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Oilsands CEOs take federal election message to voters in full-page newspaper ads

Three of Canada's biggest oilsands producers are going directly to voters today, August 1, 2019, to ask them to "influence the outcome" of big decisions concerning the oil and gas sector as a fall federal election looms.

By Dan Healing | News, Politics | August 1st 2019

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Oilsands production growth cut despite lower building costs in CERI forecast

Growth in oilsands production over the next 20 years is expected to be slower than previously forecast, despite falling project construction costs, according to a study update by the Canadian Energy Research Institute.

By Dan Healing | News, Politics | July 31st 2019

Indigenous group says Trans Mountain bid could be ready next week

An Indigenous-led group says it will soon be ready to make a bid for majority ownership of the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline currently owned by the federal government.

Trans Mountain

By The Canadian Press | News, Politics | July 4th 2019

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Corporate Calgary ready to trade pipeline, tax protests for Stampede partying

After months of taking to the streets to demand pipeline project approvals and rallying last month to call for lower property tax increases, Calgary's business community is looking forward to heading outside for pancakes and parties as the Calgary Stampede kicks off this week.

By Dan Healing | News, Politics, Culture | June 30th 2019

Swiss insurance giant divests from the oilsands

Zurich Insurance Group's new policy comes after Canada’s regulator of financial institutions issued a statement asking all insurers to develop a low-carbon transition strategy.

Canada's Oilsands

By Carl Meyer | News, Energy, Politics | June 27th 2019

Trudeau government approves Trans Mountain

If completed, the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project would triple the capacity of an existing pipeline, allowing it to transport up to 890,000 barrels per day of bitumen and other petroleum products from Alberta's oilpatch, to a marine terminal in Burnaby, B.C.

Trans Mountain

By Carl Meyer & Mike De Souza | News, Energy, Politics | June 18th 2019

Hundreds of people turn out for a pro-pipeline rally with a distinctively anti-Trudeau flavour in Calgary on June 11, 2019. Photo by Louie Villanueva

Anxiety in Alberta

A week before the Liberals decide the future of Trans Mountain project, protesters gathered in Calgary to shout "Build that pipe" and applaud right-wing politicians at what organizers called Canada's largest ever rally in support of the oil and gas industry.

By Matthew McClure | News, Energy, Politics | June 14th 2019

The petrol-lobby just crashed a global clean energy summit

Visitors to last month's Clean Energy Ministerial in Vancouver may have been surprised at the sight of "I love Canadian oil" souvenirs, courtesy of the oilpatch's public outreach arm.

By Brenna Owen | News, Energy, Politics | June 12th 2019

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney shakes hands with Justin Trudeau at the prime minister's office in Ottawa on May 2, 2019. Photo by Andrew Meade

The myth of the anti-Alberta Liberal

Oh, Canada. We may not have a national mythology built on a phrase like the American 'Life, liberty and the pursuit of Happiness,' but we do have a myth based on the refrain that 'Ottawa Liberals hate Alberta.'

Opinion

By Ross Belot | Opinion, Energy, Politics | May 17th 2019

Canadian Natural reports $961M Q1 profit up from $583M a year ago

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. reported a first-quarter profit of $961 million, up from $583 million in the same quarter last year, as it benefited from higher prices due in part to Alberta's mandatory production curtailments.

By The Canadian Press | News, Politics | May 9th 2019

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