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Braiding Environmental Knowledge and Technology
New program allows Piikani Nation to carry out community-based environ…
The Alberta Energy Regulator has partnered with Piikani Nation and the University of Lethbridge to create the Braiding Environmental Knowledge program, which aims to in
Finding Room to Give
From United Way campaigns to river cleanups, AER employees roll up the…
When a young Holly James walked downstairs in her 1970s childhood home in Wainwright, Alberta, she wasn’t surprised to see her mother had prepared beds for two teenage girls she’d never met before.
Well, Well, Well
Urban wells are business as usual in the place known as "Gas City…
There is a good reason why Medicine Hat is affectionately known as "The Gas City." Just 58 kilometres from the first natural gas discovery in the province, this southern Alberta city is home to 63 000… Read more
“Who We Are”: Sharing National Indigenous Peoples…
A message from Doreen Healy, the AER’s resident elder, about National…
Paint the Town Pink
A pump jack has been painted pink for breast cancer awareness
Fall colours are celebrated all over Alberta—the oranges, yellows, and pinks. Yes, pink. October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, and one town in northern Alberta has added pink to its fall colour re… Read more
Our Mandate Through a Different Lens
The AER’s mandate can be understood through written word and through t…
We tend to think of a mandate as a string of words—a linear idea, maybe one that’s a little vowel-heavy. The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has something like that: our mandate is to ensure the effici… Read more
Earning a Seat in Their Circle
The AER, First Nations elders share their journey of understanding
Canada has been inhabited for more than 40 000 years by indigenous peoples, which includes First Nations, Métis, and Inuit people. Canada’s indigenous peoples share many similarities but have distinct… Read more
Introducing AER.ca 2.0
The AER unveils a new website that you may actually enjoy using
These days, if you have a question, an answer is almost always one Google search away. If you’re curious about energy development in Alberta, it’s no different—that’s why many people turn to the Alber… Read more
We’ve Had Some Work Done
Updated Resource site still telling “stories with energy”
One constant in life is that change is inevitable. Here at Resource, we’ve decided to embrace that inevitability. We’ve updated the Resource website, inspired by feedback we’ve received from both insi… Read more
Building a Regulator
The AER lends its peer to the North a helping hand
How do you build a great regulator? This was the million-dollar question James Fulford asked when the National Energy Board stopped its oversight of most of the Northwest Territories’ onshore energy d… Read more
