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Canada's National Observer

The latest news on energy, business, politics and our changing climate.

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nationalobserver.com > 09/14/2026 > news > alberta-public-natural-gas-infrastructure-plan

Alberta could spend billions on public gas pipelines to fuel data centre boom, leaked document suggests

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (820+ words) The Alberta government is planning to take over the province's natural gas pipeline system to ensure tech companies and oil majors will have enough natural gas for their operations — even if it makes gas more expensive for Albertans, a leaked…...

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nationalobserver.com > 09/10/2026 > news > carney-government-oilsands-gas-projects-impact-assessments

Feds quietly exempt oilsands and gas power plants from environmental impact assessments | Canada's National Observer: Climate News

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (609+ words) The federal government has quietly stopped evaluating whether new gas power plants and oilsand facilities will damage Canada's rivers and lakes, air quality and species on the edge of extinction. The change comes as part of a suite of amendments…...

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nationalobserver.com > 09/04/2026 > news > alberta-oilsands-tailings-suncor-regulator

Alberta exempts Suncor's tailings pond dump from review, angering downstream communities

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (718+ words) Oil giant Suncor won't need an environmental impact assessment before treating and dumping millions of litres of tar sand tailings into the Athabasca River. In a July letter recently obtained by Canada's National Observer, the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) said…...

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nationalobserver.com > 09/02/2026 > news > wonder-valley-kevin-oleary-data-centre-deal

Alberta municipality hid deal for Kevin O'Leary data centre during key public hearings

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1029+ words) An Alberta municipality quietly agreed to host Kevin O'Leary's behemoth Wonder Valley data centre — before changing its bylaws in a six-minute hearing that made no mention of the project — months before Wonder Valley was public, Canada's National Observer has learned....

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nationalobserver.com > 09/01/2026 > news > alberta-west-coast-pipeline-economics-report

New report says Alberta’s proposed West Coast oil pipeline may not pay its way

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (443+ words) “If there’s a deficit, then we could say there’s a need for a pipeline to move these products out,” Kalegha told Canada’s National Observer. “But what we saw is there’s more than enough pipeline capacity.” Under the current proposal, the…...

Canada's National Observer
nationalobserver.com > 09/01/2026 > news > alberta-orphan-well-fees-pembina

Report calls for escalating fees for Alberta's inactive oil wells

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1562+ words) A new policy paper details the potential environmental and financial risks of Alberta’s tens of thousands of inactive wells and recommends the province adopt tougher methods to force companies to pay for their cleanup on an expedited timeline. There are…...

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nationalobserver.com > 09/01/2026 > news > alberta-orphan-well-fees

Report calls for inactive well fees to prevent ‘pipeline to orphaning’

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1562+ words) A new policy paper details the potential environmental and financial risks of Alberta’s tens of thousands of inactive wells and recommends the province adopt tougher methods to force companies to pay for their cleanup on an expedited timeline. There are…...

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nationalobserver.com > 08/31/2026 > news > saskatchewan-prosecutors-seek-forfeiture-truck-belonging-mountie-killer

Saskatchewan prosecutors seek the forfeiture of truck belonging to Mountie killer

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (178+ words) A man in prison for killing two Saskatchewan Mounties 20 years ago is set to have a court hearing today over the fate of his pickup truck. Prosecutors have filed an application to have the blue 1986 GMC 1500 belonging to 61-year-old Curtis…...