Business & Economy

Alberta extends small business grant application intake

Application intake for the spring 2021 payment from Alberta's small business grant has been extended to June 30.In April, Alberta's government reopened the Small and Medium Enterprise Relaunch Grant p...

May 26, 2021

Study finds abandoned oil and gas wells place unfair burden on landowners, taxpayers

CALGARY - A report from the University of Calgary says the costs of Alberta's growing stock of abandoned and inactive oil and gas wells are falling unfairly on landowners and taxpayers. Braeden Larson...

May 20, 2021

Alberta eases security payment burden for oilsands companies

EDMONTON - Alberta is changing how it calculates the payments oilsands mines make to ensure there's enough money to clean up the mess they leave behind. The province says the decision is in reaction t...

May 06, 2021

Liberals' sweeping budget bill includes $15 minimum wage and election-law changes

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals' bill to enact parts of their budget includes changes to emergency aid, taxes and a $15 national minimum wage alongside other items such as an election-law amendment. The...

May 03, 2021

AstraZeneca vaccine doses ready for use as Canada approves U.S. manufacturing sites

OTTAWA - More than 1.5 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine are on their way to provinces now that Health Canada has authorized the U.S. sites where they were made. It remains to be seen ho...

Apr 01, 2021

Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario urge Michigan to reconsider shutting down Line 5

WASHINGTON - Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario are forming a united front in the fight to reverse Michigan's shutdown of a key cross-border pipeline. Energy ministers from all three provinces are urgi...

Mar 30, 2021

One year on, poll suggests Canadians still deeply wary about allowing U.S. visitors

WASHINGTON - A new poll suggests Canadians remain deeply wary about the prospect of allowing visitors from the United States. The online Lger poll was conducted last week for the Association for Canad...

Mar 23, 2021

First Nations say Alberta review of coal project inadequate, seek federal involvement

EDMONTON - Two of southern Alberta's largest First Nations have asked the federal government to step into an environmental review of a coal mine proposed for the Rocky Mountains. In a letter to federa...

Mar 09, 2021

Alberta's Toews says final bill on defunct Keystone XL not 'materially' above $1.3B

EDMONTON - Alberta's finance minister says taxpayers won't be on the hook for much more beyond $1.3 billion already committed to the defunct Keystone XL pipeline. Travis Toews did not provide specific...

Mar 09, 2021

Pandemic increased direct aid to fossil fuel producers, new study shows

OTTAWA - A new report suggests the economic impact of the pandemic led to a massive increase in federal aid to Canada's oil patch. But the annual inventory of fossil fuel subsidies published by the In...

Feb 25, 2021