Author: Cathie from Canada

I’m reading lots of tweets and comments these days about how banana-pants crazy some Republicans are these days, and it worries me that Canada is trending in the same direction. Seems to me our politics has usually been about two years behind the US. Conservatives around the globe have lost

I didn’t bother watching any of the White Bronco chase yesterday, the Manhattan court proceedings today, or the Mar-a-Lardo speech tonight.  But I have seen some great tweets and comments so I have to share: How it’s going …pic.twitter.com/sXrmkMEPQO — George Conway🌻 (@gtconway3d) April 4, 2023 My new cover for

Lots of news this week — in Canada, the Mass Casualty Commission report was released: Here is the essence of the Mass Casualty Commission 3000-page report: https://t.co/HYx1JuU2qC — Cathie from Canada 🇨🇦 😷🏳️‍🌈 (@CathieCanada) March 30, 2023 in the US, the Trump indictment was announced: First they came for Trump,

The school shootings are the worst, the absolute worst.  Here is an incredible photo — a child weeping as she is being transported away from The Covenant School shooting in Nashville this week (photo credit Nicole Hester)  I don’t know how parents in the United States can deal with their

  The accusations against Han Dong are falling apart.  Watch everyone nodding along as the translation error story was reported on Sunday: Boom. Rob Benzie’s comments on @ctvqp this morning regarding recent media coverage of the Chinese foreign interference story: pic.twitter.com/z2EGS17Vi4 — Greg MacEachern (@gmacofglebe) March 26, 2023 Scrimshaw notes

First, here is an amazing photo “Slam on the Brakes” from The Atlantic. It is © Steven Zhou and was taken in Ontario in August 2022. It won the 2023 Sony World Photography Award, in the Motion category. The Atlantic writes “Barrel racing is a competition where cowgirls ride quickly around

Dark Brandon came to Canada today.  It was very funny, really — you see, our Conservatives watch too much Fox News, so they were all thinking that the Biden they would meet in Ottawa today is the weak and stumbling Joe that Fox News has created.  But what Canada met

Today’s biggest story was the Han Dong accusations. This is what he said yesterday to Parliament: Han Dong informs the House that he will now sit as an independent MP after Global News reported, citing unnamed sources, he secretly advised a Chinese diplomat in 2021 to delay freeing Michael Spavor

…Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity… And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,

Here’s how I see it:  First of all, Canadian voters haven’t turfed Trudeau in three elections and chances are they won’t in the 2025 either.  The opinion polls are back and forth a bit – and who knows now what might be an issue in BC and Quebec and the

  I do keep wondering what, exactly, this China scandal is all about: Seriously. Watching journalists in Canada is like watching 7 year olds playing soccer. Just a gaggle of kids chasing the ball. No strategy or plan. Only focused on one ball while the world burns around them. —

Its the weekend, so here we go with some random stuff from the lighter side.  BBC News posted an very odd tweet about how the pandemic hadn’t really affected anyone’s mental health – and the internet immediately went nuts: I built my cat a mech suit out of cardboard. https://t.co/UKkfBQlsVm

I thought this was outstanding: And with a disturbing rise in anti-transgender hate here in Canada and around the world recently, I want to be very clear about one more thing: Trans women are women. We will always stand up to this hate – whenever and wherever it occurs. —

A batch of very good substacks this week.  When it comes to the news of the day, the conclusion of the Canadian columnists I read is this:  1. If China interfered in Canadian elections and the Liberals let them, then there needs to be an investigation and Trudeau would likely

First, here’s something I didn’t know: Reservation runway: Rising Cree designer makes New York runway debut — ‘The future is going to be Indigenous-led’: designer Scott Wabano /via @CBCMontreal https://t.co/5ADVQ8anAR — Treaty Commissioner (@TreatyOfficeSK) February 22, 2023 Fascinating article in The Atlantic: The Puzzling Gap Between How Old You Are

A year ago, Russia launched its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.  A year later, Ukraine still stands.  There is lots of commentary today about how Ukraine did this — Zelenskyy’s brilliant leadership, the indominable spirt of Ukraine’s people, the ineptitude and corruption of the Russian military, the unwavering and effective financial