Laurence Thompson
@thompsonlg.bsky.social
Grandfather, trying to leave the world a little better for my & all grandkids.
Approach to issues is on policy rather than partisanship.
🇨🇦 in Treaty 6 lands.
Focus on health, climate & Saskatchewan.
Approach to issues is on policy rather than partisanship.
🇨🇦 in Treaty 6 lands.
Focus on health, climate & Saskatchewan.
Oddly, the Sask govt has not posted its scheduled bi-weekly respiratory disease (CRISP) report today.
November 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Oddly, the Sask govt has not posted its scheduled bi-weekly respiratory disease (CRISP) report today.
“compared to the national average, Saskatchewan [has] considerably higher…potentially inappropriate antipsychotic use in long-term care homes”. Such drugs are likely being used inappropriately to sedate residents when staff are not adequate to respond to agitated behaviour. 2/2
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
“compared to the national average, Saskatchewan [has] considerably higher…potentially inappropriate antipsychotic use in long-term care homes”. Such drugs are likely being used inappropriately to sedate residents when staff are not adequate to respond to agitated behaviour. 2/2
Hey news media, stop using the lazy, clichéd picture of the needle in an arm when you do flu/COVID/measles immunization stories or info. It plays right into vaccine hesitancy / fear of needles.
Instead, use pictures like this health care agency does, showing the positive results of immunization!
Instead, use pictures like this health care agency does, showing the positive results of immunization!
November 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Hey news media, stop using the lazy, clichéd picture of the needle in an arm when you do flu/COVID/measles immunization stories or info. It plays right into vaccine hesitancy / fear of needles.
Instead, use pictures like this health care agency does, showing the positive results of immunization!
Instead, use pictures like this health care agency does, showing the positive results of immunization!
Today, Oct 18, Saskatchewan still has two active northern wildfires in one of its worst ever fire seasons. Here is a map of the almost 3M ha of SK forest burnt this year. Red is area burned by active fires, grey area burned this year by fires now out. 1/
October 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Today, Oct 18, Saskatchewan still has two active northern wildfires in one of its worst ever fire seasons. Here is a map of the almost 3M ha of SK forest burnt this year. Red is area burned by active fires, grey area burned this year by fires now out. 1/
Here is the graph I have been updating & posting quarterly as the hardest evidence we have about what is actually happening with deaths in Saskatchewan. 2/
October 7, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Here is the graph I have been updating & posting quarterly as the hardest evidence we have about what is actually happening with deaths in Saskatchewan. 2/
Despite August rains, at the end of the month large swaths of 🇨🇦 continued in drought conditions: northern & western boreal forests, southern Ontario, & the Atlantic provinces.
September 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Despite August rains, at the end of the month large swaths of 🇨🇦 continued in drought conditions: northern & western boreal forests, southern Ontario, & the Atlantic provinces.
China & Europe reached peak population around 2020. By 2100 China’s population is projected to have halved & to be little more than that of Europe.
Meanwhile 🇨🇦 & 🇺🇸 are projected to continue to grow steadily (due to immigration) & 🇨🇦 will slowly continue to gain ground on the 🇺🇸.
Meanwhile 🇨🇦 & 🇺🇸 are projected to continue to grow steadily (due to immigration) & 🇨🇦 will slowly continue to gain ground on the 🇺🇸.
September 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
China & Europe reached peak population around 2020. By 2100 China’s population is projected to have halved & to be little more than that of Europe.
Meanwhile 🇨🇦 & 🇺🇸 are projected to continue to grow steadily (due to immigration) & 🇨🇦 will slowly continue to gain ground on the 🇺🇸.
Meanwhile 🇨🇦 & 🇺🇸 are projected to continue to grow steadily (due to immigration) & 🇨🇦 will slowly continue to gain ground on the 🇺🇸.
Trump trade war update: Florida orange juice prices have collapsed by half this year: 1/2
September 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Trump trade war update: Florida orange juice prices have collapsed by half this year: 1/2
It is September, yet Canada’s arctic is on fire, sending smoke over much of North America.
Fires have also flared up again in northwest Saskatchewan and southern BC.
Fires have also flared up again in northwest Saskatchewan and southern BC.
September 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
It is September, yet Canada’s arctic is on fire, sending smoke over much of North America.
Fires have also flared up again in northwest Saskatchewan and southern BC.
Fires have also flared up again in northwest Saskatchewan and southern BC.
More than half of Canadians report they have boycotted US products & travel as of the end of June.
