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Weekly Calgary sept. 21 - sept. 27, 2026

Barrière anti-inondation, 673 000 bulletins postaux et victoire des Stampeders — Retour sur la semaine à Calgary

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🚑 Breaking & Incidents

  1. Opérateur de site d’enfouissement de la région de Calgary sommé de fermer un deuxième site à Balzac après un incendie. Alberta Environment a émis cette semaine un ordre de fermeture temporaire pour l’entreprise responsable d’un incendie d’enfouissement de longue date, exigeant la cessation des activités sur le site de Balzac pendant les enquêtes et les travaux de remise en état, a indiqué le régulateur.
  2. Père de l’ex-Flame de Calgary Andrei Kuzmenko déclaré tué lors d’une attaque d’ours en Russie. Des comptes rendus canadiens et russes ont confirmé la mort du père de Kuzmenko lors d’une chasse; des médias locaux ont nommé la victime et cité des comptes rendus des forces de l’ordre.

🚨 Crime & Public Safety

  1. Résultats de l’opération estivale « Restore » de la police de Calgary : plus de 160 chefs d’accusation. Le Service de police de Calgary a indiqué que sa répression estivale a donné lieu à plus de 160 accusations pénales couvrant la drogue, les délits contre les biens et les infractions violentes, dans le cadre d’opérations ciblées de maintien de l’ordre en quartier.
  2. Un homme de Calgary condamné à 12 ans pour un viol ayant causé des « blessures bouleversantes ». Un juge de la Cour provinciale a imposé une peine de 12 ans après avoir entendu des témoignages sur l’impact sur la victime et des rapports médicaux décrivant des blessures graves et durables.
  3. Un homme d’Airdrie accusé de six agressions sexuelles après des incidents dans des grands magasins. La GRC de l’Alberta a arrêté un homme de 30 ans d’Airdrie et déposé plusieurs chefs d’accusation après que des images vidéo l’auraient lié à des attouchements présumés chez Walmart, No Frills et d’autres commerçants de la région de Calgary; il doit comparaître en cour la semaine prochaine.
  4. La police alerte les parents après que deux jeunes auraient été traqués via la fonction de localisation de Snapchat. L’unité sur l’exploitation sexuelle des enfants en ligne d’ALERT a indiqué qu’un suspect arrêté aurait suivi la position des victimes, incité à partager des vidéos explicites et s’est rendu au domicile des victimes; les familles sont invitées à vérifier les paramètres de localisation des applications.

🏛️ Government & Politics

  1. Elections Alberta signale 673 000 demandes de bulletins de vote par la poste en vue du référendum du 19 octobre. L’organisme précise que les demandes doivent être retournées au plus tard le 16 octobre à 17 h, que le vote en personne par anticipation se tiendra du 13 au 17 octobre, et que ce total dépasse largement les ~60 000 demandes postales lors de l’élection générale de 2023.
  2. Le NPD de l’Alberta lance une contestation judiciaire contre les nouvelles règles de listes d’électeurs restreintes. L’opposition a déposé une demande de contrôle judiciaire à Edmonton, soutenant qu’un règlement limitant les données des listes électorales fournies aux partis (à des décomptes par secteur seulement) dépasse l’autorité gouvernementale et compromet l’objet statutaire de la liste.
  3. Le référendum du 19 octobre de la première ministre Danielle Smith comprendra 10 questions, dont l’immigration et la séparation. Le gouvernement a publié le bulletin complet demandant si l’Alberta devrait chercher à accroître son contrôle sur l’immigration, poursuivre des réformes constitutionnelles et tenir un second vote contraignant sur une sortie du Canada.
  4. Les autres premières ministres et premiers ministres gardent le silence sur les propositions constitutionnelles de l’Alberta. Des dirigeantes et dirigeants provinciaux ont dit aux journalistes qu’ils n’appuient pas publiquement les quatre grandes réformes de Danielle Smith — abolition du Sénat, nomination provinciale des juges d’appel, possibilités de retrait de programmes fédéraux et lois provinciales supérieures à celles d’Ottawa — en attendant des études supplémentaires.

