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Harper To America: Let's Do This Thing

CBC | Posted 05.16.2013 | Canada Politics
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper told an American audience today that the Keystone XL pipeline "absolutely needs to go ahead." Harper made th...

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Harper's Two Faces: Flirting with a Dictatorship

Maria Fleming | Posted 05.16.2013 | Canada Politics
Read More: Alberta's Oil, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Stephen Harper, Nicolas Maduro, Crude Oil, Gold Mines, Keystone XL Pipeline, Transcanada Corporation, Oil, Dictatorship, Human Rights in Venezuela, Canada Politics News
Maria Fleming

It didn't take long for Harper to express his opinions about Chavez's government after his death. On the very same day that the controversial ruler of...

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Save Alberta From The High-Taxers

Mark Milke | Posted 05.15.2013 | Canada Alberta
Read More: Energy, Pension, Economy, Alberta Politics, Mark Milke, Oilsands, Alberta Conservatives, Government, Education, Public Sector, Consumption Tax, Oil, Fraser Institute, Teachers, Taxation, Sales Tax, Canada Alberta News
Mark Milke

Fact is, Alberta's red-ink budgets have much more to do with real per-capita program spending being near historic highs. This also explains why so many Albertans "hiss" at the notion of a sales tax. To understand why the spending side of the government ledger deserves more attention, consider some statistics about Alberta's program spending, ones that take into account Alberta's population growth and inflation rate.

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Kent Talks Oil Price, Emissions

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 05.12.2013 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - Federal Environment Minister Peter Kent is in London today to kick off another global tour to sell Canada's record on global warming.Kent say...

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Oil: The Surprising Secret Weapon for Fighting Adult Acne

Kristen Ma | Posted 05.10.2013 | Canada Living
Read More: Acne Oil, Treating Adult Acne, Adult Acne, Skin Beauty Tips, Acne, Natural Skin Care, Acne Solutions, Acne Treatment, Oil, Treating Acne, Beauty Tips, Skin Care, Natural Acne Solutions, Breakouts, Canada Living News
Kristen Ma

After a decade of battling breakouts and another helping clients battle adult acne, I've found that the best weapon against blemishes is oil. Yes, you read that right: oil. Precisely what many of us presume causes acne, actually prevents and treats it.

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'There's No Such Thing As Ethical Oil'

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 05.08.2013 | Canada Business
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Former U.S. vice president Al Gore has torn a strip off the "ethical oil" campaign favoured by some backers of Canada's oil sands, telling an audience...

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The Carbon Bubble: Another Flaw With the All-Oil Strategy

Keith Brooks | Posted 04.25.2013 | Canada Business
Read More: Oil, Energy, Oilsands, Bubble, Climate Change, Carbon Bubble Canada, Oilsands Canada, Slidepollajax, Canada Business News
Keith Brooks

The evidence keeps coming in: Ottawa's all-oil economic strategy is seriously flawed. According to a report released last week, we could be headed for another financial crisis as a result of over-valued energy stocks that are giving rise to a growing "carbon bubble." This means that we should be breaking with our economic reliance on oil, rather than increasing it.

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Canada Losing Billions Thanks To Oil Bottlenecks: Report

CP | Julian Beltrame, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.03.2013 | Canada Business
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OTTAWA - Canada lost out on about $25 billion in oil revenues last year due to pipeline and production bottlenecks and is expected to lose $15 billion...

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West-East Pipeline, Anyone?

CP | Kevin Bissett, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.02.2013 | Canada Alberta
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SAINT JOHN, N.B. - A proposal to transport Alberta oil as far east as New Brunswick took a step forward Tuesday as TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP) announc...

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LOOK: Canadian Crude Spilled In Arkansas

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.01.2013 | Canada Business
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MAYFLOWER, Ark. - Exxon Mobil Corp. says crews are working to contain and clean up an oil spill near Mayflower, Ark., after its Pegasus pipeline ruptu...

