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As an American I don't get to hear about Canadian news here in the United States from any of our news outlets. So today I'd like to take a look at the current news and events happening in Canada right now. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
Having jasper burn down was a huge blow to us Canadians, it’s like Yellowstone or Yosemite burning down
towns in Canada burn down quite frequently, same with important national and provincial parks, mainly because of careless people...Its not a shocker, but still upsetting
For the Americans.
Jasper burning to the ground is the equvilant of Yosemite burning off.
This is very very bad.
@CakeInvasion11 very, very true!!! There is not a town there
@@juliesollis9262 I feel like an asshole for forgetting about the actual town of Jasper as well. My comparison was more like the natural beauty and I guess just amazingness in general of that region, the forest, national park. etc.
The town of Jasper and what has happened to the people and the memories and everything, was terrible. And I really hope that something will happen good for them.
@@ZyahCatDragonCat I understand 🙂 ♥️
@@CakeInvasion11 City? Wouldn’t call it a city.
@@LadyHeathersLairno; only a town; under 5000 permanent residents; plus some summer students. Many from the town of Hinton work in Jasper
Firefighters from all over the world have flown in to help battle the hundreds of fires, half of which are burning out of control.
Glad we could send firefighters to help out.
Think we heard about the Jasper fire in Australia a couple of weeks ago
@@alwynemcintyre2184Australia & New Zealand have sent crews to help Alberta wildfires.
@@auroraborealis1208 And Mexico and South Africa!!! South Africa came out last year too. They must like it, even if they are fighting fire.
@@juliesollis9262 Some of the international teams have arrived.
I live in the Kootenay Region. [Koot-Knee] Although I am not in any immediate danger, at least not yet, The smoke is getting thick over here. The sun is barely viisible during the worst parts of the day and the moon is Orange at night. Sending love to the brave firefighters out there working so hard to keep us all safe!!
...stay safe...
Tyler here’s a nice update - tomorrow Wednesday July 31st, all bottle depots in Alberta will be taking donations for Jasper. Just bring your bottles/cans and what money you would’ve gotten as a refund all 100% of it will go to helping rebuild Jasper. All you got to do is say “Donate to Jasper”. Every little bit helps…
Most jurisdictions in the USA do not have programs for recycle their bottles and empties.
If the wind shifts towards the States you’ll hear about it. Just like last year 😢
So very, very true, and Montana has fires that are affecting Calgary ( are everywhere West) by Air Quality😮😮. We had 10+ just recently...
@@juliesollis9262it’s all so sad
Damn straight 😮😮😮
Some Canadian seniors are wealthy, a bunch can’t afford to live in a bachelor apartment. Seniors should keep their discount.
Many are struggling just as much, if not more than the younger Genz. Not sure where that report came from but the only ones becoming wealthier are government officials not true Canadian Seniors.
I can only speak for my home. Belts are cinched but the bills are paid, insurance is paid, food in the cupboard. We only buy one tank of gas a month. We’re building our Christmas money steadily. It could be worse, but we’re on the final year of our mortgage so, things will get better.
Discounts should be based on income and the cost of living, not age. I have absolutely no problem with seniors in need getting help; they’ve earned it. I do have a problem with anybody getting help they don’t need.
I guess I should also acknowledge that “the cost of living” is higher for seniors than young people. Medications, paying for trips to the doctor’s office, home care, etc.
My dad is a poor senior and the gov cutting his pensions is ridiculous
We got evacuated from Jasper last week, Monday. Stuck in the Evacuation traffic jam for 3 hours. Finally got to our destination in BC at 4am. They ran out of beds. We pushed chairs together to make beds. Next day, Banff. They also had no space for us.
30% of the town burned. Milaigne Lake Lodge burned down, some business, a historic white church burned down, and it looks like also the library.
There were 400ft flames.
Controlled burns of deadwood was outlawed, and we had pine beetles. There was lightning with no rain, dry ground, and strong winds.
We went from slightly smokey to ash raining from the sky in mere hours. I am safe. No one got hurt.
Wildfire prevention program had its budget slash before this, also firefighters had their funds cut too.
A ridiculous amount of Alberta is on fire. BC is unfortunately used to being on fire, but Alberta is not.
We are currently waiting to hear when we can go back to town.
