The cuts were announced in a joint statement from Irving Oil president Ian Whitcomb and Irving Oil executive vice-president and Chief Brand Officer Sarah Irving on Wednesday. 

"We're proud to share our technology to help the fight against COVID-19."

The deadline has been in place for years, but the change is still expected to wallop prices for heavy oil containing high levels of sulphur, such as raw bitumen from the Alberta oilsands.

Irving Oil removed the pledge from its website earlier this year

Judge Henrik Tonning set the matter to resume on Feb. 20, 2020 at 9:30 a.m.

A malfunction in the refinery's diesel-treating unit, where sulphur is removed from diesel fuel, is believed to have been the cause of the explosion.

The new name for the $27-million, 127,000-square-foot facility -- now known as the Irving Oil Field House -- was officially unveiled Monday.

From soaring temperatures to provincial politics to the tragic Fredericton shooting, here are some of New Brunswick's top news stories from the second half of the year.

New Brunswick's Liberal party is trying to force big business to pay more taxes, the opposition wants to end property tax exceptions for businesses with heavy machinery and equipment.

Christopher Adam Carleton, an insulator with Grandview Insulation, fell from a 10-foot ladder onto his head on Feb. 5, while insulating pipes at the Irving Oil headquarters project in Saint John.