Our Eastern Catalpa tree has its first flowers!

Kudos to this high school library. All kids feel welcome here.There’s a room for staff folx who need comfy chairs and dim lights for a break. A prayer mat. Another is filled with craft supplies & puzzles, 2 inviting chairs. Everywhere, great new books to read! #Libraries ❤️ #publiclibraries

Doug Ford showed up for work for 29 days this year before heading off for a 148 day summer holiday. No wonder his poll numbers are in the toilet. Angus Reid is a respectable polling firm. Good to see them threatening to sue his arse for his lies. globalnews.ca/news/1191280...

Send the feds an email. This is not okay.

❤️ Brilliant, articulate girls. This shows such heartbreaking hope for a future. #SanctionIsrael

Go get 'em! Carney government faces first lawsuit over its climate policies www.nationalobserver.com/2026/06/16/n...

Queue all of the “but it won’t work here because…” responses.

“In Toderian’s view, the dividing line between cities that succeed and those that stagnate isn’t geography, wealth or even size—it’s mindset. Some places embrace experimentation, risk…Others default to caution, delay, and a reflexive belief that change is impossible.” momentummag.com/urban-truth-...

The Gladiator Games of the American Caesar open.substack.com/pub/charliea...

Dear @mark-carney.bsky.social was it worth the murder of 168 school children? Or the $300 billion Trump promised to get out of this mess? Will you call on Israel to pay for the destruction of Lebanese villages and hospitals? What about this nightmare was worth it? www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

I joined my mom for her weekly vigil with the Grandmothers Against Genocide. Every Wednesday morning Bay/Bloor Toronto 8AM.

Bike-lanes don’t cause traffic congestion. Car dependency, dumb land-use sprawl, too many (& bigger) cars being driven too much taking up too much space, highly subsidized driving costs, and not enough choices in how to get around, ALL cause traffic congestion. Think about it. THAT’S common sense.

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science... Worth reading.

What is the best use for old railroad tracks? New Yorkers have opinions.

Glasgow now, there is no place in Scotland for racism or fascism.

guy has a trillion dollars, 0 friends, and has never landed a joke. I know a pact with the devil when I see one.

It’s a start. Although why anyone would burn coal for electricity post -1960 is unfathomable.

frontenacnews.ca/article.php?... Local climate action to urge your councillors to act works. Keep it friendly. Respectful.

Good news. @goodnewsnetwork.org

Canada-based The Metals Company (‪@themetalsco.bsky.social‬) is working with Trump to mine the deep sea, despite global opposition. Canada must double-down to #StopDeepSeaMining and oppose the Mining Code that would open oceans to looting. Take action: act.gp/3ZXB5ll @greenpeaceca.bsky.social‬

Scottish guy living in Costa Rica working for US hedge fund paper tells us to be nice about treason - they're good folks, back off, be respectful. Nada about meetings with US state department officials and $500 mil slush fund or 3 millions stolen addresses/phone numbers. Canadian media in action.

A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, and most of the energy that does, moves the car, not the people. Sound efficient? HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social

I have a book hangover, fuzzy brained, exhausted. Do not begin this novel at 8 pm at night… As usual, an @ahoffmanwriter.bsky.social deep, brilliant novel.

We Canadians who voted for Mark Carney, who read his book “Values” which talked fulsomely about the Climate Crisis, are deeply disappointed in his plans for more oil and more pipelines. If we had wanted to vote kill-the-planet, we would have voted Conservative. (Check out Avi Lewis , NDP leader!)

Never forget the kids like Hind Rajab. 21,000+ have been killed—bombed in their homes or in UN refugee tents, shot by Israeli snipers , kids hiding in hospitals or lining up for medicine, water or food. #SanctionIsrael

All key planks of 🇨🇦’s climate plan are now gone, save one – a package of “clean economy tax credits.” Yet as my latest @nationalobserver.com column explains, the program is massively undersubscribed, exposing a policy that simply can’t meet the task at hand. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/06/03/o...

Photo from NY Times last week. Study it.

NEW: Ontario’s social service workers have had enough of Doug Ford www.readthemaple.com/ontarios-soc...

Why do we always have to do battle for the natural world that underpins our very existence? isn't that the wrong way around?

I love their lentil-walnut burger with shiitake mushrooms. Ask your shops to carry this great product. Hint: no cows were used for these delicious meals.

youtube.com/shorts/SsU_j... I really hate AI already….

Thanks to Fix the News for these …

Bravo, Colorado! Btw, thanks for your 84 page book on tick safety. Learned things.

The federal government is proposing major legislative changes that would make it easier for mega-corporations to profit while our communities and the planet suffer the consequences. Use 350 Canada's online tool for public consultation before June 7. Take action now! share.nwmd.social/s/LMxrVftd

Everybody has one of these trees with dark reddish leaves, but they are so last century. Invasive, and crowding out our gorgeous 10 native types. Yes, even the cutie “Crimson King” & other cultivars. Don’t do it. I’m replacing 2…

The federal government is proposing major legislative changes that would make it easier for mega-corporations to profit while our communities and the planet suffer the consequences. Use 350 Canada's online tool for public consultation before June 7. Take action now! share.nwmd.social/s/LMxrVftd

Enjoy this great book! Loved it. @joshilyn.bsky.social

BREAKING: Trudeau-era environment minister Steven Guilbeault is set to quit Carney's Liberal caucus open.substack.com/pub/rachelgi...

Alberta Is Spending $5 Million to Win BC Indigenous Pipeline Support. Great investigative work here by Andrew MacLeod of @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/05...

The National Observer notes that much real climate action happens at the local municipality level, with groups collaborating. Great article.

🌎✨ What does a hopeful future look like through the eyes of youth? In 2025, Youth Imagine the Future connected with thousands of young people across our region through climate solution presentations, art, storytelling, and community action. Image credit: “Perfect Future” by Hannah Lea Scott.

A major battery storage project has completed in #Ontario: shorturl.at/NjPmn#Ontario Projects like this are a MAJOR WIN – they can store #RenewableEnergy, deliver electricity during peak demand periods, & reduce reliance on gas-fired power plants! #ClimateNews #EnergyPolicy

The End of the Good Allies open.substack.com/pub/charliea...

Once a climate leader, Canada is now doubling down on oil

Attractive shrub. Cute berries. Dig it up.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... It’s true— my husband had a lone star tick on his wrist, near Kingston Ont today.

Meagan Gilpin (KFPL) awarded finalists Sadie O’Donnell (Calvin Park) for “Where the Light Breaks Even”, Addison Thomas (Calvin Park) for “Where the Sun Always Shines”, and Jaden McLuckie-McAree (Granite Ridge) for “The Trees are Alive”.