Deborah Jaremko

Calgary

Executive Director of Content at Canadian Energy Centre

Executive lead of content for the Canadian Energy Centre.

Articles

Canada’s energy leaders send ‘urgent action plan’ to new federal government

1 month ago | canadianenergycentre.ca | Deborah Jaremko

The CEOs of 38 of Canada’s largest energy companies have a message for the new federal government: after all the discussion on the campaign trail about the need to flex Canada’s role as a global energy superpower, the time is now to take action.
Canada’s pipeline builders ready to get to work

1 month ago | canadianenergycentre.ca | Deborah Jaremko

It was not a call he wanted to make. In October 2017, Kevin O’Donnell, then chief financial officer of Nisku, Alta.-based Banister Pipelines, got final word that the $16-billion Energy East pipeline was cancelled. It was his job to pass the news down the line to reach workers who were already in the field.
Saskatchewan Indigenous leaders urging need for access to natural gas

2 months ago | todayville.com | Cody Ciona |Deborah Jaremko

Q&A with Devin Dreeshen, Minister of Transport and Economic CorridorsCEC: How have recent developments impacted Alberta’s ability to expand trade routes and access new markets for energy and natural resources? Dreeshen: With the U.S. trade dispute going on right now, it’s great to see that other provinces and the federal government are taking an interest in our east, west and northern trade routes, something that we in Alberta have been advocating for a long time.
Saskatchewan Indigenous leaders urging need for access to natural gas

2 months ago | canadianenergycentre.ca | Cody Ciona |Deborah Jaremko

Indigenous communities across Canada need access to natural gas to reduce energy poverty, says a new report by Energy for a Secure Future (ESF). It’s a serious issue that needs to be addressed, say Indigenous community and business leaders in Saskatchewan.
Alberta’s massive oil and gas reserves keep growing - here’s why

2 months ago | todayville.com | Deborah Jaremko

By Deborah JaremkoQ&A with Mike Verney, executive vice-president, McDaniel & AssociatesNew analysis commissioned by the Alberta Energy Regulator has increased the province’s natural gas reserves by 440 per cent, bumping Canada into the global top 10. Alberta’s oil reserves – already fourth in the world – also increased by seven billion barrels. The report was conducted by Calgary-based consultancy McDaniel & Associates. Executive vice-president Mike Verney explains what it means.
‘Big vulnerability’: How Ontario and Quebec became reliant on U.S. oil and gas

Mar 2, 2025 | todayville.com | Deborah Jaremko

From the Canadian Energy Centre‘Today’s youth have the opportunity to lead us into the future with innovative solutions for environmental challenges’After a 24-year career in oil sands land reclamation, author Tanya Richens is sharing her knowledge with young minds.
‘Big vulnerability’: How Ontario and Quebec became reliant on U.S. oil and gas

Feb 28, 2025 | canadianenergycentre.ca | Deborah Jaremko

Despite Canada’s status as one of the world’s largest oil and gas producers, more than half of the country’s own population does not have true energy security – uninterrupted, reliable access to the energy they need at an affordable price. Even though Western Canada produces much of the oil consumed in Ontario and Quebec, in order to get there, it moves on pipelines that run through the United States.
Why Canadian oil is so important to the United States

Jan 31, 2025 | todayville.com | Deborah Jaremko

By Deborah JaremkoComplementary production in Canada and the U.S. boosts energy securityThe United States is now the world’s largest oil producer, but its reliance on oil imports from Canada has never been higher. Through a vast handshake of pipelines and refineries, Canadian oil and U.S. oil complement each other, strengthening North American energy security. Here’s why. Decades in the makingTwenty years ago, the North American energy market looked a lot different than it does today.
Explainer: Why Canadian oil is so important to the United States

Jan 30, 2025 | canadianenergycentre.ca | Deborah Jaremko

The United States is now the world’s largest oil producer, but its reliance on oil imports from Canada has never been higher. Through a vast handshake of pipelines and refineries, Canadian oil and U.S. oil complement each other, strengthening North American energy security. Here’s why. Decades in the makingTwenty years ago, the North American energy market looked a lot different than it does today. In the early 2000s, U.S. oil production had been declining for more than 20 years.
Indigenous oil sands business leader Nicole Bourque-Bouchier named to the Order of Canada

Jan 21, 2025 | canadianenergycentre.ca | Deborah Jaremko

The journey from Fort McMurray in northern Alberta to Rideau Hall in Ottawa covers nearly 4,000 kilometres through boreal forest, rocky Canadian Shield, expansive Prairie and northern Ontario’s muskeg. That trip for Nicole Bourque-Bouchier was realized on December 18, when Governor General Mary Simon appointed the Fort McMurray resident as a Member of the Order of Canada for advancing the role of women in business and being at the forefront of Indigenous economic development in Alberta.