Monthly Archives: March 2012

The Saskatchewan Government made some news this week when it ended subsidies to the Saskatchewan film industry.  Naturally many Can-con celebrities have lined up to lend support and arguments for keeping it.  What really puzzles me are the economic arguments. … Continue reading →

My touring group has some trip plans for this year that involve travel over crevassed glaciers.  In order to negotiate these obstacles safely, we hired a certified ski and rock guide to train us over three days in safe glacier … Continue reading →

Today I took the bandages off a bonsai project I’ve been working on for the last year.  I took a cutting from this little guy last year and propogated some roots by soaking it in water.  After 6 months, I … Continue reading →

No wait, for the first time in 20 years, it really happened.  I spend enough time taking cbc to task for lazy, activist journalism I figure I ought to note when an actual piece of journalism  slips past the censors. … Continue reading →

This week will probably be the maximum area for Arctic sea ice.  It was a pretty interesting year for ice watching.  The current area is within one standard deviation of the average of the data set and more than the … Continue reading →

This week the avalanche danger was off the charts so my touring group was unable to go anywhere.  The reason for the danger was an unstable layer buried by 123cm of storm snow!  Apparently it was the biggest storm snow … Continue reading →

Perfect day out with the North Face crew in Kootenay National Park.  We chose to climb Vermilion Peak and ski down its south face.  This valley was burned to a crisp in 1968 so I was looking forward to an … Continue reading →

We’re getting closer to being moved in though still lots of unpacking and arranging.  I took some pictures today now that there are no longer boxes strewn about.  Suz reports today that she is a ten minute walk to her … Continue reading →