Category Archives: Oil&Gas
Alberta rural municipalities say unpaid oilpatch taxes rising despite high oil prices
The amount of unpaid taxes energy companies owe to small-town Alberta is growing despite high oil prices, the province's rural municipalities said Tuesday. Rural Municipalities of Alberta says its members were owed more than $250 million at the end of...
B.C. adds conditions for Trans Mountain expansion, ministers say concerns remain
VANCOUVER — British Columbia has amended the conditions of its environmental assessment certificate for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansionand told the federal government it still has concerns about its response to potential marine oil spills. The c...
‘No simple solution’ to gas prices; B.C. has no tax reduction plans: Farnworth
VICTORIA — British Columbia's minister of public safety says the province has no plans to follow Alberta's lead to reduce its tax on gasoline to ease rising prices at the pumps. Mike Farnworth told a news conference Monday gas prices are
Alberta to reduce gasoline tax, offer $150 rebate on electricity bills
EDMONTON — Alberta plans to temporarily end its tax on gas at the pump and to rebate some electricity costs to help consumers pummelled by high energy prices. Premier Jason Kenney says the 13-cent per litre provincial tax is to be
Colliers, Norton Rose exit Russia as Couche-Tard suspends operations in the country
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. says it is suspending its operations in Russia, effectively immediately, while Colliers International and North Rose Fulbright are ending their businesses in the country citing the increasingly brutal invasion of Ukraine C...
Alberta premier says province drafting relief plan to address soaring gas pump prices
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says his government is working to provide financial relief to consumers being hammered by high gas prices at the pump. Kenney says he recognizes that spiking global oil prices, pushed even higher by the war
Killing the ‘carbon tax’ is back while some Conservatives seek credible climate plans
A group of longtime Conservatives is advocating for leadership hopefuls to develop credible climate plans at the same time as cancelling the federal carbon price has emerged as one of the first promises out of the race. Ken Boessenkool, executive
Groups want educational materials from fossil fuel companies out of B.C. classrooms
VANCOUVER — The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment wants to stop fossil fuel companies from providing educational materials to public schools in British Columbia. The association's B.C. chapter released an open letter to Education M...
A surplus, health spending and student spots: Highlights of the Alberta budget
EDMONTON — Finance Minister Travis Toews tabled Alberta's 2022 budget on Thursday and for the first time in years the province is out of the red. Here are some highlights: — A $500-million budget surplus, the first since 2015, with small
‘Credible but cautious’: Alberta budget out of red; forecasts rosy economic future
EDMONTON — Alberta’s budget is out of the red, forecasts a rosy economic future and promises big-bucks spending on hospitals, health care and programs to plug gaps in its burgeoning labour force. Finance Minister Travis Toews says the 2022 budget fore...