For those who claim solar should only be installed on buildings, how about vehicles should only be parked on private property. No street parking.

Apropos of something, CBC Ideas is running the Massey Lectures right now. Alex Neve (Amnesty International) on human rights. Good timing for #alberta #yeg #yyc

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I find it HILARIOUS that the #ucp is claiming that a DEMOCRATIC process involving people expressing a concern and getting a chance to have a DEMOCRATIC vote is “anti-democratic “. Do they hear themselves? #yeg #abpolitics

On the bus to #yyc to do a panel opening Calgary Climate Week tomorrow. I can read, work, and bsky. Why does everyone drive? It’s usually the low friction choice. Proper high frequency public transit connected to city transit services and spend less making individual travel faster and we all win.

Even supposedly friendly US senators don’t understand how NATO works. They think we all pay into some NATO fund? If that is the level of their knowledge, perhaps they should shut their apple pie holes. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A big 🙌🙌 to Tim and Praveena from our team who spearheaded the thought leadership here through our submission to the T20, Principles for Cooperation and Competition in a World of Industrial Policy. t20southafrica.org/wp-content/u...

Probably hit by a cyclist, right?

For the #yyc area in particular, I will be in yyc next Wed am participating in a discussion on #criticalminerals to kick off Calgary Climate Week. I expect to be around all day if people want to connect and talk critical minerals, processing, etc. www.linkedin.com/posts/ailsap...

🚀 Huge step forward for decarbonising heat: Construction has started on world’s largest seasonal thermal energy storage facility in Vantaa, Finland. Massive underground caverns will store 1.1m m³ of hot water — around 90 GWh of heat, enough to warm an entire town through winter.

@usoceanprotection.bsky.social today released a report I co-authored on deep-sea mining for #criticalminerals. It’s an interesting study, dives into extraction and processing as well as markets. I do not opine on environment, not my area. www.oceanprotectioncoalition.org/dsmfeasibility

#yeg #yegcc @edmontonanne.bsky.social YEG has killed 30 people this year. What is council going to mandate administration to actually DO? A new study isn’t going to save lives in the next few years, and hope isn’t a strategy. #yegbike @michaeljanz.bsky.social @ashleysalvador.bsky.social

Here is #yeg traffic fatalities per a CityNews article from last week adjusted up one for Friday’s incident. Based on my OHS training, I hesitate to call it an accident as it was fully preventable. The rate of increase is higher than the rate of decline was. Up 150% in 3 years!!

#yeg Pretty sad that in #cbc and other media, it seems the “good behaviour” bar for killing a person with a vehicle is not fleeing the scene. I’m sure the driver didn’t intend to do it, and will suffer with the consequences, but language of “being struck by a car” not by an inattentive driver sucks.

#yegbike It appears the 113 st MUP from 111 Ave to Kingsway is now "open". The two remaining open stretches have been gravelled (slightly concave) and barriers removed. You no longer have to divert onto the street. But north end still dumps you straight into Kingsway, so be careful!

Looks like the new MUP plus on-road bike route on 111 ave from 120 st to 106 st is open (although a bit of construction ongoing in 113-114 st area). But still two big gaps in the 113 st MUP north of 111 ave that force you into the road. #Yegbike

Everyone - hunters, hikers, and cows - has a role to play in keeping our rural lands safe from gun violence.

To other Canadian city mayors (@andrewknack.bsky.social since you're my mayor), do NOT give tone deaf statements like this putting the crux of community safety on pedestrians and cyclists after a tragic death by a driver! This is embarrassing coming from my old hometown. #hamont #visionzero

Paging #alberta #yeg #yyc

Not so bright at my place in central #yeg but red is so rare to see here!

"In terms of what would be best for the Conservative Party, do you think they should look for a new leader to replace Pierre Poilievre or keep him as leader?" Look for new leader: 64% Keep Poilievre: 36% Spark / Nov 11, 2025 / n=2895 / Online

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

People quit bad bosses more than bad companies (but both matter). With Carney and the Conservative Party both polling about 50% higher than Poilievre and people jumping ship, you have to wonder how long he can survive. I would love to see a Conservative Party that I would consider voting for.

#yegbike my favourite biking memory for 2025 is cycling through the battlefields of northern France. Very impactful seeing the area, the cemeteries, the monuments at human speed. Highly recommended. The quantity of memorialized soldiers for whom remains have not been found is terrifying.

