‘Carney doesn’t actually want a pipeline or think one will get built, he’s just a duplicitous weasel’ is not the defence you think it is.

This thread is worth reading. In it, Clr Kroetsch notes some of the hateful and threatening statements that he is subjected to.

After a summer with 30 days over 30C in #HamOnt, this November week feels like, what @katharinehayhoe.com has called, #GlobalWeirding. @zacklabe.com #PolarVortex

Ford government set to amalgamate Ontario’s 36 conservation authorities into 7.

Doug Ford's government backs down on their proposal to enable mass evictions of everyone whose lived in their rental unit for more than 12 months. Everyone involved in permitting this idea to make it into Bill consultation should be tossed out to the curb, like they hoped to do to others.

Join the Office of Climate Change Initiatives on Oct 29 from 4:30–8pm for the City's first #HamiltonClimateForum taking place at the David Braley Health Sciences Centre. Register for this FREE event by emailing [email protected].

"Farmers keep making changes to keep feeding the world. We’re not climate change deniers. We live with its consequences every single day. And we’re not old-fashioned. We’re willing to try new methods, embrace new technologies, and evolve — because the future of our farms depends on it."

Take a listen to my conversation with @arshy.bsky.social about why politicians seem to be incapable of doing anything -- aside from enriching their friends. Enjoy! hatchetmedia.substack.com/p/the-declin...

A huge THANK YOU to our Grow the #Greenbelt cyclists who pedaled over 40KM on Saturday to support Environment #HamOnt's work to protect and grow the Greenbelt and so much more!

The post office doesn't need to turn a profit. The fire department doesn't need to turn a profit. The water filtration plant doesn't need to turn a profit. We receive common goods and services in exchange for taxation and citizenship, it's a crazy new idea called "government"

Really frustrating to see CBC manufacturing consent to gut Canada Post! <$1B invested in a 100% Canadian public service to deliver things coast to coast to coast & employ 62k ppl securely? “unsustainable” $3-$30B /yr for 147k ppl to have boom-bust jobs for private, foreign oil & gas? “necessary”

Canada nation built (and built and built and built) until the 1970s, then began the great dismantling. I'd pin it to Mulroney era when rails were ripped out across country & Chretien/Harris pulling out of housing funding/backstopping. Canada Post stuff is just another dismantling moment.

#DrawTheLine in #HamOnt with @hamilton350org.bsky.social, allied groups and friends, including some of my fav union siblings from @cupwsttp.bsky.social local 548 ✊🏻🇵🇸

Terrific coverage here of yesterday's DRAW THE LINE protests from CTV National News: youtu.be/tuXYlgSuKtE?...

🧵 THREAD: Draw The Line - National Day of Action happening RIGHT NOW across Canada ✊ Today, communities from coast to coast are standing united for people, for peace, and for the planet. Here's what's happening on the ground... #DrawTheLine @350canada.bsky.social 📍Toronto

Amazing photos as always in this year's @ontariogreens.bsky.social calendar contest! gpo.ca/calendar-con...

Have you registered for an action near you yet? drawtheline.world/canada

I wrote a thing. As someone who survived the 1970s and kept the receipts.

I was glad to be interviewed for this piece about the federal govt's new home building agency, addressing affordability but also climate - which is important because buildings are so polluting I said it's "a huge opportunity to build homes well from the start"💡 www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...

Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world’s top scholars on the crime say www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Great video featuring Serena Mandizabal from Sacred Earth Solar 👇

Following in the footsteps of @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social trying to document some of my city's new cycle/ped infrastructure and trying to be a positive (but criticizing things that were forgotten or missed opportunities). I took a ride to see some of the new infrastructure in Hamilton this summer! A🧵

“Action would start with acknowledging that communities like Tuktoyaktuk will soon be climate refugees created by our collective failure... It would mean fully funding not just coastal protection, but culturally appropriate relocation… treating the climate emergency like an emergency.”

Today's Globe includes a Q&A with a Palestinian cookbook author who's been calling "atten­tion to the dev­ast­a­tion in Gaza, par­tic­u­larly the forced star­va­tion." Online, the mention of "forced starvation" has been removed and a correction issued: www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-an...

