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Canada approves pipeline to Pacific Ocean, with conditions
An aerial view of an oil sands mine near the town of Fort McMurray in Alberta Province, Canada. (AFP/Mark Ralston) OTTAWA: Canada approved construction on Tuesday of a pipeline to the Pacific Ocean,...
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Etihad, Google to make flight search easy
UAE’s national airline Etihad Airways has partnered with Google to make it more convenient for travellers to view the airline’s flight schedules and fares on the search engine’s flight search tool....
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Canada-South Korea Free Trade Agreement Signed
Park Geun-hye, President of the Republic of Korea and Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper On September 22, 2014, the high officials of Canada and South Korea signed Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement...
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WHO pools experimental Ebola vaccines as experts scramble to beat virus
A man holds a vial of the Ebola vaccine Chimp Adenovirus type 3 (ChAd3) at the Oxford Vaccine Group Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine (CCVTM) in Oxford. (Photo: AFP/POOL/Steve...
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Obesity clips up to 8 years off your life, says study
An overweight person. (File photo: AFP/Paul Ellis) PARIS: Obesity and extreme obesity can reduce life expectancy by up to eight years and deprive people of as much as 19 years of good health, according...
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“No Rush” for Canada Ferry Project
Prince Rupert Alaska can use an existing British Columbia ferry terminal for several more years if Canada enforces an order blocking so-called “Buy America” purchasing rules from being applied to its...
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Canadian crude perfect partner to US shale: Kemp
US refineries are processing record quantities of heavy crude from Canada as the perfect complement to light oils from North Dakota and Texas as they struggle to keep their average blend steady....
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Firms from 16 countries to invest in Iran’s mining sector
Several companies from as many as 16 countries are eager to invest in Iran’s mining sector, according to a report. There were many applications for co-operation from German, Danish, Krygyz and Indian...
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NATO Launches Cooperative Maritime Exercises in Baltic
Baltops 2015 Seventeen NATO and partner nations gathered in the Baltic Sea Friday for a two week multinational maritime exercise aimed at increasing cooperative capabilities. BALTOPS, currently on its...
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Sekimizu Announces Seafarers’ Welfare Award Winners
award winners The winners of the 2015 International Seafarers’ Welfare Awards were announced in London last week during a high profile ceremony hosted by Secretary General of the IMO, Koji Sekimizu....
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Washington Grapples With Fast-Track Legislation
The President is fighting his own party on this one. Having put aside for the time being the legacy issues left over from the previous Congress, the new Republican leadership has now moved on to what...
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TransCanada Offers Extra Keystone Pipeline Capacity
Alberta, Canada TransCanada Corp is offering crude oil shippers extra space on its Keystone pipeline from Alberta to the U.S. Gulf Coast after technological improvements freed up 10,000-15,000 barrels...
View ArticleMillions die from air pollution, mainly in China, India
WASHINGTON: Air pollution kills more than 5.5 million people around the world each year, with over half of those deaths occurring in fast-growing China and India, researchers said on Friday (Feb 12)....
View ArticleCanadian Tug Losses Increasing
The Canadian west coast is very dependent on tug and barge transportation, and it has witnessed a significant increase in tug boat losses in 2015. Proportionately, year on year, 2015 is remarkably high...
View ArticleCanada to apply to join China-backed infrastructure bank
BEIJING: Canada will apply to join the China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Ottawa’s finance department said on Wednesday (Aug 31), in a coup for Beijing after Washington had tried...
View ArticleCanada’s Port Privatization Plans Under Fire
Robin Silvester, CEO of the Port of Vancouver, has spoken out against Canada’s port privatization plans. The Vancouver Sun reports that Silvester told business leaders on Thursday that he doesn’t...
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Oil prices won’t soar in 2017, and OPEC is the reason
It was 2016’s most ambitious economic move. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, the oil-producers’ cartel that last century haunted the industrialized powers, has harnessed Russia...
View ArticleBunker Tanker Aground Off Nova Scotia
A bunkering tanker ran aground off Little Pond, Nova Scotia, Canada, on Sunday morning after her main engine failed.The Canadian Coast Guard says the Arca 1’s six crew members have been rescued, and...
View ArticleFighting off floodwaters
An armoured vehicle of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) is deployed to bring sandbags to protect the library and the city hall by floodwaters in Oka, Quebec, Canada on May 8. According to reports,...
View ArticleRich nations must help workers adapt to automation: OECD
(TRADE NEWSWIRE): BERLIN: Robots and computers threaten 14 per cent of existing jobs over the next 20 years, so countries must retrain workers for a transformed labour market, the OECD warned Thursday...
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