Canada

A pumping station for pipelines that carry natural gas from British Columbia near Monroe, Wash.
Canada: Increasing Opposition to Energy Industry Activities
October 21, 2008 2114 GMT
Police are still investigating two pipeline bombings that took place the week of Oct. 12 in the Canadian province of British Columbia. [more]
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper after Oct. 14 election win
Canada: Risky Strategies and a Conservative Victory
October 15, 2008 1814 GMT
The Conservative Party of Canada has won Canada's Oct. 14 election, results released Oct. 15 show. [more]
Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin
Russia: Moscow and the G-7
October 10, 2008 2158 GMT
The G-7, which is meeting Oct. 10 in Washington to strategize regarding the global economic crisis, is holding a private session with a former member that helped make up the G-8: Russia. [more]
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Geopolitical Diary: Rate Cuts and Paying for the Bailout
October 9, 2008 0156 GMT
Five central banks made major interest rate cuts to help overcome the global credit crunch. The problem now is how to pay for the economic growth stimulation. [more]
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Geopolitical Diary: The Importance of Sideline Action at the G-8
July 8, 2008 0157 GMT
The G-8 -- the United States, Japan, Germany, Britain, France, Canada, Italy and Russia -- gathered Monday for a summit that will seek to discuss and reach agreements on topics such as climate change and high oil and food prices. [more]
A Jewish rally in Toronto
Canada: Hezbollah Activity in Context
June 20, 2008 1534 GMT
Reports of Hezbollah activity in Canada come as the militant group faces an increasingly tenuous position and against the backdrop of ongoing U.S.-Iranian tensions. [more]
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Geopolitical Diary: The Cost of the High Price of Grain
April 18, 2008 0223 GMT
The global trend of unrest over high food prices –- especially the price of grain –- has far-reaching implications. [more]
Port of Vancouver
Canada, U.S.: Port Security and Smugglers
February 19, 2008 1728 GMT
Heightened security at ports worldwide post-9/11 has served as an unexpected windfall for smugglers. [more]
Tamiflu boxes
Tamiflu Compromised?
February 1, 2008 2131 GMT
Some strains of influenza are developing resistance to Tamiflu, complicating efforts to prepare effectively for a pandemic. [more]
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB-20)
United States, Canada, Military: Icebreaking Capacity and the Northwest Passage
January 29, 2008 2233 GMT
As the recession of the Arctic icepack has drifted northward, more and more of the waters of what could become the Northwest Passage are becoming navigable during the summer. [more]
Oil futures traders at the NY mercantile exchange
U.S.: Fire on the Enbridge Pipeline
November 29, 2007 1407 GMT
A fire damaged the Enbridge pipeline system the morning of Nov. 29, pushing crude oil prices higher. [more]
The Syncrude extraction facility in Canada's northern Alberta oil sand fields
Canada: Oil Sands Tax Increase
October 26, 2007 1424 GMT
The government in the Canadian province of Alberta approved measures late Oct. 25 to increase taxes on oil sands projects. Though the oil sands industry once needed low taxes to thrive, it no longer has to be pampered. [more]
North and South American Drug Trade Routes Map
Canada and the Transcontinental Drug Links
October 15, 2007 1752 GMT
An 18-month Canadian anti-drug investigation culminated Oct. 11 in 24 arrests and the seizure of narcotics, property, weapons and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash. [more]
MAP - Transatlantic - Quebec, Germany, Denmark, Austria
The Trans-Atlantic Militant Connection
September 14, 2007 1844 GMT
Europe is squarely in the jihadists' sights -- and the threat is increasing. [more]
Canada, China: A Pipeline to Oil Sands Expertise
July 16, 2007 1903 GMT
PetroChina announced July 12 that it is quitting a pipeline project that would transport oil... [more]
Global Market Brief: Canada's Arctic Potential
July 12, 2007 2350 GMT
Following up on part of a major campaign promise, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on July... [more]
The End of the Kyoto Protocol
June 5, 2007 1730 GMT
By Peter Zeihan and Bart Mongoven European leaders have expressed dismay over... [more]
Russia: Fattening up a Cash Cow for the Kremlin
May 8, 2007 2128 GMT
Canada's LionOre Mining International issued a statement May 8 saying that Russian Norilsk... [more]
U.S.: The Rising Political Winds for Climate Legislation
March 2, 2007 1644 GMT
Recent international and U.S. domestic energy developments are adding momentum to calls for... [more]
Canada: The Changing Shape of Energy Politics
February 16, 2007 0545 GMT
By Bart Mongoven On Feb. 14, the lower house of the Canadian Parliament passed... [more]
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