ANALYSIS: Doug Ford could have seen this coming | TVO Today The premier bought more than he bargained for with his private jet. He’s not the first to make this mistake.

"There are few decisions in politics that are so controversial that both the left and the right are opposed. This was one of them." — @spaikin.bsky.social

The health of the global economy has a lot to do with a roughly 170-kilometre-long waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. On Unravelled Lucas Meeuse explains why shutting down the Strait of Hormuz has sent shockwaves around the world. youtu.be/8HW5XzB6Ulw?...

Inside the Doug Ford government’s mining push | The Narwhal Ontario says its ‘one project, one process’ (1P1P) framework will speed mining approvals. Many First Nations leaders have questions

The Ford government introduced a new bill to use AI as part of its "one project, one process" — or 1P1P — system for fast-tracking mining and development projects. Here's a story about how that process works, by @fatimabsyed.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/ontario-1p1p...

LNG Canada: the worst flaring in the world? | The Narwhal LNG Canada in Kitimat, B.C., burned 350 million cubic metres of gas in 2025. That’s more than any other LNG export facility on record in 2024

Our newsroom published three investigations this week, including one that revealed Canada’s first major LNG export terminal was among the worst-emitting LNG plants in the world in 2025.

Catch up in this week’s newsletter: thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-l...

ANALYSIS: How can the Tories be anti-scalper and pro-surveillance pricing? | TVO Today What makes a Taylor Swift ticket more important than groceries?

"Getting ripped off by Canada’s five-oligarchs-in-a-trenchcoat grocery industry will hurt consumers way more than scalpers do." — @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social

Ireland has shown that basic income works — not just socially, but economically.

Give people time and security to develop their skills, and the returns flow back to society. Now let's go further.

Does the 2026 budget really “protect” Ontario? Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy joins #onpoli on spending and deficits, then @spaikin.bsky.social and @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social zoom out on electricity subsidies, the HST housing rebate, and what transportation cuts mean for Northern Ontario.

Doug Ford launches transparent effort to end transparency QUEEN'S PARK - Pitching itself as “one of the most transparent governments in the history of Ontario,” the Ford government has announced that it will radically curtail transparency.

Doug Ford launches transparent effort to end transparency

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“We have women who are at the highest risk with the least income... getting a form of medication that’s not ideal for them, but that’s all that’s covered.” — Dr. Marie Christakis (@sinaihealthtoronto.bsky.social) on menopause & inequity of care, on an upcoming (MIS)Treated with @namshine.bsky.social

Canadians travelling to the US advised to not fucking do that OTTAWA - Canadians thinking of planning a trip to the United States are being advised by the Government of Canada to perhaps consider going anywhere else on the entire fucking planet for their summer ...

Canadians travelling to the US advised to not fucking do that

RCMP searching for missing First Nations man Carter Rogers The RCMP are asking for anyone with information about Carter Rogers who went missing in southern Alberta to reach out to the detachment.

Rodgers left his hometown of Devon and travelled south to Rocky Mountain House. During that trip, his car became stuck in a ditch in the Sunchild First Nation. The following day, his burnt-out vehicle was found on an oil lease road in O’Chiese First Nation.

What’s one way we can rein in ICE?

We can start by boycotting ICE’s corporate collaborators that are profiting from the agency’s cruelty.

Watch.

Suspend PPTW: No New Water Taking Permits Until the System is Fixed

At a time when climate variability, land-use intensification, & population growth are increasing stress on freshwater systems, approving high-volume, high-risk permits for water-taking is unacceptable.

Protect Water. Protect Life. Pause Permits to Take Water in Ontario. share.nwmd.social/s/dqVULqSu

Billionaires who lobbied Trump to halt Canadian bridge praise EZ-Bribe App DETROIT, MI - Billionaire Matthew Moroun, whose family recently lobbied the Trump administration to publicly threaten the Gordie Howe International Bridge which competes with their interests, has prai...

Billionaires who lobbied Trump to halt Canadian bridge praise EZ-Bribe App

Screenshot of a NYT headline that says: 'Trump Administration to End Surge of Immigration Agents in Minnesota The announcement came more than two months into an operation that has led to tense protests, thousands of arrests and three shootings in the Democratic-led state.'

Let’s be clear: ICE leaving Minnesota is not justice. Justice is holding those responsible accountable for the lives lost and the devastation caused.

Here's the person who's been nominated to replace Chrystia Freeland in the upcoming byelection

Dr. Danielle Martin, Family Medicine Chair at UofT who has prescribed basic income.

“Being poor is actually a full-time job and being broke is like a full-time job with the amount of paperwork and the time going from office to office proving what you have done. . With Universal Basic Income all that would be eliminated with the time liberated to do something socially productive.” — David Graeber

We need to be talking about Universal Basic Income.

So THEORETICALLY if I started carrying a Bluetooth speaker on my commutes for the sole purpose of counterprogramming against douchebags playing their music without headphones on the TTC

...it's gotta be "Let It Go" from FROZEN, right?

Oh you mean untraceable, unregulated currency was used to do bad shit. Who could have predicted this. Who could have possibly told you repeatedly that this would happen.

Narwhal co-founder Carol Linnitt speaks at a press scrum outside the B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver

“As we stand outside this courthouse, stepping into five weeks of trial, we know the legitimate right of journalists to do their job, to perform their vital role in our democracy, is at stake.” — Narwhal co-founder Carol Linnitt on our case against the RCMP: thenarwhal.ca/press-freedom/

"America is an oil company with an army."

—George Carlin

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I’ve been thinking about this a lot as an artist trying to give my kids some cultural competency; my kids did not live through the height of AIDS, for example, and they have no context for the very moving art made of love and defiance during that period.

Obviously I can’t cover the context for every single period, but what I have been trying to teach them is to understand what they do not understand, and maybe more importantly to respect people who DO understand. Anyway AI art is part of the fascist project to strip context, STOP FUCKING HELPING

URGENT: Stop Two Tier Care. Prime Minister Mark Carney Must Act Now. We have to defend and promote Universal Public Healthcare before it's too late.

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Emerging DNA-based gene therapies could transform how we understand rare diseases, and offer new treatments. @jeyantvo.bsky.social speaks with @uoftmedicine.bsky.social researcher @rjharding.bsky.social about breakthroughs in Huntington’s disease, tonight at 8pm | Producer: Diego Garcia

U.S. Military Carries Out Strike On Scuffy The Tugboat

U.S. Military Carries Out Strike On Scuffy The Tugboat theonion.com/u-s-military-carries-out...