Mark Heyck 🇨🇦 🇺🇦
@markheyck.bsky.social
Executive Director at the Arctic Energy Alliance | Lover of dogs, ice cream, Red Sox and Celtics | Life-long Northerner | Yellowknife, NWT
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If you haven't already gone, the next Yellowknife Flu Clinics:
December 10 & 17: 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
December 12 & 19: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
December 10 & 17: 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
December 12 & 19: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
December 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
If you haven't already gone, the next Yellowknife Flu Clinics:
December 10 & 17: 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
December 12 & 19: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
December 10 & 17: 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
December 12 & 19: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
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After this weekend's racist attacks on the EU, I've written a column about the moral obligation to stop posting on X.
Oh no, wait, I wrote it *two years ago* when it was blatantly obvious what was going on and how it would get much much worse.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Oh no, wait, I wrote it *two years ago* when it was blatantly obvious what was going on and how it would get much much worse.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
December 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
After this weekend's racist attacks on the EU, I've written a column about the moral obligation to stop posting on X.
Oh no, wait, I wrote it *two years ago* when it was blatantly obvious what was going on and how it would get much much worse.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Oh no, wait, I wrote it *two years ago* when it was blatantly obvious what was going on and how it would get much much worse.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Housetops in the Ward
A.J. Casson
1924
A.J. Casson
1924
December 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Housetops in the Ward
A.J. Casson
1924
A.J. Casson
1924
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They died because they were women.
December 6, 1989.
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
December 6, 1989.
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
December 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
They died because they were women.
December 6, 1989.
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
December 6, 1989.
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
Why are we assuming this just affects schools? Like, is there something special about educational plumbing?
Another Yellowknife school has failed water tests over unsafe lead levels. Five of the first six schools to be tested territory-wide have now reported issues.
Mildred Hall School becomes fifth in NWT with unsafe lead in water
Another Yellowknife school has failed water tests over unsafe lead levels. Five of the first six schools to be tested territory-wide have now reported issues.
cabinradio.ca
December 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Why are we assuming this just affects schools? Like, is there something special about educational plumbing?
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The Curious Bear Stands Tall Under A Very Full Moon
Jason Carter ~ Cree
2023
Jason Carter ~ Cree
2023
December 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The Curious Bear Stands Tall Under A Very Full Moon
Jason Carter ~ Cree
2023
Jason Carter ~ Cree
2023
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Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star
December 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star
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if you still use twitter you support white supremacy
December 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
if you still use twitter you support white supremacy
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Ladies and gentlemen, make sure to keep your elbows firmly up while inside the vehicles bound for a country that's going to use them to illegally kidnap innocent men, women, and children share.google/ANhrgIX5WcIm...
ICE ordering fleet of 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian firm
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has earmarked millions of dollars for a bulk order for 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian defence manufacturer Roshel that are built to resist bullets and bomb...
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December 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Ladies and gentlemen, make sure to keep your elbows firmly up while inside the vehicles bound for a country that's going to use them to illegally kidnap innocent men, women, and children share.google/ANhrgIX5WcIm...
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How can Danielle Smith claim to barely know the man at the center of the CorruptCare scandal when she's had dinner at his house, met with him multiple times, and her closest advisors include five members of his family?
youtube.com/shorts/pvkgA...
youtube.com/shorts/pvkgA...
Danielle Smith claims she doesn't know the man at the centre of the CorruptCare scandal...
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
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December 2, 2025 at 10:56 PM
How can Danielle Smith claim to barely know the man at the center of the CorruptCare scandal when she's had dinner at his house, met with him multiple times, and her closest advisors include five members of his family?
youtube.com/shorts/pvkgA...
youtube.com/shorts/pvkgA...
One of the funniest things I've seen all year. Well done, Don Davies 😂
December 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
One of the funniest things I've seen all year. Well done, Don Davies 😂
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What keeps electricity affordable and reliable in the North over time?
New explainer on the @iea.org’s 2025 World Energy Outlook from @iisd.org: pnwt.ca/IEA25
This is a helpful look at how global energy choices connect to everyday life here at home.
