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Leaked doc suggests Alberta has an AI data centre masterplan
1+ hour, 39+ min ago (1202+ words) Editor’s note: Go here to read The Narwhal’s story on the backlash that followed this investigation. The document — labelled a “cabinet report” and bearing the Alberta government logo — contains a broad swath of recommendations it indicates were prepared for the…...
Will Canada???s gas tax holiday drive up emissions and help the rich?
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (1079+ words) Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government says keeping the federal gas tax off at the pumps will create indirect savings felt all through the economy. But critics argue it could drive up Canada’s emissions while benefiting wealthy households the most. Finance…...
Brampton???s fight against Canada???s largest garbage incinerator
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1435+ words) The smell of decomposing garbage hits before the building comes into view — a sour, earthy odour that stings your teeth. Hidden by a curving driveway, large bright green trees and a set of lawn chairs, the entrance almost makes you…...
Ford???s threat to cut power to U.S. amid trade war, explained
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1180+ words) Amid worsening U.S.-Canada relations, Ontario Premier Doug Ford is once again threatening to cut off electricity to 1.5 million homes and businesses across three neighbouring American states: Minnesota, Michigan and New York. The move comes as Canada tries to stave off…...
Brampton farms offer Punjabi families a taste of home
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1493+ words) My parents were farmers before they came to Canada in the late 1980s. So were my grandparents. I grew up here, never farming, but also never entirely distant from it. Some of my strongest connections to my family’s history in Punjab…...
Ontario???s AI data centre plan, explained
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1091+ words) It’s the summer of data centre controversies in Ontario. In a season where city council chambers are usually quiet, residents of Hamilton, Oakville, Mississauga, Burlington and Toronto have shown up to public meetings in droves. Many are there to resist…...
Ontario???s hunt reopens for once-threatened bird
3+ week, 4+ day ago (1368+ words) Read by Leah Borts-Kuperman Starting next month, Ontario hunters will have a shot at sandhill cranes — for the first time in a century. The long-legged, grey birds with a nearly two-metre wingspan are widespread across Ontario from the Great Lakes…...
BC Hydro just bought a gas power plant
3+ week, 5+ day ago (1410+ words) On Aug. 6, with much of southern B.C. blanketed in wildfire smoke, Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions Adrian Dix kicked off a Campbell River press conference by thanking wildfire fighters and the BC Hydro employees working to address infrastructure damaged by…...
Alberta's orphan well costs reach new record
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1056+ words) By Sharon J. Riley The price tag to clean up orphan oil and gas wells in Alberta increased by nearly 50 per cent since last year, bringing the estimated total to $1.66 billion, according to the latest annual report from the Orphan Well…...