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Sun, 19 May 2013 15:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/16/harper-faces-online-critics-as-he-promotes-canadian-energy-in-new-york/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/16/harper-faces-online-critics-as-he-promotes-canadian-energy-in-new-york/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 16:58:57 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=384640 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/16/harper-faces-online-critics-as-he-promotes-canadian-energy-in-new-york/feed/ 0 NEW YORK, N.Y. – Prime Minister Stephen Harper is in New York today to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/24/joe-oliver-on-retired-nasa-scientist-he-should-be-ashamed/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/24/joe-oliver-on-retired-nasa-scientist-he-should-be-ashamed/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:54:43 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=376361 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/24/joe-oliver-on-retired-nasa-scientist-he-should-be-ashamed/feed/ 0 Natural Resources minister says scientist's oilsands comments were "exaggerated rhetoric" http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/22/conservatives-mark-earth-day-open-public-access-to-oilsands-monitoring-data/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/22/conservatives-mark-earth-day-open-public-access-to-oilsands-monitoring-data/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:37:11 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=375325 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/22/conservatives-mark-earth-day-open-public-access-to-oilsands-monitoring-data/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – The federal Conservatives have decided to mark Earth Day this year, launching... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/11/supreme-court-refuses-to-hear-appeal-over-jackpine-oilsands-expansion-in-alberta/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/11/supreme-court-refuses-to-hear-appeal-over-jackpine-oilsands-expansion-in-alberta/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:49:03 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=370637 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/11/supreme-court-refuses-to-hear-appeal-over-jackpine-oilsands-expansion-in-alberta/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear the Athabasca Chipewyan... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/03/lack-of-pipeline-capacity-costing-canadian-oil-producers-billion-report/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/03/lack-of-pipeline-capacity-costing-canadian-oil-producers-billion-report/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 22:12:16 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=367852 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/03/lack-of-pipeline-capacity-costing-canadian-oil-producers-billion-report/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – Canada lost out on about $25 billion in oil revenues last year... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/27/suncor-energy-cancels-its-troubled-voyageur-oilsands-upgrader-project/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/27/suncor-energy-cancels-its-troubled-voyageur-oilsands-upgrader-project/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 02:18:27 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=365400 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/27/suncor-energy-cancels-its-troubled-voyageur-oilsands-upgrader-project/feed/ 0 CALGARY – Suncor Energy (TSX:SU) announced Wednesday it was not going ahead with its... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/27/the-keystone-sideshow/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/27/the-keystone-sideshow/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:42:11 +0000 Tamsin McMahon http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=365239 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/27/the-keystone-sideshow/feed/ 0 By pushing to win Keystone battle, environmentalists could lose the war on climate change http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/19/german-scientists-quit-oilsands-research-over-heated-public-climate-concerns-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/19/german-scientists-quit-oilsands-research-over-heated-public-climate-concerns-2/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 02:36:30 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=362293 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/19/german-scientists-quit-oilsands-research-over-heated-public-climate-concerns-2/feed/ 0 EDMONTON – Pressure over environmental concerns has forced Germany’s largest scientific organization to pull... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/19/german-scientists-quit-oilsands-research-over-heated-public-climate-concerns/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/19/german-scientists-quit-oilsands-research-over-heated-public-climate-concerns/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:44:01 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=362150 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/19/german-scientists-quit-oilsands-research-over-heated-public-climate-concerns/feed/ 0 EDMONTON – Pressure over environmental concerns has forced Germany’s largest scientific organization to pull... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/18/after-the-oil-boom/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/18/after-the-oil-boom/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:55:00 +0000 Tamsin McMahon http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=359979 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/18/after-the-oil-boom/feed/ 0 As hiring slows and work goes high-tech, Canada can’t count on the oil sands to be its jobs machine anymore http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/18/one-year-later-oilsands-monitoring-plan-still-shows-no-public-results/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/18/one-year-later-oilsands-monitoring-plan-still-shows-no-public-results/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:06:12 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=352095 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/18/one-year-later-oilsands-monitoring-plan-still-shows-no-public-results/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – The revamping of environmental monitoring of the oilsands was supposed to be... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/05/suncor-takes-1-49-billion-charge-on-long-shelved-voyageur-upgrader/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/05/suncor-takes-1-49-billion-charge-on-long-shelved-voyageur-upgrader/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 04:01:31 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=347070 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/05/suncor-takes-1-49-billion-charge-on-long-shelved-voyageur-upgrader/feed/ 0 CALGARY – Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU) reported a fourth-quarter net loss as it took... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/28/canadian-govt-moves-to-ward-off-latest-oilsands-pr-problem/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/28/canadian-govt-moves-to-ward-off-latest-oilsands-pr-problem/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:46:26 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=343661 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/28/canadian-govt-moves-to-ward-off-latest-oilsands-pr-problem/feed/ 0 MONTREAL – The Canadian government has moved to defend the oil industry from yet... