LILLEY: Crosstown unlikely to open this year, probably will in January

Brian Lilley / torontosun - Final testing is now complete but still more work to do in order to open this troubled LRT line.

Uday Rana / globalnews - The impact of Build Canada Homes (BCH), a new federal agency created in September, on easing Canada’s housing crisis will likely be 'modest,' the PBO report said.

#economicpolicy #canada #budget #infrastructure #government #canadianpolitics #finance

Feds will cut over half of housing spending, build only 26,000 homes: Budget watchdog | CBC News

3 months / reddit / /u/BubbasBack

Carney’s new housing agency will have ‘modest’ impact, says PBO

3 months / globalnews / Uday Rana

Budget office sees modest boost in housing supply from Build Canada Homes

3 months / sootoday

PBO projects Build Canada Homes will add 26,000 housing units, a fraction of those needed, over five years

3 months / financialpost / Jordan Gowling

Affordable housing is out of reach everywhere in Canada

3 months / reddit / /u/FancyNewMe

'Tremendously risky': Alberta's pipeline pact with Ottawa no guarantee a company will build it, analysts say

/u/airbassguitar / reddit - submitted by /u/airbassguitar [link] [comments]

#politics #alberta #ottawa #publicsafety #infrastructure #firstnations #pipeline #environmentalprotection #government #canadianpolitics

Environmental risks: safety and climate concerns (5)
Indigenous voices: divided over pact risks (3)
Industry impact: market and recovery dynamics (2)
Political fallout: power plays and cabinet shifts (10)

Environmental risks: safety and climate concerns

Environment minister won’t say whether new pipeline would increase or decrease emissions

3 months / nationalobserver / Natasha Bulowski

Pipeline deal could trigger 'race to the bottom' on Canada’s climate policy: advocates

3 months / thestarphoenix / The Canadian Press

'Fool's errand': Why the Exxon Valdez looms large over the northern pipeline debate

3 months / nationalobserver / Wolfgang Depner

A New Oilsands Pipeline? What Politicians Won’t Admit

3 months / thetyee / Andrew Nikiforuk

'Tremendously risky': Alberta's pipeline pact with Ottawa no guarantee a company will build it, analysts say

3 months / reddit / /u/airbassguitar

Indigenous voices: divided over pact risks

Generations of Indigenous leaders brace for a new battle over another pipeline

3 months / citynews / News Staff

Generations of Indigenous leaders brace for a new battle over another pipeline

3 months / sootoday

Indigenous groups remain split on Alberta’s pipeline pact with feds

3 months / globalnews / Sean Previl

Industry impact: market and recovery dynamics

Ottawa’s reversal on enhanced oil recovery a ‘gamechanger,’ industry leader says

3 months / theglobeandmail / Emma Graney

Smith, energy group say memorandum levels playing field for Canada's oil and gas sector

3 months / westernstandard / David Wiechnik

Political fallout: power plays and cabinet shifts

NO MORE VETOES: Carney’s government needs to take charge on pipelines

3 months / torontosun / Postmedia News

Pipeline announcement fails to move Carney’s approval in B.C., rises slightly in Alberta

3 months / westernstandard / Western Standard News Services

May says voting for Carney’s budget a ‘mistake’ after Alberta pipeline deal

3 months / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

Yeehaw, Alberta Is Getting a Pipeline (at BC’s Cost)

3 months / thewalrus / Carmine Starnino

Eby says he's open to new pipeline — so long as it doesn't go anywhere

3 months / westernstandard / Jarryd Jäger

Pipeline deal forced Montreal MP Guilbeault to ask if he could look himself 'in the mirror'

3 months / montrealgazette / James Mennie, Montreal Gazette

Cabinet shuffle planned Monday after Guilbeault’s resignation

3 months / nationalpost / Catherine Lévesque

Carney to shuffle cabinet Monday after Guilbeault’s resignation last week

3 months / theglobeandmail / Stephanie Levitz

MACLEOD: Pipeline promises, political games: Why Ottawa’s ‘lifeline’ to Alberta oil always ends in betrayal

3 months / westernstandard / Western Standard Guest Columnist

David Eby has one big pipeline-sized problem

3 months / thehub / Kirk LaPointe

Quebec coroner calls for better pedestrian safety after death of girl, 7, in 2022

Cole Fortner / citynews - A Quebec coroner is recommending strengthened measures to protect pedestrian safety after the hit-and-run death of a seven-year-old Ukrainian refugee in 2022. Coroner Éric Lépine says in a recent report that the girl’s death was accidental, caused by the …

#crime #quebec #montreal #childprotection #publicsafety #emergencyresponse #infrastructure #government

