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Edmonton area hit by 2nd-strongest winds on record in Thursday storm
A powerful thunderstorm swept through Edmonton Thursday night, prompting an emergency warning before the area was hit by the strongest wind gusts in nearly 60 years. Winds in the region reached up to 129 km/h, which marks the second-strongest gusts ever recorded in the city, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC). "We're expecting wind gusts of, generally speaking, 90 km/h, maybe 100 km/h out of those [thunderstorms]," said Alysa Pederson, an warning preparedness meteorologist for the agency. ECCC said the storm developed from a strong low-pressure system and cold front, which is typical of Alberta's summer thunderstorm season. But this event was more intense than usual, prompting a rare "broadcast intrusive" alert, reserved for only the most severe conditions, Pederson said. The storm moved in fast, hitting the Edmonton International Airport around 7:15 p.m. MT Thursday, causing structural damage to a few buildings and the windows of vehicles in several lots. "It was a quick one. It came through here in about four minutes from start to finish," said Erin Isfeld, the Edmonton International Airport's manager of corporate communications. "We really came through this pretty much unscathed, when you think about damage to structures and vehicles; that kind of thing can be replaced or fixed. What we're really happy about is that no one was injured." she said. Airport officials had a few minutes' warning before the storm struck and moved quickly to protect staff and travelers. The airport closed its departure-level ramp in case of flying debris, and personnel ushered people into the terminal to ensure their safety, Isfeld said. Four flights were diverted to Calgary, and the airport experienced a short ground delay. Operations resumed within an hour. Airport staff knew the storm was coming, Isfeld said, "but I'm not too sure anybody really anticipated winds of 129 km/h." "We haven't seen winds here at Edmonton International like that for the last 60 years," she said. "So [it's] a very rare event to happen here." Pederson, of ECCC, said Edmonton last experienced stronger winds on Oct. 1, 1965, when gusts reached 146 km/h. The storm caused damage across several Edmonton neighbourhoods and surrounding areas. Trees were uprooted or snapped, and debris damaged some homes, fences, vehicles and power lines. Kolton Canning, an arbourist and owner of Trusty Tree Services, said his business' phones haven't stopped ringing. "We are struggling to keep up and we have a very specialized team and system to deal with this," he said. His crews are removing a massive fallen trees, including a 21-metre pine that crashed onto a home, he said. They're dealing with a variety of trees, but a lot of pines and spruce fell on cars, sheds, houses and fences, he said, adding that areas like Brookside, Sherwood Park and Fort Saskatchewan were hit particularly hard. In the aftermath, EPCOR reported four power outages affecting 37 customers in various parts of Edmonton, but crews restored power by the end of the night. "While our electrical system is designed to handle a wide variety of conditions, outages do occur for a variety of reasons, including high winds and storms," EPCOR said in a statement. Residents are urged not to approach downed power lines or branches tangled in electrical wires. Instead, they should stay 10 metres back and report it to 911 or the utility company, EPCOR said. "We will send a crew with proper safety equipment to remove the object and repair any damage," the company said. Pederson, from ECCC, noted that climate change could cause more events like this. "We are seeing impacts of climate change across Alberta, across western North America. The further north you are, the greater that change is," she said.
CBC
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Q+A: Why the Yukon Chamber of Commerce could go out of business
Chambers of commerce aren't exempt from the same economic laws as their members —if expenses are higher than revenue, your days are numbered. That's the situation the Yukon Chamber of Commerce now finds itself in. Members will vote next month on whether to wind down the organization, or try to keep going with a new board. Managing director Patti Balsillie spokes to Yukon Morning host Elyn Jones about the situation. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. So we laid out some of the reasons that the chamber is is considering shutting down. Tell us more about the Yukon Chamber and how you got to this place. There's loosely 17 to 20 trade-related non-profit organizations designed for advocacy that are all trying to vie for additional member benefits and services and programs to attract revenue. This is not a situation that happened in three months. Since COVID, I think business communities have had to decide how and where to spend their money and they're looking for strong value and non-redundancy. So I think the state of today is an operational model that didn't respond to those changes. Where does the chamber's funding come from? Twenty per cent of revenue or less is member revenue. So if you imagine any NGO office having at least one staff person, that's $100,000 in wages and rent etc. So when you have more members, you need to diversify revenue streams from event sponsorship, delivery of services, anything that might have a fee for service and of course Yukon government funding. Over time, I think the momentum behind the role of the Yukon chamber has been distracted with fundraising and finding its relevancy. Forty years ago there was not the plethora of NGOs and today we're in a very noisy space. I, as a small business person, have five industry memberships right now either for professional development or networking or advocacy, and it's not sustainable. Would it make more sense in your mind to have one umbrella organization that would advocate for all those groups? Is that what you're proposing? I'm not proposing anything. I'm getting out of the way to let the membership decide. The owners of the organization are those who vote and pay membership. And so the members meeting is June 11th. It's their call on how they want to proceed. We have a motion to dissolve. Should they not support that motion, there needs to be an 'OK, then what?' And it needs to have a volunteer tsunami behind it. The current organization, the current board on their behalf, they are extremely disappointed to have to arrive at this place. It's been really tough and they've rolled up their sleeves to say, 'What do we do? If not this, then what? How do we not take responsibility?' We also have businesses to run and families to look after. How much of an issue has has member turnover been? I'm gonna say it's been a 50 per cent or greater turnover with resignations by board members for all kinds of reasons including business is busy and they have to pick their time. Volunteer hours are at a premium right now. Why is having a Yukon Chamber of Commerce important? We have over 10,000 people living or more living outside of the City of Whitehorse who are also running businesses and facing challenges with roads or waste or taxes or labour and they need an advocacy voice. And the Yukon chamber came into play in 1985 because of that. Today those businesses remain, their challenges are different yet similar and they need a leadership voice.
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Genesis Centre event surely an orchid lover's delight
Genesis Centre event surely an orchid lover's delight The Calgary Orchid Show kicks off at the Genesis Centre, with vendors from all over the world in town for the event, along with local growers.