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/07/study-concludes-toxic-hydrocarbons-from-oilsands-pollute-lakes/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/07/study-concludes-toxic-hydrocarbons-from-oilsands-pollute-lakes/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:58:35 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=334361 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/07/study-concludes-toxic-hydrocarbons-from-oilsands-pollute-lakes/feed/ 0 EDMONTON – New research has provided the most conclusive proof yet that oilsands development... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/21/investor-group-says-oilsands-industry-must-cut-environmental-risks/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/21/investor-group-says-oilsands-industry-must-cut-environmental-risks/#comments Sun, 21 Oct 2012 23:25:41 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=305586 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/21/investor-group-says-oilsands-industry-must-cut-environmental-risks/feed/ 0 An international group of ethical funds with investments in Alberta’s oilsands is concerned the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/02/firm-pleads-guilty-in-chinese-worker-oilsands-deaths-most-charges-withdrawn/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/02/firm-pleads-guilty-in-chinese-worker-oilsands-deaths-most-charges-withdrawn/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2012 03:01:53 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=299422 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/02/firm-pleads-guilty-in-chinese-worker-oilsands-deaths-most-charges-withdrawn/feed/ 0 ST. ALBERT, Alta. – An engineering firm linked to a state-owned Chinese company has... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/31/general-brocks-lessons-for-modern-ceos/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/31/general-brocks-lessons-for-modern-ceos/#comments Thu, 31 May 2012 20:11:14 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=262772 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/31/general-brocks-lessons-for-modern-ceos/feed/ 0 If he were alive today, could Sir Isaac Brock turn around RIM? http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/07/transcanada-execs-propose-100-mile-keystone-xl-reroute-around-the-darn-nebraska-aquifer/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/07/transcanada-execs-propose-100-mile-keystone-xl-reroute-around-the-darn-nebraska-aquifer/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:16:37 +0000 Gabriela Perdomo http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=244221 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/07/transcanada-execs-propose-100-mile-keystone-xl-reroute-around-the-darn-nebraska-aquifer/feed/ 0 TransCanada executives could submit a new route for their Keystone XL pipeline for approval... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/24/the-eu-has-a-point-about-the-oilsands/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/24/the-eu-has-a-point-about-the-oilsands/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:53:47 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=241839 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/24/the-eu-has-a-point-about-the-oilsands/feed/ 0 Trying harder to clean up our act in Alberta would help our PR efforts http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/20/crude-awakening/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/20/crude-awakening/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:50:01 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/26/crude-awakening/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/20/crude-awakening/feed/ 0 Paul Wells on why unlocking Alberta's vast petroleum riches will be anything but easy http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/20/crack-in-the-pipe-dream/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/20/crack-in-the-pipe-dream/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:00:01 +0000 Nancy Macdonald http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=234789 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/20/crack-in-the-pipe-dream/feed/ 0 'Foreigners' are not the project's only obstacle http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/22/environment-canada-report-warns-of-oilsands-concerns/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/22/environment-canada-report-warns-of-oilsands-concerns/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:47:23 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=230918 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/22/environment-canada-report-warns-of-oilsands-concerns/feed/ 0 'Secret' presentation calls contamination of Athabasca River 'a high-profile concern' http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/21/it%e2%80%99s-time-for-canada-to-seek-other-friends-besides-the-u-s/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/21/it%e2%80%99s-time-for-canada-to-seek-other-friends-besides-the-u-s/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:00:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/24/it%e2%80%99s-time-for-canada-to-seek-other-friends-besides-the-u-s/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/21/it%e2%80%99s-time-for-canada-to-seek-other-friends-besides-the-u-s/feed/ 16 Canada can no longer count on obvious economic arguments to win over American decision-makers http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/21/friends-like-these/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/21/friends-like-these/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:00:01 +0000 Luiza Ch. Savage http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/24/friends-like-these/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/21/friends-like-these/feed/ 48 Why Barack Obama shelved the Keystone pipeline, and insulted Canada (yet again) in the process http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/ndp-adventures-in-westpolitik/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/ndp-adventures-in-westpolitik/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:28:44 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=223404 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/ndp-adventures-in-westpolitik/feed/ 62 Why does Paul Dewar want Alberta and Saskatchewan to stop doing what's making them rich? http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/03/yes-we-can%e2%80%94stop-this/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/03/yes-we-can%e2%80%94stop-this/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:10:01 +0000 Luiza Ch. Savage http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/yes-we-can%e2%80%94stop-this/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/03/yes-we-can%e2%80%94stop-this/feed/ 17 Obama’s base turns up the heat on the oil sands pipeline http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/30/canada%e2%80%99s-un-climate-change-report-omits-oilsands-emissions/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/30/canada%e2%80%99s-un-climate-change-report-omits-oilsands-emissions/#comments Mon, 30 May 2011 17:23:28 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=194604 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/30/canada%e2%80%99s-un-climate-change-report-omits-oilsands-emissions/feed/ 4 Oilsands account for more pollution