Alberta

Two unlikely allies in the Canadian federation say they want more time to review an urgent push by Kinder Morgan to get around the rules for construction permits needed for its west coast pipeline expansion project. Meantime, the Texas-based pipeline operator at the heart of the controversy says it's losing patience because of the persistent delays.

Political discourse in Alberta currently relies on a series of opposing narratives: the energy sector vs. the environment, corporate interests vs. the public interest, government spending vs. cuts.

Two years into the mandate of Rachel Notley’s NDP in Alberta, Energy Minister Margaret McCuaig-Boyd discusses her vision for the province's future energy mix and how Alberta is handling its most notable and most criticized resource: the oil sands.

Alberta new United Conservatives will pick a new leader today, October 28, 2017.

Following the National Energy Board's projection that Canadians' fossil fuel use will peak in 2019, then decline, Alberta's environment minister says the province — known for its oil production — will have a big stake in an energy future that shifts to renewables.

Alberta prosecutors say court backlogs and delays mean they are tossing criminal cases "on the trash heap."

Climate change didn't directly cause major wildfires in Alberta and British Columbia this year but it did contribute to their extreme nature, says a University of Alberta researcher.

The U.S. State Department has issued a presidential permit allowing Enbridge Inc. to ship more oil on its Line 67 pipeline after a five-year review.

A letter about scientific research triggered immediate denials in a flurry of emails from officials within government in the days before the Trudeau Liberals approved two major pipeline projects.

The president of the University of Calgary was in a conflict of interest over a 2011 plan for a corporate−funded research centre at the institution.

Nervous laughter could be heard in a Vancouver courtroom Tuesday when the lawyer representing Kinder Morgan was asked whether Indigenous consent had been respected.

A lawyer with West Coast Environmental Law says the Energy East announcement is cause for celebration among those challenging Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain expansion.

The RCMP unit that investigates threats to national security is asking citizens to share any video or pictures they have of the attacks on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017, in Edmonton.

TransCanada's chief executive, Russ Girling, said the decision was expected to cost the company a $1 billion loss due to the investments it has already made on the project.

Authorities in the U.S. say a Somali refugee accused of attacking a police officer and running down four pedestrians in Edmonton was ordered removed from the country in 2011 by an immigration judge.