Canada signs large-scale LNG deal with Germany | Across Canada for May 28, 2026

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[00:00:03]Hello and welcome to CTV News across Canada for Thursday, May 28th. We've got the top local stories from coast to coast, stories that affect you and the country. Thanks for joining us.

[00:00:15]>> Insisting the world is hungry for what BC has to offer, the energy minister says Canada will deliver and by the millions.

[00:00:23]>> We're in a rupture. We're in a world where energy security is national security. We're in a world where our allies are begging us, are begging us to produce our resources.

[00:00:35]>> And so, a multi-billion-dollar facility will be built in northern BC. The Cedar LNG project will see 1 million metric tons a year shipped to the government-owned company SEFE in Germany. The Canadian and BC governments say it will create thousands of jobs, deepen ties with Europe, and reduce our dependency on the US. The Nisga'a Nation is on board.

[00:00:58]>> Cedar LNG represents a unique path.

[00:01:03]One where Nisga'a are not just participants in development, but leaders and decision-makers.

[00:01:10]>> But other neighboring First Nations have not given their consent.

[00:01:14]Environmentalists have called it a carbon bomb and argue it will jeopardize Canada's climate goals.

[00:01:20]>> In the case of Cedar LNG, there is a very, very poor economic model. There is investor hesitancy. The project has not been able to secure proper off-take agreements in more than a year.

[00:01:35]>> The federal conservatives say the project is all talk and doubt it will ever get done.

[00:01:39]>> The illusions of grand and I announcements and smiley-face signing ceremonies notwithstanding, everything remains the same.

[00:01:47]>> the Cedar LNG is I would add is is the lowest carbon LNG in in in the world.

[00:01:54]>> We have what they want. Canadians expect us to produce it in a responsible way.

[00:02:00]They expect us to use it to pay for things like health care and dental care and child care.

[00:02:05]>> The BC government insists the project has been through extensive reviews and wide consultation.

[00:02:10]>> The Prime Minister and the Premier are leading on economic development, not in opposition Bruce, but with people.

[00:02:19]>> This deal with Germany is for 20 years.

[00:02:21]The facility is scheduled to begin delivering LNG in the early 2030s. Saint John Alexander, CTV News, Vancouver.

[00:02:32]>> Saint John LNG has imported liquefied natural gas for nearly 20 years. The facility needs an upgrade to export the resource, which is why Europe's largest energy market is going thousands of kilometers past the Bay of Fundy to get what it needs.

[00:02:46]>> Through this agreement, Sefe will purchase 1 million tons per annum of LNG for up to 20 years beginning in the early 2030s.

[00:02:55]>> It will come from a still-to-be-built LNG facility in Northwest BC that will ship the resource down the Pacific, through the Panama Canal, and then over the Atlantic to Germany.

[00:03:06]>> It's much cheaper to move LNG over water in a tanker than it is to pay tolls uh to ship it all across the country.

[00:03:15]>> The deal means the East Coast is missing out on a major opportunity. Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre says there was a time Saint John would have been the beneficiary of such a contract.

[00:03:25]>> Then there was the reversal of the Repsol terminal terminal, which was going to take an existing import terminal, turn it into an export terminal, send it off to Europe in Saint John. The Liberals killed that.

[00:03:36]>> When asked his thoughts on the deal today, New Brunswick's Energy Minister René Legacy says they continue to talk LNG with Ottawa.

[00:03:43]>> It's more complicated bringing a pipeline across multiple provinces than than than than maybe other jurisdictions. Still feel that New Brunswick can play a really key role in Canada to to get this country to be the energy superpower that we want it to be.

[00:03:56]>> Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says his province has an LNG facility and with a little TLC believes they can get into the fuel fight.

[00:04:04]>> We lost 10 years for sure, but we're we're moving forward now. We're moving forward with we have applications on onshore. We'll move forward with that in a safe sustainable way.

[00:04:13]>> Business strategy professor Ian Lee says the East Coast needs to move quickly in establishing a place in the global LNG market.

[00:04:20]>> The question is will the Prime Minister and his government spend the political capital needed to seize the moment and seize the opportunity?

[00:04:28]>> Todd, Ian Lee says the technology exists to get LNG on the East Coast up and running sooner than later adding the market isn't going to sit around and wait and will look elsewhere if the gas isn't going.

[00:04:40]Todd?

[00:04:40]>> All right, Avery. Thank you from our St. John studio this evening.

[00:04:48]>> These survivors of forced or coerced sterilization are sharing their trauma as part of the permanent people's tribunal on missing indigenous children and unmarked graves. Jackie from Quebec says her story began while giving birth to her daughter.

