Varme Energy wants to combine waste-to-energy with carbon capture in Edmonton area A Norwegian clean energy development company is betting big on Alberta as the place to combine its waste-to-energy technology with a method of capturing carbon and storing it underground. Varme Energy, which was incorporated in Edmonton this summer, wants to set up facilities in Alberta that use Aitos gasification technology, a two-step combustion process owned by its parent company that’s been used in waste-to-energy facilities in Norway for more than a decade. Through this process, waste that was headed forRead more

Changes to New Home Construction Licensing Act would hike fines from $25K to $50K per infraction Ontario’s Ford government says it wants to double the maximum fine for unethical developers of new homes who unjustifiably cancel home building projects or terminate purchase agreements. Kaleed Rasheed, minister of public and business service delivery, and Steve Clark, minister of municipal affairs and housing, made the announcement in Windsor at a media briefing Wednesday morning. They were joined by Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens. If passed, the government said changes to the New Home Construction Licensing Act (NHCLA) wouldRead more

Canadian singer was found guilty in June of assaulting Ottawa woman Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard was sentenced to five years in prison by a Toronto judge on Thursday, the third and final day of a sentencing hearing that began earlier this month. Hoggard, the former lead singer of rock band Hedley, was found guilty of sexual assault causing bodily harm in June after raping an Ottawa woman in 2016. The Crown was seeking a sentence of six to seven years for Hoggard — above the normal range for a sexual assault by someone withRead more

Eby’s path to becoming B.C. premier begins Friday with swearing in as NDP leader British Columbia’s premier designate David Eby said being becoming leader of the B.C. NDP after the disqualification of his only competitor, Anjali Appadurai, “is not how any of us expected this to end.” Eby will officially be declared party leader Friday, clearing the way for him to be sworn in as premier when Premier John Horgan retires in December. “There are a bunch of people out there who are disappointed with how this leadership campaign went,” said Eby, speakingRead more

OPP officer describes dysfunction within Ottawa police One of the top officers at the Ottawa Police Service says the force should have paid closer attention to intelligence that suggested the Freedom Convoy protesters planned to stay past two days — and city police were left “floundering” after the first weekend. “There was a failure to appreciate,” Patricia Ferguson, acting deputy chief of the Ottawa Police Service (OPS), told the Public Order Emergency Commission on Thursday. A superintendent from another police service said the Ottawa police lost control almost as soon as the protesters and theirRead more