CALGARY - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau launched an impassioned defence for balancing the environment and economy at a raucous town hall in the heart of oil country Tuesday. A man wearing a shirt with "I Love Oil Sands" written on it and a hat emblazoned with U.S. President Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" campaign slogan took Trudeau to task for earlier oilsands comments. At a town hall in Ontario earlier this month, Trudeau was criticized for saying the oilsands would [Read more]
TransCanada to reapply for Keystone XL pipeline permit after Trump order
CALGARY - TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP) says it will reapply to build its Keystone XL project following U.S. President Donald Trump's move to help advance construction of the pipeline. TransCanada said in a statement Tuesday afternoon it appreciates Trump's invitation to reapply for a permit for the pipeline which would run from Canada to Nebraska where it would connect to existing lines running to U.S. refineries on the Gulf Coast. "We are currently preparing the application and [Read more]
Alberta’s Notley lauds Trump reviving Keystone, says all pipelines helpful
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says she welcomes approval of the Keystone XL project, but says her focus remains on pipelines to ports in Canada. Notley says much of Keystone is out of Canada's hands, given the pipeline runs through the United States to ports and refineries in Texas. She also notes the TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP) line is far from Alberta's priority export market in Asia. U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order reviving the [Read more]
A chronological history of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project
OTTAWA - A timeline of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project: July 2008: TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP) and ConocoPhillips, joint owners of the Keystone Pipeline, propose a major extension to the network, dubbed Keystone XL to carry hundreds of thousands of barrels of oilsands bitumen from Alberta to Texas. 2009: As the U.S. State Department wades through comments based on an environmental assessment of the project, TransCanada starts visiting landowners potentially [Read more]
Saskatchewan premier says Keystone approval good for both countries
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says President Donald Trump's approval of the Keystone XL pipeline is a win for both Canada and the United States. Wall says in a statement that the pipeline will help energy industries and consumers on both sides of the border while assuring energy security. He says it means Canada will be able to move oil to its biggest customer, get access to overseas markets and free up room on railways to move other products. He says it will [Read more]
Trump signs order on Canada-U.S. Keystone XL oil pipeline, but details unclear
WASHINGTON - A zombie project that has spent years haunting Canada-U.S. relations in its never-born-yet-never-quite-dead state of perpetual limbo has just been given hope of life by new U.S. President Donald Trump. The Keystone XL pipeline is alive — maybe. Trump revived hopes for the dormant project Tuesday. He signed an executive order that could build the Alberta-to-Texas pipeline, the subject of a multi-year saga that cast a long shadow on bilateral relations. He [Read more]
Pipeline breach southeast of Regina leaks 200,000 litres of crude oil
STOUGHTON, Sask. - About 200,000 litres of crude oil has been spilled onto agricultural land in southeastern Saskatchewan after a pipeline leak. The spill was detected Friday at a site 10 kilometres north of Stoughton in a low-lying area with a frozen slough. Doug MacKnight, assistant deputy minister of Economy, says about 170,000 litres have been recovered so far. "They'll be removing cover, vacuuming up the oil and then eventually excavating the contaminated soils and [Read more]
Trump’s ‘America first’ tone worries head of Canadian oil and gas industry group
CALGARY - The president of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers says the protectionist sentiments expressed in U.S. President Donald Trump's inauguration speech are a "wakeup call" for Canada. Tim McMillan says Canada is sometimes not "front of mind" when its largest trading partner makes policy changes and it must therefore be alert and quick to remind the U.S. when their policies will hurt Canada. In his 17-minute speech, Trump often referred to protecting American [Read more]
Nova Scotia’s offshore oil dream awaits better news: ‘It doesn’t look good’
HALIFAX - Shell's decision to seal two exploration wells off Nova Scotia has set back the province's dream of offshore riches, but analysts say it's early days in what may prove to be a complex geological hunt. Wade Locke, a resource economist at Memorial University says Shell's confirmation this week it's abandoning the Monterey Jack well, along with news its Cheshire deepwater well did not have commercial quantities of oil, are not confidence boosters. "It doesn't look good. [Read more]
B.C. First Nations take Crown to court over Trans Mountain pipeline approval
VANCOUVER - Opposition is mounting against the proposed expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline as three First Nations launch fresh legal challenges aimed at stymying a project they say was approved without proper consultation. Representatives from the coastal Tsleil-Waututh and Squamish nations, as well as the Coldwater Indian Band near Merritt in B.C.'s Interior, told reporters Tuesday that the federal government failed to meaningfully include them in the planning and review process [Read more]
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