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Most Canadians think clean energy is critical for Canada’s economy and its importance will only grow over time while the significance of oil and gas will recede, according to a poll released Thursday.

Summeiya Khamissa grew up feeling like the only queer Muslim around, just like all the others they’ve met since starting a mostly online network centred on Toronto that reaches out globally.

A photo shows MPs Warren Steinley, Kevin Waugh, Andrew Scheer, Fraser Tolmie, Rosemarie Falk and Sen. Denise Batters grinning -- some giving the thumbs-up -- in front of one of the protest trucks, which have been barricading roads and honking horns in the city almost non-stop since Saturday.

The Online Streaming Act, introduced Wednesday, would force web firms to offer a set amount of Canadian content and invest heavily in Canada's cultural industries, including film, television and music.

The Manitoba MP, who served as a minister of state in former prime minister Stephen Harper's Conservative government, was chosen by her colleagues Wednesday evening out of nine candidates running for the job of interim leader.

Chad Williamson, a lawyer representing the protesters, said they were opening one lane of Highway 4 in each direction. Demonstrators followed through in the early afternoon, vehicle tires grinding on the hard-packed snow as they departed.

The action comes just days before the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics, where Team Canada will be sporting the Lululemon logo from head to toe.

The clever corvids have become the newest weapon in Södertälje’s war against street litter.

Community groups are pulling increasing amounts of plastic debris from the B.C. shellfish industry off their shores while Fisheries and Oceans Canada does little to enforce rules that deal with the problem, say coastal stewards.

In documents filed Wednesday, the groups allege Kenney deliberately twisted the findings of a public inquiry into their funding and whether they were conspiring to landlock Alberta oil by spreading misinformation about its environmental impacts.

Erin O’Toole’s fall from grace within the Conservative Party of Canada was no surprise, but the speed and brutality of his ousting jarred even seasoned political scientists. 

Still, Chief Peter Sloly warned there "may not be a policing solution" to the demonstration.

The party's members of Parliament met virtually today to cast secret ballots after about one-third of them signed a notice that triggered a leadership review.

Premier Tim Houston issued a statement early Wednesday, saying his government's move is aimed at protecting the province's solar industry and the small businesses and homeowners who use solar energy or plan to invest in it.