ESTEVAN – Eight years. That’s how long the leadership of United Mine Workers of America Local 7606 has been fighting what until very recently was a losing battle to maintain coal mining jobs at the Westmoreland Estevan Mine. They can tell from Ashley Johnson’s email –...
For many years, Ontario has been on the cusp of developing a massive critical minerals play called the “Ring of Fire” in Northern Ontario. To say it is remote is an understatement. One of the key things to making it happen is simply bringing an all-weather...
CALGARY — A new report from advisory firm Deloitte is forecasting a big jump in Alberta natural gas prices next year, with the country’s first West Coast export facility now up and running. The Alberta benchmark AECO price is expected to average $2.20 per mmBTU...
The premiers of Alberta and Ontario agreed Monday to a feasibility study of new pipelines and rail lines between provinces and pledged to increase interprovincial trade of alcohol and vehicles. The agreements, laid out in two memorandums of understanding...
Ontario signed an agreement with Alberta to build infrastructure and energy corridors that include a possible railway to the mineral-rich Ring of Fire region, the premiers of both provinces announced on Monday. Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Alberta Premier Danielle...
Alberta plans to hold public consultations this fall on adding nuclear power to the province’s energy mix, Premier Danielle Smith said Monday. There have long been discussions about building reactors in Alberta — including ones that could power oilsands...
