Keeping cool: The need to adapt to a new climate reality on Canada’s West Coast | Globalnews.ca:

Like
many people on Canada’s “wet” coast, Vancouverite Don Morrison has been
noticing how fast the weather is changing across British Columbia.
Summers that used to be relatively mild here are now punctuated by
intense bouts of heat and humidity.

But
Morrison is in a unique place to do something about that heat — through
trees. He’s an urban forestry manager with the City of Vancouver, a job
that involves planting as many trees across the city as possible. And
not just any trees. Increasingly, it’s about species that will offer
big, wide canopies, and are resistant to climate change.

Keeping cool: The need to adapt to a new climate reality on Canada’s West Coast | Globalnews.ca: Like
many people on Canada’s “wet” coast, Vancouverite Don Morrison has been
noticing how fast the weather is changing across British Columbia.
Summers that used to be relatively mild here are now punctuated by
intense bouts of heat and humidity.But
Morrison is in a unique place to do something about that heat — through
trees. He’s an urban forestry manager with the City of Vancouver, a job
that involves planting as many trees across the city as possible. And
not just any trees. Increasingly, it’s about species that will offer
big, wide canopies, and are resistant to climate change.Read More

Fossils Dismiss Federal Emissions Cap as ‘Aggressive’, ‘Unrealistic’ | The Energy Mix:

Guilbeault’s 29-page discussion paper on the emissions cap, released
in mid-July, was consistently deferential to the fossil industry’s
present-day footprint in the Canadian economy, casting emission
reductions as the way to keep the industry in operation and suggesting
no path to scale back oil and gas production.

But evidently not deferential enough. With public consultations under way until September 30, Canadian fossils wasted little time before pushing back on the plan.

“It
is very aggressive and stretches the capability of what is technically
and economically feasible,” Imperial Oil CEO Brad Corson told
analysts late last month, adding that the plan amounts to overreach by
Ottawa. That was after his company reported C$2.41 billion in profits
for the second quarter of the year, six times more than the $366 million
it took in over the same period in 2021.

“It’s ambitious at 30%,” said
MEG Energy CEO Derek Evans. “I don’t know how we get to 42%. I think
that personally, in my humble opinion, is almost unrealistic.”

Fossils Dismiss Federal Emissions Cap as ‘Aggressive’, ‘Unrealistic’ | The Energy Mix: Guilbeault’s 29-page discussion paper on the emissions cap, released
in mid-July, was consistently deferential to the fossil industry’s
present-day footprint in the Canadian economy, casting emission
reductions as the way to keep the industry in operation and suggesting
no path to scale back oil and gas production.But evidently not deferential enough. With public consultations under way until September 30, Canadian fossils wasted little time before pushing back on the plan.“It
is very aggressive and stretches the capability of what is technically
and economically feasible,” Imperial Oil CEO Brad Corson told
analysts late last month, adding that the plan amounts to overreach by
Ottawa. That was after his company reported C$2.41 billion in profits
for the second quarter of the year, six times more than the $366 million
it took in over the same period in 2021.“It’s ambitious at 30%,” said
MEG Energy CEO Derek Evans. “I don’t know how we get to 42%. I think
that personally, in my humble opinion, is almost unrealistic.”Read More

Help on the way for central Newfoundland fire Premier says is largest since 1961:

“This is a dynamic, evolving situation as all fires are, but we can’t wait for the last minute we have to act now,” Furey said.

The fire has been burning for close to two weeks in central
Newfoundland and has prompted road closures, including the Bay d’Espoir
Highway is the only road connecting the communities of Harbour Breton,
Hermitage and Conne River to the Trans-Canada Highway, the main
thoroughfare across the province.

Coady said the wildfires will most likely continue to burn out of control due to the weather conditions.

“Over the past couple days, we’ve seen some extreme fire behaviour,” he
said at the news conference. “We expect to see that continue for today
and possibly for the next few days. This is due to the high winds and
low humidity.”

Help on the way for central Newfoundland fire Premier says is largest since 1961:
“This is a dynamic, evolving situation as all fires are, but we can’t wait for the last minute we have to act now,” Furey said.
The fire has been burning for close to two weeks in central
Newfoundland and has prompted road closures, including the Bay d’Espoir
Highway is the only road connecting the communities of Harbour Breton,
Hermitage and Conne River to the Trans-Canada Highway, the main
thoroughfare across the province.
Coady said the wildfires will most likely continue to burn out of control due to the weather conditions.
“Over the past couple days, we’ve seen some extreme fire behaviour,” he
said at the news conference. “We expect to see that continue for today
and possibly for the next few days. This is due to the high winds and
low humidity.”Read More

‘Absolute evil’: inside the Russian prison camp where dozens of Ukrainians burned to death:

Screams from soldiers being tortured, overflowing
cells, inhuman conditions, a regime of intimidation and murder. Inedible
gruel, no communication with the outside world, and days marked off
with a home-made calendar written on a box of tea.

This, according to a prisoner who was there, is what conditions are like inside Olenivka, the notorious detention centre outside Donetsk where dozens of Ukrainian soldiers burned to death in a horrific episode late last month while in Russian captivity.

Anna Vorosheva – a 45-year-old Ukrainian entrepreneur – gave a harrowing account to the Observer
of her time inside the jail. She spent 100 days in Olenivka after being
detained in mid-March at a checkpoint run by the pro-Russian Donetsk
People’s Republic (DNR) in eastern Ukraine.

‘Absolute evil’: inside the Russian prison camp where dozens of Ukrainians burned to death: Screams from soldiers being tortured, overflowing
cells, inhuman conditions, a regime of intimidation and murder. Inedible
gruel, no communication with the outside world, and days marked off
with a home-made calendar written on a box of tea.This, according to a prisoner who was there, is what conditions are like inside Olenivka, the notorious detention centre outside Donetsk where dozens of Ukrainian soldiers burned to death in a horrific episode late last month while in Russian captivity.Anna Vorosheva – a 45-year-old Ukrainian entrepreneur – gave a harrowing account to the Observer
of her time inside the jail. She spent 100 days in Olenivka after being
detained in mid-March at a checkpoint run by the pro-Russian Donetsk
People’s Republic (DNR) in eastern Ukraine.Read More

The Alberta government is ripping apart legal aid:

Last month Alberta’s Criminal Trial Lawyers Association
wrote the Alberta government warning of a looming justice system
disaster and requested an urgent meeting to discuss adequate funding for
Legal Aid Alberta.

This situation is no chicken little; the sky is falling, and it will crush fairness in Alberta’s courts.

Legal Aid Alberta has been so underfunded and choked of resources
that the province risks sliding into a model of frontier justice, where
the innocent are convicted, and only the rich and powerful can defend
themselves in court.

The Alberta government is ripping apart legal aid: Last month Alberta’s Criminal Trial Lawyers Association
wrote the Alberta government warning of a looming justice system
disaster and requested an urgent meeting to discuss adequate funding for
Legal Aid Alberta.This situation is no chicken little; the sky is falling, and it will crush fairness in Alberta’s courts.Legal Aid Alberta has been so underfunded and choked of resources
that the province risks sliding into a model of frontier justice, where
the innocent are convicted, and only the rich and powerful can defend
themselves in court.Read More