition signing event, business at Beantrees fizzled, and now the doors are closed for good.
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The Ebola outbreak in Congo has killed over 1,000 people, reaching this grim milestone nearly three times faster than the 2014-2016 epidemic.
By the Numbers: This year’s Ebola outbreak has spread faster than the worst on record
The Ebola outbreak in Congo has killed over 1,000 people, reaching this grim milestone nearly three times faster than the 2014-2016 epidemic.
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Imagine this being the last view of your home and everything you own.
Luke LeBrun@lukelebrun.ca · 3w agoThese photos of FNs community members fleeing their homes by boat are genuinely apocalyptic (Photo via Wayne Wastaken of Collins, Ontario, who says his “hometown is gone”) www.facebook.com/share/r/1ArN...
These photos of FNs community members fleeing their homes by boat are genuinely apocalyptic (Photo via Wayne Wastaken of Collins, Ontario, who says his “hometown is gone”) www.facebook.com/share/r/1ArN...
Wait, so CN Rail abandoned three freight trains carrying “combustible and flammable materials” near a First Nations community? “OPP disclosed shortly before 5:00 pm Tuesday that three trains carrying combustible and flammable materials were stopped and staged near … Collins First Nation”
Freight trains hauling combustible products stopped by wildfire
OPP said three CN trains were halted on the track because of forest fires in the Armstrong area.
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Why is CN Rail operating freight trains in the middle of areas with active wildfires? Are these trains transporting flammable or explosive cargo? “A spokesperson for [CN Rail] wrote back to confirm “that the crew was safely evacuated from the area,” but offered no other details”
‘We’re encased in flames’: Rail worker captures harrowing video as wildfire closes in on CN train
The scenes outside the window of the train are breathtaking. A wall of flame engulfs the treeline just feet away from tracks.
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This video is wild. Scary wild.
@auntyr.bsky.social · 3w agoYou might be cool, but you’ll never be Canadian National Railway locomotive engineers in the middle of a northern Ontario forest fire cool. 🔥🔥🔥 This is near Armstrong, Ontario. 240 kms (150 miles) north of Thunder Bay. The crew made it out safely. www.threads.com/@guy_fawkes_...
Wally Funk was a pioneer and a very smart – and cool – member of the Mercury 13. What an incredible life and what a role model for younger women.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 4w agoBreaking News: Wally Funk, the trailblazing female pilot who, at 82, became the oldest person to fly in space, has died at 87.
"The company said the station closures will result in 80 employees losing their jobs. Those are among 230 total job losses at Rogers Sports and Media from these and other organizational changes announced Tuesday."
Toronto Star@thestar.com · 4w agoRogers Sports and Media is shutting down its Sportsnet 650 radio station in Vancouver and Sportsnet 960 station in Calgary, as well as four other stations across four cities.
Wow. Prairieland defendants being handed sentences between 40 and 100 years. For background on this case: www.ms.now/news/antifa-...
Trump wants to prosecute anti-fascists as terrorists. This Texas trial will test his power.
A July 4 shooting at an ICE detention center could change the way the federal government prosecutes activists.
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DFW Support Committee@dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social · last mo.Federal sentencing has started. Zachary Evetts was just sentenced to 50 years by Chief District Judge Reed O'Connor. Maricela Rueda was just sentenced to 840 months / 70 years by Judge Mark Pittman.
If rumours are to be believed I'll be living with a seventh different Prime Minister shortly. If it carries on like this I'm going to stop making the effort to learn their names.
Larry the cat outlasts another PM.
Larry the Cat@number10cat.bsky.social · last mo.Another one bites the dust.
I've reported on Musk for around 8 years. I've co-authored a book on him. I don't think folks understand the rate of his wealth accumulation. Shortly after he helped elect Donald Trump in Nov 2024, his net worth was around $350 billion. That net worth has nearly tripled in less than two years.
The idiocy of this statement is sort of unbelievable. The one thing Northern Irish loyalists do *not* want is to be Irish.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoKilmeade to an agreeing Markwayne Mullin: "In Belfast they're standing up because their leaders have let them down. They're trying to take their country back. They want to label them as racist. All they want to be is Irish. They want Ireland back. I see a lot of the same fights here."
Big news for the new #PWHL team in #HamOnt.
The Hockey News - Women's@thehockeynewsw.bsky.social · 2mo agoPWHL Hamilton inked Ottawa Charge captain Brianne Jenner as the team's historic first signing bringing Jenner home, and beginning the roster building for the league's newest Canadian team. thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/... #PWHL
I was asked by Canadian Public Radio to recount my long-time relationship with my friend & mentor Sonny Rollins. Here it is: tinyurl.com/m457hv56 Also, today’s Jazz Spectrum episode #101 will be a fully in Sonny’s honor. Tune in on WNIJ or online via my Link in Bio. 📸: Stephanie Berger
This would also seemingly affect international tourists who are willing to visit, spend money and add to the economies of these cities. So ... ending flights for tourists to major cities in the U.S.? Am I missing something? Is my assumption incorrect?
Patrick Chovanec@prchovanec.bsky.social · 2mo agoCutting off New York, LA, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, and other major ports of entry/departure from international flights would be the biggest self-inflicted wound to our economy since closing the Strait of Hormuz. The costs would be ridiculous. thehill.com/homenews/adm...
Ben Johnson ran 9.79 at the Olympics in 1988, for which he was later disqualified for ... enhancement.
The Associated Press@apnews.com · 2mo agoFred Kerley ran 100 meters in a pedestrian 9.97 seconds to win the Enhanced Games in a race where the sprinters had to be placed in the starting blocks four times because of false starts and untied shoes.
What a shame to have missed this because we couldn’t find it on TV. Lots of channels to watch the exact same men’s game, but no women’s game in our cable packages.
PWHL@thepwhl.com · 3mo agoAll or nothing. Tune in to watch the must-win Game 4 of the 2026 PWHL Walter Cup Finals presented by Scotiabank! 📺 US: ION 📺 CA: TSN, RDS 📺 Outside of Canada: thepwhl.com + PWHL Youtube Channel ➡️ bit.ly/42AAmaW
Ok, no. This is not cool. Glad to see @althiaraj.bsky.social use appropriately direct framing here. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Carney government proposal targets extinction protections for endangered killer whales off B.C. coast
The orcas’ habitat has been affected by shipping traffic causing physical and acoustic disturbances, pollutants in the ocean, and declining food stock.
thestar.com
Visits from Canada to the United States declined by *42%*, according to new data. In South Carolina and Florida, it's more like 50%-65%. Mamma mia. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Travel to the U.S. is down even more dramatically than we thought, data shows | CBC News
The boycott by Canadians of travel to the U.S., driven largely by an aversion to President Donald Trump, his industry-wrecking tariffs and 51st state taunts, has actually been more effective than prev...
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