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Documents released via freedom of information laws show Alberta bureaucrats were working as early as October 2019 on ways to remedy what they called 'underinvestment' in the area.

The lawyer for the ranchers who requested the documents under freedom of information laws is confirming the decision from Alberta Energy.

Altius, which owns the Genesee coal mine that feeds the Genesee power plant west of Edmonton, lost in Court of King's Bench but took its case to the Alberta Court of Appeal.

The underground operation at the Donkin mine has been closed, and 130 workers laid off, since a July 15 roof fall, which followed a smaller roof fall on July 9.

Environmental groups want Ottawa to enforce its rules on an Alberta coal site that has started building an underground test mine without the proper permits. 

Corb Lund says that after meeting with Energy Minister Brian Jean, he doesn't believe the minister knows enough about the issue.

Alberta's energy regulator says it will accept an application and open hearings into a controversial open-pit coal mine on the southern slopes of the province's Rocky Mountains.

A Federal Court ruling has thrown out a decision from federal Environmental Minister Steven Guilbeault denying a permit for an open-pit coal mine in the Alberta Rockies.

The findings raise questions about who is responsible for cleaning up legacy industrial sites.

The boom in exports of the kind of coal burned to make electricity comes as Canada leads a charge to end the use of coal as a source of power worldwide.

The ruling comes in response to an attempt by the United Conservative government to block the release of the documents to a group of southern Alberta ranchers.

Alberta's irrigation managers are proposing a $5-billion plan for water storage and conservation in the province's south as the region faces an increasingly tight water supply.

Wind and solar operators in Canada are being urged to reduce the likelihood of future catastrophic grid outages by making their infrastructure more resilient to climate change.

The strongest earthquake in a quarter-century rocked Taiwan on Wednesday, killing nine people, sending some scrambling out windows of damaged buildings.

Alberta is blocking off large sections of the province to renewable power development.

Experts say a black redhorse has been spotted in a London, Ont.-area creek. They say the presence of the threatened fish bodes well for the health of a local river system.

The head of Nova Scotia's power utility says the current estimate for what has become known as a scaled-down version of the Atlantic Loop project is about $700 million.

Historic rivals, the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens, met in the Bell Centre tonight, with the Leafs prevailing 4-2.

Kyle Connor scored Winnipeg's lone goal late in the third to break up the shutout but the Jets have now scored just 12 goals in their last nine games.

Kyle Connor and Adam Lowry each scored twice as the Jets won a home playoff game with fans in the stands for the first time since 2018.