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"White Water, Black Gold": a Documentary About "Ethical Oil"

Small Change Fund | Posted 03.20.2013 | Canada
Read More: Tar Sands Oil, Tar Sands, Alberta Tar Sands, Oil Spill, Oil Sands, Keystone XL Pipeline, Oil, Keystone Pipeline, Keystone XL, Canada News
Small Change Fund

As part of this year's nation-wide, week-long celebration of water, Canada Water Week, here are some questions for getting the most out of your documentary viewing experience. David Lavallee's film, White Water, Black Gold, has received myriad distinctions. It will air on TVO Wednesday March 20 at 10 p.m.

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The Blessing of (Energy) Density

Kenneth P. Green | Posted 05.11.2013 | Canada Alberta
Read More: Ken Green, Energy, Tar Sands, Oil Sands, Fraser Institute, Alberta Politics, Oil, Environmentalism, Pipelines, Green Energy, Energy Density, Canada Alberta News
Kenneth P. Green

When I talk about energy density, I tend to use cups as a comparison: how much energy is in a cup of wood chips, compared to a cup of ground up coal, compared to a cup of gasoline, or napalm. How much energy is there in a cup of wind, or a cup of sunlight?

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Hugo Chavez Left a Sad Legacy

Yanick Labrie | Posted 03.08.2013 | Canada
Read More: Leader, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Poverty, Populism, Latin America, Economy, Cantv, Montreal Economic Institute, Petroleum, Latino Prosperity, Steelmaker, Chavez, Nationalization, Freedom, Oil, Venezuela-Expropriation, Hugo Chavez Legacy, Canada News
Yanick Labrie

Media around the world have devoted a great deal of coverage to the death of Hugo Chavez, who passed away last Tuesday after losing his fight against cancer. His legacy as the President of the "Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela" needs to be seen in the light of a long tradition of populism in Latin American history.

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Is the Loonie Really Losing it?

Peter Hall | Posted 04.23.2013 | Canada Business
Read More: US Dollar, World Economy, Copper, Exports, Oil Prices, Loonie, Oil, Canadian Housing Market, Canadian Exports, Canadian Economy, Food Prices, Canadian Dollar Parity, Loonie Price, Canada Business News
Peter Hall

Stable is not a word that can be used to describe much in today's economy. A notable exception is the Canadian dollar. The loonie has soared in a reasonably tight range around parity with the U.S. dollar for 3 years now. Although exporters would prefer a lower level, the stability has made activity and cash flows somewhat more predictable. Now, the loonie is losing some loft; what's happening?

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Oilsands Dependence Could Hurt Canada's Economy: Report

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.22.2013 | Canada Alberta
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OTTAWA - A new report warns of the perils to the Canadian economy of relying too much on the oilsands.The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives stud...

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Marois In The Middle

CP | Andy Blatchford, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.20.2013 | Canada Politics
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MONTREAL - The premiers of Quebec and New Brunswick agreed Monday to create a working group to weigh the risks of allowing oilsands crude to be piped ...

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Harper Government Advertising Failed To Impress

CP | Bruce Cheadle, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.20.2013 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - Focus-group testing on what the Harper government calls its Responsible Resource Development campaign found the advertising to be light on fa...

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Don't Slip Up -- Choose the Right Lube For You

Carlen Costa | Posted 04.13.2013 | Canada Living
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Carlen Costa

One of the best ways to increase your pleasure capacity is to add a little liquid love with lubricant. However, the navigation through the vast sea of anti-chaffing could become easily distracting and overwhelming. Here's my quick guide to the basic rules of lubricant that will help you glide on down to pleasure town with ease.

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The Baffling Response to Arctic Climate Change Impacts

David Suzuki | Posted 04.01.2013 | Canada
Read More: Oil, Ecuador, Arctic Drilling, Shell, Climate Change, Global Warming, Arctic Sea Ice, Yasuni, Slidepollajax, Canada News
David Suzuki

With all we know about climate change and what's happening in the Arctic, you'd think our leaders would be marshalling resources to at least slow it down. Instead, industry and governments are eyeing new opportunities to mine Arctic fossil fuels.

