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Alberta seeks court ruling on constitutionality of Ottawa’s clean electricity plan

Fri, 02 May 2025 11:20:18 +0000

EDMONTON 鈥� Alberta’s government is seeking a court ruling on the constitutionality of Ottawa’s clean electricity grid regulations. The regulations were finalized late last year and lay out a plan to decarbonize electricity grids across 黑料吃瓜网 by 2025. Abandoning the regulations is one of nine demands Premier Danielle Smith laid out for the next federal […]

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New B.C. legislation to speed up public and private projects, says minister

Fri, 02 May 2025 11:20:13 +0000

VICTORIA 鈥� B.C. Infrastructure Minister Bowinn Ma says new legislation will speed up major public and private projects, including mines and other natural resource enterprises. 聽 The government of Premier David Eby has previously promised to speed up permitting to improve the provincial economy after last year’s election, then amid tariff and annexation threats from […]

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Ontario to table budget on May 15 amid impacts of U.S. tariffs

Thu, 01 May 2025 16:07:40 +0000

TORONTO 鈥� Ontario is set to table its 2025-26 budget on May 15. Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy announced the date today, saying it will be a plan that helps Ontario build more, build faster and achieve free trade across 黑料吃瓜网. The fiscal plan is being tabled later than usual, in part due to the timing […]

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Trump says he’ll meet with PM Carney at the White House ‘within the next week’

Thu, 01 May 2025 10:25:22 +0000

WASHINGTON 鈥� U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney at the White House “within the next week.” “I spoke to him yesterday,” Trump said of Carney. “He couldn’t have been nicer and I congratulated him.” Carney and Trump spoke on the phone Tuesday after the Liberals’ stunning […]

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Energy, environmental groups strike hopeful tone after Liberal federal election win

Thu, 01 May 2025 08:05:26 +0000

OTTAWA 鈥� Energy industry groups and environmental advocates were striking a hopeful note after voters returned the Liberals to power in Ottawa on April 28. 鈥淎 new federal government offers an opportunity to rejuvenate 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 economy and its approach to natural resource development,鈥� said Lisa Baiton, head of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. She […]

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Elections 黑料吃瓜网 says more than 19.5M voters cast a ballot in federal election

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:49:28 +0000

OTTAWA 鈥� Elections 黑料吃瓜网 says more than 68 per cent of eligible voters cast a ballot in the federal election 鈥� more than 19.5 million people. While this election was widely expected to see increased turnout, it did not surpass the record set in March 1958, when 79.4 per cent of eligible Canadians voted. But […]

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Elections 黑料吃瓜网 pauses vote counting with majority still in question

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 13:00:42 +0000

OTTAWA 鈥� Canadians won’t know until later Tuesday whether Mark Carney’s Liberals have won a majority or minority mandate from voters. Elections 黑料吃瓜网 decided early Tuesday morning to pause the marathon counting of special ballots with a handful of ridings still too close to call.聽 The Liberals were leading or elected in 168 seats when […]

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Liberals win 4th mandate as NDP vote collapses and Singh announces he will resign

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 12:49:36 +0000

OTTAWA 鈥� Prime Minister Mark Carney promised to unite the country and govern for all after Canadians handed the Liberals a fourth consecutive mandate in Monday’s federal election. “Who is ready,” he shouted to cheers and applause and people chanting his name in a crowded hockey arena in Ottawa in the wee hours of the […]

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BILD Alberta wants better code consistency for builders

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 11:05:38 +0000

BILD Alberta, part of the newly-formed Alberta Construction Code Working Group, is pushing for more consistency in the province鈥檚 building and related codes as well as more innovation in technology and design to keep housing affordable. 鈥淭he building code is not black and white,鈥� said Scott Fash, a registered professional planner and BILD Alberta CEO, […]

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Voters go to the polls today after a 35-day election campaign packed with promises

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 12:48:51 +0000

OTTAWA 鈥� After a short, intense and heated election campaign of just 35 days, Canadians go to the polls today to elect a new federal government. Liberal Leader Mark Carney, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh spent weeks pitching their cases to voters. Carney, the former central banker and political neophyte, presented […]

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Federal party leaders work to drive home key messages as election day approaches

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 13:08:49 +0000

OTTAWA 鈥� Party leaders emphasized familiar themes Thursday as they criss-crossed the country to shore up support in the final stretch of the federal election campaign. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre began Thursday in Halifax 鈥� where he pitched a promise of change for Canadians struggling to afford life’s essentials 鈥� before heading to Saskatoon. In […]

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Where the federal leaders are heading today

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 13:01:47 +0000

OTTAWA 鈥� Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is campaigning in what polls suggest are Conservative-safe ridings today as election day approaches.聽 Poilievre is set to begin his day in Saskatoon, where he will hold a press conference, before holding a rally in Nanoose Bay, B.C., in the evening. Recent polls suggest that ridings in both Saskatoon […]

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