Oil & gas

Our Guy in Inuvik

By Lauren McKeon | Photos by Michael Ericsson In 25 years, Guy Pemberton turned Dowland Contracting into a multi-million-dollar corporation.

Oil to the Orient

By Tristin Hopper Asia is hankering for energy and companies in Fort McMurray are looking for new markets for their oil.

The Game Changer

By Julie Green Shale gas is transforming not only northeastern British Columbia, but the entire world

Blueprint for a Better North?

By Julie Green The Joint Review Panel finally weighs in on the MacKenzie Valley Pipeline, but what will happen to their 176 recommendations?

The Boomtown Takes a Breather

By Tim Querengesser The oil in Fort McMurray won’t run dry anytime soon. But McMurray the city is a place people struggle to call home.

Nations get territorial over Arctic Petroleum riches

By Doug Matthews -- Armed clashes in Northern waters are not far-fetched.

Broken Promises

By Julie Green -- Nine years ago, NWT aboriginal leaders decided they wanted in on the new Mackenzie Valley pipeline project.

Sahtu Blues

By Brent Reaney -- A few years ago, oil and gas exploration in the NWT’s central Mackenzie region was rocking.

Pipe Dream

By Tom Moran -- In the end, there can be only one pipeline delivering natural gas from Alaska’s North Slope to the continental United States.

The Review That Will Not End

By Julie Green -- Impatient with the time it was taking the Joint Review Panel to issue its report on the Mackenzie Gas Project, Permafrost Media,