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It's not even "progressive" anymore. It's just living in reality. The world is changing. Keep up or **** off.

Thankfully, we're staying in Code Red. Some small changes that I can live with. Now, I can finally have that gender reveal party with more than 10 people. I'll reload the t-shirt cannon that I lifted from IGF with the appropriate coloured t-shirts and let it fly.

Our biggest advantage against Vancouver? Connor McDavid plays for Edmonton...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conservative-opposition-motion-reopen-economy-1.5960223 "bUt ThE eCoNoMy!" A federal plan makes little sense when you consider the differences between regions across this vast country.

The ones attacking the Capital building. The ones with the red and blue loser flags. I have to say that I truly appreciate when people show up when there is non-white shooter. Nothing on the white supremacist attack last week. So, efin' predictable.

They coordinated so well. Ford was complaining about the Gov't trying to meddle in the Provinces business and jurisdiction. And, right on cue...

New Jersey took over that role as soon as they traded for Taylor Hall. I fully expect Buffalo to win the lottery now that he's taken his lottery magnet over there.

By investing in oil and gas!

Just had a bad day like all the white supremacists that are usually shooting up America. (9 out of 10 days)

Probably for the best, I wouldn't move down to Orange until 50% of the population was vaccinated (too high?)

Also displays both ignorance of the volatility of the pandemic and their gamble that their supporters and the public in general are too uninformed to see the holes in his position.

They don't have a plan. Their platform is Liberals bad, we're better, don't ask how. Jobs! Taxes! Guns!

It's funny cause they all magically forgot about the record breaking heat last summer or ya know...the warm winter we've all enjoyed. But two weeks of cold weather in Feb!!! Well that settles it! lol. Yeah when I read his speech. I was cautiously impressed. I thought maybe they're going to round a corner and not be total dipshits. Toole even said they need to change and keep up or they're going to keep losing. lol. Even your leader thinks you're going to lose if you don't change. But sure, keep doing the same things....that's a type of change....right?

Edmonton will still get their two first overall picks every five years.

It's funny cause it's true

my dad has been booked for his vaccine (don't worry I'm not going to announce every single person in my family that got booked as I am one of many cousins and have plenty of Aunts and Uncles) next month, my mother has already registered for hers over the weekend (so likely we will find on on thursday when she's getting hers) oh yeah and Granny got the shot from Pfrizer

Bieksa gave Stanley a shout-out on Saturday. As much as I have little respect for Kevin Bieksa, it was nice for the youngster to get recognized. I think Stanley has to stay in the line-up. He is only going to get better the more that he plays, and given the dumpster fires that Beaulieu and DeMelo have been this year he's not exactly out of place or making a ton of mistakes you would expect of a kid that age. Just my two cents anyway.

How does one not accept that climate change exists? WTF?

Add player/team Long term relationships. Hard to build a loyal fan base when your favorite player (henoc/Jefferson/walker/etc) switch teams often. These 1 or even 2 year contracts just aren't making it possible for fans to connect with the players and grow up with them.

They (and similar provincial parties) just do not understand how Canada is evolving and becoming more and more progressive every day. They're getting left so far behind and just don't seem to care. There might be enough rednecks within provinces like AB/SK that can get them elected, but nationally? If you're not at least a little bit progressive.... You're totally ******.

Must protest.... How in the hell is one expected to protect themselves from a gazillion robbers, rapists, rioters, et al? Or, specifically if in a Trump leaning neighbourhood.....where one is perpetually under siege from Antifa, BLM, atheists and wide eyed woke Liberals? How? You need the smooth quick loading firepower and easy handling of the dependable AR15. Tried, proven and tested, over the years. Body counts don't lie. Even when having a bad day.... you can count on the fire rate and accuracy of the AR15..... to make things right.

It is axiomatic in therapy that you cannot use logic to defeat emotional beliefs. It is like using architecture to explain dance.

The ones in red or blue bandanas? Defintitely! The gun murder rate would plummet to an irrelevancy!

Personally I believe that Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa was a perfectly normal American guy until Drumpf's racism radicalized him.

And it also displays ignorance of Federal/Provincial jurisdiction and responsibilities. But hey, if Pallister can plagiarize ALEC to introduce anti-protest legislation, I guess O'Toole can copy Trump.

I don't even think the Liberals are that organized either.

Did they actually release a platform at all? I can't seem to find anything other then what's on their website and it's ******* pathetic. "we're going to bring back 1 million jobs." CLICK TO HERE TO FIND OUT MORE. Followed by 3, yes sentences on how they plan to do that. 3 ******* sentences. My boss would laugh me out of the room if I had a project plan that looked like that. God damn it, political parties are a ******* joke.

Yeah, so... causation.... nevermind:

"Murder-nah" 😆

One positive though, we know neither of those guys hit anyone....

Manitobans aged 65 can now get the vaccine...

Same thing in rural MB. What's App statuses and Instagram stories were a real treat - during the Feb. cold snap.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-sanctions-china-xinjiang-1.5959080

