By James McCarten in Washington The controversial Canada-U.S. oil and gas conduit known as Line 5 could be facing its toughest challenger yet: the very watershed the pipeline’s detractors are trying to protect. Spring flooding has washed away significant...
By Bob Weber in Edmonton Few governments have seen as many environmental dust-ups as Alberta’s United Conservatives in their four-year tenure. They tried delisting parks and opening the Rocky Mountains to coal mining. They charged fees for a beloved...
By Amanda Stephenson in Calgary Crescent Point Energy Corp. is increasing its use of hedging to protect itself against commodity price swings. Like other Canadian energy producers, the Calgary-based oil and gas company — which has drilling operations in Alberta,...
Heavy spring flooding has made Line 5 an “imminent threat” to Lake Superior and a key Indigenous watershed, lawyers argued Tuesday in an emergency motion to shut down the controversial cross-border pipeline. Lawyers for the Bad River Band of the Lake...
By Amanda Stephenson in Calgary The new top boss at Suncor Energy Inc. says he will be sharply focused on cost-cutting as he embarks on the task of improving performance at the oilsands giant. Rich Kruger, who took over as Suncor’s new CEO on April 3, pledged...