By Matthew Millar, A flicker of hesitation crossed Finance Minister Jim Flaherty‘s face as he paused to formulate a response to a question that many have been asking since last year: why is the federal government focusing its financial audits […]
By Tzeporah Berman, The U.S. State Department handed President Barack Obama a poisoned chalice when it delivered its review of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline linking the U.S. Gulf Coast to the Alberta tar sands. Then, the industry and the […]
By Ryan Koronowski It’s easy to forget about other places in the world, or even in your own country, when you’re out shoveling snow, or people who are homeless suffer the worst of urban cold snaps, or harbor seals on […]
By Greg Hanscom What happens at the Winter Olympics without winter? Imagine Sage Kotsenburg trying to pull off the Holy Crail over a course made of concrete, or cross-country skiers running to a dusty finish line. Triple axels on rollerblades? […]
The Toronto Star The optics are awful. Whatever the reason for the Canada Revenue Agency’s sudden interest in some of the country’s best-known environmental groups, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s energy-friendly Conservative government can’t escape the suspicion that it is harassing […]
By Raveena Aulakh Don’t talk about Alberta’s oilsands and how their development may aggravate climate change. That’s the clear message from Ottawa to environmental charities being extensively audited by the Canada Revenue Agency to determine if they have crossed the […]
Royal Bank of Canada and the Pembina Institute’s Home Location Study released last year found that over 80 per cent of Greater Toronto Area residents would give up a large home and yard to live in a “location-efficient” neighbourhood that […]
By Max Paris The greenhouse gas emissions from oil flowing through TransCanada Pipelines’ proposed Energy East project would be equivalent to putting seven million new cars a year on Canadian roads, according to a report from an environmental think-tank released today. The Pembina […]
The Canadian Press The Conservative government is spending $40 million this year to advertise Canada’s natural resource sector — principally oil and gas — at home and abroad. Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver revealed the figure Wednesday as his department […]
By Jeffrey Simpson The U.S. State Department gives green light to the Keystone XL pipeline. That was the tenor of the media coverage and headlines after the department’s report was released last week. Read one way, that interpretation was plausible. […]
