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Posts by Vincent McDermott

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Bothered by bright headlights? Your time to tell Transport Canada is running out | CBC News Transport Canada's survey on headline brightness is open to drivers, pedestrians and cyclists, and includes questions about travelling at night, driver behaviour and possible changes.

A good reminder to go tell the Canadian government to do something about those bright headlights blinding people who drive at night.

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This photographer is documenting old newspaper newsrooms while they’re still around - Poynter Ann Hermes' images show what's left and what we stand to lose

“These are very dedicated people working on a shoestring budget trying to bring the news to their communities… I admire that, and I hope that comes through in the photos.” www.poynter.org/local-news/2...

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It’s days like this when I miss my gig covering astronomy.

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13 seconds in Cortina: On the mountain where Lindsey Vonn's comeback met its end It began with the air of a festival, high in the mountains of Northern Italy, but it ended with eerie silence at the Milan-Cortina Games.

Here’s what it was like to be in the crowd at the bottom of the mountain where Lindsey Vonn crashed nationalpost.com/sports/olymp...

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Coach Jon Cooper’s unlikely journey to Olympic men’s hockey reaches its moment of truth B.C.-born coach started off as a lawyer and never planned to lead an NHL or national team - but his record of success is uncanny

Great story on the fella coaching Canada's Olympic men's hockey team

www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/olymp... By Grant Robertson

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a man with red hair and a beard is standing in the woods ALT: a man with red hair and a beard is standing in the woods

When you see someone rocking a RUSH shirt in 2026

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Opinion | A Lament for the Washington Post The most powerful capital in the world has no major fully functioning newspaper. That’s a huge absence.

“It takes years to make good reporters—people who are trained, who love getting the story so much, who love the news so much, that they will wade into the fire, run to the sound of the guns. They are grown only in newsrooms, not at home with laptops.“ www.wsj.com/opinion/a-la...

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Screencap of the Globe editorial, listing Canadian military personnel who died in Afghanistan.

Screencap of the Globe editorial, listing Canadian military personnel who died in Afghanistan.

Screencap of the Globe editorial, listing Canadian military personnel who died in Afghanistan.

Screencap of the Globe editorial, listing Canadian military personnel who died in Afghanistan.

Screencap of the Globe editorial, listing Canadian military personnel who died in Afghanistan.

Screencap of the Globe editorial, listing Canadian military personnel who died in Afghanistan.

The Globe's editorial this morning is a list of all the Canadian military personnel who died in Afghanistan.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...

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First citizen recall petition against Alberta legislature member fails EDMONTON - The first of more than two dozen recall petitions launched against members of Alberta's legislature has come up short.

That’s pretty much that from @jack-farrell.bsky.social today www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/fir...

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I moved to Fort McMurray in March 2012 after internships at the Windsor Star and National Post.

I’m grateful to many people at Postmedia for giving me a career. I wish Postmedia nothing but the best.

I’m also excited for what‘s next.

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My time to write one of these, but some personal news: I filed my last byline with Fort Mac Today.

I am joining CBC’s Fort McMurray bureau on Monday. I’ll be in Edmonton for the next few weeks for training before returning north. 1/

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A transatlantic showdown over tech policy (as opposed to, say, net zero) could actually have a unifying & galvanising political effect within the EU. The union’s digital regulations are broadly popular and many voters actually want more, not fewer, controls on Big Tech.

yougov.co.uk/technology/a...

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I agree about Season 3, and feel if I had watched the first season and stopped, that would have been fine.

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Looking through old debates on floor-crossing.

Stephen Harper had an underrated sense of humour.

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Death Is Nothing to Celebrate Even after the passing of a figure you revile, it’s best to refrain from dancing on the graves of the dead.

“The tone of our public sphere will not be elevated by the way we talk about those we like or treasure. The test will be how we talk about those we oppose or even detest. Ridicule rallies the troops; it does not open avenues of dialogue.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Tolkien’s worlds will probably be linked to Peter Jackson’s aesthetics for decades.

This robs us of this artist’s vision for The Hobbit: Jason Kenney and Gollum ready to throw down.

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“If Stephen Glass, Jayson Blair and the other late 20th century fakers were looking for the prestige and power that came with journalism in that moment, then this generation’s internet scammers are scavenging in the wreckage of a degraded media environment.”

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All this taught me is a lot of people don’t know about aunts and “aunts.”

“What do you mean Aunt Kathleen, who is roughly the same age as my grandma, isn’t my dad’s sister?”

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I played Fallout: New Vegas enough times to know how this could go.

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Hilarious how the French establishment are melting down over the Louvre heist calling it a national embarrassment, as if if wasn't the coolest thing to happen in a minute

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Literally any soldier past or present could have told you that.

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People are shocked also that fuck weasel said the military exists to "kill people and break stuff," but if you're shocked I've got terrible news: it is, and the US Military is actually very good at both.

We're burying the lede here.

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Photos like this are why I wish the Brits still wore monocles.

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I’m surprised I’m actually liking this show.

But the ship where the alien gets loose (as if that’s a spoiler) has the namesake of a failed defence plan? Of course something is going to go wrong.

Can’t wait to see the USCSS 1980s HIV/AIDS Policies in season 2!

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Today’s Glassholes deserve to be treated with the same contempt as the last ones.

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All the dire implications notwithstanding it is hilarious how evil this technology is. Billions of dollars spent on this greasy lying stupid thing that was literally built to replace people, and everyone that uses it gets weaker, lazier, dumber, and sadder for having done so. Well done all around.

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really innovating here on slurs for poor people

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Ozzy on The Osbournes: What's going on here? Who? What? Who's this? What?

Ozzy on The Osbournes: What's going on here? Who? What? Who's this? What?

Journalism tips from Ozzy:

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Globe and Mail reporter targeted by online campaign, photographed surreptitiously in public settings An anonymous X account posted photos of Alberta reporter Carrie Tait and described her movements as she reported on a health authority controversy

Hi, yes, g'morning. This is awkward.

But targeting a reporter - hi! - with
surreptitiously obtained photos and details of her tooling around town is an attack on the public's right to know.

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

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