Canada will face USA, Mexico or Italy in their quarter-final match-up on Saturday afternoon in Houston.
A win would be one hell of a birthday present.
It's the first time Cuba has ever failed to advance out of the first round in the WBC.
A gargoyle peers through a pile of melting snow.
Spring is coming.
We'll travel round the world just you and me punk rock girl. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyaK...
Catherine O'Hara standing indoors in front of a patterned metallic wall with round lights. She is shown from the waist up, wearing a long-sleeved red textured top. Her shoulder-length blonde hair is parted near the center, and she is smiling slightly while facing the camera. The background features repeating rectangular metal tiles with warm reflections and two visible round light fixtures on the right side.
On this day in 1954, Catherine O'Hara was born in Toronto. A Canadian comedy icon, she received two Emmys, a Golden Globe, a Governor General's Performing Arts Award, the Order of Canada and a star on Canada's Walk of Fame. She died on Jan. 30, 2026.
maybe the most concise 2-sentence summary possible of the entire decade-plus Trump Experience
What a way to end the 5-game losing streak and scoreless run for the #CanWNT/#CanXNT, as they open 2026 with possibly their best performance under Casey Stoney in a 4-1 win vs. Colombia
The build-up play was sharp, the final-third play was fluid, the press was organized and 🇨🇦 had fun on set-pieces
🇨🇦 WIN IN NASHVILLE!
It's a return to prime form for the #CanWNT, scoring four against Colombia to open the 2026 SheBelieves Cup with a 4-1 win this afternoon!
Gilles and Sonis from set pieces, before Collins and Prince wrapped it up from open play.
📷 Canada Soccer
Man with baby carriage just alighted on subway touting cheap smokes. Such good banter. 5 bucks a pack. #lookslikeIpickedthewrongweektoquitsmoking
Rob Ford and John Tory were both assholes. But a third of local voters say they’d vote for Tory again if he runs this year. I can only conclude that people will accept horrendous policies if they’re not directly affected and the guy is well groomed.
One of my students mentioned this massive Tokyo subway map in class today - you can see where the rails all go.
minitokyo3d.com
Q: What pitcher registered the first regular season win in Montreal Expos' history?
A: Don Shaw, who recorded the win in relief in the Expos' first game, an 11-10 win over the Mets.
He turns 82 today.
Happy Birthday to him!
Intense Game
Richard Brodeur
n.d.
In the @thestar.com I write about Cumberland Terrace and what it and other such malls tell us about Toronto. 😘
Happy 67th Birthday to former Montreal Expos reliever Tim Burke!
His season ERAs for the Expos (minimum 55 games):
1985 - 2.39
1986 - 2.93
1987 - 1.19
1988 - 3.40
1989 - 2.55
1990 - 2.52
A couple of Canadian journalists (myself included) have started a fundraiser for Trenth Ernst & Tumbler Ridgelines. Since the shooting, he's stopped writing. We're hoping to get him some short-term support for these hard times.
Donate here: www.gofundme.com/f/support-tr...
Addison Barger, walking in to the Blue Jays’ spring training facility, looking absolutely jacked.
Addison Barger, showing up in Dunedin with the physique of a comic book villain. He’s gonna need a bigger couch to sleep on.
Happy 51st Birthday to Vladimir Guerrero!
All-time ranks among Expos players:
- .323 batting average (1st)
- .588 SLG (1st)
- .978 OPS (1st)
- 234 HRs (1st)
- 130 intentional walks (1st)
A sign says “bookstore” above a window, inside the right shelving is all black and the left is all pink. One side of the window says Hopeless Romantic Bookstore, the other sports the Little Ghosts ghost logo on top of a stack of books.
The rumours are TRUE!
There is a Romance x Horror bookstore PopUp in Union station running from now until May 31st. This great little space, shared between us and Hopeless Romantic Books, is the pink/black bookstore of your dreams.
Come by say hi on your next commute!
🖤📚👻💕
The Little Ghosts Workshop Space donation landing page, with contributor count at days left countdown. Shows a photo of the little ghosts team!
This could be you reward - have a little cartoon ghost drawn just for you! Examples included.
The Little Ghosts forever fundraiser shirt. Exclusive to the campaign, tell everyone you foresee the bookstore living forever.
A Little Means a Lot- A Handwritten Thank You. Get a handwritten postcard mailed anywhere for your $5 donation. Every little bit helps us buy drywall!
We’re running a big crowdfund at Little Ghosts to convert our garage out back into accessible workshop space!
We have loved hosting many great events and writers circles, and would love to do more for our community. Every little bit helps.
Fun rewards for donors, too
crowdfundr.com/littleghosts...
A Terrance Gore story: he bestowed upon me a custom handshake, like players have for each other. Knowing I'm always carrying cameras, AND "out of respect for your whiteness," there was only one step to it 😂😆
Our Kickstarter is live‼️
A new season of Burn It All Down is coming and we need your help to make it happen. Your support keeps independent, feminist sports media alive!
Learn more and support the campaign here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bur...
I paused to apply hand lotion before going upstairs to bed. My wife said “I’m glad you have an internet sister.”
Thanks @karenho.bsky.social
I wrote this yesterday about the hero city of Minneapolis
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOW...
Real estate agents may be the last bastion. Or politicians…
30–50
I've seen it argued cogently that the rest of the world should just leave FIFA and form another organisation.
This would be trivial to do.
Nine years ago today, Tim Raines was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
He would become the third player to be pictured in a Montreal Expos cap on their plaque, joining Gary Carter (2003) and Andre Dawson (2010).
37 years ago today, the Montreal Expos signed a 20-year-old shortstop from Fredericton, N.B. named Matt Stairs as an amateur free agent.
P.S. Yes, he was signed as an infielder.
