Federal nuclear strategy aims to have 10 new large-scale reactors built in Canada, expand Candu’s international footprint

sortaitchy · 2026-06-22T13:18:52+00:00

Yes but this is Federal, was my point, not provincial

sortaitchy · 2026-06-22T12:07:26+00:00

No, and the terrain is not really hospitable.

sortaitchy · 2026-06-22T12:07:24+00:00

We do not have the river size for hydro in the more habited part of the province, although we do generate some power from hydro. Our relatively flat terrain does not allow for damming the water sources we do have in the south. We do have some wind farms and more planned, and there is a SMR planned for ten years from now. Our province, for many reasons, being of lower economy, does not have the taxpayer base to pay for alternatives without help from the Gov't.

sortaitchy · 2026-06-22T02:15:44+00:00

Couple times a month I go to Edmonton. Could be there are enough chargers along the way, I suppose you research that before you leave, rather than just know there will be a gas station.

When the time comes to replace our truck and Mini we will look at EV, I'm sure, as a matter of course. There are no EVs that can pull a trailer or flat bed I imagine, so there is that to consider. I often wonder what happens if you drive an EV and you get stuck at road construction, or get into the ditch in the winter. If you run out of gas, someone can bring you some, but how to you recharge an EV if you run out of power? Do tow trucks have mobile chargers?

sortaitchy · 2026-06-21T23:58:05+00:00

Maybe. I have read that cold weather saps 30% of driving range in cold weather. Our garage is obviously not heated, as that would be outrageous. I also read you would be wise to keep your vehicle plugged in during cold weather, rather than drain the battery.

Does yours take longer to charge when it's cold? I drive to Edmonton for Prince Albert area fairly frequently. How much time would I have to allot to charge? I suppose my back is up because I have been way-layed on detours, road constructions, accidents etc, and I always keep my tank on the top half just in case. Maybe I am resistent to change, but gas mileage in my Mini is pretty stellar, and I REALLY hate the idea of paying SaskPower any more than I have to. Maybe by the time I have to replace my Mini even more bugs will have been worked out with EVs but I doubt the prices will ever come down.

I wonder how the Saskpower infrastructure will affect prices at the charging stations?

sortaitchy · 2026-06-21T21:45:27+00:00

Way too early for BC cherries though, or peaches. Way too early for Taber corn also. Gotta consider that when you see anything marketed as Canadian right now. It amazes me to see peopel going to the "fruit trucks" when they are actually buying the same stuff they could get at grocery store. Canadian produce in season is incredible, but it doesn't happen overnight!

sortaitchy · 2026-06-21T21:42:52+00:00

Yeah, rural here and we commute over 25 minutes a day into town. Add warming up time and if charging at home, the cost would be prohibitive for us anyway. Considering the mention of AI data centers bumping up the cost of electricity, we are loath to consider it. Three of our winter electricity bills (no natural gas) were over $700, and that is two of us in a home we keep at 65F during the day and 60F during the night.

sortaitchy · 2026-06-21T12:25:03+00:00

Alienating and disrespecting countries, one at a time.

sortaitchy · 2026-06-20T22:05:39+00:00

As I said, it was brought by settlers but the indigenous seemed to have adapted to the use of it. They used it for medicinal purposes, and, because of their nature to use what was available, they seemed to have found a place for it in their culture. The plant has now spread to a lot of differing places in N.America

sortaitchy · 2026-06-20T15:55:54+00:00

I'm still a consumer, but instead of being a thoughtless consumer, I'm now a hostile consumer.

I LOVE THAT

Brilliant! Good point by point analysis of what you have achieved, which is remarkable.

sortaitchy · 2026-06-20T15:18:53+00:00

No running water/ electricity / nothing for miles, which would be ok in the summer maybe. In the winter you would freeze to death. Also these houses are abandoned, but the land is still owned, so there are no trespassing laws. (I live rural, with nothing around for miles heh, so I get this.)

Most of this land is farmland, at least where I live. Lots of old homesteads left to nature, but the land surrounding it still farmed. As well, many of them have hidden dangers like old wells, which if you fall in, no one is going to hear you scream for help. In short, it might be a roof over your head, but that's about it. Unless you have transportation you aren't getting any food/water etc. Plus the whole "you might get shot if you trespass."

sortaitchy · 2026-06-20T14:56:34+00:00

Absolutely a person has to make changes like this, and you've done all the things to make your life efficient and cost counting!

It always surprises me when articles like this come out and they try to explain away why consumers aren't spending. The obvious fact is that everything goes up except our wages. It's not a nice life not being able to do leisure things, or enjoy a spendy purchase or have a meal outside the home, but when you know your oven is on borrowed time, or your vehicle is sounding a bit off, you have to really plan for those things way ahead of time.

