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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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Idiots like this don’t get it. We use cash because it’s legal and none of anyone’s business what I spend my money on. Besides, how does this senator know it’s not being reported?
Sen. Toni VaroneCourtesy X
Western Standard News Services (https://www.westernstandard.news/author/western-standard-desk)
Published on:
10 May 2026, 2:00 pm
A Liberal-appointed senator says rising costs in Canada are pushing more people into the cash economy, warning that tax evasion is becoming a routine part of everyday transactions.
Blacklock's Reporter says Sen. Toni Varone, a former contractor from Ontario, told the Senate banking committee that what she described as a growing underground market is now influencing basic services across the country.
“Living in Canada’s largest urban centre in Toronto, it is becoming more and more prevalent that every time I go to the hairdresser they ask if I pay cash or credit,” Varone said.
“If I am paying cash, the till stays open so to speak. It’s not being reported.”
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