CALGARY – Calgary Flames head coach Ryan Huska said at the beginning of the NHL season he expected a lot from Joel Farabee.

The left-winger has delivered with a team-leading seven goals and 10 assists in Calgary’s first 18 games.

Farabee solved a deficiency in his game Sunday. After going 0-for-7 on breakaways this season, Farabee’s short-handed goal in the third period was the equalizer in Sunday’s 4-3 overtime win over the Philadelphia Flyers.

Martin Pospisil smartly chipped the puck to the middle of the ice during a Flames penalty kill for Farabee to take off with it and beat Flyers goalie Dan Vladar going inside-outside, forehand-backhand.

“You go oh-for-seven on breakaways, you sit down and start to think like, ‘what am I doing wrong here?'” said Farabee, who added that he consulted teammate Jake Middleton.

“Mids and I sat down and we talked about it and he said I’m a deker. Literally when I got the puck, that’s what was in my head.

“It definitely feels good. Just the time of the game, obviously being down and to get it on the penalty kill, definitely felt like the crowd got into it.”

Matt Coronato scored the OT winner for the Flames (8-9-1), who extended their streak of consecutive wins when scoring four goals or more to 62.

That streak dating back to 2023 ranked second to the New York Rangers, who won 65 in that fashion between 2011 and 2014.

The Flames acquired the 26-year-old Farabee in a trade with the Flyers in January, 2025.

“Joel hasn’t had a lot of success on breakaways this year so it was a perfect time for him to score his first tonight,” Huska said.

“With Joel, when he’s getting chances he’s playing well. If he goes quiet and the chances aren’t there then you’ve got to look at his game a bit, but I don’t think he ever really gets down on himself as long he’s around the puck a lot like he has been this year.”

BAHL OUT

The Flames continued to adjust on the fly to the loss of their shutdown defenceman Kevin Bahl for the rest of the season.

The team announced Sunday the 26-year-old from New Westminster, B.C., required surgery on a ruptured Achilles tendon.

Bahl, who was the team’s leading minute man averaging just under 22 per game, sustained the injury during dryland warm-up before Friday’s 5-3 loss to the Anaheim Ducks.

Calgary’s defencemen compensated by producing half the team’s goals Sunday, when Zach Whitecloud, with his first as a Flame, and Zane Parekh scored.

“Every guy has to step up. I feel like I’m pushing myself to step up,” Parekh said. “Bahler was our best player all year and our best defenceman, so losing him, it’s tough. You just keep putting your best foot forward for him.”

COOLEY’S BACK

Devin Cooley stopped 32 shots for the win in his first game back after missing five with a lower-body injury.

He improved to 5-3 with a 2.71 goals-against average and .917 save percentage.

The goaltender has gained celebrity status around the league and on social media for his unique post-game interviews that have delved into how his unconscious and conscious mind do battle while he’s in Calgary’s net, what he needs to get to flow state and how he likes to go home and read with his rabbit Tito.

Penguins rookie goalie Sergei Murashov appreciated Cooley’s candour about the mental struggle that position poses.

“I want to pass a media message to Devin Cooley. I think most goalies go through something like he’s talking about, but not a lot who actually speak aloud,” the 22-year-old Murashov said Saturday in an interview. “Thank you to him. What he’s saying, it helps.”

“I’ve gotten messages from other guys in the league too who have reached out,” Cooley said Sunday. “I’m like, man, that’s really cool. I’m glad I can do something instead of just play a sport, because that doesn’t really make a huge impact on humanity.”

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 8, 2026.

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TORONTO – Connor Hellebuyck will attempt to explain himself when he gets to Winnipeg.

What the star goaltender won’t be doing is suiting up to face his former team.

The New Jersey Devils announced shortly after Sunday’s 4-0 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs — Hellebuyck made 23 saves for the shutout — that the 33-year-old will not play against the Jets on Tuesday in his first game back at Canada Life Centre since demanding a trade and forcing his way out of town.

