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Some Indigenous communities in northern Alberta hope the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will mark the start of a new chapter in their relationship with Canada’s oilsands industry. The $34 billion pipeline project from Alberta to the B.C. coast promises improved access to export markets for oilsands producers, which are forecastContinue Reading

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Hamilton Animal advocates are celebrating after parts of a controversial Ontario agriculture law that made it illegal to get a job on a farm under false pretences to expose conditions inside were deemed unconstitutional. In 2020, protester Regan Russell was killed outside a slaughterhouse in Burlington Ont. Liam Casey ·Continue Reading

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In August 2023, the McDougall Creek wildfire was wreaking havoc in the Okanagan region of British Columbia. Paul Zydowicz, fire chief of the Wilson’s Landing Fire Department, was out fighting the blaze in Traders Cove on the west side of Okanagan Lake. That’s when he saw his own house engulfedContinue Reading

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Members of the body that advises Alberta Health Services about 2SLGBTQ+ health care were surprised by Premier Danielle Smith’s proposed transgender policies announcement earlier this year, according to internal records obtained by CBC News. In a video posted to social media on Jan. 31, Smith laid out a host of proposed policiesContinue Reading