Dirk Meissner
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News, Politics
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November 27th 2018
Green party Leader Elizabeth May is engaged and is making plans for a wedding next spring.
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In an interview, Energy Minister Marg McCuaig-Boyd declined to comment on the tailings issue. However, she did blame the looming costs of cleaning up the oilpatch on the previous conservative government. She has directed the provincial regulator to tighten its rules in key areas to “keep bad actors off the landscape” and ensure “responsible companies are protected."
Emma McIntosh
News, Energy, Politics
| November 27th 2018
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When you crunch the numbers, and include the variety of methods even the smaller players rely on to protect their exposure including long-term supply arrangements, hedging and access to rail, it turns out that only about 20 per cent of oilsands supply is actually affected by the light-heavy differential.
Robyn Allan
Analysis, Energy
| November 26th 2018
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A network of young people in Quebec have applied to sue the Canadian government for failing to get tough on the carbon pollution that is heating the planet and putting their futures in jeopardy.
Carl Meyer
News, Energy, Politics
| November 26th 2018
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The abrupt closure of a General Motors manufacturing plant in the town of Oshawa, Ontario has renewed concerns about the province's lack of clean economy policies and the possible trickle-down effect the loss of the factory could have. GM has operated in Oshawa for 100 years.
Fatima Syed
News, Politics
| November 26th 2018
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Donald Trump's tariff battles with Canada, Mexico, China and Europe have inflated the cost of steel, making it more expensive to build cars in North America, but General Motors' decision to close factories and lay off thousands of people is more about tactics than the balance sheet, say trade observers and automotive industry experts.
James McCarten
News, US News, Politics
| November 27th 2018
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Provincial and federal leaders alike conceded the futility on Monday, November 26, 2018, of trying to persuade General Motors to keep its Oshawa, Ont., automotive plant running beyond 2019, and instead focused on ways to ease the pain of more than 2,500 workers who stand to lose their jobs.
Andy Blatchford, Shawn Jeffords
News, Politics
| November 27th 2018
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Protection of salmon, animals and the land in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia is an eternal responsibility of First Nations and the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline poses risks that could harm the homes and culture of Aboriginal Peoples, the National Energy Board heard on Monday, November 26, 2018.
Dirk Meissner
News, Politics
| November 27th 2018
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The Alberta government is opening a new front in its beer war with other provinces by targeting Ontario for what it says are its unfair trade barriers to Alberta-made suds and other alcoholic products.
Dan Healing
News, Politics
| November 27th 2018
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“Earth’s climate is now changing faster than at any point in the history of modern civilization, primarily as a result of human activities,” warns the very first sentence of the fourth National Climate Assessment, a 1,656-page report that gives us the most comprehensive portrait yet of how climate change is reshaping the US, from more damaging wildfire seasons to shrinking coastal lines.
Rebecca Leber
News, Energy, Politics
| November 26th 2018
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Mail service will resume all across the country at noon on Tuesday, November 27, 2018, after the Senate passed legislation ordering an end to five weeks of rotating strikes by postal workers.
The Canadian Press
News, Politics
| November 27th 2018
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