Plus: Singh's sort-of demand, Sussex Drive plan coming, and White Gladis
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Welcome back to Posted, where we won't take up much of your time here, because there is a lot to get through below. We did want to
take a moment to register our disappointment, however, that "nomophobia," the fear of not having a working mobile phone, is not
called nomophonia instead. It just feels like a missed opportunity. It could also be further evidence that we suffer from
misnomerphobia. Anyway, carry on.
Ron Wadden, Posted compiler-in-chief
ALBERTA ELECTION
* Danielle Smith and her UCP colleagues may have had some tense moments last night, and during the course of the provincial
election campaign, but when the time came to declare a victor, there was no denying her another stint in the premier's office.
“Many folks wrote us off even just as recently as last month, but you know what happened? Despite it all, today Albertans chose
to move our province forward,” Smith said last night. Her counterpart, NDP Leader Rachel Notley, took responsibility for the
loss, but showed no signs she plans to step down, instead celebrating the growth of her caucus.
* Don Braid predicts a period of relative calm ahead, now that the partisan pitchforks can be set aside. During the campaign he
saw "both sides magnify, exaggerate and exploit" their differences, to the point that outsiders might picture Albertans as
"wild-eyed right-wing fascists on one side, insane job-eating communists on the other." Meanwhile, Chris Varcoe looks at some
of the economic challenges ahead for Premier Smith.
* Oops, almost forgot. Here's where you can see a riding-by-riding breakdown of the vote.
TL;DR
* There was momentous news yesterday from Parliament Hill, when NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh called for David Johnston to be replaced
as special rapporteur on the issue of foreign interference. The significance of the party's stance depleted rather quickly once
Singh made it clear that his demand would not be backed up by a willingness to withdraw support for the ruling Liberals if they
say no.
* The clock is ticking on the House of Commons, where MPs have a lot of bills to debate and desks to pound on before embarking on
their almost three-month summer break. Ryan Tumilty takes a look at the legislation lined up for discussion, while John Ivison
posits that the government is in dire need of a reboot.
* We are nervous to type these next words, since they seem so unlikely, but a plan is coming to deal with the sorry state of 24
Sussex Drive. True, the plan isn't coming until the fall, but the longest, silliest journey begins with baby steps. Aside from
the asbestos, the fire hazards, the dead rats in the walls, and the expense, it's still deemed to be the official residence of
our top elected official, even if he hasn't actually lived there since taking office. But could renovation/demolition be just a
few months away? Let's not get crazy, everybody.
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SIGNIFICANT DIGITS
17: The number of times trucks have run into overpasses on provincial highways in British Columbia since late 2021. If that seems
like a lot, industry observers would agree, and figure they'd better figure out why it keeps happening. The Vancouver Sun has the
story.
FROM THE LIP
"You get that sweet-tasting, almost malted flavour to it." — A hipster brewmaster discussing his latest IPA? No, it's Stafford
Sheehan, chief technology officer and co-founder of a company that's proposing protein shakes to help sustain astronauts on long
deep-space missions. And all they will need to make the shakes, according to Sheehan and his company, is the recycled carbon
dioxide exhaled by astronauts! Yum. Reuters has the story about NASA's Deep Space Food Challenge.
BUZZWORD
Book ban ban: With book bans all the rage in certain U.S. states — Florida, Texas, Missouri and Indiana are among them — Illinois
has chipped in with a ban of its own, outlawing book bans.
MORE BUZZWORDS
White Gladis: That's the name of the alleged bad-ass gang leader guiding young orcas to a life of vandalism off the Iberian coast.
Or that's one theory, anyway. It seems the killer whales are increasingly intent on ramming, and sinking, small boats. Marine
scientists are trying to figure out why. Sam Riches has more on the attacks, and why the finger is being pointed at White Gladis,
who could not be reached for an interview.
SNAPSHOTS
Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP via Getty Images
Above you can see damage to an apartment building in Moscow inflicted in a reported drone attack that's being blamed on Ukraine.
It's being described as the worst raid on the Russian capital since the Second World War. Just for context, below is one of the
thousands of images of hundreds of residential buildings destroyed in Ukraine since the country was invaded in the spring of 2022.
Paula Bronstein / Getty Images
NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Click on the puzzle icon to get the daily crossword from The New York Times. Enjoy.
T2 38 4 9 0 11 12 138 14 15 7 19 22 23 26 .27 20 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 16 47 48 49 50 . 52 53 54 55 56
57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68
TODAY'S HEADLINES
* Ukraine war comes to Russia as Moscow hit by drones in worst raid on capital since world war
* Jamie Sarkonak: David Johnston attacked media for not pushing pro-Liberal narrative
* Liberals down to last few weeks to get legislation through House of Commons
* FIRST READING: How Canada's broken justice system got a mother and child randomly stabbed to death
* Brian Lilley: Olivia Chow's drug policies will bring horrors of other cities to Toronto if elected
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