This weekly column features news stories and event announcements from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as The Inland Northwest. We also mention companies of interest to preppers and survivalists that are located in the American Redoubt region. Today, we focus on the Wexit Alberta campaign. (See the Region-Wide section.)
Region-Wide
SurvivalBlog reader TZ sent this news about our neighbors to the north: Wexit: Will Alberta Ditch Canada? Here is a pointed quote:
“The term ‘western alienation’ has entered the national lexicon, becoming just as Canadian as ‘grab your toque’ or ‘a kerfuffle at the hockey rink.’
Despite being rich in resources and contributing a great deal to the gross domestic product, this part of the country feels disrespected, shunned, unequal, and underrepresented. From the perspective of westerners, the frustration is warranted; Ottawa seemingly concentrates primarily on the economic juggernaut of Ontario and the sensitive vote-rich province of Quebec. From the vantage point of other provinces and territories, the sentiment is: What about me? There is a reason people joke that Toronto thinks it is the only city in Canada, as well as the center of the universe.”
JWR’s Comment: If the Wexit Alberta campaign is successful, then I’d be happy to see them join the American Redoubt!
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Over at the Spokesman-Review newspaper web site: Your Outdoors Photos: October 2019
Idaho
Ada County sees nearly 23-percent increase in registered voters since 2015
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Oh, Boise! Public university tells professors not to grade based on merit. (Thanks to reader TZ for the link.)
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Over at the KBOI television news web site: Wild horses to be captured in central Idaho to reduce herd. Quoting the brief article:
“Officials say they plan to use a helicopter to capture 365 wild horses in central Idaho in early November to reduce the number of horses to about 185.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management in a news release Friday says the roundup in the Challis Herd Management Area near the town of Challis will begin on or about Nov. 5 and take up to nine days.
The agency says balancing herd size with what the 260-square-mile (675-square-kilometer) management area can support will help protect habitat for wildlife species such as sage grouse, pronghorn antelope, mule deer and elk.
The agency says mares released back into the management area will be treated with fertility control.
About 240 horses not released back into the wild will be transported to the Bruneau Wild Horse Off-Range Corral facility southeast of Boise for adoption.”
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