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Tom Moffatt
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A climate activist. An advocate for universal free electricity. (I have it, why can't you?) Saving the biosphere is a precedence-taking activity. Author, song writer, vagabond, microgenerator. A proud Canadian.
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Seven electric cars with more than 450 miles of range per charge

https://www.evshift.com/402652/seven-electric-cars-with-more-than-450-miles-of-range-per-charge-129/

If you thought a big breakthrough in battery technology was needed before we start getting truly long-range electric cars, well, …
Seven electric cars with more than 450 miles of range per charge - EVSHIFT
If you thought a big breakthrough in battery technology was needed before we start getting truly long-range electric cars, well, you’re partly right. The
www.evshift.com
February 14, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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Testing the World’s First E-Skimo in Switzerland

https://www.evshift.com/402650/testing-the-worlds-first-e-skimo-in-switzerland/

Published February 14, 2026 03:30AM The concept of an e-ski isn’t new. U.S. patents date back to 1950 with the most recent filing in 1972. Fast forward to late last …
Testing the World's First E-Skimo in Switzerland - EVSHIFT
Published February 14, 2026 03:30AM
www.evshift.com
February 14, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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Good morning & welcome to #Caturday

Valentine’s reminder: the longest love story you’ll ever have is with yourself, be gentle with it.
Take the sip of tea, breathe deep, and give yourself a little credit today.
You’re already worthy…
February 14, 2026 at 6:41 AM
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2025 EV Share of New Car Sales, Top 10 Countries

1 Norway 97%
2 Nepal 73%
3 Denmark 69%
4 Sweden 61%
5 Iceland 57%
6 Finland 56%
7 Netherlands 56%
8 China 53%
9 Singapore 47%
10 Belgium 43%

EVs are now mainstream across much of the world. Not just an emerging technology. #Bettrification
Ranked: EV Share of New Car Sales by Country in 2025
This graphic highlights how EV sales share has evolved between 2019 and 2025.
www.visualcapitalist.com
February 14, 2026 at 9:03 AM
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Whatever became of those ‘triage liaison’ docs who were supposed to ease the crisis in Alberta’s big-city ERs? albertapolitics.ca/2026/02/what...
Whatever became of those ‘triage liaison’ docs who were supposed to ease the crisis in Alberta’s big-city Emergency Rooms? - Alberta Politics
Whatever became of those elusive “triage liaison” docs who were supposed to be a Band-Aid on the crisis in Alberta’s big-city Emergency Rooms while the United Conservative Party Government figured out...
albertapolitics.ca
February 13, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Selenium pollution? Yes, says coal mining company 💀
February 14, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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Lethbridge Polytechnic discontinues Coulee Fest. #YQL #LNN #Lethbridge
Lethbridge Polytechnic discontinues Coulee Fest
Coulee Fest is officially a thing of the past.Lethbridge Polytechnic debuted the event in 2017 as part of its ...
lethbridgenewsnow.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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Coaldale’s Birds of Prey receives $1 million for new Environmental Learning Centre. #YQL #LNN #Coaldale
Coaldale’s Birds of Prey receives $1 million for new Environmental Learning Centre
A local bird sanctuary is set to receive its largest-ever government funding contribution.The provincial gover...
lethbridgenewsnow.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Love in a cold climate: The Winter Olympic village runs out of condoms after three days. Athletes in Italy have been ‘promised more will arrive’. Free condoms have been provided since the 1988 #Olympics www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
Love in a cold climate: Winter Olympic village runs out of condoms after three days
Free condoms for competitors at the Winter Olympics have run out within a record-breaking three days
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Insights on the proposed Grassy Mountain Coal Mine #yql #yyc #yeg #abpoli lethbridgeherald.com/commentary/o...
lethbridgeherald.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Doug Ford's economic mismanagement steers Ontario towards half a trillion dollars of debt 💸 www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/13/a... #onpoli #cdnpoli #Toronto
Ford government spends its way toward half-trillion-dollar debt
Ontario’s debt continues to rise and is projected to surpass half a trillion dollars within the next few years as the Ford government reports a $13.4 billion deficit in its 2025–26 third quarter finan...
www.nationalobserver.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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The CPC convention in Calgary was a funeral where the corpse voted to centralize power and blamed everyone else for dying. I wore their merch, shook their hands, and watched a movement curate its own irrelevance. They already lost the 2029 election. They learned nothing.
ADAMS: I Went to the Conservative Convention. Here’s What Really Stood Out.
I wore their merch, shook their hands, and watched a movement curate its own delusion. They lost the election. They blame everyone but themselves.
provincialtimes.ca
February 13, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Doctors promised by the UCP were never recruited. It seems the 'plan' to fix Emergency Rooms was just a politically expedient myth. #abhealth #yyc #yeg #yql #yqf #abpoli
February 13, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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Whatever became of those ‘triage liaison’ docs who were supposed to ease the crisis in Alberta’s big-city ERs? albertapolitics.ca/2026/02/what...
Whatever became of those ‘triage liaison’ docs who were supposed to ease the crisis in Alberta’s big-city Emergency Rooms? - Alberta Politics
Whatever became of those elusive “triage liaison” docs who were supposed to be a Band-Aid on the crisis in Alberta’s big-city Emergency Rooms while the United Conservative Party Government figured out...
albertapolitics.ca
February 13, 2026 at 6:22 AM
Unique liquid energy storage project is connected to the grid in Devon. www.newsfilecorp.com/release/2828... #Electricity
RheEnergise Success: Full Power Achieved at Its First of a Kind Energy Storage Project in Devon, UK
London, United Kingdom--(Newsfile Corp. - February 6, 2026) - RheEnergise, a Canadian-UK company that has been developing a new and...
www.newsfilecorp.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Kia’s electric van gets its first camping kit that turns the PV5 into a campsite in minutes electrek.co/2026/02/12/k... #ElectricVehicles
Kia's electric van gets its first camping kit that turns the PV5 into a campsite in minutes
Kia’s electric van really can do it all. VanLab delivered the first PV5 camping kit that transforms it into a...
electrek.co
February 12, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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Oral HIV self-test approved for sale in #Canada

Can give results in 20 minutes, company says, without blood sample

www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Canada’s first oral HIV self test gets the green light | CBC News
People in Canada have a new, less invasive way to test for HIV at home, following Health Canada's approval of an oral self-test.
www.cbc.ca
February 12, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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Should I stay or should I go? ♪♫ Now Alberta separatists are upset that us woke folk might want to leave! albertapolitics.ca/2026/02/shou...
Should I stay or should I go? ♪♫ Now Alberta separatists are upset that us woke folk might want to leave!  - Alberta Politics
A recent Angus Reid Institute poll that suggests three quarters of the significant majority of Albertans who want no part of Alberta separation would leave the province if Alberta separated from Canad...
albertapolitics.ca
February 12, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Calls for an Ambassador Bridge boycott grow after its billionaire owner tries to shut down the Gordie Howe Bridge #Windsor #cdnpoli #uspoli www.ctvnews.ca/windsor/arti...
As Gordie Howe bridge dispute heats up, Windsor councillor points drivers to the tunnel
Amid fallout from reports that the owner of the Ambassador Bridge lobbied U.S. officials ahead of former president Donald Trump’s threat to delay the Gordie Howe International Bridge, a Windsor city c...
www.ctvnews.ca
February 12, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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191 people completed the survey that led to this cancelation.

They want funding for infrastructure like roads and bridges instead.

The 75% who were negative thought the bike lanes don't get used enough. Cyclists are "too niche"

191 people completed the survey that led to this cancelation.
February 12, 2026 at 2:09 AM