Alberta power reserves falls to zero late Tuesday afternoon

Two major natural gas-fired power plants in Alberta going offline at the same time caused the Alberta’s electrical contingency reserves to fall to zero in the late afternoon on Tuesday, June 17. According to the Alberta Electric System Operator’s (AESO) event log,...

Poilievre says pipelines should be built even without consensus

  OTTAWA – Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was asked on June 9 about Prime Minister Mark Carney’s notion that a consensus was needed to build major projects like pipelines to tidewater. This could be a major stumbling block, as both Quebec and in recent days...