Edit to add:
The Firefighting team is doing amazing. This fire easily could have done much worse damage. Some of the fighters had to watch their own houses burn as they fought to save important buildings. 😢 I could only imagine...
Eesh. My cousins were there too. Wonder if they also didn't have anywhere to sleep
Glad you are okay. I fled the Ymm fire in 2016 & 2024 as well as 2017 Watertown Lakes fire.
They said the library was okay on the news
Sending my love from Ontario. I'm glad that you and yours got out safely!
Feel bad what is still happening… I’m in Alberta outside of Edmonton. I go to Jasper twice a year. Currently making art I hope to use as a shirt design. Then I hope to have cash donated to help. I have a learning disability. I’m on AISH. But hopefully some place may help.
As I type this, there are 349 active wildfires in BC... and the neighbouring province of Alberta is having a huge problem as well
Seniors don’t have steady income. Not all are wealthy. And when you need home care be prepared to pay $15,000 to $18,000 PER MONTH. Then see how “wealthy” you remain.
I'm one of those people on "fixed income"" due to health issues, inflation basically wiped out my pension from the time I was able to work and the government pension isn't growing nearly as fasts as inflation is ...
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I've had a couple family members in home care. Roughly 4200 monthly average.
Definitely not $18000 a month here in Ontario. Like you said around 4-5 thousand a month which is already way too much. @@natashac.m.8088
@@natashac.m.8088 I’m hoping that cost is workable for your family members, and if so, I’m glad that your loved ones are getting what they need.
I have a family member who needed home care 24 hrs, then 12 hrs/day after a hospital stay. That’s what it cost. She can’t afford any more than 4 hrs a day help now, needs more and more help (it really should be 24 hrs) and is on a waitlist for a spot in a nursing home. I called a newer home I heard of close to where she lives and they have no subsidized rooms, only private care. The $15,000 plus was their base price, with add-ons for nearly every additional service required. (This was consistent with the place she thought she might want to go, that we had looked into before it was needed.)
I can also say she makes nowhere near $4200/month, if she were to be able to find adequate care for that amount. I don’t know what amount of money kids think all these “wealthy” seniors have access to.
The fires that destroyed so much of Jasper’s history are incredibly heartbreaking. The town and national park are loved by Canadians and people around the world. A visit to Jasper cannot be forgotten.
All 25,000 people who lived, worked and visited Jasper were evacuated with only one accessible highway out. Two wildfires combined in the National Park with a wall of flames over 400 feet high. The fire is expected to burn for months. So sad.
Rent is stupid expensive in Canada and yes it is legal to evict people from the place they are living sighting personal use as in the owner landlord is moving in or for a family member.
This is why I am living on my sailboat.
Much of this is a ploy to raise the rent by having the family member live there for a year so after the year sometimes less sometimes the family member doesn't even move in basically a scam. It is as I said a ploy to get people out do some minor updates the raise the rent, this is totally illegal but rarely caught or reported.
As a senior I can attest to the fact that I am not wealthier this year than I was in 2020.
I make a little more, but costs have gone up more than my income increase.
What always irked me is that I still pay school taxes as a senior. First, I never had kids but can understand contributing to education. However, once I retired on a pension income, why am I still paying for other peoples' kids. Many seniors barely get by yet are paying school taxes for kids from families that make over $100,000. I barely made half that in my lifetime of working 40 years and lived on my single income all my life. Heating, food, electricity, taxes and many expenses are the same or more for seniors. As far as housing, seniors are expected to be satisfied living in an apartment or condo....or a seniors' complex because they can no longer afford or manage upkeep of their own home. All the homes being built are McMansions that no single either needs nor can afford.
@@susieq9801 I think the reasoning is that if everyone pays, it becomes less of a burden on each one. Same as Canadian health coverage. I paid my whole working life and only went to the Dr. when I was sick. I haven't been to a Dr. In 5 years. But I know some people that go several times a year for nothing. And I think it's because they don't pay directly out of pocket for those visits.
If they did I think that their visits would become far less frequent.
@@Wishes890 - I understand that and didn't mind paying until I retired but, unlike health care that everyone uses as some point, I had no kids and when I retired my property tax portion for schools is very high. I was walking my dog one day and a kid @10 or 12 gave me a finger and said "F you" through the back window of the bus. I got on the bus and the kid almost soiled himself. I was paying for his education and the bus. Got info (not his name) from the driver and that kid will never do it again. Now THAT is education, LOL. I also agree that some abuse the health care system. I worked in an ER and some of the stupid stuff people came in for was a total waste of time and taxpayers' money.