[00:05:05]She says a nurse told her, "You have enough kids. You don't need more and either way you're not a good mother and never will be." Then a doctor told her she should have her tubes tied right away that it could be reversed. But a few years later when she wanted more children, she was told the procedure she'd had was permanent.

[00:05:22]>> A new report out of the University of Quebec Abitibi-Témiscamingue shows indigenous women in Quebec continue to face this kind of violence. Obstetric or gynecological violence or OGV can be verbal, emotional, or psychological, physical or sexual, or ethnic-based discrimination. Combined with their first report from 2022, the researchers have collected testimonies from 132 indigenous women. They found 58% were subjected to forced sterilization. The most recent case was in 2022. 39% experienced other forms of OGB.

[00:05:56]>> We know since years, since decades that this kind of violence happen amongst First Nations indigenous women in Canada. It's not a surprise. Now we are able to put it down on paper.

[00:06:10]>> The research covers the period from 1956 to 2023. The youngest woman interviewed was 15 at the time of the events. The oldest was 40. Many women only found out they could no longer conceive after the fact. One woman said, "I never said I wanted a tubal ligation. I never consented to that. I wanted to have more children." And another said, "I didn't sign anything agreeing to tubal ligation. They decided to do it without my consent, without my signature. They did it during my C-section."

[00:06:40]>> Unfortunately, the prejudice against authorized First Nations women are still pretty strong.

[00:06:48]Many health care provider told women that they have too much they make too much babies and indigenous people are costing too much to the states.

[00:06:58]>> The report makes a number of recommendations including for federal and provincial governments to issue formal apologies to First Nations women who have experienced OGB and recognize the presence of systemic discrimination in Quebec's health care system. The report also calls for a moratorium on the destruction of indigenous medical records and for a monitoring system to better document cases of forced sterilization and OGB.

[00:07:24]Angela Mackenzie, CTV News.

[00:07:28]>> Alberta is making headlines across the country for a referendum set for 5 months from now where citizens will be asked if they want to remain in Canada or start the process of possibly leaving with another vote. This type of uncertainty is unhelpful for long term investment decisions. Investment decisions that some within the UCP agree could be lost with growing sentiment and rhetoric around the separatism debate.

[00:07:52]>> I we've got about a million Albertans who are frustrated with the relationship with Ottawa to a point where they think it's time to file the divorce papers. I don't feel that way.

[00:08:00]>> Premier Danielle Smith is adamant she does not want to split from Confederation pointing to a deal to build pipelines with the PM. Her government caucus colleagues are also on board with several planning to vote to remain.

[00:08:14]>> We support sovereign Alberta within United Canada. So I I just I said I emphasize that because this is what we stand for, right?

[00:08:24]>> I definitely wish to remain in Canada. I think we there's a pathway to meeting the aspirations for Albertans within Canada.

[00:08:31]>> I always campaigned for Alberta and Canada and better together is better.

[00:08:36]>> On Canada Day we will definitely be celebrating and handing out Canada flags.

[00:08:40]>> Still, some are trying to downplay the dissenting voices from within the party.

[00:08:45]>> At no point have we had a discussion about being an independence party.

[00:08:49]>> UCP President Rob Smith told CTV News late last week that the party would only consider a vote on becoming a sovereign independent party if the majority of Albertans voted in a referendum to annex themselves from Canada.

[00:09:02]>> I think the premier is doing the best that she can to prove to Albertans at this point in time how Alberta can prosper within Canada.

[00:09:13]>> The premier blames past politicians and some current for backing Albertans into a corner on a vote on separation.

[00:09:20]>> Politicians who use their platform to to target Alberta, target our resource, target our wealth. And And that's what I think Albertans have responded to.

[00:09:33]>> This is how the Bruno Mars concert at Rogers Stadium sounded Sunday night from one nearby residents balcony.

[00:09:39]>> My windows were shaking as if war planes were were passing by.

[00:09:45]>> And from a distance, this was taken from a Thornhill backyard. Adiana Libman also lives in Thornhill.

[00:09:51]>> She just started wailing.

[00:09:54]Which got all of us running and then I was trying to figure out where the sound was coming from. I thought maybe there was like a car outside the house playing its music really loud.

[00:10:03]>> In response to complaints, the primary operator of the stadium says, "As with any large-scale outdoor concert venue, community feedback is expected. We continue to work proactively to balance the fan experience with being a responsible neighbor while operating within all compliance requirements."

