Kevin Packer
@KRPacker
Husband/father/acoustical consultant/engineer/volunteer radio programmer/music-nut. Trying to understand this world through a glass darkly...
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I've wasted far too much time in front of various electronic display screens. I can't recall wasting time out in nature. So why do I not get out into nature more?
Our AB govt is focusing on brush fires, while the HC system is burning down. It’s all shiny new “fire trucks”, without the teams to keep the trucks running, help fight the fires, and do the fire prevention in the first place. canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/28/thi…
Extremely powerful column from Dr. Paul Parks, former President of the Alberta Medical Association: “This is how a health system burns to the ground”
Every Alberta parent should read this report and ask their MLA why this report's recommendations have not been implemented: open.alberta.ca/dataset/b0ad85…
On October 7, 2003, Alberta’s Commission on Learning released its final report, Every Child Learns. Every Child Succeeds, which listed 95 recommendations for achieving the commission’s vision for education. Read the report here: bit.ly/2P9ksNp #ableg #abed
“And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!’ dianabutlerbass.substack.com/p/good-friday-… biblegateway.com/passage/?searc…
Trump’s Stupid Trade War and Green Party leader @ElizabethMay’s response * Add value to Canada’s natural resources * create natural resources “strategic reserves” Interesting ideas. youtu.be/H2QF5QmDdQ0?si…
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Trump’s Stupid Trade War and Green Party leader Elizabeth May’s...
This. Every Canadian/ Federal government official who claims to be serious about defending Canada needs to meet, plan, bring in the best and the brightest (@doctorow and the likes) to make this happen! Waiting is no longer an option! This needs to happen!
Are Albertans going to be subsidizing the electrical grid needs of these Mega Data Centres that O'Leary wants to build in our province (on reservations that said they don't want them), and Smith has agreed to? Does that mean our utility prices will go up further, as well?
Probably why @rebeccakschulz refused to release the report on Coal Contamination. calgary.ctvnews.ca/alberta-govern…
The Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart wants the good residents of the Crowsnest Pass to vote “yes” in an upcoming referendum on her controversial Grassy Mountain metallurgical coal project. thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/…
"The Conservatives are planning to destroy the CBC. The CBC invited me on air to explain why": thehub.ca/2024/11/16/har…
Canadians, ever wonder why concert tickets here are more expensive than in the U.S.? I weigh in the CTV story: zurl.co/rML1
Nate Horner wants us to believe AIMCo’s board richly deserved to be summarily fired. A glance at board members’ resumes suggests this is unlikely to be the case – so what’s really going on? albertapolitics.ca/2024/11/nate-h… #ableg #abpoli @aimcoinvests
Shrinklflation strikes again. My local No Frills has shrunk the font size on their per unit pricing tags to the point that I wonder why they even bother posting them. Why is Quebec the only province to regulate this? Consumer protection is lacking here: ised-isde.canada.ca/site/office-co…
The Silver Lining of Trump as President - John Craigie youtu.be/Iokdk9WijhQ via @YouTube
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The Silver Lining of Trump as President - John Craigie
Make America Garbage Again 😂
Where or how do you find joy? Readers of Nick Cave's Red Hand Files respond: theredhandfiles.com/where-or-how-d…
Post-replication crisis, the moral of the Stanford Marshmallow Experiment is that everyone experiences a mix of patience and impatience, but for the people born to privilege, the consequences of impatience are blunted and the rewards of patience are maximized. 32/
Danielle Smith - "I'm closing down the war room everyone!" Also Danielle Smith - "And by closing down, I mean moving them inside my office and dumping almost $1,000,000 a year of taxpayers money into salaries alone!" #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
“It is a travesty that the major attractions in both Banff and Jasper Parks will be owned and managed by an American company whose primary goal is to maximize profits at the expense of Canadians and locally owned attractions.” Affordability is a concern. calgaryherald.com/business/banff…
This is a really important article regarding surgical access in Alberta. Please take the time to read it. Couple additional thoughts below: /1 calgaryherald.com/opinion/opinio…
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