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Publication Date: March 21, 2026 - 08:00
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‘Eerie parallel’: Archived stamps reveal Canada was prepared to ration gas in the 1979 oil crisis
March 21, 2026
Canada considered conserving oil with gasoline rationing stamps in 1979. While it never put the stamps into circulation, economist Peter Tertzakian said the proofs are a reminder that anything can happen in an oil shortage.
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The Alberta electricity company Capital Power, which is developing a new, large artificial intelligence data centre in the province powered by natural gas, lobbied the federal Mark Carney government dozens of times in 2025 to eliminate clean-energy regulations, DeSmog has learned.
These regulations were subsequently dropped from a fossil fuel accord that the prime minister signed with the Government of Alberta this past November, allowing new, large data centres fuelled by gas turbines to proceed.
“We’ve got a new paradigm that allows us to look at growth capital” for Canadian gas-...
March 27, 2026 - 06:30 | Taylor C. Noakes | Walrus
TIFFANY WAS IN one of those moods again. This wasn’t the first time she’d implicated others. I can’t entirely explain it; we’d get called to attend to her at someone’s house, always someone else’s house—this time it was Felix’s basement while his folks were gone. Felix was my old boyfriend; he was her new boyfriend but I didn’t mind. I was with Andrew and we were always taking turns with each other like that. Anyways, she’d call us up for some grand plan she’d come up with just then and we’d all show up because what were we doing anyhow, and Tiffany was always good for a good time.
So I...
March 27, 2026 - 06:29 | Julie Mannell | Walrus
Good morning. Out at sea, a Canadian whale scientist witnessed something close to a miracle – more on that below, along with Ontario budget takeaways and the Toronto Blue Jays. But first:
March 27, 2026 - 06:26 | Erin Anderssen | The Globe and Mail
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