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Pincher Creek Kenow Wildfire Update
Southwestern Alberta fire situation (Sept 14, 5 pm)
Mandatory evacuation orders are no longer in effect for Cardston County and portions of the M.D. of Pincher Creek.
This situation update is current as of 5 p.m. Thursday, September 14.
For up-to-date information, visit emergency.alberta.ca.
Current situation
- The mandatory evacuation order for Cardston County was lifted at noon today (Thursday). Residents should go to the Cardston County administration building or the Barn Store in Mountain View to receive a re-entry information package. Additional details are available online at cardstoncounty.com.
- The mandatory evacuation order for the area of the M.D. of Pincher Creek between Highway 505 and Oil Basin Road (Twp 32) was lifted as of 1 p.m. today. The mandatory evacuation is still in place between Oil Basin Road (Twp Rd 32) and Waterton Lakes National Park. Additional details are available on the M.D. Pincher Creek website.
- The mandatory evacuation order has been lifted for the Blood Tribe. Residents are asked to follow instructions from the Blood Tribe Administration.
- A mandatory evacuation order remains for all areas of Waterton Lakes National Park.
- The mandatory evacuation is still in place for Castle Mountain Resort.
- A state of local emergency remains in effect for Cardston County, M.D. of Pincher Creek and the Blood Reserve. Detailed information is available at emergency.alberta.ca.
- Conditions for firefighting have improved for a third consecutive day with a cold front bringing cooler moist air, showers and higher humidity into the region.
Wildfire activity updates
- The Kenow wildfire currently covers approximately 36,000 hectares as of 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 14.
- Because of the colder weather, the fire is not expected to continue growing significantly.
- Within the park itself, there are roughly 177 firefighters, three Alberta air tankers, 15 helicopters and 15 pieces of heavy equipment.
Waterton townsite
- There are 24 firefighters from the Taber, Lethbridge, Coaldale and Cardston County fire departments at the Waterton townsite, down from 60 at the height of the fire. Conditions are improving and some firefighters are returning to their home community.
Park closures
- A complete list of park closures is available at emergency.alberta.ca.
Postponed: Tourism strategy open house
- Open houses on the Castle Region tourism strategy scheduled for Sept. 20 in Pincher Creek and Sept. 21 in Blairmore are postponed to a later date. New dates will be available online.
Property damaged or destroyed
- Residents will be notified by local government officials if their property was destroyed by the wildfire.
Power outages
- During the fire, 675 homes in the affected area were without electricity. Fortis has restored power to 254 customers and is working to restore power to the remaining 421 customers. Customers should contact 310-WIRE (9473) for more information.
Travel
- The following highway is closed to the public due to the current wildfire situation:
- Highway 6 north of Waterton Lakes National Park to Township Road 32
- The following highways within Waterton Lakes National Park remain closed to the public due to the current wildfire situation:
- Highway 5
- Highway 6
- Chief Mountain border crossing
- The following highways remain closed to the public, with the exception of permit holders, due to the current wildfire situation:
- Highway 532, west of Highway 22
- Highway 520, east of Highway 22 for approximately 12 kilometres
- Highway 774, from Highway 507 to Castle Provincial Park
Check 511 Alberta for up-to-date travel information.
Federal Election 2021
Chinese agents allegedly used illegal tactics to threaten Canadians in 2021 election, documents show
From LifeSiteNews
Justin Trudeau’s special rapporteur had downplayed the allegations, but a report showed the Royal Canadian Mounted Police was aware of foreign actor threats and interference being carried out.
A memo recently disclosed by a commission looking into foreign interference in Canada’s last two elections shows federal officials knew agents of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) were using illegal methods to threaten Canadian voters.
The information was disclosed from a memo dated August 29, 2023, from a Department of Foreign Affairs meeting, as disclosed by the Commission on Foreign Interference. The meeting acknowledging threats to Canadians via foreign state actors came only weeks after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s special rapporteur tasked with looking into the matter downplayed such interference as “media allegations.”
“The RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) is aware foreign actor threats and interference are being carried out in Canada, including the harassment of individuals or groups exercising their fundamental freedoms guaranteed in the Charter,” reads the memo, as noted by Blacklock’s Reporter.
“Combating and investigating foreign actor interference remains an operational priority for the RCMP,” it said.
According to the memo, the government claimed that it takes “its responsibility to protect Canadians from foreign interference seriously.”
The Commission on Foreign Interference is headed by Justice Marie-Josée Hogue, who had earlier said she and her lawyers will remain “impartial” and will not be influenced by politics. In January, Hogue said that she would “uncover the truth whatever it may be.”
The commission was struck after Trudeau’s special rapporteur, former Governor General David Johnston, failed in an investigation into CCP allegations last year after much delay. That inquiry was not done in public and was headed by Johnston, who is a “family friend” of Trudeau.
Johnston quit as “special rapporteur” after a public outcry following his conclusion that there should not be a public inquiry into the matter. Conservative MPs demanded Johnston be replaced over his ties to both China and the Trudeau family.
The potential meddling in Canada’s elections by agents of the CCP has many Canadians worried as well.
The news that federal executives knew that CCP agents had used illegal tactics on Canadians comes just after LifeSiteNews on Monday reported on another subject of interest involving the CCP.
As reported by LifeSiteNews, documents from a federal inquiry looking at meddling in Canada’s past two elections by foreign state actors show CCP agents allegedly worked as Elections Canada poll workers in the 2021 campaign.
As for Trudeau, he has praised China for its “basic dictatorship” and has labeled the authoritarian nation as his favorite country other than his own.
Thus far, the Commission has revealed that there were 13 electoral ridings with suspicious activity. The Commission is currently on break and will resume regular hearings in September.
illegal immigration
Hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants coming to US from over 150 countries
From the Center for Immigration Studies
By Todd Bensman
CIS analyst Todd Bensman traveled August 6-18 for field research on the Colombia and Panama sides of the notorious Darien Gap immigration passageway, through which more than 1.5 million foreign nationals have reached the U.S. southern border over the past three-plus years. On this page, you can find Bensman’s video, photos and reports from his research as they publish and afterward.
Bensman’s purpose for traveling first to Colombia’s immigrant staging towns and then to Panama’s camps and impacted villages is to assess the impacts of a new Panama plan to “close” the passageway – supposedly with pledged U.S. help.
On the Colombia side of the gap, Bensman visited the towns of Turbo, Nicocli, Acandi, and Capurgana – all staging towns where trailheads lead immigrants into Panama. On the Panama side, Bensman spent time in Panama City, then traveled to the Darien Province where he visited three camps where immigrants exit or pass through in buses: Metete, Lajas Blanca, and Boco Chiquito.
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