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Ottawa Insider

Natasha Bulowski reports from Ottawa with a slant on how federal policy is impacting British Columbians.

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Ontario to build world’s first SMR service centre as Ford government pushes massive nuclear expansion

Backed by a $70-million investment from GE Vernova Hitachi, the engineering and service centre will support Ontario's $20-billion small modular reactor (SMR) megaproject at the Darlington nuclear site. The plan projects a major shift toward nuclear power to meet rising electricity demand — while also showing increased reliance on fossil fuels over the next decade.