Alberta carbon tax jumps, but NDP says it's connected to improving economy
Alberta's carbon tax jumped on New Year's Day, but the province's NDP government maintains the tax played a vital role in Alberta's improving economic outlook.
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With stroke of pen signing major bill, Trump caps a consequential first year
Love him, hate him, debate all you want about him. But with the stroke of a pen on Friday, December 22, 2017, before he hopped onto a helicopter and left Washington for the holidays, Donald Trump cemented one truth about his presidency.
A double dose of pointlessness: Two reasons Trump-Trudeau trade tiff irrelevant
There are dead-end conversations. Then there's the image of Justin Trudeau quibbling about the Canada-U.S. trade deficit with U.S. President Donald Trump, who recently revealed some backroom bickering between the two about which country buys more imports from the other.
Big oil leak won't influence Keystone XL decision, Nebraska says
Environmentalists cited a spill of about 795,000 litres of oil in Marshall County, S.D Thursday as reason to reject TransCanada's Keystone XL expansion project, but Nebraska state officials said Friday it won't affect their decision scheduled for announcement Monday.
Exxon refinery catches fire day after U.S. government settles over pollution from other gulf plants
Early morning skies Wednesday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, were alight from a fire that started around 2:30 a.m. at an ExxonMobil refinery. The blaze, though contained before the sun came up, is a reminder to the surrounding community of yet another danger of living next to refineries and chemical plants.
Chief seeks Trudeau's help to stop U.S. oil drilling in caribou breeding ground
A 40-year battle over oil drilling in an Arctic wildlife refuge in Alaska could become the latest political irritant in a growing list of disagreements between Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau.
Freeland avoids awkward handshake after 'difficult' NAFTA round
When it came time for the handshakes at the end of five days of intensive negotiations in Ottawa, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland wasn't taking any chances.
Negotiators report progress in latest round of NAFTA trade talks in Mexico City
The latest round of NAFTA negotiations wrapped up with Canada, the United States and Mexico declaring they have made progress.
Former president Barack Obama to speak in Toronto at end of September
In June, Obama spoke in Montreal about the lack of leadership in his country and lamented the United States' decision to pull out of the Paris climate change accord. What will he say in Toronto?
Hurricane Harvey hits home for Texas eco hero
The stench of mold was overwhelming. Their were maggots in the food. But somehow, like thousands of others, Hilton Kelley and his wife Marie will find a way to move on.
McKenna says she is 'done' with 'ridiculous' Tory language on environment
Canada's push to get climate change action included in a revamped NAFTA is turning into a heated domestic dispute just as it makes its debut at the official negotiating table.
Canada's NAFTA demands: Good luck with that, say skeptical U.S. trade vets
Some of Canada's key demands in the upcoming NAFTA renegotiation will be a tough sell in the United States.
Feud in the GOP family: President Trump takes out anger on his party
President Trump is tweeting more often, more angrily and more frequently against members of his own political family, in a political spectacle revealing fault lines within America's governing party.
Interior Dept. scraps Obama-era rule on coal royalties
The Interior Department on Monday, August 7, 2017, scrapped an Obama-era rule on coal royalties that mining companies had criticized as burdensome and costly.
'Why Can't He Be Our President?' Justin Trudeau on the cover of Rolling Stone
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau graces the cover of Rolling Stone accompanied by a provocative question in its headline: "Why Can't He Be Our President?"