WaPo: "Media across the ideological spectrum said they will not sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new press policy" wapo.st/3WAcdy5 (🎁 link)

From the bird site, Modi welcomes @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social to India.

PMO handout photo: PM Carney and Pres Trup at Sharm El-Sheikh peace conference. PMO announced Carney's attendance too late for most Cdn networks/photogs/journos to get to this event so we're left with handout photos. Not ideal but it's a historic event and want to clearly identify the source.

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"Experts warn Canada’s student visa caps have damaged global reputation" Google's Gemini built this Web site based on the transcripts of CIMM 5 and 6. g.co/gemini/share... #media #AI

▶︎ Gaza peace. ▶︎ 'Never again'. ▶︎ Shrinking China
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PMO sources say PM Carney will head to Egypt this evening to attend Gaza peace summit in Sharm El-Sheikh with other world leaders. Many details TBD.

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

▶︎ Mail again. ▶︎ Kinew's call. ▶︎ Carney phones.
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WaPo: China’s demographic crisis means it’s going to run out of workers wapo.st/437RTYw (🎁 link)

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From colleague Stewart Bell: The story of a Bishnoi foot soldier: globalnews.ca/news/1147162...

▶︎ Border bill. ▶︎ Carney's critics. ▶︎ Gaza peace.
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R U KIDDING ME??? #Vladdy

Endgadget: Mastodon is adding Bluesky-like starter packs | The feature for finding people to follow was already copied by Threads.
www.engadget.com/social-media...

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After sentencing, Lich lawyer Greenspon says appeal is being considered of mischief conviction. Repeats several times Lich engaged in "peaceful assembly". Sorry, Lawrence, it was anything but peaceful! The lack of peace, in fact, was one of the chief harms!

Sorry, Ed! Yes -- Lawrence! (Thank you Alison)

Freedom Convoy leaders Chris Barber and Tamara Lich each get an 18-month conditional sentence; first 12 months to be served as house arrest. Judge cites principal of "deterrence and denunciation" of their activities.

▶︎ Budget news. ▶︎ Speed traps. ▶︎ CBC v Dhanraj.
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ECFR | From success to strategy: Three lessons from Moldova’s election

The EU, member states and aspiring EU members can all learn lessons from Moldova’s remarkable turnaround—and build them into their own strategies for democratic resilience in the future. ecfr.eu/article/from...

NPR: U.S. allies in Europe and the Indo-Pacific have shown an increasing willingness in recent months to coordinate and cooperate across a wide range of shared interests, from trade to defense and alliance management to China. www.npr.org/2025/10/07/n...

‘It’s not a good place right now’: CBS News staffers are ‘literally freaking out’ about Bari Weiss taking over newsroom | The Independent #media

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Which reminded me of the delightful conversation I had when I met Tim Berners-Lee in 1999 at a dinner party hosted by Bob Metcalfe. I wrote about it in 2002: "For Science or Money?" www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/for-...