AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoTar sands oversight fight: Keepers of the Water is blasting Alberta’s Energy Regulator for exempting Suncor’s planned Athabasca River tailings release from an environmental impact assessment, arguing the province is offloading federal-level responsibility. Data-centre pressure in Alberta: Sturgeon County is asking the Rural Municipalities of Alberta to review how the province regulates and communicates about large-scale data centres, pointing to gaps exposed by fast-moving projects and calling for clearer oversight and cumulative-effects thinking. Extreme weather watch: Environment Canada issued a yellow severe thunderstorm watch for parts of Ontario, with damaging wind gusts possible, and also issued a frost advisory for southern Saskatchewan, warning of crop and plant damage risk. Peatlands and climate: A new book review spotlights how peatlands store carbon and why protecting and restoring them matters—especially as warming threatens their stability. Saskatchewan science: Tiny ant fossils from the Big Muddy amber deposit are giving researchers a rare look at ant evolution across a major extinction era. Local community action: Cops for Cancer Tour de Coast is rolling through Greater Vancouver, with RCMP riders visiting schools and communities to support childhood cancer research and Camp Goodtimes.
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