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Calgary Herald

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Varcoe: A blueprint for growth — Finding new export markets for oil, propane offers Canada 'huge opportunity'

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Edmonton Journal

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Varcoe: Shifting from ‘price-takers to price-seekers’ – new $1.3B LPG export project and TMX prove global demand for Canadian energy

Varcoe: Shifting from ‘price-takers to price-seekers’ – new $1.3B LPG export project and TMX prove global demand for Canadian energy
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Calgary Herald

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Varcoe: How can Canada become an LNG powerhouse – the head of TC Energy has some ideas

Varcoe: How can Canada become an LNG powerhouse – the head of TC Energy has some ideas
12.04.2025 3

Edmonton Journal

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Varcoe: 'A generational opportunity': Timely projects, political will needed to make Canada an LNG powerhouse

Varcoe: 'A generational opportunity': Timely projects, political will needed to make Canada an LNG powerhouse

'It's a time-bound opportunity, and we have to get our elbows up. We have to be a little bit more competitive'

11.04.2025 6

Calgary Herald

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Varcoe: Canadian producers more battle-tested than U.S. to withstand strain of low oil prices

Varcoe: Canadian producers more battle-tested than U.S. to withstand strain of low oil prices
10.04.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

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Varcoe: Canadian producers more battle-tested than U.S. to withstand strain of low oil prices

Varcoe: Canadian producers more battle-tested than U.S. to withstand strain of low oil prices

'We've been at this a lot longer than the U.S. industry . . . There's no doubt in my mind their sustaining capital requirements are a lot higher than...

09.04.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Varcoe: No need for Alberta to panic, Smith says, as oil prices tumble amid economic havoc in U.S.

Varcoe: No need for Alberta to panic, Smith says, as oil prices tumble amid economic havoc in U.S.
08.04.2025 5

Calgary Herald

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Varcoe: 'Market is fearful' — Global trade war, increased OPEC production shock oil prices, stocks

Varcoe: 'Market is fearful' — Global trade war, increased OPEC production shock oil prices, stocks
06.04.2025 8

Edmonton Journal

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Varcoe: 'Market is fearful' — Global trade war, increased OPEC production shock oil prices, stocks

Varcoe: 'Market is fearful' — Global trade war, increased OPEC production shock oil prices, stocks

“There's a lot of uncertainty around how this is going to impact the global economy”

05.04.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Varcoe: As Trump tariff clock ticks down, case for Canadian trade corridors is 'long overdue'

Varcoe: As Trump tariff clock ticks down, case for Canadian trade corridors is 'long overdue'
03.04.2025 3

Edmonton Journal

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Varcoe: As Trump tariff clock ticks down, case for Canadian trade corridors is 'long overdue'

Varcoe: As Trump tariff clock ticks down, case for Canadian trade corridors is 'long overdue'
02.04.2025 7

Calgary Herald

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Varcoe: Calgary office vacancy rate creeps above 30% — 'Like climbing out of a hole made of quicksand'

Varcoe: Calgary office vacancy rate creeps above 30% — 'Like climbing out of a hole made of quicksand'
01.04.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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New report shows Calgary's downtown office vacancy rate climbs back above 30%

31.03.2025 5

Calgary Sun

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Varcoe: How to turn growing public support for pipelines into action: 'Let's get it done' Eighty-eight per cent of respondents to a new poll see oil and natural gas as important to Canada's economy

Varcoe: How to turn growing public support for pipelines into action: 'Let's get it done' Eighty-eight per cent of respondents to a new poll see oil and natural gas as important to Canada's economy
30.03.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

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Varcoe: How to turn growing public support for pipelines into action: 'Let's get it done'

29.03.2025 8

Calgary Sun

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Varcoe: How to turn growing public support for pipelines into action: 'Let's get it done'

Varcoe: How to turn growing public support for pipelines into action: 'Let's get it done'

Eighty-eight per cent of respondents to a new poll see oil and natural gas as important to Canada's economy

29.03.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Varcoe: Will U.S. tariffs trigger Canadian stagflation? Bank of Canada faces test of rising prices, slowing economy

22.03.2025 9

Edmonton Journal

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Varcoe: Rising prices or slowing economy — Bank of Canada faces test picking priority amid tariff war

21.03.2025 30

Calgary Herald

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Varcoe: Guilbeault out, Wilkinson stays as energy boss in Carney cabinet, as wary oilpatch watches

16.03.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

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Varcoe: Guilbeault out, Wilkinson stays as energy boss in Carney cabinet, as wary oilpatch watches

15.03.2025 50

Calgary Herald

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Varcoe: Danielle Smith wants Canada to play 'long game' on U.S. tariffs, touts energy co-operation

15.03.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Varcoe: Danielle Smith wants Canada to play 'long game' on U.S. tariffs, touts energy co-operation

