Alberta

COVID-19 outbreak in Alberta oilsands camp

17/04/20
Author: 
Dean Bennett
Link: 
National Observer
Alberta chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw updates media on the Covid-19 situation in Edmonton on Friday, March 20, 2020. File photo by The Canadian Press/Jason Franson

April 16th 2020

 

Alberta has reached almost 2,000 cases of COVID-19 and is now dealing with an outbreak at an oilsands facility.

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Alberta eyes 'liquidity package' for oilpatch from Ottawa as OPEC+ deal underwhelms

14/04/20
Author: 
Gabriel Friedman
Link: 
The Wig
Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage and Premier Jason Kenney see a need for $20 billion to $30 billion injected into the province's oil sector. IAN KUCERAK/POSTMEDIA

April 13, 2020

Hopes for as much as $30 billion to help sector survive double hit

Alberta’s Minister of Energy Sonya Savage expects the federal government to announce a “liquidity package” this week that would help oil and gas companies in her province survive through the severe price collapse caused by the COVID-19 global pandemic.

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Big Oil is using the coronavirus pandemic to push through the Keystone XL pipeline

09/04/20
Author: 
Bill McKibben
Link: 
The Guardian
TransCanada’s Keystone pipeline facility. Photograph: Jeff McIntosh/AP

Apr. 5, 2020

The oil industry saw its opening and moved with breathtaking speed to take advantage of this moment

I’m going to tell you the single worst story I’ve heard in these past few horrid months, a story that combines naked greed, political influence peddling, a willingness to endanger innocent human beings, utter blindness to one of the greatest calamities in human history and a complete disregard for the next crisis aiming for our planet. I’m going to try to stay calm enough to tell it properly, but I confess it’s hard.

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Kenney’s billions for Keystone XL is ballast for a sinking ship

09/04/20
Author: 
Tzeporah Berman
Link: 
National Observer
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney in Calgary on Feb. 26, 2020. Photo by The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh. Pipes intended for construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, April 22, 2015. Photo by The Canadian Press/Alex Panetta

 April 7th 2020

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Cold Turkey Kenney: Oil-Addiction, Withdrawal and Alternatives in Alberta

03/04/20
Author: 
Ingo Schmidt
Link: 
The Bullet
I Love Oil & Gas poster

April 3, 2020  

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Open Letters - Coastal GasLink Pipeline Project & Construction of Site C Must be Halted Due to the COVID-19 Outbreak

30/03/20
Author: 
First Nations Leaders
Link: 
UBCIC News
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Honourable Patty Hajdu
Minister of Health

Honourable John Horgan
Premier of Executive Council

Honourable Adrian Dix
Minster of Health
 

OPEN LETTER: Coastal GasLink Pipeline Project Must be Halted Due to the COVID-19 Outbreak [March 30, 2020]

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‘Send everybody home’: potential coronavirus outbreak at Site C dam a threat to Fort St. John, local officials say

29/03/20
Author: 
Sarah Cox
Link: 
The Narwhal
The Site C work camp. Photo Illustration: Carol Linnitt. Photo: BC Hydro

Mar 26, 2020

With BC Hydro reporting 12 workers with flu-like symptoms, city councillors, First Nations chiefs and local community members are calling for an immediate suspension of work on the project

BC Hydro has continued to fly people to Fort St. John from across B.C. and Alberta to work on the Site C dam project, despite mounting concern in the local community about potential COVID-19 contagion as most Canadians are told to stay home and practise social distancing.

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Barrel of Monkeys now worth more than a barrel of Alberta oil

28/03/20
Author: 
Kyle Bakx, Tony Seskus
Link: 
CBC News
Mar 26, 2020 

Price of Canadian oilsands crude plunges to lowest level on record — and could be headed to $0

The cost of buying a barrel of Canadian oil fell to less than a Barrel of Monkeys on Thursday as the oil price again crashed to record levels.

Western Canadian Select (WCS) was selling for $6.45 US a barrel Thursday, down $2.84 US from a day earlier. That's below last week's record when it sold for as low as $7.63 US a barrel.

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Morneau challenged to ensure COVID-19 aid won't bail out 'high-polluting industries'

26/03/20
Author: 
Carl Meyer
Link: 
National Observer
Finance Minister Bill Morneau speaks to media in Ottawa on March 18, 2020. Photo by Kamara Morozuk

March 25th 2020

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‘Think Green' Stickers In Alberta Mask Extreme White Nationalist Message

10/03/20
Author: 
The Energy Mix
Link: 
The Energy Mix
Barbara Perry - Steve Paikin/Twitter

Mar. 9, 2020

An ostensibly pro-environment message on a poster showing up on lamp posts in downtown Red Deer, Alberta links back to an extreme white nationalist website that was already on the radar of anti-racism campaigners, reports the Edmonton bureau of the Toronto Star.

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