“This has been an organizational decision for us that we’ve debated at length,” Devils general manager Sunny Mehta said in a statement. “Connor Hellebuyck was adamant that he felt a duty to play on Tuesday in Winnipeg.

“However, in our estimation, playing in this game would potentially give us a reduction in our expected win probability.”

The Jets shipped Hellebuyck to the Devils on Oct. 23 for a package that included forward Dawson Mercer, goaltender Nico Daws and a second-round pick at the 2029 NHL draft — a move that brought an end to his decorated tenure in Winnipeg.

Hellebuyck, who had five seasons remaining on a seven-year, US$59.1-million contract extension signed in October 2023 when he informed the organization he wanted out, said Sunday night inside the visitors locker room at Scotiabank Arena there’s a level of disappointment knowing he won’t be competing in the Manitoba capital.

“But I understand,” he added. “Selfishly, I want to play, but when you’re looking at the team and what’s best for the team, I understand where they’re coming from.”

Hellebuyck, who improved to 5-0-0 with a .913 save percentage and 1.96 goals-against average with New Jersey, declined to answer why he turned his back on his old club, but indicated he would share his reasons at a media availability before Tuesday’s game.

“I love Winnipeg,” said the Hart Trophy winner as NHL MVP in 2024-25. “Playing there again and just facing the music and seeing the reaction, it’d be nice, but it’s out of my hands.”

The Commerce, Mich., product added he doesn’t know what the fan response will be with him out of the fray.

“I know there’s a pretty sour taste in Winnipeg,” said Hellebuyck, a three-time Vezina Trophy winner as the league’s top goaltender. “But I can only speak to my memories and my cherished moments in the city. I’ve loved every part of my career there. However I’m perceived, I’m going to choose love.

“I’m going to choose to remember all those moments and the community coming together, and all the relationships I made, and being part of that community, and all the other good times that I’ve had there.”

New Jersey head coach Sheldon Keefe said there wasn’t much of a discussion about Hellebuyck’s availability given a busy schedule along with the fact he missed training camp and has only played five times since joining the Devils, who have won nine of their last 10 games.

“We had to make it clear to Connor why and give him some understanding (because) in his words, he really felt it was his duty to go and play,” Keefe said. “I understand the sensitivity to the situation when you’re hyper-focused on that game, as the Jets fans would be, understandably.

“From our perspective, when you zoom out, this is a goaltender that is not going to play every single game.”

Selected with the 130th pick at the 2012 draft, Hellebuyck owned a 349-208-55 record with a .916 save percentage, 2.58 GAA and 45 shutouts across 11 seasons with the Jets.

His playoff numbers weren’t on the same level — 24 wins, 34 losses, a .903 save percentage, 2.90 GAA and seven shutouts — but he did backstop Winnipeg to the Western Conference final in 2018.

“There’s a lot of things to miss,” Hellebuyck, who etched his name in United States hockey lore when he made 41 saves to help secure a dramatic 2-1 overtime victory against Canada in the Olympic men’s hockey final at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, said of his former home. “But I’m excited about the new chapter.”

Hellebuyck added he’s thought a lot about what to say in Winnipeg.

“It’s an extremely complex decision,” he said of leaving town. “No one’s really nailed it on the head because there’s so many things that go into the decision, but there’s also the thought that the media is the one that wins if we come out and just start speaking negatives on each other. I’ve still got some time.

“I have nothing (but) respect for the organization and respect for the guys in the Jets locker room. I loved every part of it. I know it’s unfortunate that things ended the way they did. We’ll talk about it Tuesday.”

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 8, 2026.

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CALGARY – Matt Coronato scored the overtime winner for the Calgary Flames in a 4-3 win over the visiting Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday.

Zane Parekh, Zach Whitecloud and Joel Farabee, while short-handed, also scored for the Flames (8-9-1). Yegor Sharangovich had two assists.

Flames goalie Devin Cooley, in his first game back after missing five with a lower-body injury, made 32 saves for the win.

Denver Barkey, Noel Acciari and Owen Tippett scored for Philadelphia (4-10-5), while Sean Couturier added two assists. Goalie Dan Vladar stopped 22 shots in the loss.

