Nova Chemicals Corp. is closer to completing another piece of the regulatory groundwork connected to a $900-million polyethylene expansion.
Lacombe County council voted on Thursday to forward to Alberta’s Transportation Minister for approval a Nova request to close a road allowance to make way for a new rail yard.
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Its lease runs until 2036. But the local fish and game group’s gun range could be closed far sooner, if city council endorses a member’s resolution Tuesday.
Citing recent incidents at the northside range – with bullets striking homes in nearby neighbourhoods – Councillor Faron Ellis is calling for the facility to be closed permanently by the end of 2016.
It should also be shuttered until city council debates the issue, he says, if there are any further bullet strikes.
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Farmers have been taking on mounting debt, creating an unsustainable increase in land prices and risking a crash that would ripple through our economy.
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Everyone who keeps saying Alberta needs to upgrade more of the bitumen produced in the province were handed a big dose of reality Wednesday when Suncor and Total S.A. announced they were shelving the Voyageur upgrading project.
The decision included Suncor buying back Total’s 49-per-cent interest for $515 million, a figure that took some by surprise.
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A longstanding Fort McMurray landmark is due to come crashing down Saturday.
The property that housed Fort McMurray late night haunts Diggers Variety Club, Teasers Strip Bar and the Oil Can Tavern, in addition to the Oil Sands Hotel, closed its doors July 21. It was purchased Aug. 3 by the municipality and will be demolished Saturday at 8 a.m. The full demolition is expected to take approximately three to four days.
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CALGARY – Representatives from the U.S. Pentagon were in Fort McMurray this week as part of an effort to get former American soldiers out of their combat gear and into careers in the Canadian oilsands.
The officials — part of a Pentagon program aimed at helping military personnel transition back to civilian life — were guests of the Alberta government, which has targeted veterans as one possible solution for the province’s labour-starved energy industry.
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ASBURY PARK, N.J. — Drew Elia and Kelsey Tooker might lack a kitchen pantry and scenic living room view, but they do have a message for those who are ready — or think they are ready — to move into their first apartment.
“Be realistic,” said Tooker, 23.
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EDMONTON – Sandy McIntyre, co-chief executive with Sentry Investments, paints a rosy picture of our economy and says investors should be ready to take advantage of it.
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One of the oddest bits of news to emerge from the economic collapse of Cyprus is a corresponding rise in the value of Bitcoin, the Internet’s favorite, media-friendly, anarchist crypto-currency. In Spain, Google (GOOG) searches for “Bitcoin” and downloads of Bitcoin apps soared. The value of a Bitcoin went up to $78. Someone put out a press release promising a Bitcoin ATM in Cyprus. Far away, in Canada, a man said he’d sell his house for BTC5,362.
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The federal and provincial governments announced on Wednesday, March 27 that they are helping fund four road improvement projects in Strathcona County.
Funding for the projects includes $1.1 million from the federal Gas Tax fund and $2.1 million from Alberta’s Basic Municipal Transportation Grant.
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