Separating from Canada Would Be an Economic Disaster for Alberta

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https://thewalrus.ca/separating-from-canada-would-be-an-economic-disaster-for-alberta/

The motivations that have contributed to the separatist movement and Alberta’s sense of grievance in recent years are not especially discrete; it’s more like a nebulous Venn diagram. Simple politics have pushed some people toward separatism. Indeed, the…

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Cenovus says oilfield extension off Newfoundland will hike emissions by 21 per cent

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https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/cenovus-says-oilfield-extension-off-newfoundland-will-hike-emissions-by-21-per-cent/article_165a62b5-515f-56bb-9cf3-cfa1d1f90398.html

The Newfoundland and Labrador government has approved hikes in greenhouse gas emissions at a nickel mine in northern Labrador and the Cenovus-owned White Rose…

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When my sons with autism are sent home from school, they've learned the problem is them — not the system

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/first-person-autism-partial-schooling-9.7175015

Within an hour of dropping my son off at junior kindergarten, I’m called to pick him up. The excitement of the first day of school quickly gives way to sadness and embarrassment. He was sitting on a chair in the office sucking his thumb while the secretary…

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Prime minister should be required to divest assets, says committee

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mark-carney-ethics-blind-trust-9.7174747

Prime Minister Mark Carney and other Canadian prime ministers should be required to divest their investment portfolios when they assume office, not just put them in a blind trust, the House of Commons ethics committee recommends in a new report.

In its report made…

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B.C. mall owner, security company ordered to pay $1.8M to falsely arrested 18-year-old

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/metrotown-false-arrest-detainment-mall-9.7174133

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ordered the owner of Burnaby’s Metropolis at Metrotown mall and a security contractor to pay more than $1.8 million in damages after they admitted to security guards injuring an 18-year-old during a detainment in…

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Firefighter union sounds alarm over OD crisis in Saskatoon

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/firefighter-union-sounds-alarm-over-od-crisis-in-saskatoon-9.7170502

Saskatoon firefighters have issued a public plea for help dealing with a surge in overdose-related calls, and their union is warning the status quo could lead to longer waits for other emergency calls.

“We really haven’t got out…

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The future of electricity is wind and solar, new report says. Canada is lagging behind

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/solar-wind-ember-renewables-electricity-9.7170953

Renewable energy met all new demand for electricity in 2025, according to a new review of global power generation, halting the growth of fossil fuel-powered generation and highlighting the promise of clean sources like wind and solar.

The authoritative…

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Montreal's largest school service centre loses more than 100 support staff due to new secularism law

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-secularism-law-schools-9.7165798

Montreal’s largest school board has lost more than 100 support staff because they refused to remove religious symbols to comply with the province’s new secularism law.

The law, known as Bill 94, expanded a ban on wearing religious symbols, like crosses and…

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Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on?

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/18/iran-war-bets-ethics-concerns

Sixteen bets made $100,000 accurately predicting the timing of the US airstrikes against Iran on 27 February. Later, a single user would make over $550,000 after betting that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would topple, just moments before his assassination by Israeli…

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Israel’s “Black Wednesday” Massacre Leaves Lebanese Families Giving DNA to ID Loved Ones’ Remains

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https://theintercept.com/2026/04/17/lebanon-israel-black-wednesday-bombing-id-dna/

The cold-storage units at the Hariri hospital have been fashioned into ad hoc laboratories to identify a relentless influx of dead bodies.

The unprecedented scales of DNA identification of corpses is born of a macabre need. Last week, after Iran and the…

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'I will be 41.' Teens wonder why it's going to take the city 25 years to build Gage Park basketball court

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/teens-speak-at-public-works-committee-9.7165096

Two Hamilton teens are wondering why the city’s plan to build a much needed basketball court in Gage Park is going to take 25 years.

“I don’t know about you, but I will be 41 when this court is supposed to be built,” Norrie King, 16, told councillors…

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Utah reports more than 600 measles cases as outbreak spreads across US

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/16/utah-measles-cases-outbreak

Utah has emerged as a major center of measles infections in the US, as an outbreak that has been building for some time continues to expand.

State officials reported a total of 602 measles cases on Wednesday tied to an outbreak that started last year and is still…

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US tech firms successfully lobbied EU to keep datacentre emissions secret

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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/17/microsoft-us-tech-firms-lobbied-eu-secrecy-rules-datacentre-emissions

Microsoft and other US tech companies successfully lobbied the EU to hide the environmental toll of their datacentres, an investigation has found, with demands to block a database of green metrics from public view…

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Imperial Oil pipeline spills 843,000 litres northwest of Cold Lake, Alta.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/imperial-oil-pipeline-spill-bitumen-emulsion-9.7165429

An Imperial Oil pipeline spilled 843,000 litres of bitumen emulsion northwest of Cold Lake, Alta., last week.

In a statement to CBC News, Imperial Oil spokesperson Lisa Schmidt said teams responded immediately. The release, which occurred April…

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Woman who stole $70K in grandparent scam should get house arrest, lawyers argue

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alana-duncan-grandparent-scam-fraud-guilty-sentencing-9.7159841

A Calgary woman who participated in a grandparent scam, stealing thousands of dollars from elderly victims, including three who were in their 90s, should get to serve her sentence at home, lawyers argued Friday.

