Energy becomes big issue in Atlantic Canada as N.B. ties hopes to Quebec

The Canadian Press - HALIFAX, N.S. - Competing visions of how to wean Atlantic Canada from fossil fuels and hook it into a greener hydroelectric grid have caused premiers to clash and old hopes of...

Cure-all or cash grab? Ontario rings in new year with HST consumer confusion

The Canadian Press - TORONTO - Touted as a panacea for Ontario's ailing economy but condemned by others as the biggest cash grab in the province's history, the harmonized sales tax will likely have...

A list of items and services previously exempted from the PST, but will now rise eight per cent bec

The Canadian Press - TORONTO - Ontario will create a 13-per-cent harmonized sales tax next July by merging the provincial sales tax with the five-per-cent GST.

Much-delayed Arctic pipeline environmental study expected this week, years late

The Canadian Press - Even at noon, Inuvik's weak December sun never seems to light the Arctic community brighter than twilight - no longer night, not quite day.

Developers await report into possible effects of Mackenzie Valley pipeline

The Canadian Press - Almost a decade has elapsed since energy companies first returned to the idea of a pipeline down the Mackenzie Valley that would carry rich reserves of Arctic gas to southern...