Category Archives: Oil&Gas
Aid for energy heavily weighted towards fossil fuels in COVID-19 response
OTTAWA — Federal energy and environment officials were warned in late April that Canada's clean-tech sector was in danger as COVID-19 knocked the bottom out of the industry. Three months later, a new policy tracker on energy investm...
N.W.T. ignored in Alberta monitoring suspension despite agreement: leaked emails
EDMONTON — Alberta suspended environmental monitoring for oilsands companies without notifying the Northwest Territories, despite a legally binding agreement to do so. The omission is revealed in a series of emails between the two governments obtained ...
Gave up seat for Kenney to run: Premier defends hiring ex-MLA for trade office
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says hiring the former legislature member who gave up his constituency seat for Kenney was the right thing to do. The premier dismissed a reporter's question Wednesday on whether his appointment of Dave Rodney is...
Former Alberta politician who gave seat up for Kenney gets Texas appointment
EDMONTON — A former Alberta legislature member who gave up his seat for Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has a new government job in Texas. Kenney has appointed Dave Rodney to the job of Alberta's agent general. Kenney says the role is aimed
Alberta justice minister cleared in ethics case tied to oil funding inquiry
EDMONTON — Alberta's ethics commissioner says Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer did not break the rules when he hired Steve Allan to run a public inquiry into whether foreign money is bankrolling anti-oil protests in Canada. Marguerite Trussle...
Buffet decision shows LNG projects on shaky political, economic ground: report
OTTAWA — Legendary investor Warren Buffett's decision to walk away from a proposed export terminal for liquefied natural gas in Quebec is being held up in a new report as a sign that the LNG sector in Canada and elsewhere
Presidential hopeful Biden could be swayed to supporting Keystone XL: Kenney
OYEN, Alta. — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he believes United States presidential hopeful Joe Biden can be swayed to supporting the Keystone XL pipeline. The presumptive Democratic nominee has vowed to rip up President Donald T...
Trans Mountain timeline: A look at key dates in the project’s history
OTTAWA — The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion cleared another legal hurdle Thursday when the Supreme Court of Canada denied leave to appeal to First Nations that argue they were not properly consulted about the project. The decision appears to end leg...
Supreme Court dismisses Indigenous appeal of Trans Mountain pipeline approval
OTTAWA — Several B.C. First Nations vowed Thursday to keep their fight against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion going, despite losing what appears to be the last known legal option to overturn federal approval of the project. The Supreme Cour...
Alberta cuts business tax, boosts infrastructure spending to reboot economy
EDMONTON — Alberta is cutting business taxes, pumping billions into infrastructure and making a full court press to lure jobs from Toronto, Montreal and elsewhere to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic. "We're going to be placin...