Canada’s heavy oil finds new fans as global demand rises
Once priced at a steep discount to its lighter, sweeter counterparts, Canadian oil has earned growing admiration—and market share—among new customers in Asia. Canada’s…
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Busting five myths about the Alberta oil sands
Alberta’s oil sands sector is one of Canada’s most important industries — and also one of its most misunderstood. Here are five common myths,…
Explained: How Alberta is moving to speed up oil sands reclamation with mine water treatment
In what the former Chief of the Fort McKay First Nation calls “a critical step in the right direction,” the Alberta government is moving…
Natural gas connection to breathe new life into former Alberta ghost town
More than a century after its founding, the former ghost town of Nordegg, Alta. is getting natural gas service, promising lower costs and more…
Indigenous communities shut out by B.C. tanker ban want another chance
The head of the National Coalition of Chiefs (NCC) is calling for the repeal of the oil tanker ban on B.C.’s north coast as…
Growth in value of Alberta energy has benefits nationwide
The recent expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline helped drive a surge in the value of Alberta’s energy production, which rose to $139 billion…
Upgrades at Port of Churchill spark ambitions for nation-building Arctic exports
When flooding in northern Manitoba washed out the rail line connecting the Town of Churchill to the rest of the country in May 2017,…
Cross-Canada economic benefits of the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline project
Announced in 2006, the Northern Gateway project would have built twin pipelines between Bruderheim, Alta. and a marine terminal at Kitimat, B.C. One pipeline…
As LNG opens new markets for Canadian natural gas, reliance on U.S. to decline: analyst
Canada’s natural gas production and exports are primed for growth as LNG projects come online, according to Houston, Texas-based consultancy RBN Energy. Long-awaited LNG…
RBC says Canada’s Indigenous owned energy projects are ‘economic reconciliation in action’
As construction gets underway on Cedar LNG, the world’s first Indigenous majority-owned LNG export terminal, a report from RBC highlights the project as a…