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Remember when everyone knew that April showers (or snowfall) brought May flowers?
DATE: Monday, April 15, 2024
(Locations listed below description)
An abrupt change to the weather is on the way for southern Alberta later today.
After a stretch of above average spring temperatures, a cold front will move through this afternoon and evening reaching the american border tonight. This front will usher in a cooler airmass along with rain and snow.
Precipitation will start as rain before changing to snow. The transition from rain to snow will begin this evening North of the Calgary area, and overnight near Calgary. Regions closer to the Saskatchewan and american borders will see rain for a longer duration before eventually switching to snow on Tuesday. With temperatures hovering just above zero degrees celsius, precipitation type as well as snowfall accumulations will vary greatly.
There remains uncertainty as to how much snowfall will accumulate, though amounts of 5 to 10 cm are possible by Wednesday morning in some locations.
Calm and cooler conditions are forecast on Wednesday, and for the remainder of the week.
Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to [email protected] or tweet reports using #ABStorm.
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What cannot stand is the notion that the democratic aspirations of Alberta's people—expressed through lawful petition and potential referendum—must be halted indefinitely simply because certain groups raise treaty concerns.
Democracy isn't optional when it becomes inconvenient or touches sensitive historical relationships. If a referendum question or process truly conflicts with higher constitutional norms, that should be resolved through clear, predictable rules applied equally, not through ad hoc judicial injunctions that freeze public discourse.
The proper remedy for complex constitutional questions lies with elected governments negotiating in good faith, potentially involving Parliament, or ultimately the Supreme Court of Canada in a measured way—not lower courts preemptively shutting down citizen initiatives.
Albertans deserve a government that vigorously defends provincial jurisdiction and the democratic rights of its residents against such encroachments. If a specific ...
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A comment rom the Western Standard article
FreedomHawk 37 mins ago
Just did AI to search a write this. Looks the the Judge just overstepped and may of broke the law.
The judiciary has strayed far beyond its proper constitutional boundaries. Courts exist to interpret and enforce the laws as written by elected legislatures—not to rewrite them, invent new constraints, or substitute judicial preferences for the democratic will of the people.
In this instance, a judge appears to have inserted themselves into a core democratic process: Alberta citizens exercising their right under provincial law to petition for a referendum on the province's future. By attempting to block or invalidate such citizen-driven initiatives on the grounds that they might implicate Treaty rights, the court risks transforming itself from neutral arbiter into active participant in shaping political outcomes. This isn't enforcement of existing law; it's an overreach that effectively lets unelected judges veto the ...
