Kudos to Norway for winning bronze, but pretty soon we're gonna have to figure out what's up with our hockey program. (I think exorbitant costs + lower incomes are keeping good athletes away.) Not a good run this year. Hope we bounce back in the World Juniors.

No idea how the #Habs scratch Xhekaj again. They're losing every pick battle...the one of the battlers is in the press box. Can't win with the peripheral guys that are great in the season. Need warriors with grit.

Visit Steelcitymusic.ca #hamontevents #hamont #music

The intros to the #Habs games are just incredible. That torch tradition is awesome. Hard not to get tingles from that. Definitely the best in the league...maybe in all of sports. #NHLplayoffs

Lionel Conacher was one of the greatest athletes in Canadian history. Two Stanley Cups, a Grey Cup, he is in four different Hall of Fames including the Hockey Hall of Fame. Plus he served in the Ontario Legislature and in Parliament. youtube.com/shorts/KBHpg...

On this day in 1912, Jay Silverheels was born at the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario. A gifted lacrosse player and actor, he became famous as Tonto in The Lone Ranger TV show. Learn more in my Deep Dive 👇 canadaehx.com/2022/02/26/j...

Riding out the storm here at Six Nations' Powless Arena - home to the best fries in Ontario Lacrosse. (Also getting to watch an exciting and intense U11 game between Hamilton & Six Nations, as I wait for my kid's U17 game. #Lacrosse is by far the most entertaining kids sport, and it's not close.)

Great win by the #Habs. Gotta like these #Sabres tho. Awesome fans who deserve the success. Hard to cheer against them! Great job, #Buffalo!

Update: Was alerted to signing up for NLL+, now streaming the game free!

So the #NLL finals are happening here in #HamOnt, with the Rock vs. Halifax. BUT, I'm at my kid's #lacrosse practice. Can I find this game on TSN to stream? No. Can I listen to the game on the radio? No. Unless I pay for another dumbass steaming service, no deal. Great way to grow the game.

Carney announces environment to be eliminated as cost-cutting measure

In 4 rounds of the #OHL playoffs the the losing teams won a total of 10 games. That includes 8 sweeps. Not sure what the solution is, but that's not competitive and, aside from ONE series (Eastern Conference Final between Brantford & Barrie) that went 7 games, it's not entertaining.

This is my semi-yearly reminder to cities in Ontario, particularly @cityofhamilton.bsky.social , that the Pelham Meridian Arena and Community Centre should be used as a quasi-template for any new rec centre construction. Place is a gem. A mix of old-school fan friendliness and efficiency.

Loblaws credits record profits to “raising prices on things humans need to live”

The #Habs are rolling in the playoffs with players the #Leafs would never touch - Anderson, Bolduc, Xhekaj, Newhook, Kirby Dach, etc Being gritty, tough, and Canadian generally keeps you off the Leafs' scouts radar.

Still seems dodgy that the #Leaf the lottery, but when they pick Gavin McKenna, I sure hope they say: 'From Penn State AND the Medicine Hat Tigers, Gavin McKenna."

“We’re calling bullshit: we say the real conspiracy is all the corporations and people profiting by how far everything is away from us and how we need the car for everything.” @urbantruth.bsky.social @brenttoderian.bsky.social debunking the myths about 15 minutes cities youtu.be/Dfp1yxwuWiE?si…

CEO pay rose 20 times faster than worker pay in 2025, per Oxfam. Overall, global worker pay declined 12% between 2019 and 2025 — while CEO pay rose 54% during the same time. Trickle-down economics was always a sham. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

This pisses me off - and another reason to hate shopping at Walmart. Outright deception. I bought this because my local Longos was out of Good Leaf spinach. A Canadian flag for "packed in Canada", then a ghosted "Prodict of USA". I wouldn't have bought it if I noticed that.

I distinctly remember hearing the announcement that the Blues were moving to Saskatoon on CKOC radio here in Hamilton.

