Tim Weiner's short NYT obituary manages to convey both the horror and impact of what Ames did and also why it was the result of a dreadful culture at Langley at the time:

NEW: A podcaster accused of harassing a former AHS director said he was hired by an Edmonton lawyer, court docs show. That lawyer has ties to Sam Mraiche, who owns companies at the centre of Alberta's procurement controversy. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By @tuthanhha.bsky.social

An important but forgotten figure from the days of Quebec separatist terrorism. He never had the high profile of other FLQ members but Pierre-Paul Geoffroy who died recently in obscurity was behind a major wave of bombings in 1968-1969. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Cuba needs approximately 100,000 barrels of oil per day to function but produces just two-fifths of that.

Simply incredible. 6-minutes of airline safety disguised as a soap opera. m.youtube.com/watch?v=2UkT...

So much better than the super cheesy maple syrupy Air Canada safety videos.

Street ceilidh.

"In her years of quiet devotion and in the dignity with which she endured so much, Giménez was a rare blaze of grace and humility in an ever-darker, ever-crueller world. That (and not Monkey Christ) was her legacy" Such a beautiful piece by @swajones.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Legendary salsa. Live at the Cheetah Club, 1971. Quítate Tú. Fania All-Stars (from Our Latin Thing documentary) www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cvE...

Edgar Allan Poe really ruined it for anyone who just wants to show their bitter enemy something cool in a catacomb.

found the dust jacket photo online, but my copy is old, and the book is so beautifully written... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind,_S...

Great news for francophile book lovers: An illustrated edition of Saint-Exupery's Terre des hommes. Whichever version you can get, I recommend. A sweeping, lyrical ode to 1930s aviation pioneers risking their lives delivering air mail over the Sahara and the Andes.

‘My target was just to take the gun’: wounded hero Ahmed al-Ahmed speaks of saving lives at Bondi beach

More on the genius of the Asterix translations by Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge (the “rather, old fruit” exchange is one of my favourite gags) auntymuriel.com/2012/12/23/a...

I guess it makes a difference if you meet him in person. Two contrasting opinions on Victor Wembanyama. First, this piece by a writer who looks from afar: I can't relate to Wemby, he's too tall...

Like I’d be anonymous about something like this. It would be a waste of good copy.

Apollo 8 December 24, 1968 Anders: Oh my God! Look at that picture over there! There's the Earth coming up. Wow that's pretty. Borman: Hey don't take that, it's not scheduled [laughs]
 A: You got a color film, Jim. Hand me that roll of color quick...
 Lovell: Oh man, that's great! 64/n

Unexpected Canadian angle while watching Korean cooking show. #CulinaryClassWars #CanCon

Pep Guardiola is essentially an Asian parent.

On Dasher, on Prancer … sorry, I’ve got Christmas on the mind. This is actually a late 2nd-early 3rd c. imperial cameo (once owned by Rubens) which may depict the deified Empress Julia Domna as the goddess Luna or Dea Syria. Note how the horns of the bulls form crescents. 🏺 1/ #BritishMuseum 📸 me

The free extensions provide functions such as VPN routing to safeguard online privacy and ad blocking, though an examination of their underlying code tells a much more complicated story.

On the passing of much-loved TSN correspondent Michael Whalen. montrealgazette.com/sports/hocke...

If you can't read French, use Google Translate and check out this great story about driver license test cheating. Driving school is alleged to have fit wannabe drivers with hidden earbuds to supply them with answers during the written exam. For the road test there was an accomplice who was lenient.

Ces élèves, ou leur instructeur de l’école Réflex, se touchaient bizarrement les oreilles avant d’entrer. Car c’est là que se cachait la clé de leur succès : de petits écouteurs sans fil de type AirPods, dans lesquels un complice leur soufflait les réponses. lp.ca/nuOe0m?shari...

Apparently the Carney government keeps using British spelling in official documents and Canadian English enthusiasts are not happy about it www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

When you do stuff in a haste but still create classic tracks. "My Funny Valentine" Miles Davis – trumpet Paul Chambers – double bass Red Garland – piano Philly Joe Jones – drums Album: Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1956, recording: Rudy Van Gelder) www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3lY...

Jacques Nadeau was one of the great news photographers in Quebec. The article about his death highlights this iconic shot...

A brief history of the cinematic future. www.pbump.net/o/the-cinema...

Québec veut empêcher des journalistes de se présenter sans avocat devant la Commission d’accès à l’information.

Of the Canadians detained during this period, some 44 per cent had no criminal records or pending charges against them, The Globe has found. The detainees include four children ranging in age from under two years old to about 16 years old.

My obituary for Frank Gehry: www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/art-and...

Canadian angle alert: a tangential segment about an affair with Glenn Gould.

"When Dawn Sturgess was given a bottle of perfume by her partner Charlie Rowley, she couldn't have known it contained enough military-grade nerve agent to kill thousands of people."

Steve Cropper, who co-wrote classics including "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" and "In the Midnight Hour" during his years playing guitar at the legendary Stax Records in Memphis, has died. He was 84. n.pr/48zf0gD

To get to host next year's World Cup games, Toronto and Vancouver had to agree to enforce trademark rights for FIFA and its sponsors in a 2-km-wide radius around each venue. Bylaw officers will patrol streets watching for signs of trademark infringement. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Anyone remembers how Quebec comedian André-Philippe Gagnon appeared on The Tonight Show 30 years ago and smashed it with his impressions of 17 different singers appearing in We Are The World? Starts at 5:55 www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh4p...

i’m so happy for him

I think Lisa Fitterman is the only journalist who's interviewed the legendary mobster Gerry Matticks so it's fitting she wrote his obit. The youngest of 14 siblings from Goose Village. Cops were so desperate to nab him they planted evidence -- and got caught. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Vietnamese food has a concept I don't often see in western cuisine - "ngán." It's translated as being bored but applies when your palate is dulled by the sameness in texture, taste. We want our food to hit different notes. A bánh mì is simultaneously soft and crunchy, spicy and cool, fatty and sour.

NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

[talkSPORT] ‘I was trying not to laugh’ – Hannah Hampton tossed Spain goalkeeper’s notes into crowd before Euro final shootout

J'ai décidé de créer la page Wikipédia de Madeleine Poulin qui, contrairement à plusieurs de ses ex-collègues, comme Pierre Nadeau et Simon Durivage, n'en avait pas (sans commentaire). Merci de faire vivre cette fiche et d'y contribuer si vous le pouvez. fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madelei...

A Secret Defined Her Life. She Had No Idea. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...

Thomas King, the award-winning Canadian-American author of such books as the 2020 novel Indians on Vacation and 2012’s The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America, is not part Cherokee, as he long assumed himself to be. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...

Covering courts via video and defendant is also online. Judge asks him to turn on his camera. "Uh, I'm in bed," the man says. That's not how you'll appear before me, judge says. Orders him to get up "and get dressed." Minutes later, clerk asks him to keep camera off until he's getting dressed.

Musique de nuit. J.S. Bach: BWV 1056: II. Largo www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe40...

Are you using Gmail? If so, you may not be aware that you've been automatically OPTED IN to allow Gmail to access all your private messages & attachments to train AI models. To OPT OUT you need to manually turn off Smart Features in the Setting menu in TWO locations

Roman bronze dragon’s head standard, AD 190-260. Originally mounted on a pole, with a long fabric tube attached to the back of the head. When charging on horseback, the wind inflated the tube and the dragon shrieked! Niederbieber fort. Landesmuseum Koblenz. 📷 me #RomanFortThursday #Archaeology