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The Hamilton Spectator
thespec.com > business > tamarack-valley-energy-and-headwater-exploration-sign-merger-deal > article_9446b8b8-89fc-5b8b-882a-f5a380475470.html

Tamarack Valley Energy and Headwater Exploration sign merger deal

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (175+ words) Logo of Headwater Exploration seen at the company’s office in Calgary, Alta., Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh CALGARY - Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd. and Headwater Exploration Inc. have signed a merger deal valued at $10 billion that they say will…...

The Hamilton Spectator
thespec.com > business > bank-of-canada-set-to-make-6th-interest-rate-decision-of-the-year > article_11bcdf7a-1371-5561-8353-6b6b7c2c4c88.html

Bank of Canada set to make 6th interest rate decision of the year

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (162+ words) OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is set to make its sixth interest rate decision of the year this morning. Most economists and financial markets favour another rate hold from the central bank today. The Bank of Canada has held its…...

The Hamilton Spectator
thespec.com > news > canada > new-brunswick-gives-green-light-for-500-mw-gas-plant > article_dd643eec-a1c3-5b44-b6a8-7fcd97727f54.html

New Brunswick gives green light for 500 MW gas plant, subject to conditions

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (461+ words) The New Brunswick flag flies in a row of flags beside the Legislative Assembly Building, home of the provincial parliament, in Fredericton, Saturday, July 26, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Giordano Ciampini FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government on Friday granted conditional approval for…...

The Hamilton Spectator
thespec.com > business > enbridge-buying-salt-creek-midstreams-crude-oil-gathering-business-for-us600m > article_dc5fc006-2496-557e-9cfe-5d6afc47eb55.html

Enbridge buying Salt Creek Midstream’s crude oil gathering business for US$600M

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (190+ words) The Enbridge logo is shown at the company’s annual meeting in Calgary on May 9, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh CALGARY - Enbridge Inc. says it has signed a deal to buy Salt Creek Midstream’s crude oil gathering business in the Delaware…...

The Hamilton Spectator
thespec.com > business > carney-to-make-announcement-in-st-johns-with-quebec-nl-premiers > article_0d2c8a2e-5d2b-5604-80fb-a20fc88fcd3c.html

Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador reach tentative energy agreement worth billions

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (978+ words) Prime Minister Mark Carney smiles as he listens to Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Tony Wakeham driver some opening remarks at the start of a meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld ST. JOHN’S - Leaders…...

The Hamilton Spectator
thespec.com > news > canada > labrador-town-demands-help-before-it-will-back-nl-quebec-energy-pact > article_aafdf986-48e5-50bb-9963-9686b686d666.html

Labrador town demands help before it will back N.L.-Quebec energy pact

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (356+ words) President and Chief Executive Officer of Hydro-Quebec Claudine Bouchard, left, and Jennifer Williams, president and CEO of NL Hydro, sign a new agreement on the Churchill Falls generating station and the launch of new hydro, wind and transmission projects, in…...

The Hamilton Spectator
thespec.com > globenewswire > milton-hydro-launches-two-year-pilot-program-of-gw-electrics-safegrid-intelligent-grid-system-to-enhance-grid-reliability > article_215f4d94-69d8-56ee-946a-67f2937e7b6b.html

Milton Hydro Launches Two-Year Pilot Program of G&W Electric’s Safegrid Intelligent Grid System to Enhance Grid Reliability

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (230+ words) G&W Electric is a leading provider of innovative power grid solutions that help utilities and grid operators protect, automate, and strengthen the electric grid. Our portfolio spans load and fault interrupting switches; reclosers; sensors; system protection equipment; power grid…...