JS. Ritchie 🇨🇦

Father of two great kids, Husband. Kentucky Colonel. Cigar smoker. Former Rifleman RWR. Ford mustang enthusiast. Enjoy Travelling. Not interested in Bitcoin

[JS. Ritchie 🇨🇦 @keeper1200]

@thecigarchief driving between the rain drops with top down. That deserves a Pura Sangree. Thanks to cigar chief

[JS. Ritchie 🇨🇦 @keeper1200]

Bank of Canada: ‘We’re staying the course.’ Canadians: ‘We’d just like to know where the course is headed

[JS. Ritchie 🇨🇦 @keeper1200]

The Gordie Howe Bridge was supposed to improve traffic flow. Instead, the U.S. side said, “Not so fast.”

Nothing says “Welcome to America” quite like a detour

[JS. Ritchie 🇨🇦 @keeper1200]

@Not_Gilmore GG in the house

[JS. Ritchie 🇨🇦 @keeper1200]

The Grocery Benefit hit today.

Just enough to remind you what groceries used to cost.

[JS. Ritchie 🇨🇦 @keeper1200]

RWR -Little Black Devils. Landed 0740 hrs 82 yrs ago today, Mike Red & Mike Green sectors. Heavy fire and heavy losses. At the end of the day you went 7 miles inland despite the odds. I will remember your sacrifice

[JS. Ritchie 🇨🇦 @keeper1200]

If the Trump administration wants to knock down the Statue of Liberty, at least keep the torch. They’ll need something to help them find the Constitution.
https://t.co/vL7kjJZFJR

[JS. Ritchie 🇨🇦 @keeper1200]

@JayGenXer Send em, I am waiting

[JS. Ritchie 🇨🇦 @keeper1200]

Good news: It’s only a technical recession. Just like the Titanic technically had a water management issue.

[JS. Ritchie 🇨🇦 @keeper1200]

@arcticus_leviat @NPRinskeep

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

Richard Haass just made a remarkable argument on CNN:

That America now has worse relations with Canada than China because the U.S. has spent years attacking allies with tariffs and political fights instead of building a united front against Beijing.

And honestly, that gets to the heart of one of the biggest foreign policy debates happening right now:

America’s greatest strategic advantage was never just military power.

It was the alliance network.

Dozens of countries aligned economically, militarily, and diplomatically around U.S. leadership.

The argument Haass is making is that Washington has started weakening that advantage itself.

He is correct.

[JS. Ritchie 🇨🇦 @keeper1200]

Canada finally buying the Saab Globaleye feels like the most Canadian military purchase possible: practical, cold-weather capable, reasonably priced, and probably assembled with an instruction manual polite enough to apologize when you install a bolt backwards. 🇨🇦✈️

[Saab @Saab]

Canada has announced that they will enter into detailed discussions and formal negotiations with Saab as the preferred supplier of Canada’s future AEW&C, enabled by Saab’s GlobalEye. https://t.co/cFD7R90Vvn

[Kirk Lubimov @KirkLubimov]

Excellent news as De Havilland begins the construction of its new manufacturing site just outside of Calgary, Alberta.

It's one of the largest private sector investments in the Alberta's aviation history and will create over 3,000 high skilled jobs.

Most of De Havilland's supply chain sourcing is also from Canadian companies.

Alberta's government has ordered 5 DHC-515 waterbombers.

The other excellent part is that this will help the growth of smaller communities outside of Calgary.

[The Crown in Canada @TheCrownCa]

Victoria Day is a time to reflect on Canada’s enduring connection to the Crown and the traditions that shape our history. 👑🍁

We also look ahead to the installation of the 31st Governor General, the Honourable Louise Arbour.

Happy Victoria Day! 🕊️

[JS. Ritchie 🇨🇦 @keeper1200]

Act surprised everyone

[401_da_sarpanch @401_da_sarpanch]

#BREAKING: Ontario Auditor General Finds Private Truck Training Colleges Delivered Only 59.5 And 81 Hours Of Training Despite Required 103.5 Hours🚨— Undercover Students Skipped Left Turns, Reverse Parking & Emergency Stops, With Instructors Distracted On Phones. — 54 Of 216 Driving Schools Had Never Been Inspected. 🇨🇦🚛 - READ👇

[JS. Ritchie 🇨🇦 @keeper1200]

Good police work @FBI about 65% (unknown origin) of the handguns used in crimes here are smuggled into the country.

[FBI New York @NewYorkFBI]

FBI New York, @SDNYnews, @nyspolice, and @ATFNewYork announced the arrests of Malik Bromfield, Faizan Ali, and Kamal Salman, who are charged with attempting to smuggle nearly 90 firearms from the United States to Canada.

"These three defendants, including two foreign nationals, allegedly endangered our communities as they attempted to smuggle 89 firearms - 17 of which were stolen - into Canada," said ADIC Barnacle. "The FBI is committed to working with our federal and state law enforcement partners to take illegal guns off our streets."

Read more: https://t.co/HCjjpSpQws

[Royal Canadian Navy @RoyalCanNavy]

Thank you for marking the Battle of the Atlantic with us. Canadians across the country honoured the sailors, aviators, and merchant mariners who kept the North Atlantic lifeline open in WWII. ⚓️🇨🇦 #CanadaRemembers