Restorying Canada
In her incisively argued book, ‘Aboriginal people and colonies of Western Canada to 1900’ (University of Toronto Press, 1990), Sarah Carter states: “The Indian Act of 1876, which has been…
On Canada
This week, July 1, the people of Canada celebrated the 152th birthday of their country. In this connection, various events were held throughout Canada, with people expressing their patriotism and…
Canada goes right
Recently, Canadian politicians have taken a rebar-hard, right-wing turn in pursuit of victory. This fact may come as unsettling news to scores of progressives at home and abroad who remain…
Belgium’s Walloons rally in underdog fight against EU-Canada deal
The economically depressed Belgian region of Wallonia finds new cohesion and purpose as its people unite against a looming deal they fear will make them even poorer. Charleroi, Belgium (dpa)…
Canada’s Willie Wonka
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s sweet, youthful, Willy Wonka façade is slipping to reveal that he’s just an old boy wedded to the old way of doing things at home…
Wall Street vets battle BP in fallout over Canada refinery
A legal battle between a team of former Wall Street oil traders and behemoth producer BP plc over a remote Canadian refinery sheds rare light on the murky world of…
High Noon on the Gulf Coast: Canada, Saudi oil set for showdown
As a test of wills between Opec nations and US shale drillers fuels a global oil market slump, a brewing battle between Canadian and Saudi Arabia heavy crudes for America's…
Blame Canada: New pipes set to hit US Gulf with heavy crude
A new chapter in the North American oil revolution is about to open on the Texas coast, with two major pipelines poised this summer to deliver an unprecedented influx of…
US delay pushes Canada oil pipeline choke points upstream
Enbridge Inc is on the brink of breaking through oil pipeline bottlenecks in the US Midwest that have dogged the company for nearly four years, potentially ending a need to…
Canada oil patent suits stir fears of technology slowdown
A subtle shift is under way in the Canadian oil industry, where collegial collaboration over vital new extraction technology is yielding to corporate protectionism in the race to profit from…