[00:10:19]Live Nation adding that it's implemented noise reduction measures, which include having municipal licensing officers monitoring sound levels on site and in the community, and new vinyl cladding on the grandstands to reduce sound travel.

[00:10:31]>> On my second floor, which is my bedroom, the windows were shaking.

[00:10:35]>> Asaf Halperin, the owner of City Soundproofing, lives near Vaughan Mills.

[00:10:38]He says the problem is that bass carries.

[00:10:41]>> The high frequency, which is really the the music, the words, that disappears after a few maybe few kilometers, not even that. The low frequency gets carried away and can go as far as about 10 kilometers.

[00:10:55]>> Where the low bass, that's what produces that vibration and that's what has a really long wave and that goes through concrete. It goes through glass, so that cladding is actually probably doing nothing.

[00:11:07]>> Area Councillor James Pasternak says he's heard the complaints.

[00:11:11]>> I think the next step is to bring in a third-party consultant to take a look at the stadium and see what technologies and coverings and absorption could be added to uh to muffle the sound and make sure it stays within the stadium.

[00:11:23]>> However, Jeff Green, who lives in the Ancaster neighborhood near the stadium, says he doesn't think the noise issue is resolvable.

[00:11:30]>> You drop a 50,000 seat stadium, no roof, no walls into a a dense uh you know, residential community. Doesn't matter what you do, you're going to have problems.

[00:11:38]>> Despite the various complaints about noise pollution, many who live across the street from Downsview Park say they feel the noise reduction efforts are working.

[00:11:46]>> This year, whatever revisions they've made has completely addressed the concerns. Could barely It was barely audible.

[00:11:52]>> Much better.

[00:11:53]We actually walked by when the concert was happening. You could hardly hear it.

[00:11:57]>> A variety of voices on the same issue.

[00:12:00]And with 19 concerts left in the season, it's clear we haven't heard the last of the debate over the new Roger Stadium.

[00:12:10]Phil Gore doesn't always feel safe when he walks to the ByWard Market.

[00:12:14]>> It has been uncomfortable at times because there have been people lined up here or sitting along there before they blocked off. There'd be a lot of people up there.

[00:12:21]>> Especially along the Rideau-Sussex underpass.

[00:12:24]>> It's an unfortunate conjunction of you know, people who are desperate, street people, that sort of stuff, people are cutting through here.

[00:12:31]>> Crime is an issue in the area. In April, there was a stabbing leaving a man critically hurt. Now the city wants to focus on public safety as it moves to improve the area.

[00:12:40]>> We're excited about our plans for the ByWard Market and improving those access points and improving the intersection at at Rideau and Sussex is a priority.

[00:12:50]We're in the process of figuring out the funding model for all of that. We're I expect going to get help from other levels of government and other forms of revenues as well.

[00:13:00]>> When concerning trends emerge.

[00:13:02]>> Council voting to submit a proposal using $10 million of provincial funding initially allocated to turn William Street into a pedestrian plaza toward projects to improve safety and access to the ByWard Market. The improvements will focus on pedestrian walkways, safety and accessibility, and lighting to key access points including Rideau Station, the Rideau Street corridor, and the Rideau-Sussex underpass.

[00:13:27]The counselor for the area says, "That's just the start."

[00:13:30]>> Everything that's being discussed and proposed is sort of part-time measures or measures that will only last for a year, we need to invest in things like housing, mental health supports, hospitals, etc. >> Businesses in the ByWard Market welcome the move.

[00:13:44]>> Like every other urban center, we all have our struggles. So, the investment I think is coming at the right time.

[00:13:49]Everybody's poised to have this happen.

[00:13:51]We're ready for it, and I think this is like wonderful.

[00:13:54]>> Well, it's not about money. It's It's more about having more security.

[00:14:01]>> But, while there is no timeline of when the money will be approved, the city says there is a sense of urgency as the $10 million in provincial funding must be spent by the end of March 2027.

[00:14:12]Patricia.

[00:14:12]>> All right, CTV's Kimberly Fowler live for us tonight. Thank you.

[00:14:18]>> The Jack Garland Airport will soon be home to six of these M-346 T-block 20 fighter jets after the International Test Pilot School inked a deal with Aerospace Defense Company Leonardo. The planes were ordered to train fighter jet pilots in North Bay as the school moves its London-based tactical training center to the city.

[00:14:40]>> We see this is a natural fit for the community to bring fighter pilot training back to North Bay.

[00:14:45]>> We love the fact that they've chosen North Bay to relocate to, and we love the fact that this is going to bring new jobs.

