In the news today: Ottawa eyeing Quebec LNG project, Israeli envoy critical of Carney

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…

Ottawa expressed interest in Quebec LNG project

Senior federal officials touted a proposed liquefied natural gas facility in Quebec as having the potential to export “substantial volumes” of LNG to Europe, documents show.

The revelation appears in a federal briefing note prepared in May after Marinvest Energy Canada, a subsidiary of a Norwegian energy company, requested a meeting with the top bureaucrat at the federal Natural Resources Department to discuss its plans.

Although a company representative said a lower-level public servant met with them instead of the department’s deputy minister, the meeting was part of a flurry of lobbying activity in recent months that targeted high-level government officials, political staffers in the office of Energy Minister Tim Hodgson, a senior adviser to Prime Minister Mark Carney and Opposition Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre.

Israeli envoy blasts Carney’s ‘hard line’ on Gaza

Israel’s envoy to Canada says dialogue between his government and Ottawa has “deteriorated” since Prime Minister Mark Carney took office — and suggests his “hard line” on Gaza explains why Carney still hasn’t spoken by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“Since the government of Carney came into place, the level of dialogue between the two countries slowly but surely deteriorated,” Israel Ambassador Iddo Moed told The Canadian Press on Monday.

Carney’s office referred questions about Moed’s comments to the office of Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand, which declined to provide a response.

Former Vancouver officer awarded $30K: arbitrator

A labour arbitrator has awarded a former Vancouver police officer $30,000 in her years-long grievance process over how the Vancouver Police Department handled sexual harassment and discrimination complaints.

The decision handed down Sept. 26 says the original grievance was filed by the Vancouver Police Union in May 2021 on behalf of a female member who had been sexually assaulted by a fellow officer in 2019.

The woman, who isn’t named in the decision, alleged she was the subject of “widespread” gossip and rumours in the department after the assault, which led to a conviction for the attacker and sentence of a year in jail in 2022.

The former Vancouver police officer said in an interview that the arbitrator’s decision was meaningful, even though “there isn’t an amount of money that is going to undo any of it.”

Pork spinoff Canada Packers set to debut on TSX

Maple Leaf’s pork business spinoff, Canada Packers Inc., is set to make its Toronto Stock Exchange debut on Thursday.

Maple Leaf completed the spinoff of its pork operations on Wednesday.

The new standalone company, which will focus on hog production and processing, is being led by Dennis Organ, who joined Maple Leaf Foods in February 2023 as president of the pork complex.

Maple Leaf Foods is keeping a 16 per cent stake in Canada Packers and the two companies have entered into an evergreen supply agreement.

Conservationist Jane Goodall remembered in Canada

Jane Goodall is being remembered by Canadians as irreplaceable in her environmental work.

The Jane Goodall Institute announced Wednesday that she had died of natural causes while in California during a U.S. speaking tour. She was 91.

Born in London in 1934, the conservationist was renowned for environmental advocacy that started with her field research on chimpanzees in what is now Tanzania.

Goodall spent months observing the animals, watching them use tools and do other activities that were previously believed to be exclusive to human beings.

Necropsies to be done on dead sperm whales

A conservation group is planning necropsies on three sperm whales that died after being stranded off the northern coast of Prince Edward Island.

Tonya Wimmer, executive director of the Marine Animal Response Society, said one of the first steps is moving the bodies to a suitable place for the necropsies. She explained veterinarians and pathologists would not be able to do their work on the beach where the whales died since it was a remote location.

The whales were found stranded on Saturday night near Hardy’s Channel at East Bideford, P.E.I. By the next morning, one of the three had already died. The other two died soon after that.

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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 2, 2025