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Key portfolios for business community to watch as Carney’s cabinet sworn in

Daily Commercial News — Tue, 13 May 2025 16:52:38 +0000

Canada’s business community will be monitoring files across various portfolios after Tuesday’s swearing-in of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new cabinet. Corporate leaders and business associations say their priorities include holding Carney accountable when it comes to his promise of launching nation-building projects, along with hitting the reset button on the energy and environment files. Here […]

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Alberta government announces indefinite freeze on industrial carbon price

Daily Commercial News — Tue, 13 May 2025 12:42:25 +0000

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is freezing its industrial carbon price effective immediately at $95 per tonne of emissions. Smith told reporters Monday the move is critical to keep industry competitive and defend jobs as Canada navigates a tariff fight with the United States. “With the change in government south of […]

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B.C., federal government support dredging Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet, others opposed

Daily Commercial News — Tue, 13 May 2025 11:10:12 +0000

VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s energy minister is backing plans to dredge and deepen Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet to accommodate fully loaded oil tankers, despite concerns from environmentalists, experts and First Nations. The plan, floated recently by Prime Minister Mark Carney, could result in fewer tankers carrying more oil from the Trans Mountain pipeline to markets abroad. […]

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Pembina Pipeline sees enough demand for potential expansion to Cedar LNG project

Daily Commercial News — Tue, 13 May 2025 11:05:32 +0000

CALGARY — The chief executive of Pembina Pipeline Corp. says he believes there will be enough demand to support an expansion to the Cedar LNG project on the B.C. coast as it looks to sign on more shippers for the first phase now in early construction. Pembina has shortlisted the preferred counterparties, and has begun […]

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B.C. judge orders limit in tailings dam deposits at Mount Polley mine

Daily Commercial News — Tue, 13 May 2025 11:00:23 +0000

VANCOUVER — The Supreme Court in British Columbia has ordered that the Mount Polley mine limit the tailings it can deposit into its storage facility while a First Nation challenges an addition to the dam in court. The court’s decision orders the Mount Polley Mining Corp. not to deposit mine tailings that would require the […]

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Municipalities’ Housing Accelerator Fund incentive puts dollars in developers’ pockets

Daily Commercial News — Tue, 13 May 2025 10:55:23 +0000

As both large and smaller municipalities struggle with housing demands, several are using funds from the federal $4 billion Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF) in a novel incentive program that puts dollars into the pockets of developers and builders. HAF, which runs until 2026-27, has provided funds to Canadian municipalities in four areas: implementing the initiatives, […]

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CEOs call on Carney to ‘take action’ to support domestic energy sector

Daily Commercial News — Tue, 13 May 2025 08:00:51 +0000

OTTAWA — Canada’s energy CEOs are calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to scrap the emissions cap on oil and gas producers and repeal industrial carbon pricing to help bolster the industry. Thirty-eight CEOs of Canadian energy companies signed a letter congratulating Carney on his election win and pitching policy measures they say would help […]

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Quebec lends forest fire teams to battle Saskatchewan and Ontario blazes

Daily Commercial News — Mon, 12 May 2025 13:49:05 +0000

DRYDEN, ONT. — Quebec’s forest fire prevention agency says it is sending reinforcements to Ontario and Saskatchewan to help teams fight several forest and brush fires. Two CL-415 firefighting aircraft and their crews will head to Dryden, Ont., while two other of the same aircraft will head to Meadow Lake, Sask. Quebec’s forest fire prevention […]

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Tariffs, immigration crackdown threaten U.S. construction: �ȵ�� economic webcast

Daily Commercial News — Mon, 12 May 2025 13:10:29 +0000

Construction economists assembled for a recent spring economic forecast outlined a litany of threats to growth in the sector, with the Donald Trump tariffs and his crackdown on immigration near the top of their lists. Ken Simonson, chief economist with the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), told viewers dialled in to the Construction Economy […]

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Prime Minister Mark Carney to unveil his new cabinet on Tuesday

Daily Commercial News — Mon, 12 May 2025 12:59:59 +0000

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to unveil his new cabinet at Rideau Hall on Tuesday — and it’s expected to be a slimmed-down front bench meant to signal a more businesses-minded approach to government. Rideau Hall confirmed the timing of the swearing-in ceremony on Friday. Marci Surkes of the government relations firm […]

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Manitoba honours highest-achieving new journeypersons

Daily Commercial News — Mon, 12 May 2025 11:05:46 +0000

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government recently celebrated the work and commitment of newly certified journeypersons during the 33rd annual Apprenticeship Highest Achievement Awards ceremony. The awards celebrated individual accomplishments from 36 recently certified journeypersons who were the highest-achieving graduates in their respective trades and presented two additional awards to individuals achieving the highest score through […]

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Alberta invests $47M in CASA Mental Health to build three youth facilities

Daily Commercial News — Mon, 12 May 2025 11:00:59 +0000

EDMONTON — The Alberta government has announced it is providing $47 million in capital grants to CASA Mental Health to build live-in and day program youth facilities in three new locations: Medicine Hat, Fort McMurray and Calgary. The organization focuses on youth who are experiencing mental health challenges that are complex but do not require […]

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