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🎙️Bryan Adams Takes Aim At Trump With Protest Song 51st State 🎙️

🎶'Go’n Load Us Up With Tariffs, But We’ll Never Be The 51st State,' Rock Star Sings 🎶

Canadian rock star Bryan Adams dropped a protest song on Canada Day.

And while the powerful rock anthem never mentions Donald Trump by name — it’s abundantly clear who the message is for.

"Let me give you some advice, mister — you might have too much on your plate," rasps Adams in the chorus of the rough-and-tumble track. "Go’n load us up with tariffs, but we’ll never be the 51st state."

Released on streaming platforms, the two-minute, 16-second song 51st State is as punchy as it is pointed, appearing to respond to the U.S. president’s unrelenting jabs about annexing Canada.

But the song also reminds the U.S. president of the two countries’ long, shared history as allies and friends.

📢"Maybe you’ve forgotten, maybe you just don’t care, but we’ve always stood beside you for that liberty we share," Adams sings.

The 66-year-old rock veteran — best known love ballads such as (Everything I Do) I Do It For You and party anthems like The Summer of '69 — strikes a more defiant tone on the patriotic track.

"You can push us to the brink; But where the open road divides; You'll find a wall of maple; With us on the other side," sings Adams, before continuing:

"Let me give it to you straight; When you’re talking about my home; You better show some respect; 'Cuz up here we take care of our own."

WATCH | Adams's new track 51st State:
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The track is described in a news release as a "tongue-in-cheek response to the ridiculous narrative around Canada being better off becoming anything other than Canadian” and appears to be striking a chord with listeners, who have already racked up more than 230,000 views on YouTube.

"I wanted to write something about Canada because Canada is home," Adams said in a statement on his website. "There is more that binds us than divides us. This is a tribute to the pride and spirit of my fellow Canadians — the rest is just noise."

Adams, who was born in Kingston, Ont., and raised primarily in Ottawa, has never shied away from speaking his mind.

He has been calling for an end to Canadian content rules ever since his 1991 hit (Everything I Do) I Do it for You was deemed by regulators to be not Canadian enough because he collaborated with non-Canadians. As recently as last year, he called the system “archaic” and “really stupid,” arguing it only serves to prop up mediocre homegrown music.

The song joins the growing list of ways Canadians have rebuked Trump. But Adams, in the song, still can't resist a little Canadian politeness — extending an olive branch, but with limits.

"Yeah, we're better off together, we'll be better hand in hand / But the 49th parallel has become a line drawn in the sand."

WATCH | The rise of 'Elbows up':
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~ In response to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs, Canadian actor Mike Myers may have started a movement by pointing to his elbow and mouthing the words 'elbows up' during appearances on Saturday Night Live. The phrase has caught on and has become a rallying cry in the trade war. ~

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Kayla McLean is a web journalist with CBC News in Toronto. She grew up in Brampton, Ont., and received her bachelor of arts in media production at Toronto Metropolitan University.

Before joining CBC in 2024, she worked as a breaking news reporter at Global News Toronto — covering everything from crime, sports, festivals and politics. She also reported for Global News's current affairs show, The New Reality, covering stories with a focus on racial equality and climate justice. She also previously held positions as a chase producer and writer for CTV News Channel.

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Kayla McLean · CBC News · Posted:
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Last Updated: 8 hours ago

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"Amazing Looking Clouds"
Hope Everyone Stayed Safe!

#OntarioStorm #Weather #ShelfCloud

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No Labour Disruption for Marine Atlantic As A Result of 'Progress' In Negotiations

Talks Between Union And Employer Set To Resume In Late July

There will be no disruption to Marine Atlantic service in the near term as a result of a labour dispute.

The union representing the majority of ferry service workers, Unifor, and Marine Atlantic issued a joint statement Tuesday. Representatives on both sides say they have been able to break through an impasse in collective bargaining.

They acknowledged the assistance of special mediator William Kaplan.

"By keeping the interests of bargaining unit members, the travelling public, and the communities that rely on the service at the forefront, the parties were able to reach agreement on key outstanding issues," the statement reads.

Any potential labour disruption is no longer in play as a result of the progress, according to the statement.

Marine Atlantic is considered an essential service, but Unifor had recently pursued the ability to go on a partial strike and pitched a pared-down ferry schedule in the event of a labour disruption.

Marine Atlantic declined comment beyond the issued statement.

There isn't any tentative deal reached at this point on contracts but the parties are scheduled to resume discussions July 27.

The ferry service runs between North Sydney, N.S., and Port aux Basques, N.L., with seasonal service between Cape Breton and Argentia.

Unifor represents just under 600 personnel working on Marine Atlantic vessels, per the union's website, including "deckhands, bosuns, stewards, passenger service personnel, cooks and engine room assistants" and a second bargaining unit of 52 shore-based employees.

