A tiny community called out to the world. And the world answered. Foreign aid arrived in Canada courtesy of environmental organizations which, if you'll remember, dear Reader, are "radical groups" with "radical agendas" trying to "derail" the Northern Gateway Pipeline project. Our radical agenda, backed by independent science, demands acknowledgement that the continued expansion of the tar sands is killing the environment, people, creatures. Our audacity to challenge the continued expansion to the tar sands, including the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline.

Sometimes, The Regina Mom wonders why she bothers to write her long blog posts, when others do it excellently with a short quote and video or are capable of piecing together a few headlines about the HarperCons' visit to China, the trade trip on which the Enbridge CEO has accompanied the prime minister presumably to tout the pipeline projected to forever change the B.C.

Since the Northern Gateway pipeline hit the news, The Regina Mom has read more posts about science than ever before. And it's not because science claims a place in her higher reading order.

With the Superbowl over and done with and football fans looking for something to watch, The Regina Mom thought she'd share some great short vids for your viewing pleasure.

The first is actually a series of clips from the documentary On the Line, an award-winning film that shows what, exactly, is on the line with the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline. (These are not embedded here, but rather linked out to their site.)

They expected 2,000 to attend and, according to police reports, 2,000 people demonstrated their opposition to the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline and shut down the main street of the small northern city of Prince Rupert, B.C. When 15 per cent of the 13,000 who live in any city are marching on the street, it's significant.

One part of the brain can work something out while another part is doing something else, or so it seems. The Regina Mom stayed up all night. When that happens, it's usually because she's been engaged in a good read or a good write. This time it was neither. And it wasn't a party, either. No, this time TRM's eyes were glued to the screen catching up on episodes of The Young and The Restless and The Colbert Report, shows she watches only occasionally these days. It's as though her brain needed a time out from the case of overload she'd contracted by consuming a wealth of information about the tar sands.

Today the HarperCons stepped into the [cesspool / polluted waters] tar sands issue to announce a water monitoring project which will take 3 years and $50 million to fully implement. The Regina Mom agrees with Halifax NDP MP Megan Leslie; this is a PR stunt.