That anyone would ask this question drives me bonkers. Signalling is part of every turn, every lane change, every time you pull over. It should be an automatic reflex. (Alas, it is not.) www.theglobeandmail.com/drive/cultur...

Scarborough Southwest memories.

Truly nutterball that the city has shut down the DVP on a day they’ve also approved a 10k run down Yonge.

The problem with the Ontario NDP is that they haven't had a leadership race since 2009. The problem with the Ontario Liberals is whatever this is... www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Bad business move to take out a hot player fans are actually tuning in to watch during a nasty stretch. But bad baseball, too; left-righty lunacy. I love Davis Schneider but he could use a little time to work things out in Buffalo again. Pinango's better at getting to both L&R pitching right now.

IMPORTANT BLUE JAYS NEW FOOD ITEM: Kaz-adilla

Nate E-S got 46.59% in the last Ontario Liberal leadership election… certainly interesting how hand’s off the party is being about his attempt to get a riding nomination now. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

The Independent with this blunder yesterday. "Two-thirds of Gen Z adults are unaware VE Day marks the end of the Second World War, a new poll has revealed." web.archive.org/web/20260506...

National Arts Centre 2026-2027 line-up looks great - and, yes, I am biased! So proud of playwright Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman having both her Stratford Festival and NAC debut this year with The King James Bible Play. #wifeguy www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/stag...

Jeremy Hansen's on @tlmep.bsky.social Sunday.

Huh, so The Times falsely quoted the Canadian leader of the opposition as saying: "If these turncoats have any shred of integrity left, they should resign their seats tonight and run in a by-election tomorrow.” Wild. archive.is/Fu3md

What drives me most nuts about Doug Ford's Toronto meddling is its escalating incoherence. Building a subway from Ontario Place to the Ontario Science Centre... then moving the OSC to OP. Now filling in the lake next to OP to land jets near your spa tourism destination? spacing.ca/toronto/2026...

I break down the saga of separatists, voter list abuse and an ever-spiralling mess that's emerged on today's Front Burner pod. The FB team NAILED the episode's title. www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...

Apparently, the actor Sarah McVie - best known as Valerie Szalinsky on CBC's Workin' Moms - is running for mayor of Toronto. mayormcvie.ca

Can I be totally honest here? I don't really get what local council elections are in the UK. Are they, like, annual coordinated but staggered municipal elections? www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

This is so good. Love the chats about Montreal bands that you don't hear much about (ie. The Gruesomes) and the weird gift of a giant magnet of her Dawson College ID.

Just stumbled across a video of MrBeast reading the harshest reviews of S1 of Beast Games.

Bell Media reported on Q1 2026 today and it was Crave’s most-watched quarter in the service’s history. "The streamer has reached 4.74 million subscribers, up 25% year-over-year (YOY)." playbackonline.ca/2026/05/07/b...

If I were to give one note to Bell Media's Crave re: their originals, it would be to make more episodes available to review ahead of launch - and earlier. Canadian shows are at a disadvantage when critics have to base reviews on two episodes vs full series/a bunch for acquired HBO shows.

Fun fact: The original Bon Cop, Bad Cop movie in 2006 was produced by Kevin Tierney (who passed away in 2018). His son, of course, is Jacob Tierney, creator of Heated Rivalry - the Crave original alongside which the Bon Cop, Bad Cop TV series now streams.

I'm stunned Maclean's let J.J. McCullough use the anniversary of the Lapu-Lapu Day attack as the peg for a recycling of his ahistorical and ignorant screed against Canada having two official languages. macleans.ca/politics/off...

“While local TV stations also had reruns, TBS was the first to supersize the idea and nationalize it with two- and three-hour blocks... a trip down memory lane for boomers was how kids of the 1980s first got into shows like Gilligan’s Island, Get Smart, and The Andy Griffith Show.”

My latest Survivor recap with @amberdowling.bsky.social is up, too. I loved last night’s episode - which I have dubbed Ozzy-Pus Rex. Pure Sophocles in Fiji. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...

Bilingual buddy cop series Bon Cop, Bad Cop is now streaming on Crave. Pour marquer l'événement, voici une Q&A bilingue avec le créateur et star Patrick Huard. A Globe first? Peut-être! www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...

Been a good string of Survivor 50 episodes.

Tough competition, but the MAHA stuff may be the most unhinged part of this era in the US. (Every province in Canada bans tanning salons from admitting under-18s or under-19s.)

Great Andrew Coyne column. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Foreign actors exploiting Alberta separatist debate to stoke discord, researchers. "We’re kind of sleepwalking into this referendum." (Yup.) chttps://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-alberta-separation-being-targeted-by-foreign-actors-seeking-to-stoke/

I got a little star-struck interviewing Cush Jumbo as she passed through Toronto a couple weeks back. Her conflicted cop show Criminal Record is back on Apple for a second season. I would watch a few more seasons of her and Peter Capaldi doing this. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...

Gonna check back in on the Jays in June I think.

Was very happy to hear that Jordan Tannahill had won outstanding play at the Lortels yesterday, though. Kept hoping Prince F would pop up on a Toronto 26-27 playbill. (I guess Buddies is still to come.) www.theatermania.com/news/mexodus...

I didn't realized how seriously I had disconnected from Broadway news until the Tony noms. Daniel Radcliffe is doing Every Brilliant Thing there? Rose Byrne's in a Noel Coward? www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/t...

A great GG pick. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

The hyper- prefix makes it seem like a 90s, early-web throwback but the concept as described seems to fit the times.

Social networks have eluded responsibility for what is posted on them due to the internet's original sin of Section 230 deeming them not to be "publishers"... We can't let tech companies of the hook with AI. They must be held responsible for their lies. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/musi...

A detail I didn’t know: “The Herald entered the Epstein series for a Pulitzer Prize that year, but it was not a finalist. Alan Dershowitz … who helped broker Epstein’s original deal, wrote a letter to the Pulitzer committee that year, urging them not to honor Brown’s work.” share.inquirer.com/THMiUZ

Just learned FAQ needs no translation in French. It stands for "foire aux questions" instead of "frequently asked questions". I assume this is a backronym?

On X and Instagram, @markcritch.bsky.social has announced that the upcoming season of Son of a Critch on CBC will be the last: "We’re heading back to 1992 - the year I graduated high school... And since it’s the last year of high school, it will also be our final chapter."

If you're looking for the Lord of the Flies miniseries getting rave reviews on Netflix in the US right now, CBC has the rights in Canada and it will be on Gem later this year TBA.

Ça sent la coupe! Go Habs go!

Looking for something to watch on TV tonight (not sports)? I have some suggestions, one free to watch worldwide, two free to watch in Canada. Gift link: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/e60f469...

If only the Blue Jays had a catcher who could hit to take Heineman’s spot there with the bases loaded…

I think part of the reason I cringe at many (non-emergency) crowdfunding is that I grew up with socials. Throw a party in a Legion, I’m there for you.

Liberal MPs have been playing playing passive, coy & cagey w their real island airport feelings, but they’re deeply implicated - even making concrete expansion plans! I go thru some of them in my @thestar.com column today & why they owe Torontonians some honest loyalty. They could stop it today.

Gotta love this. www.wivb.com/news/local-n...

Justin Trudeau is signing copies of Heated Rivalry in Australia for some reason.

So good.

Is chess back big time or do I just have a child interested in chess?

Yo! What demon hath the Raptors befriended…

A look at the Jays from April of last year to April of this year. As meek as they've been to start the season, the 2025 Blue Jays were just a tad bit worse.