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In the middle of a farmer’s field, the rumble of machinery can be heard half a kilometre away. There aren’t any tractors or combines in sight. Instead a collection of cement and water trucks and other equipment surround a large service…

Criticism by environmentalists of Alberta’s new Canadian Energy Centre might leave you thinking the province was stubbornly resisting fixing global climate change for the sake of their economy. Instead, the province is home to world-leading innovations that in just over…

There is lots of money to be made in oil and gas stocks. In a world where most trading is short term, shares as volatile as those in the petroleum business can be cash cows for those who repeatedly get…

The economy added 54,000 jobs in September, bringing the unemployment rate down to 5.5 per cent from 5.7 per cent, according to Statistics Canada. The gains were mostly in full-time work, the agency’s Labour Force Survey says. There are 456,000 more…

As provincial investigators probed allegations of wrongdoing at the Alberta Energy Regulator last year, the hunt was on at the top of the AER to identify the whistleblower who’d brought them knocking on the door. Initially, the regulator’s CEO, Jim Ellis, thought the complainant was a long-serving geological engineer who…

A Calgary-area couple is fuming after paying Air Canada hundreds of dollars for an upgraded flight package, then being told a little-known rule allows the airline to keep their money without delivering on what it advertised. Instead, the airline offered…

The state of California has launched a lawsuit against online travel agencies FlightHub and JustFly for alleged “unscrupulous business practices, designed to fleece the average consumer.” FlightHub and JustFly’s parent company is Montreal-based FlightHub Group, formerly known as Momentum Ventures.…

Alberta’s energy regulator wrongfully used its own resources to establish an international centre outside its mandate — at a loss of $2.3 million — with the agency’s former chief executive displaying “reckless and wilful disregard”  for the proper management of public…

Alberta’s energy regulator wrongfully used its own resources to establish an international centre outside its mandate — at a loss of $2.3 million — while the agency’s former chief executive displayed “reckless and wilful disregard” for the proper management of public funds, according…

Alberta’s energy regulator wrongfully used its own resources to establish an international centre outside its mandate — at a loss of $2.3 million — while its former chief executive displayed “reckless and wilful disregard” for the proper management of public funds, according to…