It happened on Monday, during Prime Minister Carney's press conference at the Churchill Falls announcement
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The Churchill Falls project is very very big news for Canada, and it came together at the right time.
The Globe and Mail reports:
Ottawa is calling it the largest clean energy investment in North American history.Very exciting.
Prime Minister Mark Carney was in St. John’s Monday to announce a new agreement on Churchill Falls and other electricity projects in Labrador, alongside N.L. Premier Tony Wakeham and Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette.
“We are finally turning the page on one of the darkest chapters in our past, and replacing both the notorious 1969 Churchill Falls agreement and the 2024 [memorandum of understanding] with a better deal for all of us," said Wakeham.
Ottawa will provide $10 billion in financing to upgrade and expand the Churchill Falls generating station, develop the Gull Island hydroelectric project, build transmission lines and implement a 2,000 MW onshore wind energy project in Labrador — with the exact location and other details for that wind project under consideration by Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro.
According to the federal government, altogether these projects represent the largest clean energy investment in North American history — valued at nearly $70 billion — and will nearly triple the current generating capacity of Churchill Falls, with enough power to light, heat and cool all the homes in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver combined.
“Just put this in context. Tripling the current generation capacity of Churchill Falls to that 14,000 megawatts of renewable power — that's more than the entire generating capacity of B.C. Hydro. It's more than double the output of Bruce Power, the largest nuclear plant on this continent," Carney said.
The projects will create 23,000 jobs, according to both levels of government....
With just a day left now before Trump's August 19 tariff threat deadline, Carney's press conference included lots of questions about whether there will be a deal:View on Threads
My Prime Minister, Mark Carney, says he will talk to Bronzolini before the idiotic US bullying tariff deadline. He also dropped this nice little soundbite: "Maybe I will translate 'maîtres chez nous' for the President as well." Which means... "Masters of our own house." www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
— Trevor Foster (@darthfos.bsky.social) August 17, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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Donald Trump and Mark Carney spoke by phone about trade negotiations on Monday. The Trump-Carney call was confirmed by a spokesperson for the [Canadian] PM. Automotive sector rules are proving to be a major obstacle toward an agreement. Source: www.businesstimes.com.sg/internationa...
— Kirsten Ostermann (@kirstenostermann.bsky.social) August 17, 2026 at 11:50 PM
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Canada isn't weak like Trump wanted us to be. As I expected, international businesses are increasing Canada investments - in the short term they know Carney will guarantee them a safe and sensible country, and in the long term, they can anticipate new customers in America if the US regains its sanity.
— The Globe and Mail (@theglobeandmail.com) August 15, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Trump is obsessed with the booze boycott because he enraged by the defiance of the Canadian people. This is not a trade dispute. It is an attempt to break our will. Hold the line. There are no deals that can be made with predators. charlieangus.substack.com/p/there-is-n...
— Charlie Angus (@charlieangus104.bsky.social) August 17, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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TrueNorthEmpath summarizes:
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Or, as Wab Kinew said it:
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Enjoy the newest version
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Wildfire Update
A month ago there were almost a thousand wildfires burning, two weeks ago almost 700, today less than 600.
BRITISH COLUMBIA: “What you need to know about B.C. wildfires on Aug. 17” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... - CBC News BC #BaldRangeWildfire #BCWildfire #BostonBar #BrunswickComplex #ClintonBC #Okanagan #PearLakeWildfire #Summerland #Wildfires
— BC Wildfire Weekly - Wildfires + More (@bcwildfirewkly.bsky.social) August 17, 2026 at 1:59 PM
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Excellent government messaging on AI 🎯
— Jim Vanderwal (@jimvanderwal.bsky.social) August 17, 2026 at 12:25 PM
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The BC SPCA says it has taken in over 100 pets through emergency boarding services as wildfires continue to force evacuations across the province. https://cheknews.ca/bc-spca-caring-for-over-100-pets-during-wildfire-evacuations-1342387/
— CHEK News (@cheknews.ca) August 17, 2026 at 10:51 AM
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102 wildland firefighters arrived from Costa Rica to assist us in our wildfires in British Columbia, Canada. 🇨🇦🇨🇷 Gracias, Amigos!
