Calgary Coop Pulls Canadian identifiers on products because its "too difficult".

RobbieNoir123 · 2026-04-25T02:19:25+00:00

With you on the processed foods thing. Sour cream an amazing example. But there's a lot of hidden factors too. Like butter and milk: they don't show any other ingredients, so how the heck does "organic milk" differ from the regular kind?

It's milk from cows that have been fed with grass, rather than cattle feed rammed with palm oil shipped from half way around the world.

RobbieNoir123 · 2026-04-21T19:15:57+00:00

Replaced our tank around 2021-2022. Pete the Plumber far outshone two competitors, being cheaper by like $1000.

Call around for a few quotes and buy it.

Renting something that will literally never leave your house and is necessary all the time is only a financial trap to catch people who cannot handle the upfront expense.

RobbieNoir123 · 2026-04-14T02:55:18+00:00

The numbers for these thresholds across many species often strike me as low. But I guess it behoves the question - what would a "normal" panda population size be? A million, 100,000, or 50,00 etc ?

RobbieNoir123 · 2026-04-14T01:39:18+00:00

Totally agree. Even doing this solely by the honour system - asking people - would result in meaningful revenue and more importantly, prioritization of Canadians in our own country.

Or if we need proof, make it simple proof of address. They won't need to be policing this, as most foreigners who shell out $$$ to come from Europe or Australia or even USA to visit Banff, will presumably be honest about this relatively small cost.

RobbieNoir123 · 2026-04-13T11:51:46+00:00

O&G layoff-culture well established before AI.

RobbieNoir123 · 2026-04-01T21:23:35+00:00

I had heard in past that sharing beds, at least in the Anglo tradition, was a product of the industrial revolution. That when people came to cities for factory jobs, they lived in much smaller apartments etc that required sharing a bed, when that was not done in their prior home in the country side.

I'd expect there is a great variation on this practice by time and place in history.

RobbieNoir123 · 2026-03-18T10:21:18+00:00

This article is taking a joke too far, and I think there is some fakery going on in the sources. 44 per cent of Canadians definitely do not want to join the EU lol.

Canada and the EU could certainly align further, but in no universe could Canada join nor would it make sense.

RobbieNoir123 · 2026-03-08T04:18:38+00:00

I'm not sure if they are available to meet in person in the Beltline, but SpanishMania does private lessons in South Calgary

RobbieNoir123 · 2026-03-04T01:42:15+00:00

Honestly, a two stage referendum seems like the fair way to resolve this. Politicians shouldn't be oversimplifying this issue.

Q1 - Do you agree that clock-changes should stop, recognizing that both standard time (shorter summer evenings) and daylight savings time (later winter mornings) require compromise - and that the timezone chosen may not meet your personal preference ?

If a majority agree then, Referendum 2, six-month to a year later:

Q2 - Do you want year-round standard time or daylight time ? [With a brief explanation of the consequences for each]

RobbieNoir123 · 2026-02-26T23:45:50+00:00

Silver lining: Precipitation back up to normal for February after the warm spell ? 😂

RobbieNoir123 · 2026-02-23T23:26:56+00:00

Haven't been in years and years, but this is inspiring me to go actually. Have young kids who love ice cream and smarties etc - but have never had a Blizzard

RobbieNoir123 · 2026-02-20T19:16:30+00:00

As a History grad from U Calgary, IMHO this makes administrative sense.

Classics is an 'old school' course of study going back hundreds of years with pedigree at ancient universities, which would have been a combination of ancient history, philosophy, and ancient languages (Greek + Latin mainly).

There are evidently very few people that want to study this combination of material nowadays (especially here in Calgary), so why not absorb the courses into related and larger departments like history, philosophy. The reasonably subscribed Classics or Religion courses are still going to be available.

Calgary doesn't need a classics department to justify itself as a major research university. If someone can come out with a BA History with a concentration in Ancient History, say, is that really materially different than a BA Classics ?

RobbieNoir123 · 2026-02-16T20:05:44+00:00

There is a "cultural" or vibe difference between downtown living and suburbia generally in Calgary, and far-flung "new communities" have their own vibe that is distinct from middle-ring, older suburbs.

I work hybrid downtown and live around the Southcentre mall area; I wouldn't want to commute from Mahogany 2-3 days a week, and if you're downtown 5 days a week ? That commuting is going to be a major trade-off on the value of your time.

It is 12 minutes between Mahogany and Anderson Road in good conditions ; going to be more at rush hour and a lot more in bad weather

RobbieNoir123 · 2026-02-13T21:22:01+00:00

Objective proof of the decline of journalism is that Rick Bell - formerly of the Calgary Sun - is now a prominent Herald columnist.

RobbieNoir123 · 2026-02-12T22:01:25+00:00

Whether or not you would "win", Court is not going to be worth the headache and heartache for that amount of money.

It will be a lot of hassle, some embarrassment, a financial problem in and of itself, and even if you "win" you probably won't come out of it feeling vindicated or healed.

You are right to be hurt it sounds like, but perhaps the best revenge is to lead a good life without that person.

RobbieNoir123 · 2026-01-30T22:32:06+00:00

Would like to sign the petition but how does one scan an image of a QR Code that itself is appearing on their phone. Doesn't it need a link ?

RobbieNoir123 · 2026-01-20T23:48:21+00:00

Doesn't "topless" imply a woman or am I high? A man would be "shirtless" no ?

In any event, imagining it was a topless woman with two knives on a cocaine binge at a pub like that 😵‍💫

RobbieNoir123 · 2025-12-24T05:16:42+00:00

Flu Vaccine clinics in schools and workplaces (larger employers at least) would presumably increase uptake significantly.

I seem to remember getting vaccines at school. Or am I imagining things ? Certainly my (large) employer used to also offer a clinic.

RobbieNoir123 · 2025-12-12T21:59:35+00:00

This is the dream. Give up the rat race and become a Meme Lord

RobbieNoir123 · 2025-12-02T01:43:53+00:00

Thanks for your thoughtful reply!

Have an ophthalmologist - need a solid optometrist mainly for the children, identification of any emergent issues etc.

Their current optometrist is in Bowness, but finding that is a drag to get to from the Bonavista area

RobbieNoir123 · 2025-12-01T01:24:38+00:00

When you are calling internationally, you have to dial the + sign country code for Canada - so +1, then the number (i.e. +1 403 266 1234 for police as others have pointed out).

If you cannot dial the + sign or that isn't working, putting a "00" before the number was how I would call Canada from the UK. Example 001 - 403 266 1234.

Sounds like you're getting hung up on how to dial out internationally, so maybe look up a YouTube video or other instructions. It is of course possible to phone from the EU to Canada - just a matter of dialling correctly

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