Patrick Johnston 🇨🇦
@risingaction.bsky.social
Sports guy. Some yelling about other things too. I had a blue check once, but Elon took it away. 🇺🇦 @loveyourcake.bsky.social tolerates my snoring
The world as it is, not as Mark Carney wishes it to be. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Oil sands MOU hasn’t changed Suncor’s spending plans, CEO says
Company posted several record results last quarter despite soggy conditions in Alberta
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There's an easy argument to be made that the Toronto Blue Jays have done more for baseball infrastructure in BC from 3,000+km away than what the Canucks have done for hockey infrastructure. Saddening stuff. globalnews.ca/news/1046040...
Kelowna baseball park gets helping hand from Blue Jays - Okanagan | Globalnews.ca
The Blue Jays will be investing $1.5 million into 14 community baseball diamonds this year, and Edith Gay Park in Kelowna will be one of them.
globalnews.ca
That was a pretty dumb game. Caps shoulda scored twice: Elloumi in the first, Laborda in the second. Caps kids were pedestrian in the first half. Atlante parked the bus very nicely in the second.
About Britannia, the PNE, the Canucks, the mayor and minor hockey in a city that’s 60 per cent bigger since the last time rink capacity actually grew: theprovince.com/sports/hocke...
Vancouver needs more ice rinks. The Canucks can lead the way
Kudos to the city's minor hockey associations for calling on Mayor Ken Sim and the Canucks to think bigger.
theprovince.com
somebody@stevemay.bsky.social · 20h agoThank you to @risingaction.bsky.social for writing about the need for more rinks in the Lower Mainland for minor hockey. Where I live there has been one rink built in the last 25 years, and we have several living on borrowed time. You want healthy kids? Build the infrastructure
Thank you to @risingaction.bsky.social for writing about the need for more rinks in the Lower Mainland for minor hockey. Where I live there has been one rink built in the last 25 years, and we have several living on borrowed time. You want healthy kids? Build the infrastructure
On this one. There are no talks between the Whitecaps and Racing Club about Andrés Cubas.
Vancouver Insider@vancouverinsider.bsky.social · yesterdayHey Manuel, there’s this rumor going around on the other app and I don’t really believe it myself but I’m just looking for confirmation on it!
Other outstanding questions include how Infantino was allowed to value 20 percent of FIFA's business for just $4.2bn? The World Cup just completed generated $15bn. This would have given the owners in this closed-shop stake sale ability to potentially flip their interests for billions more.
More incendiary stuff. Prince Ali, the FA president from Jordan, who was a rival to Infantino in his first election in 2016, alleges FIFA attempted to effectively blackmail theJordanian FA, withholding funds until they had provided backing to Infantino for next year’s election.
More than 600 (likely homes) burned in and around Spokane County yesterday. The devastation is incomprehensible www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...
Wildfire in northwest Spokane destroys 640 structures
The Old Trails wildfire in northwest Spokane destroyed 640 structures Saturday, according to Cody Rohrbach, Spokane County Fire District 3 fire chief.
spokesman.com
Let us not forget his Monday diatribe as well. A week of stunning own goals.
Jon Arnold@jonarnoldfc.bsky.social · 6d agoI'm against Infantino's effort, so I'm glad it's not coming together - but I can't understand why he pushed this timeline. Like, what was the rush? Why the deadline? Was it the exuberance of the 2026 World Cup success? Now, there's time to wrangle an opposition candidate ahead of March 2027
The more details one hears about this case, the more infuriating it becomes. It's unconscionable what was done to this man. People should lose careers over this kind of malpractice.
Tim Bousquet@timbousquet.bsky.social · 6d agoBrandon Klayme’s wrongful conviction is the second for Crown prosecutor Melanie Perry Morning File by me
U.S. Soccer offers a grand total of a one-sentence statement: "U.S. Soccer stands with Concacaf and its members." If they're really afraid of the Trump administration revoking their 501(c)(3) status... or offending one of the big donors' friends... there are ways to let us know.
From @theathletic.com: Russia will not be permitted to field teams at several major tournaments next year, the International Ice Hockey Federation Disciplinary Board announced Thursday.
Russia’s ice hockey ban extended by international federation
Russia will not be permitted to field teams at four international competitions, including the 2027 Men's World Championship.
nytimes.com
‘Existing vast FIFA reserves’ is quite the note btw
Pardeep Cattry@pcattry.bsky.social · 6d agoNEW: Concacaf joins UEFA in rejecting FFE, instead imploring FIFA to find ways to increase funding for FIFA Forward through its current means and asking that "any matter follows the proper governance processes" in future full statement: www.concacaf.com/competitions...
