The Alberta Energy Regulator refused to answer questions about a meeting between its senior execs and reps of Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart’s Northback Holdings Corp. held less than a month before the regulator granted permission to do work on the controversial Grassy Mountain project. Tyee contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk reports. Published May 27, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/05/27/Alberta-Regulator-Met-Northback-Before-Reversal/