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Saw the same article and have met several of the sources cited in the article. I am also looking at this from a pure wildland fire perspective.....and that means how you act with trained wildland fire staff....is different than what the CAF trains for. I might enjoy the opportunity to do...

As I understand it from reading the Federal news releases is that there may be a second line started up here in Canada to accelerate the delivery schedule. I believe Viking is also looking at more than just the CL-515 production as they also have the rights to all the old De Havilland product...

Not really... Especially when you consider it's replacing existing CL-215 and CL-415's. Of that 26 number Alberta has ordered 5 (up one from it's current 4), Ontario 6 (currently has 9 CL-415's so less than replacement) and Manitoba 3 (unclear current fleet #'s). Or to put it in...

Man....some places I lived it was a puddle... But yes it remains a major issue for both single and married professionals to be able to re-locate especially if there is only a job for one of the two professionals. A challenge I believe the CAF is well aware of from posting/release rates

It's tough as there are alot of clauses in the Indian Act that have been revised over the years and then there are those that vary by application as the different Treaties also vary by agreeement. So to your point there would need to be some form of legislation...but what is it. Does it...

Not going to speculate on the CAF investigation process or SME's. Have some very good guesses who are involved though. Will say for major community impacts and/or fatality fires in Alberta it's not uncommon to not only investigation the fire origin and cause but also bring in a second...

Stayed up till Midnight MST to watch results coverage when the updates stopped "live" streaming. Results didn't come in until ~22:45 which was almost 3 hours behind schedule as polling stations were slow to close. Couple of initial observations... ~33% of votes were in and the verdict was...

One thing I will say...as a civilian looking into the event....is kudos' to the casualty evacuation. Too often we think of local resources and only when they are overwhelmed do calls for assistance occur. Instead not only CAF aircraft but STARS and Saskatchewan Air Ambulance were used to...

The wind event yesterday was rare...but not unheard of. That being said high winds and cured grass...that's the sort of situations that scare me as a trained professional wildland guy. Been to Wainwright several times visiting CAF members. It's a very unreal, and dynamic aspect going on...

This was day 1 of the advance polls. https://www.stalbertgazette.com/alberta-decides/tech-issues-delay-opening-of-some-referendum-advance-polls-on-first-day-12888845 Wonder what they will do on Monday if there are multi-hour lineups at close.

I did vote...only took about 20 min. Will comment I've never seen so few election workers in place and staff shortages are a major issue. Family who also voted in advance polls reported up to 3 hour waits to vote. Overall turnout so far has been significantly higher than previous...

A lot of the Canadian Fire Danger measurements are old....and many are based upon presecribed burn observations which are not done under extreme conditions. So when you do deal with extreme drought....that's not modelled as you're into upper 90th percentile conditions and thats not when most...

Not near any of the bases....but I will give kudo's the RCAF for doing training missions via our rural airstrip...which has often attracted a crowd to see the CH-146, C-130's or the very rare F-18. Also see several road moves a year ranging from a couple of vehicles to major moves of the...

Also a ton of shell games being played were drivers are hired but instead of being paid as employees they are listed as contractors... So few benefits paid, different overtime, and can go different (i.e. cheaper) wages. There's a reason truck driving, especially long haul driving, has been...

Some initial thoughts: 1. If the federal government is helping to subsidized licensed daycares for $10/day rates then what about stay at home guardians? Was doing some rough math here and if it's $20/hr per workerx8 kids supervised x8 hours a day it's more like $30 not accounted for (rough math...