Calgary: Shelters filling as temperature drops

After a gloriously docile autumn, winter like weather has rolled in, trailing -20 C temperatures, wind, snow, darkness and misery.

At least one Calgary homeless shelter is at capacity.

"We're actually experiencing our busiest year in our 15-year history," said Yvette Rasmussen, executive director of Inn From the Cold. She said the shelter is housing 120 people, - including 39 children.

"That's our big concern, that's amplified by (a forecast) of one of the coldest winters in the history of Calgary. We want to be sure families know where to go immediately and are not wandering around looking for shelter and support in the city."

Climate Change Policies OK, So Long As It's Tax Free, Poll Says - Forbes

Once again, people want something for nothing.

According to a poll by The Economist, 79% of respondents say that they who would support political reforms combating climate change if those changes had no effect on their real income. But the number completely collapses when you ask if they have to take a 5% reduction in income through higher taxation in order to achieve that. When some sort of carbon tax is introduced to reduce carbon emissions, support for climate change policies goes from the vast majority saying yes, to the vast majority saying no. Only 26% say they would support reform if it led to a decline in their real income of more than 5%.

Regional Tensions Limit Bhutan Climate Summit Aims - From the Wires - Salon.com

Organizers have downplayed the fact that Pakistan, China and Afghanistan are not attending the Climate Summit for a Living Himalayas

Occupy Fairbanks Protesters in Alaska Battle Minus-36 Temperatures to Protest | Alaska Dispatch

Brent Baccala, a 41-year-old self-described preacher and software designer from Maryland, continued his vigil at Veterans Memorial Park sporting a donated Northern Outfitters blue suit and matching boots Friday. He slept in the nearby tent as overnight temperature dropped to minus 36, Thursday, three degrees cooler than the record low for that date, set in 1969.  It was the second time this week area temperatures set new daily lows, according to the National Weather Service.