On 28 February 2023, the Danielle Smith government tabled Alberta’s 2023-2024 budget. Projecting a $2.4 billion surplus for the coming fiscal year, the budget announced some spending increases; but many are effectively cuts when one accounts for both inflation and population growth. Here are 10 things to know: The budget
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In This Corner: The girl name list, from Aabish to Zunaira
Last week, as you recall (I hope), I issued my annual deep dive into baby boy names of 2022 in Alberta. This week, let’s check out the ‘babies born as female’ names. For the record, the top names this year were Olivia, Sophia, Emma, Amelia, Harper, Charlotte, Ava, Isla, Lily
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Without a Home, but Wins a Medal
I looked closely at the article hoping to see that McPherson had also been given a home, but he clearly hasn't. Wouldn't a home be better than a medal? (Or maybe he could receive both?) — Robin Ganev (@RobinGanev) February 28, 2023 Ernie has worked for months on keeping people
Continue readingIn This Corner: The boy names list, from Aabir to Zaidan
Every year around this time, the Alberta government bestows upon its winter-weary residents a gift: every baby name in Alberta in the past year. I say it’s a gift because it provides a sometimes revealing, sometimes baffling and often hilarious snapshot of this province and its parents. This week, let’s
Continue readingSusan on the Soapbox: The UCP Government Responds to Justice Paul Rouleau’s Report on the Emergencies Act
On Friday Justice Paul Rouleau released his report of the inquiry into the Trudeau government’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act in response to the convoy protests in Ottawa and elsewhere in Canada. Rouleau determined the Feds’ decision met the “very high threshold” necessary to invoke the Act. The Alberta
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: SaskPower Plots To End Drinking Water Availability
Not maintaining availability and quality of drinking water is an option? Cool. Cool, cool, cool. NOT COOL, @SaskPower. What happens if the slavering hordes decide in the poll that we don't need drinking water?! CC @CorbLund @JeffWaltersSask @emi_eaton — Saskboy from Saskatchewan (@saskboy) February 10, 2023 Corb Lund is among
Continue readingIn This Corner: Warning: Blog may be offensive to nobody
Late last year, Stanford University (one of those ritzy U.S. colleges that parents spend fortunes to send their kids to so they can brag their kid went to Stanford), issued a list of “harmful” words. The Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative list was directed only at information technology students, but
Continue reading52 Ideas: The 2024 Hybrid Corvette: A sign of the coming change
So anyone who knows me knows that I am not a car guy. However, one would have to be an ostrich to not see that there is a big change on the Energy Horizon. The introduction of the 2024 Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray by GM is just another example, another sign
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ComeupPence
Pun is from a friend. What are all 3 of these ex-executive dorks doing with classified documents in their homes anyway??
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Is the Economy “Running Hot”? Or Cold, and Getting Colder?
The Bank of Canada is widely expected to increase its policy interest rate again this week, for the eighth time in the last 10 months. Media and financial market commentary on its decision has made numerous throwaway references to how Canada’s economy is still “running hot,” and that i why
Continue readingIn This Corner: Spare me any more news about Spare
In my last blog, I offered up some suggestions to add to your reading list for 2023. Looking ahead, I can safely say that Spare, the tell-all, woe-is-me book by semi-Prince Harry, will not be on next year’s list. It is no exaggeration to say that Spare has been a
Continue readingDJ Kelly | Ward 4: Jim Button will never be gone
Jim Button is gone. While due to his terminal cancer diagnosis and inspiring openness about his cancer journey, we had plenty of time to prepare for this, it still leaves me deeply sad. Please read his final blog post and learn how important people and community were to him. Similarly,
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: SaskTel’s email bait and switch
After offering free email since the 1990s, to start charging per email account is an absurd insult to customers and should probably be illegal. The problem is the provincial government who could potentially do something about it, is hoping to sell off the crown corp, so they won’t do something
Continue readingExcited Delirium: The Shadow Pandemic
The Shadow Pandemic must be taking into account as we move out of the changes needed to thwart Covid. The post The Shadow Pandemic first appeared on Excited Delirium.
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Canadian Should Be Hungry For Grocery Store Change
Canadians are facing more and more costs and interest rate hikes, primarily because grocery chains are overcharing and riding the GREEDflation wave. How is this acceptable? The post Canadian Should Be Hungry For Grocery Store Change first appeared on Excited Delirium.
Continue readingIN-SIGHTS: Note to readers
This site has been inactive for a while but will soon be reactivating. After a case of shingles that began in November, I experienced a complication known as postherpetic neuralgia. Nerve pain […]
Continue readingIn This Corner: A few humble reading suggestions …
Looking for something to read to take your mind off this awful world? I have some suggestions, based on my readings of 2022. A word of caution for fiction fans – I read nothing but non-fiction; I just find the real world so much more amazing than anything any writer
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Misaligned Priorities
Budget allocations clearly show the priorities for policing are not necessarily for Canadians, but to protect large companies. The post Misaligned Priorities first appeared on Excited Delirium.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: 2023
It’s a new year. I’ve been blogging for over 21 years now. Sudden writer’s block at 83,000 words. Tempted to just write “and they we were all killed by a giant meteor,” the end. — Alex Kenna (@AlexKenna9) January 2, 2023
Continue readingIn This Corner: Those we said goodbye to in 2022
For reasons I don’t understand, I’ve always had a thing for celebrity deaths. Weird, right? And in keeping with that weirdness, here is the most comprehensive list of the famous, near famous and formerly famous who left us in 2022. And there were some big ones, as the Grim Reaper
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