Sometimes a phrase just *stops* you, like this from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Dream Count:

"If the air was fabric, it was crinkled."

Reopen Ubisoft Halifax – Emergency Rally!

Solidarity with Ubisoft Halifax Workers

Thursday, Jan. 29
10:00 am
Grand Parade – 1790 Argyle St

Take action now! Send a letter to Ubisoft and Canadian labour ministers to urge Ubisoft to reopen the studio:

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Nominations are open for CAJ Awards, including the $1,000 CWA Canada / CAJ Labour Reporting Award.

Most Quebec Toys R Us shops are closing. Here are 6 weird toys you'll have to find elsewhere All but one lonely store location in the province are closing as of next month.

I don't write that much anymore, but when I do, it almost always includes poop.
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Wednesday Wellness Sainte-Agathe (50+) - 4Korners Join us for a vibrant program created for English-speaking seniors in the Laurentians, offering activities that keep you active, informed, and socially connected while supporting your overall health a...

If you're a person of a certain age who lives in the Laurentians, this cool thing — part of the @mtlgazette.bsky.social Media Literacy Project — is happening at 4Korners next week.
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Me: [spills all the fancy salt into the cupboard]

She: Oh well, at least we won’t have demons in there

Me: [manages to have a smooth and uneventful morning cloaked in a grandpa-style bathrobe]

Also me: [puts on a nice white sweater for a teams meeting, spills coffee all down the front, steps directly into the dogs’ water bowl]

Quebec government bans gender-neutral pronouns in all official communications The province says non-binary people will still be able to use the gender marker X on certain government documents.

“The government says public bodies have a duty to use exemplary French, and Roberge says the language must be easy for everyone to understand.”

One might wonder: Do public bodies have a duty to protect the dignity and mental health of citizens?

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My kid made it two hours at school.

I did something really hard: I didn’t tell her I was proud of her for getting on the school bus. I didn’t tell her I was proud of her for lasting two hours.

I said: “Thanks for calling me. Let’s go get lunch.”

I was blindsided when my child was abandoned by Quebec “I hope you get the help you all need. I don’t think you will, but I really hope it works out.”

My teen got on the school bus today. It’ll be her first time in a classroom in nearly a year. She did it herself, without the mental-health support she should have been given.

Thankfully the downstairs door was open because we hadn’t gone far. Damn dogs

The dogs haven’t learned how to open the front door, but they have learned how to lock it when we’re outside, so there’s that

Since becoming more vocal about workers' rights on another platform, people have come at me in my DMs and threatened legal action. Strikes are hard, they're inconvenient, they're ugly. And they're the most powerful thing workers have at their disposal.

My kid just called me buckaroo and I don't even know what to do with that

“Mom, you know what a lobotomy is, right?”

“Yeah, that’s what I’m getting you for your birthday.”

And that is how you end a conversation with a teenager.

And she knows it!

A young puppy outside, wearing a denim dress

She just took toilet paper OUT OF MY HAND and went dancing through the house. Why must puppies be exactly like toddlers and when will I be able to finally pee alone?

The Gazette investigation: A troubling timeline of sexual abuse allegations by former students spanning a 20-year period during which Phillip Baugniet was principal at FACE. (1/5)

“How’s English workin’ out for ya?” I teased the teen when she flubbed a couple of words.

She lifted her eyebrow and said, “How’s AI taking over your job working for you?”

Go team!

I’m intensely proud to be a small part of this historic movement. Welcome, Halifax!

My teen describing her friend: He’s my social security number and both sides of my credit card.

And I said life couldn’t get better …

Generally good advice in this household!

(She was looking for the carrot peeler, but also apparently the carrots were "deader than [family member who died years ago]." I'm so tired.)

Things my kid says in the kitchen that terrify me: "Where is the skinning thing?"

Microsoft-BGS union files for first contract arbitration MONTREAL (June 10, 2025) – Newly unionized video game workers at Bethesda Game Studios (BGS) in Quebec have filed for first contract arbitration in their struggle for a fair contract with one of th…

Microsoft-BGS union files for first contract arbitration.
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I said something or other to the teenager about a dog having a job and she looked aghast said, "Oh god is she corporate?"

Cellphones out, ‘vous’ in — Quebec unveils new school rules Considering existing restrictions — locking their phones up for most of the day — Westmount High students question how far enforcement can realistically go.

There’s no indication whether accommodations will be made for neurodivergent students — some of whom rely on their phones for self-soothing and as a literal lifeline.
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My kid was initially turned away from their polling station because they didn’t have photo ID. There are other ways to prove who you are! Know your rights:
www.elections.ca/content2.asp...