Absolutely devastating news out of Tumbler Ridge, BC. Nine people dead plus the shooter, according to an RCMP news release.

I cannot adequately convey how much I loved Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie. Read what @hertzbarry.bsky.social has to say about it - and then go see this movie Feb 13 when it opens. Elbows up, laugh your head off, go Canada. NTBTSTM is so, so great. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...

HAPPENING NOW: Hanover County in Virginia unanimously opposes sale of warehouse property owned by Vancouver-based Jim Pattison Developments to Immigration and Customs Enforcement to be used as holding and processing facility. The local gov can't veto it, but hopes DHS will reconsider. Story to come

North Shore Reads tonight: I will interview Kara Stanley and Simon Paradis about their book The Pain Project. What they've accomplished is amazing - and the book is a must-read for anyone dealing with chronic pain. The event is online and free. You just need to register. www.nvcl.ca/events/north...

Journalists - and Canadians concerned about journalistic freedom: Photojournalist @amberbracken.bsky.social and @thenarwhal.ca are taking the government to court over Amber's arrest while covering a protest in 2021. The trial is underway in Vancouver now. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

It’s day 12 of our press freedom trial against the RCMP. “If anyone needs proof of how essential it is that police actions be documented, we are seeing it in Minnesota,” writes @marshalederman.bsky.social for The Globe and Mail. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Okay, back to my empty and meaningless life.

Well at least we don’t have to watch that WestJet face-paint commercial again

Jays, you won our hearts.

Guys

Went from dying over here to crying over here

Nonononono

Stress-eating these Reese’s pieces is not helping

I actually am not sure I can take this.

Bad call

Can’t breathe

Dee-fence

Canada prays

I would be so ticked off if the people who bought my old house took *that* long to bring over my kid’s diapers.

Karma

I know we’re Canadian but this is not hockey

OMG

Okay Ramipril* don’t fail me now *high blood pressure meds

Paul Molitor - my 1990s baseball crush!

Spare a thought for Toronto Police, who may be dealing with a World Series win🤞on Halloween night ... Go Jays!

Good night sports fans

We’re at the are-you-still-there point of the baseball broadcast

14th inning stretch

Canadian fans to get (brief) exclusive access to Toronto and Vancouver World Cup matches in the next phase of ticket sales. www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/artic...

So much joy in Mudville. And by Mudville, I mean Canada.

📣 Breaking news! Previously sold out event 11. Linden MacIntyre: An Accidental Villain has been moved to a larger venue, and tickets are available now! MacIntyre speaks with @marshalederman.bsky.social at the Granville Island Stage, Oct 21. writersfest.bc.ca/festival-eve...

Bananas

Damn

In today's @theglobeandmail.com I wrote about publishing a book about the Israel-Gaza war as it still rages - killing thousands of Palestinians, hostages still in captivity, Gaza in pieces, and Israelis marching in the street calling for an end to it. www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article...

My book October 7th: Searching for the Humanitarian Middle is out on August 19th (tomorrow). www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/786425...

I once had tea with Ozzy Osborne in Victoria, BC. He was lovely. www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/i...

How on earth is Playland not open today? (Very specific Vancouver parenting with disappointed kids in tow post.)

Somewhere this weekend, MacKenzie Scott (formerly Bezos) is doing yoga, having a deep-tissue massage, and giving away oodles of money to worthy causes.

What a joy to contribute to this @theglobeandmail.com 101 Canadian albums feature, even if I am slightly gutted that some of my picks didn't make it (eg. Tom Cochrane's Mad Mad World). Have a listen to some great Canadian music. We could all use it these days. www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/a...

It is killing me that in this economy, I have to pay the @cityofvancouver.bsky.social $250 for forgetting to tell them on time (I was a few days late) that I live in my (tiny, heavily mortgaged) home and that it is not indeed empty. My bad, but come on!

Guess we’re free to make Friday night plans.

BREAKING: Vance Boelter, the suspect accused of killing a Minnesota state representative and attempting to kill another, is in custody, according to the Associated Press

Damn

Uuuugh

What. A. Game.

This series. Man.

😩

Watching this game is bad for my health.

I don’t like hearing this Edmonton crowd booing the Florida players. But Go Oilers!