CDN and International News

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 ➝

November 27, 2017

CALGARY — Enbridge Inc. says it has reached a deal with the State of Michigan on the aging Line 5 pipelines that run along the bottom of a channel between Lakes Huron and Michigan. The twin pipelines were laid in 1953 and have raised increasing concer… Read More ➝

November 27, 2017

CALGARY — Houston-based Civeo Corp. says it is buying Noralta Lodge Ltd. of Edmonton for $367 million in a deal that unites two major providers of workforce accommodation in the oilsands region of northern Alberta. The companies say in a joint news re… Read More ➝

November 26, 2017

CALGARY — Mining and oil and gas companies not only face threats from cybercriminals hoping to gain financially but may also be targeted by “hacktivists” who want to make a political or environmental point, says Yogen Appalraju, EY Canada’s cybersecur… Read More ➝

November 26, 2017

CALGARY — Data theft from high-profile hacks against companies like Uber and Equifax can cost consumers thousands of dollars but resource companies worry about millions in damage, along with potential injuries and death, if their technology is comprom… Read More ➝

November 24, 2017

CALGARY — Alberta Premier Rachel Notley took her pro-pipeline tour to the heart of the energy industry in Calgary on Friday where she urged business leaders not to let up on the message that Canada’s climate progress depends on pipeline progress. Spea… Read More ➝

November 24, 2017

TORONTO — An Ontario New Democrat is proposing a private member’s bill that would regulate gas prices, though the Liberal government doesn’t seem keen to do so. Gilles Bisson will introduce a bill next week that would allow the Ontario Energy Board to… Read More ➝