OTTAWA _ Prime Minister Stephen Harper heads to China today, and in addition to a political entourage, he's bringing along a who's-who of Canada's energy sector.
Harper is travelling with the presidents of several oil and gas companies, including those involved in major pipeline proje ....
CALGARY _ The federal NDP leadership race has faced criticism recently about being stagnant and boring.
However, during a swing through Calgary this week, leadership hopeful Nathan Cullen, member of Parliament for the northern B.C. riding of Skeena-Bulkley Valley, says that's in the process o ....
EDMONTON _ Alberta and the federal government are expected to reveal some of the details of their long-awaited plan to track the environmental impact of oilsands development later today.
Alberta Environment Minister Diana McQueen and her federal counterpart, Peter Kent, have scheduled a joint new ....
OTTAWA _ There's nothing like a massive earthquake, a three-storey tsunami and a nuclear crisis to whet the appetite for Canadian cuisine.
Or so the federal government seems to think.
New documents show Ottawa saw an opportunity in the catastrophe that engulfed Japan last year to promote f ....
EDMONTON _ The Alberta Liberals say they disagree with federal Liberal Leader Bob Rae over the merits of the Northern Gateway pipeline project.
Provincial leader Raj Sherman said in a news release Tuesday that Rae has ``suggested he does not approve the construction'' of the pipeline.
Sh ....
WINNIPEG _ School property tax increases could be on the way again in Manitoba.
Education Minister Nancy Allan increased provincial funding for the public school system Monday by $25.5 million, or 2.2 per cent, for the 2012-13 school year.
Allan also yanked the tax-incentive grant away from scho ....
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. _ Alberta's Gas City is getting into the oil business.
The City of Medicine Hat has approved a $48.6 million deal to buy oil producing properties from Chinook Energy (TSX:CKE).
The deal, announced and approved in a special session of city council on Monday, would see the ....
OTTAWA _ The revelation that former Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe paid a political operative's salary with taxpayer money has revived calls to open the curtains on MPs' expenses.
``It's like the 'Six Million Dollar Man' from the '70s: Gentleman, we have the technolo ....
HALIFAX _ Federal NDP leadership candidate Peggy Nash says three NDP members of the Nova Scotia legislature have endorsed her candidacy.
Nash issued a statement today saying Pam Birdsall, Vicki Conrad and Labour Minister Marilyn More are lending their support to her campaign.
Nash, the Toronto M ....
MONTREAL _ A network of Quebec activist groups has launched a ``don't talk, don't listen'' campaign against the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, claiming the spy agency has created a climate of fear and suspicion within their organizations.
The People's Commission, whic ....
