On the left: an image of a bar graph trending up against a yellow background. Each bar is filled with different images of explosions and war implements except the second bar from the right which is filled with a black and white image of Donald Trump. On the right: text that reads “Prediction markets turn everything into a wager—even war. A booming industry is inviting users to profit from human suffering.”

Platforms like Polymarket let users bet millions on conflicts, coups, and assassinations. As Canada opens the door, urgent questions are emerging around ethics, regulation, and insider trading. The Walrus contributing writer Wesley Wark explores: https://thewalrus.ca/prediction-market-betting/

The Forest Quietly Removed from BC’s Old-Growth Deferral List | The Tyee Most of Vancouver Island has been logged. Now, one of the last ancient forests, in the Tsitika River watershed, is on the chopping block.

A new #OldGrowth logging controversy is unfolding in British Columbia, dividing Indigenous leaders and pitting the provincial government against scientists and conservation groups. 🪵 @sarahkcox.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli

#abpoli #skpoli #bcpoli #cdnpoli Curious who Kevin is getting to pitch in for this grift. Perhaps Middle East $s.

Think concern for climate change is passé? Think again. this Earth Day, take heart: the pendulum of climate change concern is about to swing again. We’re almost through this difficult ...

Though it has its ups and downs, concern for climate change will always come back as a top public issue.

This #EarthDay, read Rick Smith’s reflections on 30 years working for environmental progress and the connection to climate policy ⬇️
https://ow.ly/pCAL50YNYEP

So term "Prosperity Project" is the red flag. Wonder if their funding is from the same source that funds the separatist Alberta Prosperity Project. Expect they'll reveal a BC separation project soon. #bcpoli #cdnpoli

The BC Separatist and Small-Scale Farmer Who’s Enthusiastic About Hitler | The Tyee The leader of the BC Prosperity Project says Curtis Stone’s views don’t reflect those of the wider group.

Up until a few days ago, Curtis Stone - an off-grid farming influencer -was a moderator for a B.C. separatist group's Facebook page.

He's openly talked about his enthusiasm for listening to Hitler speeches, "love" of antisemitism, and says he's a white nationalist.
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Good luck with that. 😉

Expert Says It's Time for Canada to Amp Up Efforts to Educate Americans on Trade Piling his shopping bags into his vehicle's trunk outside a Houston grocery store last week, Texan Herman Moreno said he doesn't think Canada has any kind of trading relationship with Texas at all.

Expert Says It's Time for Canada to Amp Up Efforts to Educate Americans on Trade www.chrisd.ca/2026/04/22/c...

Smith’s Meddling in Electoral Boundaries Is Part of a Grim Pattern | The Tyee The goal is power for the UCP, not democracy.

Important read here via @jlisayoung.bsky.social.
Smith's Meddling in Electoral Boundaries Is Part of a Grim Pattern via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

That's de Adder's take:

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On the left: a photo of an elderly woman holding a printed picture of a young boy and girl in pink and blue spring jackets. On the right: text that reads “The impossible case of Lilly and Jack: how did two kids just vanish in Nova Scotia? The search in the woods, the scrutiny of a rural community, and the suspicion that remains.”

In a place defined by isolation, two children disappear. Certainty disappears with them.
Reporting from Lansdowne Station, Nova Scotia, Emmy-winning freelance reporter Jessica Leeder investigates the impossible case of Lilly and Jack Sullivan: https://ow.ly/CtUb50YNMvr

SpaceX satellites half the size of pickup trucks are falling from the sky | The Narwhal As space junk accumulates, astronomer Sam Lawler explains why we should be concerned about the rapid proliferation of private satellites in low orbit

As space junk accumulates, astronomer Sam Lawler explains why we should be concerned about the rapid proliferation of private satellites in low orbit: thenarwhal.ca/space-junk-f...

The IJF is honoured to receive four nominations in the Canadian Association of Journalists annual awards. Three of the stories were done in collaboration with the CBC, CTV and The Narwhal.

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Tehran’s embattled Jewish community endures despite Israeli bombing of synagogue Members of Rafi’ Nia synagogue braved airstrikes to celebrate Passover hours before it was destroyed

Israel destroyed the synagogue in Teheran just after the Passover service. The community is the oldest Jewish community outside of Israel. The IDF described the destruction of this important religious centre as "collateral damage."
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Washington demanding 'entry fee' from Ottawa before trade talks: sources | CBC News The Trump administration is demanding what amounts to an "entry fee" from Canada to engage in trade talks toward a revised Canada-United States-Mexico Free Trade Agreement (CUSMA), four sources told R...

