Bob Weber
Reporter with The Canadian Press
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Oil companies stiffing Alberta municipalities at tax time, despite boom
Rural Municipalities of Alberta says energy companies now owe towns and villages in which they operate a total of $268 million. That's up more than six per cent from last year and 261 per cent since 2018, when the association began keeping track.
Energy regulator may have ignored law by not disclosing Alberta oilsands leak: lawyer
Drew Yewchuk of the University of Calgary's Public Interest Law Clinic is asking the province's Information Commissioner to investigate how and why the Alberta Energy Regulator chose not to release information on the leak at Imperial Oil's Kearl mine, despite direction in provincial law to do so.
First Nation chief in Alberta angry that Imperial Oil didn't disclose oilsands tailings spill
A northern Alberta Indigenous leader has accused Imperial Oil Ltd. of a nine-month coverup over a massive release of toxic oilsands tailings on land near where his band harvests food.
Oil well cleanup 'key objective' in Alberta's pre-election budget
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's last budget before an expected spring election gives strong support to a proposed tax break for energy companies to fulfil their legal cleanup duties but doesn't tell voters how much would be spent on it.
Oilpatch funds poured into pro-Smith political group after she floated royalty break
Oilpatch support for Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's agenda ballooned after she won her party's leadership and put the so-called RStar program — a plan to give tax breaks to energy companies for fulfilling cleanup work they are already obliged to do — high on the government agenda.
Alberta creates new hunting and fishing department, apart from wildlife management
Alberta's United Conservative Party government has moved on a proposal to split wildlife management responsibilities in the province, creating a new department of hunting and fishing in the Forestry, Parks and Tourism Ministry.
Anger over Alberta royalty plan to reward companies for cleaning up oil wells
Alberta's United Conservative Party government is facing growing criticism for a plan to give oil companies a royalty credit for cleaning up their old wells.
Global ocean conservation conference in B.C. aims to advance Montreal agreements
Federal politicians are expected to make a significant announcement on ocean protection during an international conference in Vancouver on how to take action on promises to protect the marine world made at recent global environment meetings.
Alberta's oilsands mine security reform unlikely to fix problems, First Nations contend
Alberta is preparing to change how it ensures oilsands companies are able to pay for the mammoth job of cleaning up their operations, but critics fear a year of consultations hasn't been enough to avoid repeating past mistakes.