Lexi's story: West Kelowna family calls for change, awareness after child's suicide www.castanet.net/news/West-Ke...

A directive from the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) ordered the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to rescind over $600 million in funding from four Democratic-led states (Colorado, Illinois, California and Minnesota). In addition, the ... TAT: [Suppressing Dissent]

Kelowna man who threatened his wife just can't get bail www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna...

Why aren’t we educating enough of our own?

"President Trump moved on Friday to allow commercial fishing in the only marine national monument in the Atlantic Ocean, an area the size of Connecticut that is home to dolphins, endangered whales, sea turtles and ancient deep-sea corals." This kind of stuff gets lost in the news cycle. 🎁🔗

Canada gets huge cheer 🇨🇦 at the Opening Ceremony in Milan! 🎉 #Olympics #Canada #WinterOlympics2026 youtu.be/IzJ1TzA4SUY?...

Very much enjoying reading 'Understanding Others in a Neurodiverse World' by Dr Gemma Williams. Scholarly but written in an accessible and conversational style. Some good important arguments, underpinned by research, on autism and communication. 🙌🏻

Every word of this.

Once you realise the guidance on #COVID has never been right things make a lot more sense: 1. Gappy surgical masks were inadequate because they didn’t seal to the face. 2. People were sick ‘Eat out to help out’ in shared air spaces. 3. Crazy bubble guidance and additional lockdowns could have 🧵

Since Nov. 18 there have been more than three dozen cases of death cap poisonings, including the four deaths and three liver transplants. Many who sought medical attention suffered from rapidly evolving acute liver injury and liver failure. apnews.com/article/mush...

Andrew Coyne on Jamil Jivani’s Washington trip: “‘If only Jamil Jivani and people like him were negotiating it, we’d already have it’ is the implicit message, so there’s a supposedly bipartisan, ‘helpful’ move that is neither helpful nor particularly bipartisan.” #cdnpoli

All Canadians, officials and institutions should erase #X / #Twitter from their profiles. Drop #Starlink and #Tesla too. #Cdnpoli #USpoli.

Trump posted something blatantly racist? What a surprise | Arwa Mahdawi

Trump’s advisors told him he was going to be booed mercilessly, so he isn’t going this year and he’s canceling the F-22 flyover too.

Let’s not forget that we really have almost no idea at all about the ongoing Covid cases—the data is barely there now. They’re controlling the data, not the disease.

ICE now has an $85B annual budget—the highest-funded US law enforcement agency. Its agents operate in five Canadian cities. Constitutional law expert Kent Roach explains what this means for Canadian sovereignty and Charter rights. https://ow.ly/in6O50Yat2z

I signed!

I read somewhere 'The US isn't like the US because of Trump, Trump is like Trump because of the way the US is' and I really do think this explains why Trump's getting away with what he's getting away with.

Viola Desmond's story was forgotten for years until her sister Wanda Robson brought it back to light with Graham Reynolds. Today, Desmond's civil rights fight is known nationwide, and she is on our $10 bill. This is her story. 🧵 1/12

'I destroyed your childhood': BC grandfather jailed for sexually abusing his own granddaughter url:https://www.kelownanow.com/watercooler/news/news/Provincial/I_destroyed_your_childhood_BC_grandfather_jailed_for_sexually_abusing_his_own_granddaughter/

More background on this: One of the reasons skiers are taking precautions like masking is because some athletes have had post-viral illness or chronic fatigue. Source: fasterskier.com/2025/12/novi...

Revealed: Jeffrey Epstein set up £20K meeting between ex-Labour law chief and Yemini billionaire who wanted legal advice after his son 'raped and murdered Norwegian student' trib.al/2uFtaPE

🚨 HORRIBLE | Harrowing moments show the Israeli army blowing up the Kuwait Secondary School for Girls near the Indonesia Hospital in northern Gaza. The demolition was filmed and shared by an Israeli engineering battalion as a point of pride, openly boasting about the destruction.

Police seeking missing teen www.castanet.net/news/Pentict...

www.cbc.ca/news/world/m... Tragic! 😢

West Kelowna man sentenced to 3 years for sex assault, granted bail pending possible appeal www.castanet.net/news/West-Ke...

'It’s complete disrespect': Westside political leaders unite in call for province to hire more police officers www.castanet.net/news/West-Ke...

Trump posts racist video about the Obamas. Karoline Leavitt dismisses criticism as "fake outrage." Tim Scott calls it "the most racist thing I've seen out of this White House." White House deletes video. @ericalgj.bsky.social @bellakwai.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...

I don’t want to depress you all but the entire media and political class will have moved on from this latest Trump racist outburst by tomorrow, Monday at the very latest. He gets away with it every time - because he is allowed to get away with it, and because he floods the zone.

I'm old enough to remember when Poilievre's camp said an unknown staffer put all those misogynistic tags in his social media content. These unknown staffers sure do do stuff.

BREAKING: New reaction from Leader Jeffries to the racist Trump video: "This disgusting video posted by the so-called president was done intentionally. Fuck Donald Trump and his vile, racist, and malignant behavior. This guy is an unhinged bottom feeder."

Olympics officially begin as cauldrons lit at Milan Cortina www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/olymp...