2 Catholic school administrators did damage to their city’s reputation by discouraging teachers and then parents from allowing their kids to attend a welcoming and inclusive space at a corporate sponsored event in their city. Homophobes and transphobes have been siding with the traditionally homophobic and hate-mongering church school system,
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Jeff Jedras: Day three on VIA Rail’s The Canadian: The unscheduled Saskatoon stopover
After going to sleep as we pulled out of Winnipeg station to resume our westward journey, I woke up some hours later to a sunrise over the snowy prairie of eastern Saskatchewan. It took some time to get out of Ontario, but now the provinces were flying by. And we
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Today’s News: When the waves turn the minutes to hours
“Does any one know where the love of God goes When the waves turn the minutes to hours?” Here is a great thread about a great song: 47 years ago today the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior.In this thread I’m going to discuss a few things:– The
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Today’s News: #TRE45ON is trending tonight
Here’s some cartoons I saw today about the Mar-A-Lago raid — the warrant and document lists are out, and its bad for Trump. Very bad. NBC has obtained the Mar-a-Lago search warrant. It shows Donald Trump is under investigation for potential obstruction of justice and violations of the Espionage Act
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: SaskParty Replaces Candidate
After a SaskParty candidate was revealed to be an anti-science Q-cult fascist, so Moe removed him to reduce embarrassment to the party. The replacement is a home builder association CEO. “The rising cost of housing is more important than solving climate change for most canadians (sic).” Saskatchewan is a world
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Professors protest Moe Government plan to shutter archives in four locations, including University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon
SASKATOON, Sask. No sooner did the government of Saskatchewan oh-so-discreetly announce it is about to close four branches of the provincial archives and consolidate it all in one location in Regina than more than 30 Canadian scholars had an open letter of protest circulating on the Internet. When the branch
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: What To See in Saskatchewan
Here’s a great video of some of the great things to see while looking around Saskatchewan. I’ve lived here nearly all my life, and I still haven’t seen it all yet. I love the Dark Sky Preserve at Grasslands National Park, and if you like taking photos at night, you
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: STC Bus Shut Down By Callous SaskParty
Today is a terrible day in Saskatchewan history. The Brad Wall government has ended public transportation to most Saskatchewan communities. There is tomorrow no bus service between Saskatoon and Regina, a sort of event you’d expect after a major natural disaster, not an incompetent government decision poised to directly harm
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Jordon Cooper writes that the Saskatchewan Party’s slash-and-burn budget confirms that for them, the poor don’t matter. CBC reports on the devastating effect the budget will have on municipalities, while Courtney Markewitch reports that Saskatoon’s city council is fighting back. And Joel Senick
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: New column day
Here, on Regina’s upcoming municipal election – and the need for voters to break with expectations to elect a municipal government far more willing to stand up for its constituents than the one we’ve had in recent years. For further reading…– Elections Regina’s main page is here. David Robert Loblaw
Continue readingCanadian Political Viewpoints: This Time, It’s Personal
SOURCE: Speech-Language & Audiology Canada – Saskatoon Health Region Cuts to Audiology & Speech Pathology Positions will Negatively Affect Patient Care Hello blogging my old friend…Well, I’ve certainly pushed my hiatus this time around; but you know what? I think it’s time to try and get back into the swing
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SOURCE: Speech-Language & Audiology Canada – Saskatoon Health Region Cuts to Audiology & Speech Pathology Positions will Negatively Affect Patient Care Hello blogging my old friend…Well, I’ve certainly pushed my hiatus this time around; but you know what? I think it’s time to try and get back into the swing
Continue readingLeft Over: Plasma for Sale or Rent…
Paid plasma in Canada: 10 things to know about the business of blood Issue was raised in the House of Commons this week after a facility recently opened in Saskatoon By Kelly Crowe, CBC News Posted: Mar 09, 2016 11:00 AM … Continue reading →
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Michael Hiltzik discusses how corporate apologists are trying (but failing) to minimize the existence and importance of income inequality. Lawrence Martin notes that the rest of Canada’s economic indicators are similarly signalling that Conservative dogma is of absolutely no use in the real
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Saskatoon Riding the Coattails of History
Acknowledging that an important feature in Saskatoon was constructed by the government, then bragging that construction of a future valued feature (a wind turbine) was avoided by the government instead of an opportunity seized upon, is a repugnant attitude. People like Sandra are not leaving a better world for our
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Snake Throwing Video
When a ‘night out with the boys and snake’ goes terribly wrong, you get an international disgrace. Remember the snake thrown behind the counter at Tim Horton's Dec 8th? YEP! There's video. http://t.co/vVYPHvvTeM — David Kirton (@dkckom) January 12, 2015 This is why drinking isn’t allowed in public, it’s because
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Saskatoon A Day At A Time
Here’s a clever video that took more than a year to complete by a young Saskatoon man. It reminds me somewhat of my shorter-lived face-a-day project modeled on Noah Kalina’s famous YouTube video. http://noahkalina.com/36/44#1
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Build The Change #skpoli #YXE
This is awesome. The 3 competing projects are all so great, it’s honestly hard to choose. I was just talking about being able to invest in solar power though, so I may go with the SES option. $1000 gets a future co-op membership too! BCBC GFJ
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Saskatoon Lockout of Transit Workers Was Illegal
Saskatoon’s civic politicians are responsible for a City Manager who lost the City a month of transit service, at a price of over $1,000,000. Time for a firing, and maybe a few Councillors and the Mayor will lose their seats next time. Storify: Reaction online to the Saskatoon Transit lockout
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Saskatoon Shiners #exploresk
Saskatoon is a beautiful city, so don’t let these photos fool you. Every city has a few shiners here and there. “There”, in this case, is downtown. This is the Holiday Inn Supermax Prison. Don’t worry, it only looks like a prison from the outside. You can leave, unlike the
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