Do not adjust your set. It seems as though the CBC will be forced to cut 800 jobs while the government considers baililng out private broadcasters. I haven’t been following this issue closely enough to provide insightful comments, but this is troubling for someone who feels the CBC provides a unique and valuable service to [...]

W00t! My letter to the WFP about Jim Rondeau’s comments on the ZENN and hydrogen fuel cells got printed in Saturday’s Free Press, and as the “Letter Of The Day”, no less: Go electric Re: Province looks at more fuel efficiency rebates, March 5. Minister Jim Rondeau needs to look beyond the “hydrogen fuel cell” [...]

CBC reports that only ~41% of Albertans voted in their provincial election yesterday. While Manitoba’s arguably not any better at 56.75% in our last election, it’s a little sad that such a low turnout gives a mandate to those who govern the economically-powerful, environmentally-careless, and growing-too-quickly Alberta. Perhaps the problem is the Elections Alberta slogan: [...]

MIT Admissions Letter (by sτενεωooδroω) When I first received this, I wasn’t going to mention anything online as I thought it might seem pretentious. Perhaps it still does seem pretentious, but: 1) This is too exciting not to mention, and 2) This is probably the easiest way to let everyone who is interested know. So [...]

From our adventure to La Barriere park in the beautiful Saturday weather:

One Less Starbucks (by JakeInVan) An excellent photo by a Vancouverite of an explosion that ripped through a Starbucks early this morning in the 600 block of West Broadway. It’s pretty incredible — look at the Starbucks furniture, etc. littering the sidewalk.

Faux Fishing Shacks (by sτενεωooδroω) While snowshoeing today, a couple of friends and I stumbled upon the following installation on Kingfisher Lake in Birds Hill Park, MB. All signs point to it being a movie set, which seems like it could be related to Renee Zellweger’s movie Chilled in Miami that is being filmed in [...]

Six members of the Winnipeg/MB chapter of Fair Copyright for Canada met on Saturday for a solid session of discussing the various aspects of copyright law in Canada, and brainstorming how we want to take action locally. Stay tuned for the activities and efforts that will come out of the ideas developed at this meeting. [...]

Winnipeg (by matthewgood) This photo is from Matthew Good’s highly enjoyable show Friday night at the Garrick, taken by MG himself. I like that the projection windows from the former movie theatre are still lit in the back. So, a bit of a rant — what’s up with all the loogans at shows like the [...]

A group of students (Pegasus Aircraft Group) from York University wants to build the next generation of short-haul jetliner, beating Airbus and Boeing to the punch, through the efforts of approximately 10,000 undergraduates from across Canada. This plane is supposed to include: Full composite airframe and fuselage Narrower wingspan than either the B737 or the [...]