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There’s growing pushback against a planned AI data centre in Cape Breton, N.S. It was first announced last month by Canadian energy company Everwind and will be leased by American tech giant Anthropic. Mitchell Bailey looks at why protesters are so opposed to the data centre.

The Bank of Canada raised its key interest rate to 2.5 per cent Wednesday, marking its first hike since July 2023. Governor Tiff Macklem said the quarter-point increase is aimed at keeping higher energy costs from pushing up prices for other goods and services. “We don’t want them to pay for this twice,” he said....

Inflation in Canada accelerated last month to just over three per cent. Higher energy costs have been driving overall inflation in recent months and September was no exception. Reggie Cecchini has this story and more in Business Matters for Oct. 19, 2026.

The Energy Futures Institute is once again calling out the provincial government over its electric vehicle mandate policy, which requires a 26% target of new vehicle sales. But they say it’s a different story for one of its own crown corporations, and their fleet of light duty vehicles. Taya Fast reports.

Nova Scotia’s energy minister has resigned from cabinet. The move comes after backlash over misogynistic rap lyrics from Marco MacLeod’s past. MacLeod says he’s stepping down, as his role in the portfolio has become a distraction to government’s work. As Skye Bryden-Blom reports, his notice has been accepted by the premier.

At a press briefing in Saskatoon Wednesday, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson outlined the progress made in the McIlvenna Bay Project since its referral to the Major Projects Office in 2025. Hodgson said the expected operation of the mine is estimated for at least 18 years and has employed almost 400 full-time...

The West Coast is in the grips of an unrelenting wildfire fight, with more than 40 evacuation orders and just as many alerts in place across British Columbia Sunday night. More than 130 active fires are burning across the province – more than 30 of those ignited just this weekend. And, the union representing WestJet...

Global energy markets are bearing the brunt of renewed hostilities in the Middle East, as the U.S. and Iran exchange fresh strikes, closing the Strait of Hormuz. Andrew Botterill, Energy, Resources & Industrials Partner at Deloitte Canada, joins Global’s Nivrita Ganguly to discuss what Canadians can expect as the gas pump.

Speaking in Newmarket, Ont. Monday, Canadian Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson unveiled a new nuclear energy strategy that seeks to build at least 10 new large-scale reactors in Canada and expand global exports over the next 15 years.

After Iran claimed there were no scheduled visits for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to examine Iranian nuclear sites bombed by the U.S. last year, President Donald Trump has contradicted that, saying, ”They’re wrong,” and that his administration has inspections “down, 100 per cent,” adding they will occur “at the appropriate time.”

BC Hydro is considering a new hydroeletric project to keep up with the growing demand for energy. The province says it will be completng a technical review to look into a couple of sites that have been proposed in the past. Ben O’Hara-Byrne has the details.

A bill that would ban the sale of energy drinks to children under 16 is now before Quebec’s National Assembly. The legislation comes two years after the death of 15-year-old Zachary Miron, who died after drinking a can of Red Bull while on ADHD medication. The bill needs unanimous approval to be fast-tracked. But as...

Governments around the world are grappling with how to harness the benefits of artificial intelligence while at the same time managing its risks. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled a strategy to deal with the rapidly developing technology, with promises to protect data, privacy and children in what is a multi-billion dollar, multi-year plan to...

Statistics Canada says this past year saw the highest level of Canadian LNG exports to countries other than the United States. Canada’s natural gas production has ramped up considerably over the past year with overall energy production in Canada increasing by more than 2 million giga-joules in March.

The controversial Tantramar gas plant has gotten approval from from New Brunswick’s Energy and Utilites and Board. As Suzanne Lapointe reports, environmental advocates and locals have vocally opposed this project since it was revealed last summer.

A traditional washing ceremony was held in East Vancouver Tuesday night, marking the end of a human rights complaint brought forward by the Heiltsuk Nation. As Catherine Urquhart reports, the nation says the ceremony releases the energy and memory of the bad experience.

The ceasefire between Iran and the U.S. is still holding, but there’s also no evidence of both sides will agree to a long-lasting peace deal. Jackson Proskow reports on how U.S. President Donald Trump is blasting Iran’s proposal to end the war, and how the world is bracing for energy shortages because of the Strait...

Filling in for White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, spoke on the energy crisis facing Cuba calling the Cuban leadership “incompetent communists” after he was asked how long the U.S.-enforced fuel embargo would last.

The Bank of Canada latest economic forecast expects Canada’s GDP to rise 1.2 per cent this year, 1.6 per cent next year, and 1.7 per cent in 2028. “Our forecast for GDP growth in Canada has not changed significantly since our January projection. The conflict in the Middle East will affect the composition of growth,...

Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne unveiled the government’s latest economic and fiscal blueprint late Tuesday afternoon. Energy giant Shell has signed a $22 billion deal to take over Canadian natural gas producer ARC Resources. Plus, what started as a comedy monologue has re-ignited the debate over free speech in the U.S. There are reports the Federal...