Tag: Oil Sands and Energy

EDMONTON, Alberta (Reuters) – Enbridge Inc’s proposed Northern Gateway oil pipeline to Canada’s Pacific Coast could cost thousands of high-paying refining jobs in Alberta, a labor group warned on Tuesday […]

Enbridge Inc. will face tough questions from intervenors at the Northern Gateway Joint Review Panel’s hearing in Edmonton this afternoon. Among them are the Government of BC, the Alberta Federation […]

Compares pipeline to Canadian Pacific Railway and the St. Lawrence Seaway Enbridge has told the National Energy Board that the company’s $6-billion plan to build a pipeline from the Alberta […]

After a bumpy ride this summer, Enbridge will face a tough grilling this week on its $6 billion Northern Gateway project as public hearings enter their final phase in which […]

NDP calls for a deeper look at fracking in Alberta The Alberta NDP has renewed its call for a scientific review of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) technology. NDP environment critic Rachel […]

NDP calls for a deeper look into fracking in Alberta The Alberta NDP has renewed its call for a scientific review of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) technology. NDP environment critic Rachel […]

EDMONTON — Lower-than-expected energy revenue has Alberta on track to post another deficit this year that could reach as high as $3 billion, require spending cuts and force the government […]

Wants review of extraction process More than five million cubic metres of fresh water were allocated for fracking in Alberta last year, the NDP said Tuesday as it renewed calls […]

OTTAWA – Political, business and union leaders reacted with caution and skepticism Friday to a B.C. newspaper tycoon’s proposal to build a $13-billion refinery near Kitimat to process bitumen from […]

Joint Review Panel acts in response to AFL letter filed August 9 Edmonton – The Alberta Federation of Labour is applauding the Joint Review Panel’s (JRP) decision to compel Enbridge […]

As is well known, the “Ethical Oil Institute,” the Edmonton-based organization founded by Sun News Network commentator Ezra Levant to support petroleum extraction companies in Alberta, has complained to the […]

A joint study from the Alberta Federation of Labour and the Parkland Institute of Alberta have released a study arguing the province could lose billions in royalty revenue if the […]

Industry data shows Alberta should have $1 trillion in Heritage Fund by 2045 Edmonton – The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) and Parkland Institute released a joint study today, showing […]

Study Says Albertans won’t get their fair share of Royalties The Alberta Federation of Labour and the Parkland Institute have released a study that says Albertans could lose billions of […]

Nexen could be just the beginning… In June, the Alberta government launched a website publicly outing employers who haven’t paid their workers—an online hall of shame. Among these “deadbeat bosses,” […]

EDMONTON-Does it matter who owns the oil sands? You bet it does! If foreign governments are allowed to expand in Alberta through companies like China National, they’ll develop the oil […]

Growing up in Duncan, as I did, meant growing up in the airshed of the Crofton pulp mill. No one liked the smell but they liked what it represented — […]

OTTAWA — A collection of more than 700 stakeholders from the business world, non-government groups, the academic sector and faith-based leaders are calling on provincial and territorial premiers to adopt […]

Federal government to review deal The proposed takeover of Calgary petroleum producer Nexen Inc. by a Chinese state-owned oil company sparked a fiery debate Monday, with the Alberta government welcoming […]

Thousands of union supporters to gather for Centennial celebration More than 3,000 supporters of the labour movement will converge on Fort Edmonton Park tomorrow (Saturday, June 16) to celebrate 100 […]

OTTAWA – Tom Mulcair is heading to Alberta for his first tour of the oilsands, confident he can dispel perceptions that he’s anti-development and anti-western Canada. But even before the […]

CALGARY – The head of the Alberta Federation of Labour is defending Tom Mulcair in advance of the federal NDP leader’s tour of the oilsands. Mulcair has angered western premiers […]

Labour leader represents 25,000 oil sands workers in Alberta CALGARY – In a keynote address to academics at the University of Calgary, Alberta Federation of Labour President Gil McGowan today […]

Processing oilsands output in Alberta will create jobs, ND leader argues New Democrat Leader Brian Mason would move forward with four upgraders planned for the Industrial Heartland area northeast of […]