As wildfires rage across 🇨🇦 – a unifying experience from Vancouver Island to Newfoundland and so many places in between – one thing is clear: Approving new fossil fuel infrastructure is a willful act of arson. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Ontario’s last election showed how millions of votes went unrepresented, letting one party govern without majority support. With proportional representation, every vote helps shape the government and fake majorities become a thing of the past.

It's me! No, seriously, he's talking about me. For a little while, I've done graphic design and written newsletter content for Ward 1 Councillor Maureen Wilson as an advisor. This fact is set to become the "Conspiracy of the Day". What fun! So here's what I have to say about that (thread below):

History doesn't repeat, but I think the advent of Fascism, much more than Nazism, offers a framework to understand how these regimes can install themselves step by step withing a flawed or weakened constitutional system by eroding the democratic safeguards bit by bit.

How about high-speed rail on earth?

The British media outlet ITV also went on a Jordanian airdrop and simply ignored the Israeli government’s illiberal demands: www.itv.com/news/2025-08...

Sickening. There should be consequences at home for behaving like this in other countries.

After Wednesday we will have had 14 heat warning days this summer, and we aren't even to August yet! Hard to imagine any argument against accelerating our climate mitigation/adaptation, given the trendline every councillor has been handed, in chapter 8 of their latest health report.. #HamOnt

City officials are reviewing, and denouncing, an hateful incident that occurred at Hamilton City Hall this morning A man disrupted a meeting with anti-Semitic, Islamophobic, homophobic, racist, and transphobic comments This is the second similar incident in recent months More on TPR #yhmcc #HamOnt

People changing their mind and speaking out on the horrors of Gaza is a good thing. But if a person “changing their mind” is in power, and they do not subsequently use that power in accordance with the seriousness of the new conclusion they have arrived at, then that’s a problem.

If you care about people & the planet, and you like plants and/or coffee, come hang out with some cool Hamiltonians at Gage Park this Saturday! Everyone is welcome :) Saturday July 26th 10am -12pm Meet up at the greenhouse RSVP link - app.gvote.ca/rsvp/eve_5b4... #hamont

This is wild to see. #HamOnt could choose to be remarkable: there is so much to offer in this city, including - if the city chose a bold embrace of cycling infrastructure - a short cycle to waterfalls, trails, epic gardens, artsy downtown streets, a university and college, a lake, and more!

Imagine … taking a train from Brantford to Goderich … or from Glencoe to Strathroy … or from Palmerston to Elora … or, well, to just about anywhere (our rail network in 1901).

PSA: When you get an email from any kind of civic group (community org, political group, charity, sports league, whatever) And you take time out of your lovey Friday evening to type out a hateful, mean & angry email (like below) You’re not sticking it to the man - you’re literally emailing me!

Protests to #killbill5 kicked off across Ontario, next week #hamont joins with a rally at City Hall! Wed July 9th @ 4:30 PM City Hall Forecourt Hamilton needs to join the movement against Bill 5, demand it be repealed before it’s ever used, say NO to any “special economic zones” in our city. /1

If they close all these research labs, you can't just undo it four years later. Decades of expertise and tons of specialized equipment will be scattered to the wind. Rebuilding would take ages.

Of all the ways to describe Rue St Catherine in downtown Montreal, ‘closed’ sure isn’t one of them!

Another #StopSprawl win in #HamOnt yesterday with council voting unanimously to keep a firm urban boundary! Thanks to everyone who wrote in, called or emailed their councillor, and especially those who were able to take the time to delegate! @environmentaldefence.ca @environmenthamont.bsky.social

Rain Tax 😡 Heat Island Tax 😍 #HamOnt

Zohran Mamdani wins the first round of the NYC Democratic mayoral election Given his lead, we're almost guaranteed to see Mamdani win on the final ballot

our infrastructure was built for a climate that no longer exists

Disappearing them. You mean Disappearing them. You cannot deport someone to a country they have never been.

When 85% of Canadians voted for two parties, this is what happens

It’s column day today! I wrote about Carney’s trash bill C-5 “Bill C-5 is environmental racism, which this current government has no problem with committing since it can steamroll any study or assessment that proves as much.” I mince not words. As usual 😈 www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...