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Forest fire smoke blankets the sky near Churchill Falls, in central Labrador, on June 19, 2024 in a handout photo. The western Labrador town of Wabush is still without electricity after a wildfire knocked out power to two transmission lines running from the generating station in the town of Churchill Falls. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Robert Dawe **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Power back on in western Labrador after wildfires knocked out transmission lines

The wildfire on Tuesday afternoon cut off electricity to the region of Labrador West.

Shell Canada Products says it's going ahead with its Polaris carbon capture project in Alberta.A Shell logo is displayed at a gas station in London, on March 8, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Frank Augste
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Shell going ahead with Canadian carbon capture and storage project

Shell Canada Products says it's going ahead with its Polaris carbon capture project designed to capture 650,000 tonnes of CO2 annually

The logo of British multinational oil and gas company Shell is displayed during the LNG 2023 energy trade show in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, July 12, 2023. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
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Shell to build carbon capture and storage projects in Canada

Shell's Canadian unit said on Wednesday it would build carbon capture and storage projects in Canada, in a bid to reduce emissions

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Eastern Canada wildfire forces more hydro plant workers to evacuate

The hydro plant, with a generating capacity of 5,428 megawatts, supplies power to Newfoundland and Labrador, as well as Quebec.

The Haisla First Nation's Kitimaat Village is seen in an aerial view along the Douglas Channel near Kitimat, B.C., on January 10, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Canada’s Pembina, Haisla First Nation give green light to proposed US$4B LNG project

The project will involve the construction of a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility near Kitimat, B.C.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, centre receives a gift from Chief Marilyn Slett, left, as Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, Diane Lebouthillier, second from left, and B.C. Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, George Heyman, second from right watch at a news conference in Vancouver on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
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First Nations, Ottawa, B.C., announce $335M for protection off Great Bear coast

Ottawa is committing $200 million to the initiative, while the B.C. government is contributing $60 million and $75 million is coming from philanthropic...

A refiner pours bars of gold at a mine in Canada on Wednesday, August 24, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Yukon mine halts operations after system failure, says infrastructure damaged

A technical report suggested "significant" heap leach failure had caused a landslide near a mine in Yukon.

The Alberta Energy Regulator says it expects the province's oilsands production to grow by more than 17 per cent by 2033. Boilers—where steam is created—at the Cenovus Christina Lake oilsands facility southeast of Fort McMurray, Alta., on Wednesday April 24, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracke
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Alberta regulator projects 17 per cent growth in oilsands production by 2033

The Alberta Energy Regulator says most growth will come from in situ operations.

FILE PHOTO: Canada's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland speaks at a press conference about changes to capital gains tax legislation, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, June 10, 2024.  REUTERS/Patrick Doyle/File Photo
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Canada, inspired by EU and US, considers imposing import tariffs on Chinese EVs

Canada's government is considering whether to impose tariffs on China-made electric vehicles as it seeks to align itself with allies against what they...

Fission Uranium Corp. logo is shown in a handout. The company has signed a deal to be acquired by Australian company Paladin Energy Ltd. in an agreement valued at about $1.1 billion. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
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Paladin Energy buying Canada’s Fission Uranium in stock deal valued at $1.1 billion

Fission Uranium Corp has signed a deal to be acquired by Australian company Paladin Energy Ltd.

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