Kearl Mine

• Imperial’s Kearl oil sands tailings leak will face formal federal investigation

  Tailings, a toxic mining by-product containing water, silt, residual bitumen and metals, have been seeping from Imperial's northern Alberta site since last May.

  Environment

  May 4, 2023
  
• Imperial CEO hears impact of Kearl oilsands leaks, apologizes for silence: ‘We have broken this trust’

  Imperial Oil Ltd. says its cleanup efforts following recent high-profile wastewater releases from its Kearl oilsands site will be complete next month.

  Environment

  Apr 20, 2023
  
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• Alberta silence over Kearl oilsands spill ‘worrisome,’ says federal environment minister

  Alberta has an agreement with Ottawa that all such events must be reported promptly to the federal department, which has enforcement responsibilities over water.

  Environment

  Mar 9, 2023
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• Alberta band chief angry over silence from Imperial Oil after Kearl oilsands tailings spill

  A northern Alberta band chief says he's angry over not being notified for nine months after two separate releases from an oilsands tailings pond.

  Environment

  Mar 2, 2023
• Imperial Oil quarterly profit tops $1B for first time in over 2 years

  A $716-million gain on the sale of its 497 service stations in the third quarter helped Imperial achieve a $1-billion quarterly profit for the first time since the second quarter of 2014.

  Money

  Oct 28, 2016
• Reaction to Alberta’s ‘ambitious’ climate change plan

  Find out how oilsands producers, environmental groups, and politicians in and out of Canada reacted to Alberta's climate change plan.

  Canada

  Nov 22, 2015