Industry

Canadian Natural budget rises by $250 million on curtailment ease - additional rigs and jobs for Alberta

CALGARY - Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. says its 2020 capital budget will be $250 million higher than last year as it adds about 60 drilling locations across Alberta and puts three additional rigs t...

Dec 04, 2019 CHATNEWSTODAY FILE IMAGE

CN conductors' union gives 72-hour strike notice as talks continue

TORONTO - Canadian National Railways conductors, trainpersons and yardpersons have given strike notice ahead of a Tuesday deadline. The union, which represents 3,200 workers, provided the 72...

Nov 16, 2019

Scientist responds to critique of industry ties after publishing study on red meat

HALIFAX - A Canadian researcher who co-led a study that challenges well-worn advice to limit meat consumption has responded to criticisms he should have disclosed past ties to the globa...

Oct 05, 2019 (File photo/The Canadian Press)

B.C. gets injunction against Alberta's turn-off-the-taps law

CALGARY - A Federal Court judge has granted the British Columbia government a temporary injunction against an Alberta law that could have limited oil exports to other provinces. Justice Sebastien Gram...

Sep 24, 2019 CHATNEWSTODAY FILE

Warning signs prior to city's multi-million dollar purchase of Manyberries oilfield

Medicine Hat, AB - There were warning signs in 2011 of what would become a years long and multi-million dollar legal fight between Medicine Hat and federal government over protections of an endangered...

Sep 19, 2019 Photo courtesy of the Alberta Wilderness Association - One of several billboards the Alberta Wilderness Association commissioned in the fall of 2011 advertising the dwindling numbers of sage grouse in Alberta.

Council laments loss of gas wells while mayor remains silent

Medicine Hat, AB - The city expects to be able to take a substantial bite out its estimated $300 million in environmental liabilities connected to oil and gas development, council heard on Monday nigh...

Sep 17, 2019 Photo courtesy of Colton McKee - City energy commissioner Brad Maynes briefs council on the plan to shutter 2,000 gas wells during Monday's council meeting.

Gas City to abandon majority of gas wells through $90 million program

Medicine Hat, AB - The City of Medicine Hat will be spending $90 million over the next three years as it commences a program to abandon more than 2000 of its gas wells, officials announced on Wednesda...

Sep 11, 2019 Photo courtesy Bob Schneider - Brad Maynes describes the city's gas well abandonment program Wednesday at city hall.

Couple putting unique stamp on Youngstown

Youngstown, AB - The slogan on Youngstown's welcome sign might be "Sportsman's Paradise" but two of the village's newest residents are creating a dream of their own in the community.David and Jennifer...

Aug 26, 2019 Photo by Alex McCuaig - Some of the artwork on display at the Back In Time Museum in Youngstown.

Canadian government invests $4.2 million into Southern Alberta’s rail infrastructure

Medicine Hat, AB - The federal government has made a significant infrastructure investment in Southern Alberta.Minister of Natural Resources Canada announced the federal government will invest $4.2 mi...

Aug 26, 2019 The Fort Mile Rail line (Photo: Forty Mile Rail Inc. at 40mr.ca)

Mixed bag jobs report

MEDICINE HAT, AB - The number of new jobs the city has risen but so has the unemployment rate, according to the latest Medicine Hat-specific employment numbers released by Statistics Canada Friday.The...

Aug 09, 2019