14.03.2025 6

Edmonton Journal

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Varcoe: Energy a weapon in Ontario, off-limits in Alberta as Trump tariff war escalates 'We’re trying everything and anything to see what gets them to wake up and realize this tariff war helps no one'

13.03.2025 8

Edmonton Journal

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Varcoe: Energy a weapon in Ontario, off-limits in Alberta as Trump tariff war escalates

12.03.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Varcoe: Whitecap and Veren $15B blockbuster merger builds bigger energy company that's able to 'weather the storm'

11.03.2025 6

Calgary Herald

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Varcoe: Double trouble as oil price falls and Trump tariffs leave oilpatch on edge

08.03.2025 5

Edmonton Journal

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Varcoe: Double trouble as oil price falls and Trump tariffs leave oilpatch on edge

07.03.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Varcoe: 'Elbows-up' - last call for U.S. booze, but Alberta will keep serving oil and gas in tariff war

07.03.2025 2

Edmonton Journal

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Varcoe: Last call for U.S. booze, but Alberta will keep serving oil and gas in tariff war

06.03.2025 8

Calgary Herald

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Varcoe: 'The damage is done': Flow of Canadian oil to U.S. continues, even as relationship fractures

Although the integrated North American energy system has just been dealt a blow by the U.S. trade action, it still matters You can save this article...

06.03.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

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Varcoe: 'The damage is done': Flow of Canadian oil to U.S. continues, even as relationship fractures

05.03.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Varcoe: Premier questions need for 'corporate grants' as province eyes future spending, delivers personal tax cut

01.03.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Varcoe: 'Watershed moment for Alberta,' as province shifts from surpluses to string of budget deficits

28.02.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Varcoe: Finance minister says U.S. tariffs would double deficit, crimp revenues in new Alberta budget, but economy will still grow

'I think from a budgeting perspective, it's prepare for the worst and hope for the best — and have the flexibility to respond'

27.02.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Varcoe: Canadian oil producers face $7B hit from Trump energy tariffs — but U.S. consumers would see $22B wallop, study finds

27.02.2025 8

Calgary Herald

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Varcoe: Two promising signs for Alberta's economy? 15 proposed data centres and billions raised by tech sector

'The Alberta economy is a door — and it's widening and more is spinning through it now'

22.02.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Varcoe: Canadian oil producers stand by spending plans, but it's uncertain who would foot bill from Trump tariffs

The question of how the U.S. levy and counter-tariffs could ripple through the sector is crucial, as trade disruptions could freeze investment and...

21.02.2025 7

Calgary Herald

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Varcoe: U.S. tariffs the 'elephant in the room' as Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner prepares challenging new budget

20.02.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Varcoe: What would it take to revive Energy East or Northern Gateway? 'Real change,' says Enbridge CEO

15.02.2025 10

Winnipeg Sun

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Varcoe: WestJet deal with global aviation giant to spur new engine repair facility — puts Calgary hub 'on the map'

14.02.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Varcoe: 'Seismic shift' — Canadians want more domestically produced energy, poll finds

14.02.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Varcoe: Calgary No. 2 among Canadian cities most vulnerable to tariffs, but there's 'no overnight solution'

'There's a lot of trade with energy — oil and gas and other related products — that are tied up in there and, at current, there's not many...

12.02.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Varcoe: Canadian governments would need 'financial skin in the game' to get new pipelines built

Federal Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson indicates U.S. tariff talk has proven that the Trans Mountain expansion project was “an...

08.02.2025 40

Calgary Herald

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Varcoe: 'A moment or a movement' — Canadian support for sea-to-sea pipelines near 80% amid threat of Trump tariffs

06.02.2025 10

Vancouver Sun

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Varcoe: 'A moment or a movement' — Canadian support for sea-to-sea pipelines near 80% amid threat of Trump tariffs

06.02.2025 5

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Varcoe: 'A moment or a movement' — Canadian support for sea-to-sea pipelines near 80% amid threat of Trump tariffs

06.02.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Varcoe: 'One tweet and they're back': Alberta businesses use 30-day pause to prepare for tariff trouble

'We have been given a 30-day reprieve to fill up the sandbags. Just because the river has ebbed a little bit, there are still storms on the horizon'

05.02.2025 20

Calgary Herald

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Varcoe: Could Trump's tariff on Canadian oil see Alberta bring back curtailment?

04.02.2025 6

Calgary Herald

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Varcoe: Volatility and uncertainty is 'just madness': Trump says tariffs will target Canadian oil and gas

U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed Friday that tariffs are coming on Canada, including on oil and natural gas.

02.02.2025 9

Calgary Herald

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Varcoe: Volatility and uncertainty is 'just madness': Trump says tariffs will target Canadian oil and gas

01.02.2025 10

Calgary Sun

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