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Premiers reach ‘aspirational’ deal on national energy strategy - BNN News BNN - Business and Financial News, Analysis, Video and Blogs - Business News Network Canada’s premiers have reached a deal on the long-awaited Canadian Energy Strategy that officials describe as aspirational. It sets no...

Nexen pipeline leak in Alberta spills 5 million litres One of the largest leaks in Alberta history has spilled about five million litres of emulsion from a Nexen Energy pipeline at the company's Long Lake oilsands facility south of Fort McMurray. The leak was discovered Wednesday afternoon...

He claims responsibility when the economy is performing well, but shirks responsibility when it is doing poorly. Harper's words a gift for opponents - Winnipeg Free Press Winnipeg Free Press - Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada BRANDON -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper wants his...

Resource politics bringing people together again. Braid: Rachel Notley counters Brad Wall, without a tantrum | Calgary Herald calgaryherald.com Premier Rachel Notley says she’s no pushover. She’ll never hand an Energy East pipeline veto to Quebec or Ontario. And we won’t see her throwing a...

This is what real criticism of the Ontario government's policy looks like. Ontario Liberals fall short on auto insurance promise The Liberal government has failed to live up to its promise to reduce auto insurance premiums by 15 per cent. Finance Minister Charles Sousa had pledged that by...

Really well written and thorough account of the downturn over the last few years. How Canada's economy went from boom to recession so fast Macleans.ca - Canada's national weekly current affairs magazine RECESSION2 Two hours before the street racing movie Fast and Furious 7 was released in...

Bank of Canada cuts benchmark interest rate to 0.5% Canada's central bank today lowered its benchmark interest rate to 0.5 per cent, the second time this year it has dropped the rate to stimulate the economy, after holding it steady for about four years. "The bank's estimate of growth in...

Must be the NDP/Greece/EU/China/Russia/Iran's fault. Alberta faces growing backlog of abandoned oil and gas wells As Alberta's energy companies struggle through a prolonged bout of low prices, more and more are walking away from their oil and gas wells, leaving a little-known industry group...

18-day negotiation yields landmark Iran nuclear accord VIENNA (AP) — After 18 days of intense and often fractious negotiation, world powers and Iran struck a landmark deal Tuesday to curb Iran's nuclear program in exchange for billions of dollars in relief from international sanctions — an...

Conservatives look to family benefit cheques, infrastructure spending to boost economy All but overlooked in the past week of troubling economic news was federal Finance Minister Joe Oliver's unexpected nod to government stimulus spending. The run-up to an October general election is happening...

Greece's woes pose little threat to world economy, even if it leaves eurozone Olivier Blanchard, director of research at the International Monetary Fund, says Greece's troubles pose little threat to the broader global economy. In a statement Thursday, Blanchard said the world economy has...

Trudeau's support of C-51 has some Liberals seeing orange - The Globe and Mail Home - The Globe and Mail Justin Trudeau in Vancouver on June 29. (Canadian Press) John Fenik is the Mayor of Perth, a picturesque community just southwest of Ottawa. A card-carrying Liberal for more than a decade...

And on his tombstone, forever shall it be written: "Once a proud curmudgeon, always a proud curmudgeon." We shall remember his reddies with great pride and admiration. And his endless rage will be forever in our hearts. Amen. Ontario New Democrats solidify first place, Liberals trailing...

The best conservative ever. Mayor John Tory calls for updated bylaw to regulate Uber, taxis Mayor John Tory says modernized laws that would regulate Uber car and limousine services are now “priority number one” for the city. His call for a single municipal bylaw to oversee all ground...

The Conservatives are moving left. How Patrick Brown’s new Ontario PC ads take a page from Kathleen Wynne - The Globe and Mail Home - The Globe and Mail “It may surprise you to hear me say this: I think Kathleen Wynne is a good person,” he begins. “But I strongly disagree with her plan to...

What's up with communism and work? Isn't that what capitalism is for? The Canadian Communist Party began as an illegal organization in a rural barn near the town of Guelph, Ontario, on May 28 and 29, 1921. Many of its founding members had worked as labour organizers and as anti-war activists...

Rachel Notley calls oilsands a 'tremendous asset Alberta's premier delivers speech to international investors promoting oil industry Alberta's premier is trying her best to lure international investment to the oilpatch, even describing the oilsands as an "international showpiece." Rachel...

Harper vs. Canada case a precedent to protect Fair Elections Act, lawyer argues A lawyer for the Attorney General of Canada is citing an old court challenge Stephen Harper launched as a private citizen as precedent for stopping an injunction seeking to stay some sections of the Fair Elections...

Mulcair and Trudeau won’t respond in kind to negative Conservative ads One ad attacks Justin Trudeau’s foreign policy position on ISIS and Iraq, while another shows a multi-ethnic panel discussing Trudeau as if he were being evaluated for a job. CALGARY—Federal Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau...

Ex-NDP MP Manon Perreault ordered to pay $1,400 after mischief conviction Former NDP MP Manon Perreault will have to pay a total of $1,400 and will be on probation for one year after being previously convicted of mischief. The 49-year-old Perreault has been sitting as an Independent MP since...