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Varcoe: Trans Mountain files pitch for new pipeline expansion, as Canada aims to boost oil exports to Asia If the project proceeds it would boost Trans Mountain’s capacity by 210,000 barrels per day

Varcoe: Trans Mountain files pitch for new pipeline expansion, as Canada aims to boost oil exports to Asia If the project proceeds it would boost Trans Mountain’s capacity by 210,000 barrels per day

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Edmonton Journal

Chris Varcoe

Varcoe: Trans Mountain files pitch for new pipeline expansion, as Canada aims to boost oil exports to Asia

Varcoe: Trans Mountain files pitch for new pipeline expansion, as Canada aims to boost oil exports to Asia

If the project proceeds it would boost Trans Mountain’s capacity by 210,000 barrels per day

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Calgary Herald

Chris Varcoe

Varcoe: One oil price spike, two Alberta surpluses and an improved economic outlook amid global turbulence Finance Minister Jason Nixon is also predicting a surplus for 2025-26

Varcoe: One oil price spike, two Alberta surpluses and an improved economic outlook amid global turbulence Finance Minister Jason Nixon is also predicting a surplus for 2025-26

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Edmonton Journal

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Varcoe: One oil price spike, two Alberta surpluses and an improved economic outlook amid global turbulence

Varcoe: One oil price spike, two Alberta surpluses and an improved economic outlook amid global turbulence

Finance Minister Jason Nixon is also predicting a surplus for 2025-26

27.08.2026 6

Calgary Herald

Chris Varcoe

Varcoe: Don't do anything 'dumb': Using energy as weapon in trade war should be a 'non-starter,' says Smith Smith says the Americans have a bigger stick when it comes to placing tariffs or cutting off energy exports

Varcoe: Don't do anything 'dumb': Using energy as weapon in trade war should be a 'non-starter,' says Smith Smith says the Americans have a bigger stick when it comes to placing tariffs or cutting off energy exports

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Edmonton Journal

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Varcoe: Don't do anything 'dumb': Using energy as weapon in trade war should be a 'non-starter,' says Smith

Varcoe: Don't do anything 'dumb': Using energy as weapon in trade war should be a 'non-starter,' says Smith

Smith says the Americans have a bigger stick when it comes to placing tariffs or cutting off energy exports

26.08.2026 20

Calgary Herald

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Varcoe: 'Nobody wins here': Energy in clear, but Alberta businesses will take hits in trade brawl with U.S.

Varcoe: 'Nobody wins here': Energy in clear, but Alberta businesses will take hits in trade brawl with U.S.

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Edmonton Journal

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Varcoe: 'Nobody wins here': Energy in clear, but Alberta businesses will take hits in trade brawl with U.S.

Varcoe: 'Nobody wins here': Energy in clear, but Alberta businesses will take hits in trade brawl with U.S.

Construction and honey industries expect financial impacts

24.08.2026 10

Calgary Herald

Chris Varcoe

Varcoe: Alberta suffered a $1.3 billion hit on KXL – should it factor into Trump's call to bring back the pipeline?

Varcoe: Alberta suffered a $1.3 billion hit on KXL – should it factor into Trump's call to bring back the pipeline?

"It was the United States government that really dealt a blow to its trading relationship with Canada by blocking that project,” said former Alberta...

22.08.2026 20

Calgary Herald

Chris Varcoe

Varcoe: Trump wants Keystone XL revived, Canada wants lower tariffs – and a trade deal looms Keystone XL resurrection talk comes as Alberta and Canada propose new oil pipeline to the West Coast

Varcoe: Trump wants Keystone XL revived, Canada wants lower tariffs – and a trade deal looms Keystone XL resurrection talk comes as Alberta and Canada propose new oil pipeline to the West Coast

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Edmonton Journal

Chris Varcoe

Varcoe: Trump wants Keystone XL revived, Canada wants lower tariffs – while a trade deal looms

Varcoe: Trump wants Keystone XL revived, Canada wants lower tariffs – while a trade deal looms

Keystone XL resurrection talk comes as Alberta and Canada propose new oil pipeline to the West Coast

19.08.2026 10

Calgary Herald

Chris Varcoe

Varcoe: 'Pretty incredible' - Calgary sees tech sector employment top 80,000, has fastest job growth in North America for 3rd year in row CBRE report has Calgary moving up to 15th spot across North America in its annual tech talent study

