Oil & Gas and Mining News

WINNIPEG — Manitobans are going to pay a bit more for natural gas as well as propane used for home heating. The province's Public Utilities Board has approved an increase for natural gas by Centra Gas as of Feb. 1.

OTTAWA — Canadian retail sales in November were flat compared with October, but an early estimate by Statistics Canada pointed to a rebound in December which saw the start of Ottawa's GST/HST holiday.

EDMONTON — As a possible Feb. 1 deadline looms for the United States to impose punishing tariffs on Canadian goods, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she's sticking to her diplomatic approach to try to stop them.

VANCOUVER — The president of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs is reversing his previous opposition to the scrapped Northern Gateway pipeline project that would have created another route for Alberta's oil to get to the Pacific Ocean.

TORONTO — A CIBC report says sweeping tariffs imposed by the U.S. could cost the Canadian economy as much as 3.25 per cent, even factoring in possible exemptions for the oil and gas sector.

PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. — The Port of Prince Rupert says cargo shipments were down by one per cent last year from 2023, but volume was up at terminals that ship containers, liquefied petroleum gas and agricultural crops.

WASHINGTON — The looming threat of devastating tariffs slapped against Canada hangs over president-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House Monday. Trump is preparing more than 100 executive orders.

EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA — The Alberta Energy Regulator has laid nine charges against Imperial Oil almost two years after an estimated 5.

WASHINGTON — Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is making a case to American legislators for a Canada-U.S.

This year's average global temperature is expected to rival 2024's record-breaking heat, Canadian officials said Wednesday, underlining humanity's narrowing window to hit an international target intended to help avert some of climate change's most se