The federal government is moving to acquire land so that it can build a rail bypass in Lac-Megantic, Que., nearly 10 years after a downtown freight train derailment killed 47 people. Transport Minister Omar Alghabra announced that he made the difficult decision to...
By Amanda Stephenson in Calgary Precision Drilling Corp. saw its fourth-quarter revenue increase by 73 per cent year-over-year, as North American oil and gas drilling activity continues to pick up. The Calgary-based company, which is Canada’s largest...
By Brenna Owen in Vancouver Canadian photojournalist Amber Bracken and news organization the Narwhal have filed a lawsuit against the RCMP, claiming Bracken was wrongfully arrested and detained for three nights while reporting on a British Columbia pipeline...
By Amanda Stephenson in Calgary The new CEO of pipeline giant Enbridge Inc. says regulatory uncertainty in this country has resulted in a “lost decade” for Canadian liquefied natural gas production. Greg Ebel, who took the reins from...
By Bob Weber in Edmonton Alberta’s United Conservative Party government is facing growing criticism for a plan to give oil companies a royalty credit for cleaning up their old wells. An Independent legislature member and former member of the UCP caucus has...
