Alberta

A study shows half of Alberta's boreal forest could disappear in just over 80 years due to wildfires and climate change.

With the Vancouver welcoming waves of artists for the Juno Awards, musicians Grimes and Sarah Harmer came to Burnaby to protest the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion.

The federal government has no choice but to step in to protect Alberta’s boreal caribou now that the province has once again proved it is unwilling to do what it takes to save this iconic population.

Alberta is suspending portions of its draft plan to protect threatened woodland caribou, saying more research needs to be done and that Ottawa needs to help out.

Alberta's Economic Development and Trade Minister Deron Bilous announced plans Thursday to provide tax credits to the province's interactive digital media industry.

The project poses a threat to waters off the West Coast, which Washington residents view as a treasure, and the state is looking at marine safety laws that would help mitigate the impact of a tanker spill, Gov. Jay Inslee said Friday at a meeting with B.C. Premier John Horgan and officials from Oregon and California.

Alberta's Opposition United Conservatives say there should be no more carbon tax increase without the consent of voters.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and Opposition Leader Jason Kenney exchanged smiles and brief waves in the Alberta legislature Monday before letting the accusations fly in their first question period together.

Alberta's new Energy Diversification Act, introduced March 8, would commit up to $2 billion for new programs supporting the petrochemicals sector, which makes products like plastics, asphalt, pharmaceuticals, lubricants and fertilizer.

A popular TV science personality put Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the spot today, March 6, 2018, to explain Canada’s approval of the Kinder Morgan pipeline, which if built will increase the flow of oil from Alberta to the Pacific coast.

British Columbia's government says it is moving to the next steps in defending provincial land and water from oil spills by getting public feedback on potential policies, even as one of its most controversial proposals heads to court.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says she doesn't believe British Columbia's legal challenge to the Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion has merit, but her government will be watching closely and won't give its neighbour a free ride on it.

Our national interest is served by making decisions based on science and respect for Indigenous rights — not through crass political compromises and back room deals, writes environmental activist Tzeporah Berman.

B.C. Premier John Horgan has announced new legal action to defend his province's rights to introduce environmental regulations that could stop Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain expansion project. His announcement was interpreted as a concession that prompted Alberta to end its ban on B.C. wines.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has admitted what many Canadians believed for some time—the approval of Trans Mountain’s expansion was always a foregone conclusion.