Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Jonathan Watts and Fiona Harvey report on Gustavo Petro's warning about the dangers of accepting suicidal petropolitics. And Laura Paddison discusses how the fossil…
WHY HIGHWAYS AND ROADS SUCK NOW
My understanding for why we don’t fill potholes is because municipal governments permit developers to build on greenfields, extending a city’s existing infrastructure past reasonable distances for transit, policing, firefighting,…
Bridlewood Hydro Lines Pathways Updates with Videos
In the fall of 2024 I wrote an update on the Bridlewood Hydro Lines Pathways which indicated that portions of both the small and large hydro line pathways had been…
With Great Power Comes …. Great Abuse
It surely comes as no revelation that the United States, historically, has exercised less than great responsibility with its great power. Modern history is littered with examples of American-backed coups,…
Renewables Overtakes All Other Energy Sources
Solar just keeps winning on every metric! The International Energy Agency (IEA) released their 2026 Global Energy Review and it provides a good look into the use and generation of…
Brookfield as a Crown Corporation?
It is cliché to say that governments only plan as far as the next election, but it is often true, so when the Carney government announced this week that we…
Today’s News: King Charles’ US Visit, Carney’s Spring Economic Update. And hooray for the Buffalo Sabres!
King Charles' US Visit Irony dies as King Charles speaks to Congress: TL,DW: It was a good speech, apparently written at least partly by Charles himself. And both Democrats and…
A rotten poll for the NDP begs the question: When will the knives come out for Naheed Nenshi?
When will the knives come out for Naheed Nenshi? The NDP is not the Conservatives, even the united ones out here in Alberta, and historically New Democrats have been more…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Entertainment-seeking cat.
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Brian Platt and Christine Dobby discuss the corporate ethos shared by Mark Carney and the business elites benefiting from his actions in power.…
No, The SCC Won’t Rule Along The Lines Alberta Wants
I've seen a few people arguing that the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) is obliged to rule in favour of the Provinces like Alberta (the ones that want to use…
The Divine Spark In a Caregiver’s Heart
This is a blog post that I wrote some years ago but I think it still holds true. I thought of it because the birds are nesting outside my window.…
Today’s News: Carney’s anniversary, Canada Strong Fund, Iran War update, Funny responses to the WHCA dinner, and some Canada Good News. Plus a quip
Carney's anniversary Its been a year since Carney was elected, so he is doing interviews and here's a good one: TL,DW (too long, didn't watch): Its a good interview covering…
What got into Rick Wilson when he said he saw someone die ‘right in front of me’ at supervised consumption site?
What the heck got into Rick Wilson last week? Last Tuesday, Alberta’s minister of mental health and addiction, was responding to a question in the Legislature about an allegation of…
Lightheaded
Lightheaded cat sees dots and circles.
Real Time Street Level Vehicle Exhaust Emission Monitoring
A team of researchers have used the NYC traffic congestion charge as a place to test out some of their hypothesis. Spoiler: the city got better and air quality improved.…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of April 27, 2026
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of April 27, 2026 from Wise Law on Twitter:Trump Administration to Begin Refunding $166 Billion in Tariffs Manitoba municipality has no…
Surgical services minister says Alberta plans to set up a ‘voucher’ system for patients awaiting surgery
On April 21, “Hospital and Surgical Health Services Minister” Matt Jones got up on his hind legs in the Alberta Legislature and spoke the following words: “We’re looking at developing…
Southern Poverty Law Center tries to avoid angering MAGA but still gets targeted [ThreeWayFight]
Matthew N Lyons For decades the Southern Poverty Law Center was a mixed bag. On the plus side, it produced valuable research reports about the far right and brought lawsuits…