Ashley Fitzpatrick · CBC News · Posted: Jun 30, 2026 3:09 PM NDT
Last Updated: June 30

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📢 From The City Of St. John's, NL
"My Apologizes On The Lateness
Of The Below Information"

Canada Day Fireworks Postponed
Evening Concert to Proceed on
Wednesday, July 1

The Canada Day fireworks display scheduled for tonight (Wednesday, July 1) at Quidi Vidi Lake has been postponed due to the provincial Fire Weather Index placing the St. John's area in the yellow (high) category, which prohibits the use of fireworks. The use of personal/backyard fireworks and sky lanterns are also strictly prohibited. 👇👇

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The use of personal/backyard fireworks and sky lanterns are also strictly prohibited.
👇👇

📢The evening concert at Quidi Vidi Lake, featuring Nick Earle and The Reckless Hearts, will proceed as scheduled, today, July 1 at 8 p.m.

📢 An update will be provided by 2 p.m. tomorrow, July 2, on the status of the fireworks display.

📢 The Quidi Vidi Dog Park, Pump Park and a portion of the walking trail around Quidi Vidi Lake will remain closed until noon on the day after the fireworks display takes place.

📢Traffic advisories and parking restrictions will also be in effect on the day fireworks are held.

Read this article on the City of St. John's, NL website:
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#StJohnsNL #StJohns #NL #ProvincailFireBan #Fireworks #YellowHighcategory #SkyLanterns #PostPoned #Rescheduled #HighAlert #Yellow #QuidiVidiPark

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Thank you... Amen! 🙏🫶

#Bible

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That National Anthem may have been the most patriotic moment in California in decades.

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"That He Was Indeed" 🤩

#ElvisPresley #Elvis #Vintage #RockNRock

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🌡️ What Canada’s Colour-Coded Heat Warnings Mean As Temperatures Soar ☀️

With a heat dome currently stifling Canada, many parts of the country are under heat warnings issued by Environment Canada.

According to Environment Canada, millions of Canadians are under yellow and orange alerts for heat, with advisories listed across Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories.

An extreme heat event is identified when daily temperatures reach heat warning thresholds for two or more days in a row with no relief overnight.

Environment Canada also states that the agency aims to issue heat warnings 18 to 24 hours in advance of an extreme heat event. If a stretch of heat is expected to last a single day, no warning will be sent out.

In addition, heat warnings are issued "when air temperature and/or humidex forecasts reach levels that could impact your health," Environment Canada states. This is also dependent on different temperature values across Canada.

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) introduced the colour-coded weather alerts on Nov. 26, 2025, in an effort to "tell you at a glance what risks the weather may pose to you."

The weather alert colours start at yellow and, as the potential risk increases, they change to orange, then red.

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The change to the colour-coded system helps "more easily communicate the severity or the seriousness of particular weather events to agencies that need to know about it," said Ross Hull, a meteorologist with Global News.

The yellow alert serves as the most common alert, according to the ECCC.
The impacts of a yellow alert are "moderate, localized and/or short-term."

In addition, the weather that is classified under a yellow alert "may cause damage, disruption, or health impacts."

🌡️Below are potential outcomes from a heat wave classified as a yellow alert,

according to Environment Canada:
👇👇👇

✔️ Increased risk of illness or death

✔️ Brownouts and/or power outages

✔️ Animals at risk

✔️ Outdoor events delayed and/or adjusted

✔️ Workforce impacts due to higher temperatures indoors and outdoors

"A yellow heat warning would be an elevated daytime and overnight temperature for just a couple of days,"
Hull said.

The ECCC states that the orange alert is more uncommon and is issued when severe weather is "likely to cause significant damage, disruption, or health impacts."

Any weather event identified under an orange alert has the implications of being "major" and "widespread," with the potential to last "a few days."

"When you go into an orange heat warning, it's more of a prolonged situation as we're dealing with this event, so it's going to be very high temperatures for three or more days," Hull said. "High heat, humidity, it's [ECCC's orange heat alert] also giving a warning out to communities to open cooling spaces."

An orange alert issued for a heat event can consist of the following happening, according to Environment Canada:

✔️ Higher risk of illness or death

✔️ Localized travel disruption

✔️ Risk of localized water shortages

✔️ Brownouts and power outages

✔️Animals at higher risk

✔️ Crops, plants and gardens at risk of damage

✔️ Items, vehicles or materials left in direct sunlight are at risk of damage

✔️ Some damage to critical infrastructure

✔️ Outdoor events delayed and/or cancelled

✔️ High impacts on essential services

Red alerts are identified as rare, with impacts being "extensive, widespread, and prolonged," according to Environment Canada.

The implications of a red alert are listed as "very dangerous and possibly life-threatening weather" that "will cause extreme damage and disruption."

