Advocacy & Opinion
Boom goes bust: Texas oil industry hurt by plunging oil prices
Friday, September 27, 2019, 7:14 AM MDT
How bad are things in the Permian basin? You can actually book a hotel room in Midland, Texas, at a…
This poll says Burnaby TMX activists have it wrong on B.C. opposition
Friday, September 20, 2019, 7:13 AM MDT
Since the federal election was officially called a week ago, my email inbox has been inundated with anti-Trans Mountain letters.Many…
Albertans should take back to the streets to stand up for the AER
Sunday, September 15, 2019, 6:27 PM MDT
It was an interesting spring and summer in downtown Calgary and around Alberta, what with the rallies and all. Why,…
AER review must take care not to pin bogeyman on a world-class system
Sunday, September 8, 2019, 7:09 PM MDT
Grant Sprague and Bev Yee are very capable senior bureaucrats. They’re the Alberta deputy ministers of energy and environment, respectively.…
$2MM gift to Tzeporah Berman proves again that ‘dark money’ is mostly on the anti-development side
Friday, September 6, 2019, 12:01 PM MDT
Eyebrows were raised this week when an American group gave US$2 million plus unspecified “expert resources” to Tzeporah Berman, the…
How to explain what you do when what you do is complicated: Candice Paton
Friday, September 6, 2019, 7:26 AM MDT
Innovators often struggle to communicate the value of highly technical propositions to their audiences. Challenges we face today are complex…
Clean/green movement won’t transform the economy quickly
Friday, September 6, 2019, 7:17 AM MDT
With the federal election fast approaching, we can expect to hear a lot about climate change, energy policy and how…
‘Outrageous:’ Alberta man told oil and gas shirt not allowed in Senate
Thursday, September 5, 2019, 5:54 PM MDT
CALGARY — Parliamentary security says it made a mistake telling an Alberta man he wasn't allowed to wear a T-shirt…
Gasoline inquiry challenges Lotusland’s cultural aversion to fossil-fuel truth
Thursday, September 5, 2019, 7:23 AM MDT
British Columbia’s distinctive left-coast culture was a gold mine of material for satirist Allan Fotheringham. In his heyday, the columnist…
‘Today we say enough is enough’: the story behind the video
Wednesday, August 28, 2019, 7:27 AM MDT
Birchcliff Energy president and CEO A. Jeffery Tonken and Tourmaline Oil president and CEO Mike Rose were on hand at…
'Today we say enough is enough'
Tuesday, August 27, 2019, 11:17 AM MDT
In the spirit of "We're Not Going to Take It," by Twisted Sister, a group calling itself Canadians for Canada's…
AUMA to consider resolution calling for support of Alberta’s energy industry
Tuesday, August 27, 2019, 6:50 AM MDT
During next month’s Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA) convention, delegates from across the province will be considering a resolution calling…