Washington demanding 'entry fee' from Ottawa before trade talks: sources

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

West Bank Horror Story “There used to be an unwritten rule that women and children were off limits.

A new human rights report documents the horrific use of sexual violence by Israel against Palestinian men, women and children.A former Israeli Prime Minister is calling on the International Criminal Court to launch war crimes trials.
Here is my latest:

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Alberta separatist leader unconcerned about influence of YouTube ‘slopaganda’ videos | CBC News After a new report this week analyzed a seemingly coordinated network of inauthentic YouTube channels amplifying grievances with the federal government to discuss Alberta separation and U.S. annexatio...

Alberta separatist leader unconcerned about influence of YouTube ‘slopaganda’ videos. Mitch Sylvestre said he’s never heard of videos detailed in new report www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com

Tks. Odds are he's in the mix somehow, but keeps a low profile. His business associates like it that way. I don't think the verse you quote is in the Gospel according to Pulp Fiction 😉There's Christian & there's "Christian", the "ravenous wolves", warned about. "You will know them by their fruits"

Disconnected health systems and misinformation are putting patient care at risk, say Canadian physicians - Abacus Data %

97% of Canadian physicians say they’ve had to step in after patients followed false or misleading health info including AI-generated advice.

At the same time, disconnected systems are putting care at risk.

New CMA/Abacus DataPhysician Pulse:

🔗 abacusdata.ca/disconnecte...

#abpoli

Gerrymandering Alberta

The Tyee Picks Up 5 CAJ Awards Nominations | The Tyee Jen St. Denis, Isaac Phan Nay, Tyler Olsen and Kristen de Jaeger are in the running for national awards for their reporting.

The Tyee Picks Up 5 CAJ Awards Nominations via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/04...

ANNOUNCEMENT: A new plan for focusing on the kind of journalism YOU care about (I'm excited!) YouTube video by Rachel Gilmore

When I went indie, I was terrified it wasn’t going to work — so I threw everything at it. And I mean everything.

But it's too much. I'm burning out.

So I'm shaking things up. I'll be focusing on giving you guys the high-quality journalism you've come to expect from me.

Here's what's happening:

What the work of Canadian Rangers looks like from one generation to the next | APTN News YouTube video by APTN News

The longest Canadian Armed Forces Arctic patrol is over, but northern preparedness never ends for the Canadian Rangers.

APTN’s Charlotte Morritt-Jacobs shows how that legacy is being passed down from one generation to the next.

Fairly cheap. Basic tickets start at $199 to get a chance to schmooze with the UCP & CPC "Christian" elite. Seems more a Third Party Advertiser event. Lobbyists will be snapping up tables. Stockwell Day is going to be there, but not his business partner & Chair of AIMCo, Stephen Harper.

The REAL return of the Left in Canadian politics (feat. NDP Leader Avi Lewis) YouTube video by Rachel Gilmore

🚨LIVE AT 3pmET TOMORROW🚨

@avilewis.ca isn’t afraid of taking bold leftist swings.

In a world where the rich keep getting richer and the rest of us keep getting screwed, that’s pretty goddamn refreshing.

But the path ahead isn’t easy.

The NDP Leader joins me for the FINAL episode of Bubble Pop!

Free Press reporters nominated for national data journalism award Two Free Press reporters have been nominated for a Canadian Association of Journalists award for their deep dive into Winnipeg’s transit overhaul last summer.

Two Free Press reporters have been nominated for a Canadian Association of Journalists award for their deep dive into Winnipeg’s transit overhaul last summer.

On the left: an illustration of an oblong satellite with fire coming off of it falling toward an arctic landscape. On the right: text that reads “The day a Soviet nuclear satellite crashed into the Canadian North. Decades later, a mystery still hangs over what the fiery descent of Cosmos 954 left behind.”

When Cosmos 954—a Soviet satellite carrying radioactive material—crashed in Canada’s North, it exposed Cold War secrets. With Indigenous communities still uncertain about contamination, Whit Fraser asks: What does accountability look like decades later? https://ow.ly/AEHg50YNbnm