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B.C. is experiencing a mining permitting crisis, and local communities will suffer

B.C. is experiencing a mining permitting crisis, and local communities will suffer

Across sectors from construction to mineral extraction, permitting timelines are out of control in British Columbia. It can take almost a decade to get a permit to build a large project like a mine, and the delays have a significant negative economic impact. Mineral exploration projects are generally smaller in scale than mines, but delays are exceedingly frequent and painful...

Hundreds of billions at stake as N.L., Quebec draft new Churchill Falls deal

    Hundreds of billions at stake as N.L., Quebec draft new Churchill Falls deal

    Newfoundland and Labrador has reached a tentative deal with Quebec over power flowing from the Churchill Falls hydroelectric plant that...

    What do Canadians Think About the Emissions Cap on the Oil & Gas Sector

    What do Canadians Think About the Emissions Cap on the Oil & Gas Sector

    From November 15 to 19, 2024, Abacus Data conducted a national survey of 1,915 Canadian adults (18+) to explore public...

    Canada Mining Group Uses China Ban to Push Back on Trump Tariffs

    Canada Mining Group Uses China Ban to Push Back on Trump Tariffs

    China’s move to ban exports of rare metals to the US underscores the need for trade cooperation between mineral-rich Canada...

    Time to Refocus: What Actually Enables Canadian Energy Stability and Resiliency?
    'We need an industry': Crowsnest Pass residents voting on support for new coal mine

    'We need an industry': Crowsnest Pass residents voting on support for new coal mine

    It's been more than 40 years since coal was king in the scenic Crowsnest Pass of southwestern Alberta, but a...

    TC Energy CEO sees opportunity in Trump win as company refocuses on natural gas

    TC Energy CEO sees opportunity in Trump win as company refocuses on natural gas

    Donald Trump's return to the White House is good news for Canada's energy sector and an opportunity for TC Energy...



    When Trump comes calling for our water, Canada must be ready

    When Trump comes calling for our water, Canada must be ready

    We had better be ready. President-elect Donald Trump has noticed something in his travels across the U.S. Many parts of...

    Taiwan eyes Canadian natural gas to supply to its growing energy needs

    Taiwan eyes Canadian natural gas to supply to its growing energy needs

    Taiwan is eager to buy liquefied natural gas from Canada when the opportunity becomes available as part of the island’s...

    Alberta oil is about to get Trumped

    Alberta oil is about to get Trumped

    This was not the election result that most Canadians hoped for. According to a Leger poll taken in late October...

    Three years of roaring oil prices could be coming to an end

    Three years of roaring oil prices could be coming to an end

    After raking in record profits, the oilpatch now faces cheaper commodity prices. Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 202...

    ‘We don’t need a cap’: oil and gas CEO says key federal climate policy would divide Canadians

    ‘We don’t need a cap’: oil and gas CEO says key federal climate policy would divide Canadians

    The CEO of one of the country’s largest oil and gas companies says Canada doesn’t need to cap pollution from...

    Trans Mountain paid McKinsey over $32M to save money as pipeline costs exploded

    Trans Mountain paid McKinsey over $32M to save money as pipeline costs exploded

    A Canadian government-owned energy company is defending paying over $32 million to a controversial global consulting firm to help it...

    Chasing the Wind

    'A lost opportunity': Alberta gives back $137M to Ottawa in unspent funds to clean up inactive wells

    'A lost opportunity': Alberta gives back $137M to Ottawa in unspent funds to clean up inactive wells

    The Alberta government has officially handed back more than $137 million to the federal government after running out of time...

    Feds miss self-imposed deadline for salmon farm transition plan, look like they’re ‘making it up as they go along,’ say industry stakeholders

    Feds miss self-imposed deadline for salmon farm transition plan, look like they’re ‘making it up as they go along,’ say industry stakeholders

    The federal government has missed its own July 31 deadline to provide a draft transition plan to British Columbia’s salmon...