— JD Lagrange (@grumpa.ca) August 17, 2026 at 5:17 AM
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On The Recovering Environmentalist, Hayley Easto does a Weekly News Roundup and I thought this week had some excellent links relating to wildfire stories plus other interesting topics. Well worth your time: Wildfires, heatwaves, and two kinds of fish - weekly links for August 17 This new normal is not normal - how the heat wave impacts First Nations communities, marine biodiversity, dairy industries, nuclear energy, and people who live alone.
Good news
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Canada’s largest #icebreaker reaches the North Pole | @CoastGuardCANhttps://t.co/CbOXtG3gY2 pic.twitter.com/02JQZHZBjc
— Railotech (@Railotech) August 17, 2026
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A great story here - Plaid It Forward
How it started
The Globe and Mail writes:DEUXMOI EXCLUSIVE 📸…Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie gear up to shoot the second season of “Heated Rivalry” in Toronto 📸TheImageDirect pic.twitter.com/9x9Wm2nqMS
— deuxmoi (@deuxmoiworld) August 1, 2026
Over the weekend, the Heated Rivalry star sparked a tote bag frenzy when he was seen holding a branded red, white and black plaid Canadian Tire reusable tote bag while out in Toronto alongside his co-star Connor Storrie. The actors are reportedly filming the second season of the hit show in the city.How it's going
The shopping bag quickly took off. Online, social-media posters were eager to snag their own $1.99 piece of Hudson Williams-approved Canadian merch, with fans snapping photos and filming videos of their victorious purchases. Some chimed in from across the border, asking if successful buyers would be willing to ship the bag internationally to places including the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia.
“Is this the Canadian answer to Trader Joe’s?” asked one commenter on Instagram.
“He could have saved HBC,” another wrote, referring to the now-shuttered Canadian department store Hudson’s Bay Company (whose iconic stripes are now in fact owned by Canadian Tire).
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Celebrating a ship navigating to the North Pole?
Not too long ago, peolple travelled on ice to get there.
tick, tick, tick ......
"Predictions of an ice-free Arctic Ocean have a long and complicated history, and the 2030s is sooner than most scientists had thought possible (though it is later than some had wrongly forecast). What we know for sure is the disappearance of sea ice at the top of the world would not only be an emblematic sign of climate breakdown, but it would have global, damaging and dangerous consequences.
The Arctic has been experiencing climate heating faster than any other part of the planet. As it is at the frontline of climate change, the eyes of many scientists and local indigenous people have been on the sea ice that covers much of the Arctic Ocean in winter. This thin film of frozen seawater expands and contracts with the seasons, reaching a minimum area in September each year.
The ice which remains at the end of summer is called multiyear sea ice and is considerably thicker than its seasonal counterpart. It acts as barrier to the transfer of both moisture and heat between the ocean and atmosphere. Over the past 40 years this multiyear sea ice has shrunk from around 7 million sq km to 4 million. That is a loss equivalent to roughly the size of India or 12 UKs. In other words, it’s a big signal, one of the most stark and dramatic signs of fundamental change to the climate system anywhere in the world."
Meanwhile, the adults in Quebec are showing the youngster-in-charge-of-Albeta how to behave themselves ....
"The leader of Quebec’s separatist party said Tuesday he would delay any referendum on independence from Canada until Donald Trump is no longer U.S. president."
What excellent news.
I have to say I support Carney's move on that hydro-and-wind announcement. Well, unless I find out different--big hydro projects do have side effects and I want to know what local First Nations have to say. But fundamentally this is good stuff. I disagree with Carney on quite a few policies, but I'm not going to knee-jerk rubbish something I do agree with.
Oh, and GO SFU! That's where I work, and I've always had a very soft spot for the pipe band. This isn't their first international win; they've been one of the bands to watch out for, for quite a few years. But in terms of winning the whole enchilada they've been on a dry patch for a bit, so it's very nice to see them take the win.
I found a number of Youtube clips of the band and they were really terrific. (Unfortunately some of their winning march was marred, I thought, by some old guy in a sloppy track suit running in front of the band holding a bigger trophy and waving it around as though he had won it himself. I wondered if he was some kind of director or music professor or something? If so, its too bad he didn't present himself very well at the competition. So the clip I posted had as little of him as possible.)
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