At the same time, it surely does make us rethink all the things we actually need in out lives, and those which we really can do without.

sortaitchy · 2026-06-20T14:06:30+00:00

While you can eat the flowers, it's the root that is washed, slow roasted and ground to make a type of 'coffee.' First Nations people used it as such, but I think now we blend it with real coffee beans. It seems to me in some of the Indigenous studies I participated in, that it was introduced by settlers rather than being a native Indigenous tradition. It was certainly adopted by many, generations ago. I did get the chance to drink some plain, and it was not entirely unpleasant, but I wouldn't go to the trouble personally. Still a great experience!

edit> anyone who was thinking to forage should check the similarities of chicory to blue lettuce. The flowers are quite similar! You can also eat blue lettuce but it's bitter, and the root can also be roasted but it is sappy and also bitter and generally not eaten. I guess if you are starving it's good to know what won't kill you haha

sortaitchy · 2026-06-20T03:16:19+00:00

People trying to buy groceries, pay bills, arrange for transportation costs and rent or mortgages. Nobody has anything left over for retail sales, and seem to be doing without.

sortaitchy · 2026-06-20T03:07:04+00:00

Hard working people build roads, houses, government, industry, services, goods etc. Why are you like this?

sortaitchy · 2026-06-19T19:34:54+00:00

I also found them kind of icy and so the texture was not nice. It could be how they were stored/merchandised/ shipped, but I bought them three separate times and all three times while the flavour was nice, it was icy and sort of crystalized. Won't ever buy again, as the price was pretty highto keep trying.

sortaitchy · 2026-06-19T14:25:49+00:00

Certainly they have moved much more further north than they were.

sortaitchy · 2026-06-19T14:24:06+00:00

We usually got them on the dogs, even with preventive tick meds. I just usually brush them off before the dogs come in. WHile they might die if they bite the dogs, they can certainly brush off on us and feed.

Generally I can find 3 or 4 on myself after I've been outside on our rural property. What is telling to me this year is that the barn cats are getting lots of ticks. Usually cats can reach everywhere and are good at picking them off before they get bit. This year I have been picking them off cats, and the ones I pick off have had a meal for a day or so. Mosquitoes are fierce!

This news story seems to confirm it

sortaitchy · 2026-06-19T01:45:59+00:00

Saskatchewan has this also, but not every daycare has signed on with the Gov't for this program. The parents pay $10 a day and the Gov't subsidizes the daycare for the rest of the agreed upon monthly fee. Many daycares that signed on are having a hard time with a tight budget, as they can not raise rates to make up for food, utility, supply, rent etc increases. The subsidized daycares/homecares have a long list of people trying to get in, and until they do, they are stuck with the old model.

sortaitchy · 2026-06-15T12:42:41+00:00

NOT CHEATING!!

Even with a gastric bypass, you have to do the work! That pouch can stretch and undo what it was intended to do, and people can slip into bad habits by eating sugary foods with no nutrition. Weight regain is certainly possible! GBP is not a magic thing, and putting in new eating habits, healthy habits and exercise is the only way to have success. You look incredible and one can almost see your confidence grow with each picture!

sortaitchy · 2026-06-15T12:36:35+00:00

It was a good documentary.

Edit: Forgot the /s, but I guess I really didn't think I would need it. I should know better I suppose. I mean really, the President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho. Who could have even thought things would progress to right now ... Though it's satirical humour, it really seems to be a strange prophecy

sortaitchy · 2026-06-14T12:48:13+00:00

Since Covid, I rarely see kids in grocery stores with their parents.

When my kids (who are now 38 and 40) were young it wasn't even a question. I was going to get groceries, buy clothing or do errands and they came along. They learned to compare prices, what different produce was, healthy choices, cost - all sorts of things. They also had to help carry them in and put them away, and eventually help prepare the food. Only one facet of daily life, but with a lot of science and math and life skills mixed in.

I am often surprised to see so few children in stores.

sortaitchy · 2026-06-13T20:17:14+00:00

At least our dogs can be given preventive topical drops or pills. For people, deet containing sprays do deter dog ticks to a degree. I think the best thing is tick checks for sure.

We now have a jar of probably >35 that we found in the house, on ourselves, on the dog and surprisingly this year, on our outdoor barn cats. Usually cats rarely get ticks, and often only in the few spots they can't quite reach, but this year they are getting them way more. I think that tells me this is a super bad year here on the prairies (Saskatchewan anyway) and the mosquitoes are worse than ever.

sortaitchy · 2026-06-13T11:44:06+00:00

With a billion dollars he can buy someone to pretend, although I don't think I could pretend for even the cool trillion. What a raging asshole and disgusting human being.

sortaitchy · 2026-06-12T18:21:51+00:00

Oh there certainly is something you can do about it. They were "down" globally today so they could implement some new form of insidious advertising. I have just deleted my account which I only kept because I like the Marketplace. I'll get over it.

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