politics

The Alberta government has considered three different pipeline routes through northern British Columbia for a new major oil export pipeline, according to documents obtained by CBC News which provide a first glimpse into where the project could be located. Source link

Former Snowbird pilots are calling on the government to keep the iconic aerobatic show in the air by scaling-back the performance rather than suspending it entirely. Source link

The president of the Canada Border Services Agency said she doesn’t think it’s harder to cross the Canada-U.S. border today than in the past, as data shows U.S. customs searched a record number of electronic devices last year. Source link

Germany and Norway are intensifying their bid for Canada’s submarine contract, pitching the Type 212CD as part of a shared NATO fleet. The allies have even surrendered production slots to accelerate delivery, highlighting a growing effort to counter South Korea’s advantage. Source link

Former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his former climate change cabinet ministers — Catherine McKenna, Jonathan Wilkinson and Steven Guilbeault — on Wednesday were at the Rideau Club, a private social club near Parliament Hill. Source link

Thousands of people around the world have received Canadian citizenship certificates as a result of a change late last year to federal law. Half of them Americans. Source link

Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke with Pope Leo about artificial intelligence and the “imperative that AI must serve humanity” — a conversation that comes days after the Pope urged governments to slow down the development of AI systems. Source link

The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed two challenges to the Jordan framework on Friday, ruling that the time limits put on criminal trials before charges be thrown out of court are justified under Section 11(b) of the Charter. Source link

The federal government will create an independent military honours review board to reassess Afghanistan-era bravery cases, including whether Pte. Jess Larochelle merited the country’s highest battlefield decoration. Source link

China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, is in Ottawa today, the first such visit in a decade. Source link