PCs chew out NDP over food contract with U.S.-based firm The Progressive Conservatives say a government contract awarded to a multibillion-dollar U.S. firm should have been given to a Manitoba company.

The Progressive Conservatives say a government contract awarded to a multibillion-dollar U.S. firm should have been given to a Manitoba company.

Offended Winnipeggers don’t like the taste of city golf courses’ food order The decision to replace Salisbury House with a U.S.-based food-service company’s fare at two city-owned golf courses has left a foul taste in the mouths of some councillors, customers and Manitoba’s Tory leader.

The decision to replace Salisbury House with a U.S.-based food-service company’s fare at two city-owned golf courses has left a foul taste in the mouths of some councillors, customers and Manitoba’s Tory leader.

This is a FRAUDULENT paper, AI-generated. My name was used as an author and I had nothing to do with it, never saw it until today e-pubmed.co.uk/journals/dig...
The "Editors" Angelo Rossi Mori, David Mensah, and Zarnie Khadjesari and this "Journal" should be reported.

My favourite Outer Limits is the one with Clancy Brown. His character gets injected with alien DNA, and the aliens come and rescue him.

The Goldeneyes goalie enters the ice at the start of the April 21st game.

Action on the ice in the south end of the rink.

@pwhlgoldeneyes.bsky.social Last night game was a nail-biter, but still a great game. The crowd was so into it right from the start.

‘Lost, confused’: Affordable seniors rental building in Lake Cowichan stalled after Community Housing Fund cancellation A project that would have brought affordable rental homes for seniors to Lake Cowichan can't move ahead after a B.C. funding stream it was relying on was suddenly cancelled.

A project that would have brought affordable rental homes for seniors to Lake Cowichan can't move ahead after a B.C. funding stream it was relying on was suddenly cancelled.

Prince George school launches afterschool Punjabi language program YouTube video by CBC British Columbia

What a fabulous idea!
youtu.be/sgVi_KMIPCw?...

April 12, 1980. "Today is the day it all begins".
46 years ago today at 2:30 pm in St. John's NL, Terry Fox started to run across the country.
"I touched the ocean before I left, up this old dirt road that was impossible to run on."
via @terryfoxfoundation.bsky.social

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New York Times headline: "A North American Treaty Organization Without America?"

In case workplace errors keep you awake at night:

Yesterday, the New York Times got the name of NATO (The North Atlantic Treaty Organization) wrong.

The UCP would win re-election today under the current existing boundaries that were drawn in 2017 and the majority report’s map, but the minority report’s map would make it basically impossible for the NDP to ever win in enough ridings to form a majority government — and that’s the point.

Stefan Kapuran, who surved a cardiac arrest on the Hill, says he's also grateful to Conservative MP Scott Reid, whose push to have defibrillators installed in federal buildings is the reason he is still alive today.

www.hilltimes.com/2026/03/31/t...

On the left: an image of a row of computer server towers. The floor of the aisle between them looks like blue water, and a blue sky with clouds is above the towers. On the right: text that reads “Data centres are on track to wreck the planet. Can we stop them? They will guzzle more water and power than the world can afford—for an AI video of your cat as an astronaut.”

Massive data centres are quietly running the systems our lives depend on, and in the process, they’ve become as critical—and as contested—as any public utility. Writer Jeremy Thomas Gilmer explores: thewalrus.ca/data-centres-are-on-trac...

Queen's writer-in-residence leaves public exhibit downtown as 'gift for Kingston' – Kingston News (Kingston, Ontario) Toronto-based Mexican cartoonist and writer Ani Castillo spent two months in Kingston as Queen's University's writer-in-residence, and left a public exhibit on the corner of Prince...

#ICYMI
Upon completing her residency at Queen's University, Toronto-based Mexican cartoonist and writer Ani Castillo decided to leave some of her paintings and drawings in downtown Kingston as a #PublicExhibit. #YGK #YGKArts

More details here: www.kingstonist.com/news/queens-...