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Edmonton Journal

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Varcoe: 'Pretty incredible' - Calgary sees tech sector employment top 80,000, has fastest job growth in North America for 3rd year in row

CBRE report has Calgary moving up to 15th spot across North America in its annual tech talent study

18.08.2026 10

Calgary Herald

Chris Varcoe

Varcoe: Portrait of Canada as an energy superpower comes into focus, but fine details yet to come

01.08.2026 20

Edmonton Journal

Chris Varcoe

Varcoe: Portrait of Canada as an energy superpower comes into focus, but fine details yet to come

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National Post

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Varcoe: Portrait of Canada as an energy superpower comes into focus, but fine details yet to come

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Calgary Herald

Chris Varcoe

Varcoe: Natural gas 'flying under the radar' but big growth is coming 'Gas is quietly doing its thing. There is still a lot more gas to be found, a lot more supply growth to come and a lot more demand growth to come'

31.07.2026 40

Edmonton Journal

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Varcoe: Natural gas 'flying under the radar' but big demand growth is coming in Canada

'Gas is quietly doing its thing. There is still a lot more gas to be found, a lot more supply growth to come and a lot more demand growth to come'

30.07.2026 20

Calgary Herald

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Varcoe: Cenovus CEO touts 'incredible milestone,' as company set to hit million-barrel-a-day mark And Jon McKenzie sees the potential for more growth in Canada

30.07.2026 30

Edmonton Journal

Chris Varcoe

Varcoe: Cenovus CEO touts 'incredible milestone,' as company set to hit million-barrel-a-day mark

And Jon McKenzie sees the potential for more growth in Canada

29.07.2026 20

Calgary Herald

Chris Varcoe

Varcoe: 'Not just talk': Action on pipeline capacity fuelling 'positivity' among Alberta energy leaders Across the sector, there is a growing sense of what's possible — that new pipeline projects could move ahead and diversify Canada's exports

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Edmonton Journal

Chris Varcoe

Varcoe: 'Not just talk': Action on pipeline capacity fuelling 'positivity' among Alberta energy leaders

Across the sector, there is a growing sense of what's possible — that new pipeline projects could move ahead and diversify Canada's exports

29.07.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Chris Varcoe

Varcoe: The years-long quest — and future road map — to bringing data centres to Alberta The opportunity of bringing data centre investment to Alberta has its genesis in November 2021 with Amazon Web Services

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Edmonton Journal

Chris Varcoe

Varcoe: The years-long quest — and future road map — to bringing data centres to Alberta

The opportunity of bringing data centre investment to Alberta has its genesis in November 2021 with Amazon Web Services

10.07.2026 40

Calgary Herald

Chris Varcoe

Varcoe: Meta unveils massive $13B, gigawatt-scale development in Alberta, Canada's largest data centre The massive data centre campus in Sturgeon Country, about 35 kilometres north of Edmonton, will be geared towards AI workloads

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Edmonton Journal

Chris Varcoe

Varcoe: Meta unveils massive $13B, gigawatt-scale development in Alberta, Canada's largest data centre

The massive data centre campus in Sturgeon Country, about 35 kilometres north of Edmonton, will be geared towards AI workloads

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Calgary Herald

Chris Varcoe

Varcoe: Pipelines aplenty, but more Alberta oil production needed to fill them

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Edmonton Journal

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Varcoe: Pipelines aplenty, but more Alberta oil production needed to fill them

'We've got to think big, and we've got to be looking at being one of the top three energy producers and exporters in the world,' said Danielle Smith

06.07.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Chris Varcoe

Varcoe: 'Investments are riding on this' — great expectations as Alberta pursues West Coast pipeline proposal The message from the federal government surrounding oil and gas has shifted “like night and day."

02.07.2026 50

Edmonton Journal

Chris Varcoe

Varcoe: 'Investments are riding on this' — great expectations as Alberta pursues West Coast pipeline proposal

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Calgary Sun

Chris Varcoe

Varcoe: 'Investments are riding on this' — great expectations as Alberta pursues West Coast pipeline proposal

The message from the federal government surrounding oil and gas has shifted “like night and day."

