How extreme weather affects food prices in Canada
Extreme weather events like fires, floods, heat waves and droughts pose an increasing risk to Canada’s food supply chain, putting pressure on prices all the way to the grocery store …
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Trans Mountain pipeline ushers in new economic era for Fort McMurray
As the urban centre at the heart of Canada’s oilsands industry, Fort McMurray has seen more than its share of ups and downs. A decade and a half ago, the …
Countdown to TikTok crackdown: Popular app could see U.S. ban in 9 months
TikTok now risks becoming a high-profile casualty of the cold-war sequel developing between China and the United States. It’s one of the world’s most popular social media platforms, wildly popular …
For its next trick, Ottawa must unload the $34B Trans Mountain pipeline. It won’t be easy
In her budget speech to the House of Commons on Tuesday, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland took a moment to celebrate the finishing touch on expansion of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline. …
Fate of giant carbon capture project still uncertain, but Pathways Alliance hopeful for deal with feds
Despite growing frustrations and prolonged negotiations with the federal government, a consortium of Canada’s largest oilsands companies is optimistic about having a “line of sight” in securing the certainty it …
May startup of Trans Mountain pipeline expansion surprises analysts
Trans Mountain’s announcement that its expanded oil pipeline would start commercial operations on May 1 has surprised analysts with an earlier-than-expected commencement on the long-delayed $34 billion project. The federal government-owned company set …
Lawsuit claiming Flo Health app shared intimate data with Facebook greenlit as Canadian class action
A Canadian class-action lawsuit accusing a popular fertility tracking app of sending users’ intimate health information — including details about their periods, sex lives and pregnancies — to companies like Facebook without …
Netflix slams into live events with $6.7B wrestling takeover of WWE’s Raw
Netflix took a big step into live events on Tuesday with a more than $6.7 billion ($5 billion US) deal that would make it the exclusive home of World Wrestling Entertainment’s Raw from January 2025 …
Oil and gas sector CEO compensation jumps double-digits amid surging profits
CEO pay in the oil and gas sector has soared with the industry’s post-pandemic resurgence and will likely increase even more with the completion of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion …
2024 is the year the world could reach peak coal use. But it’s a tough habit to quit
With the COP28 climate summit now in the rearview mirror, some researchers say the moment is here when coal consumption in power plants around the world will finally peak before beginning a …