A controversial decision to increase cougar hunting in Alberta — including in parks — was ‘based on direction from [the] minister’ and input from hunters
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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
‘Increasingly concerned’: docs show B.C. government pushed back on Alberta electricity restrictions
Sharing electricity between provinces is crucial, especially during storms or outages. But documents show Alberta’s neighbours have been ringing alarm bells about its approach
Some landowners in rural Alberta don’t trust wind companies, alleging aggressive tactics
The wind company denies it coerced landowners. And unlike with oil and gas projects, landowners can reject a wind farm — so why do some feel so powerless?
Wind resistance: meet the Albertans protesting renewables in their backyards
Farmers and landowners say proposed wind turbines — some the size of the Calgary Tower — are little more than an urban idea forced onto rural communities. They have the ear of the Alberta government
‘We will not lie’: senior officials pushed back against Alberta government requests
Documents show Alberta’s electricity grid operator felt pressured to make false statements about the pause on renewables, but refused to comply
The CEO overseeing the redesign of Alberta’s electricity grid is gone. Questions remain
Internal documents reveal tensions even before the government-appointed board of the Alberta Electric System Operator replaced the CEO with one of their own
The big life — and looming death — of a Rocky Mountain defender
Originally published July 18, 2024 at The Narwhal. Read the full story here. In October 2021, Karsten Heuer found himself sprawled on the ground, helpless, at the bottom of an aspen tree. He had been searching for elk in Alberta’s Bow Valley, perched in a hunting stand nearly eight metres off the ground. Then he … Continue reading The big life — and looming death — of a Rocky Mountain defender
A senior Alberta official found the renewables pause ‘very troubling.’ He was pressured to support it anyway
Internal emails show the head of the Alberta Electric System Operator was 'not comfortable' with government’s plan to pause renewables. He was told to 'support the minister without reservation'
Drew Anderson 