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Alberta pipeline oil spills, gas emissions stain Canada's green reputation

By Sandro Contenta | 07/09/12

Three oil spills in a month. Missing greenhouse gas reduction targets. What's happening to the U.S.' nice green neighbor?

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Canada’s worsening oil curse

By Sandro Contenta | 06/06/12

Power is shifting from the center to the oil-happy west, a Conservative stronghold. The country’s delicate unity hangs in the balance.

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Will Canada shun the F-35?

By Sandro Contenta, Global Post | 04/03/12

After two years of vigorously defending its agreement to buy US-made fighter jets, Canada’s Conservative government has suddenly opened the door to backing out of the controversial purchase.

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After Keystone pipeline, Canada's other oil project

By Sandro Contenta | 01/19/12
TORONTO, Canada — Prime Minister Stephen Harper has lashed out at American groups opposed to a pipeline that would allow oil from Alberta's tar sands to be shipped to Asian and US markets. Harper capped a week-long attack on US environmentalists
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Hockey: Head shots take a hit

By Sandro Contenta | 09/13/11
TORONTO, Canada — Hockey, Canada’s national sport has long been a thrilling mix of grace and brawn.
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Canadian parents wrongly convicted of killing their children

By Sandro Contenta | 07/13/11
TORONTO, Canada — When Canadians think of a parent’s worst nightmare, many think of Tammy Marquardt. She spent 13 years in prison, convicted of killing her 2-year-old son.
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Asbestos: Canada's deadly export

By Sandro Contenta | 06/29/11
TORONTO, Canada — A visit by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to an obscure Quebec town would normally go unnoticed.
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Canada to legalize prostitution?

By Sandro Contenta | 06/17/11
TORONTO, Canada — Canadian pig farmer Robert Pickton is the latest in a long line of serial killers — Jack the Ripper the most notorious among them — who hunted prostitutes. For years Pickton prowled Vancouver’s downtown Eastside neighborhood, o
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Canada election: a historic shift?

By Sandro Contenta | 05/02/11
Sandro Contenta TORONTO, Canada — Canadians are voting today in what is shaping up to be an historic federal election that results in the powerful rise of the socialist-rooted New Democratic Party. The NDP’s surge has taken pundits by surprise and
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The “Americanizing” of Canada

By Sandro Contenta | 04/15/11
TORONTO, Canada — The main events in Canada’s federal election campaign — televised, back-to-back French and English language debates — have come and gone without the proverbial knock out punch that makes or breaks political fortunes. But they w