Climate

“The Calgary Forest Area typically sees a drastic increase in wildfire danger in May when the snow has all melted, but green-up has not yet occurred. Exposed, dead/dry vegetation, warmer temperatures and higher winds all contribute to a higher fire danger.”

EDITORIAL: The warm winter and anticipation of a brutal drought will likely push both the Bow Valley and province to make key sacrifices in the coming summer.

LETTER: Actually, most whistles disappeared with the demise of steam locomotives, unless CPKC Rail was running the empress on a special trip. Nowadays, diesel-electric engines use electric horns. Same purpose, different way of doing it.

“Atmospheric, sea surface and land temperatures are presently off the charts in both hemispheres. What we are seeing is beyond the worst-case projections of all climate model scenarios."

“It’s to be additionally cautious with the increase in cybercrime and phishing attempts. The board felt it was prudent to add that to our insurance profile,”

“They’re run well. We’ve had challenges learning about the difference between winter and summer as far as range and we’ve been able to work through those partially because we’re a little slower in winter than summer so we have additional buses we can switch out. Our biggest challenge on the Proterra side has been with the bankruptcy and the unknown and the inability for some suppliers to ship parts.”

COMMENTARY: As traffic volumes increase, safety decreases and carbon emission reduction suddenly becomes less important and relevant than the personal tragedy of injured or lost loved ones.

“The Boss is a great example of a bear that’s learned to live with us and put up with our antics, so anything we can do to give him some space is great."

“We’re really excited about getting this service going, but we want to make sure that it’s done well and reliably. With the shortage of equipment that we will have this summer with not getting (the Proterra electric) bus delivered, it was felt that doing a weekend service and gradually building ridership would be the best way to go for the first year.”

LETTER: The additional traffic will be an issue, we have no sidewalks in this area, which puts pedestrians, cyclists, and children at risk.