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Why the Western pipeline fight is different this time
New ReviewWhile Western premiers fighting over building pipelines is not new, there appears to be a shift in Alberta’s game plan. For The National, CBC’s Lyndsay Duncombe breaks down why it’s different — and some say more dangerous — this time...
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Why the Western pipeline flight is different this time
New ReviewWhile Western premiers fighting over building pipelines is not new, there appears to be a shift in Alberta’s game plan. For The National, CBC’s Lyndsay Duncombe breaks down why it’s different — and some say more dangerous — this time...
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Alberta readies proposal for bitumen pipeline to northern B.C. coast
New ReviewAlberta Premier Danielle Smith announced plans to apply to the federal Major Projects Office for a new bitumen pipeline through northern British Columbia. Smith said the province must lead because the private sector cannot and there is...
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Alberta's auditor general looking into growing orphan wells problem
Alberta is facing a growing number of orphan oil wells without owners to clean them up. The province’s auditor general is set to investigate how regulations meant to prevent this from happening have come up so short.
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Construction of TMX pipeline begins
The beginning of construction on the TMX pipeline expansion was celebrated Tuesday by government officials and Alberta’s energy sector.
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Economic outlook
Marie-Christine Bernard of the Conference Board of Canada on the forecast for Alberta's economic future
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Alberta hopes to fill European energy gap
With Russian oil and gas exports largely restricted because of the country's war on Ukraine, energy analysts are seeing an opportunity for Canadian producers, but getting their product to the European market could prove difficult.
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COVID-19, drought and energy sector weigh on the minds of rural Alberta voters
In Edson, Alta., voters in the Conservative stronghold say managing the COVID-19 pandemic, support for the energy sector and farmers struggling with drought are among the key issues during the election campaign.
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Alberta voters looking for change and influence after election
Tired of feeling like federal elections are over before their votes are even counted, voters in the mostly Conservative province of Alberta are hoping for change and influence this time around.
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Oil prices start to rebound as industry hopes for comeback
( - image credit) A rebound for oil prices will help out Alberta’s treasury, but those working in the industry are still waiting and hoping for a demand for their services to return.
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Election uncertainty creates unease in Alberta town counting on Keystone pipeline
The construction of the Keystone XL pipeline has created a boom in Oyen, Alta., and no matter who is the next U.S. president, people there are only hoping the project won’t be cancelled.
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Alberta a ‘have not’ province for 1st time in 50 years
COVID-19 hit Alberta's already struggling economy so hard, Albertans are no longer giving more in federal taxes than their province receives in support, turning it into a ‘have not’ province for the first time in over 50 years, according...
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Alberta town’s mini boom from Keystone XL construction
Despite economic challenges from low oil prices and the pandemic across Alberta, Oyen, a small town near the Saskatchewan border, is experiencing a miniature boom because of the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.
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Backlash grows for Alberta minister’s comments about building pipeline during pandemic
Alberta is managing international backlash from the energy minister's statement that this is a great time to build pipelines, because COVID-19 restrictions prohibit large crowds that could otherwise protest.
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Alberta’s tech sector suffers as province tries to boost oil industry
The Alberta government's focus on the struggling oil industry has come at the expense of attempts to diversify the economy. And the tech sector says it could help bring back the provincial economy.
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Unemployment could hit 25% in Alberta
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the province could see unemployment reach 25 per cent or higher, largely due to the combination of the COVID-19 pandemic and record-low oil prices fuelled by a Russia-Saudi Arabia price war.
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Tariff threats push Canadians to reconsider cross-country pipelines
U.S. tariff threats are fuelling a push to revisit pipeline projects to boost Canada’s economic self-reliance. CBC’s Sam Samson looks at the shifting dialogue and what’s standing in the way.
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Can Energy East rise from the dead? Not easily
Trump tariff threat prompts Alberta premier to pitch pipeline revival — but it faces tough odds.
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Danielle Smith doesn’t think retaliation is the best tariff defence
With U.S. President Donald Trump seemingly holding off on imposing 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith spoke to The National’s Adrienne Arsenault about how tariffs could be avoided in the future and...