Canada

Nov. 6, 2026

The new federal budget pledges $6 billion over 10 years for Canada’s spy agency.

Mark Carney’s Liberal government has promised to give Canada’s spy agency a massive funding increase of around 60 per cent in this year’s federal budget, which was tabled in Ottawa yesterday.

Details about how the money will be spent, however, remain murky.

Oct. 29, 2026

Nov. 2, 2026

Pipeline proposed to transport 1 million barrels of oil per day from Alberta to B.C. coast

Oct. 5, 2026

Claire Seabron says she thinks Ottawa might look to claim credit for emissions reductions caused by LNG Canada shipments to Asia countries, where it will displace more carbon-intensive coal as an energy source.

The federal government could use a section in the 2015 Paris Treaty to claim credit for emissions reductions caused by foreign nations replacing coal with natural gas shipments from Canada, according to a former chief of staff to the energy minister.

Nov. 2, 2026

TORONTO — U.S. asset manager Blackstone and four Canadian institutional investors have signed a US$3.1-billion deal to acquire a non-controlling stake in the Mitsubishi Corp. subsidiary that holds an interest in LNG Canada, the country’s first liquefied natural gas export facility. 

Nov. 3, 2026

Nov. 4, 2026

he Canadian Council of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) has voted in support of a resolution calling on workers to refuse to handle weapons and military equipment destined for Israel.

The CLC stands in solidarity with Palestinian workers and their families, and with all those calling for peace, justice, and respect for international law.

Canada has a responsibility to ensure that weapons and military equipment produced here are not used to harm Palestinian civilians or contribute to violations of international humanitarian law.

Oct. 30, 2026

Washington state’s spill prevention program manager says sharp turns and other hazards increase the chance of an accident.

Brian Kirk, the manager of Washington state’s oil spill prevention program, spent two decades as a U.S. navy officer travelling around the world on destroyers, command ships, cruisers and aircraft carriers. He’s familiar with wily currents, storms, fog and unpredictable seas.

Oct. 26, 2026

Hold onto your hats, British Columbia. In a stunning shift of power, NDP Premier David Eby made the biggest political miscalculation in B.C. history, perhaps Canadian history, with a snap election that managed to alienate just about everyone. B.C. now is faced with a Conservative government with a huge majority, led by someone who was virtually unknown six weeks ago.