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A pair of recently published studies question the long-distance environmental impact of the oilsands.

Saudi Arabia's oil minister says his country has the ability to meet existing and future demand for oil, seeking to alleviate concerns about supply.

Sales of Japanese vehicles nosedived in China during September as anti-Japanese sentiment flared over a territorial dispute that threatens to hobble what was a booming business relationship between Japan and its biggest export market.

German leader's visit sparks anger

GuestLogix Inc. co-founder Brett Proud is taking over as company president and CEO as the retail technology provider to airlines and others in the passenger travel industry begins a strategic review.

The British Columbia government will examine the contentious possibility of opening old-growth forests to logging in parts of the province hardest hit by plummeting timber supplies.

Pat Fafard, who retired as general manager of the Peninsula Co-op earlier this year and has been credited with turning the co-operative into a retail powerhouse in the region over the past several decades, will receive a lifetime achievement award fr

Canada has formally joined the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade bloc and will be at the table for the next full round in December.

The Toronto stock market closed lower Tuesday after the International Monetary Fund warned that economic conditions are deteriorating while traders anticipated the start of an earnings season that could be the most disappointing in years.

Some workers in Becancour, Que., who are facing the imminent closure of a nuclear power plant, may soon find new jobs. Plans have been announced for the construction of a $1.2-billion nitrogen fertilizer plant.