Happy New Year 2025

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— Brittlestar (@brittlestar) June 2, 2023

Welcome to 2025. As you may imagine on the surface, this is a volatile year in Canada. That should require extra diligence from a blog that covers Canada.

Unfortunately, real life is crashing around your humble narrator. Mental health is so important and that is an area where I am deficient.

In years past, we would have a NHL monthly January update. No more regular updates. We might even talk about World Juniors. Parliament is dark until January 27, so that will give a temporary reprieve on the insanity.

We struggled to finish our politics and travel previews that we normally run early in January.

We may limit our posts to Canadian film and Canadian television. There will be no rhyme or reason. TIFF Top Ten and the Oscar nominations are guaranteed stories. We apologize in advance for the gaps in this blog. We will shift this if we can.

We normally pride ourselves in coverage of Canadian elections, especially the federal one. I don't think that will happen unless somehow the election is in the fall. Any time short of that and I may not be able to give an early election the diligence Canadians deserve. As much as we rely on CBC News, not even they are at their usual standard.

We have category listings to the right for you to explore elements of Canadian society that appeal to you. We invite you to check them out.

Thank you for your patience. Don't be afraid to get mental health help, even if that isn't easy.

2025 CBC television winter preview

Happy Holidays 2024 comes at a less optimistic time for Canada

Canadian film review: Sugarcane

Universal Language is first Canadian film in 8 years to make the Oscars shortlist

TFCA presents the top 6 nominated Canadian films of 2024

TIFF postpones the announcement of the 2024 Top Ten Canadian films until 2025

For those frustrated with Twitter, we do post Canadian things and more personal observations at times to BlueSky. If you find overall Twitter to be harsh, especially these days, you can go straight to our Twitter page and just see lovely things about Canada. We may be harsh on behaviour and actions but we don't attack people for the sake of attacking. We enjoy conversation and learning more about Canada and Canadians.

Twitter capture: @brittlestar
photo credit: me

Comments

[veronica]

Sorry to hear that you are not well. Wishing you renewed mental health and peace. Your posts will be missed.

[Chad R]

Thanks Veronica. I appreciate the kind words. Hopefully, things will improve.

[juliaanderson]

Happy New Year 2025! Wishing everyone a year filled with joy, success, and exciting new adventures. Cheers to making this year unforgettable!