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A placard with the Canadian flag rests on the ground covered in oil as demonstrators conduct a die-in to protest against the Keystone Pipeline and the Alberta Tar Sands outside of the Canadian Consulate in downtown Chicago, Thursday, May 17, 2012.
Opinion

Western energy vs. eastern industry: a manufactured debate

The argument that good news for the oil sands is bad news for the rest of the Canada is not supported by evidence

A technician opens a pressure gas valve inside the Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) group gathering station on the outskirts of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad March 2, 2012.
Peter Tertzakian

Plot thickens as oil, gas wrestle for spotlight

Benchmark oil falls, gas prices climb - but there’s only one bear suit possible

Jeff Rubin

Whatever happened to $200 oil?

Four years ago, Jeff Rubin predicted $200-a-barrel oil. Here's why it never came to be.

A Canadian Pacific Railway freight train runs along the Bow River and distant Rocky Mountains on the main line near Lake Louise, Alta.
Energy

Canada's newest pipeline: the train

Canada's newest pipeline doesn't run beneath the ground; it runs on rails

A worker checks stocks of steels at a steel maker in Zhangjiagang in east China's Jiangsu province.

The Chinese resource supercycle slows down

The country’s efforts to modernize its infrastructure accelerated commodity demand and spurred investment in Canada’s mining sector. Now the good times are coming to an end

As driving season nears, motorists shrug over higher gas prices

Tourism officials say Canadian and American vacationers don’t appear to be letting high fuel costs put a crimp in their holiday plans

Drilling for oil in the Far North’s great unknown

Though economic and technical hurdles in the Arctic remain high, new data compiled by a Texas company offers up a game plan

Australia to allow migrant workers in an effort to ease mining labour shortage

Unions condemn migrant worker decision as “sheer lunacy”

Breakingviews

Clean energy: Goldman goes for the green

Its $40-billion bet on solar, wind power signals a tipping point

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WaterFurnace Renewable Energy WFI 16.55 6.98
Hammond Power Solutions Inc. HPS.A 10.49 6.50
Softchoice Corp. SO 12.11 6.41
Richmont Mines RIC 6.28 5.37
Coastal Energy CEN 14.75 5.21
Paramount Resources POU 28.26 4.74

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