Business reporter, ex-sports guy at the Toronto Star; beer writer/beer and whisky judge. I tweet mostly about sports, beer, business and some politics.
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The deadly CFB Wainwright fire started due to military training on a grenade launcher range, and was allowed to keep burning because it was impossible to reach and deemed not to be a threat.
By @aballinga
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Dear @RogersHelps , my xfinity has gone down six times this afternoon. At least 5-10 minutes each time. What is going on with your network? This is getting to be unusable.
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1) A trade deficit is not a loss
2) The deficit with Canada was $27B last year, not the $90B he keeps using
3) The deficit with Canada exists because American companies buy a lot of cheap Canadian oil
4) Uh, what
Trump: I do not want to lose $90 billion for the privilege of allowing Canada to have a healthcare system and other things that they shouldn't have. They spend our money!
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The statement in the video misstates the US-Canada trade deficit as a $90B loss subsidizing healthcare; the goods and services deficit was $27B in 2025 and stems mainly from US purchases of Canadian oil while Canada's system is funded by its own taxes.
usafacts.org/articles/us-ca…
canada.ca/en/health-cana…
realeconomy.rsmus.com/market-minute-…
ustr.gov/countries-regi…
josh rubin retweeted
On A1 @TorontoStar today: Dennis Modry is pitching a vision of economic independence for Alberta, but his own financial history is checkered: thestar.com/news/investigati…
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I tried out for the Raptors 905.
Here’s inside my experience and how I barely survived for @TorontoStar 😂 thestar.com/sports/raptors/i…
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I love you all but we need a city-wide refresher on civics 101 so ahead of the mayoral election, here's an explainer on what the mayor, premier and prime minister are responsible for (so that you can rail accordingly).
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President Trump complained at length tonight that he hasn't been given the Nobel Peace Prize for having "settled eight wars," then recited a list of supposed wars settled that includes...
- "Egypt and Ethiopia" (who had a diplomatic dispute, not a war)
- "Kosovo and Serbia" (who also weren't at war under Trump)
- "The Democrat(ic) Republic of the Congo and Rwanda" (the war in the eastern DRC never ended despite a peace deal brokered by his administration that didn't include the rebel coalition doing the fighting)
- "Israel and Iran" last year (Israel went back to war with Iran this year along with the Trump-led US)
- "Israel and Hamas" (Israel continues to conduct frequent attacks in Gaza despite a ceasefire)
Trump also claimed he's "about to settle or win" the war with Iran, the one he started, and also "Russia-Ukraine," though he'd repeatedly promised to end that one within 24 hours of taking office in 2025.
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Way to go, viewers.
You screwed up again by listening to his words and not what he meant to say.
Oh, @emeraldphoenix
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Korean company eyes joint venture in Canadian auto sector despite losing sub bid thestar.com/politics/federal… via @torontostar
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Man, even the AYCE robot sushi servers have to get a second job these days
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Good lord, again? LOL. #billsmafia #mingvase
Saw Gryfe's at No. 1. LOLed, and stopped reading.
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