As I recall he was fond of recounting lemonade stand economics (literally) in his budget speeches.

Talking with David Roberts Climate, energy, and America left behind

Very well worth the read! open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

A politician with the guts to say it:
"No American child from the blue collar or the middle class should have to die fighting in Iran. Let the Epstein class fight the Epstein War."
- Premier Wab Kinew at the NDP national convention, Winnipeg.

Just 14 Species Have ‘Genuinely’ Improved on BC’s At-Risk Lists | The Tyee That’s out of 2,642 struggling species tracked in a new wildlife study.

It’s unlikely the bobolink, which remains on B.C.‘s endangered species list, will get the help it needs, according to a study published Monday that found genuine improvements in at-risk species’ status are “exceedingly rare.” 🐦‍⬛

Penticton non-profit plans to resurrect The Dream music venue Penticton non-profit The Dream Society announced Tuesday it will be reopening The Dream Cafe this fall, after six months of the beloved music venue being closed.

Castanet article on the Dream Society. Go to www.dreamsociety.ca for details on how to support the reopening of a premium live music venue in Penticton!

www.castanet.net/edition/news...

Thanks to the CFSOS for a start-up grant to the Dream Society for our efforts to reopen a world-class live music venue in Penticton. The Dream Society is a non-profit volunteer-driven society--please go to dreamsociety.ca to see how you can support us!

Mount Shuksan actually

"Heather walked our caucus through fire in that last parliament." - @charlieangus104.bsky.social

I’m with Nathan Cullen and Heather McPherson!

And you’d have to have a very skookum sock

Christmas in February! My friend Seabrooke Leckie has come out with another fabulous moth book—and this one covers 1900 species of the tremendously diverse moth fauna of the West. Congratulations Seabrooke!

This little Northern Pygmy-Owl says happy Superb Owl Sunday! And I say happy anniversary (40th!) to my wonderful wife Margaret!

Gord's endorsement YouTube video by Heather McPherson

Two of my most favourite MPs in the same place.
@gordjohns.bsky.social is one of the most hardest working MPs I have ever met. The fact that he is lining up with @heathermcpherson.bsky.social doesn't surprise me.
They show up and do the heavy lifting for democracy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kw51...

The last our 2025 potato crop is going crazy (poorly stored) so I took advantage of the warm spring weather and planted them yesterday!

These social huntsman spiders are common in Australia—and spectacular—but luckily are harmless. Took this pic in Tasmania a couple of weeks ago

There’s just one day left to get your membership! If you want to vote in the leadership, make sure to get your membership, or renew if you haven’t, tomorrow at the latest.

You can do so at heathermcpherson.ca/membership

Deeply saddened by news that my friend Kirsty Duncan passed away today. I worked closely with her while she was the Minister of Science and the Chair of the Standing Committee on Science and Technology. I texted her on Saturday when I was at a Robbie Burns dinner—her favourite event of the year.

SHOALS OF HERRING CHARLIE ANGUS YouTube video by Grievous Angels

Christmas night at Chez Angus. We love singalongs - rebel songs and traditional tales. This is my all time favourite song from the great Ewan McColl.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=k93T...

Once ran into a grizzly bear there while doing a Black Swift survey

I’m with Charlie on this one.

Wonderful to hear this project has been completed—I remember talking about it almost 20 years ago at NCC board meetings. Sometimes good things take time! Thanks to all the groups and individuals who stepped up to get it done.

The weather has been crazy lately but I was still surprised to see this red-eared slider sunning itself in Penticton on December 14!

Resurrection on the horizon for Penticton's Dream Café? The Dream is still alive. Maybe. Penticton's celebrated Dream Café, founded a quarter-century ago as an acoustically id...

The Dream is still alive…

www.pentictonnow.com/watercooler/...

Maybe the subsidized exporters are making lots of $$? Apparently in Australia there was also a huge impact on the plastic manufacturing sector as most plastics are made from natural gas but the North America NG supply chain is more complex I’m guessing.

I remember a conservative Australian MP testifying before the House of Commons Natural Resources Committee about 7 years ago who warned that in Oz the main effect of new LNG exports was a sharp increase in domestic gas prices.

All highways linking B.C. Interior to Lower Mainland now closed - BC News the highway has become flooded at Sowaqua Creek and is closed in both directions from about six kilometres north of Hope to seven kilometres north of Merritt.

Reminiscent of the one in 100-year atmospheric river event that happened four years ago…
www.castanet.net/news/BC/5888...

"Responding to Backlash to Defend Evidence-Based, Inclusive Research Funding"

New editorial by Maydianne C. B. Andrade and Jeremy T. Kerr for CSPC's 2025 Canadian Science Policy Magazine:

sciencepolicy.ca/posts/responding-to-back...

Carney 'will have to answer' questions about flip-flop on tax credit,… National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

Patrick Weiler is right--it makes no sense to give $$ to the highly profitable oil industry when we could be encouraging clean energy. The NDP fought these subsidies for more than a decade and thought the Liberals were finally onside, but now Carney caves.
nationalnewswatch.com/2025/12/03/c...

Just heard Tom Powers interviewing Con O'Brien of the Irish Descendants on CBC, lovely that they finished by playing "Let Me Fish off Cape St. Mary's", one of the greatest Newfoundland songs of all times. I used to live in the lighthouse at the Cape back in 1976...
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Beautiful Canada on Instagram: "Credit where credit is due, NDP interim leader Don Davies gave a very funny speech at the Parliamentary Press Gallery Dinner over the weekend. #godkeepourland #canada ... NDP interim leader Don Davies brings the house down with a hilarious speech at the Parliamentary Press Gallery Dinner, addressing party struggles, leader controversies, and budget debates. Watch the f...

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