#yegbike to O'day'min Park today. What a beautiful asset for #yeg and our downtown in particular. The push-button gas fires will be welcome all winter, the playground and seat swings are great. But my picture is of the simple fix I want for summer streets 2026. Screw the dinky double-90 ramps.

Felt great to suck it up and ride out in the #yeg snow again. As usual, more overheat than cold issues. Next time a rag for the glasses would be good to remember! #yegbike

THINGS ARE PRETTY GOOD HERE 🇨🇦 PeaceLoveCanada.ca

Former PC Education Minister Dave King was at the cabinet table when notwithstanding was devised. His devastating view of what the UCP has done. Don't miss this piece. calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... #abed #abpoli #cdnpoli #ableg #yyc #yeg

Well analyzed. Always take the Fraser Institute with a hefty kilo of salt.

There’s one Alberta MP I really want to see resign…the newest one.

Here’s a hint. If you don’t travel to an aggressive nation threatening takeover and actively working to damage our economy, no impacts! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Went to renew my passport in #yeg Canada Place today. Gotta say, the process is much more pleasant than it was a decade ago! Pleasant staff, not pulling a number that is dozens away, etc. But rolling out online further (need to be within 6 months of expiry) would be great!

According to this ranking, Canada’s reputation has improved since 2024. We are now the 2nd most reputable country in the world. The United States has dropped from 30th to 48th in that same year, the biggest drop of any nation BY FAR. Its reputation-peers are now Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan…

So beautiful! So jealous! We have some decent few hundred meter active transport bridges in #yeg but this is so much more in every way!

Quite hilarious to hear a Calgary Conservative MP saying some strong things about floor crossers this morning when the province is led by one.

#yeg As we head into winter, this bit from a book set in Siberia has been sticking with me. “And you thought: they’re used to it. But that was how those who suffered less always thought about those who suffered more, that they were used to it, that they no longer felt it as you did. 1/2

As you watch city contractors build a city-designed MUP across four entrances to parking lots in two blocks, you quickly see that not slowing entering and exiting traffic is the goal. If only designers used the facilities they design… #yegbike #yeg

In BC, tiny houses to help address houselessness issues are being paid for by the province. That’s responsibility that can be hard to find in #ucp #alberta #yeg www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Looks like new MUP on 111 Ave from 113 st to Kingsway (connecting to 106 st) is in service. Only 3 light standards in the path - be careful! The crew has left more room around these than on some active transport paths, so partial yay? Also a pretty sizeable existing hole in the driveway at 110 st.

Sounds like it’s time for someone like one of our precious MLAs to rail on about scooters and e-bikes again…

In a CBC article about a new war film, they quote US pushback. “The Pentagon argued that current systems offer up to 100 per cent effectiveness … though experts in the space have refuted their refutations.” One boggles at the insanity of 0-100% effective, and how anyone could refute that!

#yegbike As they work on the 111 ave MUP from 109 to 121 st, I see some things I like, and some big concerns. 109 st to 113 st is good - except for the signal pole location (in the path when so easy to go around it). The ramp up to it from the west needs to be bigger to the north though.

Apropos of something, there is a Canadian musical about the Winnipeg general strike, called appropriately “Strike”. I have the soundtrack, it’s starting on heavy rotation, I think. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strike!...

We are doing the World Series on aggregate score like Euro football, right?

I wonder what the crossover is between anti-immigrant views and sports fans. Seems to me it is probably high. Lots of nationalities (7) in the World Series tonight. Same thing in hockey, basketball. Probably 7 on each team in the Oilers game. Or is it only certain types of immigrants that are bad?

Patrick “clean up the city “ Stewart seems pretty unmotivated to clean up his signs. Law says 3 days. Candidate says ??? If you need corrugated plastic for projects, have at ‘er I guess. #yeg

Time for a recall petition for every UCP MLA?

Celebration time, come on, let’s have a celebration!

Highest royalty revenues, lowest income taxes, no sales taxes. And says that there is no money to fix the education system. Then says that denying charter rights and legislating a rejected deal is NOT taking the easy way out before Premier jets off to Dubai? Oh #alberta. #yeg

I hope this is the end of all sports teams, all extra-curricular activities, all clubs. Terrible for the students but there has to be a line drawn. I trust teachers will do a good job of teaching, and that’s their job. #istandwithteachers