Human rights and mega events don't mix.

We've known about Wasserman's connection to Epstein for years now. Maybe now folks will ask some hard questions regarding that relationship. www.sportandpolitics.de/the-epstein-...

"First Nations leaders are warning members to take extra precautions when travelling to the U.S. amid reports of ICE detentions and increased immigration enforcement, with some communities advising against non-essential travel altogether." globalnews.ca/news/1164410...

A 1906 film of George Dixon boxing with a fellow named Chester Leon for the mutoscope. Dixon of Halifax, NS, was the first Black champion of the world. How much of this bout is staged for the camera is difficult to say. What do you think of this knockdown?

ICE is on its way to the Olympics. In Italy. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Canada can't co-host FIFA 2026 with the USA and pretend that the event is in any way a boon to human rights. Our involvement was ill considered from the outset. At what point do we, as a nation, admit that these mega events are harmful and cease our complicity in those harms?

1/2 Really sad to hear about the passing of Kirsty Duncan. Considered her a friend. She didn't just help me understand the sport system, she was an important pillar of support when I was going through some tough times as an academic.

Didn't see that coming www.theguardian.com/football/202...

"Advocates say Coss's experience reflects a broader problem: Those who abuse the system are leaving people who actually need the seats shut out and, and nobody — including venues, ticketsellers or the government — is stepping up to solve the problem." www.cbc.ca/news/gopubli...

"As of Saturday evening, the family said they had still not heard from anyone at a federal law enforcement agency about their son’s death."

Exactly this. “First and foremost, post-secondary education has been chronically and increasingly underfunded over the past several decades, forcing universities to rely on increased tuition and other forms of revenue to make up for decreased public funding.”

"There are renewed calls in New Brunswick for an Indigenous-led inquiry into systemic racism in the justice system after the death of a Neqotkuk First Nation man who was shot by RCMP." globalnews.ca/news/1162104...

Neighborhood watch is taking on a new form in Minneapolis and other cities under occupation by federal immigration agents: ICE Watch. These folks, who're tailing federal agents as they make arrests, are passionate, determined, and just about everywhere—and ICE is getting frustrated.

Construction of Kentville, N.S., public housing to wrap up in 2027--30 apartments for roughly 100 people, including seniors and families. Construction will begin in the spring. #NovaScotia www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...

Here we go again.

Concerning that the Canadian government released its Sport Integrity Framework before the Future of Sport in Canada Commission published its final report.

He's telling folks what will happen if they give an inch on Greenland

Canada's Heated Rivalry's François Arnaud calls on NHL to embrace diversity #Canada Actor wants league referencing Heated Rivalry series on social media to 'back it up' in real life www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...

Yikes. "The parent company of Winnipeg spa Thermea has pulled a guest experience survey that asked what one customer says were 'highly inappropriate' questions, including one asking if immigration is a threat to 'the purity of the country.'" www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

George Paris of Truro, Nova Scotia, as he appeared before facing Joe Grim in 1908. Paris was working as an instructor at the Vancouver Athletic Club at the time of the bout. They fought 15 rounds to a draw at Recreation Park in North Vancouver, where a grandstand was erected for the occasion.

1976 Olympian Bryan Gibson of Kentville, Nova Scotia 🥊

Doing some prep for this week’s #HiddenHistory of #swont. Here’s a great line about #LakeErie: “Erie is a dull lake, like a person one meets in life, neither beautiful nor ugly, neither strong nor weak, neither good nor bad.” (Harper’s Magazine, June 1873) #onhist #cdnhist

Phew.

When Canada makes trade deals with extreme human rights abusers, we should probably question the government's commitment to upholding those same rights domestically. Are all human rights negotiable based on economic expediency?