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What Non-Indigenous People Can Learn From Chiefs' Anti-Oil Sands Efforts

Ben West | Posted 03.30.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Read More: Energy, Tarsands, Oil Sands, First Nations, Green, Oil, Environment, Environmentalism, Climate Change, Green Energy, Canada, Indigenous People, BC First Nations, Bc Business, Tsleil Waututh, Enbridge, Kinder Morgan, Burrard Inlet, Enbridge Northern Gateway, Canada British Columbia News
Ben West

I feel strongly that as non-indigenous people living here in what we now call North America that we all have a lot to learn from those that were here long before we were. Working together, we need to find ways to heal from the history of colonialism and find new ways to work together to make healthy alternatives to dangerous tar sands oil, a reality. There are very real energy, housing and transportation solutions already readily available.

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The Bitumen Bubble: Redford Needs To Bite The Bullet

Vincent St. Pierre | Posted 03.26.2013 | Canada Alberta
Read More: Bitumen Bubble, Politics, Alberta, Calgary, Oil, Legislature, Liberal, Alberta Deficit, Alison Redford Alberta, Alberta Politics, Alberta Debt, Alison Redford, Canada Alberta News
Vincent St. Pierre

Either you raise taxes or cut services to millions of Albertans. Or both. You can't make a balanced budget exist out of no where, although the  Redford Conservatives have tried by calling their previous budget balanced by excluding capital funding. Skirting the fundamental problems with Alberta's governing party can only go so far and a part in government can only run around the issue for so long before reality hits.

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Sunny Freeman

The Road Forward: Canada Looks To Obama For Leadership

HuffingtonPost.com | Sunny Freeman | Posted 01.19.2013 | Canada Politics
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TORONTO -- As Barack Obama swears the oath of office at his second inauguration Jan. 21, the Canadian government and its people are looking for leader...

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The Six Most Overlooked Energy Stories of 2012

Merran Smith | Posted 03.02.2013 | Canada Politics
Read More: Energy, Oil, 2012 in Review, Canada, Climate Change, Energy Policy Canada 2012, Energy in Canada 2012, Energy Sector Canada, Native Canadians Diesel, Barack Obama Energy Policy, Video, Canada Politics News
Merran Smith

This past year, the story of energy in Canada was a story of Alberta oil -- who owns it, who wants it, and how we're going to get it to them. But there was more going on out there. Here are a few stories that we argue matter just as much to our energy future, but that didn't necessarily trend on Twitter.

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It's Time to Wean the Economy Off Oil

Keith Brooks | Posted 02.23.2013 | Canada Politics
Read More: Energy, Tar Sands, Oilsands, Climate Change, Tarsands, National Energy Strategy, Oil Sands, Canada Oilsands, Canada Oil, Canada Economy Oil, Canada Politics, Video, Canada Politics News
Keith Brooks

We should learn from history. What the oil lobby glosses over is that this boom, like every other boom, could go bust. Instead of putting all our eggs in the oil sands basket, instead of digging up Alberta at a break-neck pace, we should be more balanced and strategic in our approach. And we should develop a plan to wean our economy off oil.

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Oil Behind U.S. Funding Of Canadian Environmental Conservation

Vivian Krause | Posted 02.06.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Read More: US Oil, Bc Business, Green Conspiracy, Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline, Canada Oil, Enbridge, Oil, Oilsands, Canada Environment, US Energy, Great Bear Rainforest, Canada British Columbia News
Vivian Krause

The same U.S. foundations that fund conservation in Canada also fund American groups working towards energy security, including a foundation called Securing America's Future Energy. The name says it all. American foundations aim to reduce fossil fuel dependence to stop global warming and strengthen U.S. national, energy and economic security. That's clear. What's unclear is whether they fund conservation initiatives in Canada, in part, to foster U.S. energy security.

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