Montreal Ukrainian leaders react to coroner’s report into 2022 hit-and-run death of 7-year-old girl walking to school

3 months / citynews / Gareth Madoc-Jones

Quebec coroner outlines steps to improve pedestrian safety at intersections

3 months / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

7-year-old Ukrainian refugee's 2022 death prompts coroner to demand better pedestrian safety

3 months / montrealgazette / The Canadian Press

Quebec coroner calls for better pedestrian safety after death of girl, 7, in 2022

3 months / citynews / Cole Fortner

Airlines race to fix Airbus jets as U.S. reports little disruption

Tim Kelly and Abhijith Ganapavaram and Tim Hepher / theglobeandmail - Overnight effort appears to help head off the worst-case scenario, capping the number of flight delays in Asia and Europe

#technology #cybersecurity #internationalrelations #aviation #flightcancellations #traveladvisories #emergencyresponse #infrastructure #business

Airbus fleets resume operations after snap software fix to recalled A320 jets

3 months / theglobeandmail / Tim Hepher and Allison Lampert and David Shepardson

Airlines race to fix Airbus jets as U.S. reports little disruption

3 months / theglobeandmail / Tim Kelly and Abhijith Ganapavaram and Tim Hepher

Travel chaos fears ease after Airbus intervenes on software fix

3 months / torontosun / AFP

Stubborn fire still smouldering inside walls of two Thorncliffe Park highrises

Chris Doucette / torontosun - There was still no timeline Saturday on when residents of the 408 apartments can return to their homes

#toronto #publicsafety #emergencyresponse #infrastructure

Stubborn Thorncliffe Park highrise fire has officials stumped

3 months / torontosun / Ian Shantz

2 Toronto building fires like a ‘cigar burning slowly’ with no timeline to extinguish

3 months / globalnews / Sean Previl

‘It’s been very stressful’: Residents spending 4th day away from home due to Thorncliffe Park fire

3 months / citynews / John Marchesan

‘So chaotic’: No return date for displaced residents of 2 Toronto building fires

3 months / globalnews / Prisha Dev

Stubborn fire still smouldering inside walls of two Thorncliffe Park highrises

3 months / torontosun / Chris Doucette

No return timeline for hundreds displaced by smouldering Toronto highrise fire

3 months / sootoday

‘Fire is still burning’: Thorncliffe Park fire to keep residents out of their homes for an indefinite period

3 months / citynews / John Marchesan

‘Not enough butter’: Calgary Transit sees funding boost but more required to expand service

Adam MacVicar / globalnews - A $59 million boost is earmarked for Calgary Transit in the proposed budget to cover increased frequency on key routes, the low-income transit pass, and maintenance and upgrades.

#economicpolicy #canada #calgary #budget #spendingpriorities #transit #infrastructure #government #canadianpolitics #finance

‘Not enough butter’: Calgary Transit sees funding boost but more required to expand service

3 months / globalnews / Adam MacVicar

Budget 2026: Calgary transit director asks for additional $14-million in operating spending

3 months / calgaryherald / Scott Strasser

Hong Kong high-rise fire: 3 arrested, at least 44 dead and 279 still missing

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Officials said the fire started on the external scaffolding of one of the buildings, a 32-storey tower, and later spread to inside the building and then to nearby buildings.

#crime #media #internationalrelations #publicsafety #emergencyresponse #china #legalaffairs #infrastructure #government

Death toll rises to 75, arrests made following deadly Hong Kong fire

3 months / westernstandard / Will Vasseur

Hong Kong apartment death toll soars as city investigates fire cause

3 months / torontosun / Spiro Papuckoski

Hong Kong high-rise fire: 3 arrested, at least 44 dead and 279 still missing

3 months / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

Hong Kong Canadians reeling after a deadly highrise inferno

3 months / nationalobserver / Nono Shen

Canadians with roots in Hong Kong devastated after deadly apartment fire

3 months / theglobeandmail / Nono Shen

Oil and gas industry leaders 'skeptically optimistic' on Carney-Smith energy accord

David Wiechnik / westernstandard - Canada’s oil and gas sector is waiting with bated breath to see what Thursday’s announcement of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith brings.

#politics #canada #alberta #infrastructure #pipeline #environmentalprotection #government #canadianpolitics #energy

Economic impacts, industry views and tax disputes (7)
Indigenous, regulatory and tanker ban concerns (4)
Other pipeline-related updates (1)
Political battles over pipeline deal (9)

‘No decisions’ on Calgary’s federal housing funding, according to CMHC

Adam MacVicar / globalnews - Calgary city administration said in a statement to Global News, the memo to city council informing them the federal funding was paused was "preliminary in nature."

