Pump track in Saskatoon! chng.it/wc6sFGBLT2

Yup. Walk your kids to school if you can - walking (or cycling) to where you are going is a good life habit

Tonight at Sunnyside Dairy! Great classic country covers and farm fresh ice cream.

One of my core beliefs about urbanism is that change is scary at first but most of the time, people just get used to it or even come to appreciate it. This applies to new bike lanes, denser housing developments, traffic calming, etc.

“Walkable cities allow you to access more amenities on foot for daily life, like going to school or work, buying ingredients for dinner…But that's not available to everyone, given many cities and suburbs in Canada and the U.S. have been designed to emphasize transport by car, urban planners say.”

The design of your city can help make you healthier, study finds. “A new study in Nature found when people moved from less walkable U.S. cities to more walkable ones, they increased their levels of physical activity and saw health benefits.”

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Belle and Sebastian announce 'Tigermilk' / 'If You're Feeling Sinister' 30th anniversary tour www.brooklynvegan.com/belle-and-se...

Visiting Toronto and doing my homework for next week’s Webinar cycling thru Biidaasige Park!

Want a trillion hits on YouTube? Get a bunch of kindergarteners who live in DC, Chicago, NYC, and LA to read grown republicans’ tweets about how scared they are of those cities

I happily admit that I'm much more connected to nature and wildlife around me when I bike for transportation. I never got that in a car.

“Victoria Mboko breaks Naomi Osaka to win the National Bank Open in Montreal! 🏆🇨🇦”

Saskatoon is getting something very cool in Buena Vista Park. bucketsandborders.com

You can just do stuff.

Public Transit Does Not Need To Make Money Just like public schools, libraries, and health clinics, the more people take advantage of public transit, the better off we are as a society. It's worth the cost to make it free.

Saskatoon will have another Neighbourhood Bikeway in a month! A 30km/h zone from College to 14th on Munroe. An improvement by @cityofsaskatoon.bsky.social to get into the University. The crossing and entrance at College will still be a bit messy.

"Giving pedestrians a 7-second head start at traffic lights is associated with a 33% reduction in total pedestrian injuries—both fatal and non-fatal—at New York City intersections."

CBC getting the word out there on peatland wildfire emissions, an increasingly important topic as fire seasons keep getting worse in Canada. www.cbc.ca/news/science...

That’s so cool! Montreal’s bike share system is rolling out trailers that work on BIXIs as well as personal bikes. They’re hoping to have 50 by the end of the summer, and hundreds over the next few years.

Albertans: I’ll just keep the RCMP. UCP: A provincial police force it is. Albertans: No, no - RCMP. UCP: Provincial police. Albertans: RC-MP UCP: Provincial. Police. Albertans: R-C… UCP: P-R-O… We deserve better than a government that refuses to listen. #ableg

Scott Moe's priorities: "repealing the oil and gas emissions cap and expanding pipeline capacity." Meanwhile, toxic air pollutes much of #Saskatchewan. #air-pollution #asthma #environment #climate

Emergency management officials warn people to stay out of the Lac La Ronge region as the situation remains dangerous. www.aptnnews.ca?p=263383

vibe-cycling verb | /’vīb-ˌsī-k(ə-)liŋ/ Definition: The act of riding a bicycle with no fixed destination, guided purely by mood, scenery, and spontaneity—often leading down the nicest roads, quiet streets, and unfamiliar ways that feel just right in the moment.

NEW: "John Mulaney, Natasha Lyonne and the Battle of the Bike Lanes." Natasha Lyonne thinks there's no space for bike lanes in Manhattan. But cars? 🤔 Why do intelligent people say unintelligent things about bikes? @awalkerinla.bsky.social joins us to discuss. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...

