EDMONTON - Alberta wants to have its say when British Columbia goes to the Supreme Court for a ruling on who is in charge of interprovincial projects like pipelines. The Alberta government says it has filed a notice of intervention in B.C.'s appeal to the top court. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the B.C. Court of Appeal made it clear in its May ruling that the federal government, not the provinces, has sole authority over projects that cross provincial boundaries. [Read more]
Trudeau, Sohi, meeting with workers at TMX’s Edmonton terminal this morning
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is paying a visit to the Trans Mountain pipeline terminal in Edmonton this morning. It has been almost a month since Trudeau gave a second go-ahead to expanding the pipeline, after the courts overturned his government's original approval. Trudeau and Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi — who represents a nearby Edmonton riding — will meet with workers at the terminal, which is the start of the pipeline that carries Alberta oil to a [Read more]
Cenovus produces one billionth barrel from thermal oilsands operations
CALGARY - Cenovus Energy Inc. says its thermal oilsands operations in northern Alberta produced their one billionth barrel of bitumen on Wednesday. The milestone comes about 18 years after Cenovus' Foster Creek facility was launched in 2001 as the first commercial oilsands project to use steam-assisted gravity drainage technology or SAGD. Its sister project at Christina Lake began producing oil a year later. The SAGD process involves injecting steam into the underground [Read more]
Quebec premier affirms support for carbon price and Saskatchewan court challenge
SASKATOON - Quebec's premier is clarifying his province's carbon price isn't going anywhere, despite its entry into Saskatchewan's legal challenge of Ottawa's carbon tax. Francois Legault and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe spoke at a joint news conference in Saskatoon, as Canada's premiers gathered at The Council of the Federation's annual meeting. Quebec recently joined as an intervener in Saskatchewan's appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada after Saskatchewan lost a [Read more]
Trade, climate policy on agenda for premiers’ meeting in Saskatoon
SASKATOON - Canada's 13 premiers are expected to discuss trade and climate policy among other pressing issues when they sit down for their annual conference in Saskatoon. The closed-door meeting is taking place today and tomorrow at a downtown hotel. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is hosting the Conference of the Federation, and says one priority is breaking down trade barriers between the jurisdictions. The gathering, just ahead of October's federal election, comes as [Read more]
Alberta government seeking feedback on greenhouse gas emissions reduction plan
CALGARY - The Alberta government is seeking feedback on its plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions from big industrial players. The province's environment, energy and agriculture ministers are meeting with 150 stakeholders over the next three days in Calgary. That includes representatives of the oil and gas, chemicals, mining and agriculture industries, among others. Albertans can also weigh in online until Aug. 2. Environment Minister Jason Nixon said they'll be [Read more]
Conservationists file legal challenge to Trans Mountain reapproval over whales
VANCOUVER - The federal government is facing a new legal challenge after it approved the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion for a second time. Ecojustice has filed a motion to the Federal Court of Appeal on behalf of Raincoast Conservation Foundation and the Living Oceans Society asking for leave to launch a judicial review of cabinet's decision. Raincoast says in a statement that it will argue cabinet failed to comply with its responsibility to protect critically endangered southern [Read more]
Premiers to meet at Calgary Stampede in advance of Council of the Federation
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney will host the premiers of Ontario, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick and the Northwest Territories at the Calgary Stampede. A news release from the province says the premiers will meet over dinner on Sunday, and will be officially welcomed at a traditional white hat ceremony during the premier's annual Stampede pancake breakfast on Monday. It says formal meetings will follow, where Kenney says the leaders will discuss how they "can be closer [Read more]
Alberta to hold $2.5-million public inquiry into funding for oil and gas foes
CALGARY - The Alberta government will hold a public inquiry into environmental groups that it says have been bankrolled by foreign benefactors hell-bent on keeping Canada's oil and gas from reaching new markets while letting oil production grow unabated in the Middle East and the United States. "They often say that sunlight is the best disinfectant. This public inquiry will be sunlight on the activities of this campaign," Premier Jason Kenney said Thursday. "It will investigate all of the [Read more]
Ottawa won’t rush into sale of Trans Mountain to Indigenous groups: minister
CALGARY - Canada's natural resources minister says the government is willing to consider bids from Indigenous groups for a stake in the Trans Mountain pipeline. But Amarjeet Sohi also says Ottawa wouldn't jump at the first offer on the table. "We have seen from Indigenous communities that they are interested in having an equity ... in this project," Sohi said Thursday at a business luncheon in Calgary. "It is a very important conversation to have because Indigenous communities should be [Read more]
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