"A red heat warning would indicate taking it to even another level," Hull said. "You're talking even more than three days
this would be sort of likely a very rare type of situation where, say, we'd be an entire week or more of this type of stifling heat and humidity, and that can lead to, obviously, some serious health issues for people."

A red alert for a heat event can result in the following, according to Environment Canada:

📍 Extreme risk of illness or death

📍 Widespread travel disruption due to route damage and/or aircraft, train, or vehicle performance

📍 Excess demand and potential damage to utilities, including energy and water

📍 Power outages and water shortages
Animals at extreme risk

📍 Crops, plants, and gardens at risk of extreme damage

📍 Items, like vehicles or materials left in direct sunlight at risk of damage or destruction

📍 Damage to critical infrastructure

📍 Outdoor events delayed and/or cancelled for multiple days

📍Prolonged, widespread impacts on essential services

Environment Canada outlines that a watch is put out for Canadians to "get ready" for "potential severe weather" and is issued when "conditions are favorable for the development of severe weather."

If conditions escalate, a watch can be elevated to a warning.

Hull said that an advisory "is usually not to a degree that obviously a watch is needed."

"It [an advisory] could just be oftentimes a short-lived event. We have fog advisories oftentimes. It's in terms of the seriousness, the danger level or impact level probably not as high, but it is still something that Environment Canada wants to flag and for people to know," he said.

Video: Five year anniversary of 2021 heat dome 👇👇👇
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Environment Canada issues an advisory when Canadians must "act now to protect yourself from significant weather" and it is typically issued for blowing snow, fog, freezing drizzle and frost.

For a watch to be declared, Hull said that conditions "are favorable for a certain event to happen."

"There generally is not a heat watch, for instance. A watch is more for — if we're gonna use the summer context — a severe thunderstorm watch. That's what you're going to see a lot of during the summer. That would mean that conditions are favourable for a particular area to see severe weather," he said.

"It hasn't happened yet [...] but the forecasters believe that, say by the afternoon, there's going to be something developing and we want people to be aware of it."

Environment Canada states that warnings are issued for Canadians to "act now to protect yourself from severe weather." Warnings are usually issued six to 24 hours in advance but can be longer.

Severe weather, such as tornadoes, can be issued with less than 30 minutes' notice.

#Canada #ColourCoded #HeatWarnings #TemperaturesSoar #WeatherAlert #Weather #EnvironmentCanada #Forecasters #Advisory #Humidity #HotWeather

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UPDATE: The 78-year-old woman reported missing on June 30 has been safely located. Clarenville RCMP thanks the public and the media for their assistance - https://t.co/cyNyNWdSLw

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UPDATE: The 78-year-old woman reported missing on June 30 has been safely located. Clarenville RCMP thanks the public and the media for their assistance - https://t.co/cyNyNWdSLw

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Happy Heavenly Birthday Princess Diana! 🕊️
As She Was Born Diana Frances Spencer on July 1, 1961.

#PrincessDiana #DianaFrancesSpencer

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"Karma Is A Bitch"! 🤣🤣

So Many Skeets Breaking Into Vehicles Lately.

#CarTheft #Tims

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Happy Canada Day Everyone! 🍁
Stay Safe & Always Be Kind! 🫶

#HappyCanadaDay #CanadaDay2026

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Any New Updates On The Labrador Fire?
Is The Labrador Highway Still Closed?

#LabradorFire #NL #Fire #HighwayClosure

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@jonny_ruela Hmmmm.... 🤔🤔

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My thoughts and prayers are with everyone involved. 🫶🙏

#RIP #RoadAccident

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🎬 Director Carl Rinsch Sentenced to 2½ Years in Netflix Fraud Case 📼

��� Used Budget for Unfinished Sci-Fi to Purchase Cars, Watches & Clothes 👕⌚

Hollywood writer-director Carl Rinsch was sentenced Monday to two-and-a-half years in prison after being convicted of defrauding Netflix out of $11 million US (roughly $15.6 million Cdn) for a never-finished sci-fi series. Supporters including Keanu Reeves had asked the court to show him leniency.

Rinsch, best known for the 2013 samurai fantasy film 47 Ronin, was convicted in December of federal wire fraud and other charges. According to prosecutors and trial testimony, he told Netflix he needed the $11 million US to finish a show called White Horse but diverted the money into a personal account and ultimately spent whopping sums on luxury cars, watches, clothes and household goods, including $638,000 US on two mattresses.

Rinsch, 48, and his lawyers told the court Monday that his behaviour was fuelled by mental health struggles and medication problems, which they said he is now addressing with a new care provider.

"This process has forced me to confront things about my health, my judgment and my life," Rinsch said. He apologized for his behaviour, acknowledged that "real harm was caused," and said he "failed to recognize the danger of the state [he] was in."

His psychological troubles weren't described in court, and he and his lawyers declined to detail them afterward.