The South Saskatchewan River has been reduced to sandbars because the Sask. Party ignored years of warnings. The Prairie Lily’s grounded, festivals are at risk, and public safety compromised. Saskatoon needs its river. Last Friday, I wrote to the WSA Minister to demand action. #skpoli #yxe

Thursday 7-9 am is Bike to Work Day and part of #BYXE week in Saskatoon! Ecoquest has a commuter station on the Meewasin Trail between Duke/Queen

Until 1:00 pm Saturday. Massey Park

We made an online 🚲course! Check it out... I’m really proud of what we’ve created.

“Virtue is like a muscle that grows with its exercise. We become just by doing just acts, brave by doing brave acts. When we are kind, kindness grows. When we seek unity, unity grows. When we are Canadian, Canada grows.” — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. #CanadaStrong

Let's kick off Spring BYXE Week with a snacky Slow Roll, Saturday, May 10th! 😋🚲❤️ Register at saskatooncycles.org/spring-byxe/... and ensure there's a goodie left for you! (Ride gathers at the River Landing Fire Vessel and departs at 2PM. Ride time will be approximately 45 minutes.)

This is why Canada needs ranked ballots. So people can vote their choices properly.

CBC calls Liberal win!

In Saskatoon your vote tomorrow counts! This latest poll confirms again that: - Saskatoon West & University are very, very close - the ABC vote in both is Liberal; any other vote helps elect a Conservative - in Saskatoon West the ABC vote is split right down the middle. The Conservative will win.

BYXE Week is coming back to Saskatoon! From May 10-18, 2025, the city will be bursting with cycling activities for all ages and abilities, and you're invited to participate in the fun! Visit the BYXE Week webpage at saskatooncycles.org/spring-byxe to get all of the details.

'I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One' encapsulates Yo La Tengo’s career framework in the span of 16 tracks, allowing the release to serve as introductory listening material with the potential of sounding like a greatest-hits compilation.

The biggest concern for me in Canadian politics, now and in the years to come, is the jump in support for far-right parties among young men, mimicking the trend in the United States. Same cultural influences like Rogan, Elon, Tate etc. A real concern for Canada, & Canadian women in particular?

More Than Amazing Billie Rae Busby 2023

Gentle reminder of just how backward Sask CPC MPs really are. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Looks like the non-Con vote in Saskatoon-University is Liberal. The candidate is Greg Poelzer a professor at Univ of Saskatchewan. The polling shows an upward trend for Liberals. It's important to not split the vote.

Neko Case announces fall tour with John Grant and Des Demonas www.brooklynvegan.com/neko-case-an...

Saskatoon University polling for April 11 shows a vote split between the second place Liberal candidate and third place NDP candidate. Splitting the vote gets us a mediocre CPC backbencher who fights for plastic straws. A strategic vote in this riding is a Liberal vote.

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Everyone needs to Walk! Check out our lineup of walks May 2-4th at our website at www.janeswalkYXE.org and at www.discoversaskatoon.com/calendar-eve...

Former teacher and Watrous/Humboldt MLA called Jagmeet Singh a terrorist. This is deeply embarrassing for teachers and residents of the province of Saskatchewan. We expect teachers to create a welcoming environment for all kids, and to embrace anti-racist education. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"San Diego is replacing a lane of parking downtown with a greenway that will feature a row of trees, a rocking bench, and children’s play infrastructure."

Friends, I have it on reliable authority that Parks Canada will continue its bicycle (and other active modes) pilot on the Bow Valley Parkway or Hwy 1A for another five years.

If you don’t have a large budget or time or access to concrete to make an intersection safer, you can achieve some fairly good results by using paint, plastic sticks, tougher solid curbs and slabs of rock. Look how @nycdot.bsky.social performed that here in Queens.

Build housing. Support a grocery store. Pedestrianize streets. Go nuts with a mural program. Expand farmers markets, sidewalk patios, and play spaces. Convert whole streets to trails. Add seating, public bathrooms, and shade trees. Just think of a place you like to spend time and why!

Surely he didn't mean to suggest that everything Trump did to this point could be swallowed, and only with the fertilizer move did it become impossible to consider him reasonable. leaderpost.com/news/saskatc...