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Tech giant Amazon's first Canadian wind farm project to be located in Alberta

Tech giant Amazon's first Canadian wind farm project to be located in Alberta

CALGARY — Tech giant Amazon is investing in its first Canadian wind farm. The company said it will partner with developer Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners on a 495-megawatt capacity wind farm to be built in Vulcan County in southern Alberta.
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Trudeau arrives in Golden State for APEC summit in San Francisco

Trudeau arrives in Golden State for APEC summit in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau focused on old friendships and newfangled paths to affordability Wednesday as he touched down in California for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco.
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Sweden opens state-of-the-art plant for sorting plastics for recycling

Sweden opens state-of-the-art plant for sorting plastics for recycling

MOTALA, Sweden (AP) — A new plastics sorting facility inaugurated in Sweden on Wednesday is being billed as the largest of its kind, and one designed to double the amount of plastic packaging materials being recycled in the Nordic country.
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Greta Thunberg denies public order offense after she was arrested at a London protest

Greta Thunberg denies public order offense after she was arrested at a London protest

LONDON (AP) — Climate activist Greta Thunberg on Wednesday denied a public order offense after she was arrested last month at a demonstration against a major oil and gas industry conference in London.
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New York sues PepsiCo in effort to hold it responsible for litter that winds up in rivers

New York sues PepsiCo in effort to hold it responsible for litter that winds up in rivers

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state sued PepsiCo on Wednesday in an effort to hold the soda-and-snack food giant partly responsible for litter that winds up in bodies of water supplying the city of Buffalo with drinking water.
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Carbon price carve-out for heating oil muddied waters in Senate on other bill: Simons

Carbon price carve-out for heating oil muddied waters in Senate on other bill: Simons

OTTAWA — A Conservative private member's bill to exempt more fuel used by farmers from the carbon price is stirring up intense lobbying efforts in the Senate, and leaving the Liberals on the verge of being forced to carve up their signature climate p
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Highways prepared for extreme weather 'new normal,' says B.C. transportation minister

Highways prepared for extreme weather 'new normal,' says B.C. transportation minister

VICTORIA — British Columbia's transportation minister says 130 kilometres of highway that was severely damaged by flooding two years ago is now more resilient to extreme weather.
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Lawyers insist Nikola founder shouldn't face prison time for fraud - unlike Elizabeth Holmes

Lawyers insist Nikola founder shouldn't face prison time for fraud - unlike Elizabeth Holmes

NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for the founder of truckmaker Nikola Corp. say he should not face incarceration because his fraud conviction is nothing like the fraud that landed Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes in prison.
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Update: Investigation of Sechelt house fire continues

Update: Investigation of Sechelt house fire continues

Structure fire reported near intersection of Sunshine Coast Highway and Burley Place
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After July floods took four lives, Nova Scotia plans flood plain mapping by 2026

After July floods took four lives, Nova Scotia plans flood plain mapping by 2026

HALIFAX — A plan is now in place to create the kind of detailed flood plain maps that some of Nova Scotia's emergency managers have said they lacked when torrential flooding occurred in July.
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