Environment
U.S. gives BP 24 hours to outline next steps for oil spill
The U.S. government Thursday gave BP 24 hours to outline its next steps to contain the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, warning efforts to cap a fractured well were entering a "critical stage."
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China invests millions into Canada's oil sands
Energy-hungry China, once stung in its efforts to secure access to resources in North America, is making a more subtle push into Canada's oil sands, and the new approach is paying off, experts say.
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Ontario, Quebec melting in the heat
Central Canada is in for what could be the hottest week of summer, says Environment Canada with records melting in Ottawa, Montreal, Windsor and Toronto.
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Scientists find large toothed killer whale fossil
The fossil of a giant whale called Leviathan for having teeth bigger than a grown man's forearms has been found in Peru by paleontologists who on Thursday said it may have been the largest predator to ever roam the seas.
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Storm stirs Gulf, delays spill plans
Bad weather halted some cleanup efforts from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill Tuesday as high winds and waves from a strengthening storm threatened to hamper plans to capture more of the crude gushing from the largest spill in U.S. history.
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Tropical Storm Alex strengthening to hurricane status
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden heads to the Gulf of Mexico Tuesday, as a tropical storm -- forecast to reach hurricane strength -- was likely to hamper oil spill cleanup efforts.
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'Carbon storage' faces leak dilemma - study
Dreams of braking global warming by storing carbon emissions from power plants could be undermined by the risk of leakage, according to a study published on Sunday.
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HENRY AUBIN
You can't blame the Plateau for trying to cut traffic
One borough's self-defence against traffic congestion is setting off an angry backlash. The controversy shows how tough it is to resist the hegemony of the car.
MITCH JOEL
Television at the crossroads: core business model might be a thing of the past
While everybody is busy running over to their favourite consumer electronics store to pick up a 3-D television (btw, is it just me or do those glasses make all of us look like the love child of Karl Lagerfeld and Roy Orbison?), it seems like the television industry -much like all of the traditional media channels -also struggles to define its place with viewers while grappling with a future of digitization, media fragmentation and uncertainty.
JAY BRYAN
Skills squeeze is around the corner
While unemployment is dropping, it's still a big preoccupation, a fact underlined yesterday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which warned that governments mustn't take their focus off joblessness just because there's a recovery.
BILL BROWNSTEIN
Nasty Show host Greg Giraldo sets high smut standard for the others
Definitely not the pussycat. There had been some trepidation about which comic persona newly minted Nasty Show host Greg Giraldo would bring to Club Soda.
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