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By Nick Murray The Canadian Press Posted March 20, 2025 2:06 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Environment Minister Terry Duguid says a Mark Carney government will maintain a cap on oil and gas production emissions. In an interview with The Canadian Press, Duguid says Canada wants the energy but not the pollution that comes with its production.The Liberals introduced draft regulations back in November that require producers to cut emissions by about one-third over the next eight years. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world...

By Jack Farrell The Canadian Press Posted March 20, 2025 12:04 pm Updated March 20, 2025 12:13 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney are meeting on Thursday for the first time since he was sworn into office last week. The visit comes a day after Smith’s United Conservative Party government tabled a bill that seeks to ban federal employees from accessing oil and gas facilities and the emissions data they contain.Critics ...

The U.S. on Thursday issued new Iran-related sanctions, targeting one individual and several entities including a Chinese “teapot” oil refinery for purchasing and processing Iranian crude oil, the Treasury Department website showed. It was Washington’s fourth round of sanctions on Iran’s oil sales since President Donald Trump said in February he was re-imposing a “maximum pressure” campaign including efforts to drive down the exports to zero. Trump aims to stop Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and funding militant groups. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. China is the largest importer of Iranian oil.The refi...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Mark Carney will call a federal election no later than Sunday, Global News has confirmed. Carney will make the call to avoid facing the required return of a prorogued Parliament on Monday. That’s the date the House of Commons is set to reconvene, with opposition parties vowing to vote non-confidence in the Liberals at the earliest opportunity.The earliest a federal election can be held is 37 days after it is called, and no later than 51 days after.The Globe and Mail reported Thursday that Carney will call the election Sunday for a vote to be held on April 28. The Globe cited two anonymous sources who were not authorized to speak to the media. Global News, though, has been to...

By Lisa Johnson and Jack Farrell The Canadian Press Posted March 19, 2025 6:33 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Alberta’s government is proposing a law it says would ban federal employees from going on any oil-related sites — from wellheads to corporate head offices — but the NDP says it’s an illegal and performative distraction. Premier Danielle Smith said the goal is to keep federal staffers away from any place where oil and gas production and emissions data might be located.Smith said the Critical Infrastructure Defence Amendment Act is necessary because she doesn’t trust how the federal g...

The Conservative party is breaking from tradition and will not be allowing media onboard planes and buses to cover Pierre Poilievre’s election campaign. In an email Tuesday, national campaign director Jenni Byrne said costs for travel have “risen considerably,” as has the capacity for digital and remote access to public events.Byrne also said in recent years, media outlets have chosen to tag staff from local bureaus to cover events rather than fly journalists from Ottawa across the country for the entire duration of the campaign.Byrne said her team wants to stress that the campaign will ensure “strong, fair, and equitable media access.”For decades, federal election campaigns for the main political parties have provided seats on leaders’ tours, with the media organizations paying the party ...