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In case anyone is curious ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/223...

Port of Vancouver handles record amount of cargo, bolstered by China Natural resource exports also hit record levels at Canada’s largest port

Port of Vancouver set a record high for annual cargo handled, bolstered by increased trade with China.
Canada’s largest port processed 170.4M tonnes last year of imported and exported cargo. Exports of crude oil, grain and potash hit record levels.
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Middle East Airlines is still flying out of Beirut, to the sound of gunfire Lebanon’s flag carrier has kept up its service while other airlines have cancelled all flights to and from the city

Gunfire crackled in the nearby Dahiya, an Israeli drone buzzed overhead, and Lebanon’s Middle East airlines kept flying.

My report from Beirut on “the most badass airline on the planet”

Punching, Slamming, Screaming: A Chef’s Past Abuse Haunts Noma, the World’s Top-Rated Restaurant

*gift article*
Punching, Slamming, Screaming: A Chef’s Past Abuse Haunts Noma, the World’s Top-Rated Restaurant www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/d...

Atom Egoyan spoiling an aesthetic experience is quite an anecdote.

Janet Cardiff – 40 Part Motet YouTube video by National Gallery of Canada

I was fortunate to encounter this work of art in a particularly beautiful setting, in the chapel of the National Gallery of Canada.
"Each time that we're approaching one speaker, it is as if we're approaching that singer specifically and we can hear their voice."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0Yv...

One Collective Breath: Janet Cardiff's 'The Forty Part Motet' | KQED Arts YouTube video by KQED Arts

"When you walk into this space, the sound is so three-dimensional for you that it's like walking into a piece of music."

More details here about that installation and about Cardiff's art.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZXB...

One special way to experience Tallis' hauntingly beautiful music is by walking in Janet Cardiff's art installation, where each of the 40 voices in Spem in alium is played in a separate speaker. www.youtube.com/watch?v=38OR...

One of the secret pleasures of print journalism is teaming with talented photographers and seeing how they plan visually, how they set up all their hardware, how they position themselves for a great shot.

Farewell Bruno. Had the pleasure of crossing your path when I was at the Citizen in 1988.

What a viral speech in Ireland reveals about colonial history and Caribbean English Linguists say reaction to Irish TD’s remarks reflects shared regional English roots and enduring impact of empire

“Both Ireland and the English Caribbean were settled disproportionately by people of south-west and western England,” Devonish says, adding: “The similarities in vowels and intonation may be a result of that shared origin.”

www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...

Nobody wants to host the Olympics: Calgary balking at 2026 bid is emblematic of wider trend | CBC Sports It’s not that Calgary bid on the 2026 Winter Games and lost out to an Italian proposal. The city famously declined to bid at all, putting the idea to a plebiscite in November 2018 that saw more than h...

Increasingly, the toughest task for potential host cities is convincing skeptical local residents that the long-term benefits of an Olympic Games outweigh the steep up-front costs.

#Olympics
#Calgary
#WorldSport

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This is a hugely important story: everyone concerned with learning and truth should read it. Presented with prompts about a lesser-known turn-of-the-last-century composer, an LLM produces a nice, clear readable evaluation of her Symphony No. 1 - which DOESN'T EXIST. Everything is made up. 😵‍💫

Knowledge Is Power. France Is Bacon. • The Habit Last week my friend and nemesis John Barber posted a very funny story that first appeared on Reddit ten years ago, posted by a Lard_Baron in response to the question,Read More

Found this great piece on misheard words and phrases while looking up the old “knowledge is power, France is bacon” story (after a Grauniad article today mentioned “times in memorial”). The videos at the end are really worth watching too. thehabit.co/knowledge-is...

Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 — Rūta Kuzmickas YouTube video by Rūta Kuzmickas

I have a difficult and unresolved relationship with Chopin, but it's his birthday today, so.

His first Ballade. There's nothing like it on earth. An unforgettable narrative, an adventure really . Cannot even process what it must be like to play.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj06...

Shedding a small Torontonian tear as I walk down the main street of Montreal hearing the unmistakable honk of the truck that signals drivers to move their cars before the plows arrive or risk being towed. That’s how you know Montréal’s superior snow clearing is coming.

After the name of the Tumbler Ridge shooter was made public, ChatGPT discovered the shooter had opened a second account, after the first account was banned last June for violating the company’s violent activities policy.

Craig McMorris commented on waking up at 4am for covering snowboarding.. so I knew he was in Toronto.. felt he did a great job.. he was a bit quiet during his brothers run but it was very understandable given the circumstances

"A reminder that, when CBC’s Andi Petrillo, Anastasia Bucsis and Kurt Browning talk about what a lovely evening it is in Verona for this closing ceremony, they’re not actually there. The commentating for all of the sports during these Games – except for hockey – was done remotely out of CBC’s headquarters in Toronto, a practice that began with the 2020 (postponed to 2021) and 2022 Games because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and has endured because of budget restraints."

My colleague @simonhoupt.bsky.social with a reality check about the CBC's coverage of the closing ceremony...

In the UK: "Cottaging" is a British gay slang term for engaging in, or cruising for, anonymous sexual activity with other men in public toilets (often referred to as "cottages" or "tea-rooms").

Heated Rivalry is igniting Canada's cottage culture Bookings for Canadian cottages have risen by 110% since the steamy show aired, rewriting what summer in Muskoka will look like in 2026.

"For people in the UK or the US, 'cottage' brings to mind a small country dwelling, but in Canada, the term 'cottage' means 'holiday home' – often a second or rented residence in a rural or lakefront area where Canadians head ... to escape the bustle of urban life."
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...

OpenAI did not mention Tumbler Ridge shooter’s posts in meeting with B.C. officials day after mass shooting: province Company says it suspended the shooter’s account in June after posts were flagged by an automatic screening system

OpenAI had a meeting with the BC govt the day after the Tumbler Ridge killings but didn't reveal that it had suspended the shooter’s account months earlier due to its violent content.

The company waited until the next day to reach out to the RCMP.
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Alberta health authority destroys remaining pediatric drugs imported during 2022 shortage Pediatric medicine was due to expire soon, prompting authority to abandon donation plans

SCOOP: Alberta Health Services destroyed roughly half of the children's medication imported from Turkey, paying $718,000 to dispose of the hazardous waste.

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

‘He invented a style’: war chronicler Robert Capa refashioned himself and revolutionised photography A Paris exhibition showcases how the Magnum agency founder documented not just battle but also victims of war

“He’s there,” she said. “We found him.”
Remarkable how museum cross-referenced Robert Capa's photos with US army film records and uncovered footage of the great war photographer in action during the liberation of Paris in 1944.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

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Judge sentences men convicted in St. Michael’s Hospital fraud to prison Vas Georgiou and John Aquino ‘corrupted’ a public procurement for a much-needed project, judge says

Two men sentenced to prison in fraud in the multimillion-dollar public-private partnership redevelopment of Toronto’s St. Michael’s Hospital.
Former chief admin officer Vas Georgiou gets 5 years. John Aquino of Bondfield Construction, gets 7 years.
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Est-ce que Terrebonne va décider si le gouvernement libéral de Mark Carney devient majoritaire?

Réponse : oui.

168 députés + Matt Jeneroux + 2 circonscriptions sûres de Toronto (démissions de Bill Blair et Chrystia Freeland)

= 171. Ça prend 172 élus pour une majorité à Ottawa.