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Alberta’s Mega Oil and Gas Liability Crisis, Explained
Alberta’s Mega Oil and Gas Liability Crisis, Explained A Supreme Court ruling now forces firms to clean up abandoned wells before paying creditors. That doesn’t solve much. Just how will an increasingly indebted industry, hobbled by low energy prices and rising costs, find the up to $260 billion needed to clean up its inactive pipelines, wells, plants […]
Toronto gas stations running low on fuel thanks to nasty winter weather
Toronto gas stations running low on fuel thanks to nasty winter weather Road conditions and extreme cold making it hard for trucks to deliver gas Drivers in Toronto are having a hard time finding gas this week thanks to a stretch of heavy snow and bitterly cold temperatures. (The Associated Press)7 comments After a week of snow, […]
Canada’s Petro Paralysis, Diagnosed
Canada’s Petro Paralysis, Diagnosed Three books show how bitumen blocks democratic solutions to our climate crisis. Costly Fix: Power, Politics and Nature in the Tar Sands Ian Urquhart University of Toronto Press (2018) Oil’s Deep State: How the Petroleum Industry Undermines Democracy and Stops Action on Global Warming Kevin Taft Lorimer (2017) The Big Stall: […]
Eating Clean, Green and Anthropocene
Eating Clean, Green and Anthropocene Scientists say our diets must evolve. Canada could lead the way. Adding a vice to a culture is always easier than removing it. Consider, as examples, alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and the hamburger. Despite all we know about the harm we do to ourselves and others by indulging in these vices, […]
Mortgage Stress Test Blamed For 25% Collapse In British Columbia Home Sales
Mortgage Stress Test Blamed For 25% Collapse In British Columbia Home Sales Home sales in British Columbia, Canada’s westernmost province, collapsed in 2018 is mostly correlated to the mortgage stress test that started in January 2018, which decreased buyers’ purchasing power. The B.C. Real Estate Association (BCREA) reported Tuesday that a total of 78,345 homes were sold on B.C.’s […]
The Death Penalty for Canada’s Foreign Policy?
The Death Penalty for Canada’s Foreign Policy? Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has joined with the chorus of Western countries supporting Canada’s protestations against the “arbitrary,” and “politically motivated” death sentence imposed by a Chinese court on Canadian drug smuggler Robert Schellenberg. Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland praised Pompeo’s “recognition of the principle that […]
Alberta Has Spent $23 Million Calling BC an Enemy of Canada
Alberta Has Spent $23 Million Calling BC an Enemy of Canada Tyee FOI reveals pro-pipeline PR strategy, spiraling costs. Billboard on a Kelowna roadway, paid for by Albertans as part of a national campaign with the underlying theme: ‘This is not B.C. vs. Alberta, this is B.C. vs. Canada.’ Source: KeepCanadaWorking website. The Alberta government […]
When Indigenous Assert Rights, Canada Sends Militarized Police
When Indigenous Assert Rights, Canada Sends Militarized Police It’s become routine, but ignores latest law on rights and title, say experts. RCMP action against the Wet’suwet’en last week was intended to send a message, says professor Jeffrey Monaghan. Photo by Michael Toledano. The use of heavily armed RCMP to enforce a court injunction and tear […]
Canada Pauses Reporting Trade Data, Blames US Shutdown
Canada Pauses Reporting Trade Data, Blames US Shutdown Statistics Canada said today the release of their monthly trade statistics will be delayed indefinitely due to the current shutdown of the U.S. government. Statistics Canada: “Trade statistics without Canada’s exports to the United States have limited use as a current economic indicator, as these exports represent […]
Life Threatening Winter Storms
Life Threatening Winter Storms Parts of Canada could become the coldest spot on the planet with a winter storm coming with crazy frigid temperatures with wind chill factors in the -40oC level for some. This going to be really dangerous. Quite frankly, the human body was NOT designed to handle conditions like that. This is […]
There’s No Sugarcoating Canada’s Oil Crisis
There’s No Sugarcoating Canada’s Oil Crisis Has financial disaster been averted in Canada’s oil and gas industry? ‘Disaster’ is all relative. Let’s just say 2019 is going to be a difficult year following a tough set of recent circumstances. One thing we know is that the recent episode of bargain-basement commodity prices—triggered by a regional […]
China Imposes Death Penalty On Canadian Convicted Of Drug Smuggling
China Imposes Death Penalty On Canadian Convicted Of Drug Smuggling As was widely expected after a Chinese court ordered a retrial of Canadian national Robert Schellenberg on drug trafficking charges last month, the Canadian national has now been sentenced to death for allegedly smuggling “an enormous amount of drugs” into China. He had earlier been […]
The Tears of Justin Trudeau
The Tears of Justin Trudeau On January 7th the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) swept into a non-violent checkpoint set up by the Unist’ot’en and Gidimt’en clans of the Wet’suwet’en Nation. Fourteen people were violently arrested in the ambush by the militarized colonial forces. The camp was set up by hereditary leaders to defend the ancestral […]
Canada’s Crude Oil Production Cuts Are Unsustainable
Canada’s Crude Oil Production Cuts Are Unsustainable In an attempt to combat a ballooning oil glut and dramatically plummeting prices, the premier of Alberta Rachel Notley introduced an unprecedented measure at the beginning of December when she is mandating that oil companies in her province cut production. This directive was particularly surprising in the context […]
Another Crucial Canadian Pipeline Runs Into Trouble
Another Crucial Canadian Pipeline Runs Into Trouble Late last year, Royal Dutch Shell gave the greenlight to a massive LNG export terminal on Canada’s Pacific Coast, one of the largest investments in LNG in years. But like other fossil fuel projects in Canada, the plans have run into some trouble. Shell’s LNG Canada project hinges […]
