Here, reminding us that it’s our communities who ultimately pay the price for the poorly-thought-out election announcements from senior levels of government that we’ve seen so frequently recently. For further reading…– CTV reported on last week’s Evraz Place expansion announcement, while the Leader-Post offered an all-too-obvious example of cheerleading for
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Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff: To Senate Or Not To Senate
There will be no questions. Well, almost none, as per usual. Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaking with Premier Brad Wall at legislature today. #yqr #skpoli #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/MUHNM5gbcN — Natascia Lypny (@wordpuddle) July 24, 2015 Gluttonous child has gorged himself on the ice cream; now declares a moratorium on more ice
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Pelicans on Wascana Lake
I never noticed Pelicans on Wascana Lake before about 3 years ago. Before that, they were common on the South Saskatchewan River through Saskatoon.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: The Queen City Ex Musical Ride
Here’s an advance preview, if a similar “musical ride” comes to Regina? Kids expecting horses and music from RCMP Musical Ride treated to para-military violence. http://t.co/MSqET5fY0G pic.twitter.com/XHipX4zt4f — CC (@canadiancynic) June 29, 2015
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Shared Knowledge Conference – Regina
These videos are from the second day of the Shared Knowledge Conference at the Core Ritchie Centre, the second weekend of June. Jim Elliott with many interesting (and terrifying) facts about Regina’s watershed system. We are on the Plaza @MarketRegina today. Find us beside @TrogiFoods #honey #salsa pic.twitter.com/wGd2bYiBVB — Zee-Bee
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: New column day
Here, on how Regina and its citizens did fairly well responding to a water shortage – but has plenty to learn in applying the lesson to the wider collective challenge of climate change. For further reading…– The water shortage began a month ago, with CBC’s coverage here and here largely
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Aurora from a sunspot explosion
Last night the rating of the solar storm was “severe” according to spaceweather.com Kp 8 is the strongest I’ve seen, unless it was 9 earlier this year for a storm I missed. The northern lights were to the south and east of Regina, which was good because I don’t have
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Longest Dry Spell Of The Year Over
It’s the longest day of the year, and the clouds were very interesting this weekend. Our first proper rain of the year was a hail storm with pea sized hail. Today’s was just rain off and on.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: CVAF Can Visualize Angry Flames
It was the Cathedral Village Arts Festival today, a crowded street fair down 13th Avenue in Regina. It was hot, and it didn’t rain (like it does many years). I saw tons of people I knew, and many stopped by to talk at the Regina Car Share Co-op booth where
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: American and Canadian Food Waste Both Staggering
Here’s a very interesting and instructive blog post about American food waste. See Stunning Photos of What Rob Greenfield Finds After Dumpster Diving Across America http://t.co/vXbwgqi5Is pic.twitter.com/OALsW3lT0n — EcoWatch (@EcoWatch) April 30, 2015 As my last blog entry on food waste, Rob Greenfield brought the previous link to my attention.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Both Edward Keenan and the Star’s editorial board take note of Thomas Mulcair’s plan for urban renewal, with particular emphasis on its appeal across party lines: Speaking directly to Toronto city council and Mayor John Tory, who won election largely on the basis
Continue readingcentre of the universe: Great Tracts of Land
This was another one of those yelly-at-the-radio days. Listen, it isn’t very often that I’m actually *ashamed* of the place that I choose to live. I love this place 98% of the time. But then some ninny axes a film employment tax credit or some jackass starts up a petition
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Fossils To Museums
I was an 8 year old awash in fossils, so I was a tad more generous than this former 9 year old PEI lad with his much more valuable fossil. I donated a lower mandible piece from a ~12,000,000 year old Saskatchewan rhino to the Sask. Natural History (now Royal
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Passive House in Alaska Heated By Sun
More Canadian homes need to be built like this to survive coming fossil fuel shortages. It certainly saves a lot of money for the homeowner. Passive House in Alaska using water insulated in a tank as a giant battery for energy. The world would have forgotten the Saskatchewan house, too,
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: The Hobbit Ends
I saw the last Hobbit [8/10] movie on Friday, with Jeri. We had food at Montana’s just before. I had the veggie feta burger and it was very good, it tasted just like a meat burger. My distant cousin ended up being seated at the table next to us. The
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Enbridge Spill
I’m sure the company will spin this 262,000 litre oil spill in Regina as a ‘good news’ story. You decide. You can read additional information here. Recommend this Post
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Model S Tesla Car in Regina
Last month James took me for a spin in an electric Rav 4. This week it was the sporty and futuristic Model S by independent car company Tesla.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Order Your Opportunities
My job, trying to change the world, is at least twice as hard as a conservative’s. I have to overcome others’ instinctual fear of change and new technology. Monday evening I proposed my condo board “investigate” using solar energy, if the association’s Winter expenses don’t exceed our budget. 2 Board
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: New column day
Here, on how the City of Regina has learned a painful lesson about the Saskatchewan Party’s habit of accepting credit but not responsibility on P3 projects. For further reading…– Emma Graney reports on how the province forced the City to foot the bill for immediate site development costs here.– For
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