CLEARWATER, B.C. - An Indigenous political activist was briefly detained Saturday following a Trans Mountain pipeline protest in British Columbia's North Thompson Provincial Park. Kanahus Manuel, a spokesperson for the activist group Tiny House Warriors, was arrested by the RCMP after allegedly defying an eviction order from the BC Parks service that was delivered on Thursday. The group's members belong to the Secwepemc First Nation, which released a statement Saturday afternoon [Read more]
Pleads guilty: Nexen fined $750K for huge pipeline spill in northern Alberta
CALGARY - A Calgary energy company has pleaded guilty to federal and provincial environmental charges over one of the largest pipeline spills in Alberta history. Nexen has been ordered to pay a total of $750,000 in fines for the Long Lake spill southeast of Fort McMurray that released five million litres of bitumen, sand and produced water over an area of 16,000 square metres of lake and muskeg in 2015. "A number of landbird, shorebird, waterbird and waterfowl species protected [Read more]
Kinder Morgan subtracts capital gains tax to cut ‘net price’ for Trans Mountain
CALGARY - Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd. says the actual price the federal government will pay for its Trans Mountain pipeline system and expansion project will be hundreds of millions of dollars less than the $4.5 billion it announced in May. In a regulatory filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the company says it estimates it will have to pay at least $325 million in capital gains taxes to the Canadian government when the deal is concluded. It says that reduces the "net [Read more]
Alberta United Conservatives hold on to two ridings with byelection wins
Alberta’s Opposition United Conservatives won two byelections Thursday, maintaining hold of ridings the party represented before the vote was called. In Innisfail-Sylvan Lake, United Conservative candidate Devin Dreeshen took about 80 per cent of the vote with the NDP’s Nicole Mooney running a distant second. The United Conservative margin of victory in Fort McMurray-Conklin was almost as one-sided, with Laila Goodridge winning about 66 per cent of the votes. New Democrat Jane Stroud was [Read more]
Canada, U.S. express concern at NATO over Russian pipeline into Germany
The Trudeau government and the Trump administration have found common ground at the NATO summit — shared concern over a proposed Russian pipeline that would cross through the Baltic Sea into Germany. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada has significant concerns over the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that would bring gas from Russia to the Baltic coast of Germany. Freeland says she has discussed the issue with Ukraine, which opposes the pipeline because of the leverage [Read more]
Stampede spirit boosts attendance but Calgary economy still in recovery mode
Calgary's economy is looking good as Stampede spirit grips Canada's oil and gas headquarters city — but not quite as good as it was a few years ago. The annual outdoor event set an attendance record for its parade day last Friday and cumulative attendance through Tuesday is second only to the overall record set in 2012 when the Stampede celebrated its 100th anniversary. Similarly, sponsorship rights to the 36 chuckwagons invited to race at the Stampede raised $3.2 million last March in an [Read more]
Oilsands execs see brighter future with approval of Line 3 pipeline project
CALGARY - Executives from the biggest oilsands companies in Canada say concerns about getting their products to market are starting to ease in the wake of the regulatory approval of Enbridge Inc.'s $9-billion Line 3 pipeline replacement project. The project to add about 375,000 barrels per day of export capacity into the United States cleared its last major regulatory hurdle at the end of June when it was conditionally endorsed by Minnesota state officials. Executives from Suncor Energy [Read more]
Alberta oil company reports leak of more than 100,000 litres of oil and water
CALGARY - More than 100,000 litres of oil and water have leaked into a marsh east of Jenner in southern Alberta from an oil pipeline that belonged until recently to environment-focused Imaginea Energy Corp. The liquids leaked from a line owned by Calgary-based Cor4 Oil Corp. and flowed down a hill into a marsh, the Alberta Energy Regulator reported on its website. The spill of oil mixed with produced water was detected on Saturday afternoon, resulting in activation of Cor4's [Read more]
Alberta likely to take equity stake in Trans Mountain pipeline: premier
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says the province is likely to end up owning a piece of the Trans Mountain pipeline. Ottawa agreed to buy the Alberta-to-British-Columbia crude conduit this spring for $4.5 billion from U.S. company Kinder Morgan. Kinder Morgan had threatened to walk away from a planned $7.4-billion expansion to the line because of resistance from the B.C. government. Notley announced in May that her government would make up to $2 billion available, if necessary, [Read more]
Suncor says Syncrude to ramp up to full production in early to mid-September
CALGARY - Suncor Energy Inc. says production at the Syncrude oilsands complex is expected to ramp up to full production in early to mid-September after a power disruption in June that shut down operations. The company, which holds a 58.7 per cent stake in the partnership, says a preliminary investigation indicates the disruption was caused by a transformer malfunction the cut power on June 20. It says power and steam systems have been restored and the assessment and repair for the [Read more]
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