Prosecutors argued that Rinsch — who also owes about $11 million US in restitution — should serve five years in prison.

"Mr. Rinsch had every possible advantage," including family money, an elite education, famous friends and a high-flying career, prosecutor David Markewitz told the court. Rinsch's motive, the prosecutor said, "was naked greed."

Rinsch, who also has used the name Carl Erik Rinsch professionally, hails from the Los Angeles area and began making short films as a teenager. He later directed commercials, then got attention for 47 Ronin, which stars Reeves.

Reeves told the court in a letter, ahead of sentencing, that Rinsch brings both "exceptional joy and warmth to the people around him" and "creative inspiration to others through his creativity and vision."

The Matrix star said he didn't know the details of the case, but he acknowledged that Rinsch "can self-sabotage by amplifying the scale, scope and landscape of what had been negotiated." He said he hoped the director's sentence "might be tempered with measures of leniency and mercy as well as justice."

Lavish purchases, investments

Prosecutors said Netflix initially paid Rinsch about $44 million US for White Horse in 2018 and 2019, then provided another $11 million US in 2020 after he said he needed more money to wrap up production.

But instead of putting that money toward the show, Rinsch steered the cash to a personal account and made a series of failed investments, losing around half the $11 million US in a couple of months, according to prosecutors and witnesses' testimony.

They said he put the remaining funds into the cryptocurrency market, netting some profit, which Rinsch deposited into his own bank account.

Then came the lavish purchases, prosecutors said, with Rinsch buying five Rolls-Royces, a red Ferrari, $652,000 US worth of watches and clothes, and the pricey mattresses, plus another $295,000 US on luxury bedding and linens. In addition, he used some of the money to pay off about $1.8 million US in credit card bills, prosecutors said.

U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff said Rinsch's mental health difficulties "may explain some of the excesses" but don't "detract from the court's conclusion that he was determined to lie to get substantial monies from Netflix, lie to cover it up."

As Rakoff announced the prison term, Rinsch wrote on a piece of paper on a table in front of him. One of his lawyers, Benjamin Zeman, patted the director's back.

After court, Rinsch — who's due to report to prison in September — hugged several people who had come to support him. He and his lawyers declined to comment as they left, except that lawyer Daniel McGuinness said they looked forward to appealing the case.

Netflix declined to comment on his sentence.

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Jennifer Peltz · The Associated Press · Posted: Jun 30, 2026 1:53 PM NDT
Last Updated: 10 hours ago

#Director #CarlRinsch #NetflixFraud #BudgetUnfinished #Hollywood #Writer #Director #Fraud #MentalHealth #NetFlix #ScienceFiction $Cryptocurrency
#Samurai #FantasyFilm #Ronin #KeanuReeves #TheMatrix #Film #Netfilx #EntertainmentNews #SciFi #LosAngeles
#MovieNews

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Well Said..And So True!

" The biggest increase on your property tax bill didn't come from City Hall. It came from the Provincial government. "

#PropertyTax #ProvincialGovernment #City #MunicipalPropertyTaxes

[Jeromy (Pathfinder) Farkas @JeromyYYC]

Property tax bills are due today. Imagine if Ottawa forced Alberta to collect a big federal tax hike on provincial letterhead. That's how municipalities are treated with the Province's 57% property tax increase over four years. It's time to keep property taxes local, with clear accountability and transparency.

Imagine if Justin Trudeau ordered Danielle Smith to collect a massive federal tax increase through Alberta's tax bill. She'd be furious.

That’s exactly what’s happening today to Alberta’s cities, with today’s deadline to pay your property tax bill. Not many of you may know, but now upwards of half of your property taxes go to the provincial government, and not the town, city, or municipality you live in.

The biggest increase on your property tax bill didn't come from City Hall. It came from the Provincial government.

The Province imposed a 21 percent increase on your property tax bill, the largest property tax increase in Calgary's history. Over the past four years, it has increased the education property tax by 57 percent.

By comparison, our Council held the municipal property tax increase to just 1.8 percent. That funds police, firefighters, roads, transit, parks, snow clearing, recreation centres, and the infrastructure that keeps Calgary moving.

Because of the Province's education property tax equalization formula, Calgary homeowners are paying about twice the increase faced by Edmonton homeowners.

Don't take my word for it. Here's how the Premier herself describes where a large share of your property tax goes.

"If we're going to rail against equalization at the federal level, then we can't keep doing the same thing to our municipalities..."

The Premier is right.

If we're going to oppose equalization at the federal level, we shouldn't be doing the same thing to Alberta's municipalities.

Property taxes are local taxes. They should stay local.

The Province should fund provincial priorities through its other revenue sources, and municipalities should collect property taxes for local services.

Thank you for supporting the City services that keep Calgary safe, moving, and growing.