Hemp gains traction as southern Alberta crops diversify
In southern Alberta a hemp sector grows alongside Taber corn sugar beets and potatoes. Dr Jan Slaski notes Alberta leads hemp expansion in Canada with 100000 licensed acres last year and 20 to 30 percent annual gains. Rowland Seeds near Taber develops organic hemp with Finola variety dominating Alberta. A Lethbridge firm plans to open a hemp fibre biocomposites operation in the city.
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Alberta
Lethbridge
Bow Island
Jan Slaski
Farming Smarter
Slaski
Canada
Prairies
Rowland Seeds
Tabor
China
Alberta ministers discuss climate strategy ahead of plan rollout
Alberta environment minister Shannon Phillips says consultations with industry continue as the New Democrat government nears a major climate plan release. She confirms the Specified Gas Emitters Regulation will be extended past its June expiry, while withholding details on oilsands rules.
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Winnipeg
Alberta
Shannon Phillips
New Democrat
Phillips
Saskatchewan urges Alberta to persist with carbon capture efforts
Mike Monea of SaskPower argues carbon capture and storage remains essential to cutting greenhouse gas emissions. He warns against ending funding or halting fossil fuel use, saying a mixed approach with low emission products is needed. The Alberta NDP has proposed ending the carbon capture program to redirect funds to transit.
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Calgary
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Mike Monea
SaskPower
Monea
Alberta Ndp
TransCanada Cuts 185 Jobs in Calgary Restructuring
TransCanada Corp laid off 185 employees in its major projects division, about 100 full time and the rest contract workers, as part of a department restructuring to cut costs. The firm, with 6,000 employees, aims to stay competitive amid a low price environment affecting oil industry customers. It contends projects like Keystone XL and Energy East face delays and regulatory hurdles.
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Calgary
TransCanada Corp
TransCanada
Mark Cooper
Cooper
North America
Alberta passes ban on corporate and union political donations
The NDP government’s Bill 1 An Act to Renew Democracy in Alberta passed unanimously in third reading. It bans corporate and union donations retroactively to June 15 and aims to shift influence to Alberta citizens while facing criticism over the retroactive date.
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Edmonton
Alberta
NDP
Kathleen Ganley
Ganley
Court seals gun registry data amid legal fight
Ottawa faces a high stakes clash over access to government records as the RCMP delivers a complete Quebec long gun registry to the Federal Court under an emergency order. Suzanne Legault launches a charter challenge to Bill C 59 while a Divisional Court panel takes up the dispute.
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Ottawa
RCMP
Federal Information Commissioner
Mounties
Quebec
Suzanne Legault
Legault
Ontario Superior Court
Charles
Hackland
Richard Dearden
Dearden
Fred Chartrand
Public Safety
Steven Blaney
Cools urges Senate to seek media help in tracing audit leak sources
Ontario independent senator Anne Cools proposes the Senate ask journalists to identify sources who leaked details of the auditor general Michael Ferguson's expenses probe. She says a gentle approach may reveal how reporters learned of the spending report before public release during a Senate rules committee inquiry into copies and access. The report noted several senators faced scrutiny and listed two current and seven retired members for spending review.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Senate
Auditor General
Anne Cools
Cools
Michael Ferguson
Rules Committee
RCMP
Crumbling Ukraine ceasefire frames Canada’s military mission plan
Ukraine violence deepens as Canada plans a 200 troop, nearly two year training mission. Ottawa aims to bolster Ukrainian forces this summer ahead of Oct. 19 elections while U S and Britain run programs at Yavoriv in western Ukraine.
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Kiev
Ukraine
Harper
Defence
Lauren Armstrong
Jason Kenney
U.S
Britain
Yavoriv
Ing
Department of National Defence
Kenney
Donetsk
Mariupol
Cancer Society urges action on end-of-life care in Canada
The Canadian Cancer Society calls on the next federal government to pass a national palliative care strategy with minimum service guarantees. Pamela Fralick says urgent need follows Supreme Court’s doctor assisted death ruling and advocates plain packaging to bolster tobacco control amid 5.4 million smokers nationwide.
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Ottawa
Canadian Cancer Society
Pamela Fralick
Supreme Court of Canada
Fralick
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