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Canada's Politicians Painted As Oilsands 'Salesmen'

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 05.21.2013 | Canada Business

Former NASA climatologist James Hansen lobbed another grenade in what has become something of a war of words against Canadian politicians who support ...

Keystone Pipeline DELAYED

CP | Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.26.2013 | Canada Business

CALGARY - TransCanada Corp. said Friday its controversial and long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline will take longer and cost more to bring into service t...

TransCanada Surprised At Negative Reaction To Keystone

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.24.2013 | Canada Alberta

CALGARY - TransCanada says it's somewhat surprised at the U.S Environmental Protection Agency's recent critical comments of its proposed Keystone XL p...

U.S. Environment Agency Slams Positive Keystone Report

CP | Lee-Anne Goodman, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.26.2013 | Canada Business

WASHINGTON - The powerful U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has once again rebuked the State Department over its positive environmental assessment ...

Keystone Pipeline Less Popular In Canada Than In U.S.

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 04.22.2013 | Canada Business

Canadians are less likely than Americans to support the Keystone XL pipeline, according to a new poll that comes out amid an unconfirmed report that P...

Alberta's NY Times Keystone Ad

CP | Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.16.2013 | Canada Alberta

EDMONTON - The Alberta government, continuing to press its case for the Keystone XL pipeline, took out out an ad in Sunday's New York Times newspaper,...

'Trash Talking'? Please

CP | Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.16.2013 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - Tom Mulcair says he has nothing to learn from Conservatives about how an official Opposition leader should comport himself when travelling ou...

Keystone XL Pipeline Report Studied B.C. Scenarios

Robin Rowland | Posted 05.13.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Robin Rowland

The U.S. State Department released its long-awaited report on the Keystone XL project last week. Most media focused on the executive summary, but several scenarios in British Columbia are outlined in the full report, even though the province is thousands of kilometres removed from the proposed pipeline.

Reports Of Keystone’s Approval Greatly Exaggerated

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 03.13.2013 | Canada Business

For a moment there, it looked like President Barack Obama had given the A-OK to the Keystone XL Pipeline. But it turned out to have been a misunder...

Obama, Dix Talk Climate Action Amid Pipeline Decision

Ben West | Posted 05.06.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Ben West

U.S. President Barack Obama and B.C. NDP Leader Adrian Dix can choose to plot a course. A course towards more dependence on dirty tar sands oil -- a business-as-usual approach -- or, towards a shift in focus with a reduced dependence.

Canadian Politicians In U.S. To Press For Pipeline

CP | Lee-Anne Goodman, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.05.2013 | Canada Politics

WASHINGTON - Less than a week after the U.S. State Department all but dismissed the climate concerns dogging TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline, two h...

Approve It Pronto, Keystone Supporters Say After Report

CP | Matthew Daly, The Associated Press | Posted 05.02.2013 | Canada Business

WASHINGTON - A new U.S. State Department report is the latest evidence that the long-delayed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada should be approved, ...

South Leg Of Keystone Pipeline Already Half Done

CP | Posted 02.23.2013 | Canada Business

OKLAHOMA CITY -- While the debate continues over whether the United States will approve a proposed oil conduit from Canada to the Gulf Coast, the segm...

Keystone Won't Have Effect On Climate, TransCanada Claims

AP | Posted 02.21.2013 | Canada Business

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a shift in strategy, the company that wants to build an oil pipeline from western Canada to Texas said Tuesday that the project...

Obama Will High-Five Keystone -- and Flip Environmentalists the Bird

Mitch Wolfe | Posted 04.17.2013 | Canada Business
Mitch Wolfe

I do not think Obama will impose a carbon tax. That would require Congressional consent. And he will never get that. But he will not kibosh the Keystone pipeline either. There are too many jobs on the line. If Obama nixed Keystone, he would lose the Senate.

Harper's Keystone Lobbying Is Tarring Canada's Good Name

Yves Engler | Posted 04.17.2013 | Canada Politics
Yves Engler

The Conservatives have lobbied vigorously in support of Calgary-based TransCanada's plan to build a $7-billion pipeline to take up to 800,000 barrels of oil a day from Alberta to refineries on the Gulf Coast. As a result, environmentalists have used social media and traditional protests to heap scorn on Canada.

Baird Eyed Keystone In Kerry Call

CP | Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.06.2013 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - Newly installed U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry didn't express any concerns about allegations that Canadians were involved in last month's...

Approve Keystone Pipeline, Nature Editorial Urges

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 01.31.2013 | Canada Business

President Barack Obama should approve the Keystone XL pipeline as part of his plan to reduce U.S. greenhouse emissions and combat climate change, the ...

Nenshi's Harsh Words For Keystone Opponents

CBC | Posted 03.30.2013 | Canada Alberta

Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi says he defended the Keystone XL pipeline proposal last week while he was at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. ...

New Keystone Route Approved By Gov.

CP | Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.24.2013 | Canada Business

The fate of TransCanada's controversial Keystone XL pipeline now rests with the U.S. State Department after Nebraska's governor gave his blessing to a...

'Another Arrow In The Quiver'

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.21.2013 | Canada Alberta

Premier Alison Redford says she's pleased to hear of a new effort to get U.S. President Barack Obama to approve the Keystone XL pipeline. Saskatche...

Obama Under Pressure Over Keystone

AP | Josh Lederman | Posted 01.31.2013 | Canada Business

WASHINGTON -- It's a decision President Barack Obama put off during the 2012 campaign, but now that he's won a second term, his next move on a propose...

They'll Take It

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 01.16.2013 | Canada Alberta

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - A Liberal MP from Nova Scotia has paid a visit to the oilsands, saying that Alberta may be having struggles in accessing foreig...

How Canada Made Me An Obama Lover

Rachel Sklar | Posted 01.06.2013 | Canada Politics
Rachel Sklar

I can't actually vote for Barack Obama -- though I live in New York City I'm from Canada and it's stamped on my passport as surely as on the way I say "out." But there is no being part of the great churning American media machine -- whether as a viewer, reader, listener, Tweeter, Instagrammer or random Canadian who somehow snuck her way on television -- without forming an opinion. Sometimes, it's even educated! As for me, the more educated I got, the more I came to realize that my support for the 44th President of the United States and his party actually has its roots well north of the border. Really, every reason I can think of to vote for Barack Obama I learned from Canada. In the language of my people, et voila...

Change My Mind: Which U.S. Election Candidate Is Best For Canada?

Posted 11.06.2012 | Canada Politics

We Canadians care about the U.S. election -- we just can't help it. Yes, it's partly because of our inferiority complex (token Canadian self-depr...