1799 (undated)
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This is the 1799 French edition of George Vancouver s 1799 nautical map of the region around Vancouver Island, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the mouth of the Columbia River, and Queen Charlotte Sound, extending from Cape Lookout (in modern-day Oregon) to Cape Swaine (Alaska). It is considered to be the great navigator George Vancouver s most important and influential map, among those he produced in his foundational reconnaissance of the northwest coast of America (1791 - 1795).
Notable FirstsThis beautifully engraved chart features a number of notable firsts, including the first charting of the Puget Sound, the first depiction of Vancouver as an Island, and the first charting of the Johnston Strait. The chart also includes crucial coastal details, with Mount Rainier, Mt. St. Helene, and Mount Baker all shown. Insets in the upper right quadrant detail Cape Gray (Havre de Gray) and Port Discovery (Port de la Devouverte). A
Jason Kenney was pissed.
On Jan. 20, the Alberta premier walked into a press conference at the legislature in Edmonton, making a beeline to a podium that bore a sign reading “Standing up for Alberta.” Wearing a dusky navy blue suit and matching tie, Kenney was responding to breaking news that U.S. President Joe Biden had just cancelled the Keystone XL pipeline, which was to carry oil from Alberta to Nebraska.
“This is a gut punch for the Canadian and Alberta economies,” said Kenney. “Sadly, it’s an insult directed at the United States’ most important ally and trading partner.” The premier said up to 2,000 unionized workers had just lost their jobs and if the Biden administration was unwilling to discuss the matter, “it’s clear the government of Canada must impose trade and economic sanctions” against the U.S.
2021: Alberta eyes post-COVID economic rebound but faces big budget questions - Canada News castanet.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from castanet.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews says the goal in 2021 is to get vaccines out and put the COVID-19 pandemic in the rear-view mirror, then work to fix a battered and beleaguered economy.
But with a $21-billion deficit and Alberta’s wellspring oil and gas economy still in flux, there s a red-inked elephant in the room: Where’s the money going to come from?
“We will not cut our way out of a $21-billion deficit,” Toews said in a year-end interview with The Canadian Press.
“We have to get the economy growing again. And economic recovery will very quickly become job No. 1 as we start to get past the pandemic.”
Toews said the plan is to get Alberta out of the financial ditch in February with the budget.
In November, he laid out fiscal anchors for the journey: keeping the net-debt to GDP ratio under 30 per cent, reducing public sector spending to match comparable jurisdictions and setting a timeline to get the budget back to balance.
University of Calgary economist Trevor Tombe said Alberta is in the enviable position of having options. It s the lowest-taxed province, and oil and gas will continue to deliver billions of dollars to the treasury for the foreseeable future, though not in the same eye-popping amounts as boom times.