@@susieq9801 Thete are probably government programs for assistance for you. Listen to me, talking like you don't know that already. Sorry.
@@Wishes890 - While I find things like school taxes at 75 a bit redundant, I'm not referring only to me. I know there are a lot of seniors out there who are isolated and just scraping by. I have no family to turn for help either but am doing fine. I'll survive. Many don't have family resources for back up and aren't doing fine.
Amazing how you haven't heard about the wildfire here in Jasper, but we've heard about the ones in California.
Banning of Canadian news on social media and such likely has a lot to do with us seeing a lot more American than Canadian news these days..
Well it was on CNN.
I'm not amazed at all. The only news worth reporting in the US is about the US. That is their unspoken montra.
You need to realize that almost all shootings make the news in Canada including the national news not just a small percentage of them. In the USA many shootings only make the local news if reported on at all. This gives the false impression that there are a lot more than one might think in Canada. Shootings are a big story up here.,
Haven’t really seen much of the car thefts on the news tho. Seems like they are trying to ignore it.
@@lindenbyrne7725exactly….they don’t want to get us citiznes triggered😂we are anyway!!
@@dianehansma1725 XD
@@lindenbyrne7725 That tracks to be honest. Car thefts are common and less newsworthy than the rare shootings we experience.
They publicize shootings because they want to promote taking away guns. That’s why.
If we all want to eat....food can’t grow without bees
still around 250 forest fire in BC. 30% of town of Jasper has burned.
Jasper burning down is a huge deal. My son and wife were out on holidays for a week and left the day before. All the trails they were on are gone. When they were there about 40 k ppl were there. When he left 20k were leaving. When ppl visit Jasper majority of ppl are out on trails first thing and come back at supper. About 12.5 thousand of the 20k tourists were out in lakes, on mountains, on trails. Then the fires started and many were trapped coming back. Rescues were huge.
Jasper is a magical place for anyone that visits. Ppl all over the world come there. Many celebs and royalty have stayed. It is where generations come back over and over. The mountain town has an amazing community of residents of close to 5000. Add 20k ppl from all over and thats about a city of ppl being rescued from all over. Ppl were jumping in rivers and lakes with wildlife to escape a wall of fire between 300 - 400 feet tall. Then the ash falling too. Many trail horse and ranch horses set free and trailered out. Over 80 plus trailered. It was a huge operation to rescue.
Jasoer has an amazing atmosphere like no other place in the world and one of the most beautiful in the world too. Winter is skiing and snowboarding and one of the best in the world.
Jasper fires are a huge loss. I havent stopped crying and feel so bad for the residents who lost their homes and businesses. I doubt skiing will happen for awhile because the trees are burned down which will make it very avalanche risky.
Jasper bear is okay,
Tram is being evaluated
Outlook cabin safe (Royal family have stayed there)
JPL lost some buildings but main lodge & clubhouse safe
70% of townsite okay
Bear 222 and her twins survived by taking shelter in wetlands by river, eating berries & clover on golf course.
Hospital, fire hall, seniors complex, schools, rec centre, as well as other municipal infrastructure okay
Im suprised you guys down there dont know, we have a lot and I mean a lot of guns up here, they are harder to get legally than down there but we love our guns too lol, lots of us are hunters and sport shooter so of course occasionally someone does something bad with them, also that thing about Canadian seniors being wealthier is utter bullshit. As a paralegal from ontario (here a paralegal can do almost everything a lawyer can do) I can answer that own use laws state a landlord can evict any tennant by giving them enough time if the landlord intends to move into or move family members into a property they own.
Realistically it is not even that much harder to get guns in canada. You have to do a 2 day course, pass a test that of you failed you definitely shouldn't have a gun. And pass a background check. Then you can literally have guns mailed to your front door.
My cousin is a fire fighter, specialised in forest fires.
We grew up in northern Ontario. So he trained specifically to help protect the wilderness we love.
I always worry when there is a big fire he has to go fight. He’s my baby cousin, and it’s dangerous work!
No Canadian senior that I know is wealthy. That report is a disservice to the hundreds of thousands of seniors living on government pensions close to or under the poverty line. That CBC report is unbalanced and risky as it plants the idea that senior services should be cut. That would literally be fatal to so many senior Canadians.
