Alberta Energy Regulator

An Alberta First Nation says court documents suggest political and industry pressure hustled approvals for an oilsands pipeline through regulators and reduced aboriginal consultation.

​The Alberta Energy Regulator has introduced new rules that it says will ultimately remove unsightly and toxic tailings ponds from the oilsands mining region of northeastern Alberta.

Pipelines and other energy infrastructure will be rated based on risk: "That's going to take us a little bit of time."

Excessive steaming contributed to more than a million litres of oily water to oozing to the surface at an eastern Alberta oilsands site nearly three years ago, a provincial investigation concluded