than all of Canada’s cars http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/24/stelmach-government-lambasts-ottawa-on-oilsands/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/24/stelmach-government-lambasts-ottawa-on-oilsands/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 22:00:44 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=193893 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/24/stelmach-government-lambasts-ottawa-on-oilsands/feed/ 5 Alberta finance minister accuses federal Conservatives of being “hypocrites” http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/07/alberta-oilsands-explosion-injures-four/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/07/alberta-oilsands-explosion-injures-four/#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:03:20 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=166048 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/07/alberta-oilsands-explosion-injures-four/feed/ 2 Locals concerned about air quality http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/04/oilsands-poll-shows-saskatchewan%e2%80%99s-social-divisions/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/04/oilsands-poll-shows-saskatchewan%e2%80%99s-social-divisions/#comments Tue, 04 Jan 2011 20:37:54 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=165550 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/04/oilsands-poll-shows-saskatchewan%e2%80%99s-social-divisions/feed/ 17 Region, race, and education play into provincial perceptions of oilsands development http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/24/behind-that-prentice-wikileak/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/24/behind-that-prentice-wikileak/#comments Fri, 24 Dec 2010 13:06:49 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=165004 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/24/behind-that-prentice-wikileak/feed/ 90 Much like “Jurist”, I had to laugh at the headlines conjured up in the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/17/oil-industry-monitoring-body-hides-blinky-the-three-eyed-fish/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/17/oil-industry-monitoring-body-hides-blinky-the-three-eyed-fish/#comments Fri, 17 Dec 2010 20:04:25 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=164429 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/17/oil-industry-monitoring-body-hides-blinky-the-three-eyed-fish/feed/ 64 Hundreds of deformed animals found in Alberta rivers kept secret http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/14/yankee-go-get-em/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/14/yankee-go-get-em/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:35:31 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=147256 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/14/yankee-go-get-em/feed/ 0 The “revelation” (shock! horror!) that the NRA has been offering advice to Canadian groups... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/29/though-the-heavens-fall/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/29/though-the-heavens-fall/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:30:25 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=123366 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/29/though-the-heavens-fall/feed/ 36 Having stuck up for Syncrude in the early stages of the blind, agonizing struggle... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/29/to-hell-with-buddy-ebsen/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/29/to-hell-with-buddy-ebsen/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:15:16 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=104765 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/29/to-hell-with-buddy-ebsen/feed/ 111 The oil sands may be ugly, but our schools and hospitals depend on them http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/02/19/when-barry-met-steve/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/02/19/when-barry-met-steve/#comments Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:44:25 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://macleans.wordpress.com/2009/02/19/when-barry-met-steve/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/02/19/when-barry-met-steve/feed/ 91 Five things that stood out http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/25/what-smells-fishy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/25/what-smells-fishy/#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:45:30 +0000 selley http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=19735 Must-reads: ...John Ivison on abandoning Senate reform; Don Martin on embracing deficits; Jonathan Kay]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/25/what-smells-fishy/feed/ 12 Must-reads: ...John Ivison on abandoning Senate reform; Don Martin on embracing deficits; Jonathan Kay http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/21/trust-him-hes-bob-rae/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/21/trust-him-hes-bob-rae/#comments Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:27:06 +0000 selley http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=19086 Must-reads: ...Dan Gardner on the McMurtry/Curling report; Colby Cosh on bailing out the oil]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/21/trust-him-hes-bob-rae/feed/ 13 Must-reads: ...Dan Gardner on the McMurtry/Curling report; Colby Cosh on bailing out the oil http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/17/megapundit-wheres-our-obama/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/17/megapundit-wheres-our-obama/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:25:33 +0000 selley http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=18134 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/17/megapundit-wheres-our-obama/feed/ 15 WEEKEND ROUNDUP http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/07/10/megapundit-let-us-compare-ritualistic-cocoons/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/07/10/megapundit-let-us-compare-ritualistic-cocoons/#comments Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:16:28 +0000 selley http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=2934 Must-reads: Kevin Libin and ...Barbara Yaffe on Alberta’s image problems; Konrad Yakabuski on nuclear]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/07/10/megapundit-let-us-compare-ritualistic-cocoons/feed/ 0 Must-reads: Kevin Libin and ...Barbara Yaffe on Alberta’s image problems; Konrad Yakabuski on nuclear http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/06/27/biz-fix/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/06/27/biz-fix/#comments Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:08:52 +0000 Jason Kirby http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=2528 In the money: ...Suncor CEO Rick George puts the rhetorical boots to Barack Obama]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/06/27/biz-fix/feed/ 4 In the money: ...Suncor CEO Rick George puts the rhetorical boots to Barack Obama http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/05/30/my-province-is-bigger-than-yours/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/05/30/my-province-is-bigger-than-yours/#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 20:28:26 +0000 Jason Kirby http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=1470 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/05/30/my-province-is-bigger-than-yours/feed/ 0 Who does more for Canada? Ontario, the traditional economic engine of the country, or...