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1+ hour, 40+ min ago (306+ words) South Sudan Deploys Troops to Secure Heglig Oil Field Trafigura and leading banks warn" India has dramatically expanded its" Traffic through the Red Sea" "At the core of the agreement, of course, is a priority to have a pipeline to Asia that's going to make Canada stronger, more independent, more resilient, more sustainable," stated Carney. Meanwhile, Alberta's Premier Danielle Smith said the move signalled the end of "dark times" for her province. The Alberta government strongly supports the proposal and has pledged $10 million to create a proposal, which it hopes will eventually be taken on by the private sector. No clear route has been identified for the pipeline yet, but it is expected to traverse British Columbia's northern coast, providing greater access to Asia. Meanwhile, Canada's Green Party leader Elizabeth May said there was "no chance on God's green Earth…...

2+ hour, 6+ min ago (299+ words) A central Alberta town could be on its way to snagging city status, with elected officials looking into it in the New Year. Sylvan Lake councillors will soon vote on whether or not the town should pursue the prospect of gaining city status. A motion was filed by a town councillor at a regular council meeting earlier this week, asking administration to prepare a report outlining the process, requirements, and financial implications for the Town of Sylvan Lake to pursue such a status. The motion also asks for administration to provide recommendations for any next steps. The matter will be further looked into come the New Year, with the next regular council meeting scheduled for Tuesday, Jan 13, 2026. Sylvan Lake had a population of 17,477 in 2024, with the population increasing 2.24 per cent year-over-year, and rising 7.84 per cent in the last five years....

6+ hour, 7+ min ago (327+ words) News News: Ottawa has launched a $1.7-billion plan to attract global research talent and reverse Canada's long-standing brain drain. The strategy includes 100 fe Canada is moving to reclaim top research talent from around the world as Ottawa rolls out a multibillion-dollar strategy aimed at reversing decades of brain drain and accelerating national economic growth.The federal plan, unveiled in the most recent budget, commits $1.7-billion to attract established scholars, emerging researchers and distinguished global leaders to Canadian universities across the country.Research chairs and funding scaleAt the centre of the initiative is the creation of 100 new research chairs spanning eight strategic fields, from defence technologies to food and water security, climate resilience and the Arctic.Each chair will receive either $1-million or $500,000 annually for eight years, with an option for a four-year extension at half the original value.An additional…...

6+ hour, 55+ min ago (886+ words) The prospect of building a new bitumen pipeline to the West Coast has garnered most of the attention since Ottawa and Alberta announced their sweeping energy accord late last month, but another item has left environmentalists dismayed and energy industry players pleasantly surprised. The federal and provincial governments have agreed to extend by five years the timeline for the oil and gas sector to reduce its methane emissions. Draft federal regulations had called for a cut of 75 per cent from 2012 levels by 2030. The memorandum of understanding would see the two orders of government enter into an equivalency agreement before April 1 with a 2035 target date to reduce emissions by 75 per cent over 2014 levels. "The existing draft methane proposed laws put down by the federal government are completely unworkable. They're not even close to being practical or realistic," said Tristan Goodman, president…...

10+ hour, 40+ min ago (1108+ words) By Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press Posted Dec 14, 2025 06:00:04 AM. CALGARY " The prospect of building a new bitumen pipeline to the West Coast has garnered most of the attention since Ottawa and Alberta announced their sweeping energy accord late last month, but another item has left environmentalists dismayed and energy industry players pleasantly surprised. The federal and provincial governments have agreed to extend by five years the timeline for the oil and gas sector to reduce its methane emissions. Draft federal regulations had called for a cut of 75 per cent from 2012 levels by 2030. The memorandum of understanding would see the two orders of government enter into an equivalency agreement before April 1 with a 2035 target date to reduce emissions by 75 per cent over 2014 levels. "The existing draft methane proposed laws put down by the federal government are completely unworkable. They're not even…...

12+ hour, 9+ min ago (719+ words) Alberta election officials are getting an extra $6.7 million to handle the sudden outburst of recall petitions against legislature members. A legislative committee unanimously signed off on the funding during a meeting Friday. It comes a week after chief electoral officer Gordon McClure advised more money was needed to manage the "unprecedented spike" in recall petitions. McClure's office has issued 21 recall petitions since the end of October. All but one are against members of Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative caucus, including the premier herself. McClure told the committee last week that verifying each petition would cost just over $300,000 and that $1.5 million is needed for shipping and postage of petition documents. Another $2.4 million was needed to handle staffing costs, McClure had said. Many of the United Conservative Party MLAs on the committee said Friday they were glad to see Elections Alberta crunch…...

17+ hour, 23+ min ago (575+ words) The Alberta Prosperity Project's Mitch Sylvestre says the group has submitted its paperwork under new initiative laws and is ready to begin gathering signatures in January On Thursday morning, the government's Bill 14 came into force and amended citizen initiative rules for the second time this year after it passed legislation last spring that reduced signature thresholds for both initiative and recall petitions. Hours later APP members visited Elections Alberta to file a notice of intention to pursue a new petition for a separation referendum. Mitch Sylvestre told Postmedia in a Friday interview that the APP's application is "complete and in the system" and that it included a revised question that draws in part from language in the federal Clarity Act: "Do you agree that the province of Alberta should cease to be a part of Canada to become an independent…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago (128+ words) Alberta's early-learning and child-care fees will remain at $15-a-day through to 2027 as the province works with Ottawa to firm up a more permanent deal. The two jointly announced an extension on the current deal, with the federal government providing Alberta more than $1.17-billion dollars in funding. It will extend both the early learning and child-care agreements through to March 2027. As part of the deal, another 5,000 for-profit child care spaces are also eligible for federal funding. It will also pull the federal funding restriction set on family day-home spaces. In the meantime, Alberta says it will continue to work with Ottawa on a new agreement that puts non-profit and for-profit providers on equal footing....

1+ day, 21+ hour ago (479+ words) LETHBRIDGE - Amendments to Alberta's legislation on citizen-initiated referendums mean Corb Lund's recently approved application for a petition drive to stop new coal mining on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains is cancelled and the singer has to re-apply. Elections Alberta had posted the official OK on its website Monday for Lund to soon start collecting signatures for his petition. But the agency says in a Friday news release that amendments to electoral legislation that took effect this week mean petition applications made before Thursday, for which an initiative petition has not been issued, are "deemed to have never been made." The release says it applies to Lund's No New Coal Mining in Alberta's Rockies application because even though it was approved, a petition was not issued. A bill passed this week removes a number of requirements that future referendum…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago (146+ words) Published 9:54 am Friday, December 12, 2025 More than six months after a Canadian man was arrested in connection with the 2023 murder of Evelyn Weaver in Bend, Canadian courts continue to review the matter. Bend Police said Sinclair is a suspect in Weaver's death. But he is no closer to facing justice in the American system. "The process may take a year or more from now," said Deschutes County District Attorney Steve Gunnels. "Canadian courts are reviewing the matter and following their procedures." The district attorney's office is handling the extradition, according to the Bend Police Department. Weaver was discovered dead on July 18, 2023, in her NW Hill Street apartment when a man visited to check on her and found her unresponsive. Two days later, her car was found by police abandoned in Klamath Falls. Sinclair was arrested five months later...