-Premier Danielle Smith is standing her ground when it comes to statements from the feds concerning Alberta’s energy sector.
Smith says Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault continues to turn a blind eye to China’s environmental record, even though they’re adding the equivalent of two new coal emission plants every week, while showing utter contempt for Alberta, the Alberta economy and our energy workers.
Smith says Alberta has cut emissions more than any other province over the past decade, and has spent billions in the transition from coal to natural gas.
Earlier this week, Guilbeault said because Suncor has decided to keep focusing on oil and gas production, he’s determined to introduce measures that will force energy companies to cap oil and gas production.
Smith says the government of Alberta will not permit this to happen, as Ottawa doesn’t have the constitutional right to do so.

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-Members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture are on a fact-finding mission in Alberta and Saskatchewan this week.
They’re looking into the state of soil health in Canada, and Alberta Senator Paula Simons says what happens in the soil, is extremely important for food production, nutrients, water filtration and carbon capture.
The Committee members are at the SmartFarm at Olds College.

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-A couple in Camrose County has donated some property to the Nature Conservancy of Canada, to ensure it will be maintained as natural grasslands.
Terry and Faith Gabert have lived and farmed in the area since 1974, and Sean Feagan with NCC says conserving the property is important, because grasslands stores a lot of carbon.
He also says this property has a creek, which is great for water filtration, and at-risk species birds have been spotted in the area, which is important for their conservation as well.

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-Edmonton’s Animal Care and Control Centre is suspending the intake of healthy dogs, because they don’t have anymore room right now.
For the moment, they’re going to make injured and distressed animals their priority.
They’re also working to find more space with some of their partners.
Officials believe a lot of people got dogs during Covid, without truly understanding the responsibility that comes with pet ownership.

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-A 4-year-old girl wound up in the hospital with serious injuries, after she was hit by a vehicle outside a dayhome on 98th Avenue and 75th Street yesterday morning.
Edmonton police say a motorist had tried to avoid colliding with another vehicle at that intersection, lost control, hit the girl as she had been dropped off at the dayhome, and then hit the house.
While the girl’s injuries are serious, paramedics say they aren’t life-threatening.

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-Edmonton police have charged a 26-year-old man with sexual offences in connection with incidents at the Terwillegar Rec-Centre.
Back on August 9th, four girls had been in the pool, when they say a man groped them.
Two of them are under the age of 16.
Police say it’s possible there are other victims.

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-A former Edmonton pediatrician was found guilty this week of child porn offences.
51-year-old Ghassan Al-Naami hasn’t been sentenced yet, but he’s been convicted of possessing child porn, along with distributing and selling it.
He used to work at health centres in both Edmonton and Fort McMurray.

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-The hunt is on for a 17-year old Airdrie resident who’s believed to have drowned in Buffalo Lake.
Stettler RCMP were called to the lake near Ol’ MacDonalds Resort yesterday afternoon, but so far there’s been no sign of the teenager.
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-As residents of the Northwest Territories are hoping to head back home soon, the “state of emergency” in that region has been extended til September 11th.
Officials say it still isn’t safe enough at this point, as fires are still burning, especially close to Hay River and Fort Smith…
While some residents have gone to Manitoba, about 70-percent of the Territory’s population is in Alberta.

-More than 4-hundred wildfires are burning in BC right now, after storms brought lightning strikes that sparked several new blazes this week.
But the rain that fell has been welcome, especially in the Shuswap region, which has been hit hard.
Close to 170 homes have been destroyed or damaged there.

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-Blue-green algae has been found in Driedmeat Lake in Camrose County.
As with other lakes affected by these blooms, health experts say it’s important to avoid touching them, and don’t let your pets swim in or drink the water where the blooms are visible.
While humans can get sick from the algae, they’re deadly for animals.

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At least two people are confirmed dead as a result of collisions that resulted from the conditions brought on by Hurricane Idalia.
It hit Florida’s west coast as a Category 3 storm early this morning, bringing winds of more than 200-km an hour and a storm surge that ranged between 7 and 10-feet.
It could be higher than that in some areas, as the water continues to move inland.

The hurricane has lost some strength now that it’s in Georgia, but the winds are still incredibly strong and there’s more flooding.
It’s expected to become a tropical storm or depression by the time it hits the Carolinas tonight.

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Early this morning, the moon looked like a big wheel of cheddar cheese.
Tonight, it’s going to be known as the Super Blue Moon, when it’s not only full, but at its closest point to Earth.
It’s a super blue moon, because this is the second time this month we’ve had a full moon.
You’ll be able to check it out at 7:36 our time this evening, opposite the sun..
You should be able to see Saturn at some point as well.

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-Another loss for the Jays, as the Nationals beat them 5-4 last night.
They’ve got another game at 1:07 this afternoon.