Cree band, supporters protest outside pipeline company meeting
The CEO of TransCanada Corp. faced questions from shareholders about its dispute with the Lubicon Cree as members of the band and their supporters protested outside the pipeline company’s annual general meeting in Calgary.
Gas will soar to $2.25 in 2012, economist projects
The price of gas will surge to $1.40 this summer and more than $2.25 by 2012 as oil supplies continue to deplete, a Canadian economist projected Thursday.
Budget to be brought down next week: Marshall
Newfoundland and Labrador taxpayers will learn on Tuesday how much of an oil-fuelled provincial revenue windfall will land in their pockets.
Genes for blue eyes, stubbornness ‘available’ on Facebook
Helping your friends grow taller or turning them into instant redheads is the latest application on Facebook, designed by an Alberta non-profit group to promote genetic research.
Israeli family to give up deportation fight, lawyer says
Members of an Israeli family who have been living in the sanctuary of a southern Newfoundland church for almost three years have decided to leave Canada, their lawyer said Friday.
Former Syncrude president to head carbon-capture council
A day after striking a panel to develop a provincial nuclear policy, Alberta named a council Thursday to work out a roadmap for implementing carbon capture and storage.
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Poor communication in rejected Sask. patient transfer: Alberta review
Alberta Health says a Saskatchewan senior was denied a transfer to a Calgary hospital because of a lack of beds, not because of an “Albertans-first” policy.
