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Wildfire season already impacting B. C. and Alberta
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (762+ words) Smoke rises from the 2025 Hubert Lake wildfire, which forced the evacuation of the Hubert Lake Provincial Park area west of Fawcett, Alta. Alberta Wildfire/Reuters With temperature records being broken across British Columbia and several homes already reduced to cinders…...
Politics Insider: Smith says talks with Carney made progress on pipeline, carbon pricing deal
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (1030+ words) Hello, welcome to Politics Insider. Let's look at what happened today. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she and Prime Minister Mark Carney have made "significant progress" toward an agreement on a West Coast pipeline and carbon pricing. Marieke Walsh and…...
Alberta's United Conservatives welcome back former estranged backbencher and critic
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (699+ words) Lesser Slave Lake MLA Scott Sinclair, right, speaks with members of the media at the Alberta legislature building in Edmonton on Monday March 10, 2025. Jack Farrell/The Canadian Press A former backbench member of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative caucus…...
Ottawa suggests letting cabinet green-light pipelines before technical assessments happen
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (494+ words) The federal government is proposing reversing the order of pipeline approvals, allowing cabinet to green-light a new project prior to the completion of technical assessments and approvals. The proposed changes come less than two months before Alberta is expected to…...
Video: Smith hopes MOU with Ottawa can be finalized in the 'next number of days"
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (415+ words) Video: Smith hopes MOU with Ottawa can be finalized in the 'next number of days' The Globe and Mail Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith both say they have made progress on finalizing a memorandum of understanding…...
Premier Smith urges Ottawa to finalize deal with Alberta within days
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (456+ words) Prime Minister Mark Carney meets with Premier of Alberta Danielle Smith at his office in Ottawa on Friday, May 8, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press Premier Danielle Smith said Friday it's time for negotiations between Alberta…...
Nearly 600 people had unauthorized access to Alberta's electors list, watchdog alleges
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (577+ words) Alberta's electors list contains the personal information of 2. 9 million residents in the province. CHRIS WATTIE/Reuters Elections Alberta has identified nearly 600 people who it alleges were given unauthorized access to the province's list of electors by a separatist group. The…...
Canada's "myopic' energy approach threatens historic opportunity for producers, Cenovus CEO says
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (970+ words) Workers at the Cenovus Christina Lake oilsands facility southeast of Fort Mc Murray, Alta. , April, 2024. AMBER BRACKEN/The Canadian Press Canada's energy policies are too focused on climate and have made resource development and investment in the country uncompetitive with…...
Kenney calls on federalists to step up in Alberta separation debate
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (713+ words) Despite slow response, Mr. Kenney said he expects the federalist side will become more prominent in the coming weeks. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney said those in favour of keeping Alberta in Canada need…...
RCMP found no evidence of foreign interference in Alberta separatist movement, minister says
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (826+ words) The RCMP has informed the Alberta government that there is no evidence the province's separatist movement has been subject to foreign interference, according to the minister who oversees policing. Mike Ellis, Alberta's Minister for Public Safety and Emergency Services, on…...