Alberta

"Campers Village first opened in 1963 in Edmonton as a storefront for Northwest Tent & Awning, which since 1921 had been selling and manufacturing supplies and basic shelter for settlers new to Alberta via their factory on Jasper Avenue in downtown Edmonton."

As camping became more popular, the company evolved to offer recreational supplies. In 2021, it rebranded as Breathe Outdoors “to promote the many benefits of getting outside, exploring, trying something new and taking a moment to simply breathe outdoors.”

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"University of Alberta is researching how to utilize coal to feed livestock. However, the animals wouldn’t technically be eating coal, instead the research team collects methanol from the coal being burned and then mixes it and dries it with bacteria protein.

“We can produce a higher quality product without having to make those trade-offs, while helping the environment,” said Mark Lawley, researcher at Cvictus Fermentation Group.

Lawley says it’s perfect for a carbon capture site, seeing it as a greener alternative."

University story about it here: https://www.ualberta.ca/en/folio/2025/03/alberta-researchers-aim-to-revolutionize-animal-feed.html

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-alberta-insider-rcmp-launch-investigation-into-ahs-contract-and/

According to available information, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have initiated an investigation into procurement practices at Alberta Health Services (AHS), focusing on contracts awarded to private surgical clinics and medical supply companies. This probe follows allegations made by former AHS CEO Athana Mentzelopoulos, who was dismissed on January 8, 2025. Mentzelopoulos claims her termination was linked to her internal investigation into these procurement practices, including over $600 million awarded to MHCare Medical.

In her wrongful dismissal lawsuit, Mentzelopoulos alleges that Health Minister Adriana LaGrange issued directives preventing AHS from negotiating private surgery contracts and mandated rates exceeding those of comparable agreements. She also raises concerns about a private clinic in Edmonton, Alberta Surgical Group (ASG), which, despite underperformance, was reportedly on track to overbill AHS by approximately $3.5 million.

Additionally, the lawsuit highlights potential conflicts of interest involving Jitendra Prasad, particularly his influence on AHS contracts related to MHCare. Prasad was reportedly referred to as "his guy" by Marshall Smith, then chief of staff to Premier Danielle Smith, and was allegedly positioned at Alberta Health to ensure the government could "get contracting right."

Both Health Minister LaGrange and Premier Smith dispute these claims. The RCMP investigation is ongoing, and no further details have been released at this time.

Seriously, do it. Go get your Jack (bleah), your Aviation gin, your California wines, whatever you want.

Every store with those items on the shelf has already bought the products from AGLC. They can't ship it back, and they can't recover their costs except through sales.

The AGLC is no longer buying booze from the US, which means every bottle available is money already sunk - and for small stores, it can be a lot of money.

So go to your local shop, buy what you want, and tell the owner that you know it's not on them to throw away their purchased inventory.

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.”

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/17534053

Summary by AI:

• Calgary mayor Jyoti Gondek expresses uncertainty about the future of the Green Line LRT project due to disagreements and the resignation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
• The federal government has committed $1.5 billion to the project, but clarification is needed regarding their support for the revised provincial alignment.
• The revised alignment, proposed by the province in December, is 76% longer than the previous plan and features no tunneling through downtown Calgary.
• The city and province have different cost estimates for the project, with the city stating the revised alignment would cost $7.5 billion, $1.3 billion more than the provincial report suggests.
• A meeting between the city and province to discuss the new plan has not been held, and the city is requesting clarification on several matters before considering a vote on the provincial plan.

Between Sept. 1, 2023, and Aug. 31, 2024, more than 300 COVID-19 outbreaks were declared at Alberta Health Services and Covenant Health acute care facilities throughout the province, according to data from AHS obtained through a freedom of information request.

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Dr. Joe Vipond, an emergency physician in Calgary and co-founder of the Canadian COVID Society, said it is worrisome that patients are being harmed and that steps aren’t taken to adequately protect them.

“The reality is that people are dying from COVID in our hospitals, and we really are doing very little to prevent them getting ill and getting infected,” Vipond said. “And we wouldn’t do the same for any other infectious disease.”

“We have sporadic implementation of protection for patients. And if I was somebody’s daughter, and my dad went into hospital with a hip fracture and came out in a casket or had some kind of long-term disability from getting COVID in hospital when we know how to prevent it, I would be very mad at the system.”

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Vipond said in an ideal world there would be an independent third-party audit of the health system that would determine what is going wrong.

“But instead, what seems to have happened is that our politicians, and therefore society, have decided that COVID is no longer an issue for anyone, and that includes vulnerable patients in hospitals.”