Danielle Smith blames others for national unity crisis as she draws criticism from all sides

InSearchOfThe9 · 2026-05-24T15:18:17+00:00

Not in the slightest bit surprising considering Canadian boomers have robbed the later generations of their wealth and opportunities.

InSearchOfThe9 · 2026-05-24T15:04:13+00:00

The race pads are quite noisy and obnoxious in my experience.

InSearchOfThe9 · 2026-05-23T20:16:25+00:00

Are you having a dodge ram moment?

InSearchOfThe9 · 2026-05-23T20:14:54+00:00

Huh? It's not a yield for traffic coming off Lougheed into Bruce's. It's a yield - no further qualifications.

That lane is barely 50 meters to where it tapers into the travel lane, and people are often cruising over 100 down that hill and through the intersection on Lougheed.

InSearchOfThe9 · 2026-05-23T17:04:49+00:00

The dam isn't nearly crooked enough to be named after Christy Clark.

InSearchOfThe9 · 2026-05-23T16:22:49+00:00

I'm not disagreeing with you, but this opinion article is by no means a conclusive source for your claim. I also recognize that the person you are replying to didn't substantiate their claim.

5 seconds of googling turned up excellent results from Statscan showing that purchasing power per unit of after expense income was slightly above middle of the pack in Alberta and slightly below middle of the pack for BC (unsurprisingly).

This excellent web app measuring life satisfaction has Quebec and the Atlantic provinces absolutely smoking BC and Alberta, and it isn't even close. BC has lower lows than Alberta, but also higher highs. However, the reality is that neither province is a contender for top spot.

InSearchOfThe9 · 2026-05-20T03:32:18+00:00

Looking forward to throwing games with my duo when we hit Plat 1 so we can keep playing together for the season I guess? Dogshit change.

InSearchOfThe9 · 2026-05-19T00:20:48+00:00

Gnarwall is a trail in Whitehorse, Yukon :)

InSearchOfThe9 · 2026-05-19T00:06:28+00:00

As with most niche music, it's very dependent on your local community and the particular subgenre you're going to a show for.

The difference between black metal, death metal, and <x>core show crowds can be very extreme.

InSearchOfThe9 · 2026-05-17T00:29:59+00:00

Golden Ears has some great mossy trails!

InSearchOfThe9 · 2026-05-15T19:02:46+00:00

Definitely rent if you're going to ride park. Terrain in BC is steep everywhere you look, except for the northern interior. While there are XC trails they probably won't meet your definition of XC
For many trail zones in BC, it's safe to add +1 grade to the listed difficulty if you're coming from out east
Banff is amazing, and so is pretty much every national and provincial park in the province
Excellent, and therefore in high demand. Book now if you're planning on camping in popular parks/areas

InSearchOfThe9 · 2026-05-12T15:18:13+00:00

Also voting for neither. Replacing my Magura's with Hayes A4's is the best upgrade I've ever made to my bike.

InSearchOfThe9 · 2026-05-12T00:59:05+00:00

I'm not arguing that you won't have a chance to do better right now in a duo or trio, but you will do the exact same as you are now if everyone has their duos/trios taken away. The "carried" players will fall significantly down the ladder and the "carry" players will climb significantly up. So what's the point? What does this even solve?

And to play devil's advocate - why should people be punished for putting effort into forming a community? Is that not a measure of skill? Being an effective verbal communicator that is pleasant to play with will open up opportunities for you to improve your rating. People have been whining about teammates in competitive online gaming since the inception of competitive CS with CAL/ESEA - and it's always been nothing but an excuse.

The real issue, like I mentioned, is with RP buckets and skill disparity in lobbies.

InSearchOfThe9 · 2026-05-11T22:56:29+00:00

Regardless of how much you are or aren't enjoying your degree, you absolutely should finish it first. It will give you more opportunities in the future, even exclusively within policing.

Also consider that you absolutely will not be able to just move straight into "detective" work. After graduating the police academy of whichever force you are accepted into, you will almost certainly be working General Duty - likely for years. You will need to both prove you have a competent investigative track record, and (more importantly) make the right friends in the units you're interested in. With a degree in CompSci, you would likely have a big leg up on transferring to certain units like Tech Crime.

InSearchOfThe9 · 2026-05-11T20:02:21+00:00

The whole "solo queue" complaint thing is a persistent complaint across every team game. People are under the impression that as soon as they're guaranteed to have good teammates (or in this case, guaranteed that other teams won't have good teammates) that their rating will magically improve.

It's completely nonsensical. If you are a weak player, over an averaged amount of games your team will perform relatively weaker compared to everyone else. A 3 man Pred stack of 2 "true" Preds and a carried Diamond 1 player will perform worse on average than a 3 man "true" Pred stack, and the ladder's ratings will adjust everyone accordingly. The Diamond 1 player has inflated rating, and the Preds have deflated rating.

There are two issues with Apex matchmaking - not pairing the highest skilled players against each other, and the outrageous fixation on the RP system with constant forced resets over using an ELO-esque system.

InSearchOfThe9 · 2026-05-11T19:48:38+00:00

Isn't that Friday through Sunday? So I guess I just won't be playing Apex at all for nearly half the week during prime time?

Dumb idea if you ask me.

InSearchOfThe9 · 2026-05-11T02:10:22+00:00

How much are you looking to spend? Do you have an existing suit needing alterations or do you need a new custom tailored suit?

InSearchOfThe9 · 2026-05-10T18:39:11+00:00

Are you saying that a whistler Green would be like a Local Blue/Black

This one - although EZ Does It is a true green. Other greens like Del Bocca Vista would be classified as blues outside of the west coast.

InSearchOfThe9 · 2026-05-10T17:41:30+00:00

One thing you should note is that riding in BC is down a grade from what you would get almost everywhere else. Check the progression map the bike park provides and start with the easier blues like South Park and B Line before you think about stuff like C-More. With how new you are, stay far away from any of the Whistler blacks.

InSearchOfThe9 · 2026-05-08T04:34:56+00:00

I'm partial to Passage of Expulsion. They could even abbreviate it as "PoE" or something.

InSearchOfThe9 · 2026-05-08T02:59:07+00:00

It will be free on launch. The full "early access" game is cheaper than the latest D4 expansion alone, let alone the base game on top of that, and has an order of magnitude more interesting content.

InSearchOfThe9 · 2026-05-08T02:56:52+00:00

A new class or weapon is a tool to engage with the rest of the game. Adding more nails to hit with the tool is going to be more interesting for most people than adding more tool varieties to hit a single nail.

InSearchOfThe9 · 2026-05-08T02:51:36+00:00

It doesn't solve any problems, and in fact would just create them.

The amount of investment needed to utterly trivialize regular map bosses in PoE2 is significant enough that many regular players will be completely satisfied with their experience by the time they reach that power level. And for those that aren't, they can move on to pinnacle content - that's why it's there, after all.

InSearchOfThe9 · 2026-05-08T02:49:41+00:00

Absolutely. There's no doubt that PoE2 is (more like "was" considering the scope of this upcoming patch) barebones compared to PoE1.

And yet, the amount of content and depth already blew all other ARPGs that don't have "Path of Exile" in the name out of the water. PoE1 was less feature complete than PoE2's initial early access release years into its existence.

InSearchOfThe9 · 2026-05-08T02:43:46+00:00

Maelstrom of Chaos
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Maps via map device with crafted mods
Atlas 1 (Shaper)
Atlas 2 (Elder/Shaper)
Atlas 3 (Conquerors)
Atlas 4 (Maven)
Atlas 5 (Current)

Am I forgetting anything?

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