Many great hockey teams have called Saskatchewan home, but the province has never had an NHL team. That almost changed in the 1980s when the St. Louis Blues nearly moved to Saskatoon before the NHL put a stop to it. This is the story. 📸 CTV 🧵 1/8

Hello, United States of America!?!? Is anyone actually there?!?? We aren't seeing many signs of intelligent life over there anymore. But we need you to do something. Your leader is loose again; may want to get him into a cage. ..for everyone's benefit. Thanks, Rest of Planet

Sundin: “Don’t worry, I’m used to propping up inept teammates in Toronto”

These look like snow flurries here in Ancaster/ #HamOnt. For some reason, I thought it was May.

Dear #NLL - Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, kills the ezcient and intensity ofa game like these nonstop fucking reviews. Kill the basketball element and get on with it. (Thousands have flipped back to the #Habs OT intermission.)

Man, what an opening period. Playoff hockey is so awesome. #Habs look good! Now for some #NLL playoff lacrosse during the intermission! (No country has better national sports than we do. Not even close.)

If true, this sucks. Always look forward to this tournament over the holidays. A great complement to the World Juniors. Great hockey in a super cool barn. Hope Hockey Canada fixes this. #SpenglerCup www.tsn.ca/hockey-canad...

Welp, guess that's it for the #Oilers. Geee, wonder if this will be the off season that they get a goalie?! Guess 5th times a charm, eh? What a waste of a generational talent.

I generally don't bother with those....but the rule changes (not necessarily the playoff-format changes) really piss me off - so this earned my share! #CFL c.org/t7zHcBzRSc

The First Canadian Football Drafts Today is draft day in the CFL. Here's a look back at the 1953 Canadian football draft held by the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union. #cfl canadianfootballhistory.ca/2025/04/29/t...

#vintagehockey #whalers

From CBC News: Canadian detained by ICE for 6 months says he's an 'indefinite' prisoner, has no idea when he'll get out. 58 Canadians are being held by ICE. Avoid all nonessential travel to the United States.

"I went to the White House and a US public school broke out."

I've been watching hockey for a long time. I cannot wrap my head around every...single...team burning 40 seconds on EVERY powerplay just getting the puck across the blue line. Dump the goddamn puck in and go get it.

A bitter damp day in massive Gore Park Community Outreach food line. I’ve met new guests already today who are homeless including seniors who are so frail it’s heartbreaking, people in wheelchairs who are shivering, and young people who are low on hope. We must do better #Onpoli

Fuck Doug Ford. Maybe even conservative Ontarians will see what an idiot this guy is and vote his MPs out.

Okay, I've been a pretty big fan of the Iran-AI Lego propaganda efforts, but this latest one is brilliant...on so many levels. This entire campaign should become part of post-secondary poli-sci studies. vt.tiktok.com/ZS925gPuB/

People from Kashechewan have been evacuated from their homes for months because of bad water. Neskantaga FNation has gone 30 plus years without drinking water. Is Prime Minister Mark Carney going to use Indigenous funds to build Suncor a pipeline? That's fucked. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

The voice of my childhood. Felt like losing an uncle when he died. Was in our living room every Saturday night!

Just flipped it to Power & Politics on #CBC. They started playing a video from Pierre Polievre. As usual, a smug retort to Carney's address. Couldn't handle more than 5 seconds...had to change it. He is so annoying. #cdnpoli

Man, the #Habs look slick. They move the puck so quickly.

Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.

Just putting this out there due to current inconvenience. Push-button ignition - without ability to use manual key - is THE stupidest ever. We've jumped the shark with tech. A convenience that's massively more inconvenient than a manual key.

Okay...this can't be real, right? Tell me it's not real.

Tried to flip to the #NLL game and there was a Hamilton Forge FC soccer game on. As expected, it was 0-0 in front of what looked to be 300 rain-soaked people. Thankfully, #lacrosse is on now. (There'll be more shots on goal in the first 10 minutes in this than the entire soccer game, I'd bet.)

The more I see and hear from @avilewis.ca , the more hopeful I am for actual progress and the return of the NDP to solid competitor. Won't happen over night, but the trajectory so far is good.

Prime minister of Canada Carney and Finnish President Stubb proving one needs more than diplomatic skills in northern international relations :-) (make Canada a Nordic country already :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXFq...

Humble Premier buys private jet second-hand