[00:14:53]>> Leonardo is an Italian company that provides jet aircraft to train fighter jet pilots for NATO and other allies.

[00:15:01]The contract includes the six aircraft, which are expected to enter service in 2029 with an option for six more if needed. Last October, the International Test Pilots School conducted an airborne evaluation of the jets north of the Ottawa Airport.

[00:15:18]>> It aligns very closely with uh our mission at ITPS Canada, which is to enhance global security through innovative aerospace solutions.

[00:15:26]>> Described as state-of-the-art and cutting edge, over 160 of these jets have been sold to air forces in Europe and around the world as countries train pilots.

[00:15:38]>> We talk about it being a fifth-gen fighter pilot training pipeline. So, the graduates from our lead-in fighter training courses will then go on to a frontline fighter, be it F-35, F-16, or F-18.

[00:15:50]>> The aircraft has logged more than 160,000 hours in flight. 20 countries, including Canada, use these jets both militarily and for training.

[00:16:00]>> They do go hand-in-hand in positioning Canada uh for uh for defending its sovereignty.

[00:16:06]>> Meaning their loud engine roars will soon be heard as they zoom across the skies of northern Ontario.

[00:16:13]>> We have an amazing opportunity in to provide training to our allies uh at a desperate time uh in the world.

[00:16:20]>> Eric Taschner, CTV News, North Bay.

[00:16:26]>> There were fewer violent crimes reported in Winnipeg last year.

[00:16:29]>> This marks the second consecutive year of reductions in violent crime.

[00:16:33]>> The Winnipeg Police Service released crime stats for 2025. While overall crime volumes were up 1.1%, violent crimes were down 4.8%, including homicides, assaults, firearm offenses, and robberies. Youth crime dropped 11.7% and the total severity of crimes was down 8.8% with the severity of violent crime decreasing 11.2%.

[00:17:00]>> Total crime severity decreased significantly in 2025, driven by one of the largest decreases in violent crime severity in recent history.

[00:17:09]>> For property crimes, theft from vehicles was up 13.2%, but vehicle thefts were down 11.5.

[00:17:17]Break-and-enters dropped 20.4% and shoplifting was down 4.6%.

[00:17:24]This after a plan was launched where police patrolled stores in hotspots.

[00:17:29]>> We put a lot of attention to retail theft. Uh we continue to to uh put attention to that.

[00:17:35]>> Police credit the drop in several crime categories to frontline officers, the public, and new initiatives like the unit that targets violent criminals.

[00:17:43]Plus, 35 new officers hit the streets in 2025.

[00:17:47]>> Much improvement with uh police presence downtown.

[00:17:52]>> I would describe this report as progress, but there is still a lot of work left to do.

[00:17:57]>> Case in point, drug crimes were up 9.1%, mischief 8.6%, and crime volumes downtown shot up 17.2%.

[00:18:07]>> I work downtown, so it's a little worrying walking to and from every day.

[00:18:13]>> I see uh undesirable people on street corners, and I'll just go the other way.

[00:18:18]>> And the police were busier in 2025, dispatched to more than 254,000 incidents, a 6% bump.

[00:18:26]>> This number underscores the continued pressures facing our frontline officers, public safety communicators, and partner agencies.

[00:18:35]>> Yeah, I I've been struggling with my weight um since I was 15.

[00:18:39]>> Mary Ann Thurber has been in a near lifelong battle with her weight. Last year, she was accepted to Royal Alexandra Hospital's bariatric clinic, a center focusing on treating obesity.

[00:18:51]After 8 months, Thurber had the choice of a gastric bypass procedure or something new.

[00:18:57]>> I wasn't really sure if I wanted to do the bypass or the sort of bigger surgery, so he suggested this new type of surgery that he's doing.

[00:19:06]>> The procedure is called endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty or ESG. It essentially shrinks a person's stomach, making the person full faster.

[00:19:17]>> We have control to be able to suture in and out and pass sutures, enabling us to perform this procedure.

[00:19:26]>> Cerber lost more than 90 lb through the bariatric clinic.

[00:19:30]>> I feel a a lot more active. I enjoy walking all the time where I never used to.

[00:19:36]>> According to the Royal Alexandra Hospital, they're at the forefront of this new procedure and it's already being covered by Alberta Health Services for those in the bariatric clinic at the hospital.

[00:19:46]>> This is the other option where it's the complication rate is very small. The benefits are really large.

[00:19:52]>> The team at Royal Alexandra started performing ESGs at the beginning of December. They've since completed 10.

[00:19:59]They say it's the future of weight loss.

[00:20:01]>> It's pain-free and it's reversible. So, I think this is a technology that's a true game-changer.

