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EDMONTON — Environmental groups targeted by Alberta Premier Jason Kenney are shrugging off the new government’s promised $30-million “war room” to fight criticisms of the province’s energy industry.“The war room makes for good theatre, but the people who follow this closely are going to look at this as amateur hour,” said Keith Stewart of Greenpeace.“Chasing environmentalists might play well politically, but it’s not actually relevant to the

TRUJILLO, Honduras—A British Columbia woman says her pilot brother was killed in a plane crash in Honduras on Saturday.In a phone interview with The Canadian Press on Sunday, Jenna Forseth confirmed her brother Patrick was killed in the crash in the Roatan area, a popular island destination for tourists to the Central American country.Earlier on Sunday, Global Affairs Canada confirmed a Canadian citizen had died in the crash, but did not identify them due to privacy concerns.Stefano Maron

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Global Affairs is confirming that a Canadian citizen has been killed in a plane crash in Honduras.A spokesperson for the department says the crash happened in the Roatan Islands area.Stefano Maron says consular officials in the capital, Tegucigalpa, are in contact with local authorities and providing consular assistance to the victim’s family.Local media report that all five people who died in yesterday’s crash were foreigners.More coming.Also on Hu

Remember before everyone had royal baby fever, when we just had royal wedding fever? Remember taking bets on what Meghan’s wedding dress would look like? Remember waking up at the crack of dawn because the wedding was in the very early morning in North America time zones? Remember asking “who gets married at noon anyway” approximately 500 times?It’s now been a full year since all of those conversations, because Prince Harry and Meghan Markle tied the knot on May 19, 2018.

MONTREAL—The Quebec government is crediting its new gun registry law for a major spike in the number of long guns voluntarily handed over to police for destruction.Between April 1, 2018 and March 31, 2019, 5,250 long-guns were voluntarily given to authorities to be destroyed, according to provincial police spokeswoman Joyce Kemp.The previous year, 2,406 long guns—such as rifles and shotguns—were surrendered. That’s an 118 per cent increase. The government estimated in 201