CALGARY - Cenovus Energy said Thursday it is reviving an oilsands project it had shelved two years ago due to the downturn in crude prices, the latest sign of a possible rebound in the oilpatch. The Calgary-based oil producer announced Thursday it will go ahead with an expansion of its Christina Lake development in northern Alberta, making it the second oilsands project in as many months to be given new life. The company also said it plans to invest between $1.2 billion and $1.4 [Read more]
Debate over pipeline projects takes centre stage for Assembly of First Nations
GATINEAU, Que. - A First Nations leader from northern Alberta is urging his fellow chiefs to resist buying into the arguments of environmentalists opposed to pipeline projects and the oilsands. Fort McKay Chief Jim Boucher said his small community of 800 Cree and Dene people is dependent on the oil industry for its economic well-being. In the 1980s, Boucher said his reserve turned to the oil industry when its trapping economy was "going in the tank", noting the partnership has [Read more]
Clark says Notley’s trip to B.C. to promote pipeline took courage
VICTORIA - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley showed courage visiting British Columbia to voice her support for Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, Premier Christy Clark said Wednesday. Clark said Notley bravely came to B.C. to make her province's case in favour of the $6.8 billion oil pipeline project. "I think Rachel Notley did the right thing," Clark said in a conference call with reporters. "I know it takes courage to come to a place where people may not be happy [Read more]
Award-winning scientist says compromise needed on climate debate
WINNIPEG - Canadians need to turn down the heat and start listening to each other when they discuss global warming, says the winner of a major scientific award for his work on Arctic ice and climate change. "I think we need to talk," said John England of the University of Alberta, who was awarded the $50,000 Weston Family prize for northern research Wednesday in Winnipeg. "We need to have some reconciliation between these opposing viewpoints. Right now, it's too intensely [Read more]
TransCanada to proceed with $655-million northern Alberta natural gas pipeline
CALGARY - TransCanada Corp. says it's moving ahead with a $655-million expansion of its Nova Gas Transmission Ltd. system in northwestern Alberta. The company (TSX:TRP) says the Saddle West Expansion Project will add 29 kilometres of pipeline capacity to existing routes, as well as five compressor units, that together will increase the capacity of the system by about 355 million cubic feet per day. TransCanada said it expects to apply to the National Energy Board for approval in [Read more]
Notley won’t weigh in on B.C. election after meeting anti-pipeline NDP Leader
VANCOUVER - For Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, pipeline politics begin and end at home. Her support of Kinder Morgan Canada's $6.8-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion has put her at odds with British Columbia's Opposition NDP Leader John Horgan, and on Tuesday she declined to endorse a candidate in the province's upcoming election. "I'm not going to engage in political punditry in the province of B.C. The provincial election is the forum of British Columbians," she said in [Read more]
Oil industry says carbon pricing coming, pump revenues back into cleaner tech
OTTAWA - Canada's petroleum industry lobby group told the federal government this summer that carbon tax revenues from oil and gas should be pumped back into the industry in order to "not only preserve, but enhance" the sector. The pitch by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers came in August as federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna and her provincial counterparts were quietly discussing the pan-Canadian climate plan promised by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. [Read more]
Notley aims to sell pipeline in B.C. after federal approval sparks protests
VANCOUVER - Some observers say Alberta's premier will have a difficult job trying to convince British Columbians to support the Trans Mountain pipeline project between the provinces as she began a two-day visit to B.C. on Monday. Rachel Notley appears to be taking a low-profile approach to her sales pitch. Her itinerary doesn't include any public speaking engagements and she isn't meeting with Premier Christy Clark, who has attached conditions to her government's support for the Kinder [Read more]
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley heads to B.C. on Monday to make case for Trans Mountain
EDMONTON - A spokeswoman for Rachel Notley says the Alberta premier will visit British Columbia on Monday. Cheryl Oates confirmed the visit would occur when she was asked via text over the weekend, but did not respond to emails asking for details. Notley said last week that she would be heading to B.C. as early as this week to make the case for Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced federal approval of Trans Mountain last [Read more]
Energy East still needed despite approval for western pipelines: N.B. premier
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's premier says there's still a strong need for the proposed Energy East pipeline despite the federal government's approval of two pipeline expansions in western Canada. "One way to potentially interpret this is that the Trudeau government has shown that they're willing to approve projects that will get our resources to market," Brian Gallant said. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last week announced that work can proceed on the Kinder Morgan Trans [Read more]
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