Recent content by foresterab

100% agree. There are many colleges and technical schools around the country that also offer remote education. Some I really question what they're teaching but many others are solid, fundamental courses. Something more within my lane is the number of Emergency Response/Preparedness courses...

I would argue the bar should be even lower. My late grandfather - RCAF during WW2 - was a participant of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. I was privileged enough to be able to visit several flight museums with him and learn stuff even his own children didn't hear. But I often...

This is a role I can see with RMC. Turn it into a mixture of ROTC training, General Staff advanced studies, and most importantly a coordination center for online schooling/community college type training. For reference Royal Roads College, Athabasca University, University of Manitoba...

Copied this from Reddit as the Globe and Mail article I found was paywalled: Adviser on Alberta’s use of private clinics was also working for company vying for contract, confidential report says Jitendra Prasad, a former procurement official with Alberta Health Services, represented Alberta...

hence why I believe that there needs to be a separate Canadian investment fund. And it's not just about government bailouts but also I believe should include a portion of federal revenue received from non-renewable sources such as oil and gas, gravel, mining, and crown land sales. As revenue...

Fundamentally I'm against the government "owning" industry. However a partnership in a privately run industry is a different story. Hypothetically major project Pie in the Sky comes up. Federal government agrees to provide partial funding in exchange for a partial ownership. First...

Not pipelines per say...but still an important bit of news: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/investing/commodities/2025/09/10/ontario-set-to-begin-building-road-to-the-ring-of-fire/ Having worked in that area...some will be "fast" road but alot of it will be a slug. Hopefully they can do a bunch...

Pretty standard airspace management. When bombers go in the helicopters are either altitude restricted or more commonly moved out of the area so the attack run for each bomber can be set up. When the bombers go for reloads the helicopters come back in. Big part of the air attack officers...

Only in abstract. Definitely mountain terrain... Low visibility on total fire = low situational awareness Light flashy fuels prone to rapid spreads uphill conditions (fire heading up slope goes much more rapidly than flat ground) limited escape route and a wind shift... I will note that...

I haven't had to fight fire in that particular area...so not going to armchair guess exact rationale. I have been on other fires in BC where the slope and unstable rock made it too dangerous to put men on the line in that particular area so could be a reason. Mountain fires are so...

Found out about this one post deployment. Glad to hear no fatalities...hope the injuries - both physical and mental - are light. Been head down focused on different fires and while it's rare to happen...it does happen. Thankfully both increased aircraft performance (Eurocopter AS-350 B3's...

"Here's hoping the fire won't result in more flood washouts like 2021...

Sounds like trying to work in many parts in Western Canada when oil patch booms were going on. High school students working part time making more than their teacher was not uncommon. And god forbid you try to staff a restaurant or coffee shop as you sometimes hired people for hours before...

The use of salt makes me also wonder if some of the subsurface formations...some of which are full of saltwater...could be used. There are also empty formations being used as disposal wells and some of the pipelines currently in the country are used for pumping this fluid to a selected...

The worst part is that mine has been proposed for 25? plus years....its underground so doesn't have the same selinium leaching issues the open pit mines have and doesn't visually change the landscape the the same degree. Oh and the town is screaming for any work as the mines have been...