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King Charles 'expressed his concern' over Alberta separatism in meeting: grand chief

Grand Chief Joey Pete, who was part of a delegation of Treaty 6 chiefs who went to Buckingham Palace, said he also asked the King to issue a royal proclamation to affirm the sacredness of the treaty ...
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Oil producers promise 'largest-ever release' of stockpiles to calm war-panicked energy markets

The Paris-based agency says 400 million barrels of crude to be added from 32 member countries in bid to dampen oil and gas price volatility sparked by US-Israel attacks on petrostate Iran.
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Gun control groups are 'disappointed" by lack of information on Tumbler Ridge firearms

Five gun control advocacy groups have told the RCMP they're "alarmed and disappointed" the force has not yet disclosed basic information about the models and legal status of the firearms used in the ...
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Ford government ignores backlash in push to merge conservation authorities

Ontario is pressing ahead with plans to centralize its control of Ontario's conservation authorities, despite warnings from municipalities and environmental groups that the changes will weaken local ...
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Quebecers are dumping plastic and other recycling directly into nature

An unprecedented portrait of waste found along provincial highways and on the banks of the province's waterways in its most densely populated regions show many Quebecers continue to discard their ...
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Chronic ocean heating is fueling a ‘staggering’ loss of marine life: study

Fish levels fall by 7.2 per cent with as little as 0.1C of warming per decade, northern hemisphere research shows.
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Alberta’s oil and gas industry should be held to a fair methane standard

For years, researchers and oil and gas engineers have suspected there’s a lot more methane being emitted than was being reported.
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Oil industry pushes Ottawa to use Alberta's methane math — and hide true emissions

The quiet push by the Canadian industry would see federal policy rely on provincial measurements — self-reported figures that miss millions of megatonnes of the planet-warming gas as it leaks into the ...
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Will the Canada-India agreement and the war in Iran benefit the Marinvest Energy LNG project?

In this context, could the agreements signed last week with India and the new war in the Middle East serve as arguments for the promoters of Marinvest Energy, which wants to establish a major LNG ...
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Could the Iran war energy shock accelerate the transition to renewables?

The war on Iran has sent fuel prices soaring, pushing the world into another energy shock. Could a transition to clean energy ...
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New turbines harness the power of the St. Lawrence in a Canadian first

A pair of innovative, ‘push lawnmower-style’ turbines, tested by developer OPRC for the past six years in a remote Alaska ...
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Registration of US nurses in BC increases amid recruitment push

This summer, Alex Alvarez will pack her belongings and make the 3,500-kilometre trek with her husband, young son and Boston Terrier from Anchorage, Alaska, to Nanaimo, BC — a city she's never visited ...