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Not sure about how far out, but my mom just became eligible yesterday...either phoned or went online....and got the jab same day at Selkirk. I am amazed it happened that quickly. Also got my step-dad in for the 20th. Extremely thankful for this.

'97.... good shot, but really a "Poor Man's Version" of the Jones in-off....and I think it was actually the Oly Trials, rather than the Olys themeselves...which, let's face it, is the more difficult competition anyhow, right? **** the Olys...good luck just getting out of this country.

Regarding "adding more restrictions": a word of caution from the west....... businesses (a large percentage) have told the government to shove it (essentially) and are staying open regardless of incoming restrictions. Mostly restaurants and fitness facilities that are fighting the rules. So far, Alberta Health Services have been lax in actually enforcing the rules. It took from December 17th until this past Tuesday for them to finally do something about the rogue church near Edmonton. Not sure what they'll do about all the restaurants and gyms that are claiming that they'll stay open unless physically shuttered by police and AHS. Hopefully MB is more rational and will just play by the rules a little bit longer!

I've gone to double masking any time I'm in a business for any reason. I have the normal disposable as my inner layer and then a non-disposable filtered one as my outer layer. Definitely feel more comfortable/confident with this system now...

AB is 43% variants right now... We'll be well over 50 by the end of the month... May even be close to 100. Just bonkers how fast it transmits...

I am not sure what the general eligibility age is right now, but for anyone with "underlying conditions" (for which I fortunately/unfortunately qualify) it's now 16+....

there's no question the 3rd wave is coming for you guys....and it's gonna be bad. They're already into a triage situation in Ontario, and I'm certain Alberta will be by the end of the month. The second any of you are eligible, book your shot. In the meantime, stay home and stay safe, folks. I'm booked in to get my first dose on the 24th and I can't f***ing wait.... bring on the passports.

yikes....probably doesn't quite fit with The Trinity's "Nice Guys Who Can Also Play Football" system, eh??

There's two things that have me disheartened..... 1) They left patios open. Hinshaw has been saying for weeks that the variants transmit very easily even outdoors, and when you get idiot drunks on a patio with no masks on, it's still dangerous. 2) Already seeing a LOT of restaurants refusing to abide the rules and saying they're going to stay open no matter what. Up here in Rural BamaBerta, a group of local restaurants, led by our favourite Pub, is banding together to publicly flout the rules and stay open. Seeing AHS finally shut down the church gives me hope that maybe they'll start actually using their power to shut down those who refuse to abide by the rules. Because the only way we get through the next couple months (until mass vaccinations start) is with everyone pulling together....

Wittman's two best calls, in order: Donovan Bailey's record-breaking sprint in '96 Atlanta Olys and Jennifer Jones In-Off to win the '05 Scotties..... I get shivers to this day, listening to those clips on YouTube

Not sure either he or PLD will ever earn the big payday but man I'd sure love to get Laine back. Jets definitely still need him.

Ehhhh "restrictions"... Not much changing and it definitely won't help the overall situation. We're gonna lose a lot more people before the vaccines take hold. Thankfully, for me, new vaxx rules make me eligible in AB tomorrow. Hoping I can get an appointment booked tomorrow morning...

I tweeted at the club awhile back for that...I mean I'd gladly pay for that one!

I'm generally pretty supportive of the feds end of the vaxx rollout (the biggest problems lie with mistakes Harper made) but man, stories like that really make us look bad... also have read stuff online about how zoos in the states are vaxx-ing animals already......yeeeesh.

Pretty sure Bart's take is based on simple math.....and therefore accurate. I saw Scott Billeck Tweet similar thoughts. They know how many doses have been shipped to each province...they know how many doses have been injected by the province.....the math isn't very difficult to find out that Manitoba is leaving a lot of doses in the freezer.

Too many GC losses in the official portal but some really neat regular season stuff on YT. Love watching those 80s teams...

I.... I get that reference...

I think it's too early to call the trade either way but ya PLD has been very meh so far. Definitely not earning a big pay increase...

Ya it's a ******* mess in AB. I'm tucked away in a small town but we still have 35 cases in a pop of less than 15k including rural. Way too high. The premier won't do anything about it because he's terrified of his hard right base that wants to just go wide open like Fla/TX (he actually mentioned this during his last presser). I also truly believe that they're intentionally going slow with the vaxx rollout so they can further blame the Feds. They have the doses but are very slowly getting them into arms and crying that they don't have enough doses. It's a horror movie right now...

I think the variants and vaccine rollout (lack thereof) are definitely throwing a wrench into things. Gov't is a lot more cautious right now, as they should be. The way the pandemic is going right now, I'm not sure football is very high on the priority list. Just look at situation in Vancouver with the Canucks... I think that's going to put a halt to any risks anyone might have taken. So with all that being said, why release a statement that essentially says nothing?

ehhhhhhh I get where he's coming from, but the bottom line is the league doesn't know anything...nobody can make plans because it's a pandemic and everyone's flying by the seat of their pants. The government is the only one who can say anything, and even they're not really sure. So it's not like the league is intentionally holding the players in the dark....they just have no way of knowing anything right now. I get really tired of the players whining like the league is intentionally trying to screw them...

You are so right my friend. I would give anything to have an excuse to not leave the house for the next two months...

Brazilian variant running wild in BC. We're living in a horror movie, folks...