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    OPEC says global oil surplus virtually eliminated

    Right on! A global oil glut has been virtually eliminated, according to OPEC figures, thanks in part to an OPEC-led supply cut deal in place since January 2017 and fast-rising global demand. Oil inventories in developed nations in March fell to stand 9 million barrels above the five-year...
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    Wynne is offering solutions to health care problems her government created

    You can't make this shit up. Three years ago, her government cut residency spots. Now she's promising cash to fund new ones Adam Kassam - for CBC News 1 Hour Ago I graduated from medical school the same week that Kathleen Wynne was elected premier in 2014. So it has been under her tenure that...
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    B.C. Grants Cermaq Permit to Apply 2.3 Million Litres of Pesticide to Clayoquot Sound

    But but but...."pristine coastline". The province has given the go-ahead for Cermaq Canada to use up to 2.3 million litres of a pesticide called Paramove 50 to remove sea lice from fish at 14 salmon farms in Clayoquot Sound, but opponents fear the mixture of hydrogen peroxide, surfactants and...
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    Why Putin hates Hillary

    Perspective Behind the allegations of a Russian hack of the DNC is the Kremlin leader's fury at Clinton for challenging the fairness of Russian elections. By MICHAEL CROWLEY and JULIA IOFFE 07/25/2016 06:20 PM EDT When mass protests against Russian President Vladimir Putin erupted in Moscow...
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    Elon Musk acted like a jerk, and Tesla stock paid the price

    He didnt take his lithium Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk held a long, odd earnings conference call Wednesday in which he insulted analysts, the media, federal regulators and people who died behind the wheel of his cars, and then told anyone concerned about volatility not to invest in his...
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    Scheer says his climate plan will meet Paris targets without a carbon tax

    OTTAWA -- Despite not yet having the details, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says he will be unveiling a climate plan ahead of the 2019 election that will meet the Paris targets without a carbon tax. Both inside the House of Commons and out of it, the Conservatives under Scheer have stated...
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    Trudeau Liberals say 'no' to Canadian oil and gas independence

    Hooray for trade deficts killing GDP and mediocrity! With the Kinder Morgan pipeline hanging by a thread, the federal Liberals had a chance on the weekend to express support for Alberta and the national economy. They didn’t. The party’s annual convention in Halifax voted against a resolution...
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    Fossil fuels roar back in a world hungry for energy

    As U.S. coal exports rise and oil prices surge, climate change scientists remain optimistic Don Pittis - CBC News GOOD LUCK! Green car enthusiast Matthew Klippenstein pulls his early model plug-in Prius into a Tim Hortons in Maple Ridge, B.C., to take my call. As gas prices begin to soar...
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    “So as the plane was going down, I whipped out my credit card and bought Wi-Fi.”

    Passenger on fatal Southwest Airlines crash live-streamed ‘sheer panic’ on flight When they saw how upset the flight attendants were, “we thought we were in a really bad place. We were going down,” says man who live-streamed crash on Facebook. When the plane engine blew up and the oxygen masks...
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    Oil tops $68 for the first time in more than three years as US crude stockpiles fall

    Oil prices rose to their highest level since late 2014 after government data showed U.S. crude stockpiles fell last week and as the market continued to worry about supply disruptions in key fossil fuel-producing nations. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures hit $68.45, a fresh high going...
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    Eco-Fascist Hypocrisy

    Mount Polley Mining Corporation has been granted permission to drain treated mining waste water into Quesnel Lake, a massive glacial lake that provides drinking water to residents of Likely B.C., northeast of Williams Lake. Approval of the long-term waste water management plan came April 7...