"A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.”

Henry D. Thoreau

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Tuesday
Nov292022

What is Efficient?

by Eric Rempel

My house is three km. from the Clearspring Mall. I can walk that distance in 35 minutes. If I’m in a hurry, I take my car. It then takes me six minutes. So walking is really quite inefficient. After all, time is money.

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Tuesday
Nov222022

A Cycling Culture in Steinbach

by Eric Rempel

Steinbach, in common with all other cities in North America, is built around the car. Businesses situate themselves assuming customers and employees will be using a car, home-buyers give no thought to proximity of shopping places or a job. Streets are wide and large areas are devoted to parking.

That’s what we have. This is unsustainable.

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Tuesday
Nov152022

Electric Car FAQs

by Kyle Penner

We’ve owned an electric car for two and a half years, and here are the answers to some frequently asked questions:

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Monday
Nov072022

Does Growth Take Us Where We Need to Go?

by Eric Rempel

Our new city council is now in place, and if the councillors' pre-election promises are to be taken seriously, the council members are all committed to growing the city. But is that indeed what we want?

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Tuesday
Nov012022

SOUP!

by Kyle Penner

Protesters in Europe threw a can of tomato soup at a Van Gogh painting.

Others tossed some mashed potatoes on a Monet.

Some people are even gluing themselves to walls.

What is going on???

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