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An explosion at an energy site northwest of Calgary has injured five workers, and RCMP say the resulting fire could burn for days.

Polls suggest a tightening race between the two parties, with the NDP seeing greater support in Regina and Saskatoon, while the Saskatchewan Party remains strong in rural areas.

The platform is the first to be released by a major party for the fall provincial election and includes an 18 per cent proposed tax for corporate profits over $1 billion, while there would be investments of $650 million annually in "municipal infrastructure to support new housing" and $250 million to expand child care.

Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet has given the government until Oct. 29 to green-light the estimated $16-billion cost of his party's pension bill, or else he will begin talks with other opposition parties to bring down the government.

Over the last seven years, as the effects of climate change have begun to envelop the world in smoke and storm, natural disasters have in fact leapt front of mind for voters when they contemplate the most important reasons to take climate action. Those concerns, however, aren’t shared evenly across the political spectrum.

With a federal election looming, Liberals are claiming the high ground on climate change and accusing the NDP of caving to Conservative disinformation. It's a clear preview of what's to come.

On Friday, the federal government announced an investment of up to $27.6 million to support 80 guardian programs. With the announcement, there will be 18 new guardian initiatives and continued support for 62 existing ones across the country.

"You can just see the brainpower heading south," said Ken Seitz, the CEO of Saskatoon-based Nutrien Inc., adding the tax credits and subsidies offered through act are drawing investment dollars south of the border when it comes to things like renewable energy and carbon capture and storage.

The keys to combating the climate change that's wreaking havoc on Germany's beer industry could lie inside a plant nursery — nicknamed "our kindergarten" — at the Society of Hop Research north of Munich.

Andrew Watson, a spokesman for Elections BC, says new electronic vote tabulators mean officials hope to have the first results within 15 minutes of polls closing at 8 p.m., half of all votes counted within about 30 minutes, and for the count to be "substantially complete" within an hour.

An arms-length expert group is calling on the federal government to introduce a national carbon budget to guide the transition to a sustainable future, but how would it work?

The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) board is banning misleading fossil fuel advertisements on its vehicles and properties, making it the first public transportation entity in Canada to implement such a policy.

Electric vehicle manufacturer Rivian recently opened up its first “Charging Outpost” outside Yosemite National Park. The move is part of a broader push to address range anxiety.

Every other day, Derek Moonias drives 15 minutes to the airport in Neskantaga First Nation and fills his pickup truck with cases of bottled water flown in on the dime of the federal government.

Overall the index was up 21 per cent in B.C., and 20.1 per cent in all of Canada.