My column this week speaks to this point that Trump is plainly incapable in acting in a way that isn’t self-destructive. (gift link)

We NEED free, accessible, public events and Car Free Days connect many neighbourhoods, community groups, charities, artists, makers, vendors. This would have been such a loss: Thanks to @lucymaloney.bsky.social & @seanorr.bsky.social for this motion.

CivicSearchlight is now available for free for everyone, built by the amazing @rorywh.bsky.social for @nationalobserver.com. It allows you to search municipal meetings across the country with keywords, and is really helpful for understanding how a topic has moved through time and jurisdictions. ❗☺️❗

It's amazing anyone runs for office. The biggest sacrifice aspiring politicians make in this social media age is the incessant nasty trolling from people with differing political views. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/11/o...

Pup and her afternoon cigar

Wait. They are releasing Epstein files to distract Americans from the war in Iran now?

Within this story from @kehyslop.bsky.social and @jenstden.bsky.social: Former Green councillor Adrianne Carr says she resigned in 2025 in part because of remarks Sim made to her during an in-camera meeting thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...

Politicians like Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim and Coun. Lenny Zhou who spread lies about a colleague for political gain undermine trust in our political system. They don't deserve our respect or votes, @adriennetanner.bsky.social writes.

Seems like the media should at least express some curiosity about this. open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...

I've been told that Ken Sim told his team that a stranger waived a physical photo at him during a Chinatown event and falsely claimed that it was Orr dealing drugs on Christmas Day. The mayor doesn't remember the specific contents or style of the photo, and can't remember who showed it to him.

yes and thank you for the excuse to share one of my all-time favorite tweets (from @longwall26.bsky.social)

Just wild, my goodness #vanpoli

Carney’s aid package to Cuba is a nod to close ties between our two countries and another signal that Canada is not prepared to do the bidding of the US. But we could do more — helping power their grid would be longer lasting. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/25/o...

Kitchen stakeout. Always hopeful. Often successful

The Alberta premier's anti-immigrant campaign is an assault on Canada's benevolent national identity. If Alberta wants to benefit from Canada — they are asking for a new pipeline after all — they must act like Canadians. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/21/o...

Where is Canada on this? Despicable treatment of lovely people.... We're happy to go lie on the beach, we should help now.

Most of the premiers in Canada have banded together to face down the threat posed by Donald Trump. Except, that is, for Danielle Smith, who has decided to turn her province's attention to the threat posed by....Ottawa and its immigration policies? www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/20/o...

As climate change melts the glaciers and makes droughts more frequent and prolonged, Canadians must become better stewards of water. Unfortunately, in many provinces, the opposite is happening. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/12/o...

The Supreme Court of Canada has overturned a one-vote win for the Liberals in Quebec's Terrebonne riding www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/13/n...

I'm not a climate doomer, because that's what the powerful want. They want people to give up and say "it's too late." Even if it is too late, I'd still rather the world decarbonize if only to fuck up the fossil fuel companies. If you refuse to believe in a better future, at least believe in spite.

Holy cow, folks. Archive link to a paywall read, but it’s an astounding op-ed with an outside perspective on American Olympians & the crisis of confidence in representing the “American brand” on the world stage. This does NOT mince words. Wow. From the searing Jake Paul lede to the end: Oof.

Wild thing chewing something other than me. Which is good.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is zeroing in on one horrific court case to demand Canada give her a say in the way Canada appoints higher court judges. This is cheap politicking that risks undermining trust in Canadian courts. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/05/o...

This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10

A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world

A must listen lecture about where the US is at and where it’s going. Not super optimistic, but no without a slover of hope youtu.be/6Z0zcG920n0

I know you've heard that a federal judge ordered the release of 5 year old Liam Conejo Arias and his father, and that they're now home. But did you look at the judge's order? It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept." Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Another day, another example of Alberta's premier fighting hard to defend separatists than defeat them. Why it's time for the rest of Canada to pick up the gauntlet — and start treating her like the separatist she is. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/02/o...

Thinking about whoever said that by accepting a meal from people and then arresting them ICE agents broke a cultural taboo that was invented by, like, the first humans to set up a tent

The National Post, The Rebel and Juno News attacked Coastal First Nations earlier this month after Mark Carney met with them over his pipeline deal. Now, after a BC Conservative leadership hopeful echoed those talking points, they've hit back.

The Lunar New Year lanterns are up in the West End #vancouver #canada

That wee noggin. ❤️

This is testimony… 📌 Stella Carlson, “Pink coat lady”, speaks on the murder of Alex Pretti. “After the shooting, they (ICE) decided to just scatter and save themselves.”

Here's what ICE is up to in Northeast Minneapolis today. Absolutely heartbreaking. Warning: video is hard to watch

The world is in a bad place right now. A puppy can’t fix it, but it sure helps you forget. Welcome Comet♥️

www.politico.eu/article/germ... This is what we need to do!

It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing

Minnesota is the best of us.

I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.

When Conservatives gather in Calgary at their convention next weekend, right-wing “content creators” will be welcomed as journalists. Some journalists, such as @nationalobserver.com, not so much www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/24/a...

If the next federal election is about affordability or the appetite for change, Pierre Poilievre still has a chance. But if it's about Donald Trump and who's best equipped to meet his threat, it'll be over before it even starts. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/23/o...

Hundreds of workers responsible for pollution prevention, weather forecasting, conservation and environmental disaster response are set to be cut from ECCC as Prime Minister Mark Carney's government takes a chainsaw to the public service. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/23/n...

I will just keep repeating. I have never never never seen anything like this. 30 years of reporting.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's stand on a proposed new oil pipeline from Alberta to the West Coast is flawed on so many levels. @rossbelot.bsky.social writes www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/23/o...

Another place where we should stop our reliance on the U.S.

Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"

Carney telling it like it is. "There is a strong tendency for countries to go along to get along... to avoid trouble. To hope that compliance will buy safety. Well it won't." www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE98...

Can be easy to forget. But there are still a lot of wonderful people in the world. Volunteers in Minnesota Deliver Groceries So Immigrants Can Hide at Home www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...