Reducing Roads Could Boost Nation's Number One Threat...Bears!

Ray Wert — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:30:00 EDT

A study conducted by biologists Scott Nielsen and Mark Boyce at the University of Alberta indicates if road density is not reduced in logging areas, the grizzly population may continue its decline in the Canuckian province. Apparently, roads in and out of logging areas increase the animals' risk of death though human-bear conflict, vehicle-caused collisions, poaching and displacement from feeding and habitat areas. It's estimated there are currently less than 500 grizzly bears in Alberta. You know what this means people — we can't let up. We must build more logging roads in Alberta. Come on people, remember, we're fighting them over there so we don't have to fight them over here from taking our honey and picnic baskets. [Physorg]

Skip 'John School', Have Your Car Seized, Eh?

Davey G. Johnson — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:30:00 EDT

Molson-swilling solicitors of prostitutes have something new to worry about in the great province of Alberta. While our neighbors to the north generally don't crack down on johns as hard as many American municipalities, they do who cruise for ladies of the evening to require the men to attend "John School."

But apparently explaining why they may need a day to themselves to wives or co-workers has proven problematic for the johns, so police in Alberta decided that the way to make attendance compulsory was to threaten to take the mens' vehicles. Meanwhile, in a bout of typical bout of Canadian politeness laced with loathing for all involved, a the president of the Alberta Civil Liberties Union thinks the police shouldn't have the right to make laws. Oh, Canada. – Davey G. Johnson

Alberta law will let police seize johns' cars [Globe and Mail]

Jalopnik: alberta

Reducing Roads Could Boost Nation's Number One Threat...Bears!

Skip 'John School', Have Your Car Seized, Eh?