The cuts could make worse Calgary's downtown office vacancy rate, which climbed to 28.7 per cent as of the end of September from 27 per cent in June.

Energy company Suncor plans to consolidate its Mississauga and Oakville offices to Calgary, it announced Monday.

The merged Cenovus Energy Inc. will remain headquartered in Alberta.

The government had previously planned to exit curtailment by the end of 2020 provided export routes were in place.

Alberta has announced a three-year deal that it says will prevent municipal taxes and levies from harming its already battered energy industry.

Premier Jason Kenney called the news "very disturbing" and said it could affect about 2,000 Albertans.

Trump's approval is the first step in the regulatory process on the U.S. side for a line that would transport oil, grain, ore and other goods.  

Capital spending in the country's oil and gas sector fell by 54 per cent in the quarter ended June 30 as numerous producers chopped budgets amid sliding global oil prices.

Filming in Sundre is expected to wrap up by Aug. 24 and will finish in Nisku, south of Edmonton, by the end of the month.

Alberta has signed an agreement with the federal government that makes major cuts to environmental monitoring of the oilsands.