
Darryl Dyck-The Canadian Press (CBC)
Teck Resources' zinc and lead smelting and refining complex is pictured in Trail, B.C.
Vancouver-based Teck Resources has withdrawn its application to build a massive oilsands project in northern Alberta.
The federal government was slated to make a decision on whether or not to approve the $20.6-billion, 260,000-barrel-per-day Frontier project next week.
The announcement came just hours after the Alberta government announced it had struck deals with two First Nations over the proposed project, which would have been located 110 kilometres north of Fort McMurray.