Anna Haunthro

“ While #Canada currently celebrates National Poutine Day on April 11th, National Cinnamon Bun Day on Nov 1st and BC observes Nanaimo Bar Day on May 17th, there are currently no officially recognized food holidays on April 19th, making it an ideal date to celebrate this iconic dessert.”

Establishing a National Butter Tart Day would honour Canadian culinary history, support our domestic bakers, egg farmers and dairy industry, and promote national pride.”

https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7213

“ Long considered a declining force in Quebec politics, the #PQ owes its resurgence to party leader St-Pierre Plamondon.

The Oxford-educated lawyer & polyglot has positioned himself as a TikToking gen-X rebuttal to Legault, #Quebec’s unpopular long-serving #CAQ Premier.

His success is not because he is a separatist – the majority of voters do not support an independent Quebec – but because of his rightwing take on red-meat identity issues.”

#Montreal #Canada

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/05/quebec-election-separatist-government-parti-quebecois-referendum

“ Former Air #Canada employee Parmpal Sidhu is scheduled to face theft charges on Monday in Brampton court, three-and-a-half years after he was charged in the largest gold heist in Canadian history.

Sidhu is one of nine people originally charged in what Peel Regional Police dubbed Project 24K. 

Thieves stole 400.19 kg of nearly pure #gold from an Air Canada cargo facility shortly after it arrived on April 17, 2023.”

https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/pearson-gold-heist-trial-starts-monday-for-ex-air-canada-worker-charged-in-largest-theft-in-canadian-history/article_26f9d2c9-98cb-4e82-88d5-280d722093b5.html

Alberta separatists have gone to #Trump’s D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province.

Behind the cross-border effort to sway #Alberta’s secession vote in #Canada.”

The elephant in the room https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-alberta-separatism-canada-united-states-republican/

“ They call it the “world’s first parcel locker for abortion pills”.

Polish campaigners have launched a new means of distribution as part of their ongoing effort to skirt #Poland’s near-total ban on #abortion.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/04/polish-activists-launch-abortion-pill-locker-to-bypass-near-total-ban

“ I understand that you may be aware of a total of 22 individuals who have disclosed they’ve experienced sexual misconduct by the faculty member, many of whose concerns have not previously, to my understanding, been reported to the University” #Michigan

https://www.michigandaily.com/news/walter-lasecki-resigns-effective-august-30-amid-new-sexual-harassment-allegations/

“ #Bangkok at breaking point as floods turn streets into stagnant lakes.

40 dead, disaster declared across #Thailand’s largest city.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/03/bangkok-thailand-floods-breaking-point-stagnant-lakes

“Lee Min Ho's event at the 31st Busan International Film Festival, which had been scheduled for October 7, was previously canceled amid the controversy over the film Assassin(s).

With the film’s festival withdrawal, all officially scheduled Busan International Film Festival events connected to Assassin(s)  have now been canceled.”

#kdrama

https://news.mydramalist.com/article/lee-min-ho-yoo-hai-jin-park-hae-il-s-assassin-s-withdraws-from-biff-amid-controversy

“Leaders of the #G7, a club of rich democracies, agreed to release 100m barrels of crude oil & diesel to combat the global supply shortage.

In response #Trump rescinded a threat to restrict US diesel exports, calling it “a great thing”.

This week #Russia extended a #diesel export ban, in place over the summer, until the end of Oct.

#China reportedly suspended exports for Oct.

Trump faces pressure over high diesel prices ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections.”

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/g7-trump-diesel-reserve-release-9.7366871