Commissioned in May 2015, the Edmonton Rail Terminal is one of the largest crude oil loading facilities in North America. It will accommodate up to three unit trains per day comprised of 150 railcars each. The facility is capable of loading 76 individual railcars at one time, achieving an ultimate capacity of approximately 250,000 barrels …
Alberta separatists claim to have enough signatures to trigger a referendum on whether the province should get independence from Canada. Alberta, home to Canada’s oil sands and decades of the federal government take most oil profits and policies that greatly restrict Alberta oil industry. In May 2025, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said she would hold …
On August 22, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that Canada will remove many of its retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods compliant with the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA, also known as USMCA), effective September 1. This affects over 85% of bilateral trade, exempting it from tariffs, and is intended to de-escalate tensions and intensify negotiations for …
The Alberta Premier has made it easier for citizens to collect enough signatures to put the question of Alberta Independence to a vote. Polling has indicated about 30% support for Alberta independence but polling may not be accurate. Collecting the signatures to have a vote should be relatively easy. The hard part will be actually …
Tesla FSD 13.2.X seems to get pretty good reviews even with a lot of snow and ice on the road. There were some issues with getting to close to curbs which were covered with snow. This driver felt good with the drive. A Tesla FSD 13.2.5 had 1 intervention for speed over 22 miles in …
Canada is implementing a $1.3 billion border plan — reinforcing the border with new choppers, technology and personnel, enhanced coordination with our American partners, and increased resources to stop the flow of fentanyl. Nearly 10,000 frontline personnel are and will be working on protecting the border. In addition, Canada is making new commitments to appoint …
There are now 25% tariffs on everything made in Canada and Mexico and this could increase to 50%. Trump promised to double the tariffs if Canada and Mexico retaliated and they did. There was a 2018 study of proposed tariffs in the 10-25% range. However, cars are now 34% more expensive than in 2018. The …
NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: NNE) developing small nuclear fission reactors that can be moved with trucks announced that it has executed a definitive agreement to acquire select nuclear energy technology assets from Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation and certain of its subsidiaries (collectively, “USNC”). The acquired assets include USNC’s patented Micro Modular Reactor (MMR) system, …
Canada added about 5 million people in 5 years and will pass 42 million people shortly. The pace of Canada’s immigration and acceptance of new people is running at 1.4 to 1.5 million people each year for the past 2 years. The new people are not yet contributing fully to the economy. For 2025, Canada …
Canada is about ten weeks from passing 42 million. Nextbigfuture predicted that Canada would pass 42 million in February 12, 2024 when Canada was within 3 weeks of passing 41 million. The US has about 337 million people. On June 16, 2023, Statistics Canada announced that Canada’s population had reached 40 million people. In 17 …
Canada’s population reached 41.0 million on March 31, 2024. Poland’s national statistics agency reports 37.7 million people. The UN numbers for Canada and Poland are off by 2-3 million for each country. The UN overestimates Poland and underestimates Canada. It took 26 years to go from 30 to 40 million. Canada reached 40.0 million on …