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Another oilsands boom? Smith, Carney say this time �鶹��ýӳ�� will be ready

wp-poster — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 11:00:48 +0000

CALGARY, ALTA. — It’s been a relatively quiet decade in Alberta’s oilsands, but the federal and provincial governments believe a new West Coast pipeline coupled with policy shifts might help turn up the volume. Prime Minister Mark Carney was in Fort McMurray, Alta., last week to announce the first proposal to be deemed in the […]

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Energy regulator approves Trans Mountain toll settlement

wp-poster — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 11:10:16 +0000

CALGARY, ALTA. — The �鶹��ýӳ�� Energy Regulator has approved a settlement between Trans Mountain Corp. and companies that pay to ship their oil through the Alberta-to-British Columbia pipeline. A commission of the regulator found the agreed-to tolls were “just and reasonable.” The decision allows Trans Mountain to contract up to 90 per cent of the […]

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Oil, grain exports fuel record cargo at Port of Vancouver as trade shifts beyond U.S.

wp-poster — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 11:00:03 +0000

VANCOUVER — The head of the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority says surging oil and grain exports drove a record amount of cargo through its gates in the first half of the year as part of a push away from U.S. markets, with Alberta crude fuelling the pivot. Freight volumes at the Port of Vancouver rode […]

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From �鶹��ýӳ�� to operation: CGC celebrates first shipment from Little Narrows quarry

wp-poster — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 10:15:40 +0000

LITTLE NARROWS, N.S. — CGC Inc., the Canadian division of USG Corporation, marked the first shipment of gypsum rock from its Little Narrows quarry this week, signaling the start of operational commissioning. According to a release, the shipment transitions the $104 million project from �鶹��ýӳ�� into phased operational ramp-up. During commissioning, CGC will test and […]

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Ottawa opens up 15% Trans Mountain equity stake to Indigenous groups on pipeline path

wp-poster — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 11:05:23 +0000

OTTAWA — The Canadian government has offered Indigenous groups a collective 15 per cent ownership stake in the Trans Mountain pipeline, advancing a long-promised plan to give First Nations equity in the federally owned infrastructure connecting Alberta crude to a Vancouver-area export terminal. In a letter to a First Nation along the pipeline’s path seen […]

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�鶹��ýӳ�� won’t even hit 2030 emissions target by 2050, new study suggests

wp-poster — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:15:23 +0000

OTTAWA — A new study suggests �鶹��ýӳ�� is on track to miss its 2030 emissions target under the Paris Agreement — and it won’t even reach it by 2050, the year it was supposed to hit net-zero. The analysis, published by the Canadian Climate Institute, suggests recent climate policy rollbacks by the federal government have […]

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SMS Equipment Inc., Komatsu selected for Ontario’s Crawford Nickel project

wp-poster — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 10:15:18 +0000

ACHESON, ALTA. — �鶹��ýӳ�� Nickel Company Inc. has selected SMS Equipment and Komatsu for its load, haul and mining support fleet equipment and associated autonomous technology for its Crawford Nickel Project. CrawfordCrawford Nickel Sulphide ProjectStatusDesignValue$3.5BLocationON-655, South Porcupine ONSectorPublic – FederalTypeIndustrialData as of September 17, 2026View Project Page → is the first mine to receive Impact […]

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Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: The carbon cost of building it twice

wp-poster — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 10:10:01 +0000

Low-carbon design accounts for two sources of emissions: the embodied carbon associated with �鶹��ýӳ�� materials and the operational carbon produced as a building consumes energy. Both matter, but they do not always capture the carbon generated when a building envelope fails earlier than anticipated. Premature failure can trigger a cycle of investigation, demolition, manufacturing, transportation […]

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Alberta, Saskatchewan and N.W.T. sign nuclear generation MOU

wp-poster — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 11:10:47 +0000

EDMONTON — Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories have all signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish a framework for the three jurisdictions to advance collaboration and information-sharing related to nuclear generation technologies. This includes large-scale nuclear reactors, small modular reactors and microreactors and transmission infrastructure, explains a release. “The MOU is guided by […]

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TC Energy urges co-operation on growing network to meet “generational” gas demand

wp-poster — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 11:05:16 +0000

CALGARY, ALTA. — The pipeline company that moves three quarters of Western �鶹��ýӳ��’s natural gas says it’s prepared to keep investing in its vast Alberta network to meet “generational demand” for the fuel. TC Energy Corp. released its statement days after the leak of an Alberta cabinet report that raised concern over the Calgary company’s […]

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Grand Canyon water supply to be restored in weeks, not months

wp-poster — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 09:35:17 +0000

PHOENIX — National Park Service officials expect to restore a reliable water supply in the Grand Canyon in weeks — not months — as the deadly flash flood didn’t damage most of a near-complete pipeline project, they said. Officials said that they were just over a month away from completing a major upgrade to the […]

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�鶹��ýӳ�� Infrastructure Bank closes loan for Nunavut wind project serving gold mine

wp-poster — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:10:27 +0000

HOPE BAY, NVT. — The �鶹��ýӳ�� Infrastructure Bank has closed a $20-million loan for an Inuit-led wind project serving a gold mine in Nunavut. The recipient of the loan is a partnership between the Kitikmeot Inuit Association and Tugliq Energy. The project includes a 4.2-megawatt wind turbine and a four-megawatt battery energy storage system that […]

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