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Hit me with a harsh truth.

🚨DJ Kelly, Ward 4 City Councillor in Calgary, Alberta, speaks of the shooting that took place in a mall in his riding. “Get the f**k out of our city.”

Through Canada’s new Nature Strategy, we’re protecting up to 2.4 million km² of our lands and oceans — so that future generations will inherit a stronger, healthier, and more sustainable Canada.

I’ve seen this video from Rolling Loud last weekend floating around, and it feels like a good time to share a conversation I had last year. I was talking with a notable festival promoter last fall who directly told me they had largely stopped booking rap and hip-hop acts for one major reason: insurance. According to them, many insurance companies were dramatically increasing premiums whenever those artists were on the lineup because they viewed the associated crowd risk as “significantly higher” than other genres of music. Those aren’t my words…that was directly from someone dealing with (and paying for) the logistics + insurance coverage of events. So if you start seeing certain artists slowly disappear from mixed-genre festivals or specific markets, situations like the above are absolutely part of the equation whether people realize it or not.

Amber Alert setting everyone's phone in BC to scream at 1am for a situation happening in Terrace is bananas. Sure, I'll keep my eye out in case they've got their hands on a plane and made the two hour flight to my neighbourhood.

It’s Census season — make sure to complete yours by tomorrow’s deadline to support data-based decision making in Canada.

Mandatory PAL/RPAL would reduce crime. Why? Because PAL/RPAL holders are less likely to commit a crime. That's a fact.