Sounds like we might finally get a bit of snow tomorrow

"As thousands marched Saturday in Greenland to protest U.S. President Donald Trump’s renewed threats to take control of the island, about 825 kilometres away, dozens did the same in Nunavut’s capital." www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

Human rights are being increasingly ignored by nations, including Canada, that are flailing about to shore up new trade agreements in the shadow of Trump's destablizing regime. Not even a flimsy pretense of human rights commitment to be found.

Call for abstracts by Feb. 15: "Constructing & Resisting Erasure" is the theme of the 8th Critical Indigenous, Race and Feminist Studies Student Conference, hosted April 25 by the Racialized Students Academic Network (RSAN). Learn more at linktr.ee/cirfsconfere... or email [email protected].

Raymond Downey of Halifax greets local fans after winning 🥉 at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. He lost to Park Si-hun in the semis by dubious decision. Park won by worse decision over Roy Jones Jr. for 🥇. These Olympics were grim, marked by corruption, child abuse, internment camps, and mass displacement.

Breaking news: The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation alleging that they are impeding federal law enforcement officers’ abilities to do their jobs in the state.

40% of Americans approve of Trump's leadership to date 😬 apnews.com/article/poll...

"One thousand RCMP employees, past and present, allege that as new recruits applying for jobs they were subjected to "improper and invasive" breast, genital and rectal exams during mandatory medical screening" www.cbc.ca/news/investi...

In 1959, Yvon Durelle (dark trunks) of Baie-Sainte-Anne, New Brunswick, took on George Chuvalo for the Canadian heavyweight title. Durelle was 105 fights into his career and gave up 8 years and 24 lbs to Chuvalo. The bigger, younger Chuvalo knocked Durelle down four times and won by stoppage.

"ICE is doing nothing but making our communities less safe. They need to get out of Minnesota and leave us alone. To Indian Country – take care of each other, protect each other, and continue to have each other’s backs." - Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, White Earth Ojibwe ictnews.org/news/five-na...

"The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people."..(Martin Luther King, Jr.) .. (cartoon Dave Granlund) #quote

The NS government also claimed it was cracking down on Indigenous-run dispensaries due to links with human trafficking. The RCMP have since stated there is no basis for that claim. That the Houston government's numbers here are also inexplicable isn't surprising. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Canada at war with Russia? Why the debate has shifted from ‘if’ to ‘when’

Indigenous policy group releases AI and climate change reports By @mmughees.bsky.social

So many politicians say, "We follow the data." It serves to legitimize whatever stance they've taken up that day. But, data in the absence of theory and analysis, tells us very little. If we just "follow the data," we get lost.

There are very obvious similarities between the purpose and actions of ICE in America and the police/military units raised by authoritarian regimes all over the world.

"British Columbia’s human rights commissioner plans to tell the provincial government it should rewrite its laws and rules to more clearly protect the right of journalists to report on police enforcement activities" thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...

A piece of broccoli? One other thing? 🤦🏻

Brooke Rollins: "We've run over 1,000 simulations. It can cost around $3 a meal for a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing. So there is a way to do this that actually will save the average American consumer money."

OTD in 1888, John L. Sullivan sent a letter to the Boston Herald detailing his adventures abroad. He was infamous for ducking George Godfrey of Charlottetown, drawing the colour line time and again. In this letter, he contiuned to evade his top contender. * Maritime Boxing History on Facebook.

The world lost George Dixon today in 1908. The most important athlete to come out of Canada. Check out Maritime Boxing History on Facebook.

News reports from the 1950s rarely told us what boxers made for their efforts. Here is Keith Paris' contract to face Tony Veranis in 1957. Paris was from New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.

Interesting read. theconversation.com/were-the-us-...

Buddy Daye, a champion in and out of the ring. Few Nova Scotians gave so much to the province. He was a fighter and activist, very involved in the Black United Front and NS Human Rights Commission. He's now memorialized via a street and learning institute. He won the 🇨🇦 title in this 1964 fight.

Me, down here at the shore, watching to see how the FIFA boosters in Canada react to the FIFA Peace Prize winner abducting another head of state.