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The NWSL is back this week!🙌 With more Canadians than ever in the league, fans of the #CanWNT will have plenty of reasons to tune in to matches in 2026📺 @AlexGangueRuzic makes a ranking of the teams Canadians will be keeping a closest eye on👀 READ👉onesoccer.ca/a/which-nwsl-t…

If we could just raise sea levels by 150 meters we get a backup Strait of Hormuz

Abraham Toro homers, Cal Quantrill pitches 5 innings of 1-run ball to secure the Pool A win for Team Canada! #WorldBaseballClassic

Your #WorldBaseballClassic Pool A winner: Team Canada 🇨🇦

OPINION | Media needs to be better when it comes to covering the difficult issues in hockey cbc.ca/9.7111644

🧵regarding Lord of the Rings - related traumatic injuries, and whether access to modern Level 1 trauma centers could have decreased morbidity and mortality within the Fellowship. Here we will take a more evidence-based approach to some of the injuries in Middle Earth (1/ )

Good thing Congress isn't alive to see this.

This edit is so iconic that nothing can beat this 😭

Maclean's approached me about writing a personal essay as an Albertan about secession and my opposition to it. It was published today 👇 macleans.ca/politics/i-don…

As a Calgarian living in no-right-on-red Washington, DC, it is fantastic! It's cut my interactions w/vehicles in marked crosswalks by about 90%. Still happens here, but I'd deal w/close calls routinely back home. #yyc #yyccc #DMV #DC

@brent_bellamy As a Calgarian living in no-right-on-red Washington, DC, it is fantastic! It's cut my interactions w/vehicles in marked crosswalks by about 90%. Still happens here, but I'd deal w/close calls routinely back home. Drivers are looking for other vehicles, not peds or cyclists.

My column today: If we want neighbourhoods to be walkable and vibrant, people need to feel safe walking and biking. The 1970’s law allowing right turns on red lights prioritizes vehicles over safety. Many cities are considering banning it in urban areas. winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/analys…

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Canadians in #Mexico: Violence and roadblocks are occurring in #Jalisco State. A shelter-in-place order is in effect in Puerto Vallarta. If you’re in Jalisco State, keep a low profile and follow advice of local authorities. More info: #security" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">travel.gc.ca/destinations/m…

You are absolutely allowed to leave Canada. You just can’t take a chunk of it with you. As for the constitution, it’s true: it’s very hard to change. Too hard. That needs to change — for everybody’s sake. The country needs a better amending formula — one that is based on the consent of the people, not the consent of the premiers. But whatever formula is chosen, it can never be the case that one part of the country can impose constitutional changes on the rest of the country merely by voting on it — or legislating it. It’s wrong, and unconstitutional, when the government of Quebec does it, or purports to. And it’s just as wrong when the government of Alberta does it. Or purports to. Constitutional change, of any kind, can only be the result of a broad consensus across the country. That’s especially true of the kind of constitutional change that would be required to break up the country. A final point, which has been made a thousand times, but it seems needs to be made a thousand more: equalization is not unfair to Alberta. It’s a screwed-up, dysfunctional, politicized program that doesn’t actually equalize. But it’s not paid for by Alberta, and it’s not an interprovincial revenue-sharing program. It’s a federal spending program paid for by federal taxpayers. Even as federal taxpayers, Albertan’s don’t pay into it disproportionately. They face exactly the same schedule of tax rates as taxpayers in the rest of the country. The people who pay disproportionately for it are richer people. They’re supposed to: that’s how a progressive income tax works. All these feverish calculations of how much more Albertans pay into the federal treasury than other Canadians are only a statement of how much richer Albertans are, on average, than other Canadians — a blessing, and a burden, they have in common with Canadians in, for example, midtown Toronto, who also pay “disproportionately” for equalization and other federal programs, only without the same vast industry devoted to showing how hard done by they are. The only way in which you could say that equalization treats Alberta “differently” than other provinces is that its government does not qualify, and has never qualified, for equalization payments. But that’s not discrimination either — there’s no law that says “Alberta shall not be eligible for equalization payments.” The reason it does not receive equalization is because it is, by far, the richest province in the country, with by far the highest per capita revenues — even without a provincial sales tax. Equalization is messed up enough, but an equalization program that paid out to the richest province in the federation would be completely insane. Maybe we shouldn’t have a progressive income tax. Maybe we shouldn’t have an equalization program. I happen to think we need both, albeit in substantially modified form, but those are legitimate questions for debate. What’s not legitimate is pretending that equalization is some kind of scam against Alberta. What’s even less legitimate is pretending you can abolish or reform a federal program by a referendum in one province. And what’s least legitimate of all is invoking the failure of that non-solution to a non-problem as justification for the constitutional nonsense of secession — which, to repeat, is the proposition that you can not only leave Canada, but take a piece of it with you.

I asked the White House about whether the CUSMA (or USMCA) exemptions will be applied to the new 10% global tariff. I am told, “Once something is signed we will be releasing paper that will cover this,”. So we wait for the executive order to see what comes next for Canada.

@calgaryherald Calgary has 17,000 km of roads compared to less than 300km of on street bike infrastructure, but ya, war on cars….😬 Do you know what creates more space for vehicles on roads? Safe reliable options for ppl to not use their vehicles.

Bell: Mad as hell Calgary politician blasts city hall's War on the Car calgaryherald.com/opinion/column…

In the aftermath of the most devastating and horrific mass shooting in Canada, and following the identification of the perpetrator by the RCMP, attempts to centre or politicize the individual’s gender identity or expression are both misguided and harmful. Identity must not be weaponized to advance narratives that distract from the real and immediate human loss before us. Our collective focus must remain where it belongs - on the victims, the survivors, first responders, their families, their neighbours, their friends, and the community of Tumbler Ridge. They are the ones carrying the unimaginable weight of this tragedy, and they are the ones who deserve our unwavering support. This act is indefensible, regardless of who committed it. Violence stands on its own as a moral failure. It does not belong to any community, nor should it ever be used to stigmatize one. At this moment, our responsibility is not to amplify division, but to respond with compassion, steadiness, and care for those most profoundly affected. Canada grieves with Tumbler Ridge.

Alberta separatists might look haphazard but they have a clear path to turn a 20% issue into a real threat. 1 - Normalize separatism so it no longer feels toxic. 2 - Tie it to every grievance. 3 - Find a political dance partner. The U.S.A. They are now pushing all 3 at once

Best framing I’ve read yet.