SASKATOON - Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says the provincial deficit is up to about $1.2 billion and wage freezes or job cuts are on the table for public-sector workers. Wall delivered the grim financial news to delegates at the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association convention. "(A) non-essential hiring freeze has been in place now in government for some time and we've made some progress, but we're not anywhere near close to having dealt with this gap," Wall said [Read more]
Saskatchewan premier concerned about Tundra Energy’s latest oil spill
SASKATOON - Premier Brad Wall says two recent oil spills in Saskatchewan are unfortunate, but the response by the company involved has been promising. Wall was responding to a 5,000-litre crude oil spill earlier this week at a Tundra Energy terminal 270 kilometres southeast of Regina. The leak came just weeks after 200,000 litres of oil seeped onto low-lying agricultural land belonging to the Ocean Man First Nation. Wall said Calgary-based Tundra has cleaned up almost all [Read more]
Canada’s oilpatch fears U.S. rejection of methane limit will hurt competitiveness
CALGARY - A vote Friday by the U.S. House of Representatives to axe new limits on methane emissions from drilling threatens to harm the competitiveness of Canada's energy industry, says the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. The move to eliminate an initiative from former U.S. president Barack Obama means the Canadian oilpatch will be on its own when it comes to taking on additional costs from reducing methane, said Alex Ferguson, vice-president of policy for CAPP. Last [Read more]
Pipeline progress means crude-by-rail slowdown could be much more long-term
CALGARY - Big moves by the Canadian and U.S. governments on oil pipelines in recent months are threatening the long-term future of the main alternative: crude shipped by rail. First the federal government approved both Enbridge's Line 3 replacement and Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain expansion last November, while just last week TransCanada reapplied to have its Keystone XL project approved after being invited to do so by U.S. President Donald Trump. All of the projects still face [Read more]
Premier in conflict of interest over Trans Mountain pipeline approval: groups
VANCOUVER - A decision by the government of British Columbia to approve the Trans Mountain pipeline is "tainted" because of a conflict of interest that saw the premier and her political party receive more than $500,000 from the project's proponents, a court petition alleges. Democracy Watch and PIPE UP Network filed legal documents Tuesday asking the B.C. Supreme Court to overturn an environmental assessment certificate granted earlier this year for Kinder Morgan's $6.8-billion oil [Read more]
First Nations given role on Pacific NorthWest LNG environment committee
OTTAWA - The federal government is announcing two B.C. First Nations have agreed to be members of a new environmental monitoring committee for the proposed $11.4-billion Pacific NorthWest LNG project. The government says the agreement, the first of its kind, will include the Lax Kw'alaams Band and the Metlakatla First Nation, aboriginal groups whose members have been split on support for the proposed export terminal near Prince Rupert on British Columbia's northern coast. The [Read more]
RM of Wood Buffalo cuts jobs due to effects of wildfire, slumping oilsands
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - The regional municipality that includes Fort McMurray says it is cutting 168 jobs due to the economic effects of last spring's wildfire and Alberta's slumping oilsands industry. Wood Buffalo Mayor Melissa Blake said the changes won't be easy after all her staff have been through. "Because it affects individuals who have been a big part of building this great community we have, it hurts," she said Tuesday in an interview. "The decisions were not [Read more]
Drilling activity forecast revised higher as stronger prices drive investment
CALGARY - Rising optimism in the Canadian oil and gas industry prompted a higher 2017 drilling forecast on Monday, but doubts continue to swirl about Canada's ability to compete for future energy investment capital with a Donald Trump-led United States. The Petroleum Services Association of Canada said it expects 5,150 wells to be drilled in Canada this year, up 23 per cent or 975 wells over the 2017 forecast it released in early November. But Tim McMillan, president of the [Read more]
Nova Scotia judge sides with Mi’kmaq band on gas-storage project appeal
HALIFAX - A Mi'kmaq band has won a victory in its battle against an energy company's plan to store natural gas in underground caverns in central Nova Scotia. In a written decision released Monday, a provincial Supreme Court judge quashed the province's rejection of the Indian Brook band's appeal of the plan, saying the band was denied procedural fairness. Justice Suzanne Hood ruled the province wrongly refused the band's request to review and respond to reports on the project by [Read more]
Saskatchewan government says Tundra Energy owns pipeline that leaked crude oil
STOUGHTON, Sask. - The Saskatchewan government says it has confirmed which pipeline leaked 200,000 litres of crude oil on First Nation farmland. It says it belongs to Calgary-based Tundra Energy Marketing Ltd. The company has been leading cleanup of the spill near Stoughton in southeastern Saskatchewan. The government says so far 174,000 litres of oil have been recovered and 185 cubic metres of contaminated soil removed. It says further assessment and cleanup, [Read more]
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