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Author: Geoff Russ

The Brunswick Creek wildfire consumes trees on a mountainside, in Boston Bar, B.C., on Thursday, July 9, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Forestry
  • Forestry
5 MIN READ

A healthy, revitalized forestry sector can help fight wildfires

As Canada's forestry workforce shrinks, so does the on-the-ground capacity to keep fuel loads down and catch trouble early
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith arrive to announce a proposed pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast in Calgary on Thursday, July 02, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Todd Korol
Analysis
  • Analysis
8 MIN READ

Energy advocates cannot rest, for the next battle of ideas over pipelines will soon begin

Even with the public onside, the case for jobs, tax revenue and small-town renewal still has to be made
News
  • News
7 MIN READ

Europe’s counter-productive aversion to AC

“This is what decline feels like.” How green dogma is needlessly costing lives, and how Canada can help fix that.
B.C. Premier David Eby, right, and Teck Resources President and CEO Jonathan Price, centre, listen to Highland Valley Copper Operations general manager Phil Wallace, left, as they view the mine from a lookout, near Logan Lake, B.C., on Thursday, September 11, 2025. Teck Resources marked the start of construction on the Highland Valley Copper Mine Life Extension project that will extend the life of Canada's largest copper mine from 2028 to 2046. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Mining
  • Mining
5 MIN READ

Where is our real mining plan?

Investors are still wary about Canadian minerals and mining, and juniors are paying the price.
A traveller waits by the Air Canada departure gates as flight attendants picket at Pearson International Airport in Toronto, on Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sammy Kogan.
Energy Transport
  • Energy Transport
4 MIN READ

SAF mandates will make your summer vacation more expensive

The mandates for SAF are racing ahead of supply, and amid a supply crunch due to conflict in Iran, prices are only
Cars lined up in 1973 to buy scarce and expensive gas during the first Oil Shock of 1973. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, File)
Energy
  • Energy
5 MIN READ

Get ready for gas shock

Canada can act to mitigate another repeat of 1973, 1979, and 2022 in the future, if it takes energy strategy seriously.
Heather Exner-Pirot, the author of Blackout, speaking last year at Get It Done BC, a Resource Works event held in Victoria.
Hydroelectricity
  • Hydroelectricity
5 MIN READ

Blackout? Canada’s transformation from a net energy exporter to importer is a crisis waiting to happen

“Canada must act now to prevent a looming electricity shortage.”
A fox is seen near the Dettah ice road in Yellowknife, N.W.T., Thursday, March 12, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Event
  • Event
4 MIN READ

Arctic resources, security, and Canadian sovereignty are at stake

The 25th Annual Arctic Energy & Resource Symposium gets underway in Calgary.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz looks on as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responds to a question during joint media availability on Tuesday, August 23, 2022 in Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld.
Oil & Gas
  • Oil & Gas
5 MIN READ

Have we learned our LNG lesson yet?

Canadians and the rest of the world are still suffering from poor judgement on the importance of natural gas.