YELLOWKNIFE - The federal government is opening talks with northerners on managing offshore energy exploration in the Canadian Arctic, a move some hope signals a coming relaxation of the current ban on potential development. "I would hope that's the case," said Northwest Territories Premier Bob McLeod. "We'll see as we negotiate. I certainly am feeling very optimistic." Northern Affairs Minister Dominic Leblanc and Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi announced Thursday that Ottawa [Read more]
Ontario, Saskatchewan premiers to meet in Saskatoon about carbon tax, economy
SASKATOON - Ontario Premier Doug Ford is bringing his anti-carbon tax crusade to Saskatchewan. Ford is to meet with Premier Scott Moe on Thursday to discuss the federal government's carbon tax plan and the economy. "My friends, I am so excited to tell you I'm heading to Saskatchewan to see my friend Premier Scott Moe — he is a champion," Ford said on Twitter Wednesday. "We have a strong united front against the worst tax ever — that is the carbon tax." Ford said Ontario and [Read more]
B.C. files to be intervener in new National Energy Board hearings on pipeline
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government wants to take part in the National Energy Board's reconsideration of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Environment Minister George Heyman said Wednesday the government has registered as an intervener in the next set of hearings after the Federal Court of Appeal tossed out the board's first approval of the project. The court found the board failed to properly consult First Nations on the expansion project and that it didn't consider [Read more]
Notley unhappy no appeal on Trans Mountain, willing to let process play out
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says she's not happy with Ottawa's decision to let stand a court decision that has stalled the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. The federal government has instead appointed former Supreme Court justice Frank Iacobucci to oversee a new round of consultations with Indigenous communities. Notley says she understands Ottawa's view that this is the best way to break the logjam over the multibillion-dollar project aimed at getting more Alberta oil to [Read more]
Timeline: Key dates in the history of the Trans Mountain pipeline
OTTAWA - October 1953: The Trans Mountain pipeline begins shipping oil with an initial capacity of 150,000 barrels per day. The project features four pump stations along its 1,150-kilometre route and a marine dock that connects loading facilities on the east side of Edmonton with ocean tankers in Burnaby, B.C. 1957: Pipeline capacity is expanded via the construction of a 160-kilometre pipeline loop. The Westridge Marine Terminal is built and commissioned in Burnaby, B.C. Jan. 14, [Read more]
Feds restarting Indigenous talks over pipeline, won’t appeal court decision
OTTAWA - The federal government will not appeal the court decision that tore up cabinet approval for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and is appointing former Supreme Court justice Frank Iacobucci to oversee a new round of consultations with Indigenous communities. Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi says the government does not intend to start the phase-three Indigenous consultations from the beginning, but will use them to address the weaknesses that led to the Federal Court of [Read more]
B.C.’s Kitimat LNG deal has Horgan juggling Greens, Liberals, environmentalists
VICTORIA - The prospect of billions of dollars in liquefied natural gas revenues has British Columbia's government preparing for a political and environmental juggling act as Premier John Horgan attempts to hold together his minority government while appeasing ever watchful climate guardians. Horgan said LNG Canada's decision to build a $40 billion liquefied natural gas project in northern B.C. ranked on the historic scale of a "moon landing," emphasizing just how much the project means to an [Read more]
Aspen oilsands project hearing cancelled after First Nation strikes deal with Imperial
CALGARY - The Alberta Energy Regulator says it's no longer considering holding a public hearing for a new oilsands project after an Indigenous community reached a deal with the proponent, Imperial Oil. In a notice on its website, the AER says it doesn't need to schedule a hearing on the 162,000-barrel-per-day Aspen project after the Fort McKay First Nation withdrew a request to participate. The regulator says the First Nation has indicated it would address project concerns directly with [Read more]
LNG Canada boosts gas producer confidence but does little for short-term pricing
CALGARY - The approval of Canada's first LNG export terminal is expected to boost investor confidence in Canada's natural gas sector, industry observers say. But LNG Canada's ability to provide a new market for Western Canadian natural gas and thus support severely depressed prices won't be seen until the facility and its main supply pipeline are built sometime in the middle of the next decade. Analyst Martin King of GMP FirstEnergy says the continued glut of gas in Western Canada and the [Read more]
LNG Canada project in British Columbia given final approval by shareholders
VANCOUVER - Investors have given final approval for a massive liquefied national gas project in northern British Columbia. The five partners have agreed to the $40-billion joint venture that includes a gas liquefaction plant in Kitimat on B.C.'s coast and a 670-kilometre pipeline delivering natural gas from the northeast corner of the province. The partners — Royal Dutch Shell, Mitsubishi Corp., the Malaysian-owned Petronas, PetorChina Co. and Korean Gas Corp. — delayed the final [Read more]
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