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E-fuels can play a huge role in Canada's journey towards a net-zero future

As countries around the world face the challenges of moving away from oil to stave off the worst effects of climate change, Canada is in an enviable position.

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How to ensure Alberta's oil and gas workers have jobs during the energy transition

Retraining Alberta’s oil and gas workers for the solar industry costs far less than you think. The results of our new study clearly show that a rapid transition to sustainable energy production is feasible, as costs of retraining oil and gas workers are far from prohibitive.

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How secrecy and regulatory capture drove Alberta’s oil and gas liability crisis

“A hustle in the oil patch”, a “dirty legacy”: These are just a couple of the ways that the escalating costs of abandoning and reclaiming non-producing oil wells in Canada have been described.

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Alberta’s electricity prices surged over the summer due to its deregulated market

This summer, Albertans faced a substantial increase in their electricity bills as prices surged. My own electricity bill more than doubled to around $115 compared to the usual $30 to $50 range for a single person in a condominium.

The Conversation

Wolf steals trail camera and video evidence ‘is a bit telling’

A remote trail camera in Alberta, Canada, has captured nighttime footage showing a wolf running off with another camera.

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Mixed-use solar and agricultural land is the silver bullet Alberta’s Conservatives have wished for

The Alberta government recently announced a much-maligned seven-month pause on renewable (including solar) energy development in the province. While the exact reasons are up for debate, one specific factor has been the desire to investigate ways to make renewable energy, particularly solar, more integrated within the province over the long…

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Yellowknife fires: Evacuees will need culturally specific support services

On the evening of Aug. 16, due to rapidly moving wildfires, an evacuation order was issued for the entire city of Yellowknife. Thousands of residents faced a long, stressful drive on the only road out of the city. The goal was for as many people as possible to flee one…

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Researchers reveal how high-intensity interval training safe for pregnant women, their babies

Research from the University of Alberta indicates that high-intensity interval training causes no harm to expectant moms and their unborn children. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Fury as Alberta cuts renewables during Canada’s worst fire season ever

Critics of the policy expressed concern that decision will weaken investor confidence in solar and wind energy in the region

The Guardian - US

Fire Weather by John Vaillant review – apocalypse in Alberta

This telling of the 2016 inferno that engulfed the oil town of Fort McMurray, and the lives of the people who confronted it, is an urgent warning – and an all-consuming read

The Guardian - UK

Gutsy Canberra firies dig deep in the land of fire and ice

Conditions in Canada were incredibly different for gutsy ACT firefighters.

The Canberra Times

The key questions answered as the Commonwealth Games suffers latest setback

The government of Alberta has announced a halt to its attempt to bring the 2030 event to cities Calgary and Edmonton.

The Independent UK

Canada pulls the plug on possible bid to stage 2030 Commonwealth Games

Canadian province Alberta has pulled the plug on a possible bid to stage the 2030 Commonwealth Games because of rising costs.

The National (Scotland)

Alberta withdraws support for 2030 Commonwealth Games bid due to cost

Announcement comes weeks after the Australian state of Victoria pulled out of hosting the 2026 Games

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Six dead after small plane crashes in mountainous region in Canada’s Calgary

Plane lost contact shortly after taking off from Springbank Airport near Calgary in Alberta province

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‘Fighting a losing battle’: waves of wildfires leave Canada’s volunteer firefighters drained

Record blazes have left crews struggling to contain aggressive burns, with a shortage of personnel making things worse

The Conversation

Albertans have more in common than recent elections suggest

Politics in Alberta are more volatile than ever. And the environment appears to be getting increasingly hostile, with the common ground between progressives and conservatives shrinking election by election.

The Canberra Times

Keeping bears at bay and round-the-clock daylight: A grizzly mission fighting fires abroad

A Canberra firefighter has returned from battling blazes in Canada.

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Move over, Danielle Smith: What Canadians should know about New Brunswick's Blaine Higgs

Though he lacks Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s showmanship, New Brunswick’s Blaine Higgs has a hard-line conservative record to make right-wing ideologues giddy.

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Canada Day: Why renaming roads and how we tell stories matter for reconciliation

The recent renaming of the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway in Ottawa to Kichi Zībī Mīkan (“Great River Road”) comes as Canada Day invites Canadians to define not only where we are, but also who we are in our national imagination.

The Walrus

Community Storytelling Project: Three Stories from Chinese Canadians

Personal histories that touch down in rural Alberta, Jamaica, Hong Kong, and Toronto

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‘Dances With Wolves’ actor Nathan Chasing Horse hit with more sexual assault charges amid ‘cult’ allegations

Authorities in Alberta, Canada, are pursuing Nathan Chasing Horse, a former actor known for his role in the movie “Dances With Wolves.”

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Will Danielle Smith veer back to the right and towards Alberta separatism?

With a fresh and workable majority, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is facing the choice of conforming to her moderate election stance or pushing the strategies of various quasi-separatist groups like Take Back Alberta and Project Confederation.

The Independent UK

Chasing Horse charged with more sex crimes in new Canadian case

Canadian authorities announced this week that Nathan Chasing Horse has been charged in the province of Alberta with sexual assault and sexual exploitation

The Guardian - AU

Missing Australian found dead in Canadian wilderness after ‘unfortunate hiking accident’

Police find body of Brisbane woman Julia-Mary Lane, 25, who had been living in Alberta, near Bear Lake in British Columbia

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