[00:20:06]>> Weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic can be taken before and after the procedure, but the team hopes this will lower the need.

[00:20:14]>> Well, the whole thought is that this should allow you to come off those medications. So, you you wouldn't need to be on lifeline medications once you have this surgery.

[00:20:22]>> I do feel like I'm like a new kind of life has opened up for me.

[00:20:27]>> Cerber hopes others will consider the procedure so it could change their lives, too. Curtis Gottschalk, CTV News, Edmonton.

[00:20:38]>> As temperatures and the wind pick up across much of Saskatchewan, so does risk of sparking wildfires.

[00:20:45]>> Well, this is that touchy time of year.

[00:20:47]>> The changing conditions putting several areas of the province on high alert including the Melville area.

[00:20:52]>> Things are dry and you've got all the brown dead grass and and before things green up, right? So, in the rural fire world, uh that's certainly is a concern.

[00:21:01]>> Hot and dry conditions are severely increasing fire danger across the province and according to modeling by the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency, the majority of the province is listed under extreme fire risk with portions under high risk as well. Conditions prompting 16 rural municipalities and seven urban centers to implement fire bans as of Wednesday afternoon.

[00:21:25]>> Fire bans are fire bans. You know, we don't put them on lightly. Um, I don't I I never put a fire ban on unless I absolutely have to.

[00:21:32]>> Under those conditions, um, the landscape could be conducive for the ignition of wildfires.

[00:21:37]>> The high winds at times gusting to more than 70 km an hour only adding to the risk.

[00:21:44]>> We do work collaboratively to identify, um, when there are extended periods of hot, dry, and windy conditions. So, we do closely with the SPSA, um, to determine when there are heightened fire risks.

[00:21:57]>> As of Wednesday afternoon, crews are battling four blazes in Saskatchewan, mostly in the north. However, the 68 fires to date is down significantly from the more than 200 Saskatchewan had at this time last year. Still, Chief Buckingham reminds all residents to stay vigilant and fire safe.

[00:22:16]>> Having that tank of water on, uh, somewhere near your farm if you have the ability to do that. Always keeping a fire extinguisher handy, uh, because something small turns into something big in the blink of an eye.

[00:22:27]>> The SPSA adds most areas of the province are in desperate need of rain and without it, fire conditions will only worsen and increase the overall risk.

[00:22:38]Donovan Mey, CTV News, Regina.

[00:22:42]>> Municipal councilors province-wide will soon have a mechanism to turf one of their own for serious conduct violations, but it won't be easy. Doing so will require the review of a local and provincial integrity commissioner along with the unanimous support of a local council. Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley calls the entire concept a weak first step.

[00:23:07]>> The general idea behind this legislation is good. It's It's good. However, the execution is not going to work.

[00:23:15]>> Through letter-writing campaigns, Bradley has pushed for almost a year demanding enhanced abilities to remove badly behaving councilors. He says what the province has come up with falls short.

[00:23:27]>> You need a simple majority cuz I can guarantee you and I believe it would happen in Sarnia that if there was a move to remove someone, there would be obstructionists. For the last 4 years, we've had one individual who has hijacked every meeting.

[00:23:41]>> Bradley is referring to Councilor Bill Dennis who has been banned from taking part in person in Sarnia City Council meetings after an investigation found he violated harassment and violence policies.

[00:23:54]Most recently, he's also been accused of offensive commentary towards local indigenous groups. Bradley says it's Dennis's efforts to hijack council meetings that drove him to get the province to act.

[00:24:07]>> Yet Dennis, who is running for mayor of Sarnia in the next election, dubs Bradley a hypocrite while at the same time also acknowledging his own ability to stir the pot.

[00:24:18]>> Uh I I'm disappointed that they didn't name the bill after me.

[00:24:22]>> Dennis is not a fan of Bill 9 as presented but believes it's a better alternative than what Bradley has proposed.

[00:24:29]>> And I'm glad it has to be unanimous.

[00:24:32]Um I don't think it it would have been right to have some uh some uh body that's not connected to the community make this decision.

[00:24:39]>> Dennis contends he would never vote to remove a colleague from council, even one he opposes politically, unless criminal activity was involved.

[00:24:48]Meanwhile, Bradley says the province has failed to give local politicians the tools they need to head off a wave of radical change.

[00:24:57]>> I'm seeing the sort of right-wing extreme groups coming out trying to take over local councils.

[00:25:02]And I think that's going to get worse as we head into this election.

[00:25:06]>> Sean Irvine, CTV News.