#ALBERTA

[allthecanadianpolitics]

A report quietly released in Alberta is calling on the province to halt the use of the COVID-19 vaccine. The review was commissioned by Premier Danielle Smith's government in the fall of 2022 and was published on Friday. As Heather Yourex-West reports, critics have been quick to push back. Alberta’s minister of health says it contains “a broad range of perspectives” — comprising health-care professionals, academics, researchers and advisers” — and its recommendations offer a perspective on how the government can be better positioned to protect the health and safety of Albertans in the future.” Critics call it “a sad document — that lacks significant credibility,” one that “takes a lot of pieces of information completely out of context.” On Friday afternoon, the government of Alberta quietly released the report of a task force that assessed the province’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Gabe Scalise Banff National Park, Canada

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August 2024

Olympus OM-1 | Kodak Gold

Location: Banff, Alberta

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by Jacques Le Pape, jlepape.tumblr.com

Daily original photographs and creations selected by the imiging team!

Alberta

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Hidden Lake and Boulder Pass, by Darren Umbsaar

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Marilyn Monroe poses with some trash raiders.

Banff, Alberta

1953

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Ribbon Falls

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(by erinb_explores)| Alberta, Canada

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(by marc.hennige)

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Jasper, a town in Alberta, Canada, was recently taken over by a tragic wildfire. As of July 26, 2024 at least 30% of the town has been destroyed, 358 out of 1,133 structures, with 25,000+ residents being forcibly evacuated for safety.

The Alberta government had cut back millions in funding for wildfire preparedness programs, leaving residents of Jasper floundering with little to no support while the United Conservative Party of Alberta fumbled its way through an arbitrary Treasury Board process trying to justify their decision to wait seven days before responding to emergencies.

if you're able, please consider donating / supporting the community of Jasper:

Rocky Mountain Relief Fund [Banff Canmore Foundation]

Canadian Red Cross

Samaritan's Purse

Jasper Community Team Society

Other Links:

Parks Canada Wildfire Status: Jasper

Parks Canada Fire Information and Updates: Jasper

Jasper Municipality Homepage

Alberta Government Wildfire Status

ArcGIS Interactive Wildfire Map [Alberta]

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Calgary Herald, Alberta, March 3, 1936

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Ottawa’s former chief trade negotiator Steve Verheul says Alberta is undermining Canada’s attempts to prevent the U.S. from levying damaging tariffs. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has rallied most of the premiers to agree that all sectors of the Canadian economy could be deployed to fight back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to impose 25 per cent tariffs on all imports from Canada. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has said that Canada should not threaten the U.S. with retaliatory tariffs or cutting off energy exports, and should focus instead on finding common ground.

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Behold the dazzling colors of an iridescent ammonite (Placenticeras intercalare)! A relative of today’s squids, this ammonite lived some 80 million years ago near what is now Alberta, Canada. This fossil’s spectacular coloration is the result of millions of years of high temperatures and pressures. As these forces acted on nacre in this ammonite’s shell, it was transformed into a gemstone known as an ammolite. Along with amber and pearl, ammolite is one of only a handful of gems made by living organisms. You can spot this rare specimen in the Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Collections Core in the Museum’s Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation!

Photo: © AMNH

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Poll

Reblog for the sample size!!

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i was inspired by my last rb.