Steve Allan

The publicly funded inquiry, which is meant to examine an alleged foreign-funded campaign against Alberta oil and gas, spent approximately $97,560 commissioning the reports.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says an inquiry into who is funding environmental opposition to the province's oil and gas sector will be completed some time next year.

An environmental law group wants a court to suspend the Alberta government's inquiry into oil and gas industry critics until there's a decision on whether it's legal.

Alberta's ethics commissioner says Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer did not break the rules when he hired Steve Allan to run a public inquiry into whether foreign money is bankrolling anti-oil protests in Canada.

Alberta's public inquiry into whether foreign money is bankrolling anti-oil protests in Canada is going into overtime.

An environmental law group is threatening legal action if the Alberta government's inquiry into the funding of oil and gas industry foes continues as is.

The Alberta government will hold a public inquiry into environmental groups that it says have been bankrolled by foreign benefactors hell-bent on keeping Canada's oil and gas from reaching new markets while letting oil production grow unabated in the Middle East and the United States.

A Calgary businessman and philanthropist paid roughly $750,000 to help free kidnapped journalist Amanda Lindhout in Somalia.