Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – U.S. State Department officials are expected to issue a ruling early next year on expanding an oil pipeline from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. The expanded Keystone pipeline would transport oil from the controversial Canadian oil sands in Alberta to U.S. heavy [...]
AHN News Staff Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (AHN) – Sixty-one aboriginal Canadian communities joined forces on Thursday to oppose the proposed $5.5 billion Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines Project that would transport petroleum through pipelines from Canada’s oil sands. Included in the 61 communities are 54 British Columbia First Nations bands such as the Haida Nation [...]
AHN News Staff Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – Canadian Environment Minister John Baird said Sunday that Ottawa would not follow Washington’s plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by mandating new power plants and oil refineries to be more energy efficient. Instead, Canada would match the U.S. measures with equivalent moves. The U.S. regulations, which would [...]
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AHN News Staff Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – It’s a week of resignations for Canadian politicians. One day after British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell quit his post, Environment Minister Jim Prentice announced he had also resigned. The 54-year old Prentice said he just ended his political career and would shift to the private sector. In [...]
Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor Bloomington, IL, United States (AHN) – According to insurance claims data, October remains the most dangerous month of the year for teen driver crashes. Reviewing claims data spanning the last seven years, the highest instance of injury or collision claims filed by 16- and 17-year-old drivers annually spikes [...]
MONTREAL & CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Air Canada and United Continental Holdings, Inc. today announced that the airlines have concluded a Memorandum of Understanding setting out the principles for a comprehensive revenue-sharing joint venture that would provide for an enhanced partnership on United States-Canada transborder flights, and generate substantial service and pricing benefits for consumers traveling between the [...]
AHN News Staff Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (AHN) – Canada’s oil sands industry continues to take more heat as a new study provided more evidence of the apparent negative impact of the projects on its surroundings. According to a study by Environment Canada, levels of mercury in the eggs of water birds near the oil sands [...]
AHN News Staff St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (AHN) – Newfoundland and Labrador have started to clear its roads of snapped tree trunks as the first step toward rebuilding the province massively damaged by Hurricane Igor on Tuesday. St. John’s Director of Public Works Paul Mackey estimated that more than 2,000 trees were uprooted. [...]
AHN News Staff Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (AHN) – Canada’s toughest driving laws took effect Monday in British Columbia. The laws hopes to curb the steadily rising number of impaired driving charges and convictions in the province. Violators will incur costly personal and financial penalties. Under the new rules, a motorist with a blood alcohol [...]
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