Trish Audette-Longo

Trish Audette-Longo is a Canadian journalist with a PhD in communication studies from Concordia University in Montreal. Her research focuses on oil, energy and pipelines. Previously, Trish covered politics and the environment for The Edmonton Journal. She also holds an MSc in Media, Communication and Development from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her writing has appeared in J-Source, Alberta Views, The Hill Times, the International Journal of Communication, Topia, and the Canadian Journal of Communication.

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Protesters line up in front of the U.S. embassy and demand that President Trump remove his travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries, Mon. Jan. 30, 2017 in Ottawa. Photo by Alex Tétreault

Press council comes down on Toronto Sun for 'serious breach' after false report about goats

The Toronto Sun committed a “serious breach of journalistic standards” for falsely reporting that refugees were slaughtering goats at a Scarborough hotel, said a self-regulating Canadian press council in a scathing statement released on Thursday night.

State of Journalism

By Trish Audette-Longo in News, Politics | December 13th 2018

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley speaks to reporters in Ottawa on Nov. 28, 2018. Photo by Alex Tétreault

Notley trolls Trudeau Liberals about Trans Mountain

Just in case the federal Liberals were in danger of forgetting what Alberta Premier Rachel Notley wants for Christmas this year, she sent them a reminder outside their annual holiday party in Ottawa this week.

Trans Mountain

By Trish Audette-Longo in News, Energy, Politics | December 13th 2018

Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks to Ontario municipal leaders in Ottawa on Aug. 20, 2018. Photo by Alex Tétreault

No apologies from Ford for Hydro One intervention despite rejected merger deal

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he won't apologize for steps he took to "clean up the mess" at Hydro One despite a stunning assessment by a Washington state regulator that there was too much political interference to allow a merger with U.S. energy company Avista Corp.

By Trish Audette-Longo & Fatima Syed in News, Politics | December 6th 2018

Ontario Premier Doug Ford addresses the media outside of his Queen's Park office in Toronto on Monday, November 19, 2018. (Cole Burston for National Observer)

Washington state regulator torpedoes Hydro One deal over political interference by Doug Ford

As the two party leaders intent on knocking Kathleen Wynne out of the premier’s office this year talked about their plans for Hydro One, utilities commissioners in Washington were watching and listening. And they were becoming increasingly concerned that a merger between Hydro One and Spokane-based Avista Corp. would always be at risk of political interference.

By Trish Audette-Longo & Fatima Syed in News, Energy, Politics | December 5th 2018

Is Canada complicit?

NDP MP Hélène Laverdière demanded the Trudeau government launch an independent investigation Friday, in the wake of new evidence compiled by National Observer showing Canadian weapons being used in the Saudi-led war in Yemen.

By Trish Audette-Longo in News, Politics | November 30th 2018

Lac Megantic oil car explosion. Photograph creative commons. Wikipedia.

Is Canada's rail system going to be safer than ever?

As Alberta Premier Rachel Notley continues to pitch for more trains to carry 120,000 additional barrels of oil out of the landlocked province, Transport Minister Marc Garneau says Canada's rail system has become safer since a deadly train derailment, oil spill and explosion in Lac-Mégantic, Que. in 2013.

By Trish Audette-Longo & Michael Ruffolo in News, Energy, Politics | November 29th 2018

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley spoke to members of the Canadian Club of Ottawa on Nov. 28, 2018. Photo by Alex Tétreault

Alberta's Rachel Notley wants Trudeau government to invest taxpayer dollars in oil-by-rail

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said that she has asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to commit to co-purchasing two new unit-trains to transport an additional 120,000 barrels of Alberta oil a day.

By Trish Audette-Longo in News, Energy, Politics | November 28th 2018

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley met Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and B.C. Premier John Horgan in Ottawa on April 15, 2018 to discuss the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. She is expected to be back in Ottawa in November 2018. Photo by Alex Tétreault

Notley announces new Alberta carbon tax break for drilling sector

"We’re striking the right balance," the Alberta premier said Thursday, after the announcement at a meeting of the Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors at the Petroleum Club in Calgary.

By Trish Audette-Longo in News, Energy, Politics | November 22nd 2018

Rachel Notley meets with premiers in Ottawa on Dec. 9, 2016. Photo by Alex Tétreault

Alberta's 2019 battleground

Will a price on carbon be a central issue in Alberta's 2019 election? With opinion polls that show Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party has a wide lead over Premier Rachel Notley's NDP, and signs that oilpatch leaders are undermining the government's approach to pollution, the pressure is on for Notley's team to show their work on the economy, climate change and renewable energy issues.

By Trish Audette-Longo & Mike De Souza in Analysis, Energy, Politics | November 12th 2018

Ottawa brewery's cold beer for a warm welcome

In response to Ontario Premier Doug Ford's "buck-a-beer" challenge, Ottawa's Dominion City Brewing Co. started canning and packaging its "Buck-a-Beer Blonde Ale" Wednesday, with a promise not to lower its prices and instead to donate a dollar from every can sold to refugee support services.

By Trish Audette-Longo in News, Politics, Culture | August 29th 2018