Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson (Markham-Thornhill, Ont.) concluded a five-day tour across Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia, highlighting how provinces, workers, Indigenous partners, researchers and industry are positioning Canada as a global energy superpower with the strongest economy in the G7. In Alberta, Minister spent time with Todd Loewen, Alberta’s Minister of Forestry and Parks, visiting … Read more
The Government of Canada and its partners took an important step to secure a clean, abundant and affordable electricity grid in British Columbia by breaking ground on Phase 1 of the North Coast Transmission Line (NCTL), an expansion of the electricity transmission line that runs from Prince George to Terrace. Once complete, the NCTL will: … Read more
Natural Resources Canada released an update on the McIlvenna Bay copper-zinc mine located in Saskatchewan’s Flin Flon Greenstone Belt. The full release is available online. ContactCharlotte.Power@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca.
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Claude Guay (LaSalle-Émard-Verdun, Que.) represented Canada at the Conference of Mining Ministries of the Americas (CAMMA) in Santiago, Chile. Guay advanced commercial opportunities for Canadian mining companies and reinforced Canada’s position as a reliable partner of choice when it comes to secure and sustainable minerals and … Read more
The Government of Canada welcomed a major milestone at Glencore Canada Corporation’s Craig Mine in Ontario with the completion of the Onaping Depth Project shaft, providing first access to nickel ore and marking an important step toward first production from the Onaping Depth Zone later this year. Located within Craig Mine as part of Glencore’s … Read more
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson (Markham-Thornhill, Ont.) announced a federal investment of nearly $19 million for StormFisher Environmental Ltd., a subsidiary of Generate Upcycle, to expand its facility in London, Ont. This facility, the London Digester, is the largest food waste anaerobic digestion facility in Canada that produces renewable natural gas (RNG) … Read more
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson (Markham-Thornhill, Ont.), Deputy Premier of Quebec Ian Lafrenière, and Quebec Minister of Environment, Fight Against Climate Change, Wildlife and Parks Pascale Déry announced a joint investment of $22 million over three years through the Canada–Quebec Agreement to Strengthen Community Resilience to Wildfires by Implementing Governance and Wildfire Prevention … Read more
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Claude Guay (LaSalle-Émard-Verdun, Que.) announced a nearly $5-million investment under the First and Last Mile Fund in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region in Quebec that will help advance infrastructure essential to responsibly developing Quebec’s critical minerals, specifically First Phosphate’s Bégin–Lamarche phosphate mine. The full release is available online. … Read more
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Wade Grant (Vancouver Quadra, B.C.) announced over $1.2 million in funding to Iskum Investments LP for a project that will lay the groundwork for a potential new state-of-the-art wood processing facility in coastal British Columbia that would be majority Indigenous-owned and operated and could support … Read more
Environment and Climate Change Minister Julie Dabrusin (Toronto–Danforth, Ont.) and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs Brendan Hanley (Yukon) announced nearly $7 million in funding for eight clean energy projects in Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut that will strengthen local electricity systems, reduce reliance on fossil fuels and support long-term … Read more