Cara Gardner Morey is moving back behind the bench for the #Goldeneyes and vacating the GM position. Was the head coach at Princeton for 8 years, and must believe a lot in the roster she's constructed that she'd give up the executive role to return to coaching this quickly.
So I asked Canada Soccer what they think of Gianni Infantino's idea and they basically said "uh we just got it so we need to think a little first" theprovince.com/sports/socce...
As UEFA and FIFA fight over World Cup's future, Canada and rest of the world stand to the side
Canada Soccer said they need more time to review what Gianni Infantino wants to do to FIFA.
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I mean ok? But shouldn’t this all be stuff you’re already doing?
So I asked Canada Soccer what they think of Gianni Infantino's idea and they basically said "uh we just got it so we need to think a little first" theprovince.com/sports/socce...
As UEFA and FIFA fight over World Cup's future, Canada and rest of the world stand to the side
Canada Soccer said they need more time to review what Gianni Infantino wants to do to FIFA.
theprovince.com
New UEFA statement. "UEFA knows there is significant and growing opposition to FIFA’s scheme. FIFA cannot continue to use our sport to enrich themselves and their friends. We can grow the game correctly. It’s time to prioritise associations, clubs, leagues, players and fans"
So it seems Whitecaps will be adding a couple players here: a young player in the next day or two -- to be clear he's not the Berhalter replacement -- then a more experienced player in a week or so, who will be more suited to filling the Berhalter gap theprovince.com/sports/socce...
Whitecaps: Axel Schuster has a plan to replace Sebastian Berhalter
Time is of the essence to find a replacement for Berhalter
theprovince.com
Uefa meeting is 2pm UK time tomorrow - boycotts will be discussed It’s already been raised how the same threat was used to kill Fifa’s plan to have a Russian team in the World Cup after Ukraine Also idea of EU/EC removing Fifa’s antitrust law exemptions www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
Uefa to discuss boycotting World Cup in emergency meeting after Fifa bombshell
Gianni Infantino’s controversial plan to sell off the World Cup has been met by fierce criticism
independent.co.uk
Man you know you’re crazy when even CONCACAF calls you out Been told Canada Soccer will have their own statement soon btw www.concacaf.com/competitions...
Concacaf Statement Regarding the Proposed FIFA Forward Enterprise | Concacaf
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can also report what @risingaction.bsky.social wrote in the Province today. Seems like a prospect signing is close. The actual Berhalter replacement is being worked on. It won’t be a Goretzka calibre player though. I have been told the Goretzka camp is looking to maintain his Bayern salary.
Vancouver Insider@vancouverinsider.bsky.social · last wk.Any update on potential Vancouver signings? I know the ‘Caps typically like to do summer business late but it would be nice to have some names to talk about!
Of note, the Columbus Crew received 10% of the fee the Whitecaps earned from Middlesbrough per source. The Whitecaps will receive 10% should Middlesbrough sell Berhalter in the future.
Manuel Veth@manuelveth.bsky.social · last wk.Sebastian Berhalter joins Middlesbrough - Whitecaps receive fee below market value Details for @transfermarkt.de www.transfermarkt.us/sebastian-be...
Key quote from Whitecaps CEO Axel Schuster on Berhalter transfer: “We have been preparing for this possibility for some time. As we have consistently done in the past, we will use the resources available to us to strengthen the squad in key areas." They need to sign a replacement ASAP.
These guys watched the Hunger Games and said ‘let’s do that for real’
Patrick Johnston 🇨🇦@risingaction.bsky.social · last wk.This is madness. Players as chattel, only around as entertainment for the patricians Hard to imagine we ever see a proper World Cup again if this Kushner-Infantino plan actually comes to be www.theguardian.com/football/202...
This is madness. Players as chattel, only around as entertainment for the patricians Hard to imagine we ever see a proper World Cup again if this Kushner-Infantino plan actually comes to be www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Fifa accused of ‘selling the soul of football’ over $20bn plan to sell World Cup commercial rights
Fifa has announced plans to sell a share of its commercial operations to private investors, a deal that would include the media and sponsorship rights of the World Cup
theguardian.com
Believe Bill Guerin will be meeting with Quinn Hughes and his camp in Michigan today/this week. As we've long reported, Wild want to go 5-8 years (7-year max term after Sept. 16 in new CBA). 3-year extension still makes most sense for Quinn so he can align with Jack's deal in NJ
