EDMONTON - Alberta's ethics commissioner has dismissed complaints surrounding United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney's recent trade trip to India. Ethics Commissioner Marguerite Trussler, in a report, says Kenney and fellow legislature member Prasad Panda were up front about all aspects of their trip and did nothing to break the rules. Kenney, Panda, and fellow UCP legislature member Devin Dreeshen toured India last month to meet with senior government officials and industry [Read more]
N.S. cap-and-trade system for reducing carbon emissions accepted by Ottawa
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's cap-and-trade system for bringing about a reduction in carbon emissions has received Ottawa's blessing, with the premier saying his citizens will be better off than they would be under a federal carbon tax. The province has long held that its electricity sector had already made big strides in reducing emissions as the province shifted away from coal-based generation in recent decades to less-carbon intensive methods. However, government officials said the [Read more]
First Nations, environment groups say latest energy board pipeline review flawed
VANCOUVER - Indigenous leaders in British Columbia are threatening future court challenges of the National Energy Board’s review of the marine shipping effects of an expanded Trans Mountain pipeline. Grand Chief Phillip Stewart, of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, says the project is a "stinker" that will worsen climate change, which is already contributing to devastating wildfires and flooding in the province. The Federal Court of Appeal ruled in August that the energy board [Read more]
Natural gas in B.C. limited through the winter after pipeline blast: FortisBC
SURREY, B.C. - A British Columbia natural gas supplier is warning its one million customers to expect reduced supplies and "challenges in times of high demand" as winter looms. FortisBC says in a statement that the Oct. 9 rupture and explosion of the Enbridge natural gas pipeline northeast of Prince George will mean a reduced supply for months. Although Enbridge says it expects to have the ruptured pipeline in service by mid-November, it also advises that the pressure in that [Read more]
Alberta’s Notley proposes Ottawa get into the crude-by-rail business
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley is proposing Ottawa get into the crude-by-rail business — at least temporarily — so that producers in her province can get a better price for their oil. "We are in the midst of putting together a specific business case that we'll be taking to the federal government late this week, early next week, where we lay out the specific costs," Notley said Monday following a meeting with energy industry leaders in Calgary. Notley noted that Alberta heavy oil [Read more]
NEB agrees to consider LNG Canada pipeline jurisdictional challenge
The National Energy Board says it will consider a jurisdictional challenge of a pipeline approval that is a key component in a recently sanctioned $40-billion liquefied natural gas export facility in British Columbia. The federal regulator says it will accept submissions until next Monday from challenger Mike Sawyer, the provincial and federal governments, and other parties on whether the 670-kilometre pipeline should be considered a federal project. If it is, it will require National [Read more]
Imperial Oil restarts Norman Wells, N.W.T., crude output after pipeline repairs
CALGARY - The restart of crude oil production at Imperial Oil Ltd.'s Norman Wells oilfield after a two-year shutdown means both economic optimism and cleaner air for the 800 or so residents of the remote Northwest Territories town. "Obviously, a producing plant is going to require people and that creates employment, creates activity in our community," interim town manager Darren Flynn said. "So we're absolutely delighted that they're back on line." Imperial announced [Read more]
Enbridge targets mid-November to complete B.C. gas pipeline repair after blast
VICTORIA - The company that owns the natural gas pipeline that ruptured and burned earlier this month in central British Columbia says repairs should be complete by the middle of November. Enbridge says in a statement that work to fix the 91-centimetre pipeline is underway, and subject to regulatory approval, it should be back in service in November under reduced pressure. The pipeline ruptured on Oct. 9 at a rural location about 15 kilometres northeast of Prince George, causing an [Read more]
Shell’s name dropped from employee credit union as oilsands sale effects linger
CALGARY - Royal Dutch Shell's name is being removed from a tiny 65-year-old employee credit union as its visibility in the Alberta oil and gas industry continues to shrink in the wake of the sale of most of its oilsands assets last year. The rebranding of the Shell Employees' Credit Union as Spark the Energy Credit Union (a name chosen in part because the initials stay the same) was celebrated Thursday at its only branch on the main floor of Shell Canada's downtown Calgary headquarters. It [Read more]
Shell’s name dropped from employee credit union as oilsands sale effects linger
CALGARY - Royal Dutch Shell's name is being removed from a tiny 65-year-old employee credit union as its visibility in the Alberta oil and gas industry continues to shrink in the wake of the sale of most of its oilsands assets last year. The rebranding of the Shell Employees' Credit Union as Spark the Energy Credit Union (a name chosen in part because the initials stay the same) was celebrated Thursday at its only branch on the main floor of Shell Canada's downtown Calgary headquarters. [Read more]
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