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Senior Harper adviser to split duties between PMO and Alberta-based institute

Article online since August 14th 2008
OTTAWA - One of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's senior advisers has been appointed head of an Alberta-based research and teaching centre. The Canada School of Energy and Environment announced Thursday that Bruce Carson will be its first executive director, effective immediately. Last month's...
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Blackout took heavy toll on Tories, highlighted need for long-term planning

Article online since August 14th 2008
TORONTO - When the lights went out one hot August afternoon five years ago, then-premier Ernie Eves - like most people in Ontario - didn't think much of it. Brief power outages were a common occurrence at his home in Caledon, about 40 kilometres northwest of Toronto, where Eves was preparing...
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Media briefing on Toronto explosion degenerates into shouting match

Article online since August 14th 2008
TORONTO - A media briefing at the site of a massive propane explosion in Toronto degenerated into a shouting match between a public official and residents Wednesday. City Coun. Maria Augimeri was there to address concerns about asbestos after the hazardous material was found in the neighbourhood....
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Motorist whose car broke down on highway finds body; police investigating

Article online since August 14th 2008
LEDUC, Alta. - Police say a motorist whose car broke down found a body in a ditch in central Alberta. Leduc RCMP say the motorist called them on Wednesday about 5 p.m. to say she was walking along Highway 19 to a gas station when she spotted the body. Police are treating the death as suspicious. They...
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Canadians slow to change driving habits despite higher gas prices: study

Article online since August 14th 2008
OTTAWA - A new study says Canadians have been slow to change their driving habits, in spite of higher gasoline prices. Statistics Canada reports Canadians drove their vehicles 332 billion kilometres last year; that's 5.2 per cent more than in 2002. The number of vehicles on the road also rose...

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