Alberta leads new poll in support of Canada becoming a US state
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Alberta leads new poll in support of Canada becoming a US state - Lemmy.World
Residents of Alberta seem to be the most open to the concept of Canada joining
the US as a new state, an idea US President Donald Trump has repeatedly floated
over the past couple of months. A new poll conducted by Research Co. on tariffs
in Canada asked whether respondents were on board with the notion of initiating
a formal process for Canada to become an American state, and Alberta led the
pack in being the most responsive to it. Alberta leads Canada in support of
joining the United States, with 12% of respondents saying they would “definitely
consider it,” followed by 7% saying they would “probably consider it.”
Alberta leads new poll in support of Canada becoming a US state
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Alberta leads new poll in support of Canada becoming a US state - Lemmy.World
Residents of Alberta seem to be the most open to the concept of Canada joining
the US as a new state, an idea US President Donald Trump has repeatedly floated
over the past couple of months. A new poll conducted by Research Co. on tariffs
in Canada asked whether respondents were on board with the notion of initiating
a formal process for Canada to become an American state, and Alberta led the
pack in being the most responsive to it. Alberta leads Canada in support of
joining the United States, with 12% of respondents saying they would “definitely
consider it,” followed by 7% saying they would “probably consider it.”
Why Are So Many Alberta Indigenous Youth Receiving Government Support Dying?
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Why Are So Many Alberta Indigenous Youth Receiving Government Support Dying? - Lemmy.World
Data from Alberta’s Ministry of Children and Family Services shows that 89 per
cent of young people who have died while receiving child intervention services
this summer were Indigenous. Advocates and frontline workers are urging the
Alberta government to take immediate action to protect at-risk children and
implement long-term child welfare reforms. Between April 1 and Aug. 31, 18
children, youth and young adults died while receiving intervention services in
Alberta. Sixteen were Indigenous. Of those who died, two were not currently in
care, eight were in care, and eight were receiving post-intervention support,
which can be accessed by young adults over 18 who have previously been involved
in child intervention. Nearly all the deaths are still under investigation and
the cause is listed as pending in the report from Children and Family Services.
One death is listed as accidental, and two are listed as having died by suicide.
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Canada “When we see that 16 out of 18 deaths are Indigenous, it’s really clear
that systemic problems persist, despite the previous interventions and reforms,”
said Audra Foggin, associate professor of social work at Mount Royal University
and a Sixties Scoop survivor. “It’s no longer shocking to me, as an Indigenous
person, and nor should anybody in Canada be shocked about this. They should be
taking action towards this. And I think everybody has a responsibility as a
treaty person in Canada to be thinking about how we can address these
devastating impacts through Canada’s history,” she said.
Why Are So Many Alberta Indigenous Youth Receiving Government Support Dying?
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5 things to know about B.C.’s lucrative salvage logging industry
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5 things to know about B.C.’s lucrative salvage logging industry - Lemmy.World
A relatively new industry is taking off in British Columbia, as forestry
companies set their sights on logging burn zones after wildfires. It’s called
salvage logging — and it may disrupt forests’ abilities to naturally recover
from fires. B.C. rules allow companies to remove the last remaining living trees
from burn zones. Those trees can offer critical support for healing ecosystems.
Now some experts and affected communities, including First Nations, are raising
the alarm and calling for more selective logging practices.
Why Was Premier Smith’s Husband in a Secret Megaproject Meeting?
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Why Was Premier Smith’s Husband in a Secret Megaproject Meeting? - Lemmy.World
The governments of former Alberta premier Jason Kenney and now Premier Danielle
Smith have been vigorously lobbied to support a private company’s high-stakes
gamble on a rail line from Calgary to Banff. With potentially hundreds of
millions of dollars of public money at stake, internal government documents
obtained by The Tyee raise a question. Why did Smith personally arrange for her
husband to be granted extraordinary access to confidential internal government
discussions about the proposed project? The internal documents, obtained through
freedom of information, show Smith’s husband, David Moretta, attended an
hour-long confidential government meeting at McDougall Centre, the provincial
government’s Calgary office, on Sept. 26, 2023. The government redacted any
information that would show who else attended the meeting and what was
discussed.
Mathios Arkangelo killing: Community leaders dismayed after officer who shot man returns to active duty
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Mathios Arkangelo killing: Community leaders dismayed after officer who shot man returns to active duty - Lemmy.World
Leaders in Edmonton’s Black and African communities say they’re frustrated after
learning the police officer who shot Mathios Arkangelo has resumed work.
Edmonton police confirmed Wednesday that the unidentified officer has completed
a “reintegration” program following the deadly shooting “and has returned to
active duty.” EPS spokeswoman Cheryl Sheppard acknowledged the “tragedy of this
incident” but urged family and community members to trust the independent
investigation process.
B.C. landslide river surge reaches Lower Mainland
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B.C. landslide river surge reaches Lower Mainland - Lemmy.World
Max Paulhus says he could hear wood breaking and a roaring sound before an
approaching surge of water raced down the Fraser River after breaking free from
a landslide upstream. Paulhus lives in Lillooet, B.C., and is one of several
Fraser River community residents and business operators who described watching
the power of water and debris churning from the Chilcotin River landslide
towards British Columbia’s Lower Mainland. “You could hear an abnormal sound
coming from the river,” said Paulhus, the Lillooet and District Rescue Society
chief. “You could hear that noise. You could hear branches breaking. It was
almost like a roar.” Others downstream at Lytton and at the Hell’s Gate Airtram
said they could also hear the river’s flow as the water and debris passed
through Tuesday afternoon and evening.
Riders and Drivers Urge TransLink to Bring HandyDart In-House
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Riders and Drivers Urge TransLink to Bring HandyDart In-House - Lemmy.World
Thousands of people with disabilities could end up stranded in the coming weeks
across Metro Vancouver as strike action by ATU Local 1724 ramps up. The union
represents HandyDart drivers, maintenance workers, road supervisors, trainers
and office workers in Metro Vancouver and has been on strike since July 3 when
an overwhelming majority of members voted in favour of taking action, said union
president Joe McCann. This does not impact HandyDart services outside of Metro
Vancouver. HandyDart offers a “paratransit” service for people who can’t take
conventional public transit without assistance due to physical, sensory or
cognitive disabilities. Drivers offers passengers door-to-door service and are
trained to work with people with a range of disabilities and mobility aides,
McCann said. Passengers can book a ride up to a week in advance and pay the same
fare as conventional public transit users. They will often ride the bus with
several other passengers. Leo Yu, a HandyDart bus operator and member of Local
1724, says working conditions have been deteriorating over the past decade. More
recently, “completely chaotic” workdays have been negatively impacting drivers,
dispatchers, passengers and their caregivers, he says.
When a wildfire came to my remote B.C. community, residents headed to the frontlines
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When a wildfire came to my remote B.C. community, residents headed to the frontlines - Lemmy.World
On the night of July 17, a massive lightning storm rolled across the Kootenay
region of B.C.’s southeast Interior, lighting up the darkness and setting dry
hillsides ablaze. In my small, end-of-the-road community of Argenta, home to
approximately 150 people, we awoke to at least four fires burning on the
mountain directly above our homes. It’s something many of us have been waiting
for, recognizing it as an inevitable reality of living so intimately with the
forests we love so dearly. It’s also something we prepared for. With over 200
strikes reported and little rain to accompany them, mountain sides were set on
fire near villages and cities that included Nelson, Silverton, Meadow Creek and
New Denver.