#economicpolicy #canada #alberta #calgary #infrastructure #government #canadianpolitics #finance

‘No decisions’ on Calgary’s federal housing funding, according to CMHC

3 months / globalnews / Adam MacVicar

Repealing blanket rezoning may jeopardize federal funding, suggests city memo to council

3 months / calgaryherald / Scott Strasser

THOMAS: CMHC pauses housing funds, a threat to not repeal blanket upzoning?

3 months / westernstandard / Myke Thomas

Ontario officially greenlights $26.8B Pickering nuclear power station refurbishment

Isaac Callan / globalnews - Energy Minister Stephen Lecce announced on Wednesday that the province had approved a plan from Ontario Power Generation to refurbish the plant's CANDU reactors.

#ontario #budget #infrastructure #climate #government #canadianpolitics #energy

Ontario to refurbish 4 reactors at Pickering Nuclear Generating Station

3 months / torontosun / Jane Stevenson

Ontario approves $26.8-billion Pickering nuclear plant refurbishment

3 months / theglobeandmail / Matthew McClearn

Ontario officially greenlights $26.8B Pickering nuclear power station refurbishment

3 months / globalnews / Isaac Callan

Ontario approves $26.8b Pickering nuclear overhaul set to begin in 2027

3 months / westernstandard / Jeremy Borg

Ontario forges ahead with $26.8B nuclear refurbishment in Pickering

3 months / citynews / Lucas Casaletto

UPDATED: TOWERING INFERNO: Massive Hong Kong apartment fire leaves 13 dead, dozens injured

David Wiechnik / westernstandard - Thirteen people are dead and at least 15 are injured after a massive fire spread throughout a high-rise apartment complex in Hong Kong on Wednesday.

#violence #publicprotests #humanrights #crime #publicsafety #emergencyresponse #china #legalaffairs #infrastructure #healthcare

Hong Kong Canadians reeling after deadly highrise inferno

3 months / globalnews / Alessia Simona Maratta

UPDATED: TOWERING INFERNO: Massive Hong Kong apartment fire leaves 13 dead, dozens injured

3 months / westernstandard / David Wiechnik

Over a dozen killed in Hong Kong high-rise residential buildings fire

3 months / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

Hong Kong apartment complex inferno kills at least 13 including firefighter

3 months / torontosun / Spiro Papuckoski

Carney briefs cabinet on Alberta energy deal to be unveiled Thursday

Robert Fife, Stephanie Levitz / theglobeandmail - Agreement could open the door for a new heavy oil pipeline to the B.C. coast

#politics #canada #BC #alberta #calgary #infrastructure #pipeline #government #canadianpolitics #energy

Alberta industry outlook and independence debate (2)
Pipeline deal progress & technical challenges (7)
Political and indigenous opposition narratives (5)

Alberta industry outlook and independence debate

WIECHNIK: Alberta’s oil patch is one coup away from crisis

3 months / westernstandard / David Wiechnik

MACLEOD: Unlocking Alberta’s potential — why independence must be on the table

3 months / westernstandard / Western Standard Guest Columnist

Pipeline deal progress & technical challenges

Carney says BC 'has to agree' on any pipeline plan from Alberta

3 months / nationalobserver / Nick Murray

Energy minister will brief BC Liberal MPs on expected Alberta pipeline deal

3 months / nationalobserver / Nick Murray

Oil tanker ban is just one obstacle to northern BC pipeline, experts say

3 months / nationalobserver / Lauren Krugel

Carney's latest pipedream explained

3 months / nationalobserver / John Woodside

Please Advise! Can Smith and Carney Push a Pipeline Through BC?

3 months / thetyee / Steve Burgess

Carney briefs cabinet on Alberta energy deal to be unveiled Thursday

3 months / theglobeandmail / Robert Fife, Stephanie Levitz

Alberta deal will create ‘necessary conditions’ for potential pipeline to B.C., not a guarantee: Carney

3 months / nationalpost / Stephanie Taylor

Political and indigenous opposition narratives

Lorne Gunter: Despite MOU, Carney sets up West Coast pipeline push to fail

3 months / edmontonjournal / Lorne Gunter

Trouble in 'Team Canada' as BC's deputy premier raises the spectre of pipeline lawsuit

3 months / nationalobserver / Wolfgang Depner

Even before it’s made public, the Ottawa-Alberta deal is taking heat from all sides

3 months / theglobeandmail / Campbell Clark

BC First Nations denounce reported Alberta-Ottawa agreement

3 months / nationalobserver / Sonal Gupta

'I would never trust them' Catherine McKenna warns as Carney-Smith deal looms

3 months / nationalobserver / Jimmy Thomson

Standalone Stollery Children’s Hospital to be built in south Edmonton

Karen Bartko / globalnews - After many years of planning and calls from the public to make it a reality, the location for a new, standalone Stollery Children's Hospital has been revealed.

