It would be truer to say no Merino no victory.

Gas tax breaks are bandaids at best. Real solution is to help low & middle-income Cdns get off fossil fuels. Invest in solar, heat pumps, batteries, EVs. Tackle barriers, offer real incentives & fund w/ windfall tax on Big Oil (who are laughing all the way to the bank). Cleaner, cheaper, healthier.

I genuinely don’t see us picking up any points from the remaining PL games, without a major turn around in performance levels from players who have clearly checked out.

The alarm has been going off since November. We’ve just been repeatedly hitting snooze on it until now.

The Artemis II space crew just travelled to new depths of space, becoming the farthest travelled humans in history.

Perhaps it’s in their best interests to keep going!

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You can’t melt down if you never got your hopes up in the first place.

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⭐️ But there is hope.
👉 Fixing our homes with deep retrofits, heat pumps and strong renter protections can cut costs, reduce emissions and improve health and safety. Programs already underway show that when energy upgrades come with affordability supports and tenant protections, everyone benefits.

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⚡️ What Energy Poverty Looks Like in 2026

In Atlantic Canada, too many people choose between a warm home, food or medication. 1 in 4 households struggle with energy bills, & renters often pay for a building they can't fix.

This is energy poverty, and it's happening on an unacceptable scale.

How to grow the electricity system affordably We will not grow our electricity system affordably if our strategy is narrowly focused on physical infrastructure and risky megaprojects.

In anticipation of a federal electricity strategy, here is how to grow the electricity system affordably for @nationalobserver.com

It starts with saving electricity and making better use of the grid we already built

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The #Canadian Electric School Bus Alliance has released Canada's first ever #Electric School Bus Report Card, which finds that most provinces are failing the transition away from diesel, burdening Canadians with increased #economic, health, and #environmental risks. Check out the report here:

Affordable Energy Coalition weighs in on Nova Scotia Power rate hike In an interview with the CBC's Amy Smith, co-chair Chris Benjamin speaks about the impact the hike will have on Nova Scotians with low and moderate incomes.

How much more can #Nova #Scotia households absorb as living costs rise? When it comes to #energy, the answer is simple: none. Yet here we are again, facing another approved #NSPower rate hike. A system built to prioritize shareholders over people, failing the 40% already living with energy #poverty.

Land & Sea: Investigating illegal dump sites YouTube video by CBC News Nova Scotia

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Would also put some blame on a few big players not turning up - Trossard, Saka, Zubimendi and Rice come to mind.

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AI and the Coming Deluge of Noise | Frankly 128 YouTube video by Nate Hagens

Good talk by Nate Hagens. I think he is very right about how AI is spitting out vast quantities of "ultra-processed informatoin" and that the effect on thinking isn't much different than ultra-processed food on our bodies. Been feeling this for a while myself.

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The impact of Covid on the cultural workforce across Canada cannot be overstated. We are still reeling from an exodus of established artists & arts workers from the sector. The extent of these cuts will have a similar consequence: a negative impact far, far beyond a single provincial budget cycle.

Besides the obvious economic return on investment, the sector enriches the lives of Nova Scotians of all ages and backgrounds, those who visit our province, & those lucky enough to experience work that tours outside province. And, it provides employment to over 14,000 people or thereabouts.

I have lived & worked through abrupt cuts to the arts. Therefore I know them to be devastating to the artists, cultural workers and communities with whom they engage. Never, ever has it made any logical sense - it has always boiled down to an idealogical attack on the arts & culture.

Please join the rally at Province House at noon on Weds 4 March to ask the government to reverse the devastating and nonsensical cuts to Art, Culture, and Heritage proposed in the 2026-27 Nova Scotia provincial budget.

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Congrats to the people of Manchester, UK, who have convincingly elected a Green Party MP who campaigned on generosity and inclusivity over division and exclusion. Here's hoping the trend continues across the UK and further beyond.

'Shock and awe' at DNR: Wildlife division gone, managers sacked, and restructured department geared for natural resources exploitation and extraction - Halifax Examiner Retired wildlife biologist Bob Bancroft describes the elimination of the division and today’s changes to the department as “absolutely disgusting.”

#NS Premier Houston drops the mask again - this time the ‘special interests’ he is unashamedly attacking are the civil servants who have dedicated their careers to conservation in our province. Clearing the way for ramming through the agenda he kept entirely secret during our last election campaign.

“People just can’t afford to pay the bills, and so they have to make impossible choices between turning the heat off and freezing through the night, or sacrificing paying for their medicines, or making food runs when they need groceries,” he said.

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#NSPoli

About to settle down with the fam to watch the first episode of this year’s #GreatPotteryThrowDown.

Which is perfect timing, because we could do with some wholesomeness and kindness after the past week.

For fan safety if not moral duty, national soccer teams that have qualified for the #2026WorldCup should refuse to play any matches in the USA. They can insist on playing them exclusively in Mexico and Canada instead.