100% this I am struggling

Accidental book buying accidents in @turningthetide.bsky.social and @mcnallyrobinson.com in Saskatoon yesterday.

BREAKING: Staggering scenes as brave Iranians stand up to their illegitimate government in Tehran... um, hang on, I'm being told this is actually Minneapolis. Forget I said anything...

Saskatoonians! Tomorrow at @mcnallyrobinson.com - Book launch for Glen Harper's The Good Life, a story of workers and managers 2pm - all welcome! #booksky

It's happening!! Jan 20th at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social and Jan 21st at @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social @petespress.bsky.social is heading to the big city again! If you're in #Toronto, please come say hi (and get a book!) #booksky

You shouldn’t need a GoFundMe page to have a tumour removed. Saskatchewan Deserves Better. #skpoli #saskatchewan #healthcare #yourcareyoursay

Fun fact: it currently takes 593 days to process a fricking *tourist visa* for Canada from South Africa. Nearly two years wait for my niece's family to visit for two weeks. HOW?!

Happy New Year from us!! Filled with a strange optimism. Or is it Pringles? Anyway, it's nice.

So irresponsible.

Here's to all the fresh New Year's Revolutions.

A thing from 2025 I found personally tragic: Prairie Dog, one of Canada's last free alternative newspapers, finally called it quits. I wrote regularly for them starting in 2008 & it's the reason I cover Regina city hall. I miss hearing from Steve all the time to talk about what to write next. #yqrcc

“It’s time to change the framework we use to assess the value of public transit, so it factors in health and social benefits that come from greater equity, reduced sedentary behaviour and less air pollution.” “We simply can't have and create sustainable, healthy communities without transit.”

From all at Pete's Press, we wish you a very Happy New Year 2026! #booksky 📚💙

We’ve spent a year vilifying people that ride every conceivable mode of bicycle in this city. Every year the number one killer of people on our streets in #TOpoli, are drivers. Who has the #ProliticalWill to prioritize the safety of vulnerable road users? schoolofcities.github.io/who-are-stre...

Morning.

Favourite books of the year! Fiction and nonfiction cos I don't tend to differentiate. (Not necessarily that have come out I 2025 just things I read this year!) Thread!

SERIOUSLY, WATCH THIS: If you really want to understand how huge SUVs and pick-up trucks have ended up being MOST of the vehicles out there in our cities, and the absolutely INSANE consequences of that, watch this easy-to-watch video by #NotJustBikes. Then please share it as much as you can.

The LEGO Tower on Harbord Street by Toronto artist Martin Reis.

Happy Solstice everyone!

Nice little list of upcoming books from Pete's Press too! Thank you Village Voice crew #yqr #booksky

I made a Fwoag.

Bezo: I htink this is an excellent opportunity to learn how much land we own. learnin' on the floor of a budget meeting. #yqrcc

Zachidniak: Instead we are passing a slew of cuts & price increases & reduced services that will make our city less efficient & less enjoyable. #yqrcc

Admin: In appendix k there was a request for $500k for warming centre funding. we recieved word from the province that we received $800k enhancement for warming centres that will allow for increase in spaces in those centres. #yqrcc

Here’s an innovative revenue tool: Regina should annex the RM of Sherwood and then get all the property taxes from the GTH, Brandt

Still do not get why we are funding them at all

Am on a bus in a Blizzard and the driver is singing Christmas songs.

froh: our winters are cold and dark. avg temp in feb is -20. if we don't have things to do in the winter, people will LEAVE. and then we'll have higher taxes. we're in danger of nickle & diming ourselves into a city no one wants to live in. #yqrcc

Froh: Community organizations have been trying to catch up for 18 years. They leverage volunteers to advance our policies. They are taking $1 & stretching it. This is not the year to add unnecessary dollars to the budget. But we should treat them like partners. #yqrcc

Yes yes yes yes

Flores: We're trying to protect our city & have a livable city. While tax increases are never welcome, they are necessary. We can't have the services we value without finding a way to fund them. #yqrcc

Link to the live #YQR 2026 budget podcast. What I find interesting is that Sask is a petro-state, YQR is surrounded by wealthy farmers and MNC mines. Yet our public finances are drained and "we have no money". Why is that? @pdcityhall.bsky.social www.myaccess.ca/watch/live/r...

Flores w/ amendment: To fund the LGBTQ action plan in amount of $50k Money coming from the Treasury budget. Hunh… i don't know what that means. #yqrcc

Flores: I'd like to point out that beyond being good partners, increasing this funding, also increases amount they can get from higher levels of govt. #yqrcc

Council math, re: 10% hike to bus fares. Make it make sense!!!

Having 3 separate votes First vote on enhanced safety & peace officers (adds 0.21% to mill) Then vote on getting rid of the fare increase (adds .17% to the mill rate) Then voting on all the reductions (decrease mill rate .38% if passes) #yqrcc

Still not sure who did this, but it’s really good advice for cities.

I got lost in the first hour of the Council meeting this morning, and now don't think I can catch up. I also had some shitty stuff at work come up and it took me an hour to walk to the post office, so I don't think I can cope with more bad news. #yqrcc

If council was actually listening to delegations, their direction should be obvious: Don't cut stuff. The overwhelming message from folks over the last two days was that services — like transit, like community grants — need to be protected. A few delegates even said they want the full 15%+ /2 #yqrcc

Two days of council meeting has been exhausting - and most of it i was just following along online anyway. But one truly heartening thing to come out of it is the knowledge that even in bleak and stupid times there are always good people to be found in the mix too.

Apparently Kelly Lorenc sent councillors copies of the Strong Towns book. Nice move. #yqrcc

Yes yes yes!!! This is what I want to write the book about

Lorenc: I have been so excited to see the city make progress by getting rid of parking minimums & by increasing density through the Housing Accelerator. Widen the sidewalks. Narrow the roads. Increase bus frequency to 15min. #yqrcc

@keroan.bsky.social congratulations on citizenship!!

It's like they're saying, "We're not clowns. As proof, here's our lawyer, Mr Chuckles McNuttlebutt Esq." #yqrcc

There is a fuckload wrong with Regina water - namely the lead. Fluoride is NOT the thing to be focussing on.

I don't think I can listen to this level of stupid #yqrcc

It's been many hard years for the arts and culture in #YQR. Long past time that #YQRCC played catch-up!