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Alberta is making a costly bet on trains to help fix the province’s oil-transportation bottleneck. And like a frustrated passenger standing on the...
An energy convoy is headed out of Western Canada these days, but it’s not the high-profile cavalcade now making its way to Parliament Hill. More...
Anyone who has glanced at a story about energy development in Canada these days knows it doesn’t take long for social media trolls to swarm about...
The head of Cenovus Energy believes it’s far too early to say Alberta’s crude curtailment plan is misfiring and he believes oil-by-rail-shipments...
Anyone who has glanced at a story about energy development in Canada these days knows it doesn’t take long for social media trolls to swarm about...
As oil-by-rail shipments out of Alberta tumble, the Notley government is close to securing a deal to acquire its own fleet of rail cars. But does this...
Alberta’s electricity sector has been jolted by policy changes over the past four years, from phasing out coal-fired power plants and building a new...
Albertans of a certain vintage will remember the finer moments of Stampede Wrestling when the Masters of Disaster or British Bulldogs would deliver a...
Alberta’s economy is expected to slow this year because of weak energy prices and the effect of oil curtailment, yet one area appears to be cutting...
In the grips of an Alberta chill — both from brutal winter weather and the drop in energy investment — Monday’s announcement of a new...
It’s always seemed profoundly unfair that insolvent petroleum producers could dump their environmental liabilities on to other companies and other...
A few hours after United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney called on oilpatch CEOs to speak up more forcefully for their sector, the heads of...
With the oil price crash and the Fort McMurray wildfires, residents and the business community in the Wood Buffalo region have endured their share of...
Small companies like Jacknife Oilfield Services that work in the heart of Alberta’s heavy oil fields have largely stood behind the province’s new...
Almost two-thirds of British Columbians believe the oil and gas sector is a critical industry to the country, according to a recent poll. It’s more...
With the provincial election train headed down the track this spring, business groups are putting together their own platforms for Alberta, eyeing new...
The Notley government has been trying to build the case for taking aggressive action to create more value and find new markets for Alberta’s energy...
If curtailing production has helped Alberta’s oil producers, can a version of it also work for natural gas? Hal Kvisle, the former CEO of...
Here’s an unexpected twist in a tale involving an unwanted oilpatch suitor. After Husky Energy Inc. launched a $6.4-billion hostile takeover offer...
Would Indigenous ownership of the Trans Mountain pipeline help build broader support and propel the embattled project over the finish line? That...
Would Indigenous ownership of the Trans Mountain pipeline help build broader support and propel the embattled project over the finish line? That...
Premier Rachel Notley regularly needles Ottawa these days to “step up” and improve oil transportation in Canada, turning the Trudeau government...
As opposing protests began outside of the Calgary headquarters of TransCanada Corp. over the contentious Coastal GasLink pipeline, Stephen Buffalo...
As opposing protests began outside of the Calgary headquarters of TransCanada Corp. over the contentious Coastal GasLink pipeline, Stephen Buffalo...
What’s in a corporate name? Plenty, as TransCanada Corp. found out this week, announcing it intends to adopt the name TC Energy later this year. The...
After sinking just before Christmas, crude oil prices resurfaced Tuesday to just below $US50 a barrel. It’s a step in the right direction for...
Ontario entrepreneur Farhan Abbas decided to look west a couple years ago and set up a string of Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen restaurants in Calgary. The...
To understand the depths of the discomfort battering Calgary’s downtown in the past four years, consider a few points. In 2015, the most valuable...
A new year filled with fresh hope for Alberta’s energy sector has arrived, along with an exasperating array of old issues that just won’t fade...
As the country’s biggest oil companies have begun curtailing production in Alberta, the CEO of Cenovus Energy has steadfastly supported the...
Wine ban. Curtailment. Differentials. Bill C-69. New terminology entered Alberta’s collective consciousness in 2018 as energy and politics collided,...
The resort community of Whistler thought it was going to send a tough message to the largest petroleum producer in Canada’s oilpatch. Instead, the...
Rachel Notley has been busy battling over pipelines, federal energy legislation and curtailing crude output to deal with a tangle of oil and gas...
Canada’s oil-price discount is in retreat. Alberta’s plan to curtail crude production appears to be working. Now, the province is seeking to...
Legendary oilman Jim Gray has seen Alberta’s anger against Ottawa erupt when issues like the National Energy Program have boiled over. But the fury...
A dollop of encouraging news for Alberta arrived Friday, as OPEC cemented a deal to support higher oil prices, the discount on Canadian crude...
Two powerful symbols emerged this week to demonstrate what’s at stake in Alberta’s new oil curtailment plan. One is a reward: the potential for...
Who doesn’t like a little instant gratification? Put your money in slot machine, pull the handle and win. Pull up outside the mall on Saturday and...
Share the pain. Premier Rachel Notley announced Sunday the province is going to temporarily throttle back crude production in Alberta beginning next...
The president of Ensign Energy Services is feeling optimistic after winning a $947-million takeover battle for Trinidad Drilling earlier this week....
In the words of one former Alberta energy minister, Premier Rachel Notley is facing a “once-in-a-generation” decision. The head of the Alberta...
Bill Morneau isn’t getting aboard Rachel Notley’s oil-by-rail plan to boost crude shipments out of Alberta. But the federal finance minister...
Bill Morneau isn’t getting aboard Rachel Notley’s oil-by-rail plan to boost crude shipments out of Alberta. But the federal finance minister...
It took three years and several embarrassing losses for the Notley government to finally figure out the best way to stop other provinces from...
If Prime Minister Justin Trudeau thought he was going to curry favour by visiting the heart of the oil industry Thursday, touting tax changes to make...
If Prime Minister Justin Trudeau thought he was going to curry favour by visiting the heart of the oil industry Thursday, touting tax changes to make...
The heart of the matter: Canada needed more pipelines years ago and Ottawa didn't deliver.
Total Energy Services will shutter branches in Western Canada for the first time in its history — and CEO Daniel Halyk isn’t pulling punches about...