The privatized, turn of the century ambulances rattling around #YEG these days are so rough they look like they should have
'Bring Out Yer Dead'
stencilled on the sides of them.
Remember:
in DavyParker's and Dani's 'christian' #Alberta mammo..er, Haysues highly recommends some extra super private health insurance, on top of what you already pay to the UCP's vitalhub of partners in private insurance/medical services/etc. etc. thru your taxes
@ned This is Redlining. A racist, segregation practice that was observed in both Canada and the US.
I think the practice was much more well documented in the US mainly because the practice was highlighted in an obtuse fashion with Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. A black child was denied enrolment to a school that was closer to her home because it was a school in a white neighbourhood and was effectively a white school. So the public school system enrolled the child to a black school much farther away.
This triggered a constitutional challenge against what was a practice of segregation. What this revealed was a wide spread, systematic practice of banks, realtors, and other service providers that effectively pinned people by race and forced them to live in specific neighbourhoods. But, like many things systemically broken about the US, the Supreme Court simply acknowledged the issue without providing any meaningful solution.
Safe to say that the practice continues in various forms on both sides of the border into the modern day.
#Yeg #Edmonton #Yyc #Calgary
#AbLeg #AbPoli #CdnPoli
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redlining
July 28th, we have:
Swiss chard, Broccoli, Mixed beans, Wasabi mustard greens, Buttercrunch lettuce, Epazote, Grape leaves, Edible nasturtium flowers, flower baskets/pots
The roads are open from all sides
#urbanfarm #ShopLocal #SmallBusiness #yeg #fruits #veggies #Flowers
https://www.instagram.com/p/DMqFc9_RQz4/?igsh=MWp2YXdvbnJpdTZmYg==
Even in death, nature is beautiful.
The Pulse: July 28, 2025 - here's what you need to know about the Edmonton region today https://edmonton.taproot.news/pulse/2025/07/28 #yeg
Somehing my neighbors in Edmonton need to hear...
"I was today days old when I learned that a major use of restrictive covenants in Calgary (and elsewhere) was maintaining “community character” by prohibiting specific races from buying in a neighborhood and I feel naive but also why is this not part of the news stories?"
"Thoughts: 1. Restricting how your land can be used will hurt your land value down the line. 2. You want to fight homes for more people in a housing crisis? 3. Remember what restrictive covenants were originally for (racism)"
The tent caterpillar outbreak in #yeg continues to grow.
As a random aside, the Schubert Chokecherry needs to vanish from urban landscapes. The amount of black knot I see in my neighbourhood is astounding. I'm so incredibly glad I refused the developer tree options when we built and opted for a hardy decorative crabapple...
Hey #yeg #edmonton #alberta, if you can toss a few bucks towards a #TransWoman who got struck by lightning the other day, that'd be cool of you
(She's expected to make a full recovery but her partner is going to have trouble due to her lost income during this time. News article is linked in replies for posterity.)
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-olivia-afford-transistion-costs
It would be most appropriate for my Alma Mater to offer a course on Palestine that includes the violence my Alma Mater waged against peaceful anti-genocide protestors.
My Alma Mater (and the UofC) should also be required to take a class on 1930's Germany and on what the terms nazi sympathizer and quisling mean.
July 25th, we have:
Turnips, Hakuri (Japanese turnips), Daikon radish, Epazote, Grape leaves, Jalapeno, edible nasturtium flowers, flower baskets/pots
Road still blocked from the north side
#urbanfarm #ShopLocal #SmallBusiness #yeg #fruits #veggies #Flowers
https://www.instagram.com/p/DMiYVkGxWDw/?igsh=MXA4cDVqN2ljczFwYQ==
The Pulse: July 25, 2025 - here's what you need to know about the Edmonton region today https://edmonton.taproot.news/pulse/2025/07/25 #yeg
“The allegations made in this case, even if not determined to have been criminal, were very disturbing and the behavior at issue was unacceptable,” the NHL said …
“We will be reviewing and considering the judge’s findings. While we conduct that analysis and determine next steps, the players charged in this case are ineligible to play in the League.”
#hockeytrial #menshealth #nhl #masculinity #hockey #hnom #yeg #edmonton @hnom @hockey https://globalnews.ca/news/11303361/world-junior-players-nhl-trial-sex-assault/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=other
update: confirmed - i first heard it at a goth club called New City Suburbs in #yeg ~2002. my best friend put a copy of it on his minidisc player, and made a copy for me. the last time i heard it was on a sony bianca minidisc in 2005, which i lost.
i have a really weird request for industrial musicophiles: i am beyond excited that i rediscovered a track that i've been missing from my music library for over 20 years.
the thing is, i can't figure out for the life of me where i first heard it. it was never once radio played here, nor is it something my friends were into. i can't seem to find any movies or tv series it was in.
was A Daisy Chain 4 Satan (Acid & Flowerz Mix) by My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult ever played in some well known film, tv show, or compilation cd?
or was this literally something i stumbled on it an open kazaa/gnutella/bearshare C:\ drive in 1999, or my local goth industrial club when i was an alcoholic?
thanks for the help 
For over 30 years, Taste of Edmonton has brought our community together to enjoy amazing local flavours right in the heart of our downtown. It was so wonderful to visit with Her Honour, Lieutenant Governor Salma Lakhani as we celebrated Edmontons food scene. #yeg #tasteofedmonton #yegdt #yegfood
“..has anything changed? The accused ..all insisted that no criminal wrongdoing took place. That is, that an intoxicated young woman performed sexual acts w several men as others watched & ate pizza, over a number of hours, & nothing untoward took place.
An improbable story or just another night for the fellas?”
#menshealth #hockeytrial #boyswillbeboys #rapeculture #nhl #stanleycup #hockey #hnom #yeg #edmonton @hnom @hockey http://edmontonjournal.com/news/canada/hockey-canada-toxic-culture-criminal-trial/wcm/6d3f2cdb-7330-4711-8b53-2c29da81fad9
The John Janzen is temporarily closed, so I've been hosting their beehive in our backyard. The colony outgrew their living arrangement, so here’s a time-lapse of me moving them into their observation hive. #bees #beekeeping #beehive #urbanbeekeeping #urbanagriculture #yeg
Hey #YEG! In case you haven't noticed, it's actually a lovely (if cool) evening in Edmonton. Both the rain and the smoke have cleared out — and they did so soon enough that I got myself down to Taste of Edmonton for music & munchies.
Currently listening to 90s alt rock played by an energetic band of young men who might not have been alive when these songs came out. That's kind of breaking my 90s-kids brain, but they're very good!
So was the veggie fritter from the Indonesian satay stall. I think I'm leaning to cheese & guava empanada with the rest of my $10 worth of food tickets.
It continues to boggle my mind that there are those in the Oilers fan base who promote one of these young men as a “solution” to the perceived “goaltending problem.” Aside from his abilities as a goalie, his character is unworthy of wearing the Oilers jersey. Regardless of the verdict, and not until there is a rehabilitation process in place for players with “character issues.”
This is a men’s health issue, a social health issue, and a hockey issue.
#hockeytrial #menshealth #sex #letsgoOilers #Oilers #nhl #stanleycup #hockey #hnom #yeg #edmonton @hnom @hockey
