Carbon taxing by province - an explainer
As of Jan. 1, 2020, every Canadian and all Canadian businesses are paying a price on carbon.
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Did you know there's a $1.6-billion federal bailout package for Alberta's oil industry?
Canada's $1.6-billion bailout package for Alberta's battered oil industry is well underway but with little transparency about who is getting the money and for what.
Premier wants carbon-tax amnesty for farmers
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says a rainy harvest season has forced farmers to burn extra propane and natural gas in order to dry out their crops.
Alberta petrochemical credit program survives cuts
The United Conservative government in Alberta says it will carry on with a program introduced by the former NDP regime to use $1.1 billion in energy royalty credits to encourage new petrochemical projects.
Inter Pipeline confirms takeover offer on regulator request after stock halted
Inter Pipeline Ltd. confirmed Friday afternoon it received a "proposal" to purchase the company, in a statement issued at the behest of regulators a few hours after executives refused to discuss the matter on a conference call with analysts.
Fire at Texas Exxon Mobil refinery injures 37
An explosion and fire at an Exxon Mobil oil refinery in Texas on Wednesday, July 31, 2019, left 37 people with minor injuries, in the latest of a series of petrochemical industry blazes this year in the Houston area.
The federal price on carbon takes effect in Yukon and Nunavut July 1
Starting today, July 1, 2019, the federal carbon levy will be applied in Yukon and Nunavut, while the Northwest Territories is set to implement its own price on carbon in September.
Productivity gains outpace steep rise in agricultural energy use since 1990
Third-generation farmer Ron Lamb remembers his father pulling six-metre-wide crop-seeding equipment around his southern Alberta grain fields in the 1990s, overlapping on each pass to make sure he covered all the ground.
Explosions, fire rock US oil refinery; gas prices could rise
Explosions and a blaze at the largest oil refinery on the East Coast sent a fireball into the sky and shook homes before dawn on Friday, June 21,2019, though authorities reported only a few minor injuries and said the air was safe to breathe.
Scheer makes election promise to remove GST from home-heating bills
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is promising to remove federal sales tax from Canadians' home-heating bills as part of an early election campaign commitment.
Gas prices going up, ambulance fees going down: Manitoba budget
Manitoba residents will be paying just over five cents more for a litre of gas after the carbon tax kicks in Sept. 1., but the province has promised that all its revenues will eventually be returned to Manitobans through tax reductions.
Enbridge worker burned by molten sulphur last year
Enbridge says it investigated an injury to its worker and took “corrective actions,” but it was not the first safety scare that the facility has experienced.