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Today is the International Day of Human Spaceflight 🚀. An opportunity to highlight the humanity, collaboration, and boldness that shaped every moment of the Artemis II mission. Together, we push boundaries. 🌍✨ Photo : NASA

@acoyne, let’s break down some of the ROI on that “boondoggle”, shall we? 🔐 CONSTRUCTION PHASE 51,000 direct jobs over a decade-plus build. Sustained demand for Canadian steel, concrete, electrical systems, and skilled trades across Ontario and Quebec. 📈 MACROECONOMIC RETURN Every $1 invested in public transit generates $2.40 in economic activity plus $1 in additional GDP. The completed Alto corridor projects $35B in annual productivity gains, a 1.1% national GDP addition, and $55B in lifetime socioeconomic benefits. 🔄 CIRCULAR ECONOMY 60,000+ housing units around new stations, $570M per year in congestion savings, $7.2B in environmental benefits, and the equivalent of 100,000 cars removed from roads every single year. 🌿 ENVIRONMENT A fully electrified network powered by Quebec hydroelectric. Modal shift away from cars and short-haul flights cuts transportation emissions structurally, not incrementally. 👷 LABOUR MARKET Employers and workers across the corridor become effectively closer. A bigger hiring pool for businesses, more job options for workers, without anyone having to relocate. ⚡ ENERGY INDEPENDENCE Operational energy costs insulated from fossil fuel price swings. Quebec hydro powers the trains. No exposure to oil market volatility for the life of the network. 🍁 BUY CANADIAN Bill C-15 makes domestic sourcing a legal requirement for Alto. Over 4,000 km of steel rail and hundreds of thousands of tonnes of structural materials going to Canadian mills first. In the middle of a trade war, that is not a small detail. France, Germany, Japan, Italy, the UK, the US. Every other G7 member has high-speed rail. Canada is the only one that doesn't. Pierre Poilievre loves reminding Canadians how poorly we rank among G7 peers. On this specific metric, he would actually be right. He just happens to oppose the one project that would fix it. Make of that what you will. Sources in comments.

Call it serendipity. Took a break from the #ForeverCanadian campaign and went on a walk. These two fellows greeted me, as if to say “Go Canada!”. 🇨🇦

The rule of law in Alberta will constrain Danielle Smith's UCP as best it can until the UCP legislates away all rights of the judiciary to enforce rule of law. Everything Smith's UCP is pulling is what Trump pulled in the USA. Stop pretending it can't happen here in 🇨🇦.

Welcome home, Artemis II crew. 🌎 Photo credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls.

Zelensky just reminded JD Vance that calling Ukrainian territory a "scrap of land" isn't a negotiating position. It's an insult. With full diplomatic courtesy and zero diplomatic softness, Zelensky explained what Vance apparently doesn't know: the territory in question has 200,000 residents, strong fortifications, and sits exactly where Russia wants to build a bridgehead for its next offensive. Giving it up doesn't end the war. It stages the next one. Then the closing line: "Every square meter of our land is Ukrainian land and, with all due respect to any of our partners, it is definitely not theirs." There's no misreading that sentence.

111.4 mph off the bat on Brandon Valenzuela's 1st Major League homer ‼️ After being acquired at the 2025 Trade Deadline, the 25-year-old delivers the hardest-hit HR by a @BlueJays catcher in the Statcast Era.

Artemis II may have splashed down, but our photos and videos from the mission are still rolling in! Keep an eye on the latest: nasa.gov/artemis-ii-mul…

The Artemis II crew has returned to Earth. Congratulations to Colonel Hansen and the team on an historic feat. Welcome home.

Splashdown! The journey of more than 1.1 million kilometers concluded today. Jeremy Hansen and the Artemis II crew are back on Earth after becoming the first humans in over 50 years to venture to the Moon. Welcome home, Jeremy!

Christine Boyle, Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs, has released a statement on government’s housing highlights for March 2026 news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2026H…

#BREAKING: Canada’s economy adds 14,000 jobs in March, unemployment rate holds steady bnnbloomberg.ca/business/econo…

Fist bump! 👊 The Artemis II crew is now under 35,000 miles from Earth. The astronauts are preparing the spacecraft for reentry and the weather is looking good for splashdown.

Minister’s statement on April 2026 rental report news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2026H…

Minister’s statement on private member’s bill M216 news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2026H…

Surrey unveils eCheck tool for residential approvals surrey.ca/news-events/ne…

Vancouver built a record amount of rental housing units last year | Daily Hive | Urbanized share.google/HUDtwr07oI6XoS…

Separatist leader, Mitch Sylvestre, wants the Court to issue an injunction and stop his signature collection. This way, he’ll never need to prove that he got 177,000 signatures (I doubt he did) and Danielle Smith will give him a referendum anyhow. #ableg cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…

The ceasefire was a complete fiction. While the White House announced one, missiles were still flying across Israel, Iran, and Lebanon. Reality doesn’t match the headline. The White House was forced to backtrack today because the proposed “10-point deal” from Iran was a disaster that would let them enrich uranium, fund proxies like Hezbollah, maintain leverage over the Strait of Hormuz, and get sanctions relief. Even top allies like Mark Levin and Larry Kudlow are calling it a disaster. Let’s be honest about how we got here: there was never an imminent threat to the U.S. Now we’re stuck in it, negotiating from a weakened position.

I get it. The Alberta health care procurement controversy can be super confusing. So here's a cheat-sheet, explaining who's who: theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta… By @moirawyton and friends