#alberta #edmonton #education #publichealth #childprotection #infrastructure #healthcare #government

Standalone Stollery Children’s Hospital to be built in south Edmonton

3 months / globalnews / Karen Bartko

Site selected for new stand-alone Stollery Children's Hospital in south Edmonton

3 months / edmontonjournal / Matthew Black

Alberta selects site for new stand-alone Stollery Children’s Hospital

3 months / westernstandard / Western Standard News Services

Vianode to spent $3.2B on graphite plant for EVs in southwestern Ontario

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Vianode CEO Burkhard Straube says it will construct the plant in St. Thomas, Ont., and will initially create 300 jobs and ramp up to 1,000 jobs once the plant is operating fully.

#economicpolicy #technology #ontario #mining #infrastructure #climate #government #energy #business #jobs

Vianode to spent $3.2B on graphite plant for EVs in southwestern Ontario

3 months / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

Norway’s Vianode to build $3.2-billion graphite plant for EVs in Ontario

3 months / theglobeandmail / Liam Casey

Ontario commits $670M loan for $3.2B EV graphite plant

3 months / westernstandard / Jeremy Borg

Two dead, four critically injured in Brampton house fire

Cynthia McLeod / torontosun - A child is among the four rushed to hospital

#crime #ontario #publichealth #childprotection #publicsafety #emergencyresponse #localelections #infrastructure #healthcare

Brampton house fire leaves two dead, four injured

3 months / theglobeandmail / Rianna Lim

Two dead, four critically injured in Brampton house fire

3 months / torontosun / Cynthia McLeod

2 dead, 4 others critically hurt including child after Ontario house fire

3 months / globalnews / Gabby Rodrigues

2 dead, 2 injured including child in fatal Brampton fire

3 months / citynews / Joseph Ryan

Canadians are set to get a nationwide emergency test alert within hours

Uday Rana / globalnews - The test message will simulate an emergency alert, beginning with the alert tone. The message will indicate that it is a test and does not require action from the public.

#canada #digitalinfrastructure #quebec #publicsafety #emergencyresponse #infrastructure #government

Canadians are set to get a nationwide emergency test alert within hours

3 months / globalnews / Uday Rana

National public alerting system to be tested across Canada today

3 months / theglobeandmail

Quebec to test emergency alert system Wednesday at 1:55 p.m.

3 months / montrealgazette / Steve Faguy, Montreal Gazette

Alert Ready system will undergo public test across Canada

3 months / nationalobserver / The Canadian Press

Kinew, Carney announce another step forward for Port of Churchill project

Gabrielle Piché / winnipegfreepress - New cash for the Port of Churchill, and a commitment to further the project, came from the province Sunday as Prime Minister Mark Carney met with Premier Wab Kinew. They […]

#trade #politics #economicpolicy #manitoba #publicsafety #localelections #infrastructure #government #finance #jobs

Federal and Manitoba governments announce more steps for Churchill port project

3 months / nationalobserver / Steve Lambert

Ottawa, Manitoba to jointly pursue Port of Churchill development in major projects push

3 months / theglobeandmail / Jeffrey Jones

Kinew, Carney announce another step forward for Port of Churchill project

3 months / winnipegfreepress / Gabrielle Piché

NDP convention delegates call on their own government to build ferries in B.C.

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - BC NDP delegates want the province to build ferries locally to protect good-paying jobs, after BC Ferries chose a shipyard in China to construct four new vessels.

#politics #economicpolicy #BC #labour #infrastructure #government #partydiscipline #canadianpolitics #jobs

BREAKING: Eby passes leadership review with 82% support

3 months / westernstandard / Jarryd Jäger

NDP convention delegates call on their own government to build ferries in B.C.

3 months / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

Rustad says BC NDP convention 'overshadowed' by 'decline under Eby'

3 months / westernstandard / Jarryd Jäger

Ottawa announces plans to help fledgling NSL grow

Brett Ballah / globalnews - The federal government has committed up to $5.45 million to support the Northern Super League and help grow women's professional soccer in Canada.

#economicpolicy #canada #sports #youth #budget #infrastructure #government

Northern Super League season closes in dramatic fashion with Vancouver comeback win

3 months / citynews / Emma Crawford

Vancouver Rise rally to down AFC Toronto, win inaugural Northern Super League title

3 months / theprovince / The Canadian Press

Ottawa announces plans to help fledgling NSL grow

3 months / globalnews / Brett Ballah

Federal government investing up to $5.45 million to help grow women’s soccer

3 months / citynews / John Marchesan