Recent content by The Bread Guy

Dear 416/905, at least you seem to be getting some breaks from the smoke here and there ...

Yup ... This from a year ago .... Way to jinx it ;)

Beaverton seldom disappoints :) https://www.thebeaverton.com/2026/07/meet-the-canadian-civil-servant-responsible-for-sending-our-wildfire-smoke-to-the-u-s/

Didn't even know of such an exemption TBH. Clerical media/groups are (no pun intended) up in arms. "Swiss priests object to military service" (Swiss public broadcaster) https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/switzerland-ends-exemptions-to-mandatory...

Translation: shutting down some ops, shrinking others. https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/news/2026/07/canadian-armed-forces-rebalances-operations-to-strengthen-global-footprint.html Short & sweet: shutting down in Kosovo, Cyprus (SNOWGOOSE), Sudan & Congo, cutting back in...

MSM take on U.S. legislator "WTF's with your smoke, Canada?!?!?" positions. https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/07/16/u-s-lawmakers-press-canada-on-wildfires-as-carney-defends-environmental-record/ Also, for the record, I suspect many already have decent sites bookmarked, but if you like map-y...

Unfiltered ...

That popped into my mind, too - great minds think alike/fools seldom differ, I guess :)

Up next on your wildfire season bingo card: US border legislators asking Canada to get a grip on the smoke, m’kay?

Industry situating the estimate during a time of crisis to help … nudge the narrative? Be still my foolish heart, right? :) Meanwhile, couple of dudes are saying Canada should buy more DH waterbombers with defence money - came out today, coincidentally ;)...

Waterbomber makers not missing an opportunity. https://dehavilland.com/our-team/canadians-support-a-national-waterbomber-fleet-to-fight-ever-worsening-wildfires-in-canada/ Highlights - more details attached. Spoiler alert: who do you think Canadians want to build these waterbombers? ... ...

Some peripheral atmospheric tea leaves: hard-core conservative Catholic publication suggests VPOTUS not Catholic enough. https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/jd-vance-is-hardly-the-best-witness-to-the-catholic-faith/...

Why don't you ask steel, aluminum producers - as well as softwood lumber makers - how damage-free they've been since the latest tariff fracas began? Or do you blame all the GDP contraction and higher consumer costs on Canada's government alone? After all, if we're in a recession because of a...

For the record, here's the Secretary's statement on the initiative (about 2 1/2 minutes long) ... ... as well as a one-pager signed by the SecWar on the initiative, attached. This stood out for me from the letter (highlights mine): First I've heard of "Operator Syndrome" - here's a touch more...

And in case folks don't know, that includes some Sun newspapers in major centres - hardly the flag bearers of media woke-ness :) Same with Canadaland - although IIRC they are in on some of the Google news settlement money - not really government money but outside sourcing.