To the Rich Go the SpOILs
Oil and Gas don’t clean up their messes, we the Canadian citizen do. https://t.co/xaSJBNciJz — John Klein (@JohnKleinRegina) May 7, 2019 == Unrelated, the Bare Naked Ladies song $1000000 mentions…
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Gone John Himpe
John Himpe was a radio and blogging wizard. Now he’s gone, at a young 38 years of age. Here’s his account of first getting on the Internet: Because there were…
I Thought I Would Be OK, But I’m Not
My Mom passed away on August 16th at the age of 96. Ninety-six is a big number and a lot of years to live. When Mom reminisced about skiing down…
The Last Two Weeks. Where To Begin?
I was up at our cottage with my husband on the morning of August 16th when the phone rang. It was my sister. “Mom died!” She was crying and then…
Miami Bridge Collapses
Why did the ABC bridge have its pivot supports removed before the overhead support cables visible in the finished design were installed? Days ago: Community gathers to watch 950-ton bridge…
A Loss For Canada And Our World
Gord Downie was the pride of our nation: Chantal Kreviazuk https://t.co/BnNLhznllF — chantal (@chantalkreviaz) October 20, 2017 He's our Rock Pounding Father of Canadian music, and he's gone. https://t.co/UHsCnPR2lR —…
#CrudePower The Price of Oil tonight at #UofR
We haven't ignored the sour gas story in SE sask. We broke the story two years ago https://t.co/DQFhI1m7pY — Geoff Leo (@gleocbc) October 4, 2017 So this is the resulting…
What A Week
A week ago my Dad passed away from complications due to his cancer treatments. I last saw him in person 3 weeks ago on Labour Day Sunday, and he seemed…
The worst news
For those who didn't get to meet him, here he is in the National Film Board short film about Wood Mountain, Sask. https://t.co/emQenWXNeP — Saskboy (@saskboy) September 22, 2017
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Don’t look back.
A Racist Killing In Progress, in Canada
A man with a group of people went looking to injure First Nations people, from their truck. "Barbara Kentner was the victim of a drive by assault on Jan 28th…
The void loves you
The caption is perfect if you imagine it being narrated by Werner Herzog. Herzog continues to read: “The orange sky, like the creeping shadows that threaten to engulf our fictional…
On Justified Worry
I’m going to be writing more personally for a bit. I have a lot to get off my chest. Literally. I’m getting a double mastectomy today and an oophorectomy for…
What’s Really Going On With Climate Change
There are too many people espousing their uneducated, or simply malicious views about the problem of climate change. There are enough of them in some places as to have totally…
As Humans Do
Obituary: Great Barrier Reef (25 Million BC-2016). Killed by coal, ocean acidification and climate change: https://t.co/V4npCbP1yR — 350 dot org (@350) October 14, 2016 Idle conversation among strangers around the…
New fiction: The Real Primo
Corvus Review just published a new short story that I’ve been noodling with for some time: The Real Primo. (pp. 59-67) If you’ve ever watched (and enjoyed) Groundhog Day, or…
On Dying and Grieving and Judgment
My dad passed away this week. He was older than the hills: 93 and a half years old. I’m not sad about his passing; he lived a long and fulfilling…
For the countless Canadians humiliated by anti-gay policies, healing can finally begin
Svend Robinson was Canada’s first openly gay MP. He is now based in Geneva with The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria. Originally published in the Globe &…
My Fiftieth Year
How pivotal is that number? It seemed huge on the way in, and still lingers on the way out. A year ago (way back here), I lived with my three…
My Fiftieth Year
How pivotal is that number? It seemed huge on the way in, and still lingers on the way out. A year ago (way back here), I lived with my three…