On Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Sam Mraiche www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... w/ @tomcardoso.bsky.social @markmackinnon.bsky.social @hoserlibrarian.bsky.social

NASA astronaut films Northern Lights from space. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

Never trust your producer when they say they are going to edit something out 😉

A first for Alberta - a legislative petition, not just a policy petition, demanding the prohibition of all new coal mines (including Grassy) on the eastern slopes of the Rockies. Way to go Corb. #ableg #abpoli @cpawsnab.bsky.social @cpawssab.bsky.social @albertawilderness.bsky.social

I wrote about the under-appreciated hazard of landslide-triggered tsunamis, which need serious consideration in discussions of new pipelines from Alberta 🧪⚒️ @theglobeandmail.com @davidebybc.bsky.social @natural-resources.canada.ca @mark-carney.bsky.social @ucalgaryscience.bsky.social

⚠️ BREAKING ⚠️ This afternoon, country music artist @corblund.bsky.social headed to #Edmonton to submit his application to Elections Alberta for a petition to prohibit coal mining in the #EasternSlopes of the Rocky Mountains. #MountainsNotMines #WaterNotCoal #Calgary #YYC #Alberta #AbLeg #AbPoli

GREY......CUP.....CHAMPIONS!!!

GREEN IS THE COLOUR

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As #COP30 heats up, superb visual storytelling in @nytimes.com about climate change & the threat of glacial lake outburst floods in the Himalaya, featuring the work of @cscottwatson.bsky.social and quotes from @kristencook.bsky.social @sonamshp.bsky.social and me. 🧪⚒️ www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

She’s spent decades documenting war. Now, the camera turns on her. For Reuters Culture Current, photojournalist Lynsey Addario speaks about her new documentary ‘Love+War,’ the toll of frontline journalism, and the fight to protect truth reut.rs/4hOKDaf

Some comments from me on the geohazards that could impact an oil pipeline from AB to BC coast, following @davidebybc.bsky.social and First Nations' continued opposition. More thoughts in the below thread from ~6 months ago 🧪⚒️ @ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

CP legend Bob Weber retired* in 2024 & I had the privilege of hosting his farewell talk, which you shd watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF57... *Turns out Bob can’t quit journalism & thank the galaxy for that. Bob’s latest in @albertaviews.bsky.social #ableg #cdnpoli albertaviews.ca/dirty-cleanu...

Halloween costumes to scare scientists (by @twisteddoodles.bsky.social) 🧪

RANGERS GOAL: #NYR 2-3 EDM BRADEN SCHNEIDER (1) from WILL CUYLLE (3) and URHO VAAKANAINEN (1)

Got so annoyed while waiting to vote that I wrote a substack post. open.substack.com/pub/lisayoun...

Don’t forget to vote, then don’t forget to “lick the vote…”🍦 #yycvotes #lineups

Alberta health agency broke own rules in Turkey medication, private clinic contracts, independent investigation finds. Two other investigations remain outstanding: The RCMP and Alberta’s Auditor-General, by @carrietait.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... via @theglobeandmail.com

“Only if we understand, can we care. Only if we care, we will help. Only if we help, we shall be saved” - Jane Goodall

Jane Goodall died on Wednesday at 91 after a life spent revolutionizing the study of primates and then bringing her global fame to the cause of conservation. Here are snapshots from her life and career.

SCOOP: Two senior Alberta Health Services procurement officials were also briefly directors in a numbered company linked to MHCare, a supplier that has been awarded $$$ in business, The Globe and Mail has found By @tomcardoso.bsky.social, @hoserlibrarian.bsky.social and friend

Early morning hike to visit the golden larches in the Rockies.

The human heart is The size of a Fist Clenched. Indefatigable, and infallible On pain of death. And yet it skips At the most curious Times, To remind us of its finite Beats. And perhaps to attend us To use them both wisely And with abandon. — Darren Markland, August 2025

SCOOP: A consultant advising Alberta Health Services on private surgical facilities simultaneously negotiated with AHS on behalf of a company vying to open such a clinic, according to a confidential report obtained by The Globe. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

NASA's Perseverance rover found a potential biosignature on Mars - minerals arranged in a "leopard spot" pattern that could indicate ancient microbial life. The discovery expands the window of when Mars may have been habitable. theconversation.com/scientists-d...

A New, ‘Adorable’ Deep-Sea Fish Swims Into View www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/s...

Oil and gas well-testing technology developed at UCalgary now an option for industry in Alberta, B.C. ucalgary.ca/news/oil-and...

Wildfire ash is accelerating glacier melt in the Canadian Rockies www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Today’s hike on Carthew-Alderson trail in Waterton 😍

The Department of Biological Sciences at @ucalgaryscience.bsky.social is seeking a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Freshwater Ecology. lnkd.in/gMt2i9C7 #FreshwaterEcology #AcademicJobs #AcademicChat #EnvironmentalScience #AquaticEcology 🧪

Lake O’Hara never disappoints 😍

Bateaux Tom Thomson 1916

“Decades of research show that protected bike lanes save lives. Cities around the world have found that when people feel safe riding, more people choose to bike – and everyone benefits. Protected lanes reduce injuries for all road users.”

Here is the link to pre-order your flu shot and your COVID-19 shot for this autumn in Alberta. If you don't order, you won't get one (even if you fall into the high risk category). It is safe to have both at once. bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr... You know they did (& didn't) with measles...

Rainy day hike up Raspberry Ridge in Kananaskis. Beautiful.

A small brush fire and power outage in British Columbia started on Wednesday when an airborne fish struck power lines, according to fire officials.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, national journalism org, condemn an online campaign targeting a reporter www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

Everyone in Alberta should very concerned about this. The targeted campaign against @carrietait.bsky.social is a direct attempt to intimidate one of the finest, most diligent reporters in Canada. In doing so, it is an attack on journalism, an accountability mechanism essential for democracy.

This is not OK.

Just two @ucalgary.bsky.social environmental science students saving a baby horse. No biggie. 🧪 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"And when the glaciers are all gone, what do you call an island that used to be Iceland? Just … Land?" A beautiful, elegiac essay on what we're doing to Iceland, and the world. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/o...

Morning bike ride through Dale Hodges Park. So many birds… #yyc

Happy Canada Day! 🇨🇦 Beautiful day in Calgary.

Alberta separatists get scooped - pro-Canada group is allowed to set referendum question. Column calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... #abpoli #cdnpoli #ableg #Independence #yyc #yeg