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The Week in Summary: * Let's start with the elephant in the room. Canada and the United States finally entered into a trade war this week. With the signing of the Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement in 1988, continental free trade has defined US-Canadian economic relations and it
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The Week in Summary: * Let's talk about the weather, but more specifically, the climate. Putting aside the bone-chilling cold snap that kicked off February, our winter has been very mild. As we move into March, daytime temperatures have been absurdly warm relative to what we expect this time
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The Week in Summary: * Let's start with a milestone! I have posted a weekly report for every week of the past year. The first weekly report was for February 19th - 25th. It's amazing how different life is today from last year. The only constant in
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The Week in Summary: * The work week had one novelty: the Calgary City Teachers Convention. The team and I prepared for and hosted our spaces for professional development opportunities for local teachers. It was a nice break for the usual, but it was too sedentary for me at times. * For
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The Week in Summary: * I returned back to work after being away for the last couple weeks. My new medication made it a lot easier to focus on my day-to-day tasks. My greetings and workshops with school groups were a lot more organized and concise, without losing any of my
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The Week in Summary: * Given recent challenges with my mental health, my work gave me grace and provided me time to recover over the course of this week. In the last week, Taylor and I have made tremendous changes to our lifestyle that have changed our well being for the
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The Week in Summary: * Let me start by saying that this was an exceptionally difficult week for myself. In combination with being sick with the flu and a nervous breakdown that's been building for awhile, I also made the decision to quit habitual cannabis use (which I have
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The Week in Summary: * Amid an otherwise normal and eventful week for myself, the news was anything but normal. For starters, Team Canada worked towards a national response to President-Elect Trump's looming economic tariffs against Canada. As our federal, provincial, and territorial leadership scrambled, Premier Danielle Smith refused
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The Week in Summary: * Monday was the last day of the winter break. I used it as an opportunity to get my mullet refreshed and relax a bit more. That being said, it was difficult to relax with the news of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's resignation dominating the
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The Week in Summary: * Over the course of the week, both Taylor and I have been off work, enjoying each other's company. This is a blessing to say the least and I am grateful for the work-free quality time we have been sharing together. Taylor goes back to
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The Week in Summary: * On Monday, Taylor and I spent most of the day at home playing games and hanging out. Later on in the day, Avery and Alexis joined us in the evening for pizza and to watch Home Alone. I had never seen Home Alone, but I can
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The Week in Summary: * On Monday and Tuesday, I was down with a cold of sorts with a lot of body aches and general yuckiness. Over those couple days, I played No Man's Sky and finished their returning expedition: Adrift. Additionally, Taylor and I finished listening to the