Portrait of Thomas D'Arcy McGee, a man with curly dark hair and a beard around his chin. He wears a dark coat over a vest.
Today is the 158th anniversary of the assassination of the journalist, poet, and politician Thomas D’Arcy McGee.
McGee was assassinated in Ottawa during the early morning hours of 7 April 1868. He was buried a week later on his 43rd birthday.
www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mcgee...
"When it's springtime in the Yukon/Keep your toque on" does not just apply to Yukoners.
Praise the lord and pass the sunscreen
Who cares about the British line of succession? Declare the Canadian throne vacant and trust the GG to do the job.
TFC TFC TFC
Save the time change!
Utter forelock-tugging cringe. Why must so many Canadians be like this?
Never had that problem, but not a heavy user, really.
I co-wrote historical sim games for the Icon. Did you play The Bartletts?
This is an amazing ad. Regardons-le tous.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) talks with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol
AOC on Trump’s oil embargo of Cuba: “What has transpired is that now it’s kind of become acceptable that the entire Western world will look the other way as they starve & deprive a people because they find political actors or political regimes in that country to be objectionable”
Though they did catch the booing of JD Vance
Gem coverage with endless ads ruining all the key moments of the Winter Olympic Opening ceremonies is a new low for #CBC
Saute kale in a little olive oil and some chopped garlic. Toughness and bitterness all gone.
Queen's has released its Bicentennial Vision document today, a strategy for what the university will be as it enters its third century in 2041.
The terms "arts," "humanities," and "social science" do not appear anywhere in this document #cdnhist
Shouldn't cultural sovereignty matter too?
NEW! For today's Saturday Star, I wrote an opinion piece on the value of historical plaques that commemorate events such as the story of Conrad the Raccoon - they are good community investments for so many reasons! #TOHistory #history
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Four-time Grammy Award nominee Jesse Welles performs his song "Join Ice."
Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.
Canada lives despite the United States. Remember that, Mark.
Sometimes I wish I could get just Canadian Bluesky. The endless flood out of the United States can get to be just too much. Know what I mean?
The last time parliamentary accountability applied to a Canadian PM. How long, how long?
The Truth about Venezuela.
putin isn’t negotiating.
so far, that strategy is working militarily and diplomatically.
here’s what the mar-a-lago meeting tells us about the balance of leverage.
@gzeromedia.com
Graphic with a blue background and large white text reading “DEAR AMERICAN FRIENDS.” Below is a screenshot of a post explaining that Canada does not have CBS, that a “60 Minutes” episode aired normally in Canada, and stating that Canadian networks are not subject to U.S. government interference. The post ends with “We’re not under a dictatorship. You are.”
This message hits hard.
Still pretty English, the old chap.
Nice to see this, as I'm pretty sure that urban myth was first exposed in my 1997 history of the Law Society, p131. Such is fame.
It's a start.
Where's Mark Carney on this? If Canada can't stand up for Greenland, why would anyone stand with Canada?
Perfect.
In line with his review a year ago of @vassb.bsky.social 's book calling for more robust competition.
Corcoran must really like a command economy! Communists everywhere.
