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Carey Price and the Price of Not Knowing

On Dec 4, just before the December 6 anniversary of the Ecole Polytechnique Massacre, longtime Montreal Canadiens goalie, Carey Price, waded into the gun control debate with a poorly timed tweet defending his rights as a hunter and attacking the most recent changes to gun control legislation by the Justin Trudeau government. In his initial […]

Posted 06 December 2022 § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – In Which Jason Programs The Grey Cup Halftime Show…

Nothing against Florida-Georgia Line but it’s right there in the name – no connection to Canada, let alone Saskatchewan. In fact, two of the three performers in the halftime show were American and the third was from Ontario. Why you wouldn’t feature Saskatchewan artists on a giant stage like this boggles my mind. Using a […]

Posted 21 November 2022 § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Sports § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Secular Sunday – Most and Least Religious Canadian Metro Areas

Very interesting graph (via Reddit)…

Posted 30 October 2022 § News § Politics § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

There’s A Lot of Bad News in Hockey These Days…

…and with horrible accusations and scandals right now involving Hockey Canada, the Oiler’s farm team’s head trainer, Tampa Bay Lightning d-man Ian Cole, the Chicago Blackhawks, and more, the attention is very warranted. (On Twitter, there was talk of this being the hockey equivalent of #MeToo – #PuckYou or #PuckToo?) At any rate, as the […]

Posted 11 October 2022 § Jobs § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – But With Training Wheels?

With this bike parade happening in Weyburn, I can’t help but think that some of these kids will likely grow up to join flag-festooned convoys of a different type when they’re older… 🙂

Posted 02 July 2022 § Humour § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Happy Canada Day?

I accidentally ripped this decoration off a kid’s bike during a Bike Parade for Canada Day at Nickle Lake when my father-in-law and I were trying to work around it to help him get his chain back on. But I feel like this photo may be a metaphor for Canada in some ways too…

Posted 01 July 2022 § Family § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Secular Sunday – Religion’s Role in the Klondike Papers

And it’s not good…

Posted 19 June 2022 § News § Politics § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – Putting A Stamp On One Of My Most Memorable Library Moments (Sometime In Late 2021)

I’ve been fortunate to have all sorts of happy, sad, and memorable moments working in the library over the years. One of the most unique was helping a couple family members of Metis Leader, Harry Daniels, who fought to have his people included in the Canadian Constitution, come into the library to print a proof […]

Posted 16 June 2022 § Library § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Go Avalanche Go!

Good Regular Season Goals: https://twitter.com/6aba9ool/status/1530085055057563648   Not A Good Goal in the Playoffs: Now that a few days have passed since the Flames lost to the Oilers in the first Battle of Alberta since 1991 and I’ve read a lot of commentary about the game and series, I can share some of my own thoughts… […]

Posted 31 May 2022 § Sad § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “Facing off with gophers/Man it ain’t the same/As being home at the Saddledome/For the Oilers and the Flames”

This song which mentions the Flames vs. Oilers feels appropriate after the Flames heart-stopping OT win in Game 7 versus Dallas which triggers the first playoff Battle of Alberta since 1991… A couple other Oilers/Flames themed songs…

Posted 16 May 2022 § News § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,