💼 Economy & Business

  1. Un lanceur d’alerte affirme que des millions de barquettes de Driscoll’s sont entrées au Canada avec des résidus chimiques excessifs. Le rapport affirme que des envois contenaient des fruits avec des taux de pesticides supérieurs aux limites canadiennes et a déclenché un examen des vendeurs et des régulateurs, selon le dépôt.
  2. Sondage : les centres de données impopulaires en Alberta; question de responsabilité politique. Une enquête citée montre une forte opposition locale à de nouveaux projets de centres de données en Alberta, suscitant le débat sur l’impact politique pour les élus qui les soutiennent.
  3. La province accorde 38,5 millions de dollars à Beaumont pour des infrastructures destinées à un campus de formation à la sécurité routière. L’Alberta indique que l’AMTA Safety Campus occupera 160 acres dans le parc Innovation prévu à Beaumont; les fonds sont destinés aux routes, aux services publics et au viabilisation pour attirer des formations pour conducteurs professionnels et les forces de l’ordre.

🏥 Health

  1. Les données de la WCB montrent une hausse de la violence contre le personnel de santé en Alberta. Les statistiques de la Commission des accidents du travail publiées cette semaine indiquent une augmentation des agressions déclarées et des demandes d’indemnisation pour blessures parmi le personnel de santé de la province.
  2. Une étude de l’Université de Calgary révèle que la pleine conscience et le tai-chi aident la récupération post-cancer. Des chercheurs de l’Université de Calgary ont rapporté des bénéfices mesurables dans les résultats rapportés par les patients et les mesures fonctionnelles chez des participants en réadaptation après un cancer assignés à des programmes de pleine conscience et de tai-chi.

🎨 Community & Culture

  1. Un juge du Manitoba ordonne à Gowling de rendre des comptes à l’avocate des pensionnats qui a lancé l’affaire des survivants. La juge Shauna McCarthy a conclu que Gowling WLG a manqué à ses obligations en ne présentant pas les demandes d’honoraires des plaignants pour approbation, annulant une décision antérieure et confirmant le rôle de Joan Jack dans le dossier du règlement de 1,5 milliard.
  2. Le « Dolly Parton Day » observé le 25 septembre après la signature d’une loi en Californie. La Californie a officiellement déclaré le 25 septembre journée annuelle Dolly Parton par la SB 931, honorant le travail de l’auteur-compositrice pour la littératie et son héritage après son décès à 80 ans; des fans ont commémoré la date partout dans le monde.
  3. Une étude sur le rut de l’élan montre que les mâles bugent avec des « dialectes » distincts à travers l’Amérique du Nord. Des chercheurs en faune ont publié des conclusions montrant que les populations d’élans utilisent des schémas d’appels de rut variant selon les régions, sur la base d’analyses acoustiques.

🏈 Sports

  1. Les Calgary Stampeders battent les Ottawa Redblacks 45-31; Vernon Adams Jr. lance pour 422 verges. Deonta McMahon a inscrit deux touchés, Rene Paredes a réussi trois bottés de précision, et la victoire maintient les espoirs de séries de Calgary avec une fiche de 7-8.
  2. Les Edmonton Elks défient Hamilton et l’emportent 37-35 en prolongation; le botteur Vincent Blanchard établit un record de la LCF. Blanchard a réussi neuf placements — un record de la LCF — alors que les Elks améliorent leur fiche à 11-4 et que Cody Fajardo a lancé pour 298 verges.
  3. L’embauche de Mike Babcock demeure une distraction pour les Oilers d’Edmonton pendant le camp d’entraînement. Des joueurs disent que Babcock a accaparé l’attention des médias après qu’une enquête de la LNH l’ait autorisé à travailler; le vétéran Zach Hyman a commenté que l’attention se détourne des enjeux propres aux joueurs.

🌦️ Weather & Roads

  1. Calgary mettra en place de nouvelles mesures de sécurité piétonne aux intersections partout en ville. Des responsables municipaux ont approuvé des changements à la conception des intersections et au momentage des feux visant à améliorer la visibilité des piétons et réduire les incidents de traversée à des lieux prioritaires non précisés.
  2. Le projet de barrière anti-inondation de Sunnyside achevé 13 ans après les inondations dévastatrices. La ville a annoncé l’achèvement de la barrière à Sunnyside, un projet d’infrastructures pluriannuel visant à réduire le risque d’inondation dans le quartier touché par les crues de 2013.
  3. Le BST demande un nouveau processus de surveillance des roues de wagons après le déraillement de 2023 en Alberta. Le Bureau de la sécurité des transports a recommandé des méthodes renforcées d’identification des roues de wagons en détérioration pour prévenir de futurs déraillements, à la suite d’une enquête sur l’incident de 2023 en Alberta.

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