Alberta

Report shows 70 percent of Canadian oilsands production is owned by foreign companies and shareholders

27/05/20

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Charlie Smith

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The Christina Lake oilsands facility south of Fort McMurray is owned by one of the big five, Cenovus, which all are majority foreign-owned. CENOVUS

May 11th, 2020

The Canadian fossil-fuel sector and its political allies, including Alberta premier Jason Kenney, repeatedly drive home the point that Canadian environmental groups receive foreign funding.

But some of these same groups have turned the tables on the industry with a new report showing that foreign-controlled operational profit from the Canadian oilsands nearly doubled from 2012 to 2016 to 58.4 percent.

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Shell Game

22/05/20

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Andrew Nikiforuk

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The Tyee

May 20, 2020 - Alberta’s oil patch regulator made history of a sort last week by saying the word no. The reasons it did pitted a crusty cowboy against a wealthy ballet aficionado, and exposed a gambit by one of the world’s oil giants to offload its responsibilities in a way, the ruling said, that would have defied provincial law.

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Alberta

Oil - Pipelines

SAUDI ARABIA BUYS INTO CANADIAN TAR SANDS/OIL SANDS AS NORWEGIAN WEALTH FUND DECLARES BLACKLIST

19/05/20

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Thenergymix.com

Late last week, Bloomberg reported that a US$320-billion Saudi wealth fund controlled by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had snapped up shares in Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. and Suncor Energy, becoming CNRL’s eighth-largest and Suncor’s 14th-largest owner. The fund made its move after CNRL’s shares lost 43% of their value this year, and Suncor’s dropped 46%, compared to a 15% decline across the Standard & Poors/Toronto Stock Exchange Composite Index.

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Dr. Bonnie Henry links jump in B.C. COVID-19 cases to work camp in Alberta oilsands

06/05/20

Author:

Charlie Smith

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Straight

Dr. Bonnie Henry has raised concern about a community outbreak of COVID-19 at the Kearl Lake oilsands project north of Fort McMurray, Alberta.

May 2nd, 2020\

The provincial public health officer wants Alberta oilsands workers who come back to B.C. on their breaks to self-isolate.

Dr. Bonnie Henry pointed out that there continue to be positive test results for COVID-19 linked to a project north of Fort McMurray.

"One of the more challenging issues that we've had recently is an increase in numbers of cases here associated with the Kearl Lake plant in Alberta," Henry told reporters today.

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Alberta premier calls energy transition an 'ideological scheme'

27/04/20

Author:

Emma McIntosh

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National Observer

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney briefs reporters on April 24, 2020, on a series of new grants aimed at helping oil and gas companies clean up inactive wells. Photo from Government of Alberta/Flickr

April 24th 2020

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney lashed out Friday at a reporter who asked him whether a transition toward renewable energy might be on the table as global crude prices plummet.

"With the oil and gas market taking such a hit, when do you start thinking about a transition away from fossil fuels?" Tom Ross, the reporter for Calgary's 660 News, asked.

"Our focus is on getting people back to work, not pie-in-the-sky ideological schemes," Kenney said, flanked by his energy and environment ministers.

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Updated: Most of Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in Kamloops to start in September

25/04/20

Author:

Colton Davies

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Radio NL

Updated: Most of Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in Kamloops to start in September

April 22, 2020 04:44 pm

The mayor of Kamloops says physical construction on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion isn’t expected to start here now until September.

Ken Christian says pre-construction work is still happening at the yard on Mission Flats Road with about 100 employees.

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Updated: Most of Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in Kamloops to start in September

25/04/20

Author:

Colton Davies

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Radio NL

Updated: Most of Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in Kamloops to start in September

April 22, 2020 04:44 pm

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Canada’s murky bailout deal for oil and gas will cost us all

21/04/20

Author:

Dianne Saxe

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National Observer

Dianne Saxe is president of Saxe Facts, and was Environmental Commissioner of Ontario from 2015 to 2019

April 21st 2020

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Essential or exception: Whose rights matter in a pandemic?

20/04/20

Author:

Jesse Firempong & Priyanka Vittal

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National Observer

Alberta oil sands. Photograph by Andrew S. Wright. / Image of the novel coronavirus

April 20th 2020

How far is too far?

It’s a question that’s been debated since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau eyed broader emergency powers for the federal government and left the door open to using cellphone data to track compliance with physical-distancing rules.

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