Quebec sovereignty is rooted in identity. Alberta separatism is rooted in grievance. Different stories. Same constraint. In both provinces, the median voter is not asking if independence is justified, but if it is safe. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/davidco...

Merry Christmas! www.thestar.com/interactives...

I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:

“In short, the package looks like a compromise that many Canadians can live with.” Even contentious elements generate ambivalence rather than outrage. open.substack.com/pub/davidco...

"There isn’t much race-based data for us to rely on. Canadian researchers extrapolate data about Black people from American reports — but that doesn’t always give the full story of the experience of Black Canadians." www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Mark Carney’s first major test? Most Canadians see the Canada–Alberta MOU as a pragmatic compromise, not a sellout. But risks remain — especially among younger and progressive voters. Dive into the data: davidcoletto.substack.com/p/canadians...

Hey all, The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships. Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits. You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.

My #HistoricalFiction roundup for @thestar.com includes titles by 4 Canadian women novelists: Donna Jones Alward, @annykchoi.bsky.social @cestima.bsky.social & Natalie Jenner. www.thestar.com/entertainmen... @houseofanansi.bsky.social @harpercollinsca.bsky.social @stmartinspress.bsky.social

Michelle Good on Thomas King www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

He always nails the moment. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

I wrote about the need for us to summon "cosy times" and my contrasting approaches to do so, which involve reading, knitting and deep immersion in Samurai films on @criterionchannl.bsky.social Just in time for that Toronto weather warning lads. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

I’ve got an article out in the Star today about the Thomas King issue:

@navneetalang.com Hearing you on CBC radios Day Six right now talking about nostalgia for those 6-second Vines - comparing them to the haiku ...

For the Star, I make the case for the condo/apartment as aspirational -- that the Canadian dream can also be an apartment in a dense neighbourhood and not, as is so often the case in this country, be taken to only ever mean a detached house. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

The @washingtonpost op-ed page on Friday, October 5, 2018

Happy pub day to our BEST CANADIAN 2026 anthologies! We have an exciting lineup of upcoming events, starting with tonight's launch of BEST CANADIAN STORIES in Vancouver at Upstart & Crow!

So lucky to be sitting at Souvankham Thammavongsa's table as she won her much deserved Giller Prize tonight www.thestar.com/entertainmen...

I'm very happy to say that I'll I soon start writing a weekly column for @thestar.com, where I began my journalism career [redacted] years ago as a winter intern. I was on the copy desk, and my first headline was "Christmas trees find new life as wood chips."

For the Toronto Star, I spoke with JOHN IRVING about being an outsider, finding the plot, his friendship with @stephenking.bsky.social & much more. His 16th novel, QUEEN ESTHER, is out now. #books #booksky #writers #writinglife www.thestar.com/entertainmen...

Thank you Blue Jays! You united us with your positivity and your resilience just when we needed it most. Thank you! We'll be there for you next year! ⚾️⚾️⚾️

Oh, please please please Kirk! ⚾️⚾️⚾️

I AM NOT BUILT FOR THIS! ⚾️⚾️⚾️ GO JAYS!

I wrote about loving the post office and how we are losing our personhood. Thanks to my son Cúán who rapped this topic out with me And calls me a loom breaker. And is extremely funny. And @debdundas.bsky.social my editor www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Thanks to @stephenmarche.bsky.social for this one: "Why poke the bear? If you’re dealing with a ranting meth-addled lunatic on the subway, the correct plan is to engage as little as possible." www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Well, my exclusive interview with the head of the Louvre was timely and untimely at the same moment. Here's a gift link: www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

BLUE JAYS TO THE WORLD SERIES!!!!

Oh God. I don't know if I can watch the top of the 9th.

Holy crap. Springer!!

To end up on a joyful note. These kids are fine musicians. The dog is at least part ham.

John Irving wrote a piece for us: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

for the @thestar.com, I tackle the toughest issue facing our trembling planet: the escalation of rudeness and crudeness in sports. LET’S GO BLUE JAYS www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

I also added @toughcitywriter.bsky.social and @jenstden.bsky.social to my Canadian #Authors & Writers starter pack. go.bsky.app/5WRVxzT

the other day I walked past Independence Hall--where America was basically invented. it's closed now. I wrote about the thudding symbolic heft of tourists milling about a shuttered landmark, for the @thestar.com www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Holy hell these Blue Jays are making me so happy today. The joy of doing something great together and BELIEVING. Go Jays!

America has all-dressed potato chips now. for the @thestar.com I dared to ask: can the Yankee mind comprehend the "tout-garnie" lifestyle? www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...

Jane Goodall’s 5 reasons why we should be hopeful in the face of ecological disaster | @thestar.com file from 2023 www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

When "pathological" becomes an excuse: thanks, @johnsemley3000.bsky.social www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

So impressed with what @mrdavebyrne.bsky.social is doing at Royal Court Theatre centring writers, creating community and the new initiative for playwriting in schools. Do any UK based teachers follow me? Would love to share info on the schools initiative. 🚨❤️

Having a great Saturday breakfast at Smitty's in Peterborough. Bunch of hockey kids playing 'guess the player.' One kid says "he was born in the nineteen hundreds". I feel so old.

Yukon Commissioner Adeline Webber just announced that Ione Christensen, Yukon legend, has died. The post doesn't mention her age, but if she wasn't 100 yet, she was close to it.

My latest opinion piece in the Toronto Star www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Re-upping my conversation with the intrepid @ejeancarroll.bsky.social with the excellent news today of yet another appeals court upholding the previous 83.3M settlement for defamation. Pay up, deadbeat Donny.

Denmark to end book tax to encourage people to read

Strong argument by @cwhitzman.bsky.social for why we need stronger rent control and tenant protection - so people don't buy just for security of tenure.

This is awesome: a "WKRP in Cincinnati" fan created a three-hour Johnny Fever radio block, by using clips from the TV show and dropping in the full songs on his intros and outros, plus commercials and Les Nessman news breaks.

Along with male loneliness and ageing…today I have solved heatwaves in @thestar.com Thanks to my glorious and patient editor @debdundas.bsky.social www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Anakana Schofield ‪@anakanaschofield.bsky.social‬ always makes me laugh - even in the middle of a heat wave. Here's her latest for @thestar.com www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Is there someone at the White House who takes a look at the Oval Office and then, like Christopher Walken on SNL, determines it "Needs more gold?"