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Bolivia was the first nation to begin leaving a legal system that allows foreign companies to sue governments behind closed doors. Now, other countries are following.

A new analysis of a decade's worth of data kept by Alberta’s oil and gas regulator suggests the agency has made unsubstantiated claims about the success of oilsands tailings spills cleanup.

With Parliament set to resume March 24, there's little time for Trudeau's successor to actually lead before the government surely falls at the earliest confidence vote.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday he will resign as prime minister and Liberal leader once the party chooses a successor. Trudeau, who was first elected on Oct. 19, 2015, steps down after nearly a decade in power.

The former Bank of Canada governor issued a statement Monday evening saying he is encouraged by support he has heard, and that he's considering his decision with family over the next few days.

The idea to create a documentary about wildfire came to Ami and Ripper in late 2018 after wildfires in Williams Lake. B.C. sent smoke all the way to Vancouver. While these wildfires were a big deal at the time, they just foreshadowed more extreme fires that followed.

Individual sheets of fibreglass are notoriously difficult to recycle. This is a problem for the wind industry, whose turbine blades are essential hundred-metre-long, fibreglass tubes. Once they’ve served their 30-year-lifespans, unloading them on landfills is unpopular at best, banned (in some countries) at worst. Part of the solution has been the development of recyclable resins, more easily broken down by traditional solvents, and at lower temperatures and pressures.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will resign once a new Liberal leader is crowned, bringing his tumultuous third term to a close with the oil and gas pollution cap still outstanding. Time is running out.

President-elect Trump responded to Trudeau's announcement saying the prime minister is resigning because he knows the U.S. will not put up with trade deficits with Canada. Trump also said many Canadians would love to be the 51st state.

Canadian oil and gas stocks jumped to lead all other sectors in terms of gains Monday, with the S&P/TSX capped energy index climbing as much as two per cent in mid-day trading before settling to close up 0.79 per cent.

He also says Gov. Gen. Mary Simon has agreed with his request to prorogue Parliament until March 24.

President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to abandon the renewable energy investments that President Joe Biden included in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, echoing how President Ronald Reagan dismantled the solar panels Carter installed on the White House roof. But politics aside, the scientific consensus has settled where Carter stood two generations earlier.

Thirty-two dolphins have died since fuel oil spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers three weeks ago in the Kerch Strait, which separates the Russia-occupied Crimean Peninsula from Russia’s southern Krasnodar region, an animal rescue group said on Sunday.

Trudeau has faced mounting calls for his resignation from MPs in his caucus as public opinion polls have continued to put the governing Liberals trailing far behind the Conservatives.

Few countries have emerged completely unscathed over the past two years, but Spain, a country beloved for its welcoming climate, was especially wounded.