Regulation
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‘If we thought it was bad, it’s worse:’ Alberta methane releases underestimated
A new study, the first to use aerial flyovers to measure fugitive emissions in Alberta’s oil and gas industry, suggests methane levels are up to 3.6 times previously reported figures in one production region
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Here’s why the U.S. is trying to kill dairy supply management
Dairy supply management blocks out foreign production from the Canadian market, and is a thorn in the side of trade negotiators as other countries look for freer access to Canada’s food markets, but there’s more to it…
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Aerospace shocker: Bombardier gives Airbus majority stake in CSeries unit
The 50.1 per cent interest in the CSeries is a way to avoid huge import duties imposed by the U.S., but neither Bombardier or the Quebec government will be paid any money. A giddy Airbus executive called the deal a ‘win-win’
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Ottawa to reduce small business tax rate to 9 per cent
The addition of a tax cut to the federal Liberal government’s small business tax reform plan appears to be the political equivalent of a spoonful of sugar to quell an angry backlash to proposed tax reform
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Lafarge hit with fine after worker shocked at Bath, Ont. cement plant
A contract worker was taken to hospital after being shocked when cleaning electrostatic precipitators at the facility
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Commercial plane hits drone near Quebec City, suffers minor damage
A small Skyjet plane carrying eight passengers collided with a drone about three kilometres from Quebec City’s airport last week, the first such case in Canada
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Ship delivers propane to Churchill, Man., leaving with Via train
Some people in the isolated town had discussed forming a blockade to prevent the train from leaving by ship to protest rail line owner Omnitrax, which wont repair the track because it is no longer economically viable
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Trump’s ‘break it now, fix it later’ tactic creating chaos at NAFTA talks
Officials from other countries say the “sheepish” body language of U.S. negotiators, who have tabled demands beyond the realm of what’s palatable to the other parties, speaks volumes as to how they perceive Trump’s chaos-inducing tactics
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Canada, U.K. partner to reduce global coal-fired power proliferation
The International Energy Agency says the world’s reliance on coal has to start diminishing by 2020 if there is any hope of meeting the Paris climate change accord goals
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Manitoba appealing U.S. approval of North Dakota water diversion plan
The $244-million water diversion project would transfer water from the Missouri River to northwestern North Dakota, where rivers could carry disease and invasive species into Manitoba