Animals and politics: those two categories make some sort of sense in tandem, no? They appear to be the trending topics of the last 48 hours on MetroCascade.

Victoria Dogs blog enlightens readers with four posts. Those of us with “heavier set” dogs might want to check out Is your dog overweight? (My dog isn’t – he’s just …heavier set, heh.)

Political bloggers were busy. Among other things, Sean Holman reports that Stephen Harper will visit the Lower Mainland early August, and Policy Monitor Canada posted up a storm with six new entries. Their topics range across this vast nation, including pointers to an Ontario Domestic Violence Report, the Northwest Territories being accepted into the Pacific Northwest Economic Region, and Climate Change and Canada’s Forests: From Impacts to Adaptation.

And in really local news and events, Kevin Boyd of Beryllium reports on Friday’s fire at Neverblue’s downtown office.