Alana Love Duncan, 48,…

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More than 3 dozen new measles cases recorded in Manitoba in late March, early April

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/new-measles-cases-late-march-early-april-9.7159993

Manitoba recorded dozens of new measles cases over the final days of March and into early April, as the province continues to be Canada’s hot spot for the highly contagious disease.

Between March 29 and April 4, Manitoba had 36 new confirmed measles…

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Ford government's 'special economic zones' law facing constitutional challenge

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ford-government-bill-5-legal-challenge-9.7156329

Several environmental groups have launched a constitutional challenge seeking to kill an Ontario law that allows cabinet to suspend other laws.

Wildlands League, Environmental Defence Canada, Friends of the Earth Canada and Democracy Watch allege…

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Former MP behind sports gambling legalization says some results are 'deplorable'

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/brian-masse-sports-betting-9.7149986

The former MP who spent more than a decade pushing to legalize single-event sports betting says he doesn’t regret it — but says its implementation is in some ways “sad” and “deplorable.”

He also says more regulation is required to curb the volume and methods of gambling…

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AOC vows to block future US military aid to Israel, its Iron Dome and defense

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/02/aoc-blocks-israel-military-aid

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a US representative, said on Wednesday that she will oppose any future US military aid to Israel, including for defensive systems.

In a statement on social media, Ocasio-Cortez said that Israel was fully capable of funding “Iron Dome…

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Charlie Kirk bullet analysis finds no conclusive link to rifle found near scene

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/31/charlie-kirk-bullet-rifle

An analysis from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive (ATF) could not conclusively connect a bullet fragment recovered during Charlie Kirk’s autopsy to the rifle found near the scene of the rightwing political activist’s killing – and the…

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Charlie Kirk bullet analysis finds no conclusive link to rifle found near scene

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/31/charlie-kirk-bullet-rifle

An analysis from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive (ATF) could not conclusively connect a bullet fragment recovered during Charlie Kirk’s autopsy to the rifle found near the scene of the rightwing political activist’s killing – and the…

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Firms with more women in top roles more likely to dismiss abusive men, study finds

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/28/firms-with-more-women-in-top-roles-more-likely-to-dismiss-abusive-men-study-finds

Companies who employ more women in senior roles are much more likely to dismiss men accused of sexually or physically abusing their colleagues, according to analysis of international and UK data.

Men were more…

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Canada loaning millions to proposed Nunavik rare earth mining project linked to Trump White House

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nunavik-rare-earth-mining-project-9.7138515

Amid Prime Minister Mark Carney’s calls that the Canada-U.S. relationship is ruptured, Ottawa has committed $175 million to a mining project in northern Quebec whose major U.S. investor is closely linked to the Trump administration.

Energy and Natural Resources…

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'It only takes one' — Why a runway collision like LaGuardia could happen in Canada

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/air-canada-plane-crash-runway-incursions-9.7141365

Investigators in the U.S. and Canada have cautioned that it is too early to determine a cause and that several safeguards would have had to fail for a disaster of this magnitude to occur.

In aviation safety, this is known as the Swiss Cheese Model, which…

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Cops with patrol rifles to be deployed to key locations in Toronto as police create new unit, task force

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-police-counter-terrorism-unit-rifles-toronto-9.7140751

Toronto police say they are creating a counter-terrorism unit and a specialized task force that will see officers with semi-automatic rifles stationed at key locations in the city.

The locations include places of worship, tourist…

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Premier Doug Ford's cellphone records at issue as Ontario legislature resumes

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ont-legislature-9.7139024

Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s cellphone records took centre stage as the provincial legislature resumed sitting Monday for the first time since December, with the opposition accusing the premier of having something to hide.

One of the many pieces of legislation the government…

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Carney’s ‘Defeatist’ Dismissal of International Law | The Tyee

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https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/23/Carney-Defeatist-Dismissal-International-Law/

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s much criticized ambiguity about the role of international law regarding U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran is more than an excusable stumble by an inexperienced politician operating in a challenging environment.

Carney is…

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‘Vile’ Trump condemned for gloating over Robert Mueller death

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/21/trump-robert-mueller-death

Donald Trump has been condemned as a “vile, disgusting man” and a “sick human being” after gloating over the death of Robert Mueller, a former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Mueller, a decorated Vietnam war veteran who led a politically…

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Hegseth Makes Troops Prove “Sincerely Held” Faith in Latest Beard Crackdown

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https://theintercept.com/2026/03/21/hegseth-military-beard-hair-crackdown/

The latest edict from beard-obsessed Secretary of War Pete Hegseth adds strict new regulations to his crusade on facial hair, which rights groups have characterized as an attack on troops’ civil liberties.

In a March 11 memo, Hegseth, who has made grooming and…

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Closing drug consumption site will move overdoses onto Calgary streets, health experts fear

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/supervised-consumption-closing-southern-alberta-9.7136672

The lone supervised drug consumption sites in Calgary and Lethbridge will close at the end of June, the provincial government announced on Friday.

Calgary’s supervised consumption site (SCS) was the first of its kind to open in Alberta in…

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