Car repossessions in the US surged to their highest level since 2009 last year. Corporate bankruptcy filings in the US hit a 15-year high in the first half of 2025. Meanwhile. . . www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Szalay spoke of the freedom that writing novels affords authors to take creative risks. “It can take aesthetic risks, formal risks, perhaps even moral risks ... All you need is keep one writer supplied with coffee and a few other essentials ... I mean, it's almost free.” www.cbc.ca/news/livesto...

“Anyone who thinks this is about a 12-second clip on a Panorama more than a year ago that not a single viewer complained about is not reading the proper story." www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int... #journalism #BBC

"...blasting 200 feet below the water table (twice as deep as any existing one in the #Niagara #Escarpment) & hauling two million tonnes of aggregate annually." The project risks degrading #water supplies in Shelburne, Alliston, Collingwood & Georgian Bay. #ONpoli farmtario.com/news/melanct...

Scotland is renewing its renewable energy infrastructure. Scotland's first commercial wind farm will be able to deliver FIVE times more clean power than before after being upgraded . . . enough to power the equivalent of 57,000 homes. #environment #energy #renewable www.bbc.com/news/article...

Never seen someone so successful at glomming his way into good things he has zero to do with, while that what he is responsible for could barely get worse

Tonight was a very bad night.

Rodriguez, who was born in Mexico, said "I saw it was snowing, and I was like 'it's gonna be a good day'." Goalkeeper Nathan Ingham added: "You play us in sand, you play us in snow, you play us on the moon, this team is going to win." Great #photos. #football #Ottawa www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

“In all of my life I have never seen a law enforcement or intelligence organization like the bureau be directed to go after people purely on political, vindictive reasons. In a Western democracy, that’s unheard of. It’s every day in Russia and China.” #MAGA www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...

“The government is admitting they just don’t care about #Climate and they have no damn plan,” Ontario Greens Leader @mikeschreiner.bsky.social told @thenarwhal.ca “We knew all along they didn’t have a plan, and emissions are going up." #ClimateCrisis #OnPoli thenarwhal.ca/ford-repeals...

Oh boy. When #Poilievre -- of all people -- calls a colleague a "liar" . . .

According to the OECD, the US has (by far) the highest relative #poverty rate of G7 countries. However. But. On the other hand, "Americans own more superyachts over 40 meters than anyone else in the world, accounting for 23 percent of the global fleet, according to SuperYacht Times." #yachts

www.theguardian.com/environment/... Exxon propaganda "is a vital key to our future prosperity and wellbeing – and to continued strong returns to Exxon’s investors.” Exxon has a long history of being fully aware of climate science, while denying that science in public. #environment #climate

Just a reminder from 3 years ago. Doug Ford not only abandoned Ottawa when it was occupied by the convoy thugs, but he also did everything he could to thwart justice and avoid accountability. #ONpoli #justice

“Since there was memory, our peoples have been connected to the vast lands & waters of which Smith purports to take ownership." "Thet strip away accountability & minimize Indigenous oversight on decisions that impact our peoples’ health, wellbeing & futures." #ABpoli passherald.ca/latest-news/...

The op-ed warns that disinformation is an escalating global threat during crises--from wildfires to hurricanes--hindering emergency response, endangering lives, and eroding trust. That's why at #COP30 we're pushing #Canada to join the Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change.

www.atptour.com/en/news/auge... On a roll!

“Here, Russian executioners once slaughtered our youth. Today, Georgian ‘militia’ kick their own people.” Parents of political prisoners stand in a human chain along the police cordon on Rustaveli Avenue. Day 346 of uninterrupted protest. 🎥 Netgazeti

www.rt.com/news/627512-... I'll believe it when Fox "news" confirms it.

bsky.app/profile/jami... Water. 2,300 people ill and 7 dead in Walkerton because of Ontario Conservative policies. And Doug Ford has gutted Conservation Authorities, leading to loss of wetlands. The proposed "blast quarry" will PERMANENTLY ruin watersheds. Not "conservative" at all. #ONpoli

farmtario.com/news/melanct... A proposed below-the-water-table "blast quarry" in a "highly vulnerable aquifer area," an environmentally sensitive region. The "headwaters feed major rivers in Southern Ontario, including the Nottawasaga, Grand, Credit, Noisy, Mad, Pine and Boyne Rivers." #ONpoli

Yesterday, in the House of Commons CPC MP Scott Anderson praised "our neighbours to the south embarking on aggressive tax restructuring." Our "neighbour to the south" has some of the highest debt-servicing costs in the world: ~ one trillion dollars this year. 1/2 #cdnpoli #debt #taxes

What a streak

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Premier Ford is sick. When to seek help "If an obsession with cars begins to negatively impact your life or the lives of those around you, a mental health professional can help identify the underlying cause and develop healthy coping strategies." #ONpoli #mentalhealth

I thought the "rule of law" dunk was pretty hilarious.

