Alberta oil sands, water in conflict 11/18/2007
New study reports high levels of carcinogens, toxic substances in fish, water and sediment downstream from projects
In the words of Mark Twain: Whisky is for drinking. Water is for fighting over. Some might consider posting that quip in large letters over 90,000 acres of what was once forest and wetlands and is now...

MGM Energy breaks new ground 10/21/2007
Mackenzie explorer strikes agreement to deliver gas to gathering pipelines; company wants assurance it can deliver what it finds
MGM Energy, the Calgary-based junior explorer with big ambitions for Canada's Far North, has signed the first "outside" deal to deliver natural gas to the proposed Mackenzie Valley pipeline. The capac...

Step forward for Mac line 07/29/2007
Dene Tha get C$25M for economic, cultural concerns and promise to end litigation
The Canadian government has negotiated a C$25 million settlement with an aboriginal community of 2,500 in northwestern Alberta, laying the groundwork to resolve other First Nations' disputes blocking...

Conservation trumps pipeline 04/15/2007
Deh Cho take decisive step in linking Mac gas project approval to its agenda
After years of bluster, rhetoric, ultimatums and legal ploys, it seems to have finally come down to an all-or-nothing demand from the Deh Cho First Nations. The chances of unified aboriginal support f...

Deh Cho: No conservation, no pipeline 04/08/2007
This time the last aboriginal holdout against the Mackenzie gas pipeline project has the backing of four environmental groups
The Deh Cho First Nation has issued another ultimatum to the Canadian government - either a sprawling area of the Northwest Territories is set aside as a conservation area or there will be no gas...

Mackenzie natural gas pipeline project assailed from all sides 12/31/2006
Proponents of the Mackenzie Gas Project have invested about C$500 million in the venture so far, but a confluence of rising costs, weakening economics and aboriginal resistance that has slowed down th...

Clearing path for Mac gas 12/10/2006
Deh Cho ponder offer; decision in spring; Dene Tha get federal consultation officer
There are signs of action to move two stumbling blocks standing in the path of the Mackenzie Gas Project. A decision is likely this spring by the Deh Cho First Nations on whether they will accept the...

Solidarity wavers 10/15/2006
Two Deh Cho First Nations ready to split, join Mackenzie Gas Project
Cracks are appearing in the ranks of Deh Cho First Nations, with two of the 14 groups making up the umbrella organization ready to break away and join the Mackenzie Gas Project. The communities at For...

Fort Liard sale draws a blank 10/08/2006
The Canadian government's efforts to revive interest in the Fort Liard natural gas play in the Northwest Territories has fizzled. No interest was shown by any EandP companies when federal Indian and Nor...

Changes afoot in Arctic 10/01/2006
Anadarko, EnCana pull out of Canada's Arctic, but good news on Mac gas line
EnCana has put its array of northern Canadian holdings on the block, Anadarko is looking for buyers for its Mackenzie Delta and other Arctic assets, Devon Canada has backed away from drilling in Canad...

Beyond the Delta 09/24/2006
Imperial reviews Beaufort Sea discoveries, says part of on-going work
Imperial Oil is thinking beyond the Mackenzie Gas Project, but not with the current thought of tying its larger Arctic natural gas resources to a Mackenzie Valley pipeline. Its geologists are taking...

Mackenzie hydro stalled 09/17/2006
NWT stalls gas line power project because Imperial unwilling to sign deal
The Northwest Territories government has stalled a C$600 million power project to serve the Mackenzie Gas Project, while aboriginal leaders are joining forces to safeguard the quality of water in Nort...

Back the Mac or pay price 08/27/2006
Harper says NWT's failure to clear way for gas line could jeopardize hopes
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has put the Northwest Territories' collective feet to the fire, linking support for the Mackenzie Gas Project to the region's hopes for a greater chunk of resour...

Leaders back exploration 08/20/2006
Deh Cho support opens Fort Liard area to gas explorers for first time in decade
Deh Cho leaders in Canada's Northwest Territories have set aside their objections to resource development without a land claim in their region by unanimously backing a federal call for nominations in...

Deh Cho misses deadline 08/13/2006
Won't join pipeline group, demands access to agreements; Fort Liard in question
The Deh Cho First Nations have chosen not join other aboriginal communities by taking an equity stake in the Mackenzie Gas Project, pushing their region closer to an internal division. By failing to...

Setbacks don't mean backing down 07/30/2006
Mackenzie Gas Project hit with 5-month regulatory delay; partners, NWT government keep the big prize in their sights
The challenges were formidable to begin with and they just keep building. That's something that neither the proponents of the Mackenzie Gas Project, nor those who stand to benefit from opening a natur...

Deh Cho scorn Mackenzie project deadline 07/09/2006
Aboriginal Pipeline Group, government both pushing hold-out First Nations; Norwegian says commitment may be as late as December
The Deh Cho First Nations remain unmoved by a July 31 deadline to join other aboriginal communities in the Mackenzie Gas Project or by an ultimatum from federal Indian and Northern Affairs Minister Ji...

Deh Cho get new Mac deadline 06/25/2006
The Deh Cho First Nations have been given another month to decide whether they are onboard or not with the Mackenzie Gas Project. The Aboriginal Pipeline Group, which represents aboriginal regions alo...

Dealing with the Deh Cho 06/11/2006
Canada tables offer to end Mac conflict; Prentice positive, Deh Cho hesitant
The message from the Canadian government to the Deh Cho First Nations seems to be: Take it or leave it. The advice from other aboriginal regions in the Northwest Territories to the Deh Cho amounts to:...

NWT minister pitches prospects in Texas 05/07/2006
While the two key groups exploring for natural gas in Canada's Arctic take their dispute over regulation of Mackenzie gas-gathering and mainline systems to the National Energy Board, putting the futur...

Mackenzie in crunch 05/07/2006
Imperial not ready to speculate on reviving over-the-top option for Arctic gas
Cost pressures have not yet reached breaking point with the Mackenzie Gas Project, but could make the venture uneconomic, or force a rethinking of design and construction, Imperial Oil officials said....