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Canada Pushes Nuclear Power to Get at Tar Sands
Thursday, January 25, 2007 9:10:00 PM
OTTAWA—Canada may need to turn to nuclear energy as a way of getting the heavy oil in its western tar sands out of the ground without adding seriously to greenhouse gases, Natural Resources Minister G ...   Full Story
 

Prairie Barley Farmers Face Choice
Thursday, January 25, 2007 6:12:00 PM
Barley farmers in Western Canada will be presented with three voting options in the upcoming mail-in plebiscite that will help the federal government decide whether to keep the Canadian Wheat Board ...   Full Story
 

Shell Canada Agrees To Sweetened Shell Bid
Monday, January 22, 2007 5:47:00 PM
Royal Dutch Shell said on Tuesday Shell Canada Limited had recommended a sweetened deal worth C$8.7 billion ($7.4 billion) for the remaining 22 percent of shares it doe not own.   Full Story
 

Alberta Farmer Faces Loss after 170 Cows Drown
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 6:12:00 PM
CALGARY, Alberta—A farmer in the Canadian province of Alberta faces a loss of close to $100,000 after 170 cows and calves plunged through ice and drowned in a reservoir, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp ...   Full Story
 

Ottawa May Consider a Stake in Arctic Pipeline
Wednesday, September 27, 2006 6:13:00 PM
CALGARY, Alberta—Canada 's government might consider an equity stake in multibillion-dollar Arctic gas pipeline should the development be at risk of getting scrapped, Ottawa 's lead man on the ...   Full Story
 

Klein Bids Farewell to Alberta Legislature
Friday, September 08, 2006 6:12:00 PM
Alberta's long-standing conservative premier Ralph Klein bid a teary goodbye to the provincial legislature last Thursday after receiving a standing ovation from Conservative and opposition MLAs.   Full Story
 

Oil Dollars Prompt Higher Alberta Surplus Estimate
Wednesday, August 23, 2006 6:19:00 PM
A gusher of energy revenue has prompted Alberta to boost its budget surplus estimate by nearly 5 percent and plow more cash in the booming Canadian province into infrastructure, education and health.   Full Story
 

Alberta Researchers Use Satellites to Map Grizzly Bear Populations
Thursday, August 03, 2006 1:30:00 PM
A group of University of Calgary researchers are using satellite images and ground surveys to map out Alberta's grizzly bear territory amidst fears that Alberta's development boom are threaten ...   Full Story
 

Homicide Rate in Canada Hits 10-Year High
Thursday, July 27, 2006 8:23:00 PM
We Canadians are known to be a rather peaceable and law-abiding bunch—especially when compared to our neighbours to the south—and this is borne out by an overall drop in the crime rate across the coun ...   Full Story
 

Canada Farm Quarantined in Suspected Mad Cow Case
Tuesday, July 11, 2006 6:18:00 PM
Canada has quarantined an Alberta farm and is testing a dairy cow that was heavily pregnant and suspected of having mad cow disease, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Monday.   Full Story
 

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