Stadiums are way down the list in terms of CFL problems. Teams don't build stadium's anyway and governments aren't going to build them, especially in Alberta right now. No one is building a new stadium unless/until the CFL gets back on its feet. Profit sharing? Take money away from the well run teams, make them less profitable and give it to the badly run teams to reduce/eliminate their losses. That's the opposite of being competitive with each other. Competition is what's needed, not profit sharing. The CFL needs more fans in the stands and no, that doesn't mean cheaper tickets, especially for teams that are just barely hanging on as it is. The CFL is focusing on the wrong things. International players don't put fans in the stands. Tons of player turnover doesn't put fans in the stands. Changing the rules yearly doesn't put fans in the stands. Talking with the XFL doesn't put fans in the stands. A better product would help putting fans in the stands. Better players can be done by reducing the ratio which would reduce costs too. (Would you rather reduce the costs and keep the Canadian game or merge with the XFL and lose it?) Grass roots support needs to happen and to start right away, but it will take a long time and I don't know if we have a long time. Injection of capital? That's what the XFL, the ask for Government money and the ill fated US expansion from years ago are about. Make the at game experience better? How? Mardi Gras night? Cheaper beer? (Selling more beer at a lessor price is like selling more tickets at a lessor price to try to come out ahead) Better half time entertainment? (Not much of a selling point) More hot chocolate during cold games? The big question is the CFL losing fans in the first place? Partly because the CFL isn't the best players in the world playing against each other. That's the NFL. The CFL isn't even the second best players in the world playing against each other because of the ratio and the number of NFL players being paid not to play. Nothing we can do about that. Partly because the CFL ignored young fans for 30 or more years. Can't do anything about that either, but they can increase the grass roots engagement going forward. Partly it's that there are too few teams playing each other to many times each year. The average fan doesn't want to see the same two teams play each other 3 or sometimes 4 times in the same year, plus playoffs. Increasing the number of teams is the right answer, but it's unlikely to impossible in the current climate. That leaves reducing the number of games each season from 18 to 16. Partly it's because the CFL play 18 games to eliminate 3 teams. Change the playoff structure so the top team gets a bye, then 2 plays 5 and 3 plays 4 to eliminate an additional team. Quite frankly, if your team can't win half their regular season games, they shouldn't be in the playoffs anyway. Partly it's because the CFL relies on rich folks who don't mind losing money most years to run a local football team. Those folks are few and far between and a lot of them don't last for very long. For every caretaker Bob, there are a bunch of Bernie Glieberman's. Unless the find a way for CFL teams to consistently make money, this isn't going to change. There's no one right answer. It's a bunch of things that have been festering for years and that have been brought to a head by the pandemic.

I started playing because my best friend played. We played at Deer Lodge. When I was in Junior High, I played out of Charleswood, who would let me practice daily after school, which was right next door. I was lucky enough to practice next to Jeff Stoughton and his team many times. I also played a bit with Kelly Scott (nee Mackenzie) when she was on the Provincial winning team. Great atmosphere and environment to encourage young curlers.

Former Top Capitol Riot Prosecutor: Maybe Trump Is Culpable The federal prosecutor who initially led the Justice Department’s inquiry into the Capitol riot believes there’s enough evidence to charge some suspects with sedition—and that ex-President Donald Trump may be criminally responsible. Michael Sherwin oversaw the investigation as the acting U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C. until he stepped down from the role last Friday. In an interview with 60 Minutes broadcast Sunday night, Sherwin said: “It’s unequivocal that Trump was the magnet that brought the people to DC on the 6th... We have soccer moms from Ohio that were arrested saying, ‘Well, I did this because my president said I had to take back our house.’ That moves the needle towards that direction. Maybe the President is culpable for those actions.” Sherwin also said that the “evidence is trending toward” sedition charges against some of the rioters—the crime of conspiring to overthrow the government. It would be the first time federal prosecutors have brought a sedition case since 2010, when members of a Michigan militia were charged—but later acquitted—of the crime. -CNN

Everytime I see her or hear her name, this plays out in my mind's eye. Honestly, it's like her and Empty Greene are trying to out crazy each other...

Hope everyone remembers when the conservatives under Harper pulled this off: (ela is experimental lakes area, harper saved seven million dollars closing it down ) The decision to abruptly defund the ELA was widely condemned by the Canadian and international scientific community. The scientific journal Nature in 2012, described the decision as "disturbing", and said that it "is hard to believe that finance is the true reason" for the closure.[21] An open letter from five prominent scientific organizations, the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, the Ecological Society of America, the International Society of Limnology, the Society of Canadian Limnologists, and the Society for Freshwater Sciences, expressed concern over the impact that a closure would have "on the strong and creative science that has been, and continues to be, conducted by Canadian freshwater researchers."[40][41]An organization of Canadian citizens and scientists spearheaded by Diane Orihel, the Coalition to Save ELA[24] has been formed to pressure the Canadian government to reverse the decision to close the Experimental Lakes Area. ELA has produced 745 peer-reviewed scientific articles, 126 graduate theses, 102 book chapters and synthesis papers, 185 data reports, and several books. ELA scientists have been the recipients of numerous prestigious international water awards, including the Stockholm Water Prize, the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement[23] and the Gerhard Herzberg Gold Medal for Science and Engineering.[22][24][25] the conservatives do not like science.

Well, obviously, they didn't mean it that way. You have misunderstood their noble intentions.

at least as a whole they're honest troglodytes. anyway, if you pretend to be concerned, your in a better position to stall, and carry on with the usual.

Yes, his speech was progressive, then the party's real platform came out. Anti-science, anti-indigenous, usual alt-right platform. They are who they are. And, this is the party that's going to lead Canada? What a joke they are.

Apparently O'Toole was pushing for the resolution to pass. Even when they have a leader who's on board, they stay stuck in the mud.

I know I shouldn't have, but I went off on a guy in Superstore. Him and his 20 something daughter were walking around no mask, no space with other shoppers and I just lost it. Then he said he didn't have to worry about Covid because Jesus was his salvation. That really put me over the top. It got a bit ugly. I must be getting Covid fatigue to get sucked into that. Hurry up vaccines . ( I'm getting close )

Not quite if this belongs here, but.....

The size of the sample population (32,000) would seem to give a great deal of credibility to the study. As an aside, my sister in law (in her 60's) who had a fairly mild case of COVID late last fall has just been hospitalized with multiple blood clots in her lungs. Whether it relates to the infection she had is not certain but appears to be related.