Jim Prentice in WikiLeaks release: Harper government 'too slow' to fight dirty oil label

While still serving as federal environment minister, Jim Prentice privately told the U.S. ambassador to Canada his Tory government was "too slow" to fight the "dirty oil" label, failing to grasp the magnitude of the Alberta oilsands image problem.

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Alberta average weekly earnings rise 6.6% from last year: StatsCan

Average weekly earnings of non-farm payroll employees in Alberta rose in October by the second highest annual rate in the country among provinces

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Calgary companies swap Trinidad block

Calgary junior Canadian Superior - renamed Sonde Resources earlier this year after emerging from court protection from creditors - is selling its 25 per cent stake in an exploration block off the east coast of Tinidad and Tobago.

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Suncor fined $200,000 for river pollution

Oilsands giant Suncor Energy Inc. has been fined $200,000 after pleading guilty Wednesday to two violations of the Fisheries Act for the deposit of a "deleterious substance" into waters frequented by fish.

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Crude oil prices breach $90 US per barrel

Crude oil futures hit two year high Wednesday after U.S. Energy Department reports large drop in stockpiles.

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