The end of GM Oshawa has begun? The time of the small car renaissance has come! June 3, 2008 General Motors says it will cease production at four factories in Ohio, Wisconsin, Canada and Mexico that produce trucks and SUVs. As General Motors…
Tar sand investments now a dead duck? May 1, 2008 As one Canadian newspaper put it. Ducks in Alberta died a crude death. One of the species of ducks that died on a pond…
Mr. Stelmach may have failed to consider larger issues such as the environment November 5, 2007 Preston Manning launched a broadside yesterday against Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach, attacking the Progressive Conservative leader’s competence and predicting his electoral demise. The former…
More oil from old wells and more electricity from the wind October 23, 2007 Crude prices have fallen from their record levels. Apparently the wise folk on Wall Street now think Turkey will not attack ther Kurdish area…
Stupid to the last drop – Alberta oil thirst leading to disaster October 10, 2007 The author of a new book on the future of Canada’s oil industry says Alberta is destroying itself in its rush to extract every…