SASKATOON - One of the candidates vying for the leadership of the federal Conservative Party says he opposes a federal carbon tax. Quebec MP Maxime Bernier was in Saskatoon on Wednesday and also says he will push to have pipeline projects go ahead so western oil to the coasts for sale overseas. Bernier also says balancing the budget should be Canada's priority, not spending more and piling on debt. He also says he would push for a smaller government to give more freedom [Read more]
National Energy Board suspends hearings into Energy East
MONTREAL - All future National Energy Board hearings into the Energy East pipeline project will be suspended until the board rules on motions demanding two panel members resign, the federal agency announced Tuesday. The board received the motions after a news report revealed the two members met in early 2015 with ex-Quebec premier Jean Charest, who was at the time a paid lobbyist for TransCanada, the company behind the project. "Given that the board has invited written comments [Read more]
NewsAlert: National Energy Board suspends hearings into Energy East
MONTREAL - All future National Energy Board hearings into the Energy East pipeline project will be suspended until the board rules on motions demanding two panel members resign, the federal agency announced Tuesday. The board received the motions after a news report revealed the two members met in early 2015 with ex-Quebec premier Jean Charest, who was at the time a paid lobbyist for TransCanada, the company behind the project. "Given that the board has invited written comments [Read more]
Alberta to redouble messaging efforts after Quebec protest on Energy East line
EDMONTON - Alberta's energy minister says the violent disruptions at the Energy East pipeline hearings in Quebec are disconcerting and are hindering the debate. But Marg McCuaig-Boyd said Alberta is determined to move forward and will work harder to reinforce its message on the importance of getting oil to the coasts to ship to oversea markets. "We're just going to keep doing what we're doing. It's working. I'm hearing from companies all the time that our climate leadership plan [Read more]
Oilfield services group pitching rejigged well cleanup proposal to Ottawa
CALGARY - The head of an oilfield services lobby group says if Ottawa won't give the industry money to clean up dormant oilwells, a loan would work just as well. Mark Salkeld, CEO of the Petroleum Services Association of Canada, says he discussed his rejigged pitch with federal Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr this week. "Our whole rationale remains the same," Salkeld said in an interview Tuesday. "There's work out there to be done and, if we can get after it, we can retain [Read more]
Saskatchewan First Nation says oil from Husky spill affecting sturgeon spawning
MELFORT, Sask. - A First Nation in northern Saskatchewan says oil from the Husky Energy pipeline leak has shown up in the spawning grounds of an endangered species. Officials from James Smith Cree Nation say an oil plume and foam was discovered in the Saskatchewan River where lake sturgeon spawn. The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada says the fish are an endangered species. Chief Wally Burns says the First Nation, about 60 kilometres east of Prince [Read more]
National Energy Board cancels first day of Energy East hearings after protests
MONTREAL -- The National Energy Board has cancelled the first day of Energy East hearings in Montreal after protesters broke into the downtown venue and started screaming and chanting. Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre was the first scheduled speaker this morning but instead walked out a few minutes after a man ran screaming towards the commissioners. He was grabbed by security but overpowered them and was joined by several other protesters who chanted, held hands and prevented proceedings from [Read more]
High Arctic Energy to buy Tervita’s 300-employee production services division
CALGARY - High Arctic Energy Services Inc. (TSX:HWO) has struck an agreement to buy the production services division of Tervita Corp., an environmental services company, for $42.8 million in cash. The deal would see High Arctic Energy Services acquire Tervita's fleet of 68 service rigs and related support equipment, as well as seven operational bases in Alberta. Tervita's production services staff of about 300 would join High Arctic Energy Services. The transaction [Read more]
Montreal mayor walks out of Energy East hearings after disruption by protesters
MONTREAL - Protesters forced the cancellation on Monday of the first day of hearings in Montreal into TransCanada's Energy East Pipeline project with police making three arrests. And the National Energy Board said in a statement that it was also postponing Tuesday's session because of the "violent disruption" that it said "threatened the security of everyone involved in the panel session." The board said it would release details Tuesday on the next meeting in Montreal. On [Read more]
NEB review hearing into Energy East Pipeline to begin in Montreal today
MONTREAL - The National Energy Board's review of the Energy East Pipeline is heading into what could be hostile territory when hearings resume today in Montreal. First up to speak will be Mayor Denis Coderre, who has called for the hearings to be suspended after questioning their impartiality. The Energy East project is a 4,500-kilometre pipeline that would see crude oil transported from Alberta to Eastern Canada. Many politicians and activists in Quebec have opposed the [Read more]
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