#PoweringTheNorth #affordability #reliability
New explainer on the @iea.org’s 2025 World Energy Outlook from @iisd.org: pnwt.ca/IEA25
This is a helpful look at how global energy choices connect to everyday life here at home.
#PoweringTheNorth #affordability #reliability
December 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
What keeps electricity affordable and reliable in the North over time?
New explainer on the @iea.org’s 2025 World Energy Outlook from @iisd.org: pnwt.ca/IEA25
This is a helpful look at how global energy choices connect to everyday life here at home.
#PoweringTheNorth #affordability #reliability
New explainer on the @iea.org’s 2025 World Energy Outlook from @iisd.org: pnwt.ca/IEA25
This is a helpful look at how global energy choices connect to everyday life here at home.
#PoweringTheNorth #affordability #reliability
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In simple terms, it says:
- More clean energy + smart efficiency = lower costs over time
- Betting only on oil and gas = bigger risk of sudden price jumps
- Smarter grids and storage = better odds the lights stay on in bad weather
#PoweringTheNorth
- More clean energy + smart efficiency = lower costs over time
- Betting only on oil and gas = bigger risk of sudden price jumps
- Smarter grids and storage = better odds the lights stay on in bad weather
#PoweringTheNorth
December 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
In simple terms, it says:
- More clean energy + smart efficiency = lower costs over time
- Betting only on oil and gas = bigger risk of sudden price jumps
- Smarter grids and storage = better odds the lights stay on in bad weather
#PoweringTheNorth
- More clean energy + smart efficiency = lower costs over time
- Betting only on oil and gas = bigger risk of sudden price jumps
- Smarter grids and storage = better odds the lights stay on in bad weather
#PoweringTheNorth
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Never been so mad to publish something.
While I have a ton of time for Max's analysis, I think this is overlooking one major fact: Carney didn't need Alberta's approval to bring in an industrial carbon price. So he traded a litany of climate policies for nothing he didn't already have.
While I have a ton of time for Max's analysis, I think this is overlooking one major fact: Carney didn't need Alberta's approval to bring in an industrial carbon price. So he traded a litany of climate policies for nothing he didn't already have.
Mark Carney managed to trade a pipeline that will never get built for meaningful progress on industrial carbon pricing and electricity interties — both of which will get more wind and solar built.
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
The method to Mark Carney’s madness
The memorandum of understanding with Alberta might look like surrender. Look closer
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Never been so mad to publish something.
While I have a ton of time for Max's analysis, I think this is overlooking one major fact: Carney didn't need Alberta's approval to bring in an industrial carbon price. So he traded a litany of climate policies for nothing he didn't already have.
While I have a ton of time for Max's analysis, I think this is overlooking one major fact: Carney didn't need Alberta's approval to bring in an industrial carbon price. So he traded a litany of climate policies for nothing he didn't already have.
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Giving Alberta an exemption to the Clean Electricity Standard means the policy is DOA.
There’s no way SK isn’t asking for the same thing, as they restart coal plants.
One Canadian economy? Nope. Likely scenario is no electricity regs at all, meaning we’re back to Harper-era policy.
There’s no way SK isn’t asking for the same thing, as they restart coal plants.
One Canadian economy? Nope. Likely scenario is no electricity regs at all, meaning we’re back to Harper-era policy.
Today’s MOU between the federal government and Alberta risks unravelling Canada’s climate policy. Read our full statement ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/news/mou-alb...
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Federal-Alberta MOU risks unravelling Canada’s climate policy
While promised improvements to industrial carbon pricing are positive and important, other aspects of Alberta-Canada MOU will undermine policy effectiveness across the country.
climateinstitute.ca
November 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Giving Alberta an exemption to the Clean Electricity Standard means the policy is DOA.
There’s no way SK isn’t asking for the same thing, as they restart coal plants.
One Canadian economy? Nope. Likely scenario is no electricity regs at all, meaning we’re back to Harper-era policy.
There’s no way SK isn’t asking for the same thing, as they restart coal plants.
One Canadian economy? Nope. Likely scenario is no electricity regs at all, meaning we’re back to Harper-era policy.
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This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec.
You can find my full statement below.
