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Front Burner Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on free speech after Charlie Kirk’s killing, the notwithstanding clause and trans youth laws, and her cautious optimism about the Carney government. CBC News · Posted: Sep 22, 2025 6:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago On Saturday, Premier Smith responded to …
Read More »In critical North America oil hub, pipelines and uncertainty are shaping byelection
At first glance, the east-central Alberta town of Hardisty looks like many prairie communities. A semi-trailer rolls along a wide, open road beneath an expansive blue sky. An antique shop opens on the modest main street, drawing in treasure seekers for a chat and a quick barter. The popular local sports pub fills …
Read More »Trump threats revive push for pipelines. Is Quebec on board?
On a stretch of land by the Ottawa River, near the Quebec-Ontario border, Katherine Massam points to a sign warning of a pipeline under “high pressure.” Beneath her feet runs Enbridge Line 9B, which transports oil from Alberta to Montreal refineries. The proposed Energy East pipeline was also supposed to …
Read More »Pipelines seem more popular amid Trump’s threats. But does it make sense to build new ones?
When the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion opened on May 1, 2024, carrying oil from Alberta to the B.C. coast, there was no grand opening ceremony. The federal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, which had bought the project and spent over $34 billion — making the pipeline one of the …
Read More »Trump’s threats reveal the trouble with Canada’s pipelines running through the U.S.
“Continental energy security” was the watchword of both governments and industry for much of the past quarter century in North America: the idea that by linking the U.S. and Canada in a tight web of pipelines and refineries, both countries would protect themselves from threats and hostile trade actions that …
Read More »TC Energy says $1B sale of minority stake in pipeline to Indigenous groups is delayed
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 10, 2024 9:10 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size TC Energy Corp. says a deal to sell a minority stake in its Western Canadian natural gas transmission network to a consortium of Indigenous communities has been delayed. …
Read More »Indigenous rights collide with $35B Western Canada pipeline expansion
Trans Mountain, the company that’s building the federal government-owned pipeline expansion from Alberta through B.C., says its project, which is billions of dollars over budget, is now 95 per cent complete. The company hopes oil will start flowing within weeks. Except there’s a problem. Some residents of an Indigenous community …
Read More »‘Previously unidentified’ landfill woes boost Trans Mountain pipeline costs
A Trans Mountain company report reveals new details about what triggered massive cost overruns within its pipeline expansion project, including problems it says were caused by an abandoned landfill site. Submitted to the Canadian Energy Regulator, the 47-page report states that construction crews encountered an “extreme risk” in the form …
Read More »Russia denies any role in possible sabotage of pipelines in Baltic Sea
The European Union suspects that damage to two underwater natural gas pipelines was sabotage and is warning of retaliation for any attack on Europe’s energy networks, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Wednesday. “All available information indicates those leaks are the result of a deliberate act,” Borrell said in …
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