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Layoffs loom as CN Rail strike hits everything from chemical plants to farmers to oil

November 25, 2019 SuitsBoots 0

Workers are receiving lay-off notices and chemical companies face shutdowns as the effects of Canada’s largest rail strike in a decade ripples through the economy. The strike by about 3,200 conductors and railyard operators at […]

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Forget OPEC: China Now Moves The Oil Markets

November 23, 2019 SuitsBoots 0

Not so long ago, oil prices would surge or plummet on just a whisper from OPEC, who at the time held all the supply cards. The mere hint that the world’s most powerful oil cartel […]

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99 Oil Rigs Gone And Counting: Rig Count Falls Again

November 23, 2019 SuitsBoots 0

The US oil and gas rig count continued to fall this week, according to Baker Hughes, falling another 3 rigs for the week, according to Baker Hughes. For oil rigs, this week marks the twelfth […]

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David Staples: Oil and gas and cattle industries under fire at Canadian schools

November 22, 2019 SuitsBoots 0

The Canadian oil and gas and cattle industries are under fire at schools across Canada. Climate activist Steve Lee is taking aim at fossil fuel and meat consumption as part of his crusade to turn […]

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Outcome of China-U.S. trade fight raises questions for Canada’s oilpatch

November 20, 2019 SuitsBoots 0

The Canadian Energy Research Institute is flagging the potential outcome of a trade pact between the United States and China should it result in American producers becoming preferred suppliers of oil and gas to the Asian economic giant. While […]

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How the American environmental movement dealt a blow to Alberta’s oilpatch

November 19, 2019 SuitsBoots 0

The strategy to stifle Alberta’s oilsands came together in a hotel near a mall in Minneapolis over a decade ago. It was the fall of 2008, and a group of environmental activists spent part of a conference […]

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The Five Biggest Enemies Of Oil & Gas

November 18, 2019 SuitsBoots 0

The oil and gas industry used to be untouchable. It’s not anymore. Enemies have surrounded it in a pincer movement, and now, it’s all-out war.  From public sentiment to government meddling, we’ve outlined the five […]

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Environmentalists hope self-imposed ban on heavy fuel oil will get regulators talking

November 18, 2019 SuitsBoots 0

In the midst of international steps to ban the cheapest and dirtiest go-to fuel in Arctic seas, one industry group has gone ahead with a self-imposed ban — a move some hope will put pressure […]

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Pipeline protesters block trucks headed for Burnaby tank farm

November 18, 2019 SuitsBoots 0

Anti-pipeline protesters held up five dump trucks headed for the Trans Mountain tank farm on Burnaby Mountain Friday. About a half dozen demonstrators carrying Extinction Rebellion signs and wearing ponchos emblazoned with the environmental movement’s […]

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Trans Mountain pipeline protesters arrested in Burnaby, Blue River, and Valemount

November 18, 2019 SuitsBoots 0

Anti-pipeline activists continue to be arrested near Trans Mountain sites across British Columbia, including a senior taken into custody in the Lower Mainland yesterday. Around 4:40 p.m. on October 24, RCMP arrested a 71-year-old man […]

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