BREAKING: Skate Canada is boycotting Alberta over the province's ban on Trans women competing in women's sports. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

It's me, the number one fan of the Wales national football team.

New candidate for headline of the year just dropped. CC @paulisci.bsky.social

These are all 10/10 masterpieces

Come work with me! We need a new copy edtior!

BREAKING: CBC is projecting a Liberal government.

Not sure how this does anything but benefit Carney

woke up with this in my head and now it's your problem

Hot take: Calgary Confederation is Canada's most interesting riding this election cycle. Star Liberal candidate Corey Hogan is in a neck and neck race with former UCP cabinet minister Jeremy Nixon. This riding has never elected a Liberal.

The Conservatives claimed that the Edmonton-area rally was attended by 15,000 people. CBC News counted roughly 1,558. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Wild claims here from Preston Manning: "The next prime minister of Canada, if it remains Mark Carney, would then be identified in the history books, tragically and needlessly, as the last prime minister of a united Canada." www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

"The CIA has worked to destabilize many governments in the past, using methods as mundane as corruption and as drastic as assassination, but former spy chiefs say a campaign aimed at Canada would likely rely more on social media — such as the Elon Musk-owned X platform." www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

It is not unusual historically for the U.S. to accuse a country of being undemocratic while trying to exert influence to control their natural resources.

I can't wait to meet my 18 new best friends. Happy #Survivor48 premier day!

Even more incentive for Canada to win: "U.S. Hockey Team Calls for Trump to Attend Canada Match" www.thedailybeast.com/us-hockey-te...

Hey, Calgary reporter pals: The media room at McDougall is mic'd up. We don't have to stand at the mic. And at pressrs, we don't have to stand at a mic. That just gives govt the power to cut us off. We can police ourselves. Just scrum like we used to. We can do this. They are not the boss of us.

Today I learned the Canadian Armed Forces had a longstanding policy to disqualify applicants with ADHD. Wild. www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

Question for Canadians: Are you rethinking upcoming travel plans to the US? Does a Trump presidency change your views about travelling south?

Of note: Pierre Poilievre and Danielle Smith explicitly disagree on how to handle the Trump tariff threat. Poilievre is calling for retaliatory tariffs on the U.S. Smith: "Our best approach now would be to focus on diplomacy and refrain from talk of any kind of retaliatory measures," she says.

The Calgary Zoo has cancelled its first penguin walk of 2025, because it is too warm for penguins to go outside today. It was 9°C as of 9 a.m.

At a certain point, it doesn't actually matter if Trump is kidding about annexing Canada.

It has been an AMAZING year for Canadian filmmakers. Some movies you should watch over the holidays: Matt and Mara (five star masterpiece), Red Rooms (great movie, terrible vibes), Universal Language (never seen anything like it), Paying for It (wild) and My Old Ass (you will laugh/cry).

A former Alberta Health Services employee has been fined $12,000 for falsifying COVID-19 vaccination records for 199 people in 2021.

Geneuine question: does anyone actually like panettone?

Seems bad! In Canada, some cities and regions that have lost more than two weeks of winter weather, including Vancouver (19 days), B.C.'s Greater Nanaimo region (18 days) and Ontario's Niagara region (15 days). www.cbc.ca/news/science...

SUCH a great story. "Not wanting to let fear get the best of her, Maurer flew to Vancouver and walked onto the field at B.C. Place as her authentic self. She described hearing the cheers from the 20,000 people in attendance as 'euphoric.'" www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Breaking: former premier and NDP leader Rachel Notley is resigning as NDP MLA, effective Dec. 30

New Angus Reid polling shows Wab Kinew is (easily) the country's most popular premier. Doug Ford has the lowest approval rating.

From the inbox: very much enjoyed this Alberta government news release about a truly massive ... thing that's being hauled on the road from Edmonton to Fort McMurray this week. It is referred to only as "the load." Whatever it is, the truck/trailer they're using has 352 wheels!

Has the home team ever not scored during a teddy bear toss game? What happens?

I am in Canada's second best summer city: Winnipeg, Manitoba. Unfortunately, it is not the summer.

You may have noticed a lot of oil and gas advertising recently, mainly driven by the Government of Alberta and Cenovus Energy. So, if Ottawa is proposing an emissions cap, how can Alberta get away with saying it's a production cap? The answer: different standards. www.cbc.ca/news/climate...

The experts who conducted Lucy's health review believe if she was moved from the Edmonto Valley Zoo, she would likely die. Lucy isn't able to breath through her trunk, so she uses her mouth instead, which is unusual. The review says stress and physical activity lead to severe breathing issues.

The Edmonton Valley Zoo is holding a news conference today to announce the results of Lucy the Elephant's annual health checkup. Lucy is 49 years old, and has been living in Edmonton since 1977. Last year's checkup found she had signficant respiratory challenges, which made her unable to travel.

Bizarrely given world events, Canada's women's soccer team is playing against South Korea right now in Spain. The South Koreans just scored an own goal. 1-0 Canada.

If you watch one Alberta political press conference today, make it this rather remarkable one from the Calgary police chief/president of the Association of Alberta Chiefs of Police in response to provincial government changes to photo radar youtu.be/P44mLOS7Fp4?... #Ableg #AbPoli

INBOX: For the sixth year in a row, Charlie is the most popular male dog name in Canada. Luna is the top name for female dogs, for the fourth consecutive year, according to Rover.

"Approximately 20 kilograms of fentanyl were seized at the Canada-U.S. border from October 2023 to September 2024, compared to more than 9,500 kilograms at the Mexico-U.S. border, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

It's giving

The Government Alberta ordered approns and buttons that say "CA$H COW" with a slash through the words. This was, I suppose, a visual aid for a news conference announcing they were heavily restricting how municipalities can use photo radar to catch speeders.

"San Jose State University's tournament run gained national attention thanks to the hard work of people who hate sports almost as much as they hate transgender people." defector.com/bigots-dont-...

NEWS: Bernie Madoff has risen from the grave, is relaunching Bernard L Madoff Investment Securities.

Maybe a hot take, but one of the best parts of this app is it isn't flooding with AI crap. Let's not do this.

Experts say scurvy is directly tied to access to reasonably priced fresh food, something most people living in northern Canada don't have. "People know how to prepare healthy food If they have it. The issue more is just they don't have it in the first place" www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

There's a Facebook group called "Tesla Owners Club of Alberta," and my guilty pleasure is going on there to see the type of people who are buying Cybertrucks. Truly wild.

Many Canadian provinces (Alberta, BC, Ontario, New Brunswick, etc...) are considering introducing legislation to force addicts into treatment. Does it work? My team went to Washington State to see what involuntary drug treatment looks like in person. www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...

In 2019, the Government of Alberta cut its operating grant for universities by $32.9 million. To stay afloat, universities became reliant on the sky-high tuition fees international students pay. Now, the federal cap on international study permits is creating a crisis. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Me, to myself, at least once a day since 2016: "Moana... make wayyy, make wayyyyyyy."