The project was originally expected to cost $5.4B when it was first proposed by Kinder Morgan Inc. in 2013. The size of the latest cost increase for TMX caught even close observers of the project by surprise: "It’s absolutely disappointing on all fronts." financialpost.com/commodities/en…

After a news-filled week, the FP team and I dig into how Silicon Valley Bank shook up Canadian tech lending. Will the big banks fill the void? #siliconvalleybankcollapse #SVB #tech #venture #Banking #BankingCrisis financialpost.com/fp-finance/ban… via @

#ICYMI With all eyes on unrealized risks in the financial system, will Canada’s big banks including RBC and CIBC fill the void left by Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse? #Banking #BankingCrisis #CreditSuisse #UBS #finance #lending #venture

No matter your stance on carbon capture policies & subsidies for the oilpatch — I'm confident you'll find something to disagree with in our latest on the pitched battle underway over green spending in the 2023 federal budget. financialpost.com/commodities/en…

Alberta Energy Minister Pete Guthrie will require the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) to confirm that oil & gas companies aren't behind on municipal taxes (or at least that they have payment agreements in place) when applying for new licences and transfers.

Know what's hotter than inflation? Pamela Heaven's #cdnecon live blog of the Fed decision. Contributions from me, Stephanie Hughes and Gabe Friedman. Follow along: LIVE: Federal Reserve hikes rate by 25 basis points financialpost.com/news/economy/f…

#cdnecon's oil companies appear to be attractive targets for Wall Street activist investors. Meghan Potkins: Parkland targeted for shakeup by U.S. activist hedge fund over 'staggering' underperformance financialpost.com/commodities/en…

Many of the conversations among business leaders in Canada have shifted to how quickly Ottawa can enact the raft of energy transition policies they’ve already announced to keep the country’s economy competitive with the United States... financialpost.com/commodities/en… From Gabe Friedman

Some excellent #cdnecon reporting, via Meghan Potkins: In aftermath of Keystone spill, Canada's oilpatch frets about pipeline capacity as U.S. targets safety financialpost.com/commodities/en…

My former colleague Madeline Smith was at Edmonton City Hall this morning when shots were fired and she delivered this clear-eyed report about what she heard and saw. She’s such a pro and I’m so relieved she’s safe and nobody was injured. Listen to it here: cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

I've really receded from this platform, but as an update: yes, I was at Edmonton city hall covering a committee, when Tuesday's shooting happened. I am very much not the story here, but I talked through the details on our afternoon radio show: cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

Former city councillor Joe Magliocca's trial on fraud and breach of trust began today and it sounds like the witness list will be quite lengthy. It's been four years since we first reported on weirdness in his expenses. The wheels of justice, etc.... cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…

It hasn't been a particularly hot year for M&A activity in the Canadian oil patch... that is, until now. $CNQ and $CVX announce the biggest deal since Cenvous acquired Huskey in 2020. financialpost.com/commodities/en…

A regulatory squeeze on the purchase of Alberta land by foreign companies and foreign funds is deterring investment: lawyers financialpost.com/commodities/en…

The IEA’s blunt headline thesis — that oil demand could peak before the end of the decade — tends to provoke anger among oil bulls and belies the complicated future in store for Canada's energy sector. More: financialpost.com/commodities/en…