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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