As a founder and trustee of the Griffin Poetry Prize, I recognise that many poets within the Canadian poetry community have raised concerns about the current format of the Griffin Poetry Prize.

Royal Winnipeg Ballet featured in popular Heated Rivalry fan-fiction series A Heated Rivalry-Royal Winnipeg Ballet crossover was not on Christopher Stowell’s 2026 bingo card. The ballet company’s new artistic director was surprised and delighted to learn about a piece of popu...

Finding every excuse to continue writing about Heated Rivalry for Winnipeg's paper of record.

In today's @winnipegfreepress.com: a story about the RWB's starring role in a piece of popular HR fanfic by @opalapparition.bsky.social

www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

Vic Rauter, the voice of TSN's curling coverage, to retire after 53-year career TORONTO – Vic Rauter, the voice of TSN’s curling coverage for more than 40 years, is retiring after the men’s world championship.

TORONTO – Vic Rauter, the voice of TSN’s curling coverage for more than 40 years, is retiring after the men’s world championship.

Surprised this isn't already happening. Surrey BC organic waste program started in 2015.

So how did you enjoy(?) last year's American League winner.
Always been a Jays fan. Used to go see them in Seattle all the time. (Now, no).

Terrebonne byelection to use adapted ballot due to high number of candidates OTTAWA – Voters in Terrebonne will use a write-in ballot in the upcoming byelection, as the Longest Ballot Committee has made the Quebec riding its latest target.

OTTAWA – Voters in Terrebonne will use a write-in ballot in the upcoming byelection, as the Longest Ballot Committee has made the Quebec riding its latest target.

A Vancouver Island midwife who was born in Scotland has been told she failed to prove she can speak English.

Scottish-born midwife unable to practice in B.C. after immigration flags missing proof of English proficiency www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/scotti...
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As #Toronto and environs prepare for another fight over jets at #BillyBishop island airport, this line stood out: "...only clear beneficiaries would be the American investors who now own the island airport’s terminal facilities and gates." www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...

A Supreme constitutional clash: Canadians’ rights against government powers The landmark hearing on Bill 21 could bring the notwithstanding clause – and Canada – into uncharted territory

The Supreme Court of Canada is hearing a challenge this week re: Quebec's use of the notwithstanding clause to pass Bill 21, which prohibits public-sector workers in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols on the job

From @ebner.bsky.social:
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

If you visit Barry's Bay, ON, you can see the park and signage that describes Mr. Janusz Zurakowski and his life. There's even a replica Avro Arrow there. veterans.gc.ca/en/remembran...

Why one of the world's largest greenhouses is in jeopardy | BBC News YouTube video by BBC News

I always hoped to get to see this in person. Maybe I won't.
youtu.be/UKhnXu0e21k?...

N.L. chief medical examiner has begun tracking gambling as a risk factor in suicides  – The Independent The OCME’s policy change came nearly a year after an Independent investigation into gambling-related suicides

UPDATE: The province’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner began collecting data on gambling as a risk factor for suicide. The policy change came a year after The Independent published an investigation into gambling-related suicides in Newfoundland and Labrador.
theindependent.ca/news/lji/n-l...

AFAIK Granville Island is not in Surrey. Maybe you missed a comma after Island. I know it happens.

B.C. was unprepared to help Lytton rebuild after wildfire, A-G report says Auditor-General Bridget Parrish says province also struggled to co-ordinate rebuilding efforts between village and Indigenous governing bodies

The village of Lytton, B.C., lacked adequate support from the province to rebuild after a 2021 fire that wiped out the community and was expected to lead its own recovery, a report from the province’s Auditor-General has found.

From Jesse Winter:
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

i appreciate @blairbraverman.bsky.social's quote in this: "Personally, if I were with a man and he wandered away from me on a mountain, I’d be more worried for him than me,” she said. “I think it’s interesting that [the term] assumes that the woman is the one with less capability.” #UglyDogs