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Campaign to boost energy exports had little success, documents show U.S. energy advertising blitz cost Canadians $24M The multimillion-dollar campaign to market Canadian oil in the United States was hard to miss. The Maple Leaf was plastered on the walls of subway stops in Washington, D.C...

Trickle down wreckonomics. Expect 'ripple effect' from slowdown in Alberta oil patch: economist Declining oil prices are dissolving thousands of jobs in Alberta, and it's certain that cancelled and delayed projects out west will have a significant impact on commuting workers from...

Finalist criticises Mars One selection process BRAVE NEW WORLD: A graphic depiction of the Mars One project, showing the 'habitats' envisaged for the first settlers. The planet's thin atmosphere will force them to live in cylinders or wear spacesuits Picture: BRYAN VERSTEEG/MARS ONE Dr. Joseph...

Former Conservative MP should get 12 months in jail for overspending during 2008 election, Crown says Former Conservative MP should get 12 months in jail for overspending during 2008 election, Crown says Dean Del Mastro should spend nine to 12 months in jail and pay the Conservative riding...

Toronto’s economy is expected to grow faster this year, while unemployment should fall, thanks to lower oil prices and a stronger U.S. dollar, the Conference Board of Canada says. The Pan Am games will help boost tourism, condo and new home construction will resume and manufacturing will...

Rob Ford near scene of first of two shootings in Toronto Rob Ford at Toronto City Hall, Wednesday, March 11, 2015. (Craig Robertson/QMI Agency) TORONTO – Former mayor Rob Ford was near the scene when the first of two young men were shot hours apart in what police say are gang-related shootings...

Alberta under pressure to move on with carbon tax policy change | Financial Post Alberta Premier Jim Prentice’s musings about the need for a new approach to energy, the environment and climate change has stirred debate in the province about what that could look like, including an option that...

Obama climate change order to push shift to renewables President Barack Obama ordered the federal government on Thursday to cut its emissions of greenhouse gases by 40 per cent, as the U.S. seeks to spur other nations to get serious about climate change. Obama's executive order also directs...

Winter was world record warmest With Bostonians digging out of their snowiest season and New York expecting flurries on the first day of spring, it might be hard to believe, but a report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association released Wednesday said that globally, winter 2014-15...

Macleans.ca Chrétien, Martin, Harper: Who has the best fiscal record? What the numbers say about the performance of the last three governments as fiscal managers Paul Boothe and Sandra Octaviani March 18, 2015 Premium content image Twitter Facebook Google+ Share LinkedIn Reddit Email Aaron...

Why leaving Canada makes sense for Alberta, and U.S. would likely welcome a new state Facebook | Twitter | Google+ | Email Jen GersonWednesday, Mar. 18, 2015 Downtown Calgary Dec. 10, 2014. Geopolitics expert Peter Zeihan says Alberta would be better off joining the U.S. in his new book...

Taxpayer group urges Tories to stop pumping public money into partisan ads Kady O'Malley, CBC News A government waste-watching group once headed by Defence Minister Jason Kenney is calling out the federal government for using taxpayer money to pay for partisan ads. Veterans Affairs ads that...

Canada's Economy Takes A Big Hit In New OECD Forecast PARIS -- The OECD has reduced its 2015 and 2016 economic growth forecasts for Canada, citing the drag caused by a significant drop in prices for oil and other commodities since its previous outlook in November. The Paris-based organization...

How market forces are winning the climate change battle Greenhouse gases have stopped rising, and it's not hurting the global economy after all Despite the stereotype of a business lobby warning about the prohibitive costs of cutting back on greenhouse gases, there are increasing signs that...

Better than 0 I guess. Income splitting helps fewer than 1 in 6 families, PBO says Budget watchdog says famliy tax cut will cost $2.2 billion this The parliamentary budget officer says the family tax cut announced last year will cost the federal government about $2.2 billion this year and...

I think we can safely predict his political strategy now. Harper sparks controversy by linking guns and personal security Prime Minister Stephen Harper, after years of cautiously linking gun ownership to farmers and duck hunters, now says firearms are needed by rural Canadians for their own...

More Canadians go beyond border for medical treatment The number of Canadian patients who travelled abroad in 2014 to receive non-emergency medical treatment increased 25 per cent from 2013, according to a study conducted by the Fraser Institute, a Canadian independent research and education...

Oh dear I 'killed them all,' millionaire Robert Durst says in documentary Wealthy eccentric Robert Durst is waiving extradition and will return to Los Angeles to face a murder charge in the 2000 death of a writer and friend who acted as his spokeswoman. Durst appeared before a judge in New...

CSIS highlights white supremacist threat ahead of radical Islam OTTAWA—“Lone wolf” attacks more often come from white supremacists and extreme right-wing ideologies than from Islamic radicalism, internal CSIS documents say. Citing recent academic research, the unclassified documents note...

Europe energy giants clear decks as they prepare shift to renewables Print Friendly The two biggest utilities in Europe, German power giants E.ON and RWE – have further cleared the decks as they prepare to catch up with the country’s energy transition and focus on renewables and distributed...