We can guess who floated that idea. PP and the CPC don't care about anyone but themselves, and Justin is clueless about low-income people.
Fire can reburn on the unspent fuel.
A friend of ours moved to Jasper and has been working at that hotel for years and now it's gone 😥
To any Jasper residents who may read this, if you have home insurance with Wawanesa and are unaware, they help with living expenses. Please reach out to them if you haven't.
For everyone else, Wawanesa is an absolutely awesome insurance company to deal with. I was evacuated last year and they were so helpful. They were even the very first insurance company to show up where we were evacuated. To the rep that helped us in Edmonton in 2023, I still remember how helpful you were.
All the insurance companies should provide this coverage under "Additional Living Expenses". It's usually a set percentage of your dwelling value listed on your policy. Definitely contact your broker, no matter who you're insured with.
@@Nyenna96 I should have clarified that this is for the evacuation and they pay it out even if your home is interacted; I heard from people with other providers last year that they didn't have this coverage.
Some good news for you, Canada won it's first ever gold medal in Judo and Summer won gold for 400m swim at the Olympics this week. So at least there is some happy news for you from Canada.
I don't understand why American news is not covering this, even just a little bit... BC AND AB, are having firefighters from Mexico, South Africa, and Australia... always Trump, Trump, and more Trump...
I'm not surprised the majority of Americans are very "the universe revolves around America and nothing else exists".
@@kamazula Tyler, as well as anothers people, have said that but not in the way that you and me might says it that 😉😉😂😂
Jasper is A HUGE TOURIST TOWN. MANY ppl comes all over the world to visit. As a Canadian it is heart breaking that it happened.
No bees, no food. Seniors wealthier? You've got to shitting me! Half of seniors have had to sell their homes just to live. They then pay exorbitant rental costs, or worse yet, end up homeless. Young people want everything for nothing, yet have not as yet contributed toward anything.
not in BC. many are very wealthy
@@ThomwoththeWeather... and many are not!!!
The evacuation of Jasper was outstanding, with no injuries, or fatalities! The population of the town is only around 5000, but 25 000 tourists and back country hikers were evacuated without incident, on a single route. The sad part because of crossing provincial boundaries, residents had extremely long drives to evacuation centres in Calgary, and Grande Prairie. Fortunately seniors and disabled were able to be accommodated in Valemount,BC.
About 1/3 of the structures have been destroyed in Jasper. It was on news reports all over the world last Tuesday- Thursday (including CNN) The town was evacuated (25,000 people including residents and tourists) late Monday night (July 22) and the fire moved into the town the evening of July 23 pushed by strong winds and with flames 300 feet in the air. The fire is still near the town and not under control with hot, dry conditions expected later this week. On a positive note - the tramway, Jasper the bear (at the base of the tramway) is fine, and the bulk of the Jasper Park Lodge is intact, although damaged.
Positive news? Céline Dion at oppening ceremony, wow! Fabulous!
The only time you'll hear about Canadian Fires is when the smoke crosses the border and the Americans have to explain where the smoke came from.
There's a thread for Canadian news on the Star Trek forum I belong to. It was someone from Ontario who first mentioned the Jasper fire, and an American who tagged me to ask if I was okay (they know I live in Alberta).
As a Canadian I just want to let the international community know how appreciative we are for your nation's help with our forest fires. Mexico, South Africa, USA, Portugal, Spain, Costa Rica, Chile, and any that I am forgetting yall are some real ones.
One Canadian senior here to tell you that, as a pensioner, I am decidedly NOT wealthier than ever! The price of most of my groceries have almost doubled, but my pension has NOT gone up in a commensurate way. A flat of regular pork steaks is about $17. !!! A pound of salted butter is almost $8.00 !!! I just did my monthly shopping. It cost about $350. just to keep me and my dog from starvation for the next month. I still have to pay for power, phone and internet AND I have to pay for transportation and other incidentals! I am definitely NOT rolling in the dough. Of course seniors discounts are still needed. I would like to have enough money to get a hair cut and perm, and get my dog groomed once a year. But this is the life of a senior citizen under Trudeau's "benevolent" government!
