CDN and International News

November 29, 2017

CALGARY — Enbridge says it is going to sell off at least $3 billion of its assets next year. The Calgary-based energy giant said it has identified $10 billion of what it describes as non-core assets. Enbridge announced a strategic update late Wednesda… Read More ➝

November 29, 2017

OTTAWA — The federal government wants to see a new process established to resolve conflicts over permits that Kinder Morgan says is delaying construction on its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in British Columbia. Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr… Read More ➝

November 28, 2017

EDMONTON — Alberta remains on track to rack up a $10.3-billion deficit this year but Finance Minister Joe Ceci says the economy is rebounding and it’s time public sector workers step up to help keep it going. “Alberta is back in the saddle,” Ceci said… Read More ➝

November 28, 2017

CALGARY — TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP) said Tuesday it has started to engage with Nebraska landowners along the alternate route of its Keystone XL pipeline approved last week. Speaking at an investor day in Toronto, Dean Patry, senior vice-president of… Read More ➝

November 28, 2017

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Exxon Mobil Corp. says first oil has been produced ahead of schedule from the $14-billion Hebron project in the Jeanne D’Arc Basin about 350 kilometres southeast of St. John’s. It had been expected to begin production in December. A… Read More ➝

November 28, 2017

MONTREAL — Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. hasn’t given up hope of selling cannabis as some Western Canadian provinces turn to the private sector for over-the-counter sales, the convenience store operator’s CEO said Tuesday. Brian Hannasch said the larg… Read More ➝

November 27, 2017

CALGARY — Former Alberta premier Alison Redford has taken a new job as policy adviser to Afghanistan’s minister of energy. The World Bank says Redford has been hired as a consultant, but wouldn’t confirm her specific job title.  Her LinkedIn page says… Read More ➝

November 27, 2017

CALGARY — TransCanada Corp (TSX:TRP) says it plans to restart operations on its Keystone pipeline on Nov. 28 after making repairs to a leak that spilled about 795,000 litres of crude oil in South Dakota. The company says U.S. regulators have cleared i… Read More ➝

November 27, 2017

CALGARY — TransCanada Corp. has asked the Nebraska Public Service Commission to reconsider its order that approved an alternative route for the company’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline through the state. Company spokesman Terry Cunha says TransCanada i… Read More ➝

November 27, 2017

EDMONTON — Several First Nations and Indigenous groups have asked the federal government to step in and protect some endangered caribou herds on provincial land in Alberta. In a letter to federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, the coalition s… Read More ➝