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...
SASKATOON, KYIV – It turns out when you invade your neighbour and shell its nuclear plants, they probably won’t want to buy uranium fuel from you anymore. And as such, Ukraine is turning to Canada, and Saskatchewan’s Cameco, to supply all of...
‘I think the value of this resource base is materially underestimated’ For the first time in five years, a new major oil sands project has been given the green light to go ahead.  Vancouver, B.C.-based International Petroleum Corporation (IPC) is going...