"At this rate, with MPs going back to their ridings and families next week and away from the supervision of this leadership team that apparently puts knives on throats of people who are thinking about where they belong I can see a day when PM Carney has a majority gov without going to an election."

Doug is relying on PM Carney to save Ontario!

Orban: Trump spares Hungary from Russia sanctions

The fall's last colours are precious. Loosestrife is still deemed to be invasive. And yet . . . #photo

The College of Physicians of Ontario has reported receiving 250 applications from Quebec doctors since Oct. 23. Ottawa's Montfort Hospital says it has received more than 50 applications from Quebec doctors since the start of October. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #Quebec #santé

"The University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index fell to 50.3 in November, down from 53.6 in October and below expectations of 53.2, a preliminary estimate showed. The reading marked the second-lowest on record, just above the June 2022 low, as Americans grew increasingly #economics 1/3

"We can’t go back and change what happened. We can only ask God for help.” Well, that and seriously curtail access to guns. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

G&M: "Organizations that won millions of dollars in grants from an Ontario training program have increasingly hired professional lobbyists over the past five years, including several government-relations firms with close ties to Premier Doug Ford." A gov't of takers💰 enriching 💰donors💰. #ONpoli

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Ford thinks big. He likes to waste BILLIONS at a time.

Even Poilievre's colleagues are concluding that his courting & supporting right-wing extremists, and attacking journalists & the RCMP & judges & the CBC, are anathema to Canadians. If 2 or 3 more PC MPs cross the floor, he'll resign BEFORE the leadership review. #cdnpoli thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

"the more people know about Lansdowne, the less likely they are to support it" @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social is counting on people not asking hard questions. He knows when people understand the project, they see all it's flaws. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

www.cnn.com/2025/11/03/p... So the real driver of American policy is Lachlan Murdoch, chairman and CEO of Fox Corporation, who, allegedly "kept toilet paper printed with [Trump's] face in his house during the 2016 campaign." What goes around comes around.

Another one. "Conservative Alberta MP Matt Jeneroux announced Thursday he is resigning from the House of Commons." Anger, boorishness, deceit take a toll. #ABpoli #cdnpoli

"The package requires Tesla to hit certain milestones, such as reaching a market cap of $8.5 trillion---6 times its current valuation of $1.4 trillion." So the pay package is not only obscene & bad corporate governance, but it's also a Ponzi scheme. #investing www.cbsnews.com/news/elon-mu...

Global Affairs Canada is "reducing development funding for global health programs, saying Canada's contributions have been disproportionately high compared to other countries." Maybe. But despite Trudeau's rhetoric, Canada is a piker when it comes to int'l #development assistance. #cdnpoli /2

Doug Ford is no conservative with respect to market pricing. The price of electricity in ON just jumped by ~30 per cent (in itself a testament to gross mismanagement) but to mask this economic calamity, Ford has simultaneously DOUBLED the Ontario Electricity Rebate. #ONpoli 1/2

🚨 This research confirms what many of us have been saying about how X's algorithm has been used to deliberately shape & push political discussion & extreme views 👇

bsky.app/profile/rico... Doug Ford's "war on tenants." Complements Doug Ford's - War on pedestrians - War on cyclists - War on nurses _ War on families with an autistic child - War on universities & colleges At least there's Peace with developers, landlords & party donors. #ONpoli

G&M: A series of e-mails between the head of the Alberta Energy Regulator, a coal-mining company and the Energy Minister’s office about a mine application has raised questions about the independence of the province’s energy watchdog. 1/3 #abpoli

Trading Economics: The ISM US Manufacturing PMI fell to 48.7 in October 2025 from 49.1 in September, indicating an eighth consecutive month of contraction in the manufacturing sector. Employment continued to decline (46 vs 45.3). #economics #MAGA

Useful to recall Alberta's hypocritical repeal of the recall. From Bible Bill to Devious Danielle, Alberta's right wing is a case study in thwarting opposition. #ABpoli albertapolitics.ca/2025/11/soun...

A major failure in yesterday's budget: Old Age Security remains as it was. OAS is a "universal payment" for most seniors -- it is not "needs based." So a married couple in their 70s, with a joint income of $160K (or even more) STILL receive this subsidy from the fisc. Meanwhile ... 1/2 #cdnpoli

Even Poilievre's colleagues are concluding that his courting & supporting right-wing extremists, and attacking journalists & the RCMP & judges & the CBC, are anathema to Canadians. If 2 or 3 more PC MPs cross the floor, he'll resign BEFORE the leadership review. #cdnpoli thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...