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FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises from the Burgess Creek wildfire (C20117), located 45 kilometres south of Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada, in this handout photograph released April 20, 2024, taken through the window of a plane.  BC Wildfire Service/Handout via REUTERS./File Photo
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Canada forecasts hotter-than-average summer as peak wildfire season nears

Canada is expecting a hotter-than-usual summer with slightly below-average precipitation in central Canada, offering little relief from ongoing drought and the risk of...

FILE PHOTO: Downtown Denver is seen in the background from the Suncor Energy refinery in Denver June 12, 2006. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo
ClimateCourtsEmissionsNewsOilPolitics

Environmental groups to sue Canada’s Suncor over Colorado refinery emissions

Environmental groups filed notice Weds to sue Canadian oil producer Suncor Energy under the US Clean Air Act for air pollution violations

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Canada increases loan guarantees for Trans Mountain pipeline to $19 billion

The Canadian government has guaranteed another $1 billion in commercial loans for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, taking the total government-backed loan facility...

FILE PHOTO: A tailings pond at the Suncor tar sands mining operations near Fort McMurray, Alberta, September 17, 2014. REUTERS/Todd Korol/File Photo
EnvironmentIndigenousLegislationNewsOilPoliticsRegulations

Canada to assess toxicity of compound found in oil sands tailings

Canada has agreed to assess whether naphthenic acids found in northern Alberta's oilsands tailings ponds should be classed as toxic under federal law.

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Canada amending Trans Mountain ownership regulations to help pipeline sale

Canada is amending regulations on how it manages the state-owned Trans Mountain oil pipeline in order to facilitate its sale to Indigenous groups,...

FIEL PHOTO: An image taken through a window shows smoke rising from mutual aid wildfire HTZ001 in the High Level Forest Area, which originated from the Northwest Territories in 2023 but flared due to strong winds, near Indian Cabins, Alberta, Canada May 10, 2024. Alberta Wildfire/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
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Canada’s wildfire season is heating up: Explainer

Experts say it is difficult to determine the impact of climate change on a single fire season, but average temperatures in Canada are...

The fixed wellhead platform of Cenovus Energy's West White Rose extension project, which had been suspended in March 2020, is seen under construction in Argentia, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, Canada December 13, 2019. Picture taken December 13, 2019. REUTERS/Greg Locke/ File Photo
BusinessNatural GasNewsOil

Canada’s Cenovus Energy posts higher first-quarter profit

Cenovus first quarter results show record volume and rise in net income.

A view shows a campsite set up in a field for evacuees, after an evacuation order was declared due to the proximity of a wildfire in Yellowknife, outside of High Level, Alberta, Canada August 18, 2023.  REUTERS/Pat Kane/File Photo
ClimateNewsWeather

Canada’s Alberta province warns of critical time for wildfire risk as evacuations start

The 2024 wildfire season in Alberta has started earlier than usual due to ongoing drought, with officials warning the western Canadian province is...

BusinessNewsOilTransmission

Trans Mountain expects first ship to load from expanded pipeline in second half of May

The expanded pipeline will carry an extra 600,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil from Alberta to Canada's Pacific coast and is set...

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TC Energy says pipeline system resumes normal operations after fire

NGTL pipeline back to work after rupture caused wildfire and facility shutdown.

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