Farabee’s short-handed goal on a breakaway tied the game midway through the third period.

Tippett corralled a rebound in the slot, spun and fired the puck by Cooley for a go-ahead, power-play goal at 15:07 of the second period while Parekh served a hooking penalty.

Acciari in the slot redirected a Nick Seeler shot by a screened Cooley at 2:16 for a 2-1 Flyers’ lead.

Calgary countered at 5:59 when Whitecloud threaded a shot through traffic to beat Vladar for the defenceman’s first goal as a Flame.

Parekh weaved past Trevor Zegras and Tippet at the top of the zone to score top corner on Vladar at 15:26 of the first period.

Barkey scored for the Flyers at 12:46 on a rebound. Parekh collided with Couturier in the neutral zone and went down as the Flyers cashed a three-on-one.

TAKEAWAYS

Flyers: Couturier reached 367 career assists to move past Rob Brind’Amour into eighth on the Flyers’ all-time assist list. The captain’s 54th career multi-assist game tied John LeClair for 14th all-time. Barkey scored his second goal and earned his third point in three games. Jamie Drysdale’s assist on Barkey’s goal was his sixth assist in four games since Nov. 1.

Flames: The team announced earlier Sunday that top defenceman Kevin Bahl was out for the season with a ruptured Achilles tendon and required surgery. Parekh’s seventh career goal moved him into fifth all-time in Flames goals by a defenceman aged 20 or under behind Dion Phaneuf (19), Paul Reinhart (17), Derek Morris (16) and Al MacInnis (12). Farabee scored in a sixth consecutive home game.

KEY MOMENT

The Flames generated a three-on-one finished by Coronato with 52 seconds remaining in overtime.

KEY STAT

Calgary has won 62 consecutive games when scoring four or more goals, which ranks second behind the New York Rangers, who won 65 straight games between 2011 and 2014.

UP NEXT

Flyers: Visit the Vancouver Canucks on Monday.

Flames: Host the New York Rangers on Wednesday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 8, 2026.

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TORONTO – Connor Hellebuyck made 23 saves for his first shutout with New Jersey as the Devils blanked the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-0 on Sunday night.

Timo Meier scored twice for New Jersey (13-5-0), which has won nine of its last 10 games. Nico Hischier, with a goal and an assist, and Connor Brown, into an empty net, provided the rest of the offence. Jack Hughes and Jesper Bratt chipped in two assists each.

Acquired from the Winnipeg Jets last month, Hellebuyck became the first goaltender in franchise history to win each of his first five games with the club.

Anthony Stolarz stopped 25 shots for Toronto (8-9-2). The Maple Leafs have lost three straight, and five of their last six in regulation.

Meier gave his team a 1-0 lead at 8:28 of the second period when he was left alone in front after a faceoff in the offensive zone.

The Devils winger doubled the visitors’ advantage at 12:44 when a Hughes shot deflected off Meier and past Stolarz.

Hischier made it 3-0 on a power play at 9:49 of the third before Brown iced it into the empty net.

The Hockey Hall of Fame’s class of 2026 was honoured before puck drop. Carey Price, Patrice Bergeron, Pekka Rinne, Keith Tkachuk and Cindy Curley are set to be enshrined in the player category Monday. Brian Burke will go in as a builder.

TAKEAWAYS

Maple Leafs: Veteran defencemen Morgan Rielly (lower-body injury) and Chris Tanev (maintenance) both sat out. Jack Roslovic was a late scratch with a lower-body injury despite taking part in warm-ups, while fellow forward Colton Sissons didn’t return after the second with the same designation.

Devils: Hellebuyck will return to Winnipeg to face the Jets on Tuesday after demanding a trade that ended with the deal that sent him to New Jersey on Oct. 23.

KEY MOMENT

Meier opened the scoring on a set play where he circled from the sideboards into the slot before one-timing a shot home.

KEY STAT

Hischier assisted on Meier’s first goal to become the third Swiss-born player in NHL history with 500 career points, joining Roman Josi (799) and Kevin Fiala (528).

