• Data centres face security risks amid growing strategic value: CSIS

  Source: Alberta - Edmonton Journal (Legislature & Capital)
  Date: 2026-10-11 19:30:20.0
  Tags: [Alberta, National, Technology, Energy, Public Safety, Infrastructure]

  A May 27 Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) assessment warns that Canada's growing network of approximately 300 data centres faces rising security risks, including cyberattacks, physical threats, foreign ownership vulnerabilities, and supply chain bottlenecks for electrical components. Alberta Technology and Innovation Minister Nate Glubish highlighted the province's push for sovereign computing infrastructure amid multi-megawatt developments, including a proposed Meta AI facility north of Edmonton, an AI centre near Olds, and the Wonder Valley project near Grande Prairie. The data centre market across Canada is projected to more than double over five years to reach US$25 million, prompting scrutiny over foreign ownership, data sovereignty, and robust domestic safeguards.

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• Northern Alberta communities raise concern over week-long foul odour from oilsands site, benzene leak speculation debunked

  Source: Alberta - Edmonton Journal (Legislature & Capital)
  Date: 2026-09-16 15:30:16.0
  Tags: [Alberta, Energy, Environment, Resources, Public Safety]

  Residents in the Wood Buffalo region of Northern Alberta reported a week-long foul odour extending from Fort McKay to Fort McMurray, prompting investigations by the Alberta Energy Regulator. The Alberta Energy Regulator confirmed the smell originated from scheduled tank maintenance at the Syncrude Mildred Lake oilsands facility, which is operated by Suncor Energy. Suncor Energy debunked community speculations regarding a toxic benzene leak, stating that air monitoring data from Wood Buffalo Environmental Association stations showed no exceedances of applicable air quality limits or human health thresholds.

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