Another Canadian senior here. My husband and I are both "lucky" to have private pensions on top of our CPP but I too was shocked just yesterday that butter was $7.99 a pound! When the heck did that happen? We're in a tiny (~2,000 people) rural Alberta town so it's not even like we have the ability to shop around, there's only one grocery store here. I can't imagine trying to only live on CPP as many do :(
In Ontario, not sure about rest of Canada, landlords can just decide one day they want to live in the apartment and can legally evict you for it.
Horrendous!
Sadly same in Québec. They usually use that clause when reno-viction didn't worked since it's more paperwork.
Not really. I went through this. I rented half my house for extra money and when I got married I wanted the whole house so if you don’t plan on renting it again you can evict. It’s also not surprising if you had a rental property and set rent. You can’t just up peoples rent by law so when interest rates went up the landlord are losing money. So will evict and live in the place instead. Why it’s important to get into a home and not rent
Not all bad faith is on the landlord side. I rented a couple of rooms to help my mortgage. They decided to stop paying 10mos ago. I may lose my home. I've served numerous times to have them vacate and they basically told me to go f myself. I've had to call RCMP several times including when one of their sketchy friends threatened a friend with r@pe.
Manitoba is the same. Also, check out the asshat landlord in Winnipeg that has been evicting people for "renovations", but does it illegally on a Friday afternoon when there's no one the tenants can complain to until Monday.
Albertan here… we get lots of fires in the province but yep watching Jasper in horror has been pretty painful. Slave lake and Ft McMurray were absolutely heart stopping, Jasper is different and we all know why. Words can not describe it, never mind being a UNESCO site… but the people are okay, physically, that’s what matters.
This is Alberta, we will rebuild!
Jasperites, we got you! ❤
The fire destroyed 30 percent of the town of Jasper. FIrefighters have stopped all fires burning in the town, but fires are still ongoing in the National Park and there's concern that they will turn and come back on the townsite. Here in Calgary and many other places in Alberta have smoked filled skies orangey and ominous and causing everyone trouble breathing. A lot of it seems to be moving out now.
Bee hivesvwere broken into and destroyed near me too in Ontario but cameras actually caught bears destroying them!
As someone who lives in the Okanagan Valley in BC, the wildfires are crazy. Last year I nearly lost my entire neighborhood to the West Kelowna wildfire that was literally on the other side of the mountain where I live. I was also evacuated back in 2014 or 2015, can’t remember, and was on evacuation alert for several others over the years. I also have family in Alberta. Some live in Jasper, unfortunately their house was part of the 1/3 that get destroyed. Fortunately they are all safe.
If you want to read some more crazy wildlife news, look up the 2003 Kelowna wildfire and 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire. Those two were some of the biggest wildfires in Canadian History.
S.N.: I’m born 2001, and was visiting my grandparents in Alberta at the time. So I don’t know much about the 2003 Kelowna fire. But my mom got a nice fire relief fundraiser shirt to help support those who were affected by it. My Family also got shirts for the 2023 one as well.
The story about senior discounts takes on a different perspective to an accountant like me. They were always about profits, not helping seniors.
When deciding prices, companies in perfect competition choose a price where demand equals supply. But that leaves areas where there is still supply that they can make profit on. They analyze who would most likely be willing to pay a lower price but not full price then offer a discount to that group, usually seniors. In a monopoly the regular price is chosen slightly differently but the discount is chosen the same way
My heart goes out to those in Jasper. Over one third of the town burned. They were able to save some public structures but many neighborhoods and small businesses burned
It's not just Toronto having a housing crisis, people are facing evictions everywhere, tent encampments in pretty much every small town , not just larger cities. Homelessness is becoming rampant throughout Canada
Canada's population has more than doubled during my life, and so has its problems.
If the Bee Bandit was from Winnipeg, It must be Winnie the Pooh!
Hey, I live about 45 mins away from Jasper… it still continues to go on. The fire crews save the major infrastructures like hospital, fire hall etc. sadly it affected the more historical part of the town. The military got there yesterday so things are getting better.
Ontario has rent control. If your unit was built before 2018, your landlord can only raise your rent by the amount the government dictates (currently 2.5%). The landlord in this case, has given his tenants two months notice that he wants to move a family member into their unit. This is happening more often because tenants who have been living in the same unit for several years are likely paying less than half the rent that the landlord could get if he could rent to new tenants. Your annual rent increase is limited while you live their, but once you move out, a new tenant can be charged market rent.
In units created after 2018, this isn't an issue because the landlord can increase your rent once per year to market rent.
