So I got back from helping Maple Creek recover from their recent flood and last night we had our basement get flooded out after our own storm of the century. Here is the PSA from the City of Saskatoon. Overnight, Saskatoon received approximately 80mm (almost 3 inches) of rain in three hours. In some areas, [...]
June, 2010:
Katrina Cottages
I just blogged about this over at The Cooper Cabin. They are Katrina Cottages and are low cost but significant upgrades over the FEMA trailers designed in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. As soon as I saw them and some other low impact houses over the years, I can’t help but think of them as [...]
Maple Creek
Last weekend I was pretty unplugged from the world and I came into work on Monday to find out our Executive Director was down in Maple Creek helping out with disaster relief operations with the Salvation Army. The relief effort is still ongoing and on Sunday night I head down with a co-worker to Maple [...]
Busy right now
I haven’t posted much here lately for the obvious reasons that life has been quite busy. I am trying to decide whether or not I want to take enrol in Commerce‘s Edward’s School of Business business certificate program. Of course my other option is to do the Chapters self-directed MBA but the business certificate is a [...]
Your Right to Comment Ends at My Front Door
Derek Powazek has a great post on blogging and comments. I turned off comments in the last redesign of powazek.com because I needed a place online that was just for me. With comments on, when I sat down to write, I’d preemptively hear the comments I’d inevitably get. It made writing a chore, and eventually [...]
Roadtrip
On Monday five of us from work took a roadtrip to Calgary to check out the Salvation Army’s Centre of Hope, a large homeless shelter in the downtown of Calgary. I was the only non-smoker on the trip which meant a lot of stops along the way. Rosetown, Kindersley, Alsask, Hanna, and Drumheller. The trip [...]
Unemployed long haired freaky people need not apply
Unemployed are often being excluded from job searches The last thing someone who is unemployed needs to be told is that they shouldn’t even apply for the limited number of job openings that are available. But some companies and recruiters are doing just that. Employment experts say they believe companies are increasingly interested only in [...]
Fire
As the Star Phoenix reports, there was a fire at work. Crews from the No. 1 Fire Hall arrived at 339 Ave. C South at approximately 9:15 p.m, according to a Saskatoon Fire and Protective Services news release. They found a sprinkler in the building was activated from the fire. The firefighters evacuated the building, [...]
Worst Case Scenario for the Gulf Oil Leak
Over at Science Blogs Contrary to what most of us would think as logical to stop the oil mess, actually opening up the gushing well and making it gush more became direction BP took after confirming that there was a leak. In fact if you note their actions, that should become clear. They have shifted [...]
Burke, Yzerman are concerned about hockey’s rising costs
From the Toronto Star For Burke, affordability is the key to the future of the sport, both in the availability of ice for kids to develop and of equipment for kids to use. “We have to keep the game available, affordable and to make sure we’re always looking at alternatives,” said Burke. “If we can’t [...]
What’s Wrong with SCN?
A couple of months ago the Saskatchewan Party announced that they were going to shut down or sell the Saskatchewan Communication Network. I wanted to be really upset over this but I just can’t. After almost 20 years of flipping to the SCN regularly, I have enjoyed a total of three local shows. I watched [...]
Digital copyright bill is going to lock us all in
Rory McGreal has a good article on the new copyright bill being proposed by the Government of Canada. For parents who would wish to cut exorbitantly aggressive, anti-religious or sexual content from a video, this option is now closed because of digital locks. Systems operators who suspect inappropriate use of the system such as viewing [...]
