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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government will review professional regulatory bodies and introduce legislation next year to limit how they can police their own members. In a social media video released Wednesday, Smith said it's not appropriate for the government or any professional association to compel Albertans to "some official version of truth." "George Orwell's fictional 1984 should remain fiction," she said. [...] "What a doctor or lawyer believes or says about politics or religion is not a reflection of their competency to practise medicine or law," she said.

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The William A. Switzer Provincial Park was established on December 22, 1958.

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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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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

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Canmore & Kananaskis

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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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Reblog for the sample size!!

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The Saskatchewan government has not been persuaded by Ottawa's renewed clean electricity regulations, which it's still rejecting as a federal overstep into provincial jurisdiction. Ottawa announced this week it will back away from its former goal of establishing a national net-zero electricity grid by 2035, a commitment that was made in the 2021 Liberal election platform but not firmly set in the clean energy draft regulations. It has now pushed that net-zero grid goal to 2050. The regulations have been signed into law but won't be enforced until 2035. Saskatchewan has opposed the regulations since they were first drafted in August 2023. Ontario and Alberta have also criticized the regulations.

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i was inspired by my last rb.

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ATTENTION ALBERTANS!!

Trans Action Alberta needs more signatures for their official petition to present to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The petition is against the legislation of restricting gender affirming care to minors.

They are close to their 10,000 supporter goal and have 32,500+ signatures!

I met some of the hard working individuals of TAA at Calgary Pride and they are fighting tooth-and-nail for trans and two-spirit youth.

Please print and sign the petition, then mail it in by OCTOBER 11TH. More details in the website.

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