This is only going to get worse as many small landlords are selling their condos, houses, and semis. The people buying them want to live their themselves reducing the number of rentals in the province.
I am so excited that you covered the story from Saskatoon (where I live). The Saskatoon Berries (funniest name for a sports team, by far). The community really rallied around her and supported her, bringing so much joy. Such a beautiful thing to do.
Most of the people from Jasper are now homeless and staying in Edmonton and Calgary.
Wildfires all over northern Manitoba too. My brother is doing drywall in God's Lake, and the smoke is so bad, the planes can't land so they can't evacuate. He says the fire would have to jump the lake to get to them but they have no way out and the smoke is really bad.
You take the edge off of our news. Thank you.
Thanks again for your honest reaction. Great video!
My years just flowed when this was happening. With relatives in Edmonton and Calgary that Jasper, Lake Louise, Banff Corridor has always been part of my life. When I hear Jasper I think of one trip when we stopped for gas on the main drag. Residential streets running down to the Main Street..down the street comes a herd of elk...just comfortably crossed the street to munch on the grass at the train station. 🙏 Got all my fellow Canadians in Jasper.
Tyler, you should look more into the tracker who found the missing horse in your ‘Crazy Journey’ story. He’s an interesting dude. He’s also been a search and rescue volunteer. His name is Terry Grant, and he was on a hugely successful show called Man Tracker. It was a contest where a pair of people would set out from a drop point, and have to navigate to a finish line. But in between was always some very rugged landscapes in the US and Canada. After the couple gets a head start, Terry (Man Tracker) sets out on his horse from a different point, and he has to catch them. They can do almost anything to hide their tracks, disguise themselves, and generally fool him. He’s very good, and caught most contestants before they’d make it to the finish line. You would probably find the show interesting to react to. He lives about 20 mins from me. Really nice guy, but he’s scary on the show. Lol.
Half or 1 third of Jasper is Burnt down. So many small towns now are being burnt down.
You should read about Africville, it was a black community in Halifax that was destroyed in the 1970s to make way for new developments and eventually the second bridge crossing to and from Dartmouth
And some of the land was also expropriated to build the Fairview Cove Container Port.
Jasper was burned down to the ground and instead of our prime minister helping out he went on vacation with his family he thought that was more important
It was reported on BBC.
There are now many many out of control wildfires in BC. And fire fighters coming from Australia and New Zealand
One third of the town got burned
6:41 actually Canada is worse than the US for total crime. This is mainly because it is very heavily concentrated into a few areas of Canada, with cities like Toronto, Vancouver or Montreal being good for US standards. But if you look at rural Western Canada (Alberta, BC, Manitoba, Saskatchewan) and the cities of Edmonton and Winnipeg; they are shocking bad for US standards
Maybe it is all in our imagination....I mean didn’t 45 tell us there is no such thing as global warming.
Yes, California is burning up.
It’s NOT global warming. Fires are normal in the Boreal forest..and necessary for forest health. Unfortunately people don’t realize this. Bugs destroyed the trees making them dry and fodder for fire. Normal. Every year. Since forever. Not worse.
Ya wanted to know how bad the Jasper fire was, but you breezed past 2 or 3 videos in the article.
He'll probably do a more focused video on it next.
Hi & unfortunately about 1/3 of the town of Jasper has burnt. Hugh evacuations, many people have been displaced. Even one of the Firemen watched his own home burn while protecting city infrastructure. It has been happening for awhile. We do get shootings as well. So far no deaths that I have heard of. Also, Bees are big business here and there especially in the making of honey.
We Seniors are doing better, but we forget to teach our youngsters how to shop, I do see a few younger people using discounts at grocery. Affordable housing is at a crisis everywhere. Wildfires have been an issue all up and down the West Coast of Canada & USA. Life can be disgusting all over ain't just here. You did click on the Gordie Howe Bridge which will be completed next year, something for your to look up. HAGD
Apparently, all you need to do is take the queen bee And rest of the hive will follow, how correct that is I do not know.
Years ago, a rent increase meant $20- 40 a month. (I'm old ), but these days an increase means an additional $500, or more, per month.
In the 80's, I lived in a little town in BC. My apt rent increaesed 6 times in 11 years. The first time was $12 a month. I remember complaining to my mom. ha
We live in London Ontario, and renovictions are what most of us talk about. On the other side of our retaining wall, there are two homeless encampments. Lots of bad faith evictions.
