Resources & Agriculture

Federal and Alberta governments to study oilsands tailings leak communication

EDMONTON — The Alberta and federal governments say they will work together to understand what happened around a nine-month delay in notifying the public about toxic seepage from an oilsands tailings pond.

Mar 16, 2023 7:55 AM Read more >

Oil prices plunge, Canadian energy stocks take beating as global banking fears spread

CALGARY — Crude oil prices took a beating Wednesday as market chaos related to a spreading banking crisis continued. The North American benchmark West Texas Intermediate plunged more than four per cent on Wednesday to hover around US$68 per barrel.

Mar 15, 2023 3:04 PM Read more >

MPs call for probe into B.C. company's ties after Glacier Media investigation

NDP MP Charlie Angus says he'll bring forward a motion in the coming weeks that will summon Paper Excellence executives before a federal committee.

Mar 15, 2023 2:38 PM Read more >

B.C.'s Cedar LNG project gets federal green light

Federal Environment minister approves Haisla First Nation's Cedar LNG project

Mar 15, 2023 10:36 AM Read more >

New LNG approvals in B.C. come with conditions moving forward

New framework announced for keeping oil and gas projects within provincial emissions cap

Mar 15, 2023 7:27 AM Read more >

Hydra Energy's $62M hydrogen production plant approved in Prince George

The proposed $62 million facility on Sintich Road will produce and dispense hydrogen for transport trucks.

Mar 14, 2023 1:35 PM Read more >

Haisla's Cedar LNG gets green light from B.C. government

Cedar LNG would be world's first indigenous owned LNG export terminal

Mar 14, 2023 1:22 PM Read more >

Australian company to buy Arctic Canadian Diamond Company's assets

YELLOWKNIFE — An Australian company is set to buy all of Arctic Canadian Diamond Company Ltd.'s assets, including the Ekati diamond mine in the Northwest Territories.

Mar 14, 2023 10:24 AM Read more >

Huge Aussie canola crop may hurt Canadian exports

Australia’s “monstrous” canola harvest has Ken Ball adjusting his Canadian supply and demand numbers. The Australian government’s new official estimate for its 2022-23 crop is a record 8.

Mar 14, 2023 8:19 AM Read more >

Scientists use crab shells to develop battery anodes

Researchers at the Kyushu Institute of Technology and Shandong First Medical University are “upcycling” crab shells to create anode materials for sodium-ion batteries — an up-and-coming competitor to lithium-ion chemistries.

Mar 14, 2023 8:00 AM Read more >