Category Archives: Utilities
Alberta announces five-member coal consultation committee, online survey
EDMONTON — Alberta has struck a "fiercely independent" five-member committee to assess how people in the province feel about coal mining in the Rocky Mountains. Energy Minister Sonya Savage said the committee is expected to report by mid-November. Coal...
Coal exploration approvals already exceed legal road thresholds, data suggests
EDMONTON — Road-building approvals for coal exploration already exceed legal limits in some parts of Alberta's Rocky Mountains and foothills, suggest documents from the province's energy regulator. "It's part of why we are calling on this government to...
Manitoba Hydro IBEW workers on strike after rejecting Crown utility’s offer
WINNIPEG — Some Manitoba Hydro workers went on strike Tuesday after their union said its members overwhelmingly rejected an offer from the Crown utility. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 2034 notified Manitoba Hydro that worker...
Petition asks Ottawa to review overall effect of expanded coal-mining in Alberta
EDMONTON — The federal government needs to step in and consider the potential overall effects of Alberta's intent to expand its coal-mining industry, says a petition tabled Monday in the House of Commons. Signed by 18,000 Canadians — 14,000 from Albert...
No plans for water changes in southwestern Alberta: environment minister
EDMONTON — Alberta's environment minister says there's no plan to change water allocations in the province's southwest. Jason Nixon was responding to Opposition Leader Rachel Notley in the legislature after she brought up an Alberta Environment informa...
No plans for water changes in southwestern Alberta: environment minister
EDMONTON — Alberta's environment minister said Thursday there's no plan to change water allocations in the province's arid southwest."There is no proposal that has been put forward to change the allocation for water to go to coal mines," said Jason
Ottawa invests $50.5M in Moltex Energy Canada to develop nuclear reactor technology
SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Ottawa is investing $50.5 million in Moltex Energy Canada Inc. to help in the development of the company's stable salt nuclear reactor and spent fuel recycling technology. The money includes $47.5 million from the Strategic Innovatio...
Alberta environment minister tells rural areas coal mining doesn’t threaten water
EDMONTON — Alberta's environment minister is reassuring rural municipalities in the province's dry south that their water supply isn't threatened by industrial development such as coal mines. "Alberta continues to have some of the most rigorous water l...
Alberta NDP proposes legislation to ban coal mining in Rocky Mountains
CALGARY — Longtime southern Alberta landowner Bobbi Lambright says she isn't about to let emotion colour her concerns about coal mining activities on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains. She was at a news conference in Calgary Monday as Alberta'...
Ottawa funds development of First Nations-owned B.C. geothermal project
FORT NELSON, B.C. — Ottawa has committed more than $40 million to fund the development of geothermal power from a diminishing natural gas field in northern British Columbia. "It will serve as a model for other geothermal facilities across the country,