Your Comforting Yet Still Alarming Beery News Notes For The Week When I Go Back To School

It’s a big week around here. I have that presenation I mentioned. Plus I have my mini-university lecture and turorial on the Stoics. Plus… the third referendum on separation in my time on this earth. Up there? In the moody light and the sweet way both the faces and the foam are highlighted by CP’s Jeff McIntyre, proof that when the political moment looms more than anything else Canadian politicians need to be seen holding a pint of beer: Albertans are being asked whether the province should remain in Canada or hold a second, binding referendum on separation. Smith has said it’s time for Albertans to decide on the issue and that she prefers a sovereign Alberta in a united Canada. She said earlier this week that she voted at an advance poll for Alberta to stay. At the brewery, she and Carney praised each other as sharp-eyed, flinty negotiators who fight for their positions but want the best for Canada. They said they’re making progress, including with a proposed fast-tracked oil…