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As Enbridge attempts to sell its controversial Northern Gateway pipeline project, the National Energy Board is examining the broader issue of pipeline safety and pointing to Enbridge's devastating spill along Michigan's Kalamazoo River two years ago

With pressure coming from Target, chain wants to emphasize service

A spate of small earthquakes in B.C.'s remote northeastern corner were caused by a controversial technique used to extract natural gas from shale rock, a report by the province's energy regulator says. The B.C.

The B. C. government arrived at the Northern Gateway pipeline hearings in Edmonton with its environment minister, its former attorney general and a binderful of questions, only to get shut down for being out of bounds.

The Toronto stock market registered a solid advance Thursday after the European Central Bank announced a program to buy government bonds in order to lower the borrowing costs of countries that have been the most badly affected by the European debt cr

It's shaping up to be a cold fall for smartphone makers other than Apple, as the trendsetter of the phone industry gears up to release the next iPhone. Nokia and Motorola, which a few years ago were the No. 1 and No.

The Bank of Canada is hinting it will need to keep interest rates at super-low levels for a while longer, saying stronger economic growth isn't in the cards for the country until next year.

The Canadian Feder-ation of Independent Business says optimism continues to decline among Canada's small and medium-size businesses. The CFIB's Business Barometer index fell to 60.0 in August from 60.

Facebook's stock increased nearly five per cent on Wednesday following a disclosure that its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, won't sell stock in the company for at least a year.

The Toronto stock market closed higher Wednesday as buyers hoped that the European Central Bank would unveil measures to help contain the eurozone debt crisis. The S&P/TSX composite index rose 48.44 points to 11,990.