I'm so old that I remember that whenever there was an election, a list of all of your neighbours and their occupations was posted on a telephone pole. You were supposed to look at it and make sure you were on the voters' list. It was a great way to find out what your neighbour did for a living.

Rideau Canal, Ottawa - November 15, 2025 This November has definitely been on the cooler side.

Tax historian here on why the IEEPA does not permit the president to impose a whole new tariff regime. A 🧵 with guinea pigs, no. 14 sugar, and secondhand rope. Canadian illustrations #cdnhist #tariffs I'm responding to this: Katyal for biz, Sauer for Trump www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...

The downside of the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle being available Saturday evening is that I need to find one more thing to do on Sunday morning.

Leopards and faces.

Chilly morning walk at Mud Lake, Ottawa

Ashamedly, I had forgotten about this tragedy in my wife’s hometown on this date in 2020. It was at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and perhaps that’s why my memory filtered it out. There was a lot to process that year. There are EU countries, and there are EU countries.

(carnival music)

LATER... "Wh- where am I?" "Welcome. I am St. Peter. And these, the Gates of Heaven." "You mean I-" "You did. What is your name, my child, that I may find you in the Book of Life?" "Officer Johnson." "Let's see... Janson, Johansson.... Oh dear." "Is there a prob-" "Get thee into the Hellivator."

“Entries in Lima's diary, which was also seized, described "how much she loved killing things with her feet and the pleasure that it brought to her," he said.” Mice, kittens, rabbits, hamsters, birds… Nice folks. Glad to see they are in custody.

The never MENSA call is up in #Quesnel for this evening. There will also be a show of the worst vehicles in town, a collection of F Trudeau/Carney folks and the ones that didn't know ostriches are raised for meat, NOT as pets! It will be a gathering of "I made bad life choices" people tonight!

This has been a disturbing trial to follow. The young boy currently on the stand seems to be holding up well. I‘m always hesitant to put myself in the place of a judge, as I haven’t heard all of the evidence, but this case looks pretty solid for manslaughter. Murder might be a stretch.

She wasn't wrong. "She uses the graphic, a pyramid that lists several dozen statements or actions, to illustrate how some forms of white supremacy are overt but others might be covert and “part of our daily lives that we don’t really consider.”" MAGA cancel culture.

Dr. Axworthy has been a staunch supporter of refugee rights and was immigration minister under Pierre Trudeau and, later, under Chretien. I had the honour to speak to him today at an event in Ottawa. He is quite correct in saying that the US is no longer a safe country for refugees to return to.

I'm sure it wouldn't be surprising to find out this Godly man and his wife have been accused by all three of their children of abuse, with the middle child running away as a teenager to get away from them.

At a book launch for Hearts of Freedom, a comprehensive study of the Indochinese refugee movement to Canada. Lloyd Axworthy was one of the immigration ministers charged with managing the crisis. He remains active and is a strong voice for refugee resettlement.

A classy bunch of guys. Really? Boo at a Remembrance Day ceremony? Good on the Legion for calling them out.

"No matter that every Democrat in the House of Representatives wants to release the files while all but a few Republicans are opposed because of their devotion to Trump. In Leavitt’s black mirror, it’s the Republicans who are champions of transparency."

Impossible when he can't see his reflection.

"Look, I get it: you don't like being crushed beneath the heel of marauding nomadic warriors. Hey, newsflash: I don't like doing it. But have you met my little brother Phineas? Trust me, you'd beg me to come back in a *New York minute* if that freak-ass psycho took over." ~ Genghis Khan, 1192

It’s all a matter of perspective.

Criminal Convoyer Cries Over Incarceration #FAFO 😭 #CdnPoli 🇨🇦

Confederation Square a couple of hours after the ceremony

Lest we forget. The telegram received by my grandparents almost 82 years ago, informing them of the death of their 20 year old son.

One of my cousins, Isabella McGrath, had three sons who were killed in active service in World War Two. Robert (aged 23) and Dennis (25) perished a few months apart while serving with the RCAF, and James (20) was lost at sea while serving with the Royal Canadian Navy.

From the evil place.

Andre Picard is one of the best informed journalists covering medical issues. He is bang on in this opinion piece.

I so wish that people would learn what 'literal' and 'literally' mean. Literally.

Yay! More extrajudicial killings! This is one person - among many, I admit - I would like to see held accountable for his actions in the future.

This must bring such a warm feeling to the anti-vaccination crowd.

Sarkozy’s lawyer: “He’s a strong, robust and courageous man and this detention has caused him great suffering.” He has been in prison for three weeks.

Good morning, Ottawa!

We saw this gem of a movie this afternoon in Ottawa. Great story, and great insight into pre-contact Inuit society, spirituality, and social customs. The Inuit and other Indigenous communities were well-represented - there were a few moments where the Inuktitut dialog was apparently quite funny.

The denial is strong over on the Canadian Conservative subreddit.

"The White House did not immediately reply to a request for comment on whether the president was aware that the report he shared was fictional."

And so it begins. Actually, I expect that this first snowfall will be gone by midweek. A reminder that winter is not far away...

“Every time I travel to the United Kingdom with President Trump and am forced to watch the BBC in our hotel rooms, it ruins my day listening to their blatant propaganda and lies about the president of the United States and all that he’s doing to make America better and the world a safer place.”

Any guesses as to the next cause that they’ll be drawn to? “One woman wrote that she saw her children’s faces on the ostriches’ bodies. Another wondered who among them would join in a class-action lawsuit against the government for “mental and emotional trauma.””

An excerpt from 🇨🇦’s Immigration Act (1952), detailing some of the classes of persons who were inadmissible to Canada. While it seems outrageous to us today, ”Idiots, imbeciles and morons” were actually the accepted terms at the time to describe different degrees of developmental delay.

The contempt the city has shown for this expensive and genuinely impressive piece of art it bought and proudly installed is just perfectly symbolic of how it treats both the public realm and its own investments. ottawacitizen.com/news/artist-...

Whaddya know…

They made him an offer he couldn’t refuse.

Dosey Don at his finest. So much for sleepy Joe.

Very disappointing.

Skipped my daily swim for a little yard work - with the eventual object of getting the garage organized enough to fit the car inside by Saturday evening. Still no snow tires on the car. Maybe tomorrow, but I have every expectation that this first snowfall will be a sloppy wet mess in a few days.

THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE STAFF "I think it could be very challenging for parliamentarians to review each and every one of these proposals.”