It’s a common landlord scam to claim that the tenants need to move because the landlord wants to move family in. Then the landlord doesn’t move family in and re-rents the suite at an inflated rate. It is legal to evict for “own use” of the landlord or their family. BUT Under the law, landlord must live in the property for six months or the “own use” eviction is illegal and the tenants can sue for a year’s (?) amount of rent.
I was on my way to Jasper stopped to camp in Banff last Monday. The storm blew through thunder and lighting. Little did I know that the friends I was going to visit in Jasper were being evacuated while I slept. Next day highway to Jasper closed. I went home. They had a 2 day road trip to finally get a place to sleep. Everyone got out even the back country hikers got pulled out by helicopter.
Own use evictions is where a landlord says they need the property back for their own use, either the landlord wants to move in or a relative. It depends on where you live as to how much notice they have to give but it is legal to evict people so that you can move in. The thing is, some landlords evict and then "change their mind" and re-rent - and THAT is illegal. The reason is that in many areas [not sure if everywhere, but a lot of places] there is a cap on rent increases - for example, here in Vancouver where I live, the rent can only be increased once a year and it is limited to the annual rate of inflation. So people who have lived there for many years end up with much lower rent than the average. Like, if I moved out of where I am, the apartment would then be rented at about triple what I am paying.
The only discount for seniors at McDonalds is a slightly cheaper coffee.....that's it.
You can evict a tenant if you intend to move into, or move family into, a rental unit. Some landlord's use this loophole to get rid of tenants in order to replace them with tenants paying a much higher rate. I'm not sure if they have to actually move family into the unit for a period of time.
More seniors than not are struggling. Not just financially, but with loneliness, loss of meaning, depression, housing difficulties. Long term care placement struggles.
That does not negate that the younger generation isn't also having difficulties.
In Canada there are 6 major banks - it's very different from the US. Here we have the Toronto Dominion, Royal Bank, the Bank of Montreal, Scotiabank, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, and the National Bank. All of them have branched everywhere. Oh yes, and you bank card from any of them work in back machines at all of them, though you may have a service charge if you use an ATM at a different bank.
Alberta has over 150 active wildfires right now. The town of Jasper has been about 30% destroyed. The smoke was pretty bad in Calgary a few days ago as a result of the fire. And it is still active.
"Is Jasper the Bear ok?!?" Was my wifes first response to the news
Yes Jasper the bear is GOOD !!!
@@violethay1634 that's good news
Me too! Glad he's okay, but very sad for the south part of the town.
Bees are on the endangered species list - Albert Einstein said “if the bee disappears off the face of the earth - man will have only four years to live!”
One little piece of good news: There have been no wild fires in the Okanagan Valley in southern B.C. so far this year. The weather has been great so far this summer, and the air has been free of any smoke! This is in contrast to the scary summer fires that plagued Kelowna last year. They were so bad that the fire even jumped across Okanagan Lake.
So rejoice for us that we have by God's grace been spared this year.
It scares me the puck out of us, too. Guns are coming north into Canada while illegal pot is heading south to the USA. ( pot is legal here but it is grown under license. Pot not grown with a license is illegal pot.
This Jasper news has had me devistated. I am in Alberta and have been in a wildfire devistation before. I am so sad about Jasper. I have cried over this many times...
They brought in literal Mantracker to find the horse!
Tyler scrolls down the list, and I keep saying "don't do Alice Munro, don't do Alice Munro".....
I spent about 10 years in Jasper and that was about 30 years ago. We would often take a quick trip to the city and it was my return on those treks that stays firmly in my mind. About half an hour outside of town I would feel this calm come over me and think to myself - life is good. I'm guessing displaced townsfolk will likely not get back for another month or so. thoughts and prayers, thoughts and prayers...
Here in Saskatchewan, we have over 400 fires buurning in our arborio forest. That makes 3 wesrtern provinces with large forest fires burning!😢 God bless all of the firefighters from other countries who have sent to help all of ours to get get get the fires under control!
Own-use evictions happen when the landlord wants to move into their own property and therefore have to evict the current tenants. Some landlords might use this as an excuse to kick lower-paying (than market rent) tenants out, which is against the law (many provinces have laws that favour tenants over owners, Alberta is one of the few that has more favourable laws for owners).
