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Saskatchewan is looking to increase its critical mineral production and recently introduced a number of incentives to help achieve ambitious new targets.

In our February 27, 2015 blog posting, we alerted industry participants to new application requirements set out in the Joint Operating Procedures for First Nations Consultation on Energy Resource Activities.

We have written about a number of steps taken by the Ontario Energy Board to address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic (see here and here). The OEB continues to move forward with COVID-19 measures.

On November 26, 2014, Dawn Whittaker, Adrienne Oliver, Derek Chiasson and Darren Hueppelsheuser, hosted a live webcast on some key tax considerations for those with an interest in the mining industry.

The one-window approach to regulatory approvals is being cited by the government and by industry as a positive step towards a clearer process for the entire regulatory process from development to reclamation.

On August 29, 2018 Premier Doug Ford announced the removal of the cost of carbon tax from natural gas rates by October 1, 2018.

After 115 years under the old regime, the new Water Sustainability Act received Royal Assent on Friday May 20, 2014: an historic occasion to celebrate?

On March 27, 2012, Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan presented the 2012 Ontario budget. With a projected deficit of $15.2 billion in 2012-13, the Budget reveals a provincial government in need of additional revenues.

Last Wednesday, the Alberta Government directed that Alberta utility consumers suffering financial pressures arising from the COVID-19 pandemic be given the option to defer payment of their utility...

On June 20, 2016 the AER quietly published AER Bulletin 2016-16 in response to the decision of the Alberta Queen's Bench in the Redwater decision.

As set out in AER Bulletin 2014-30, effective October 1, 2014 the Alberta Energy Regulator assumed responsibility for the environmental assessment process under the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act for upstream oil, natural gas, oil sands, and coal projects in Alberta.

In two previous posts, BLG commented on Alberta Court of Queen's Bench decisions on an application by Precision Drilling Canada Limited Partnership for summary judgment against Yangarra Resources Ltd.

In Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd. v. EnCana Corporation, the Alberta Court of Appeal upheld a trial court's interpretation of "producible" to mean, in the context of an oil and gas lease's habendum clause, hydrocarbons which are capable of being produced "with no more to be done than turning on a valve."

On February 4, 2015, the Alberta Energy Regulator ("AER") and the Aboriginal Consultation Office ("ACO") released the Joint Operating Procedures for First Nations Consultation on Energy Resources Activities (the "Operating Procedures").

In the oil and gas regulatory sphere, Q2 marked the implementation of the third and final phase of the Alberta Energy Regulator’s new mandate.

On February 21, 2017, the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) issued a report providing "detailed information on how pipeline operators are performing compared with their peers across Alberta."

Further to our post on the proclamation of the Responsible Energy Development Act effective June 17, a number of additional steps have now been taken to prepare the regulator for launch.

On February 18, 2020, the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench granted an injunction compelling the Alberta Government 10 days...