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CALGARY -- Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. will be able to determine its spending plans for 2027 once top oilsands producers, Ottawa and the Alberta government nail down final agreements on how to advance the Pathways carbon storage project while growing crude output, said company president Scott Stauth.
CALGARY -- The chief executive of TC Energy Corp. says the Democratic sweep in this week's U.S. midterm elections does not necessarily signal a wholesale rejection of new data centre development as the Calgary-based company announced it's moving ahead with natural gas pipeline expansions aimed at serving booming power demand south of the border.
CALGARY -- A union representative for a beef processing plant south of Calgary is warning of worsening labour shortages if immigration policy proposals that narrowly passed in Alberta's referendum are enacted.
CALGARY -- Alberta business groups are cheering the decisive win for the "stay" side in Monday's referendum, but say more work lies ahead in getting the province a fair shake within Confederation.
CALGARY -- The silence from many Alberta business leaders on the upcoming provincial referendum comes as no surprise to one corporate leadership expert.
CALGARY -- A survey published this week by ATB Cormark suggests more than three quarters of oilpatch companies are convinced the Pacific Link pipeline to British Columbia and the Pathways carbon storage project will go ahead.
CALGARY -- A new report from the Calgary Chamber of Commerce says Alberta's economic prospects hinge on its ability to attract newcomers into the workforce.
CALGARY -- It's been a relatively quiet decade in Alberta's oilsands, but the federal and provincial governments believe a new West Coast pipeline coupled with policy shifts might help turn up the volume.
The partners behind Canada's first liquefied natural gas export terminal are proceeding with a project that would double its capacity as countries around the globe clamour for reliable sources of energy.
CALGARY -- Alberta business leaders have signed on to an open letter from the Calgary Chamber of Commerce warning of the dire economic consequences if the province were to separate from Canada.
CALGARY -- Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy says it would be shocking to the average American to see the United States invade Canada.
Business groups are applauding new federal legislation that aims to speed up major projects, saying it includes measures they have long been urging Ottawa to take to boost Canada's competitive stature.
The federal government is expanding a tax incentive to cover a broader array of assets as it aims to drive $1 trillion of new investment in a move roundly applauded by business groups.
The federal government is expanding a tax incentive aimed at boosting new business investment.
The federal government has introduced a new tax incentive to spur business investment.
CALGARY -- Alberta landowners are going to court over what they allege is the provincial energy regulator's failure to properly fund the cleanup of oil and gas sites that have no company legally responsible for them.
CALGARY -- A drilling rig was being retooled in Alberta. Trucks and cranes were set to ship from Denmark. More equipment was due from Houston.
CALGARY -- An unusual inquiry came recently to the Calgary office of Avanti Helium Corp., an explorer for the ultralight gas used for applications as wide-ranging as party balloons and space exploration.
CALGARY -- Fuel costs are on the rise in Canada as geopolitical turmoil drives the price of crude oil to its highest level in more than a month.
The Trump administration's latest tariff onslaught won't just hurt Canadian forestry workers during already tough times, but will also undermine U.S. efforts to make housing more affordable, says the head of the Forest Products Association of Canada.
CALGARY -- A poll commissioned by the Calgary Chamber of Commerce suggests almost half of its members are prepared to move their businesses out of Alberta if the province votes to separate from Canada.
CALGARY -- A poll commissioned by the Calgary Chamber of Commerce suggests almost half of its members would move their businesses out of Alberta if the province votes to separate from Canada.
CALGARY -- Ten years ago this week, the United Kingdom voted to quit the European Union, setting off years of political turmoil and economic pain that persist to this day.
CALGARY -- The Global Energy Show kicks off today with an address from the federal natural resources minister, followed by sessions featuring a diverse slate of political and corporate leaders from Canada and abroad.
CALGARY -- Alberta's latest step toward a possible vote on splitting from Canada adds an unwelcome layer of unpredictability in an already shaky global economic landscape, business leaders said Friday.
CALGARY -- The head of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce says uncertainty around Alberta's future role in the country brings risks for investor confidence, economic growth and Canada's global competitiveness at "exactly the wrong time."
CALGARY -- The Alberta and federal governments have tied up one of the last remaining loose threads hanging from the energy accord they signed late last year.
Ottawa's electricity strategy will consider ways government can shoulder some of the cost of doubling the country's grid by 2050 and ensure equipment and workers are available to make it happen.
CALGARY -- Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. is moving ahead with early engineering work on two steam-driven oilsands projects, but an $8.25-billion mine expansion remains on hold until questions around government environmental policies are resolved.
CALGARY -- The chief executive at Cenovus Energy Inc. says the national dialogue around future oilsands development has been "myopically focused on the climate agenda" a day after a coalition of green groups lamented the "unhelpful feedback loop" that's taken root around pipeline development and environmental regulations.
CALGARY -- The Competition Bureau says Keyera Corp.'s proposed $5.15-billion purchase of Plains All American Pipeline LP's natural gas liquids business is likely to harm energy producers and stifle investment.
