WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is calling on the public to help him get a plan through Congress to expand government assistance to homeowners.

VICTORIA - Premier Christy Clark is trimming her government's prized green agenda to support growth in the natural gas industry, including development of three liquefied natural gas plants by 2020 in [ ... ]

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper is seeking opposition input into the next federal budget, even though he no longer needs opposition support to ensure its passage.

VICTORIA - Premier Christy Clark is trimming her government's prized green agenda to support growth in the natural gas industry, including development of three liquefied natural gas plants by 2020 in [ ... ]

NEW YORK, N.Y. - A surge in U.S. hiring lifted oil prices for the first time in a week. As more Americans commute to work and the economy picks up, demand for energy is expected to rise.

EDMONTON - A long-awaited program from the federal and Alberta governments on how to gauge the environmental effects of the oilsands — and answer the industry's international critics — w [ ... ]

TORONTO - Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange:

EDMONTON - A long-awaited new plan from the federal and Alberta governments on how to gauge the environmental effects of the oilsands will watch for more contaminants, in more places, more often.

EDMONTON - A new plan to monitor the environmental effects of the oilsands will watch for more contaminants, in more places, more often.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Oil prices are rising on a new government showing that the U.S. economy added more jobs last month, which equates to more people making the morning commute in cars, among other thing [ ... ]