Industry group with Conservative ties is calling for pipeline ‘emergency’
(via DeSmog)
Build Canada and oil baron Adam Waterous appear to be shaping energy policies endorsed by leader Pierre Poilievre.
Renowned Canadian puppeteer Noreen Young dead at 85
(via CBC)
Tributes are pouring in for Young, the Ottawa-born puppeteer who created the CBC children’s show Under the Umbrella Tree and who served as the first artistic director of the Puppets Up! festival in Almonte.
Many Canadian ‘snowbirds’ in US looking to pack up and fly north — for good
(via Reuters)
The number of Canadian “snowbirds” planning to sell their second homes in sunny Florida and Arizona has surged this spring, many of them put off by the sudden chill that has blanketed relations between their homeland and the U.S. Real estate agents say they are seeing more Canadians cashing out
Canada election race tightens but Liberals still ahead in final week: poll
(via Global News)
The latest Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News found the Liberals are still in the lead, but are now just three points ahead of the Conservatives.
Rebel News owner Ezra Levant was ‘mentor’ to Poilievre, says author
(via CBC)
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has historic ties to Rebel News owner Ezra Levant, the right-wing media personality at the epicentre of a controversy that has engulfed Canada’s Leaders’ Debates Commission.
Federal debates chief says he was unaware Rebel News had registered as advocacy group
(via CTV News)
The head of the Leaders’ Debates Commission said Thursday he wasn’t aware that right-wing media group Rebel News — which was permitted more opportunities to question leaders after Wednesday’s debate than most mainstream outlets — had registered as an official third party in the federal election.
Vancouver student meal program to receive large donation after city cuts budget
(via Vancouver Sun)
The Greater Vancouver Food Bank and Nicola Wealth, under the leadership of John and Claire Nicole, announced Wednesday a joint donation of $170,000 to support the continuation of the Food4Schools program.
Pronatalism isn’t a solution, It’s a problem
(via Intelligencer)
We don’t need more Elon Musk babies. We need reproductive justice.
Stylist El Ershler emboldens queer Madisonians to ‘just get the haircut’
(via Tone Madison)
How Mint Cuts and Color became an affirming hair haven.
This ICE-snitching app is actually promoting a meme coin
(via the Verge)
‘It’s like a citizen’s arrest, but with Wi-Fi.’