UP NEXT

Devils: Visit the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday.

Maple Leafs: Host the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 8, 2026.

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The Republicans’ defeat in the U.S. midterm elections was watched closely in Russia, where some observers are predicting it could herald more support for Ukraine when the Democrats take over Congress in January.

But if the Kremlin is hearing the ticking of a clock on its nearly 5-year-old full-scale invasion of its neighbor, it seemingly remains unperturbed.

Asked if the election’s outcome could stymie U.S. attempts to help negotiate a settlement between Moscow and Kyiv, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov voiced hope that U.S. President Donald Trump will continue to pursue his peace efforts.

“There is groundwork already in place, and another round of trilateral negotiations is set to take place very soon,” Peskov said of talks planned for Tuesday and Wednesday involving Russian, Ukrainian and U.S. representatives in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

He also praised the “successful humanitarian peace-building efforts” by first lady Melania Trump, adding that “we hope that all of this will continue.” Last week’s limited ceasefire around the Russia-occupied city of Oleshky, brokered with her help, allowed for the delivery of humanitarian aid and the evacuation of some residents.

Peskov shrugged off a question from reporters on whether the new Congress would challenge Trump’s stance on Russia and Ukraine. He called it an “internal matter” for the U.S.

Last month, he struck a diesel fuel import deal with Russia in a stunning reversal of years of U.S. pressure on the Kremlin, to the dismay of Ukraine and its European allies. He also claimed that Kyiv’s attacks on Russian oil refineries caused a spike in diesel prices in the U.S. He urged Kyiv to halt the strikes, even though rising global energy prices were largely driven by the Iran war.

Trump also issued an executive order to put on hold sweeping new sanctions that clamped down on the Russian economy, telling Congress the pause was in the national interest. Lawmakers from both parties blasted Trump’s move as benefiting Russian President Vladimir Putin.

At the same time, Ukraine reported a throttling of Starshield, the military-grade version of the Starlink satellite internet service owned by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Trump denied being behind the brief slowing of Starshield, but the move to limit the system that serves as the backbone of Ukraine’s drone operations and battlefield communications was widely seen as part of Washington’s efforts to pressure Kyiv.

The diesel deal appeared to falter this week after U.S. federal and state officials warned that handling any shipments could bring legal consequences, and two U.S.-bound tankers changed course. The Kremlin sought to play down the development, saying deliveries will continue.

Kyiv desperately needs to replenish its supplies of U.S.-made Patriot interceptors to fend off Russia’s ballistic missile attacks. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has made repeated requests for Washington to speed up delivery of the defensive systems, but U.S. stockpiles have been exhausted by the Iran war, and the U.S. has prioritized replenishing its own arsenals.

On Oct. 30, the Trump administration said it has approved a proposed $2.1 billion sale of Patriot interceptors for Ukraine after Kyiv had accused the Pentagon of delaying delivery.

Trump also appeared to echo the Kremlin’s view that Zelenskyy was an obstacle to peace while saying Putin was more open to a deal.

Trump on Thursday conferred with Putin’s envoy Kirill Dmitriev, who attended a White House ceremony with the first lady recognizing last week’s humanitarian truce. The president didn’t meet any of the Ukrainian officials also at the event but hinted that some kind of grand deal about European security was in the works.

Many in Russia argue that the Democrats’ victory could put congressional pressure on Trump to tread more carefully and toughen his stand on Russia.

Dmitry Medvedev, who served as Russian president in 2008-12, predicted that Trump would be less inclined to press Ukraine when a new Congress is seated.

“He doesn’t need an extra confrontation with Democrats,” said Medvedev, who now serves as deputy head of Russia’s Security Council.

There has been strong bipartisan support for Ukraine, raising the prospect of veto-proof passage of more aid to Kyiv or tough new sanctions on Moscow.

On Wednesday, Zelenskyy told German broadcaster ZDF that while there has been backing for Kyiv from both parties, the Democrats “speak very clearly about supporting Ukraine.”