It's one of those things that has to be tracked on a situation by situation basis, since there will be plenty of landlords currently feeling the pressures of multiple mortgages and genuinely have a need to move into previously rented places. But there are always those who try to get away with breaking the rules in order to have higher cash flow.
One thing to note is that the banks in Canada are bracing for troubling times. The mortgages from the pandemic are coming due (2, 3 and 5 year terms are common here), when many people moved out of the city centers and also refinanced at MUCH lower interest rates. The interest rates have gone up a lot, and with them, the new payments will be far higher and harder for people to cover.
There are three seasons in Canada... winter, construction and wildfire
don’t forget the spring floods
Hockey and football
that makes six seasons, eh
85%. Is less than double the number and it’s all in TO. Choosing to move your family into your extra unit. We have a huge housing initiative for housing similar to but updated, war time housing.
Jasper had a pine beetle infestation that killed a lot of trees in the area. The dead trees caused a huge fire concern. This happened seven years ago! The issue was brought up in parliament at the time. The federal government said it would be addressed, and they did nothing. They do far less to address the problem of wild fires than you may think.
The feds gave Alberta millions for the purpose of dealing with pine beetles and dead trees. Of course the money went POOF! and the UCP has no idea what happened to it. But DanYell and her political buddies have been taking an awful lot of lavish trips this past year. Kinda makes you go "hmm."
Those "tears" when talking about Jasper are fake. She was literally flipping pancakes at a rodeo while the fires were burning.
There are currently over 300 fires in BC alone, ranging from under control to the point where people are evacuated.
Guy got shot by my house.
My friend, whose parents live by me. Heard about it on the Vancouver news, where he lives.
I live in the Ottawa burbs across the country.
Both of the teens who robbed the 7yr old, had outstanding probation issues already, at approx 12 and 14. They threatened the 7 yr old with a knife.
Due to the Young Offenders Act, their names will not be released and their records will not carry forward as adults.
I am from Saskatchewan. Yes the girl was robbed at her lemonade stand in Saskatoon. It has to do with high drug usage, aboriginal people living on the edge, etc etc. But there is a lot of good here too. If we could get a handle on the drug addiction crisis things would be better.
Scotiabank weren't the only employees not paid because of the tech issue. Any employees on direct deposit with Scotiabank were affected no matter where they work. Also, pensions and other direct deposits were affected. Glad they fixed it. Scotiabank started in Nova Scotia but is national now
Own Use is basically being falsely used to force perfectly good tenants who qualify for the Rent Controls out of their apartments so the landlords can turn around and re-rent the properties at a higher rate. It is meant for the landlords or their immediate family to be able to move in, but that is not what is happening. Falsely claiming own use is actually illegal, but most landlords just don't care.
Youth NEEEDS more than seniors!
Ask somebody in their 30s what they need and the list goes on forever. If you ask an elderly person what they need they’re gonna say nothing.
Hey Tyler I have a video idea. You should play geoguessr but on an only Canadian map. Geoguessr is a game where google maps puts you in a random place on earth and you guess where you are but you can pick the map so I think you should pick a Canadian map
Tyler, before reacting to a news story, you should REALLY make sure the report is up to date and that the source is
reputable. Some sources overlook the real story and focus on the sensational. IT took 6 days before it was confirmed that 90% of the main commercial street, the one that every visitor to Jasper would recall, actually survived the fire.
I live east of Jasper. Heads should roll for this. So much of the town is gone, let alone the wildlife lost in the forest as it burnt through. These fires are over AB and BC. It's damn sad. Jasper National Park is controlled by the federal government. Had Trudeau used our taxpayer dollars for forest maintenance instead of sending every dollar overseas, the undergrowth would have been maintained. Another reason among so many as to why I can't wait for Pierre Poilievre to become PM!
Poilievre is weird, he should never be PM.
@@katyroseable If I have to choose between the Soi-Boi and Pierre, I'll choose the common sense person every time, and it ain't Trudeau.
@@myowndrum286
I wouldn't choose either of those, I much prefer Mr. Singh.
@@katyroseable What?? His head is so far up Trudeau's arse his nose looks like Soi-Boi's Adam's apple. None of the crap that has been passed would have happened if Singh wasn't a sell-out puppet!
Damn the fact that they got Mantracker to look, no wonder they found the horse haha