The Turner Report (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
You might be interested in what some leading bloggers and opinion-makers in the West, specifically Alberta, are saying at the moment about my last posting. It’s always instructive in politics to do so. BTW, you will note in the Calgary Herald editorial published Tuesday, “The gall of Garth” that the paper embellished a quote of [...]
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
$2 billion invested in carbon capture and storage; $2 billion in public transit CALGARY, July 8 /PRNewswire/ - The provincial government of Alberta, Canada is surging ahead on its climate change action plan with a $4-billion investment in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The province has created a $2-billion fund to advance carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects while a second $2-billion...
Market Wire - Energy and Utilities: Pipelines (Free subscription) | yesterday
CALGARY, ALBERTA (MARKET WIRE) Steve Snyder, TransAlta Corporation's (TSX: TA) (NYSE: TAC), President and CEO, today applauded the Alberta government's commitment to provide $2 billion in funding for the development of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology, saying CCS is vital if Canada is to achieve its goal of reducing carbon emissions by 20 per cent from current levels by 2020.
Canadian Medicine (Free subscription) | yesterday
This morning the nine CEOs of Alberta's nine recently dismantled health regions showed up to work to be told to clear their desks and make themselves scarce by noon, reports the Calgary Herald . Their keys, company cars and credit cards were also seized and they were reportedly escorted from their respective buildings. "These people have worked hard for their regions for years, now they're being treated...
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Alberta is to set aside C$4bn of its burgeoning oil and gas revenues for projects to reduce greenhouse gas -emissions. The initiative, announced yesterday by Ed...
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
The Canadian province will set aside C$4bn of its oil and gas royalties for initiatives to trap and store emissions from oil sands projects and improve public transport
The Black Kettle (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
LifeSiteNews.com: Alberta Pastor Steve Boissoin has filed an appeal to the Alberta Human Rights Tribunal ruling that convicted him of hate speech. The pastor was found guilty last November of having written a letter to the editor in the Red Deer Advocate that was "likely" to expose homosexuals to hatred. The appeal was filed on June 26 with the Queen's Bench of Alberta. A hearing has preliminarily...
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
To The USA & Canadia!
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
A tornado touched down five kilometres north of Airdrie on Sunday afternoon, as funnel clouds and severe hail formed across southern Alberta.
halls of macadamia (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
You throw 'em in the slow cooker with a bottle of vino and some garlic... there just might be some good eatin' here . -- EDMONTON -- Alberta has become hog heaven to so many boars on the loose that the province is ordering landowners to eradicate all of the tusked animals not in captivity. The European wild boars, which can weigh up to 275 kilograms, have adapted to frigid winters, breed like rabbits,...
Royal Dutch Shell plc .com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Shell may process oil sands crude at US refineries Tue Jul 8, 2008 1:59pm EDT CALGARY, Alberta, July 8 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSa.L: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) may process tar-like crude from its Canadian oil sands holdings at some of its U.S.…
Royal Dutch Shell plc .com (Free subscription) | yesterday
CALGARY, Alberta, July 8 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSa.L:Quote, Profile, Research) has canceled plans to build a new multibillion-dollar refinery near Sarnia, Ontario, due to poor market conditions and surging costs, the oil major said on Tuesday.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday
The number of senior health administrators in Alberta is expected to be slashed Tuesday as the province's health superboard moves ahead with merging nine health regions into one.
Market Wire - Government: International (Free subscription) | yesterday
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Our fallen soldier, Private Colin William Wilmot, 24, of 1 Field Ambulance, based out of Edmonton, Alberta is scheduled to return home to Canada tomorrow.
Indy Star (Free subscription) | yesterday
A trio of homegrown Hendricks County drivers is in the hunt for national championships this season.
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whipdaddy | 06/21/2008
Bullrun 2008 pre-start video teaser taken in Calgary, Alberta. CLICK HERE FOR THE VIDEO: Bullrun 2008 Pre Start Video
whipdaddy | 06/19/2008
Only 1 day left until one of the biggest cross border poker runs begin: Bullrun 2008 Check Out: Bullrun 2007 Photos The invite-only event, with a $20,000 entry fee, will launch from Oil Rich Calgary Alberta (Canada) and end in Cactus populated Scottsdale, Arizona.
whipdaddy | 06/04/2008
Awesome TRACK PHOTOS taken at Mont-Tremblant in Quebec of ZR Auto Modified Exotic Cars from Calgary Alberta. Cars captured in Zahir Rana's Yellow EDO Competition modified Enzo Ferrari, Maserati MC12, Novitec Ferrari F430, Green IMSA modified Widebody Lamborghini Gallardo and more! 27 pics TRACK Photo Gallery HERE: ZR Auto Crew Track Day at Mont-Tremblant - 27 PHOTOS !!!
