Dan Healing
TorontoStar
Calgary, AB, Canada
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Alberta sets sights on expanding forest products harvest as high prices drive returns
CALGARY - A drive to increase Alberta’s forest harvest as lumber prices hover at record heights is allowing members of a northern First Nation to beco... → Read More
U.S. doubles up on softwood lumber tariffs
CALGARY - A move by the U.S. Commerce Department to increase preliminary tariffs on softwood lumber imports from Canada, if finalized, will raise producer costs and cut into their profits but is unlikely to affect prices to consumers of wood products, analysts say. → Read More
U.S. moves to double tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber imports
CALGARY - A move by the U.S. Commerce Department to increase preliminary tariffs on softwood lumber imports from Canada, if finalized, will raise prod... → Read More
Forest product prices show continued strength, industry analysts report
CALGARY - Analysts say there’s little immediate relief in store for Canadian home renovators and builders despite a slight recent softening in the pac... → Read More
Ottawa ‘concerned’ as Centerra reports Kyrgyz government taking control of gold mine
CALGARY - Canadian miner Centerra Gold Inc. says the Kyrgyz Republic is moving to install external management at its Kumtor gold mine in the Central A... → Read More
TC Energy reports $1.1-billion net loss after $2.2-billion writedown on Keystone XL
CALGARY - TC Energy Corp. is reporting a first-quarter net loss of $1.1 billion after taking a $2.2-billion after-tax asset impairment charge on its c... → Read More
Home renovation savings prove elusive as wood prices at record highs
CALGARY - Canadian consumers have many ways to save money on home renovations despite a pandemic-driven surge in demand that has jolted lumber and construction panel prices to all-time highs. However, such advice usually falls on deaf ears, experts say. → Read More
Home renovation savings prove elusive as wood prices at record highs
CALGARY - Canadian consumers have many ways to save money on home renovations despite a pandemic-driven surge in demand that has jolted lumber and con... → Read More
Lower visits, revenue reported as pandemic measures created unpredictable ski season
CALGARY - Measures to control the COVID-19 pandemic made for a bumpy ride for most of the ski and snowboard industry in Canada, as revenues slumped ev... → Read More
Whitecap touts carbon capture growth opportunities, reports Q1 record production
CALGARY - The CEO of Whitecap Resources Inc. says his company is working to expand its ability to capture, store and use carbon dioxide to enhance oil... → Read More
Greenhouse gas emission targets boost enthusiasm for small modular nuclear reactors
CALGARY - The worldwide battle to control greenhouse gas emissions to fight climate change is the best thing that’s happened for growth in the nuclear... → Read More
New emission-cutting goals called ‘aggressive,’ ‘ambitious’ and ‘illogical’
CALGARY - New greenhouse gas emission cutting targets are being described as “extremely aggressive,” “ambitious” and “illogical” by members of the Can... → Read More
Hostile takeover target Inter Pipeline reports 60% of Heartland plant is contracted
CALGARY - Inter Pipeline Ltd. says it has signed take-or-pay contracts covering about 60 per cent of production from the Heartland Petrochemical Compl... → Read More
CP Rail CEO warns CN's offer can't be approved
CALGARY - The CEO of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. says a rival bid for Kansas City Southern by Canadian National Railway Co. carries a bigger price tag but can't win U.S. regulatory approval because of its negative affects on competition. → Read More
CP Rail appeals to U.S. regulator to rule on its KCS bid over rival CN takeover bid
CALGARY - Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. says it is appealing to the U.S. regulator that governs railway mergers to dispute a claim by Canadian Nationa... → Read More
CN Rail counters CP Rail's bid for U.S. railway
CALGARY - The CEO of Canadian National Railway Co. says his company's bid for Kansas City Southern will create a combined "safer, faster, cleaner and stronger railway" than the one proposed by rival Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. → Read More
CN makes rival bid to CP Rail’s offer to buy U.S. railway Kansas City Southern
CALGARY - The CEO of Canadian National Railway Co. says his company’s bid for Kansas City Southern will create a combined “safer, faster, cleaner and ... → Read More
One year after crude turned negative, oilpatch relishes first-quarter profit outlook
CALGARY - One year after oil prices crashed to their first and only negative close during a perfect storm of energy demand bad news, Canada’s oilpatch... → Read More
Study finds Alta quotas successfully boosted crude prices, warns of lingering effects
CALGARY - An oil curtailment system set in place by the Alberta NDP in early 2019 and continued by the United Conservative Party government was succes... → Read More
Seven Generations Energy and Arc Resources shareholders approve $8.1-billion merger
CALGARY - Shareholders owning more than 95 per cent of the stock in Arc Resources Ltd. have approved its merger with fellow Calgary-based producer Sev... → Read More