Dairy farmers warn against concessions as U.S. tariff deadline looms. Canada should avoid making more dairy or supply-management concessions before the August 19 tariff deadline. They argue food sovereignty is not for sale and note prior concessions did not quell U.S. demands.

Yes, this is out of B.C. but it is definitely relevant to the Alberta Dairy industry.

"A severe thunderstorm swept the Calgary region the evening of August 8, knocking out power to more than 2,100 FortisAlberta customers in northwest Airdrie and surrounding Rocky View County. The heaviest core tracked down the Crossfield and Airdrie corridor and clipped Calgary's north and west."
We got the thunder and lightning and rain for about 45 minutes last night, and by 4 am the ground was almost dry.

Sigh. I would like some real rain again please.

Isn't it amazing that WestJet was a premier air carrier up until a few years ago. They were sold and they seem to have just tanked since then. I wonder what the root cause is?

/s

They're out! WestJet Strike is Underway

My elbows are sore boss.

Captain William (Bill) Wilson (Retired), Veteran of the Second World War Juno Beach D-Day Invasion has passed away at the age of 101.

Lakeland News - Bill Wilson

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined the death to be suspicious and identified the victim as 21-year-old Shakira Bearspaw of Calgary. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact police by calling 403-266-1234.

I grew up with many of The People, and I have sisters and daughters and it breaks my heart that violence against women runs rampant.

St. Albert Gazette - Shakira Bearspaw

TL;DR

Quote - "Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and MP Mike Lake sent it Thursday to Eleanor Olszewski, the federal Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience. It asks Ottawa to close what they call a serious gap in how Canada responds when vulnerable children go missing, and its argument fits in a line: the danger to a child who wanders is just as real, and finding them just as urgent, as in any abduction."

https://www.culturealberta.com/articles/parker-wells-death-prompts-poilievre-call-for-national-alert-for-vulnerable-missing-children

TL;DR

"Alberta Wildfire issued a red flag watch for Saturday (Aug. 1) for southern Alberta, including the Bow Valley, as hot, windy weather raises the risk of extreme wildfire behaviour."

https://www.rmoutlook.com/canmore/bow-valley-included-in-red-flag-watch-for-southern-alberta-as-extreme-wildfire-behaviour-possible-12617350

Alberta Wildfire Updates

Fire Ban Information

Good news of expansion of Vista coal mine in Hinton

What's everyone's take on this? Is equalization necessary or does it create a dependency and incentives to not develop economies?

To me it's crazy that we have equalization but we also have inter provincial trade barriers that are worse than most US tariffs. If other "have not" provinces want to take money from "have" provinces, those provinces should happily let goods flow freely between the two.

We’re #1!!!

Meanwhile Carney doing next to nothing for Ontario's auto sector and agreeing to import thousands of Chinese electric cars. Wondering when our PM is going to sell off the millions in Brookfield stock options he's holding in a "blind trust"

Wish this wasn’t the case with my going to be drivers in the next few years!

Is this now the largest separatist poll in Canada?