Former reporter/editor at the Ottawa Citizen 2001-2025. Lover of kayaking. @getbac.bsky.social

Joined February 2009
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🚨 do you understand what happened to Stephen Colbert.. 24 hours after his final Late Show, Colbert hijacked a tiny public access channel in Monroe, Michigan with Jack White, Eminem, Jeff Daniels and Steve Buscemi. Now Paramount - the company that just cancelled his show - is mass-blocking every reupload worldwide via Content ID. And the deeper you dig, the worse it looks: - The finale pulled 6.74M viewers - a weeknight record over 11 years - Eminem cameoed as "Marshall, the fire marshal" to greenlight torching the set - The same day Trump posted an AI video of throwing Colbert into a dumpster, Colbert aired footage of himself burning a real one - Mayday Network and verified journalist Matthew Keys both got blocked globally - for sharing a community access show Paramount cancelled his show to silence him. Instead they handed him a Streisand-effect comeback 10x bigger than the show ever was.
Paramount is apparently trying to suppress copies of "Only in Monroe" from appearing on other social platforms by filing frivolous copyright notices, even though the show was produced by a public access TV channel and doesn't use their intellectual property...
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Demi-marathon d’Ottawa ✅ Ottawa Half Marathon ✅ @OttawaRaceWknd #ottawa #ottawamarathon #run #parlement #parliament #honoremercier
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Go Peace Tower!
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Just one day after ending "The Late Show" on CBS, Stephen Colbert returned to TV — to host a public access show with rocker Jack White in Monroe, Michigan. Appearances by Jeff Daniels, Eminem and Steve Buscemi.
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This is the most important, most brilliant, and most well written thing you could read today. If you’re an Albertan, or a Canadian, and read nothing else, fine. Just read this. Goodness me. Every word. readtheline.ca/p/clarke-ries…
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In the 1980's, Canadian broadcaster Global found a loophole in Canadian broadcasting legislation. Instead of broadcasting test patterns on screen and losing out on overnight revenue, they could send a cameraman into the city to walk around and film the streets of Toronto. Global producers decided to create their own original music to accompany the show instead of losing out on licensing fees. Because the show was entirely "Canadian Content", this allowed Global to leave key primetime slots open to broadcast American content. The show was called Night Walk. Although Night Walk was created to exploit a loophole, the footage that was left behind now looks like a time capsule.
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Es un hijo de puta hasta en el más mínimo detalle.

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A hilarious April fools video made by the police
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🚨OMG &THIS GUY HAS THE NUKE CODES‼️
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Holy smokes….incredible finish at LA Marathon today by American Nathan Martin coming from behind to catch and beat Kenyan Michael Kamari at the finish line

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Thing of absolute beauty. Give whoever made this video a big fat raise, Wyze

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One of my former research assistants was killed by ICE in Minneapolis today😢 Alex was the kindest, sweetest human and a ICU nurse with a bright future ahead of him May his soul rest in peace and this senseless carnage stop💔
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US trade with China: $582.5B USD (Representing 10.9% of total US trade) Canadian trade with China: $86.2B USD (Representing 7.9% of total Canadian trade) The US trades more with China - and Trump himself is trying to negotiate a trade deal with China. Data sources in thread.
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RT @HelloStephano: Governor Newsom on PM Carney:
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Even Torontonians are laughing at this CNN reporter's encounter with Greenland's "harsh" conditions.
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