CDN and International News

December 11, 2017

TORONTO — The Progressive Conservatives have asked the Ontario Provincial Police to investigate millions in ineligible expenses — including scuba gear and raccoon traps — filed by nine power generators in the province. Auditor general Bonnie Lysyk rep… Read More ➝

December 11, 2017

GUELPH, Ont. — Shares in Canadian Solar Inc. rose Monday after the company revealed it has received a non-binding takeover offer from its chairman, Shawn (Xiaohua) Qu, who is also CEO and president. Qu is tentatively offering US$18.47 in cash for each… Read More ➝

December 8, 2017

MONTREAL — A far-left activist group has claimed responsibility for vandalizing the home and property of the president and CEO of Junex Inc., an oil and gas company conducting exploratory drilling in Quebec’s Gaspesie region. Media reports revealed th… Read More ➝

December 8, 2017

CALGARY — A long-running dispute over a well completion technology that helped usher in the shale oil and gas boom in North America has resulted in a Canadian court decision declaring invalid a patent held by Packers Plus Energy Services Inc. In the d… Read More ➝

December 7, 2017

CALGARY — The National Energy Board has allowed Kinder Morgan Canada to bypass some bylaws in Burnaby, B.C. that stand in the way of its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. The decision released on Thursday was met with outrage with those oppos… Read More ➝

December 7, 2017

EDMONTON — A union that represents 3,000 oilsands workers at Suncor Energy sites in northeastern Alberta has won a court injunction against random drug testing. Unifor Local 707-A had argued that random testing would be a violation of workers’ rights … Read More ➝

December 7, 2017

TORONTO — Ontario’s opposition parties are calling on the province’s Independent Electricity System Operator to release the names of power generators that billed millions in ineligible expenses and for it to recoup all of that money. The IESO said Thu… Read More ➝

December 6, 2017

EDMONTON — Alberta’s energy regulator wants to keep bad operators out of the oilpatch to reduce the ballooning number of bankrupt companies who have walked away from unprofitable wells. “We will be requiring more information at the time a person or a … Read More ➝

December 6, 2017

CALGARY — Alberta has set out its competition-based plan to reduce carbon emissions from the province’s big industries, but it’s raising concerns from some about jobs and costs. The regulations will give companies credits if their facilities produce l… Read More ➝

December 6, 2017

CALGARY — A moratorium on loans for energy pipeline projects has been lifted, Desjardins Group said Wednesday, as it vowed to consider environmental, social and governance practices of clients in all future lending decisions. The decision in July to t… Read More ➝