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Panel review of proposed oilsands mine concerns environmentalists, Indigenous community | CBC News

When Nikki Way, senior
analyst with the Pembina Institute, first heard the Canadian
Environmental Assessment Agency had recommended the Frontier mine
project move forward, with several dozen conditions, she was
underwhelmed.

“We’re disappointed to not see any conditions that protect Canadians from future liability of a project like this,” said Way.

July 27, 2019

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$5.6 billion petrochemical plant planned for BCR Industrial site in Prince George

A Calgary-based company intends to build a $5.6-billion petrochemical plant in the BCR Industrial Site.

Unveiling the plan Wednesday to about 50 people who attended a
gathering at the Courtyard by Marriott, West Coast Olefins CEO Ken James
said the company has secured a 300-acre site at the BCR Industrial Site
in Prince George to pursue the project.

If all works out, a fully operating facility will be up and running
by the end of 2023 and employ as many as 1,000 people in permanent,
highly skilled jobs. The feedstock would be natural gas supplied via the
Enbridge West Coast pipeline.

July 27, 2019

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Oilsands mine in public interest despite ‘significant adverse’ effects, panel says | CBC News

Vancouver-based Teck Resources Ltd. aims to build the $20.6-billion Frontier mine near Wood Buffalo National Park in two phases.

Its total capacity would be 260,000 barrels of oil a day and Teck has said it aims to start producing oil in 2026.

The panel’s report includes several dozen recommended conditions for Teck and the federal and provincial governments.

They include mitigating harm to wildlife, monitoring pollutants and taking feeback from nearby First Nations into account.

The federal cabinet has until the end of February to make a decision.

July 26, 2019

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Alberta judge denies B.C.’s bid to block ‘Turn Off the Taps’ bill

CALGARY – A Calgary judge has denied British Columbia’s attempt to
block Alberta legislation that would allow that province to stop oil
shipments to the coast.

In a decision released Friday on the so-called Turn Off the Taps bill,
Queen’s Bench Justice Robert Hall said that B.C. doesn’t have the right
to take Alberta to court in Alberta over legislation passed by the
Alberta legislature.

“The only parties with standing to bring this action in this court are
the (Attorney General of Alberta) and the (Attorney General of Canada),”
Hall wrote in his decision.

July 20, 2019

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Ernst & Young wins $2M contract to review Alberta Health Services | CBC News

Can’t help but wonder if this isn’t a prelude to cutting services…

Multinational professional services company Ernst & Young
(EY) has been awarded a $2-million contract to review Alberta Health
Services, the provincial government announced Thursday.

The
review is designed “to drive greater efficiencies, examine
administrative costs and improve access and service levels,” the
province said in a news release.

July 20, 2019

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