Analysis finds the Alberta government allows millions of dollars of taxpayer money to wind up in the hands of a few ranchers grazing cattle on public land. The government has long ignored calls to fix the system
‘Direct violation’: Alberta ignored its own rules by transferring wells to delinquent oil company, data suggests
First published Dec. 11, 2025 at The Narwhal. Read the full story here. The Alberta Energy Regulator appears to have ignored a direct ministerial order meant to protect rural municipalities and prevent struggling oil and gas companies from obtaining new licences, data obtained by The Narwhal reveals. At issue is a transfer of 170 oil … Continue reading ‘Direct violation’: Alberta ignored its own rules by transferring wells to delinquent oil company, data suggests
Alberta let an oil and gas company ‘in survival mode’ take over 170 wells. Now it’s not paying its bills
In an email obtained by The Narwhal, MAGA Energy recommended landowners ask the government for reimbursement of its outstanding lease payments
‘By the wayside’: rural Albertans are angry at companies not paying their bills
Landowners ring alarm bells about the Alberta government paying them on behalf of delinquent oil and gas companies
Appetite for investing in electricity projects shifting ‘away from Alberta,’ say investors
A report quietly released this summer by Alberta’s electricity grid operator finds investment has been ‘significantly undermined’ — especially for renewables
‘Broken’ trust: senior political staffers met by jeers at meeting with rural Albertans
Alberta’s oil and gas well problem is a ‘giant stinking pile of shit,’ according to the premier’s special advisor, who wrote the province’s strategy to address the issue and is on the Alberta Energy Regulator board
Two Albertas: rural town halls and Big Oil’s halls of power
A meeting in rural Alberta reveals a knot of tension in the global oil industry: who bears its burden? It's a divide between economic promises and the struggles of small communities
‘Not based on science’: documents show internal government scramble to expand Alberta cougar hunt
A controversial decision to increase cougar hunting in Alberta — including in parks — was ‘based on direction from [the] minister’ and input from hunters
Alberta considering killing its industrial carbon tax, email shows
Alberta introduced North America’s first industrial carbon tax in 2007. Now an industry email obtained by The Narwhal lays out three options it says the government is proposing to scrap or alter the plan
Tracking down prominent Albertans behind delinquent oil and gas companies
A former prime minister, a major philanthropist and a host of developers emerge from a tangled web of corporate ownership in the patch
Drew Anderson 