Interestingly, boycotting was consistent by both political opinion & education level. 1/2
Interestingly, boycotting was consistent by both political opinion & education level. 1/2
August 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
More than half of Canadians report they have boycotted US products & travel as of the end of June.
Interestingly, boycotting was consistent by both political opinion & education level. 1/2
Interestingly, boycotting was consistent by both political opinion & education level. 1/2
Growing season precipitation in western Canada as of Aug 11: 1/2
August 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Growing season precipitation in western Canada as of Aug 11: 1/2
Most of Saskatchewan was from “abnormally dry” to under “extreme drought” conditions as of Agriculture Canada’s most recent drought report as of July 31. 1/2
August 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Most of Saskatchewan was from “abnormally dry” to under “extreme drought” conditions as of Agriculture Canada’s most recent drought report as of July 31. 1/2
What a difference a good rain makes!
After 3 1/2 months of continual fires & 100s of 1000s of hectares burned, the air is clear.
Now lets’s work to stop this happening again: proper fire protection & response in north SK & shut down those coal plants.
Saskatchewan fire map a week ago & today:
After 3 1/2 months of continual fires & 100s of 1000s of hectares burned, the air is clear.
Now lets’s work to stop this happening again: proper fire protection & response in north SK & shut down those coal plants.
Saskatchewan fire map a week ago & today:
August 15, 2025 at 11:23 PM
What a difference a good rain makes!
After 3 1/2 months of continual fires & 100s of 1000s of hectares burned, the air is clear.
Now lets’s work to stop this happening again: proper fire protection & response in north SK & shut down those coal plants.
Saskatchewan fire map a week ago & today:
After 3 1/2 months of continual fires & 100s of 1000s of hectares burned, the air is clear.
Now lets’s work to stop this happening again: proper fire protection & response in north SK & shut down those coal plants.
Saskatchewan fire map a week ago & today:
Statement, in response to Premier Scott Moe’s comments, from Jordan McPhail, MLA for Cumberland in north-eastern Saskatchewan.
The communities he mentions are all in his constituency.
The communities he mentions are all in his constituency.
August 14, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Statement, in response to Premier Scott Moe’s comments, from Jordan McPhail, MLA for Cumberland in north-eastern Saskatchewan.
The communities he mentions are all in his constituency.
The communities he mentions are all in his constituency.
And here’s the whole 🇨🇦 schedule: 3/3
July 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
And here’s the whole 🇨🇦 schedule: 3/3
The world has had an estimated 27M excess deaths since the onset of COVID-19. 1/2
July 23, 2025 at 4:30 AM
The world has had an estimated 27M excess deaths since the onset of COVID-19. 1/2
Ukraine’s cities are under rapidly increasing air attack. Why? Trump, “By taking sanctions off the table for the summer…is basically saying to Putin to unleash the larger & larger attacks—which are surely on their way. The size of these attacks will almost certainly dwarf what we have seen.” 1/
July 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Ukraine’s cities are under rapidly increasing air attack. Why? Trump, “By taking sanctions off the table for the summer…is basically saying to Putin to unleash the larger & larger attacks—which are surely on their way. The size of these attacks will almost certainly dwarf what we have seen.” 1/
Saskatchewan emergency rooms were closed a total of from ~2000 to ~3500 hours per month during 2024. 1/2
July 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Saskatchewan emergency rooms were closed a total of from ~2000 to ~3500 hours per month during 2024. 1/2
China is far less dependent on trade to drive its economy than it was 20 years ago as its domestic market expands.
July 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
China is far less dependent on trade to drive its economy than it was 20 years ago as its domestic market expands.
And this is what the smoke over northern 🇨🇦 looks like this morning:
July 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
And this is what the smoke over northern 🇨🇦 looks like this morning:
The north of SK & MB continue on fire. This is the picture from overnight, when fires die down.
July 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The north of SK & MB continue on fire. This is the picture from overnight, when fires die down.
It’s not just Saskatchewan. Western Canada’s & Alaska’s boreal forest is on fire, including ~30 fires burning in 🇨🇦’s northern territories (north of 60 degrees), some north of the Arctic circle. 3/3
July 2, 2025 at 10:54 PM
It’s not just Saskatchewan. Western Canada’s & Alaska’s boreal forest is on fire, including ~30 fires burning in 🇨🇦’s northern territories (north of 60 degrees), some north of the Arctic circle. 3/3
Canadians spend less time with friends & feel more time pressure than in past years - Stats Canada. 1/
June 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Canadians spend less time with friends & feel more time pressure than in past years - Stats Canada. 1/