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in Canada and the States the last 10 years.

with city council having eliminated mosquito spraying.

(Nature @ U of A, other seasons) Edmonton’s river valley aside, it is difficult to find much natural beauty in this city’s crumbling infrastructure and wasteland appearance wherever construction is ongoing. One favorite retreat for years had been the U … Continue reading →

From my retirement from teaching (2002) to about 2016 or so, I would walk to the fish pond behind the Humanities Centre (which U of A is threatening to take down) on weekends. The u kept the pond stocked with … Continue reading →

Obit: Guy Lafleur, 70, Montreal Canadiens great. In the early ’80s, I wrote a sonnet about him when he surprised everyone by retiring early. Lafleur Posted on November 18, 2014 by rdavies His skates like wings flew up the ice,Hair blown back, a … Continue reading →

S.H.C.I : aka Silver Heights Collegiate, a senior high school in Winnipeg, Manitoba–now demolished–which was in operation from 1957 to 2007, capped by a fantastic reunion weekend July 5-8, 2007. 1964-65: The late great Barry Anderson directed a Gilbert and … Continue reading →

“A vote for Republicans is a vote to destroy democracy.” No need to fudge about or delude people about this simple, obvious fact.

Thanks to your totally honest, conscientious, and intelligent handling of the pandemic, Alberta has the lowest rate of vaccinations of any province or territory! You win again!! Though redneck/trucker convoy/antivaxxers figure into that stat, you have to look at things … Continue reading →

it’s not surprising that fraud rates and schemes are way up.

Shakespeare’s works have enlarged my consciousness and sensibility many times over since first encountering him in gr. 10/1965 in the “Pyramus and Thisbe” play within the fanciful A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and more seriously/deeply in Macbeth (gr. 11/1966). I was … Continue reading →