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Study of Ontario power needs finds nuclear is best option
A new study of options for Ontario’s future electricity needs finds that nuclear power is the best choice for the province. The study finds that Ontario’s current plans to increase wind power will cost...
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Oil train disaster plays to the pro-pipeline position
The oil train disaster in Quebec has focused the debate about the best way to ship crude oil over long distances. Some have blamed the disaster on the government for not doing enough to regulate the...
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Davie shipyard delivers “most complex” vessel ever built in NA
Shipbuilder Chantier Davie Canada Inc. announced today that the first of three construction vessels ordered by Norwegian oilfield services company Cecon ASA has been delivered. The ship is described as...
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No fracking for now in Nova Scotia
The government of Nova Scotia has decided to play it safe where hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is concerned. The energy minister announced that the province intends to prohibit high-volume fracking...
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Will Ukraine be Canada’s next big oil market?
Long before becoming premier of Alberta, Jim Prentice, a former cabinet minister in the Harper government, was talking about the need for Canada to find new markets for its oil and gas resources. A...
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Audit pans government’s climate change progress
An audit of the three federal entities that are supposed to be working to reduce Canada’s greenhouse emissions—Environment Canada, National Resources Canada, and Transport Canada—has found that the...
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Jobless rate down, balance of trade up as economy shows strength
Once again, the economists got it wrong. A Bloomberg News survey of twenty-five economists had produced a forecast for 5,000 Canadian jobs lost in October. Instead, 43,100 jobs were created, enough to...
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Wind projects going ahead in Quebec, public not necessarily on board
A number of new wind farm projects are going ahead in Quebec, and the provincial government there is working with the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) to develop a new energy policy for...
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New York’s ban on fracking gives hope to other opponents
The decision last December by New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo to ban high-volume hydraulic fracturing (HVHF) for shale gas in that state came after several years of studies and assessments. The...
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Forestry sector providing job relief for former oil patch workers
Canada’s forestry industry is taking up some of the slack in Alberta’s job market, what with layoffs and declining revenues in the oil patch. The president of the Alberta Forest Products Association,...
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