"We've lost hundreds of them already, just over the last few decades.” Many of the iconic glaciers in the Canadian Rockies will be gone in the coming decades due to climate change, according to Dr. John Pomeroy of #USask and Global Water Futures bit.ly/3THbU1w

"How was that New Zealand?!" 🇳🇿 An iconic interview from Rubes Tui as she gets Eden Park rocking! 👏🍿 #NZLvENG | #RWC2021

Boys and girls growing up in Wadestown will live to 85 and 88, on average. Just 30min away, in Waitangirua, those numbers are 74 and 78. My latest Stuff column on our shocking life-expectancy disparities between rich and poor. stuff.co.nz/opinion/130515…

Now there have been 3 felt earthquakes in northern #Alberta, in just over an hour: 16:45 MT M5.2 16:56 MT M4.6 17:55 MT M~6 Stay tuned to: earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/index-en.php See live shaking: earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/stndon/wf-fo/i…

Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa says social media has “come in and used free speech to stifle free speech.” #Colbert

After the mosque attacks, my then 8-year-old wrote to Jacinda Ardern, thanking her for being Prime Minister and saying she thought it was a good idea to ban the dangerous guns. Today seems like a good day to re-post the letter she got back a few days later.

As the dust settles after yesterday's announcement, I've been reflecting how best to surmise my feelings. And I thought the best way was to share this story. 1/14

As a Canadian historian, the true “disgrace” here is the butchering of history: a) Macdonald didn’t build the railway, Chinese migrant workers did b) the railway was a destructive tool of settler capitalism c) changes to commemoration don’t erase history, that’s not how it works.

“These children are not buried in caskets,” Redcrow said. “They’re just little skeletons in the ground, one- to three-feet deep.” Children died from drinking unpasteurized raw milk at Saddle Lake residential school globalnews.ca/news/9432774/s…

A day late for #HolocaustRemembranceDay but this first episode of a BBC documentary has some interesting details about how the Holocaust began and features work in Latvia and Lithuania by my colleagues Harry Jol and Phil Reeder m.youtube.com/watch?v=9eC0wG…

We are not the only ones warning about the dangers of charter schools, choice & the erosion of accessibility to public education. The effects are well known & the threat is real —it’s kids in the margins who lose the most. #Abed #ableg Watch full video: youtu.be/jcN3YYUKOWc

May is wildfire season in Alberta! 🔥 The prolonged spell of warm, dry weather over the next couple of weeks should ramp fire danger across the Boreal Plain regions of northern AB and SK, as well as northeast BC. #abfire

Another great piece today pushing back against residential school denialism. Great to see. Thanks to raymond frogner: theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

#WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar Junta official Kyaw Thura issued a letter saying that the junta had suspended the aid in Rakhine State. No explanation was provided. A brutal tactic by the junta and a crime. Fortify Rights is monitoring the situation. rfa.org/english/news/m…

The NCTR has updated its interactive map and now allows you to look at Indian Residential Schools in Canada AND Indian Boarding Schools in the US, with detailed information about each school. Check it out: nctr.ca/records/view-y…

My story on the press conference about the Blue Quills Indian Residential School and the work to excavate a communal grave. aptnnews.ca/national-news/…

Excavation planned at suspected burial site near Blue Quills residential school at Saddle Lake cbc.ca/news/indigenou…

What is at stake for the criminal charges that I'm facing? There’s gonna be a shaking as to what we stand for in this country we call Canada and for media rights and freedoms and for the freedoms of all. As well as truth and reconciliation because doing this work is integral.

Let’s talk about the facts. Not conspiracies, not false myths spread on social media – facts. Danielle Smith’s policy targeting trans and gender-diverse youth is an attack on a vulnerable group of youth and on thousands of Albertans. It is a massive overstep into private health

Twitter was useful at one time for sharing content and for staying informed. Now X is just toxic and geared toward the spread of misinformation. Time to get off the Titanic.