Avian flu strikes farms in B.C.'s Fraser Valley, with 7 outbreaks this month

WASHINGTON, D.C. — With global electricity demand expected to rise 25 per cent by 2030, nuclear energy will play an essential role in meeting the world’s power needs. Canada’s rich uranium reserves give it a position of strength in bolstering global energy security — and possibly in securing a place at the forefront of a nuclear renaissance. Given this year’s trade tensions between the United States and Canada, recent decisions, such as embracing U.S.-origin Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and the newly announced Cameco, Brookfield, Westinghouse $80 billion U.S. reactor deal, raise...