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Keystone XL Pipeline Report Studied B.C. Scenarios

Robin Rowland | Posted 05.13.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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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.

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Don't Close Foreign Embassies, Open Digital Ones

Philip N. Howard | Posted 12.01.2012 | Canada Politics
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Philip N. Howard

In March, Canada closed its embassy in Syria. Earlier this month, Canada closed its embassy in Iran. Now we learn that sharing embassies with the UK may benefit the government's bottom line. With no physical presence in places like Iran or Syria, how do we protect those ties? The next best thing is a virtual embassy.

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State Department OKs Canada-Gulf Coast Pipeline

CP | Lee-Anne Goodman, The Canadian Press | Posted 10.26.2011 | Canada
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WASHINGTON - The U.S. State Department says TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL pipeline poses no major risks to the environment and will not spur furt...

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