Brian Zinchuk

Brian Zinchuk is editor and owner of Pipeline Online, and occasional contributor to the Frontier Centre for Public Policy.

Alberta’s 4,481 Megawatts of Wind Power Produced Only 3 MW Monday Night, 2 Tuesday Morning

Saskatchewan experiences similar conditions.

Canada February 6, 2024
Round 4: Alberta Issues Fourth Electrical Grid Alert in 4 Days, Second in 17 Hours

The Alberta Electric System Operator says it has declared a Grid Alert due to extreme cold, and several ...

Canada January 15, 2024
Alberta’s Electrical Grid Was on the Brink of Rotating Outages Amid Cold Snap

Because of extremely cold temperatures, Alberta’s electrical grid was in such peril of falling into rotating outages on ...

Canada January 14, 2024
Alberta Goes Under Grid Alert as Province Faces Extreme Cold Temperatures

Despite having more combined coal, oil, and gas reserves than almost any other jurisdiction on the planet, the ...

Canada January 13, 2024
Boxing Day Special: Alberta Had Free Power for Several Hours, and That’s Not a Good Thing

Commentary Imagine, if you will, a Boxing Day sale where everything was free for everyone across every store ...

Viewpoints December 28, 2023
Nova Scotia and Feds Kill Offshore Gas Project, and Probably the Industry too

Well, isn’t that just peachy? Nova Scotia’s Progressive Conservative government teamed up with the federal Liberal government to ...

Viewpoints December 8, 2023
The ‘Just Transition’ Soviet-Style Plans for Canada’s Oilpatch

Commentary The “just transition” legislation currently before the House of Commons Natural Resources committee mentions unions a fair ...

Viewpoints November 19, 2023
TC Energy’s Dumping of the Keystone Pipeline Is Lamentable

Commentary After 18 years of heartbreak and misery, TC Energy is dumping its foray into oil pipelines. TC ...

Viewpoints August 12, 2023
‘Looking At’ Seizing Control Over Western Canada’s Natural Resources

Commentary Last week, two things happened that could have profound impacts on natural resources development in Saskatchewan. One ...

Viewpoints April 11, 2023