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To Drill Or Not To Drill In Urban Areas.. That Is The Question

The Huffington Post Alberta | Posted 05.09.2013 | Canada Alberta
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For the second time in a year, the Alberta government has promised to complete a review of the rules surrounding urban oil drilling and energy develop...

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'There's No Such Thing As Ethical Oil'

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 05.08.2013 | Canada Business
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Former U.S. vice president Al Gore has torn a strip off the "ethical oil" campaign favoured by some backers of Canada's oil sands, telling an audience...

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WATCH: Oil Tycoon Thanks Alberta For Making Him So Rich

The Huffington Post Alberta | Posted 05.07.2013 | Canada Alberta
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Ever wonder how the world's oil tycoons feel about the royalty they are charged by the Alberta government? Movie theatre-goers can find out this month...

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Refining Our Own Oil And Gas Would Make Us How Much?

CP | John Cotter, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.16.2013 | Canada Alberta
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EDMONTON - Alberta could create thousands of new jobs and take in an extra $600 million in annual revenue if more oil and natural gas were processed i...

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Oil Industry Insider Hired To Monitor Environmental Rules

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.02.2013 | Canada Alberta
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EDMONTON - The Alberta government has chosen an oil industry veteran to head up a new board in charge of monitoring environmental rules.Gerry Protti h...

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Low Crude Prices Taking Toll

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.31.2013 | Canada Alberta
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TORONTO - A sharp drop in the price of Alberta heavy crude last month has pushed down the Scotiabank commodity price index by 4.6 per cent, despite in...

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Guess The Biggest Climate Villain

CP | Bob Weber, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.24.2013 | Canada Alberta
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Canada's oilsands are midway down the pack of the world's climate change villains, according to a new Greenpeace report ranking potential carbon emiss...

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So This Is What The Rest Of The Country Thinks Of Alberta..

The Huffington Post Alberta | Posted 12.20.2012 | Canada Alberta
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Nearly half of Canadians see a conflict between Alberta and the rest of the country — whether real or perceived — as cause for concern. But a s...

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Energy Regulator Wants Feedback On Controversial Extraction Method

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 02.16.2013 | Canada Alberta
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CALGARY - A growing use of fracking in the oilpatch has Alberta's energy regulator looking for public input on new rules that could require companies ...

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Greenpeace Spills On Pipeline Safety Review

CP | Bob Weber, The Canadian Press | Posted 02.08.2013 | Canada Alberta
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EDMONTON - A review of pipeline safety commissioned by the Alberta government after a series of high-profile accidents was heavily influenced by indus...

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Enbridge's Very Expensive Plan For Light Oil

The Canadian Press | Lauren Krugel | Posted 02.06.2013 | Canada Alberta
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CALGARY - Enbridge Inc. and its U.S. affiliate are spending $6.2 billion on a series of projects to bring growing volumes of Alberta and North Dakota ...

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'Quebecers Will Have Dirty Hands'

CBC | Posted 01.24.2013 | Canada Business
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Quebec Premier Pauline Marois's willingness to examine a proposal to pipe Alberta oil and eventually oilsands crude to the province has some Quebec en...

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They'll Take It

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 01.16.2013 | Canada Alberta
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FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - A Liberal MP from Nova Scotia has paid a visit to the oilsands, saying that Alberta may be having struggles in accessing foreig...

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Alberta's Oil Riches Driving Canada's Economic Growth This Year

CP | Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.09.2012 | Canada Alberta
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CALGARY - Canada's economic growth is being driven by resource-rich Western provinces, according to a Bank of Montreal report released Tuesday.Alberta...

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Enbridge Spends A Whopping $150M

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 11.27.2012 | Canada Alberta
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CALGARY - Enbridge Inc. is expanding tankage at its Athabasca Terminal to accommodate growing production from two of Suncor Energy Inc.'s oilsands pr...

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Hey Nexen, What's the Chinese Word for "Treason"?

Peter Worthington | Posted 11.21.2012 | Canada Business
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Peter Worthington

In a recent poll, 69 per cent of Canadians think the government should not approve the China's take-over of Calgary-based energy company Nexen. Doubtless, China needs energy sources. But it seems folly for a country like Canada to sell and loose control of a resource that is increasingly going to be needed in the future, and which will always have willing customers elsewhere. MP David Kilgour and others have pointed out that the government has an obligation to prevent control of its resources being in the hands or another country. Cooperate, sure, if a deal is in Canada's interests, but to cede control to a regime like China's is not only folly, but verges on treason.

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Meet Alberta's Newest Pipeline

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 10.30.2012 | Canada Alberta
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CALGARY - Alberta's energy watchdog has approved a proposal by Enbridge to ship more oilsands crude from Fort McMurray to the Edmonton area.The 385-ki...

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Indonesia Wants More Trade In Canada, But Not Oil

CP | Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press | Posted 10.23.2012 | Canada Business
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OTTAWA - Indonesia is eager to boost trade with Canada, but the South Asian country isn't interested in two of the Harper government's top priorities ...

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Alberta Government Attempts Balancing Oilsands And Environment, Again

CP | Bob Weber, The Canadian Press | Posted 10.22.2012 | Canada Politics
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EDMONTON - The Alberta government is taking its third swing at balancing development and the environment in the oilsands.The latest version of the pro...

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Don't Call it a Cat Fight Just Because They Are Women

J.J. McCullough | Posted 09.25.2012 | Canada Politics
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J.J. McCullough

2012-04-27-mediabitesreal.jpgWell, the feisty dust-up between she-premiers Christy Clark of British Columbia and Allison Redford of Alberta has been a lot of things, but a feminine puff of perfumed air into our muddy phallocracy isn't one of them. When writing about a high-profile disagreement between two powerful women, one should always be sensitive, and avoid lapsing into lazy, sexist cliches. Unless, of course, you're a female writer.

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Alberta Ain't Just Conservative Cowboys

Kelly Ernst | Posted 09.10.2012 | Canada Business
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Kelly Ernst

Alberta is not the province of two decades ago. Perhaps for the first time in our history, respect for the dignity of all has become acknowledged as a fundamental value and a political issue worth defending. The public have shown ethical leadership in rejecting tired old Alberta stereotypes about fearing difference, and it's good to see the politicians finally catching up.

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Good, But Not Good Enough, Alberta

CP | Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press | Posted 08.28.2012 | Canada Politics
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EDMONTON - Figures released Thursday show Alberta came close to balancing its budget last year, but Finance Minister Doug Horner said it isn't smooth ...

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Another Oil Spill In Alberta

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 08.08.2012 | Canada Business
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SUNDRE, Alta. - Crews were scrambling Friday to contain and clean up a pipeline spill that is believed to have sent up to 475,000 litres of crude oil ...

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Who's The Real Climate Change Bad Guy?

CP | Bob Weber, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.20.2012 | Canada
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One of the world's top climate scientists has calculated that emissions from Alberta's oilsands are unlikely to make a big difference to global warmin...

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Pipeline-Opposing 'Foreign Special-Interest Groups' Also Gave To Canadian Government

CP | Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.23.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - Rich American foundations are not only footing the bill for opposition to Canada's oilsands.Tax returns show the Canadian government has also...

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