Canada

29/05/26
Author: 
Mitchell Beer
TGEGASENGINEERING/Wikimedia Commons

May 27, 2026

A German utility’s decision to buy a million tonnes of gas per year from the yet-to-be-built Ksi Lisims liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in British Columbia may help the project secure the investors it needs, but still falls short of the energy trade breakthrough the federal government is claiming, independent analysts say.

28/05/26
Author: 
Graeme Gordon
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks during a news conference in Calgary, Alta., Friday, May 22, 2026.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

May 27, 2026

A referendum on an official referendum scheduled for the night of October 19, 2026, could set Alberta on an official legal process of leaving Canada.

Earlier this month, a judge of the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta ruled against an official, non-binding referendum going forward this fall, citing a lack of consultation with the province’s Indigenous people and the Crown.

24/05/26
Author: 
Nessie Nankivell
Open pit mine and US flag

May 22, 2026

By fast-tracking critical minerals, Canada is not simply building a green economy. It is being further integrated into the U.S. war industry

Even as Prime Minister Mark Carney touts his plans to protect Canada’s economic sovereignty, the country’s critical minerals are making their way into U.S. weapons. 

23/05/26
Author: 
Michael Harris
Cartoon by Greg Perry.

May 20, 2026

The court, Carney and political threats offer Alberta’s premier an exit ramp. She refuses to swerve.

Let’s look in on what may be the most important story in Canada.

23/05/26
Author: 
Markham Hislop
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks at a press conference at McDougall Centre in Calgary. Photo by Dean Pilling /Postmedia

May 23, 2026

Can Danielle Smith continue using Alberta separatism as a tool of political management without eventually losing control of the forces she helped unleash? This past week suggests she can’t. Political movements built on grievance rarely remain controllable for long. Since becoming premier in 2022, she has systematically normalized the politics of betrayal, victimhood, and existential crisis. Now she is trying to surf a political tsunami wave of her own making.

Can she survive?

22/05/26
Author: 
Justin Brake
NF finance minister

May 15, 2026

Finance minister says yes, but ATI requests show there’s no plan for how to do both — and reveal significant unpublished emissions estimates

Newfoundland and Labrador is continuing on its path of extractivism without any evidence it will be able to meet its climate targets. But the province’s finance minister isn’t worried and says his government “can do both at the same time” — working toward a just transition while expanding fossil fuel production.

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