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Calgary Herald

Chris Varcoe

Varcoe: Decade-high number of Canadian petroleum producers valued at $1B or more, in wake of consolidation wave 'The interest in Canada has picked up a lot,' said Brian Schmidt, CEO of Calgary-based Tamarack Valley Energy

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Edmonton Journal

Chris Varcoe

Varcoe: Decade-high number of Canadian petroleum producers valued at $1B or more, in wake of consolidation wave

'The interest in Canada has picked up a lot,' said Brian Schmidt, CEO of Calgary-based Tamarack Valley Energy

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Calgary Herald

Chris Varcoe

Varcoe: New survey finds 68% Alberta businesses seeing effects of separation talk on economy 'This is having an impact, and it is something that they're concerned about — and it is constraining their decisions around ... investment and deployment of capital and hiring,' said Alberta Chambers of Commerce CEO Shauna Feth

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Edmonton Journal

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Varcoe: Majority of Alberta chamber members see negative effects of separation debate on economy, survey finds

'This is having an impact, and it is something that they're concerned about — and it is constraining their decisions around ... investment and...

25.06.2026 40

Calgary Herald

Chris Varcoe

Varcoe: Data centre progress in Alberta set to speed up as 'all pieces of the broader puzzle' come together 'We didn't even look for data centres — those site selectors search the world to find the right places, and they found us,' said Sturgeon County Mayor Alanna Hnatiw

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Edmonton Journal

Chris Varcoe

Varcoe: Data centre progress in Alberta set to speed up as 'all pieces of the broader puzzle' come together

'We didn't even look for data centres — those site selectors search the world to find the right places, and they found us,' said Sturgeon County...

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Calgary Herald

Chris Varcoe

Varcoe: Alberta to see solid economic growth amid turbulence this year, while new manufacturing and energy projects advance

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Calgary Herald

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Varcoe: 'Alberta has been here before,' says finance minister as oil prices spark budget turnaround, energy rebates

'We're actually not in a situation yet where we have that significant surplus,' Alberta Finance Minister Jason Nixon told the Calgary Chamber of...

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Calgary Herald

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Varcoe: Oil markets fall on news of U.S.-Iran deal, but experts expect 'prices will start to grind higher'

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16.06.2026 40

Edmonton Journal

Chris Varcoe

Varcoe: Oil markets fall on news of U.S.-Iran deal, but experts expect 'prices will start to grind higher'

'Even with what's happened (with the deal), it doesn't change our view that we're in for a period of structurally higher oil prices,' said ATB...

16.06.2026 40

Calgary Herald

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Varcoe: 'A big green light for Canada': More international capital flowing back into country's oil and gas sector As uncertainty ripples through global energy market investors are paying attention to Canada

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Edmonton Journal

Chris Varcoe

Varcoe: 'A big green light for Canada': More international capital flowing back into country's oil and gas sector

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Calgary Herald

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Varcoe: Despite pipeline fight, Canadian governments agree on push to get green light for two new LNG projects

11.06.2026 40

Edmonton Journal

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Varcoe: Despite pipeline fight, Canadian governments agree on push to get green light for two new LNG projects

Canada has large reserves of natural gas, and export projects on the British Columbia Coast can offer shorter shipping times to markets in Asia,...

10.06.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Chris Varcoe

Varcoe: In wake of energy pact with Ottawa, Smith touts 'single-greatest expansion of pipelines in decades' 'It's remarkable how much expansion we're seeing, and that wouldn't have been possible if the emissions cap was still in place,' said Smith

10.06.2026 50

Edmonton Journal

Chris Varcoe

Varcoe: In wake of energy pact with Ottawa, Smith touts 'single-greatest expansion of pipelines in decades'

'It's remarkable how much expansion we're seeing, and that wouldn't have been possible if the emissions cap was still in place,' said Smith

09.06.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Chris Varcoe

Varcoe: 'Beginning of a trend' — Canadian oil producers hiking spending plans, with crude prices expected to stay high

Canadian petroleum producers are becoming increasingly convinced that high oil prices are likely to stick around through the rest of the year, and...

05.06.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Chris Varcoe

Varcoe: 'All of the above' — Canadian energy leaders back diversification, but U.S. remains key customer 'We need to increase the rate of growth to other markets faster than the rate of growth to the U.S.,' said Carlo Dade, director of international policy at the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy

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04.06.2026 50

Edmonton Journal

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Varcoe: 'All of the above' — Canadian energy leaders back diversification, but U.S. remains key customer

Before travelling to the United States to discuss the future of the North American trade deal, federal cabinet minister Dominic LeBlanc sat down for...

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Calgary Herald

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