New Alberta pipeline deal expected; how Trump’s China visit could be bad for Canada; and more

Prime Minister Mark Carney meets with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith in his office in Ottawa on Friday, May 8, 2026. Photo by HYUNGCHEOL PARK/Postmedia

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It’s Wednesday, May 13. Here are the top stories we’re following today.

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Feds consider declaring new Alberta oil pipeline to be in ‘national interest’ this fall

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Building a new one-million-barrel-a-day pipeline from Alberta to the West Coast is at the heart of a memorandum of understanding that the federal government is negotiating with Premier Danielle Smith. Ottawa is also looking for the province to increase the rate of its industrial carbon tax.

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U.S. President Donald Trump greets Vice President of China Han Zheng upon his arrival in Beijing, China, as Space X CEO Elon Musk, U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue and Nvidia co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang watch, May 13, 2026. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images

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‘We have a lot to lose’: Will Trump’s visit to China threaten Carney’s diversification?

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Any thaw in U.S.-China relations could come at Ottawa’s expense. Beijing and Washington “are setting the table … and you know who’s on the menu? The Canadians, the Japanese, and the South Koreans,” says one analyst.

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A woman reads a mother’s day card at breakfast. Photo by July Ko/Getty Images/iStockphoto

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Canadian schools ditch Mother’s and Father’s Day celebrations in the name of diversity

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“Where is the line? What is next? At what point are you being more exclusive than inclusive?” asked one mother with a child in the Winnipeg school.

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Paul Hanlon on the steps of the courthouse in Harbour Grace, N.L., in an undated photo. Photo by SaltWire Network

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He committed a violent home invasion. Now, he’s running for town council

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Paul Hanlon’s recent criminal history includes convictions for assault, home invasion and trying to sell drugs to an undercover police officer. But, saying he has paid his debt to society, Hanlon wants to be a councillor in a Newfoundland town where he committed some of his crimes.

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Simon Fraser University’s Surrey, B.C., campus in 2018. Photo by Jason Payne/Postmedia

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Jamie Sarkonak: B.C. human rights tribunal rules conservatism not a real political view

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Although B.C.’s human rights code notionally protects people on the basis of political belief, it wouldn’t even hear the case of a Simon Fraser University professor who was denied a job over his lack of support for DEI.

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Conservative MP Dane Lloyd asks a question about remote microphone access being enabled by Bill C-22, at the House of Commons public safety and national security committee. Photo by ParlVu

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FIRST READING: New bill could allow police to turn personal tech into listening devices

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Tristin Hopper writes about “the apparent contradiction of a bill that stops police from examining the online ‘content‘ of a Canadian under investigation, but has no such barriers when it comes to turning their cell phone or smart speaker into a listening device.”

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