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Canada’s trade diversification push goes into reverse
Open this photo in gallery:Prime Minister Mark Carney has emphasized the need for Canada to diversify its trading partners, but economists have warned that will take time.Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press For all the talk in Canada about the...

What would drought-stricken forests mean for Canada's fall foliage?
An Ontario biologist says drought-stricken parts of Canada could be in for some underwhelming fall foliage if stressed trees lose out on the energy needed to generate some of the season's most brilliant colours. Biology professor Susan Dudley at...

Canadians are fed up with woke identity politics
Blogs The NDP’s collapse is no mystery: the party abandoned workers for identity quotas and woke virtue-signaling that Canadians overwhelmingly rejected. (LifeSiteNews) — In the April 2025 federal election, the New Democratic Party was nearly...
EmPOWER AI 2025 Conference Unites Energy and AI Innovators Building the Intelligent Grid of the Future
Bidgely’s premier energy intelligence conference, EmPOWER AI, will be held September 16-18 in Napa, California. This annual gathering features attendees from over 40 global companies to spark critical dialog between utility leaders, data experts,...

Understanding Alberta’s Expensive, Ideological War on Renewable Energy
“This is what happens when ideology runs the power grid,” said Alberta Premier Danielle Smith in July 2023 when asked about the province’s sky-high electricity rates. Smith was attempting to cast blame on renewable energy policies of the former...

2025 Impact Awards Winner: Coke Canada Bottling
Toward a Better Future, Together, the company’s sustainability action plan, is an ambitious step for intentional environmental sustainability. The inspiration? Coke Canada Bottling is a family-owned Canadian business with close local connections...

The natural gas pipelines and energy transmission line projects NY is debating
New York has some big energy needs in the years to come, between meeting clean electricity goals in the 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, attempting to replace dirty power sources like gas and oil, new technologies like AI...

Canada joins EU and UK in cutting Russian oil price limit

2025 Impact Awards Winner: Mondelēz Canada
Sustainability is not a target at Mondelēz Canada; it’s a mindset. Its commitment extends beyond compliance and numerical targets. The goal is to create a lasting positive impact on the environment, communities and future generations by taking an...

Canadian exports rise in July, helping to narrow trade deficit
Open this photo in gallery:Shipping activity at the Port of Vancouver. Exports have been modestly rising over the last three months after taking a major hit in April as tariffs came into effect.Isabella Falsetti/The Globe and Mail Canadian exports...

AI alone won’t solve Canada’s manufacturing challenges, says NGen CEO
“The biggest mistake manufacturers make is thinking they can continue to do the same old thing, the same old way.” NGen will host the Emerging Innovator’s Space at the Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show (CMTS) 2025, at the Toronto Congress...

Energy meets urgency: Solving the data center power problem with solar
Jared Burden, a partner in the law firm GreeneHurlocker, is a Virginia-based renewable energy lawyer with a practice encompassing corporate transactions, real estate, and land use law. In Virginia and across the country, the explosive growth of...
Coalition hasn't commissioned modelling to help form energy policy: Bell — as it happened
3h agoFri 5 Sep 2025 at 5:05am That's the end of our live blog! This is where I'll have to leave you for today. Thank you for joining our live blog. It's been a pleasure having you here as always! We'll be back again next Monday for another week...

NYPA, Hochul attends pivotal roundtable to boost New York's nuclear energy workforce
New York (WRGB) — Governor Hochul announced the convening of an advanced nuclear energy workforce roundtable in New York City, bringing together leaders from across New York, the U.S., and Canada to discuss the future of the nuclear workforce....

Canada lowers price cap on Russian oil to $47.6 following EU and UK
NEW YORK, September 4. /TASS/. Canadian authorities have lowered the price cap on Russian oil from $60 to $47.6 per barrel, according to a statement on the Canadian government’s website. "In alignment with the European Union and the United...
When US slapped a 35 per cent tariff on Canadian goods
When Donald Trump slapped a 35 per cent tariff on Canadian goods, Ottawa called it “disappointing.” Canadians called it something stronger. How could our closest neighbour and biggest trading partner suddenly punish us like this? The truth is the...

Canada joins EU and UK in cutting Russian oil price limit
Following the lead of the European Union and the United Kingdom, the Canadian government has also reduced the price cap on Russian crude oil to $47.60 per barrel in response to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, Azernews reports. According to a...

Energy Plug Technologies Completes First Sale in US Market; a $290K pilot order for three 209kWh Secure Energy Storage Systems
Energy Plug Technologies Completes First Sale in US Market; a $290K pilot order for three 209kWh Secure Energy Storage Systems Vancouver, BC, September 4, 2025--(T-Net)--Energy Plug Technologies Corp. (CSE: PLUG) announced its first sale in the...

Trump is going after wind energy. How will the industry survive?
The first person to hoist a sail predates recorded history; humans have been harnessing the wind for thousands of years. Nevertheless, when the first windmill was first used to produce electricity 1887, it was immediately rejected as the work of...

Why This Canadian Utility Stock Could Help You Sleep at Night
What’s keeping you up at night? Did you just binge-watch a terrifying crime series (guilty)? How about the ongoing Donald Trump announcements? Well, if you’re like most Canadians, it’s more than likely that what’s really keeping you up is one...