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I wrote about bike lanes for @theglobeandmail.com #yycbike #yegbike www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Opinion: Alberta’s bike lanes aren’t a problem to be solved – they’re how people get aroundI bike most days in Calgary, often with my two childrenwww.theglobeandmail.com

"Alberta wants to profit from the AI boom by building power- and water-hungry data centres. In one town, the neighbours had other ideas." macleans.ca/longforms/th...

The Farmers Who Fought a Data Centre—and Won - Macleans.caAlberta wants to profit from the AI boom by building dozens of power—and water—hungry data centres. The neighbours have other ideas.macleans.ca

Check out @shifter.info's video on choosing a cargo e-bike. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIhb... Plus look at what I'll do for the sake of research.

When we talk about building more affordable housing in #yyc, I think of the triangle site in Sunnyside slated for affordable homes for more than a decade. 🤯 Attainable Homes broke ground there in May. This story gets into non-market housing delays: www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/... #yyccc

Calgary’s efforts to boost non-market housing mired in delayImprovements introduced by housing strategy, alongside funding programs, have been slow to meet the scale of the challengewww.theglobeandmail.com

Another very fun Sunday morning joining the #yycbike #kidicalmass ride. Thanks to @whoalansi.bsky.social for organizing and @bikebikeyyc.bsky.social for the cookies!

Thanks to some bike holder hooks from Etsy, we can now easily carry 2 kids and 2 kids' bikes on the cargo bike. #yycbike #yegbike #cargobike

Back from a lovely backcountry trip! I forgot how refreshing no cell service for a few days feels. Plus the mountains were beautiful, the weather was perfect, and we saw a bear (from a very safe distance).

Bikes are the best.

It's not often I get to ride in the bucket of the cargo bike. So fun! #cargobike

Important read, plus glad to see this included: The Times is currently hiring for a Western correspondent in their Canada bureau, with a posted salary range that goes up to $235,000—around three times what the average Canadian journalist makes.

"Farkas said he thinks the bike lane debate is a “channel changer” away from other controversies the province currently faces." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Agree -- and I wrote about this last summer: www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... #yycbike #yegbike

Calgary mayor calls province's focus on bike lanes 'symbolic virtue-signalling' | CBC NewsTransportation Minister Devin Dreeshen is considering legislation that would give the province more oversight of local bike lanes, but some Calgary city councillors believe the province should focus o...www.cbc.ca

"Alberta’s democracy was stolen. It was sold for profit. And loaded up onto a far-right mobilization app by a pro-sovereignty group called the Centurion Project." thewalrus.ca/how-did-an-a...

How Did an Alberta Separatist Group Get Its Hands on the Voter List? | The WalrusThe data breach, likely the largest in Canadian history, raises urgent questions about election securitythewalrus.ca

The Calgary Urban Affairs Book Club meets tomorrow night! Come out for a timely conversation, plus author Jessica Barrett will join in the second half. No RSVP necessary. #yyc #yyccc

How do we improve the rules and regulations around e-bikes? Here's Tom's thoughts, after wading through thousands of responses from people around the world. With a little help from me!

This is very cool. Find the right bike for you AND see clearly how much $ you could save by choosing a bike instead of a car.

A friend who just bought a cargo bike said this post helped her family make their decision. Sharing again for all you cargo bike curious folks. gooutside.substack.com/p/two-years-...

Two Years on a Cargo BikeWhy cargo bikes are the bestgooutside.substack.com

"We are a better and more interesting place than the separatists want us to be."

After a five (!) year hiatus, the Calgary Urban Affairs Book Club is back. Please share with anyone you think may be interested. #yyccc #Calgary #yyc

A must-watch opinion video: Buckle Up, Women. Cars Still Aren't Built for You. A deeper look at auto safety and why women are 73 percent more likely to be severely injured in vehicle crashes than men, and 17 percent more likely to die. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/o...

Opinion | Buckle Up, Women. Cars Still Aren’t Built for You.www.nytimes.com

Oh gosh, these news articles detail three people hospitalized in Calgary over four days, all hit in marked crosswalks. Includes a child and a woman in her 70s. And the driver who hit the child fled the scene. globalnews.ca/news/1172394... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

3 Calgarians hospitalized in 2 separate pedestrian collisions - Calgary | Globalnews.caThree people were hospitalized — including a child and a man who suffered life-altering injuries — in two separate pedestrian collisions in Calgary on Tuesday morning, police say.globalnews.ca