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Imperial Oil logo at the company's annual meeting in Calgary on April 28, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
NewsOilRegulations

Alberta Energy Regulator lays nine charges against Imperial Oil for 2023 spill

Alberta charges Imperial Oil over 5.3M-litre toxic wastewater spill at Kearl site, citing environmental and reporting failures.

FILE PHOTO: Canada's Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson speaks during Question Period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, December 17, 2024.  REUTERS/Patrick Doyle/File Photo
Critical MineralsMineralsNewsPoliticsTrade

Canada minister says retaliatory tariffs could include critical minerals

Canada could impose countermeasures on up to C$150 billion ($105 billion), one source said.

A person carries an umbrella for shade as they walk on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, as temperatures hit 32C in what meteorologists are calling a heat dome. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
ClimateNewsWeather

Global temperatures this year to rival 2024’s record-breaking heat: climate officials

Global temperatures in 2025 are forecasted to rival 2024's record-breaking heat, highlighting the urgency of climate action.

Piping is seen on the top of a receiving platform which will be connected to the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline terminus at the LNG Canada export terminal under construction, in Kitimat, B.C., Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
EconomyNatural GasNewsReports

Canada’s public pension holdings in natural gas companies a risk: report

Report raises alarms over public pension investments in natural gas, warning they risk becoming stranded assets amid the energy transition.

Stephen Lecce delivers remarks in Toronto on August 31, 2023. Ontario is taking some preliminary steps toward potentially building a new nuclear generating station near Port Hope, Ont. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
ElectricityNewsNuclear Power

Ontario eyes large, new nuclear plant near Port Hope

Ontario is taking some preliminary steps toward potentially building a new nuclear generating station near Port Hope, Ont.

Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson  speaks with journalists before a Liberal Party caucus meeting in West Block on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. Wilkinson is the latest Liberal in Washington amid President-elect Donald Trump’s tariff threats and the Canadian energy minister is making the pitch for a Canada-U.S. energy and resource alliance. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
ElectricityFuelNewsPolitics

Energy minister makes the case for U.S.-Canada energy alliance in Washington

Wilkinson told US lawmakers that there is no better way to achieve economic dominance and strength against China than to work with Canada.

Former Newfoundland and Labrador premier Danny Williams talks to media before a memorial service in St. John's, Friday, May 3, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly
ElectricityHydropowerLegislationNews

Did Quebec get a better deal? Hydro-Québec comments spook critics in Newfoundland

Canada's easternmost province may have signed another unfavourable energy deal, warns a former Newfoundland and Labrador premier.

Protesters are seen gathered outside the offices of the Alberta Energy Regulator as public hearings take place inside, in Calgary, Alta., Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Matthew Scace
BusinessClimateCoalCourtsEconomyEmissionsEnvironmentMiningNewsPoliticsRegulations

Albertans await decision on potential coal mine as public hearings wrap up

Protests mark final hearing on controversial Alberta coal mine, as decision nears on Northback Holdings' project.

A dragline works in coal pits in front of the SaskPower Shand Power Station on Tuesday, March 19, 2008 south of Estevan, Sask. Estevan, the home to coal mines and a coal-powered generating station, was one of the communities most susceptible to workforce disruption as Canada transitions to a greener economy, the report suggests. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Troy Fleece
EconomyElectricityEmissionsEnvironmentInfrastructureNewsSolarWind

One in 10 Canadians live in places susceptible to green transition disruption: report

One in 10 Canadians live in communities susceptible to workforce disruption from the transition to a greener economy.

The federal government has paused an incentive program that offered Canadians rebates of up to $5,000 when buying or leasing electric vehicles. An electric vehicle being charged on a street in Montreal, Tuesday, November 5, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES/Graham Hughes
EconomyElectric Vehicles (EVs)FinanceNewsPoliticsRegulations

Ottawa pauses EV rebates as federal program runs out of money

Ottawa has paused an incentive program that offered Canadians rebates of up to $5,000 when buying or leasing electric vehicles.

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