Editor’s note: Saskatchewan Minister of Energy and Resources Jim Reiter sent two letters in February to federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault regarding climate change initiatives that will have a detrimental impact to the...
LA PARAGUA, Venezuela (AP) — Osvaldo Romero and his wife got off a battered boat Friday under the scorching sun of central Venezuela and walked up the bank of a river barefoot, their pants soaking wet and eyes showing the shock of having faced days earlier one of the...
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister announced Friday the reopening of the Beiji refinery, the country’s largest, which had been shut down for a decade after being damaged in the battle against the Islamic State extremist group. Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani...
Seven Alberta First Nations have banded together to seek answers as industry and government move on billion-dollar plans to inject and store millions of tonnes of greenhouse gases underneath or adjacent to their traditional lands. “We don’t know how...
Editor’s note: In 2012, there was renewed discussion in the public discourse regarding the idea of reviving a sovereign wealth fund for Saskatchewan. It didn’t get very far, but the whole issue has just leapt to the fore in Alberta. On Feb. 21, Alberta...
The evening of Feb. 21, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith released a video warning that the upcoming budget will have to deal with lower oil prices. As a result of seeking to get off the resource roller coaster, Smith says Alberta is going all-in on revitalizing its...