More mines, more ounces: A decade of gold gains turned Canada into a mining powerhouse

Gold keeps setting records and Canada is producing a lot more of it. High gold prices over the past decade have driven new mine openings and expansions pushing Canada’s gold output up 31 per cent, according to the Mining Association of Canada. It...

KPMG in Canada's '2025 CEO Outlook' Finds Canadian CEOs Focus on Boosting Productivity Through AI

KPMG in Canada's '2025 CEO Outlook' Finds Canadian CEOs Focus on Boosting Productivity Through AI Rolling out AI, upskilling employees, mitigating trade risks all emerge as themes Vancouver, BC, October 22, 2025--(T-Net)--Amid economic...

As climate change worsens, evidence links extreme heat and mental illness

Heat is agonizing, something many in the U.S. were reminded of this month as an October heat wave shattered seasonal heat records. But high temperatures can also be fatal. As a New York City-based medical toxicologist and physician, Adam...

A New Veterinary Technology Simulation Lab planned for Western Canada

Saskatchewan Polytechnic received a $1-million donation earlier this month from the Heather Ryan and L. David Dubé Foundation. The donation is earmarked for a Veterinary Technology Simulation Lab at the new Joseph A. Remai Saskatoon Campus. It...

Satellite data shows methane emissions are declining in part of Canada’s oil patch, but more monitoring is needed

Governments in Canada’s major oil and gas producing provinces, Alberta and Saskatchewan, have touted their efforts in recent years to reduce methane emissions. Methane is a greenhouse gas released into the atmosphere at oil and gas facilities...

CSA Group updates bridge design codes for climate resiliency

The Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Group has released the thirteenth edition of its CSA S6:25 Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code, with this new revision incorporating future climate resilience guidance into its bridge design. These changes...

Carney must fix Canada’s rep as an unreliable trade partner

Indian officials say Canada is an unreliable trading partner, and they’re not the only ones. BRIAN LILLEY TORONTO SUN As Mark Carney heads to Asia later this week he’ll be fighting a poor perception of Canada, that we’re an unreliable trading...

Canada needs strong climate policy to be competitive in countries beyond the U.S.

Sometime in the coming days, the federal government will release its much anticipated “climate competitiveness strategy.” It will be a pivotal moment for climate and economic policy for our country. Or, rather, it should be. Currently, much of the...

Vatican will return dozens of artifacts to Indigenous groups in Canada as part of reconciliation

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Canadian Province Bans Crypto Mining Amid Unprecedented Electricity Demand

This week, the government of British Columbia announced it will permanently ban new cryptocurrency mining connections to the province’s electricity grid to protect the power supply. The move makes Canada’s third-largest province a non-viable...

North Wales college helps drive Wales–Canada partnership challenging misogyny in education

COLEG CAMBRIA is playing a key role in a Wales-wide initiative to tackle misogyny and promote respectful relationships across the Further Education (FE) sector. Funded through the Taith Pathway 2 Programme and coordinated by ColegauCymru, the...

Canada ends EV incentive, jeopardizing the future of rebates

Canada’s Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) is officially over after months of being on the chopping block. Transport Canada, the department responsible for the iZEV, confirmed last week that the federal incentive, which offered...

Issues of the Environment: Protecting trees in Washtenaw County

Overview As fall colors peak across Washtenaw County, leaf drop offers a timely moment for tree health assessments and strategic planning, especially before spring’s renewed growth. Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources recommends that oak...

Canada Delegation attending MIPIM: The world’s property event since 1990

MIPIM, the world’s property event attracts top decision-makers from over 90 countries. Image credit: © S. d'HALLOY / IMAGE&CO. MIPIM is the world’s leading real estate and urban development event, held annually in Cannes, France. It became a...

World Cup sends 'dangerous message' on climate

Dr Madeleine Orr is a leading sport and climate expert who believes the 2026 World Cup "sends a dangerous message about the intentions of Fifa and other events to just get bigger and bigger". Next year's tournament in the United States, Mexico and...

Climate transition plans are still critical despite other pressing risks: report

Canadian businesses face all sorts of pressing challenges these days, but a new report argues climate transition plans are still crucial to their long-term success. Just as tariffs, interest rates and artificial intelligence have thrown curveballs...

Canadian Remsoft acquired the Australian forestry company LOGR

AK&M 21 October 2025 18:27 Canadian Remsoft has acquired the Australian forestry company LOGR with the aim of creating a single cloud ecosystem that integrates all stages of the supply chain in forestry. This is reported in the Remsoft press...

Seaspan Energy, Anew Climate wrap up 1st STS bio-LNG bunkering in Long Beach

The US-based climate solutions specialist Anew Climate and Seaspan Energy, part of Canada’s Seaspan Marine, have completed their first ship-to-ship (STS) loading operation of renewable liquefied natural gas (bio-LNG) in the Port of Long Beach,...

‘Brain Waste’ Rising as Canada Fails Skilled Immigrants

By Mata Press Service Canada may be attracting record numbers of highly educated immigrants, but it is failing to match the labour market outcomes those newcomers achieve in the United States, a new study by the Fraser Institute warns. Despite...

Does Mark Carney have a climate plan for Canada?

“I’m the same me,” Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney insisted during a podcast on October 16. With a five-year stint as the UN’s special envoy for climate change under his belt, Carney may be the most climate-aware world leader of all time.