Manitoba Grifters

What’s the phrase “I’m willing to entertain…” supposed to mean anyway? That he’s going to hold the project ransom at some point? It would be nice to hear “I enthusiastically endorse…” instead, but that would probably land him in hot water with the greenies.

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says he’s open to a west-east pipeline being pitched by his counterparts in Alberta and Ontario.

But he says major projects like pipelines need to be built the right way, by addressing environmental concerns and bringing Indigenous governments on board.

What goes up is more than balloons

Pipeline Online Podcast Ep. 40: James Baker of Helium Evolution

Helium Evolution is an active player in the Saskatchewan helium space. Helium is one of the materials dramatically affected by the Iran War. James Baker is chair of Helium Evolution and one if its founders. It’s all about rockets, MRIs and high tech, not balloons. 

Here’s a sample:

Also:

Construction begins on $4-billion Enbridge natural gas pipeline expansion in B.C.

Nemeth Report: US Grid Crisis Exposed Virtual Power Plants, NE Instability & Shorting the Grid with Meredith Angwin

Smoke Up Your Ass

Yes, but at least the United Nations got $8.5 million in Canadian taxpayer dollars to “establish an International Indigenous-led Fire Adaptation Network,” and “increase access to gender-responsive Integrated Fire Management training.”

Two of Ontario’s nine waterbombers are grounded for repairs as the province calls in help from across the country to battle for control of nearly 200 wildfires ripping through the north.

Questions from opponents and experts have lingered through the fire season about how many planes Ontario has from its own fleet available to fight, with questions and concerns about crewing and mechanical readiness.

The Ministry of Natural Resources indicated to Global News that two of its waterbombers were grounded for repairs but said there were no issues with staffing its fleet, claiming the rest of its planes are in use.

Things Can Always Get Worse

I’m blessed to know a number of Nicaraguans in the San Francisco Bay Area. They are all refugees from the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega, who is now dispensing with the illusion of elections.

All Americans should be very disturbed by Bernie Sanders’ close relationship with Ortega:

Wednesday On Turtle Island

The Democrat Party’s America:    Victor Davis Hanson – Middle class phonies.    A new elite.    America’s future.

Davos Carney’s Canada:    Muslim values are Canadian values.    The Singh family and friends.    Critical.

Stories You Won’t Find At Carney’s CBC:    Tales of doom.    Just like Canada – No more elections.    Paul Joseph Watson – Kindness gone wrong and it’s strange.    Tanned European.

Your morning meme.        Another meme.

I, For One, Welcome Our New Self-Driving Overlords

Techcrunch;

Users of OpenAI’s latest coding and cybersecurity-oriented flagship model, GPT-5.6 Sol, are posting horrifying accounts on social media, claiming the model just up and deleted their files, data, even entire databases on its own, without asking first.

“GPT-5.6-Sol just accidentally deleted almost ALL of my Mac’s files,” wrote Matt Shumer, the founder and CEO of AI startup OthersideAI, maker of HyperWrite, in a now viral post on X.

“GPT-5.6 Sol just deleted my whole production database. That’s it. Not a joke. This had never happened to me before, with any other model, ever,” developer Bruno Lemos posted on X.

“Looks like I’ve gotten bit by Codex Sol’s overly ambitious system and it deleted some files it shouldn’t have. I have backups so I’ll be fine, but this is not cool, Sol needs to be toned down,” posted developer Joey Kudish.

Is Canada A Suicide Pact?

Apparently most provincial premiers cannot grasp that these tactics have the same chance of success as an economy sedan playing chicken with a bus. Wiser leaders would know enough to concede before it’s too late.

British Columbia Premier David Eby delivered ​the ​starkest message: “There is not a chance in hell that U.S. alcohol is going back on the ​shelves in British Columbia.”

The Great Negotiator

“I expect that ask to be coming.”Scott Moe is asked by David Cochrane “Does that comment you just made mean that the federal government has asked some premiers to remove their booze bans

Related: What’s most interesting are the things he has exempted: potash, energy, critical minerals.

Indeed.

Doctors And Engineers

We’re gonna need a bigger revolving door.

Police say three men have been arrested after a lengthy investigation into an organized human trafficking network operating between Ottawa, the Greater Toronto Area, and communities across the province.

On Monday, the Ottawa Police Service and the Ontario Provincial Police announced the results of a joint investigation into human trafficking that was conducted between 2025 and July 2026.

The investigation originated in Ottawa and London, but was expanded to other communities across Ontario, including Windsor, London, Toronto, and Sarnia, according to police.

Moad Ben Yahya, (aka ‘Benzi’) 28, Abdulaziz Al-Zouaghi, (aka ‘Zee’) 27 and Mohammad Elmuradi, (aka ‘Mur’) 26, were arrested in Ottawa on July 8. The three suspects face numerous human trafficking-related charges.

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