You can find my full statement below.
November 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec.
You can find my full statement below.
You can find my full statement below.
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Super cool that we've got a deal for a path towards a pipeline that's tied to a carbon capture project, as if that makes it okay
when carbon capture one of the most expensive and least effective options for addressing climate change, and oil companies often use it to EXTRACT MORE OIL!!!!
fuck man
when carbon capture one of the most expensive and least effective options for addressing climate change, and oil companies often use it to EXTRACT MORE OIL!!!!
fuck man
November 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Super cool that we've got a deal for a path towards a pipeline that's tied to a carbon capture project, as if that makes it okay
when carbon capture one of the most expensive and least effective options for addressing climate change, and oil companies often use it to EXTRACT MORE OIL!!!!
fuck man
when carbon capture one of the most expensive and least effective options for addressing climate change, and oil companies often use it to EXTRACT MORE OIL!!!!
fuck man
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The women that brought him to power might be raising their collective eyebrows.
Canada's view on Africa also bears reporting.
Important coverage from the G20 @geoffreyyork.bsky.social
Canada's view on Africa also bears reporting.
Important coverage from the G20 @geoffreyyork.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The women that brought him to power might be raising their collective eyebrows.
Canada's view on Africa also bears reporting.
Important coverage from the G20 @geoffreyyork.bsky.social
Canada's view on Africa also bears reporting.
Important coverage from the G20 @geoffreyyork.bsky.social
Montreal at 15 and leading North America.
Good, long-term public policy still matters.
Good, long-term public policy still matters.
Here are the 30 Most Bike-Friendly Cities in the World according to Copenhagenize.
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The 30 Most Bike-Friendly Cities in the World, the 2025 Copenhagenize Index Arrives
The Copenhagenize Index, the most comprehensive ranking of urban cycling friendliness, evaluates 100 cities on how far they’ve gone to make cycling safe, convenient, and appealing.
momentummag.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Montreal at 15 and leading North America.
Good, long-term public policy still matters.
Good, long-term public policy still matters.
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"People drove 1.8 million fewer miles on city streets....City Council voted this summer to extend it [free transit] another year, paying for it with a 1 percent increase in utility taxes and by doubling most public parking rates to $2 from $1"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"People drove 1.8 million fewer miles on city streets....City Council voted this summer to extend it [free transit] another year, paying for it with a 1 percent increase in utility taxes and by doubling most public parking rates to $2 from $1"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
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Young men are particularly at risk from online sports betting
72% of sports betters are men. They bet more often in larger amounts. They're three times as likely to be problem gamblers. They're twice as likely to bet while drunk or high
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
72% of sports betters are men. They bet more often in larger amounts. They're three times as likely to be problem gamblers. They're twice as likely to bet while drunk or high
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
November 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Young men are particularly at risk from online sports betting
72% of sports betters are men. They bet more often in larger amounts. They're three times as likely to be problem gamblers. They're twice as likely to bet while drunk or high
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
72% of sports betters are men. They bet more often in larger amounts. They're three times as likely to be problem gamblers. They're twice as likely to bet while drunk or high
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
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I could not agree more strongly with this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Senators call on prime minister to ban advertising for sports betting | CBC News
Two senators are calling on the federal government to ban advertising for sports betting in Canada. A letter to the prime minister from Charlottetown Sen. Percy Downe and Waterloo Sen. Marty Deacon as...
www.cbc.ca
November 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I could not agree more strongly with this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Carney's budget claims Canada's anti-greenwashing law led to “some parties slowing or reversing efforts to protect the environment.” The government couldn't name any examples when I asked. Experts say the risks are exaggerated and the law could be working as intended thenarwhal.ca/greenwashing...
Canada says anti-greenwashing rules silence industry | The Narwhal
Carney is moving to nix some of Canada’s rules that restrict how oil and gas companies and other industries advertise environmental claims
thenarwhal.ca
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Carney's budget claims Canada's anti-greenwashing law led to “some parties slowing or reversing efforts to protect the environment.” The government couldn't name any examples when I asked. Experts say the risks are exaggerated and the law could be working as intended thenarwhal.ca/greenwashing...