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China’s air kills 4,000 a day, and other reasons to fear for humanity
1. $400 million Alberta reno job gets thumbs down THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntoshAlberta Wildrose Leader Brian Jean The Alberta government spent $400 million renovating space in the Edmonton Federal...
View ArticleBaird & Johnston: Think China is the answer to the oil industry’s woes? Think...
Few would dispute that this has been a tough year for Canadian oil producers — particularly in the oilsands. High-cost oilsands projects have not been able to weather low oil prices, as 18 planned...
View ArticleNever mind $35 a barrel, Canada’s more sulfurous oil is selling for closer to...
As oil crashes through $35 in New York today, Alberta, which produces the world’s cheapest oil at the highest cost, is already struggling with the reality of much lower prices
View ArticleI bet the Liberals wish they’d gotten the OTHER economic crisis
The collapse of oil prices looks to be the defining macroeconomic event of Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government, just as the financial crisis defined the economic background for Stephen Harper’s...
View ArticleStephen Gordon: The government can’t ‘stimulate’ these problems away
There’s an almost symbiotic relationship between financial markets and modern media cycles. Financial markets absorb a continuous flow of new information and incorporate it into asset prices, and the...
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How an Alberta PR stunt backfired in the U.S., sparking a decade of oilsands...
OTTAWA – Standing two storeys tall, the 180-tonne yellow dump truck parked on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., commanded attention all around Capitol Hill. With tires four metres high, the...
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South Korea detains Hong Kong ship over oil it says was bound for North Korea
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — South Korea said Friday that it was holding a Hong Kong-flagged ship and its crew members for allegedly violating U.N. sanctions by transferring oil to a North Korean vessel...
View ArticlePot bad, offshore drilling good: Trump rolls back two signature Obama-era...
The Trump administration dealt a blow to the legacy of Barack Obama Thursday rolling back two signature moves by the former president — on pot and offshore drilling. On the judicial front, Attorney...
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Grave environmental concern as sunken tanker leaves burning oil slick in East...
After the stricken Iranian oil tanker Sanchi sank in the East China Sea Sunday, fears are growing about the area’s marine ecosystem after a huge oil slick burned across the sea’s surface. The drama...
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How Alberta could sow gas price Armageddon in Vancouver
Cutting off B.C.’s gasoline supply is now a nonpartisan issue in Alberta. Opposition leader Jason Kenney has been threatening it for months. And now, the province’s ruling NDP just made it a key plank...
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