Alberta goes under grid alert for just under 5 hours on Jan. 12

Wind craters, the sun went down and two thermal plants were offline during extremely cold evening   Despite having more combined coal, oil and gas reserves than almost any other jurisdiction on the planet, the province of Alberta was, once again, in an energy...

Record cold in Western Canada triggers havoc across B.C., Alberta

The extreme cold in Western Canada has delayed air travel, set off traffic chaos in some regions and endangered lives with no relief coming until after the weekend. Environment Canada said temperatures in Edmonton dropped to -37 C Friday morning and may hit -40 C...

Regulator approves Trans Mountain pipeline variance request

The imminent completion of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is more likely following Friday’s decision by the Canada Energy Regulator to approve a request for a pipeline variance from the company building the project. While the regulator imposed a number of...