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C'mon, Vees, just take the W. Did you really have to run up the score?

🇸🇪 Video of seizing the Russian shadow fleet vessel Caffa.

Not whom. Who.

Brad Gushue is saluted by his adoring St. John’s fans for the last time…what a moment #Curling #BradGushue

I am excited about this. With the recent censorship of graphic novels in Alberta, it's particularly great to see people using comics as a way to fight back.

Lagasse: Time for a refresher on the powers of Parliament Canada's intervention in Iraq has raised questions about Parliament's role in governing. Opposition parties have chastised the government for not consulting the leg…

Does the Cdn govt need approval from the House of Commons to deploy the military overseas? No.

Have govts sought that approval before? Symbolically yes, in some cases, but not consistently.

Is there a constitutional convention of parliamentary approval? No.

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A homer into the centre of the Canadian flag held by two fans in the bleachers. Love it!

This Day in Labor History: March 7, 1932. Several thousand unemployed workers marched toward Henry Ford’s River Rouge plant in Dearborn, Michigan. Upon reaching the complex, Henry Ford's hired thugs opened fired and killed some of them! Let's talk about Ford and his horrors!!!

Minister on the move always willing to adapt to expansive western Manitoba parish’s shifting demographics It’s early on a Sunday morning. The city of Brandon is still sleeping. Downtown, across from the courthouse, the only sign of life stirs in the parking lot of St. Hedwig’s Catholic Church, as Rev. Phi...

For this month’s edition of One Day: I spent one day with a priest in rural Manitoba, tending a parish that traces a journey through how the face of Western Manitoba is changing — including a thriving young Hispanic community.

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Oh, the Yanks were pretty gung-ho for it until they weren't.

Yes, please.

Love national teams from Latin America playing in the WBC. The atmosphere is electric.

Like many, I'm partial to the "Goin’ Down the Road" parody. Like many of my cohorts, went to Toronto in early ’80s to "make it."

"Hear they got lots of good newspaperin’ jobs in Toronto."

A 4K inning is always fun.

Another major difference between our two cultures is they know nothing about us and we know everything about them.

The Rise And Fall Of Lord Haw Haw During The Second World War William Joyce ('Lord Haw Haw') was a radio personality who broadcast German propaganda to the United Kingdom during the Second World War. Although initially popular with British audiences, his popular...

The Lords Haw-Haw.
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I cancelled my sub. And I've had bylines in the Post in print (once) and online (a handful).

Three Australians were aboard US submarine that sank Iranian ship, PM Albanese says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday that three Australian defence personnel ​were on board a United States submarine that ‌sank an Iranian warship with a torpedo in the Indian Ocean, but stressed they did not take part in the attack.

Three Australians were aboard US submarine that sank Iranian ship, PM Albanese says reut.rs/4lfTlA2

If you can't recognize the outline of a country, you have no business bombing its people.

And, really, I find it remarkable anyone could not find Iran on an unlabelled map with political borders. How ignorant do you have to be?

Don't care. Love wine, but not buying American products.

It's always time for this anti-fascist moment from Casablanca.

Corporate media is irredeemably broken.

Ha! It's by my pal @kriegercartoons.bsky.social, who does editorial cartoons for the Georgia Straight and doid them for The Province for decades.

He was good even when no one was looking: a new biography looks at the late John Candy in front of and away from the camera John Ackermann speaks to Paul Myers, author of John Candy: A Life in Comedy.

#OTD in 1994, the world lost the great John Candy — one of Canada’s greatest comedy exports. He was also the subject of a fascinating 2025 biography by the also great @pulmyears.bsky.social. #NewsRadioBookshelf @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/01/18/b...

Hey! I was there, too. Entertaining talk.

Paternal: 8 years with Canadian Army (1939-47), janitor
Maternal: Labourer

In a world full of dicks, be a Dick Irvin.

Happy 94th birthday to one of the classiest men I have ever met.

You bet. Congratulations on the book. Also: Some self-interest is involved, as that's my writeup of the Suzuki book on the cover.

Touché, comedy writers. Top that.