Oil Patch

• First Nations appeal decisions to suspend Alberta oil patch monitoring

  This is not how you pursue "ethical oil," said Mikisew Cree First Nation Chief Archie Waquan.

  Canada

  Jun 5, 2020
  
• Alberta oil and gas advocacy group cancels ‘Convoy to Ottawa’

  A coalition of Alberta oil and gas advocacy groups has cancelled a truck convoy to Ottawa it was planning for February due to "unexpected challenges."

  Canada

  Jan 14, 2019
  
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• Struggling oil sector spreads throughout local Estevan economy

  The prolonged resource price downturn has taken a tole on the Estevan oil sector, and the pinch is being felt downtown on 4th Street.

  Economy

  Jan 9, 2019
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• Little hope seen for Canadian oilpatch activity growth as steep price discounts continue

  The Canadian oil and gas sector is in a holding pattern in which spending and production growth can't occur until new ways to get products to export markets are found, according to CIBC analyst Jon Morrison.

  Money

  Oct 16, 2018
• Federal government to study oil and gas competition

  It looks like Canada’s role on the international oil and gas stage is shrinking, and Ottawa wants to know why.

  Canada

  Apr 6, 2018
• Weyburn, Sask. struggles to fill jobs in the oil industry

  “Now hiring” -- the words workers in the oil patch have been waiting to hear are flashing across billboards in Weyburn, Sask.

  Canada

  Jan 16, 2017
• As oil patch sheds jobs, unemployment claims rise steadily in Saskatchewan, Alberta

  More and more people in Saskatchewan and Alberta are claiming unemployment benefits in the wake of Western Canada's devastated energy economy. Saskatoon is especially hard-hit.

  Politics

  Apr 21, 2016
• Alberta’s economy doing worse than expected, TD report warns

  Ontario’s economy is doing better than the bank’s economists expected, and Alberta quite a lot worse, a report published yesterday by TD Economics says.

  Canada

  Apr 6, 2016
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• Oil slips below US$30, joining loonie in hitting fresh historic lows

  Crude oil briefly dipped below US$30 a barrel on Tuesday, hours after the Canadian dollar fell beneath the 70-cent U.S. mark.

  Canada

  Jan 12, 2016
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• Oil crash ‘dire’ but slump may be reaching bottom: Alberta minister

  The finance minister for Alberta, home to the bulk of the country’s beleaguered energy industry, says a bottom – and the start of recovery – is now forming.

  Canada

  Dec 22, 2015