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An owl perched on a wooden post in a snowy landscape with frosted plants and a barbed wire fence in the background.

Great winter drive today - I wasn't as grumpy as this guy ha ha

Clearly tired...Once again, reiterating my call for Jean Charest to join Bluesky. His comments are spot on 👇

Graphic saying “Stop asking if candidates ‘believe in’ climate change and start asking if they understand it. It’s science, not Santa Claus.“

Can we please never forget this. #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency

A rusty vintage truck sits in a grassy field near an old, weathered, wooden house under a sky with scattered clouds.

Summer on the prairies.

Agreed!

Manufacturing the End of a Pandemic A deadly sleight of hand

An article from Clean Air Club's founder: on pandemic "ends", capitalism, and getting us all back to work.

emilysdupree.substack.com/p/manufactur...

Thank you!!

Northern lights with green and red hues spread across and cloudy sky. A silhouette of a hill is visible under the bright moon.

Why Canada's Economy Is Just Fine - Macleans.ca Instead of chasing after American-style GDP, we should strive for income equality, good health care, fairness and happiness

When someone (like my coworker this morning) tells you that Trudeau is the worst thing that's ever happened to Canada because of the #GDP - make them read this.

Banks tell you one thing - reality says it a little more complicated and not at all a true measure.

macleans.ca/economy/why-...

Opinion: Forecasts show Saskatchewan’s economic strategy is failing Saskatchewan's lagging economy can be traced to its ongoing maintenance of one of the most inefficient and distortionary tax regimes in the country.

My latest column in the StarPhoenix and Leader-Post:

Opinion: Forecasts show #Sask economic strategy is failing

#Saskatchewan's lagging economy can be traced to its ongoing maintenance of one of the most inefficient and distortionary tax regimes in the country.

leaderpost.com/opinion/colu...

Dick Van Dyke Dances in New Coldplay Video Premiering on His 99th Birthday (WATCH) Martin said Mary Poppins was his "number 1" film, and despite living just 8 miles from Van Dyke, had never met him before.

www.goodnewsnetwork.org/dick-van-dyk...

So gross.

Snow covered grid road on bottom left with a glimpse of bright green aurora topped by light pink behind branches to the right. The gray cloud streaked sky has stars and lines of gray blue.

Thanks! I sure hope to! New to it but now at least I have an idea how - thanks again :)

I love Sask!

Saskatchewan Summer

#moosejaw

Poilievre’s Free Ride to Power Has to Stop | The Tyee No more getting by with glib and shallow answers to these seven basic questions.

"It’s time for Canadians to put aside their Trudeau-phobia and take a hard look at what the politician likely to replace him really has on offer."

Get past the superficial sloganeering with these seven questions worth asking:

Assiniboia, Saskatchewan - Wastewater 🇨🇦 At-a-glance graphs of COVID-19, RSV, and flu levels in Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Holy, crap! ☹️ Never reported in the "news" anymore.

wwater.ca/Saskatchewan...

YouTube video by Charlie Angus Charlie Angus on State of Democracy In a Beavis/Butthead Parliament

If you watch something today please take time to watch my thoughts on the crisis facing Canadian democracy.
We are in deeply uncertain times and parliament is failing to step up beyond dumbed down partisanship.
Democracy is not meeting the crisis of the time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHPL...

Oh nice! This one was near Tuxford

Study: Browsing negative content online makes mental health struggles worse People struggling with their mental health are more likely to browse negative content online, and in turn, that negative content makes their symptoms worse, according to a series of studies by researc...

Study: Browsing negative content online makes mental health struggles worse news.mit.edu/2024/study-b...

"...a causal, bidirectional relationship between health and what you do online."

“After browsing this content, their symptoms become worse. It is a feedback loop.”

Christmas spirit in Moose Jaw, Sk

It was such a pleasure to get out in the field for this story, particularly working with Gavin and seeing the gorgeous Blackfoot territory. His photos are spectacular, go see them.

Finally got my first snowy owl #saskatchewan #snowyowl #winter

Opinion: Scurvy is back – and telling people to eat more oranges isn’t the answer While a vitamin C deficiency is the surface-level diagnosis for this affliction of yore, the root causes go far deeper

“Troubling resurgence of scurvy” is not a headline many had on their 2024 bingo card. But, in a world where billionaires rule, we’ve become inured to #poverty, #FoodInsecurity and #inequity, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com #sdoh

CPC Leader Pierre Poilievre says the next election will be the "carbon tax election," but his campaign isn't the only one calling for an end to Canada's carbon pricing policy.

Meet Energy United, a group led by former a Sask Energy Minister. #skpoli

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The truth is coming out on the carbon tax The truth is no match for an honestly told lie. Witness the disconnect between what we know about the carbon tax in Canada and the way it’s perceived by large swathes of the public.

A new paper from a pair of Alberta academics makes it clear that the cost of the carbon tax is far less than its critics would like to pretend.

Will our feelings start to care about the facts? #cdnpoli

www.nationalobserver.com/2024/11/27/o...

Second Storm This Week Will Dump Even More Snow Across Saskatchewan & Manitoba This Weekend We hope you’ve kept your shovels handy following the storm earlier this week because there is even more snow on its way for Saskatchewan and Manitoba this weekend. Thankfully this storm will be less...

#mbstorm #skstorm 🌨️ Second Storm This Week Will Dump Even More Snow Across Saskatchewan & Manitoba This Weekend

Link: instantweatherinc.com/article/prai...

- Alannah

Happy Saturday! Winter is here Saskatchewan.