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CALGARY — Canada has no hope of reaching its 2050 climate goals unless it can find a way to speed up the approvals process for major projects in this country, a new report states.

EDMONTON — Three Alberta universities are pooling their resources to investigate the fundamentals of quantum science, with a focus on driving innovation decades from now.

OTTAWA — A bill aimed at getting tech giants such as Meta and Google to pay publishers for news that appears on their platforms is one step closer to becoming law.

“Using the 2013 flood event, that would have been a beneficial time to have a regional response and coordination between the two communities and would have benefitted us both."

CALGARY — Jarome Iginla is back with the Calgary Flames. The team announced Thursday the Hall of Fame winger has been named special adviser to rookie general manager and former teammate Craig Conroy.

The federal government has committed $25 million to create Canada's first-ever LGBTQ entrepreneurship program, an investment one trailblazer called a "game-changer.

CARBERRY, Man. — RCMP say 15 people are dead after a bus carrying people from Dauphin, Man., many of them seniors, collided with a semi truck. Police say 10 people have also been sent to hospital.

EDMONTON — Alberta's highest court has dismissed the appeal of a man found not criminally responsible for killing five people at a house party.

OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced Wednesday that Canada will halt all government-led activity at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank after a Canadian citizen tendered his resignation from the financial institution.

“This is disheartening and not welcome.”