Marc Fawcett-atkinson

Data centre developers in the province likely won't be able to use renewable energy like solar or wind to power their facilities — even if they want to.

The businessman's plan to build his behemoth data centre in northern Alberta hit a roadblock this week after an Alberta judge sided with a First Nation appealing a key water licence for the project.

Within weeks of emerging online, the conspiracy theory had jumped into real life, fuelling a powerful kickback to local planning and environmental initiatives that would have previously left most citizens unbothered.

The Carney government is quietly trying to let politicians override Canada's food safety laws in a move the union representing federal food and farm inspectors says could risk Canadians' health and safety.

Rebel News says it plans to register as a third-party advertiser during Alberta's secession referendum in support of the separatist cause.

The provincial and federal housing ministers have fired warning shots at the Vancouver mayor's second attempt to reverse his city's restrictions on natural gas use for heating buildings and water.

The 10-person committee unanimously recommended in a Wednesday report that Ottawa immediately pause its decision to close the centres and consult with farmers, researchers, advocates and industry groups to fully understand the scientific and economic impact of closing the facilities and research programs.

The article claimed that researchers at the University of Victoria in BC and Fisheries and Oceans Canada had found a way to model the plumes of sediment released by deep-sea mining operations, offering "tangible insight into how future operations could be precisely managed, pushing back against the narrative of unmanageable risk."

When Donald Trump took office and began levelling trade threats against Canada, environmentalists raised fears that pending environmental regulations for per- and poly-fluoroalkyl (PFAS) chemicals would be jettisoned to avoid his ire. They may be correct.

When four of six candidates running to lead the Conservative Party of British Columbia gathered for the first debate of the leadership race, they were in "violent agreement" to back most of the party's current policy planks — and slam the two no-shows.