Wind turbines shut down at -30 C to prevent them from shattering
due to cold brittle behavior of the materials that they are made of.
"Lethbridge was -30 as was Drumheller, according to The Weather Network."
Actually we have known a solid week of minus forty quite often over the years in Central Alberta.
Also, snow accumulations and ice storms are bound to shut off solar at least for a while.
Here is the AESO forecast FWIW.
https://www.aeso.ca/grid/grid-planning/forecasting/wind-and-solar-power-forecasting/
Ottawa Funded the China Ferry Deal—Then Pretended to Oppose It
While Beijing-backed hackers infiltrated Canadian telecoms, federal and B.C. leaders quietly financed a billion-dollar shipbuilding deal with a Chinese state firm—then tried to pass the buck.
https://theoppositionnewsnetwork.substack.com/p/ottawa-funded-the-china-ferry-dealthen
Some of these things I still miss
I grew up without safe spaces.
I grew up without trigger warnings.
I drank water from the hose.
I ate peanuts in class.
None of us wore a helmet.
Kids got hurt. We fell down. And we signed a lot of casts.
We couldn’t pause TV. We’d call out “It’s on!” as soon as the commercials started to end (for those who had left the room). And we watched our favourite shows as a family.
There was no next day delivery.
There was no bundle this with that.
There was no internet. Skip the Dishes didn’t exist.
Fast food was not the norm. It was easier to eat healthy. There were home phones. There was VH.........