CALGARY -- Environmental advocates say a tax incentive for "low carbon" liquefied natural gas facilities amounts to a government subsidy for the fossil fuel industry.
CALGARY -- Alberta and Ottawa have reached an "agreement-in-principle" that puts the province in control of regulating its methane emissions, with final rules expected by the end of this year.
The Business Development Bank of Canada is increasing the funds available to entrepreneurs looking to take advantage of an anticipated boom in defence spending.
CALGARY -- Alberta is taking another run at having a court strike down federal project review legislation.
CALGARY -- A former U.S. State Department official says he's optimistic the Canada-U.S.-Mexico free trade agreement will be renewed.
CALGARY -- An expansion project has been put on hold at a diamond mine in the Far North, a move the Northwest Territories government says underscores the need to reduce its economic reliance on that industry.
CALGARY -- Business groups are urging the Alberta government to repeal its tax on wine.
CALGARY -- U.S. oil producers will likely be the first to cut output should the global crude price continue to languish below US$60 per barrel, but their Canadian peers should be able to keep chugging along, energy experts say.
CALGARY -- The prospect of building a new bitumen pipeline to the West Coast has garnered most of the attention since Ottawa and Alberta announced their sweeping energy accord late last month, but another item has left environmentalists dismayed and energy industry players pleasantly surprised.
CALGARY -- A Canadian pipeline boss led a new report advising the Trump administration on how to more quickly build new oil and gas infrastructure in the United States amid a push north of the border to do the same.
CALGARY -- Analysts at CIBC Capital Markets say they don't expect the private sector to take the lead on a new West Coast oilsands pipeline so long as the British Columbia government and First Nations are opposed.
CALGARY -- Oil and gas industry advocates say they're heartened by an expected agreement between Alberta and Ottawa on a new West Coast pipeline, but their optimism is tempered by the long list of obstacles that would remain.
CALGARY -- A new oilsands pipeline to the northern B.C. coast is a non-starter as long as oil tankers are forbidden there, but experts say a removal of the federal ban would only lift one of many obstacles deterring the private sector from such a project.
CALGARY -- Alberta and Ottawa are said to be closing in on a "grand bargain" that could see a new West Coast oilsands pipeline built in tandem with emissions-offsetting measures, but it's unclear it would be enough to incent private industry to invest in such a project.
The chief executive of Saskatchewan-based Cameco Corp. wants to make clear that the U.S. government is not getting involved in its main uranium mining business under a massive nuclear reactor deal announced last week.
CALGARY -- Few are as acquainted with Canada's graveyard of defunct oil pipelines as Alex Pourbaix, a former executive at the company behind the Keystone XL and Energy East proposals.
An Indigenous advocate in northern Ontario says his community's past experience with Anglo American PLC's diamond-mining subsidiary De Beers does not inspire confidence that a proposed merger between the U.K. company and Vancouver-based Teck Resources Ltd. would benefit First Nations.
CALGARY -- Enbridge CEO Greg Ebel says Ottawa would need to make a lot of changes before his company would be willing to build the West Coast bitumen pipeline the Alberta government is pitching.
CALGARY -- Analysts at CIBC say they're doubtful Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's plan to spur development of a West Coast bitumen pipeline will succeed.
CALGARY -- Premier Danielle Smith said Wednesday that Alberta plans to submit an application for a new oil pipeline to northwestern British Columbia, describing it as a higher calling for those in need around the world.
CALGARY -- The Alberta government said Wednesday it plans to submit an application for a new oil pipeline to northwestern British Columbia.
BANFF -- U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra says he's offended by the suggestion that President Donald Trump is uninformed about what Canada has to offer his country.
CALGARY -- Alberta's premier says she sees promising signs in the first batch of projects announced under Ottawa's new fast-tracked approval process, but environmentalists warn the inclusion of liquefied natural gas locks Canada into a high-carbon future.
CALGARY -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she expects the private sector to lead the way on potentially bringing nuclear power to the province.
Shares in Hudbay Minerals Inc. surged after it announced a deal with Mitsubishi Corp. to sell a 30 per cent stake in an Arizona copper project the Toronto-based miner says will support U.S. national security goals.
CALGARY -- Canadian oil and gas drillers that import vast amounts of sand from the United States are getting relief from counter-tariffs that could have added heavy costs to industry.
CALGARY -- The chiefs of four First Nations in Alberta say they're eager to take part in the province's nascent data centre industry, but argue the province is taking the wrong approach to attract large-scale tech players.
CALGARY -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has expressed confidence one or more private-sector pipeline operators will come forward with a plan to ship oilsands crude to the Port of Prince Rupert, B.C., and test the federal government's new regime to speed along projects deemed in Canada's national interest.
CALGARY -- CALGARY -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has expressed confidence one or more private-sector pipeline operators will come forward with a plan to ship oilsands crude to the Port of Prince Rupert, B.C., and test the federal government's new regime to speed along projects deemed in Canada's national interest.