Energy

If Ontario PC leader Doug Ford wins the election and sues the federal government to prevent carbon pricing, he would likely lose, say constitutional and environmental law experts.

B.C. has a very strong argument against Alberta’s move to limit the flow of oil into the province, and Ottawa’s decision to buy the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline is unlikely to change that, three constitutional experts agree.

EDC says it's "currently engaged with the government" to "determine the nature" of its involvement in the $4.5 billion public purchase of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

Oil and gas producer ConocoPhillips Canada is being fined $180,000 for a 2016 pipeline leak that spilled a light petroleum liquid into a remote area of northwestern Alberta.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says the second mate on the Nathan E. Stewart was by himself on the tug's bridge and had fallen asleep when the tug-barge​ ran aground on Oct. 31, 2016, resulting in the release of about 110,000 litres of diesel fuel in Heiltsuk First Nation territorial waters near Bella Bella, B.C.

A few days before Bill Morneau announced the federal government’s plan to buy the Trans Mountain pipeline, my morning newspaper displayed the collision of forces behind this decision. On one page was a story about the pipeline’s expansion, and on the facing page was a story about cities on B.C.’s coast planning to build seawalls and abandon low-lying land to cope with rising ocean levels

"This is a shameful path for Canada," said Bob Chamberlin, Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs vice president, asking why Canada can afford to buy a $4.5 billion oil pipeline but not safe drinking water for First Nations communities.

Texas-based Kinder Morgan gets to walk away from the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline with a decent financial boost but is deprived of significant future earnings growth after Canada’s federal government paid $4.5 billion to take the expansion project (and the existing pipeline) off its hands on Tuesday.

Earlier this month, Crescent Point shareholders rejected a dissident slate of directors that was put forth by Cation Capital Inc. which had been critical of the company.

With less than two weeks to go before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hosts the G7 in La Malbaie, Que., his chief summit organizer has already been pressed at a keynote dinner appearance on May 10 whether the G7 would act again as a “six-plus-one” body, with the U.S. as the outlier.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the government will buy the existing Trans Mountain pipeline from Kinder Morgan at a price of $4.5 billion. He refused to explain that $4.5 billion simply buys Ottawa the rights to what exists today — a 65 year old pipeline

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his decision to use taxpayer money to buy Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline and its troubled expansion project for $4.5 billion was made after the company told his government that the project was a "risky" investment.

Kinder Morgan CEO Steve Kean has confirmed a deal to sell its Trans Mountain project to the Trudeau government for $4.5 billion.

“In a democracy, there is room for nonviolent civil disobedience.”

The food company known for its organic cereals and granolas has become one of the first major Canadian companies to launch a campaign against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.