Alberta rejects federal nature strategy, redefines protected land
Alberta’s environment minister has expanded the province’s definition of “protected lands” in a bid to reject Ottawa’s nature strategy. This comes after Canada, along with 195 other countries, announced plans to protect 30 per cent of its land by 2030, an objective known as 30×30. But Grant Hunter, Alberta’s minister of environment and protected areas, […]
Alberta pushing for constitutional change to give provinces say over appointment of judges
Alberta’s government is calling on Ottawa to change the Constitution to give provinces more of a say in how judges are appointed at the provincial level. Premier Danielle Smith and the premiers of Ontario, Saskatchewan and Quebec wrote a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney last week saying they would like to see only judges […]
Ottawa’s big bet on world’s largest cricket farm ran into a simple problem: the ‘yuck factor’
The business of insect farming was supposed to grow big and fast. In London, Ont., that promise took shape in Aspire Food Group Canada. Billed as the world’s largest cricket farm, it was a 150,000-square-foot, fully automated facility designed to house billions of insects and produce millions of kilograms of protein each year. Crickets are […]
What’s new in Ottawa-Alberta deal to cut methane emissions from oil and gas sector
Canada and Alberta used to be global leaders in cutting emissions of methane, which is a greenhouse gas 80 times more potent at trapping heat than carbon dioxide and is responsible for a third of all global warming. But over the past few years, reductions have slowed as oil and gas companies held off on […]
Canada loaning millions to proposed Nunavik rare earth mining project linked to Trump White House
Amid Prime Minister Mark Carney’s calls that the Canada-U.S. relationship is ruptured, Ottawa has committed $175 million to a mining project in northern Quebec whose major U.S. investor is closely linked to the Trump administration. Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson says the Carney government’s support for the rare earth mine is necessary to […]
Europe is eyeing France’s nuclear shield. Should Canada follow?
A very quiet queue has formed in Europe where some of Canada’s long-standing, closest allies are seeking shelter under France’s small but robust nuclear umbrella. The initiative of French President Emmanuel Macron, who declared the next 50 years to be the “era of nuclear weapons,” is — on paper — intended to add another layer […]
Ottawa to allow rural employers to increase proportion of temporary foreign workers
Ottawa will allow rural employers to have a greater proportion of low-wage temporary foreign workers on their payroll on a time-limited basis, as part of new measures the federal government announced on Friday. The measures will allow these employers to have up to 15 per cent of their workforce in this category, in eligible rural […]
B.C. chiefs tell MP Aaron Gunn to ‘chillax’ about land acknowledgments
The chiefs of four British Columbia First Nations have told Conservative member of Parliament Aaron Gunn to “chillax” after he criticized land acknowledgments spoken before public events. In a joint statement, the chiefs from the Tla’amin, Homalco, K’omoks and Klahoose nations said that “harmless” land acknowledgments only recognized “the history of the place” where people held events. The […]
Silence from Ottawa ‘shameful’ after report of Canadian camp hit by missile: Conservative MP
Conservative defence critic James Bezan said it’s “really shameful” the Liberal government did not tell the public about a reported Iranian missile strike on an airbase in Kuwait where Canadian Armed Forces personnel are stationed. The newspaper La Presse [reported on Thursday](https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/2026-03-12/base-aerienne-au-koweit/le-camp-canadien-frappe-lors-d-une-attaque-de-missiles.php) the Canadian section at the Ali Al-salem Air Base appeared to be damaged […]
Peter Mansbridge didn’t tell Pierre Poilievre, podcast audience about work for South Korean firm
Peter Mansbridge says he didn’t tell his podcast audience or Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre about work he had done for a South Korean firm vying for Ottawa’s defence business during a recent podcast he published, in which he asked the Opposition leader about the issue of Canada’s submarine procurement. A [new ad from Hanwha Ocean](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuUXbOIzkWA) […]