Author: Cathie from Canada

Chief Petty Officer Margaret Louise Byam — my mother.  I have often wondered now why she did it, but she died before I thought to ask her.   A small-town Prairie girl, the youngest of four daughters, she joined the Wrens during World War 2 and off she went to Halifax

Boy, people are really getting pissed off these days! Its very entertaining, really: Clocks going back 57 minutes in Alberta after 5% cut by UCP government. #AbLeg https://t.co/ABqMWF6yg5 — Alan T Perry (@AlanTPerry) November 3, 2019 And he’s an Anglican priest! You’re an idiot. Truly. — Gen Michael Hayden (@GenMhayden)

In the Star Phoenix, Doug Cuthand talks sense about Western separatism: Kenny and Moe remind me of the two cartoon dogs, Spike and Chester. Remember them? Spike was a mean bulldog and Chester was his little sidekick who pranced around saying that Spike was his hero because he was so

The LA Times fire coverage is free today. Very scary fires all over the state. Here are some stunning tweets from the California fires: Here’s every fire burning in Southern California today: https://t.co/FZXtgcKvLc pic.twitter.com/ll3JoeUzQI — ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) October 31, 2019 Omg omg 😭🥰🐎 RT @LoganHallNews: Video of the

Rare photo at Stonehenge, staff moving clocks back one hour.#clocksgoback pic.twitter.com/UUZegtttVF — You Had One Job (@_youhadonejob1) October 26, 2019

Here is the vote result in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta:Liberals: 500,000 votes – 4 seatsNDP: 466,000 votes – 4 seatsConservatives: 2 million votes – 54 seatsSo don’t talk to me about the “popular vote”! On that basis, the Cons are extremely over-represented in western Canada. And here’s some info about the

Check this out, and don’t miss the comments: Rats are capable of driving tiny cars, researchers found. It eases their anxiety. https://t.co/Gsn4sg1ufO pic.twitter.com/0WjEJpByug — The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 24, 2019

What does Andrew Sheer, Stephen Harper and I have in common? None of us could beat Justin Trudeau! Lol — Patrick Brazeau -Algonquin 🇨🇦 (@senatorbrazeau) October 24, 2019

I didn’t hear it myself, but I guess Singh was taking too long with his concession speech and Scheer started his concession speech before Singh finished,  then Trudeau started HIS victory speech before Scheer finished.  And the Canadian media were just thrilled. Nobody ever seems to turn down an opportunity

So Russia is moving in to the Middle East, now that Trump has abandoned the field: The negotiations ended in a victory for Mr. Putin: Russian and Turkish troops will take joint control over a vast swath of formerly Kurdish-held territory in northern Syria, in a move that cements the

So CBC’s Katie Simpson was impressed that Andrew Scheer’s speech in Richmond Hill Ontario last night attracted 1,500 people, she calls it his biggest crowd so far: Biggest crowd I’ve seen so far for Andrew Scheer. We’ll do a rough count and ask party for numbers as we do. The

Andrew Scheer seemed doomed to finish his first (and perhaps last) election campaign as CPC leader without having accomplished anything of significance. Then, he managed the impossible: He ceded the moral high ground to Maxime Bernier. #KinsellaGate #MaximeBernier #cdnpoli — Sir Francis (@Dred_Tory) October 19, 2019

NOTE: I just edited this post title to clarify that EKOS is predicting a Liberal government, but isn’t yet predicting a Liberal MAJORITY – depends on how some of the close seats go. Here’s the latest tweet from EKOS: Flash! For all those still up I have just received my

Two days to go, and we may well have a winner for worst media tweet of this election.   Here it is, from CBC’s Rosemary Barton, along with my somewhat snarky reply: Rosemary I did not realize there were 1000s of activist Canadians who were just waiting for election of a

Here are some photos of  Climate Change/Greta Thunberg rally in Edmonton.   Climate Justice Edmonton says there were 10,000 at the rally. I guess United We Roll was there too with counter-protestors in trucks, but they aren’t visible in these photos: I don’t think the counter-protestors are playing a winning hand.  Here’s a

I knew the British tabloids were racist, but I had no idea how cruel they had been throughout Meghan Markle’s pregnancy.  I guess there is a documentary being done about it, and here is an excerpt: Jesus. This just broke my heart. pic.twitter.com/13KsROklv9 — Greg Hogben (@MyDaughtersArmy) October 18, 2019

Forum Research predicts Liberal minority govt — Liberal 133 seats, Conservative 121, NDP 46, BQ 37, Green 1.FYI, Forum was the only pollster 2015 to correctly predict the Lib Majority, so I am going to hope that their prediction is good this time, too.What is will come down to, as

Make sure you watch to the end: The Liberals are just a hot mess. #Compromise2019 pic.twitter.com/uJP5MaJrv7 — 22Minutes (@22_Minutes) October 16, 2019 And this one: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to the inventor of rechargeable batteries. But he doesn’t know it yet because his phone is dead.

Via the inimitable Dick King-Smith – you owe it to yourself to follow his tweets.  Make sure to have the sound on for this one: Teddy the talking porcupine enjoys an autumnal treat.Sound on, if you please. pic.twitter.com/PuQmCN3Srv — Dick King-Smith HQ (@DickKingSmith) October 4, 2019