In other remarks Thursday, the Ukrainian leader also noted the midterm elections could have a positive effect on U.S. assistance, including speedier delivery of the Patriot interceptors. “I believe our chances of getting additional assistance from the United States may now grow,” he said.

Abbas Gallyamov, a former Putin speechwriter-turned-political analyst who lives abroad, argued that his old boss had missed a chance of striking a deal on Ukraine before the Democrats won and now could face a less cooperative Washington.

“Putin’s prospects have significantly worsened,” Gallyamov wrote in a commentary. “He thought that the time was on his side and wasn’t in a hurry to use the window of opportunity that had opened after Trump’s victory, and now this window is starting to close.”

Some policy experts, however, cautioned against expectations of a dramatic shift.

The Democrats could put more funding for Ukraine on the agenda and increase pressure on Trump over the diesel deal or Russia sanctions waivers, but hard limits on the president’s power are unlikely, said Jorn Fleck, senior director of the Atlantic Council’s Europe Center.

“Even with a strong majority in both chambers of Congress, Democrats will struggle to impose meaningful limits on Trump’s conduct of foreign policy, given his constitutional powers and willingness to push the envelope,” Fleck said in a commentary. “Unshackled from having to face voters at the ballot box again, Trump may shift into deal-making overdrive to cement his legacy.”

Konstantin Kosachev, a deputy speaker of the upper house of the Russian parliament, argued that Trump’s executive powers in the foreign policy sphere would allow him to pursue his course regardless of congressional opposition.

He said if authorities in Kyiv believed that the Republicans’ defeat would make the Trump administration more receptive to Ukraine’s requests, they could be mistaken.

“They will not find a more pliable or constrained Trump,” Kosachev said. “Rather, they will face a more resolute one, who is no longer looking over his shoulder at upcoming elections.”

For all the importance of Congress, “the U.S. president’s role in foreign policy remains paramount — a fact Trump understands better than anyone else,” he said.

Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna struck a similar tone in an interview Thursday with The Associated Press, saying “the president is President Trump,” and he has the ability to dictate foreign and security policy. “Unpredictability” should be expected, he added.

Kosachev said that by pinning their hopes on a victory by the Democrats, Kyiv and its allies in London, Brussels and other capitals in Europe have sided with Trump’s domestic political adversaries.

“Consequently, they are all but guaranteed two years of a hard-line Trump,” he said.

—Emma Burrows in Tallinn, Estonia, contributed.

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Tech giant Nvidia says it has launched an independent investigation into reports its CEO was the target of a Chinese spy.

The company’s board said Jensen Huang has been the target of a foreign intelligence effort. A committee of independent directors will oversee the investigation with help from outside counsel.

The probe was announced Sunday as Huang apologized to his wife and family for being unfaithful.

“I was unfaithful to my wife. My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did. I am deeply sorry,” he wrote in a letter emailed to company employees and posted to the company’s website.

The New York Times previously reported that Huang had a relationship with Megaspeed executive Alice Huang, who U.S. intelligence has identified as a Chinese intelligence asset.

Nvidia’s board said it did not believe either national security or the company’s secrets were compromised, but would examine “all available information.”

Huang went on in his letter to apologize to the company and its employees, saying “you deserve better from me.”

“I have fallen short of that responsibility. I am fully committed to NVIDIA and will work to earn back your confidence,” he wrote.

He said he supports the board’s independent investigation and would cooperate fully, and asked that his family be given privacy.

The board said it has confidence in Jensen and his leadership team, and would provide further updates as appropriate.

While the investigation is ongoing, the U.S. House of Representatives is launching its own probe.

Three Republicans, Brian Mast, John Moolenaar and Rick Crawford, sent a letter Nov. 5 requesting Huang appear before their committees for a joint, closed-door briefing on his interactions with Alice Huang. Mast chairs the House Foreign Affairs committee, Crawford chairs the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Moolenaar chairs the Select Committee on China.

