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Provincial government releases third impact report on proposed emissions cap
In December 2023, the Government of Canada proposed a regulatory framework for an oil and gas sector emissions cap as part of its goal to achieve net-zero GHG emissions by 2050.In response, the Govern...
Jun 19, 2024
Provincial government requests public feedback on parks plan
The Government of Alberta will be conducting a two-phase public engagement process to gather feedback from Albertans, park visitors, Indigenous communities and community organizations to inform the de...
Jun 19, 2024
Study finds coal mine contaminants blown onto snowpack in Alberta, British Columbia
CROWSNEST PASS, AB - Newly published research has found cancer-causing chemicals downwind from coal mines in southern British Columbia in concentrations that rival those next to oilsand mines.The rese...
Jun 19, 2024
Early eligibility list for 2024 Livestock Tax Deferral program unveiled
The federal government has announced an early list of areas that could be eligible to quality for the Livestock Tax Deferral in 2024.This includes all the municipalities in northwestern Alberta and no...
Jun 19, 2024
MPs hit summer campaign circuit as election year looms
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament poured out of the House of Commons into the stifling air of an Ottawa heat wave Wednesday, heading back to their constituencies for the summer barbecue and festival circ...
Jun 19, 2024
Public hearing for VPD sergeant accused of sexual misconduct by officers and students
VICTORIA - The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner in British Columbia has called its first ever public hearing into allegations of sexualized misconduct against a Vancouver police officer who...
Jun 19, 2024
Olympic sprinter Knighton allowed to run at US trials after contamination case
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Sprinter Erriyon Knighton tested positive for a banned substance that an arbitration panel determined came from contaminated meat, a decision that keeps the 200-meter specialist el...
Jun 19, 2024
Kings acquire goaltender Darcy Kuemper from Capitals for forward Pierre-Luc Dubois
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles Kings acquired goaltender Darcy Kuemper from the Washington Capitals for forward Pierre-Luc Dubois in a trade of high-priced, underachieving players on Wednesday. Ku...
Jun 19, 2024
Canada's Alena Sharp excited for major return at KPMG Women's PGA Championship
It's been three years since Hamilton's Alena Sharp played in a major and she feels like her game has evolved to better suit the best-on-best women's golf tournament. The 43-year-old Sharp joins Brooke...
Jun 19, 2024
Ottawa moves forward on threat to use federal powers to help Quebec caribou
MONTREAL - Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says he's moving forward on his threat to invoke federal powers to protect Quebec's declining woodland caribou herds. Guilbeault said today th...
Jun 19, 2024