Recent content by foresterab

It gets even more confusing as the French would only keep records as a marriage between "Canadians" - i.e. a person born there and a "frenchman". So whether you were a poor french farmer "le habitant de Canada" or Iroquois native you were still recorded...under an European name...as a...

Consider her lucky...starting wage in Alberta is sub $20 for level 1 childcare staff. Level 2 are still under $25

This has been a long standing cry especially during boom times over the number of folks who work in Alberta but retain residency in other provinces. For example a couple of years ago Fort Mac Murray was recieving funding based upon the federal census...of 60,000. The Province did a seperate...

And yet this is the same group (AIMCo) that is supposed to manage the Alberta Pension if they withdrew from the CPP. And teachers are still pissed off about their independent pension being forced under AIMCo years ago Frankly I look at the CPP board as a positive model and often use the AIMCo...

Considering I saw 3 major projects going on locally....TransMountain was just one of them. All working similar terrain...frankly TransMountain was easier in many regards. Similar lengths of pipe being laid and similar sizes. TransMountain was 3x the length of time. It's a standing...

Unfortunately as I look out west there are limited passes...many of which are sole controlled corridors. CP via the bow and CN via the Yellowhead pass. CN also owns the route via Mackenzie in NE BC. So unless we start doing really stupid things I don't see much passenger track being laid...

100% understood that part. I use them often a case study when talking with peers and others about the complexity of First Nation history and trying to define things cleanly. The French-Huron alliance vs. the British-Iroquois battles of history and yet who is original owners of the land...

Where is the Huron confederacy today? Unfortunately many First Nation claims are also dependent upon which time period we use to measure against.

Not sure about the origin of the motto but apparently it means "We go in Front". The Algonquin Regiment who maintain the honors for the 23rd Northern Pioneer's also have a different motto. https://britishbadgeforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=416872

That's the 4th of 4 unions negotiating. 1. Nurses under UNA were offered 12%. Strike vote occured in January and various minor actions happened but gov't/untion settled for 12% raises + grid adjustments making it closer to 18% on average in April 2025 2. AUPE general services were offered 12%...

And then this action in regards to the ongoing health care probe. I do caution people to read the whole article as there is more to it than just the "gotcha" headline in terms of process but still questionable. https://globalnews.ca/news/11510178/alberta-new-auditor-general-search-ahs-probe/

And then there was this nice little tidbit today... https://globalnews.ca/news/11511194/elections-albertas-recall-petition-funding/ So much for passing legislation to allow recalls to occur and then defunding the process so it can't proceed.

Further more the public statements over hiring 3000 teachers they wouldn't define in the actual negotiations as new/additional or just hire 3,000 (or about 2 years normal hiring numbers in context). Having been burned many times in the past they wanted things in writing and the gov't refused...

That might be the poor mans version to assist. A Ranger detachment per unit that is not a "deployable" force for CAF peer engagement. But a force that is organized, has a visual presence in the context of local action, knows the local area, and maybe has some training on things like ICS...

It was interesting this summer talking with some Australian volunteer organization resources on wildfires. Note that of the Rural Fire Service (RFS) staff most of those who deployed were full time employees. But talking with the one individual...his district he's trying to organize training...