“Recent reports raise significant national security concerns regarding the PRC’s access to sensitive U.S. technology and information,” Mast, Moolenaar and Crawford wrote in a news release. “The issue of PRC infiltration and access to cutting-edge U.S. technology is core to the investigative work of our three committees this Congress. It is vital that Congress determines the extent to which U.S. national security has been placed at risk.”

They have asked Huang to brief their committees on Nov. 18 or to provide an alternative date by Nov. 11.

Huang is known to have a close relationship with President Donald Trump, a source of criticism among Democrats. Trump brought him to China in May as part of his state visit. Huang has also pushed the Trump administration to ease export restrictions on Nvidia chips. They were put in place in January and include a requirement for H200 chips to undergo a third-party review before they are exported to China.

The Times, citing people briefed on the intelligence, reported that the Megaspeed executive was recruited to collect intelligence on Huang in an effort to learn more about U.S. AI chips and possibly influence the company to push for its most advanced chips to be made available to China.

—with files from The Associated Press

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Toronto police have identified the city’s 33rd homicide victim of the year.

Police responded to a call about a shooting on Saturday at about 4:27 p.m. in the Rathburn Road and The East Mall area.

On arrival, police found 18-year-old Malik Abass, who had been shot. Emergency officials performed life-saving measures and transported the teenager to hospital, but he was pronounced dead after arrival.

It’s believed the suspect or suspects fled the area before police arrived.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact police.

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Remembering her “bright light,” Pte. Aidan Goulding’s mother called her son fearless and someone who loved life.

Family, friends and members of the Canadian Armed Forces gathered in Vancouver Sunday for the funeral of one of the four men killed at CFB Wainwright during a deadly fire.

The 23-year-old’s mother started her eulogy by thanking those who had reached out in the past few weeks and for the “outpouring” of support.

“Aidan was never still,” said Sonia Monk. “He loved life and wanted to experience all of it. He was fearless, sometimes more fearless than I would have preferred.

“If there was a safe, sensible way to do something, Aidan usually found a more exhilarating way.”

Goulding had been participating in live-fire exercises at CFB Wainwright last month as part of training for potential deployment overseas.

A grassfire overtook soldiers during the exercise, killing Goulding as well as Sgt. Morgan Wong, Pte. Shaun Farrell and Pte. Hayden Lykkemark. Another 39 soldiers were taken to hospital at the time.

The funerals of Wong and Farrell have been held in recent weeks.

Monk told those gathered at Seaforth Armoury that Goulding’s best friend was his brother Wylder, who also spoke at the funeral.

Wylder recalled how the siblings would get to “all kinds of mischief” together when they were younger, from bike riding and tree climbing to skateboarding, often ending up hurting themselves in the process.

“He was my best friend, my worst enemy, my harshest critic and my fiercest competitor,” Wylder said.

“Aidan really did live his life to the fullest. He went places, met people, had adventures, and got himself into situations that most people probably couldn’t even imagine.”

Goulding served with the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (3PPCLI), which was part of the training that took place in Alberta that fateful day.

Capt. Jack O’Connell was the 23-year-old’s commander and told the gathering that Goulding was an “outgoing, confident, charismatic warrior.”

“From the warriors who had the opportunity to mentor Aidan, all agreed that he embodied what it is to be a Patricia,” O’Connell said. “He had an inspiring warrior spirit and never failed to elevate those around him. He had determination that was hard to miss and when things became difficult, he was not the type of person to simply give up, rather crack a joke.”

He said Goulding had completed his infantry training in July 2026 before being posted to the 3PPCLI, adding he often saw the young man out on runs after work or going “the extra mile.”

An investigation is ongoing into the incident at CFB Wainwright, including into the grass fire that had erupted as Alberta saw “uncommonly strong winds” the day of the tragedy.

But as that probe continues, Goulding’s family is laying him to rest, with his mother saying they’ll continue on with something always missing.

“I feel like I’m driving with one headlight. The road is still there and I’ll try to keep moving forward, but it will never be quite as bright. I love you Aidy, rest in peace, my bright light,” Monk said.

