Climate Dad

A reminder: ICE vehicles waste a whopping 80% of energy in their fuel.

EVs are propelled by entirely different mechanisms. Energy enters the vehicle as electricity, which directly powers the drivetrain making it 3-4x more efficient.

“[Climate change is] an issue of the human race and a battle that we should all be fighting together because the world doesn’t care what side of the aisle you sit on, and the world doesn’t care which way you vote, and climate change does not care about that. It’s going to change either way.”

'Stay united': Alberta shouldn't leave Canada, say Edmonton newcomers It's Wednesday afternoon at the Alberta Immigrant Women and Children Centre, in a strip mall on the north end of Fort Road.

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COMMENTARY: Silence is accelerating Alberta's democratic decline "I once had an employer instruct me to remove media commentary critical of United Conservative Party (UCP) policy," columnist says

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Leading Team Canada: Lessons From The Podium's Highest Highs The Olympic champion turned entrepreneur shares insights on resilience, team culture, and why "athletes during the Olympics are not rational actors."

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Self Care: A little tea time goes a long way Forget the finger sandwiches and buttery scones for a moment. Tea time can be simpler and more effective than that.

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Opinion: Keep Alberta's courts, legislature and executive in balance Politicians are not judges. We are equal. We are meant to keep each other in balance. And, throughout our nation’s history, we have done so.

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Opinion | The Globalization of Canadian Rage

"What liberal democracies need now, more than ever, is the sheer will to go on, without nostalgia for what once was.

The West is feeling its betrayal turn into rage. The world is waking up to both its vulnerability and its value. But better late than never: We’re all Canadian now."

Former Afghanistan Brig.-Gen. David Fraser talks Canada's military preparedness, calls Carney's Davos speech 'courageous' Former brigadier-general in Afghanistan David Fraser talks Canadian military preparedness, says Mark Carney's Davos speech was "courageous."

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Danielle Smith’s $30-Million AHS Firing Spree | The Tyee That’s the hit to Albertans for severance payments to top health officials since 2019, finds a Tyee analysis.

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Dear Canada | By Connor McDavid I want to get back there again, whatever it takes.

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A forest fire burns in the mountains of Epuyen, in the Patagonian region of Chubut province, Argentina.

Argentina has declared an emergency in Patagonia, where wildfires have ripped through vast tracts of forest since the start of the Southern Hemisphere summer

📸 Gonzalo Keogan

Canadian athletes suddenly have swagger. 'They didn't belong on the ice with us' In recent years, Canadians have not just 'owned' the podium, they've stormed it. How attitude, talent and money came together.

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Separatists' math doesn't add up, warns Edmonton business leaders Independent Alberta would start off $600 billion in debt and would take decades to recover economically, says Edmonton Chamber of Commerce

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Mysterious dark matter may be better understood through a new map of far-off galaxies A new high-resolution map of distant galaxies may help scientists understand the mysterious dark matter holding the universe together.

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Souhan: What good are sports in times like these? Local owners should be making a statement. Better yet, they should be taking action.

"Now it’s time for our rich sports owners to take the baton," writes columnist Jim Souhan.

"Shut it all down until it’s safe for every Minnesotan to drive to a sports venue without being rammed, beaten, abducted or killed."

Opinion: Alberta's health-care system is failing under pressure The real litmus test of a healthcare system is not how it functions on a regular day, but how it performs under pressure.

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The Trump Administration Comes for Alberta The country must respond to this flagrant violation of Canadian sovereignty

“This is an unambiguous and flagrant violation of Canadian sovereignty. It is going to get worse, and Canadians who wish to see the country remain intact need to respond.”

Amid Trump's bluster, Canada urged to bolster military defences in northern Quebec Increased troops, submarines and naval patrols through Northwest Passage necessary to assert Canada's sovereignty.

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Danish pension fund to sell $100 million in Treasurys, citing 'poor' U.S. government finances AkademikerPension's move comes amid increasing tensions between Denmark and the U.S. over Greenland.

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Davos 2026: Special address by Mark Carney, PM of Canada Canadian PM Mark Carney stressed the end of the rules-based international order and urged middle powers to act together to counter the great power rivalry.

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Trump will use the Greenland argument to grab Canada's Northwest Passage A 1988 agreement between Canada and the United States about the sea lane left its legal status largely undecided, allowing both countries to assert their respective positions. But now, thanks to US Pr...

here’s my latest:

Trump’s repeated references to Canada becoming a 51st state should be worrying enough, but the strategy released by his administration makes it very clear they’re coming directly for Canadian Arctic sovereignty via the Northwest Passage. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/20/o...

Trump's latest Western Hemisphere fixation: Canada The president has intensified his criticism of Canada in private conversations with aides in recent weeks over what he sees as the country's vulnerability to U.S. adversaries in the Arctic.

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‘Buying countries is Stone Age mentality:’ Inuit speak up on Greenland Indigenous Greenlanders, who endured centuries of colonialism from Denmark, now face a new threat from Donald Trump’s United States

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‘Climate change is here’: Experts warn global crisis is decades ahead of forecasts Drought, heatwaves, hurricanes, and wildfires are arriving sooner than we imagined according to scientists

"Climate change is here. We are seeing event classes [today] that were forecast in #climate models for the 2050s, 2060s, and 2070s.” - @oceanterra.org

#FasterThanExpected
#ClimateEmergency

Manly male sports fans for a safer planet A new study identifies "precarious manhood" as a barrier to climate action.

Does caring about the climate make you feminine?

Sounds like a silly question, but unfortunately it is important! Wrote about a new study shedding light on why so many men are afraid to show concern about global warming: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/climate-ch...

Anti-racism watchdog fields complaint arising from immigration comments made at separatist town hall he complainant said Alberta Prosperity Project CEO Mitch Sylvestre made several inflammatory comments about immigrants during the town hall.

“Old stock white Canadians, and that’s us, and we don’t have to apologize for this room being filled with white people,” said Sylvestre. “This used to be what Alberta was. We’re not apologizing for being ourselves.”

Out loud now.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Trump is something worse than a fascist We've been using the wrong word to describe the president and his approach to ruling

Of course. He’s a Republican.

ANALYSIS | Denmark sets a military tripwire. It's a message to Trump more than Russia or China | CBC News On paper, this token force is being deployed to bolster the island's security in response to U.S. complaints. What is extraordinary, perhaps even unprecedented, is that it serves as message more to th...

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Worldwide weather systems are starting to break. How air, ocean and even lava currents are changing in unprecedented ways thanks to a hotter planet. #ClimateChange #Weather Title: The Nature of Thi... The weather is getting weirder

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