C'mon, Vees, just take the W. Did you really have to run up the score?
@tomhawthorn
Mean and nasty Canadian. Author of "Play Ball!," a lavishly illustrated, coffee-table book about pro baseball in Vancouver, B.C., now available for sale at Nat Bailey Stadium and the BC Sports Hall of Fame.
C'mon, Vees, just take the W. Did you really have to run up the score?
πΈπͺ Video of seizing the Russian shadow fleet vessel Caffa.
Not whom. Who.
Brad Gushue is saluted by his adoring St. Johnβs fans for the last timeβ¦what a moment #Curling #BradGushue
I am excited about this. With the recent censorship of graphic novels in Alberta, it's particularly great to see people using comics as a way to fight back.
Does the Cdn govt need approval from the House of Commons to deploy the military overseas? No.
Have govts sought that approval before? Symbolically yes, in some cases, but not consistently.
Is there a constitutional convention of parliamentary approval? No.
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A homer into the centre of the Canadian flag held by two fans in the bleachers. Love it!
This Day in Labor History: March 7, 1932. Several thousand unemployed workers marched toward Henry Fordβs River Rouge plant in Dearborn, Michigan. Upon reaching the complex, Henry Ford's hired thugs opened fired and killed some of them! Let's talk about Ford and his horrors!!!
For this monthβs edition of One Day: I spent one day with a priest in rural Manitoba, tending a parish that traces a journey through how the face of Western Manitoba is changing β including a thriving young Hispanic community.
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Oh, the Yanks were pretty gung-ho for it until they weren't.
Yes, please.
Love national teams from Latin America playing in the WBC. The atmosphere is electric.
Like many, I'm partial to the "Goinβ Down the Road" parody. Like many of my cohorts, went to Toronto in early β80s to "make it."
"Hear they got lots of good newspaperinβ jobs in Toronto."
A 4K inning is always fun.
Another major difference between our two cultures is they know nothing about us and we know everything about them.
The Lords Haw-Haw.
www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-rise-and-fall-of-lord-haw-haw-during-the-second-world-war
I cancelled my sub. And I've had bylines in the Post in print (once) and online (a handful).
Three Australians were aboard US submarine that sank Iranian ship, PM Albanese says reut.rs/4lfTlA2
If you can't recognize the outline of a country, you have no business bombing its people.
And, really, I find it remarkable anyone could not find Iran on an unlabelled map with political borders. How ignorant do you have to be?
Don't care. Love wine, but not buying American products.
It's always time for this anti-fascist moment from Casablanca.
Corporate media is irredeemably broken.
Ha! It's by my pal @kriegercartoons.bsky.social, who does editorial cartoons for the Georgia Straight and doid them for The Province for decades.
#OTD in 1994, the world lost the great John Candy β one of Canadaβs greatest comedy exports. He was also the subject of a fascinating 2025 biography by the also great @pulmyears.bsky.social. #NewsRadioBookshelf @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/01/18/b...
Hey! I was there, too. Entertaining talk.
Paternal: 8 years with Canadian Army (1939-47), janitor
Maternal: Labourer
In a world full of dicks, be a Dick Irvin.
Happy 94th birthday to one of the classiest men I have ever met.
You bet. Congratulations on the book. Also: Some self-interest is involved, as that's my writeup of the Suzuki book on the cover.
TouchΓ©, comedy writers. Top that.