I don't know what the reason was for the lag between the time the new broke and the official announcement from the Canadiens, but the hiring of Derek Lalonde as associate coach of the Canadiens is a brilliant move. They needed his experience in the playoffs. In our humble opinion.

A friend was hacked this week and it was a bad one. They got into her phone, changed her banking emails, got access to her credit cards, bought World Cup tix for $18,000 and spent $6,000 at a hardware store, among other things. Her husband works in IT. Change those passwords, kids!

A superb dissection of Thomas Tuchel's fumbled World Cup semifinal from one of the best soccer writers in the world. And wholly convincing, I might add. Tuchel f'ed up. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

"No problem, manager. I missed it, but the ground caught it! ~ Lucy van Pelt (Classic Peanuts - July 18, 1977) #MLB #Baseball #SaturdayMotivation

For anyone who thinks increasing oil & gas production is the path to energy independence, you're dead wrong. While we continue to rely on fossil fuels, we're held hostage to global pricing. The real path to energy security is local production of renewables and grid-scale storage. #EnergyTransition

The president's polling numbers crash with urban Americans, with just 23% approving and 76% disapproving in a new survey.

Hard to imagine a more stultifying event than watching Toronto FC and CF Montreal play a nil-nil draw after the knockout phases of the World Cup. That there were people there at all is a minor miracle.

Barf. Not a home opener I want to see, Habs vs. Carolina. Will Tom Dundon's kids be honoured at centre ice before the game?

Have to say one thing for English soccer fans: They may be obnoxious, trouble-making drunks, but they never let go of their illusions.

This is just pathetic. The UK wanting a FIFA investigation because an Argentine player unfurled a Falklands banner. I suppose they want an investigation of Jude Bellingham for hitting an opponent in the head AFTER the game? Seriously, grow up. You lost. Don't be big babies and sore losers. Be better

🔴 rep melanie stansbury did not come to play ♥️✊🏾🇺🇲✊🏻‼️

Good lord. The whining. After Gordon scored yesterday, England had 12 percent possession the rest of the way. 12 PERCENT!!! With the game on the line, England folded. That's not bad luck or dirty tricks. That's not being NEARLY good enough.

So in the end, England was all talk. They were lucky to have a lead but the stats were all heavily skewed to Argentina and the beating could have been a lot worse. Harry Kane was a total non-factor. But no country in Europe stands up to Trump more than Spain. Vamos Espana!

Went outside to water my native seedlings and it felt post-apocalyptic. Sky to the west orange from smoke. Air unnaturally still and hot. Grass brown and plants wilted. No birds singing. No bees on the flowers. A portent of a future I do not want.

So English fans pay another debt to karma for attempting to trash the entire nation of France in 1998. And Harry Kane pays a debt for golfing with Trump.

My god those creepy FIFA people make your skin crawl. They look like the proprietors of a house of horrors. Which in a sense they are.

Well this stinks. American referee after Harry Kane golfed with Trump.

Hegseth announces his plan to begin injecting service personnel with testosterone as part of his experiment in creating a new breed of super warriors. Straight out of science fiction. A nuttier than normal day at the Pentagon.

If a guy calling himself Jason Bond follows you and you're tempted to follow him back, don't. Within seconds he DM'd me with some investment scam.

ZELENSKYY: Some say with modern technology we're returning Russia to the Middle Ages. Some remember Napoleon, when Moscow burned. But our main goal is not Russia without gasoline, but Ukraine without Russia, without war, with Europe, and Ukraine and Europe without Moscow threat.

Yup … technology is not all it’s cracked up to be … #cdnpoli

Lmao the US is making half-time at the World Cup 30 minutes...this game is not about stoppage time. Never give this country anything again, all they can do is mutilate something to make it theirs to make more and more money. Bullshit.

The Las Vegas skyline from Blade Runner 2049 vs the Toronto skyline from right now.

I didn't think it was possible, but Angine de Poitrine stole the show last night at opening for the great Jack White at the amphitheatre at the CNE. Tough to do since White played 'The Union Forever,' but I swear those two aliens blew that crowd away.

I've always cheered for Spain in international soccer but this time I wanted to see a tremendously talented French team win for Kylian Mbappé, that rare athlete who is willing to take a stand. But France didn't deserve to win, not the way they played.

A woman with her head so far up her arse it's amazing she could shop for a dress.

Screw Harry Kane. A man who would golf with Trump has no integrity at all.

It's time women ruled the world.

One of those maddening penalty calls in soccer and Spain has a stranglehold and might not let go. Be a shame to lose the best team in the tournament like this.

Overwhelming response to this column today. Pretty clear people are fed up with the gambling takeover of major sports - and that fans support Kylian Mbappe in his opposition to the corporate bookies. montrealgazette.com/sports/socce...

Wild.

This being your childhood introduction to these three only to realize, so many other movies and more of their earlier careers under your belt later, what a hilariously psychotic casting this was across the board 😂😂😂

Central vt rn

🤔 Maybe those of us who favour public service broadcasting - and who don't want advertisers continually shitting in our heads - are just going to have to pay a bit more to keep the BBC going...? www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...

'Data centres in a heatwave: heaping demand on stretched electric grid… Keeping cool has not just been a problem for people in 🇮🇪 & the rest of Europe these past few weeks. The data centres that power our smartphones, tablets & online lives are also straining.' www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

This looks and feels like smoke haze over Montreal this morning. Yellow sky, sun a pale disc in the haze. Anyone know if that's the case?

i hate acting like a shill but we're working on getting our website more prominent to steer more sales away from the evils of amazon & indigo google reviews really help so if you've ever shopped with us or like what we're doing & would leave a review it would help this small fry fight the big guys

(La Presse à Dallas) Pour ma dernière affectation à cette Coupe du monde, un match de rêve: France-Espagne. La meilleure attaque contre la meilleure défensive. Qui gagnera? Je suis déchiré. Explications 👇🏻 www.lapresse.ca/sports/chron...

“Caught between two unacceptable choices, Trump — and by association the US — is in limbo. Trapped, neither in nor out while the military continues to run through operations that have been proven not to work, watching as the weapons stockpile dwindles to nothing, the financial costs spiral…”

@nebraskamomo.bsky.social A rare progressive from my home state!

Overwhelming response to this column today. Pretty clear people are fed up with the gambling takeover of major sports - and that fans support Kylian Mbappe in his opposition to the corporate bookies. montrealgazette.com/sports/socce...

Gambling is killing the sports we love. Kylian Mbappe is standing up against the flood. My column. montrealgazette.com/sports/socce...

Maine Sen Susan Collins voted to give ICE $70 billion Vote her out No more ICE in our streets, killing and kidnapping our friends Today ICE thugs in Maine killed a 26 year old husband who was here legally and had a social security card. His 3 year old daughter was in the car Defund ICE.

Haaland is Pure Class,not just as a Player but as a Person.Former teammates at B.Dortmund Erling Haaland has said the only thing that surprises him about the "unbelievable" Jude Bellingham is the amount of criticism he receives -- insisting the England midfielder is "one of the best in the world."

My column on Kylian Mbappe standing against the tide of gambling that is drowning the world of sports. montrealgazette.com/sports/socce...

Guess who? $12.5 billion tax break Top 5 executives made over $1 billion $101 billion in profits 13,800 workers laid off in last year If you guessed Microsoft, you’d be right. Please don't tell me trickle-down economics works. It never did.