Great photos from a steam engine enthusiast's visit to an open pit coal mine in northern China.

I love weather writing. Look at today's whallop of snow and stuff as described by our boys and girls in Buffalo at the National Weather Service.  •  “THE SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK AND THE GENESEE VALLEY AS COLDER AIR ADVECTS IN …

This government's style has to be admired. One day they are blaming all around them for everything they've done while seeking no part in creating a national vision (and working hard to disassemble any idea of a national vision) and the next they are begging their sworn and sworn at enemies to get …

Happy change of clocks weekend. Happy up to 50 cm of snow weekend, too. Fifty! That is 20 inches! Sunday, day of thrown out backs. And one less hour to get over it.  •  Chantal Hebert, still channeling Rene Levesque's shrug, has a good column in The Star on the unfortunately named NAFTA-gate …

I like Communications Directors. I really do. If you had any idea how much I liked and respected the job and the people that do it you would realize this is not really a snip at anyone but, after yesterday's post in which Ms. Buckler is quoted categorically but personally denied a matter in …

I am having a hard time keeping up but today the official Conservative Party line appears to be that Chuck Cadman is a liar:  •  “The Prime Minister's Office has "categorically" denied any Conservatives offered a dying MP a lucrative life-insurance policy in exchange for his support on a critical …

A day to not do anything:  •  “GENERALLY EAST OF ROCHESTER THIS MORNING. SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES AT THE SURFACE WILL KEEP THE THREAT FOR MODERATE FREEZING RAIN ACROSS EASTERN SECTIONS FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT FEW HOURS...ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING ARE NOT THAT FAR OFF TO THE SOUTH WITH …

Has there ever been a time when both the Tories and Grits polled below 30%?  •  Are we almost at that point now?

Nothing fills a Canadian with pride more than a passing reference by a politician in another country. We go all giggly and forget ourselves. This thing with Obama and NAFTA, though, is a bit different. As Ben points out, it seems to be a bit of collateral damage from the Canadian Federal …