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The chants of nearly 1,000 Nova Scotians drowned out the rain in downtown Halifax Saturday as residents took to the streets to protest a proposed artificial intelligence data centre in southern Cape Breton.

Protesters gathered in front of the provincial legislature at noon, taking up an entire block of Hollis Street before marching through the city’s downtown core.

They called for a moratorium on all large-scale AI data centre proposals in the province after proponent Everwind Fuels announced last month it plans to lease a data centre in Pont Tupper, N.S., to U.S. AI company Anthropic.

Ned Zimmerman, a tech worker from Dartmouth, N.S., and one of the organizers of the rally, said large-scale AI data centres are socially destructive and environmentally irresponsible.

“We feel that the push to integrate AI into everything raises a lot of concerns for society, and this is not the kind of thing that we want to see being imposed on our communities, on our landscapes, our ecosystems, and our populations,” Zimmerman said.

Organizers of the rally said it was one of seven happening across the province on Saturday.

Everwind has described the $10-billion project as the largest private investment in provincial history. Anthropic has signed a 20-year lease for the 18,600-square-metre facility, which it will use to power its AI assistant Claude.

It is expected to come online in 2027 and draw 95 megawatts of electricity in its first phase. A 325-megawatt expansion is scheduled for mid-2028, bringing the total energy demand to 420 megawatts.

But it has faced backlash from Nova Scotians who are concerned about its potential impact on the environment and on power rates.

A petition to stop the development of AI data centres in Nova Scotia on Change.org garnered nearly 28,000 signatures.

Everwind says it will cover the cost of all electricity infrastructure, and the project will not increase power rates for customers.

A statement from Premier Tim Houston’s office said the data centre will only proceed if it meets provincial and federal guidelines, which it noted includes protecting the water, the environment, power rates and capacity.

Zimmerman said those guidelines are not enough for a project of this scale, adding that communication from the provincial government has been sparse. He also said Everwind has not done enough to consult with communities about the data centre, demonstrating a lack of transparency and accountability.

“It was kept closely under wraps. And broader community consent, community consultation was not engaged until the project was announced,” he said.

Everwind did not respond to request for comment about the protest.

Earlier this week, the company held two lengthy information sessions in Cape Breton. Some attendees said they were left with outstanding questions. Everwind’s engagement director said at a session Wednesday night that more consultations would be arranged.

Rebecca Lawrence from Dartmouth was among the protesters Saturday in Halifax. She said the provincial government is rushing the data centre project without acknowledging the potential harm it could cause.

She said she’s worried about potential noise pollution, as well as the centre’s impact on the local water supply.

Water from nearby Landrie Lake, which is also used to supply water to the town of Port Hawkesbury, will be used to cool the Point Tupper data centre’s servers. The system will use an average of 100,000 litres of water per day in the first phase, expanding to an average draw of 500,000 litres per day in its next phase.

“I think that one drop of drinking water wasted on generative AI is too much,” Lawrence said.

EverWind said the cooling system will be closed-loop, similar to a car’s radiator, with cooling fluid recycled or disposed of off-site, not in local waterways.

Ashley Drodge, another organizer of Saturday’s protest in Halifax, said said she’s concerned about the lack of binding regulations for AI data centre development and the absence of an environmental impact assessment for the project.

“This is short-sighted, money in your pocket development,” she said.

Earlier this month, Nova Scotia’s Minister of Environment, Timothy Halman, said that instead of an environmental impact assessment, the project requires industrial approval, a tool he described as the most appropriate for this type of project.

“What is being utilized here is a very robust regulatory tool to ensure safe construction and operation of a proposed facility,” he told reporters.

Houston has previously said he doesn’t know whether any new legislation is needed to regulate the data centre.

However, the statement from his office about the protest said the province would be open to legislative changes “should we find ourselves in a situation where we require them.”

Lawrence said Saturday her message to the premier is to listen to Nova Scotians.

“Nova Scotian’s are pretty vocal on the fact that we don’t want this,” she said. “On every side there’s people from all across the spectrum who are saying no to these data centres.”

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